All players involved in new registrations will need to sign the
Fair Play Form
for Season 5.
Entry Deadline:
Mon 10
Jan
Main 4NCL
Team Entry
Captains and Managers
are welcome to enter
teams for the
forthcoming season
starting 20-21 & 27-28
November. Exact details of
dates and venues is
here
.
Please note:
All entries, whether for
existing teams or for new
entrants, need to be received
together with the appropriate
entry fee by close of play on
Sunday 31 October.
Guildford’s 25 Years in
the 4NCL: Part III
Roger Emerson and Nigel
Povah conclude their
coverage of Guildford’s
4NCL adventures, which
saw their team go an
astonishing 85 matches
without defeat
Following Wood Green’s
retreat from the
forefront of the 4NCL,
Guildford’s strongest
challenger looked likely
to be Cheddleton, headed
by David Howell and
Jonathan Hawkins.
Indeed, our meeting in
February 2015 proved to
be a tense affair, which
ended as a narrow
victory, 4½-3½. However,
it could have been a
catastrophic defeat as
we had substantially
worse positions on
several boards.
All
players involved in
new registrations
will need to sign the
Fair Play Form for
Season 5. Please note
that players will not be
available for selection
until the fair play form
has been signed and
received. Previous/old
registrations roll over.
Guildford’s 25 Years in
the 4NCL: Part II
Roger Emerson and Nigel
Povah explain how
Guildford continued to
raise the bar
Taking over management
from Nigel in November
2011, Roger brought in a
number of new players,
including grandmaster
Romain Edouard (about
whom more later), and
several overseas titled
players now living in or
with close ties to
England, including GM
David Smerdon, IM
Gediminas Sarakauskas,
his wife Zivile and her
sister IM Dagne Ciuksyte,
who is now a mainstay of
the England Women’s
team.
Nigel Povah and Roger
Emerson chronicle the
rise of their 4NCL
powerhouse team
In this series of
articles we will cover
the history of Guildford
teams in Division One of
the 4NCL over the past
25 years, from small
beginnings to the
powerful squad of the
late teens of the 21st
century. In many ways
this growth has mirrored
the expansion of the
4NCL itself into a
large, successful and
well managed
organisation.
26.11.21
- Many
thanks
to Peter
Kitchen
(Celtic
Tigers)
for his
comprehensive
report
about
their
exploits
during
weekend
1 at
Kents
Hill
Park,
Milton
Keynes.
4NCL Weekend 2
We have, with
great reluctance
and after much
debate, decided
not to proceed
with weekend 2
of the 4NCL on
15-16 January.
20.12.21
- Many
thanks
to Chris
Skulte
(Celtic
Tigers)
for this
detailed
and
upbeat
report
about
the 1st
team's
exploits
during
weekend
1 at
Kents
Hill
Park,
Milton
Keynes.
