National Stages

Congratulations to Lancashire's U175 and U125 teams who have both qualified for the national stages as NCCU Champions. The U125 team will be playing Hampshire in the quarter-finals, while the U175 team will be playing Middlesex. Good luck to both of our teams! We will post further news here as soon as we have it.

Open Team Results

The season came to an end almost before it started for Lancashire's Open team, when they lost a very close match against Yorkshire. The match was played on Sunday 12th February 2006 at the Atherton Arms in Atherton.

	LANCASHIRE			YORKSHIRE
	Player	Grade	Score	Player	Grade
1	Graham Morrison	198	½ - ½	Andrew Ledger	222
2	Jeff Horner	213	1 - 0	Richard Palliser	223
3	Charles Kennaugh	196	1 - 0	A. Kaid	-
4	Ben Hague	209	½ - ½	Allan Potts	-
5	John Littlewood	199	0 - 1	M. Paul Townsend	193
6	Brett Lund	203	0 - 1	Peter Gayson	189
7	Howard Hughes	188	1 - 0	Paul Cumbers	198
8	Nick Ivell	-	1 - 0	Peter Shaw	180
9	Peter Jowett	182	½ - ½	Jos Woolley	177
10	Mike O'Hara	175	½ - ½	Phil Watson	178
11	Malcolm Peacock	176	0 - 1	Mike Walker	180
12	Lee Kay	167	1 - 0	Tuan Le	-
13	Steve Mulligan	171	½ - ½	Paul Hopwood	165
14	Mike Conroy	167	0 - 1	Ihor Lewyk	163
15	Lynne Morrison	107	0 - 1	Jim Nicholson	164
16	John Cooper	164	0 - 1	Eric Gardiner	154
			7½ - 8½

U175 Team Results

The U175 team played Yorkshire at Bradford on Sunday 5th March 2006. Lancashire won the match and therefore qualify for the national stages of the competition.

	YORKSHIRE			LANCASHIRE
	Player	Grade	Score	Player	Grade
1	Leo Keely	165	0 - 1	Glyn Morris	168
2	Paul Hopwood	165	1 - 0	Lee Kay	167
3	Ihor Lewyk	163	0 - 1	Mike Conroy	167
4	Martin Carpenter	166	½ - ½	George Ellison	167
5	Roger Keely	163	0 - 1	Olegs Cukovs	165
6	Richard Archer	160	½ - ½	John Cooper	164
7	John Milnes	152	½ - ½	Simon Woodcock	164
8	James Lawson	148	0 - 1	Bob Newton	161
9	Barry Marshall	147	0 - 1	Armand Catz	160
10	M. Bronson	153	0 - 1	Martyn Hamer	158
11	Ed Hurwitz	150	½ - ½	Steve Appleby	153
12	James Carpenter	152	1 - 0	Dennis Owen	153
			4 - 8

U150 Team Results

Lancashire U150 team's season finished with a disappointing defeat in a hard-fought battle against Yorkshire. The match was played on Sunday 5th March 2006 at the Atherton Arms, Atherton.

	LANCASHIRE			YORKSHIRE
	Player	Grade	Score	Player	Grade
1	Phil M. Taylor	149	0 - 1	I. Hunter	147
2	John Schofield	144	1 - 0	Clive Davies	144
3	Roger Chapman	143	1 - 0	George Bak	144
4	Andrew Fawcett	143	½ - ½	Paul Solomons	143
5	Ray Ashcroft	141	0 - 1	Dave Patrick	141
6	Peter Mulleady	140	0 - 1	A. Graham Williamson	141
7	John Whitfield	139	0 - 1	Andrew Bak	141
8	Jim Tennant-Smith	139	1 - 0	Paul Day	140
9	John Hopkins	138	1 - 0	Geoff Conroy	139
10	Phil J. Taylor	137	0 - 1	Paul Clarke	140
11	Bill O'Rourke	134	1 - 0	Robert Letton	133
12	Steve Fanning	130	0 - 1	Geoff Smith	123
			5½ - 6½

Lancashire U150 team's season got off to the worst possible start with a defeat against Cumbria on Sunday 23rd October 2005 at Lancaster.

	CUMBRIA			LANCASHIRE
	Player	Grade	Score	Player	Grade
1	Dave Cole	142	½ - ½	Phil M. Taylor	149
2	Dave Siddall	137	½ - ½	Richard Collins	146
3	Jacob McAteer	136	1 - 0	Peter Mulleady	140
4	George Horne	131	0 - 1	John Whitfield	139
5	Peter Shaw	121	1 - 0	Jim Tennant-Smith	139
6	Terence Nabbs	124	1 - 0	Phil J. Taylor	137
7	Philippe Gleizon	124	0 - 1	Steve Lamb	134
8	Tony Kirby	120	1 - 0	Rob Tokeley	131
9	Peter Caulfield	118	0 - 1	Steve Fanning	130
10	Dave McMath	119	1 - 0	Adam Wiseman	128
11	Guy Shelmerdine	117	½ - ½	Frank Rushworth	127
12	Andrew McAteer	110	½ - ½	Dave Gaston	121
			7 - 5

U125 Team Results

Lancashire's U125 team qualified for the national stages as NCCU Champions after a comfortable win against Yorkshire in a match played at York RI on Sunday 26th March 2006.

