There are two groups of five teams. Each group will play a round-robin. The winner of each group will play for the Swanmore Cup, the second placed will play for the Plate. Two points for a win, one for a draw (no need to play further boards) and zero for a loss. If points are shared, then the winner, and second is based on the total number of IMPs scored. Substitutes are permitted but the substitute may not have played for one of the other teams. The substitute will have a handicap based on the NGS ranking as on the day they play. Each match will consist of 24 boards, with 12 boards being played against each of the opposition's pairs. Please send results to the organiser.
Since there will be four matches to be played it is best to start booking as soon as posible. It is recommended that all teams should play one match every two months. In the following table the rows represent which teams are the Home team and which are the Away team. For example when Team 1 plays Team 3, Team 3 are the home team.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
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| Team 1 | Home | Away | Home | Away | |
| Team 2 | Away | Home | Away | Home | |
| Team 3 | Home | Away | Home | Away | |
| Team 4 | Away | Home | Away | Home | |
| Team 5 | Home | Away | Home | Away |
In the final and the plate matches, the lower number is the home team. Teams
drawn on Sunday, 6 October were (handicaps are in
parentheses as of today) :-
| Group One | |
| Team 1 (+32) | Richard Green-Wilkinson (-4), Anne Green-Wilkinson (4), Simon Pelly(16*), Rachel Pelly(16*) |
| Team 2 (+64) | Jackie Kershaw(16*), Marcus Kershaw(16*), Hazel Kellett(16*), Linda Eales(16*) |
| Team 3 (-4) | Graham Lawrence (-4), Jane Lawrence (8), Tony Flood (-4), Maggie Flood(-4) |
| Team 4 (-8) | Georgina Erskine (0), Gill Flexon (0), Edward Willmott (-4), Margo Glover (-4) |
| Team 5 (+8) | Tricia Hill (8), Peter Childs (-4), Pauline Wood (0), Brian Wood (4) |
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Group Two |
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| Team 1 (-28) | Barry Mitchell (-8), Jon Stredwick (-12), Dave Ross (-8), Margaret Gale (0), David Goodlake(-8) |
| Team 2 (-12) | Karl Therkelsen-Turner (-8), Laurence Welford (-4), Nick Lowe (0), John Utting (0), Sue Carpenter (4) |
| Team 3 (+12) | Denise Lord (4), Pauline Forrest (0), Nicky Giles (4), Franky Watkins (4) |
| Team 4 (0) | Liz Borrow (-8), Ian Borrow (-8), Dale Hinton(8), Sarah Smallwood(8) |
| Team 5 (-24) | Gill Howard (-4), Tim Howard (-12), Adrian Rutter (-4), Bev Rutter (-4) |
Please note that handicaps with * are assessments as the players have not got NGS ratings.
The first two qualifying round-robin matches should be played by the end of February 2020.
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