	YORKSHIRE			LANCASHIRE
	Player	Grade	Score	Player	Grade
1	Geoff Smith	123	0 - 1	Michael Rabbitte	121
2	Owen Robson	123	½ - ½	Dave Gaston	121
3	Nik Shakhlevich	122	0 - 1	Liam Rabbitte	117
4	Michael Dow	122	½ - ½	Geoff Jones	122
5	Richard Allis	118	0 - 1	Steve Flaherty	119
6	Stuart Johnson	112	½ - ½	Paul Tinton	117
7	Tom Wheldon	112	1 - 0	Blaine McGrady	117
8	Colin Cartlidge	99	0 - 1	Simon Rogers	116
9	Ian Strickland	89	0 - 1	Geoff Pennington	116
10	John Wynne	83	0 - 1	Paul O'Mara	115
11	Mick Beavers	80	½ - ½	Paul Horam	113
12	Steve Burton	78	0 - 1	Phil Raynor	112
			3 - 9

The U125 team gained another victory when they played Merseyside on Sunday 22nd January 2006 at the Atherton Arms in Atherton.

	LANCASHIRE			MERSEYSIDE
	Player	Grade	Score	Player	Grade
1	Michael Rabbitte	121	½ - ½	Carl Swallow	123
2	Dave Gaston	121	1 - 0	Paul Rimmer	115
3	Liam Rabbitte	117	1 - 0	David Kelly	110
4	Mark Talbot	117	½ - ½	Bart McHugh	110
5	Paul Tinton	117	1 - 0	Jim Wiseman	109
6	Simon Rogers	116	0 - 1	Steve Burge	106
7	Paul Talbot	116	1 - 0	Thomas Loughlin	102
8	Geoff Pennington	116	1 - 0	Michael Delaney	101
9	Paul O'Mara	115	1 - 0	David Stanfield	99
10	Paul Horam	113	1 - 0	Stephen O'Brien	83
11	Phil Raynor	112	0 - 1	Thomas Lawton	92
12	Harry Praeger	111	1 - 0	John Reid	79
			9 - 3

The U125 team kept up their 100% record for the season when they played Cheshire and North Wales on Sunday 20th November 2005 at Winwick.

	CHESHIRE & NORTH WALES			LANCASHIRE
	Player	Grade	Score	Player	Grade
1	Malcolm Roberts	123	1 - 0	Kostas Domoras	122
2	Kristian Chesters	118	0 - 1	Geoff Jones	122
3	John Blackburn	117	1 - 0	Dave Gaston	121
4	Nick Ward	109	½ - ½	Steve Flaherty	119
5	Steven Williams	109	½ - ½	Blaine McGrady	117
6	Ken Johnson	108	0 - 1	Paul Talbot	116
7	Sandra Blackburn	100	½ - ½	Geoff Pennington	116
8	Rob Barlow	93	0 - 1	Paul O'Mara	115
9	Richard Blackwell	93	½ - ½	Paul Horam	113
10	Andy Moore	77	0 - 1	Phil Raynor	112
11	Emily Moore	u/g	0 - 1	Harry Praeger	111
12	Default	-	0 - 1	Rob Hart	104
			4 - 8

Lancashire's U125 team are of course the reigning National Champions and they got their season off to a great start with a win against Durham. The match was played on Sunday 9th October 2005 at York.

	LANCASHIRE			DURHAM
	Player	Grade	Score	Player	Grade
1	Kostas Domoras	122	½ - ½	Bryan Bainbridge	115
2	Geoff Jones	122	½ - ½	Steve Ormerod	121
3	Michael Rabbitte	121	½ - ½	Gary Hewitt	110
4	Dave Gaston	121	½ - ½	Dave Stothard	108
5	Steve Flaherty	119	½ - ½	Graham Matthews	104
6	Liam Rabbitte	117	1 - 0	Peter Smith	101
7	Simon Rogers	116	½ - ½	Thomas Mavin	99
8	Geoff Pennington	116	1 - 0	Brian McKie	93
9	Phil Raynor	112	½ - ½	Edward Farrington	89
10	Paul Horam	113	0 - 1	Bill Wilson	86
11	Harry Praeger	111	½ - ½	Peter Harker	84
12	Lynne Morrison	107	1 - 0	Bill Metcalfe	75
			7 - 5

U100 Team Results

Lancashire's U100 team failed to qualify for the national stages after losing out to Cheshire and North Wales in a match played on Sunday 19th March 2006.

	LANCASHIRE			CHESHIRE & NORTH WALES
	Player	Grade	Score	Player	Grade
1	Dave Hartley	96	1 - 0	Steve Harrison	98
2	Mike Horne	95	½ - ½	John Morley	96
3	Steven Willder	92	1 - 0	Richard Hughes	68
4	Paul Horman	90	0 - 1	Asoke Nandi	91
5	Barry Standen	86	½ - ½	Martin Brown	88
6	Neil Hati-Kakoty	87	½ - ½	David Nandi	82
7	Chris McConnachie	81	0 - 1	Nick Darlington	86
8	Nick Bishop	75	0 - 1	Scott Waring	83
9	Gordon Glover	71	1 - 0	Robert Hughes	78
10	James McConnachie	72	0 - 1	Damian McCarthy	76
11	Danny Reeves	60	0 - 1	Christopher Chadwick	e70
12	Abigail Pritchard	63	0 - 1	Steven Jones	e70
			4½ - 7½

The U100 team got off to a disappointing start, losing to Merseyside in their first match of the season played on 19th February 2006.