Dates and venues for the 4NCL’s 2026-2027
season
can be found here on the 4NCL website.
The ‘Hotels’ and ‘Hotel Booking Arrangements’
sections in the ‘26-27 Season’ dropdown menu on
the 4NCL website give further information on the
various venues and how to book bedrooms.
Entry Requirements
All entries need to be received together with
the appropriate entry fee by close of play on
outstanding fees for the team, or for any
other team(s) under the same management,
have been paid.
Please transfer the entry fee to the 4NCL
bank account; details can be obtained by
contacting .
Please include sufficient accompanying narrative
to allow the payment to be identified.
Captains will be required to register
their players online. Captains will be sent
instructions for the use of the online software
and their login details before the initial
player registration lists deadline (see below).
Any requests for additional accounts for
captains of individual teams should be sent to .
Initial player registration lists must be
submitted by close of play on Sunday 27th
September 2026 (please note that under rule
4.2 players can also be added up to nine days
before the weekend in which they play). Last
season’s 4NCL rules set out the information
required for each player. Players registered
with FIDE as ENG, or not registered, must be
current ECF Gold or Platinum members (or
corresponding junior categories) during a
weekend to play in that weekend's matches unless
they are a wildcard; however, they may be
registered to a squad if they do not hold the
required membership when the registration list
is submitted. The membership rule will be
strictly enforced. Please note that we reserve
the right to refuse entry to teams whose
registration lists are unacceptably late.
Entry Fees
Entry fees are as follows:
Division 1, Division 2: £500
Division 3, Division 4: £325
Entry fees entitle teams to nominate up to 16 players (Division 1,
Division 2) and 12 players (Division 3, Division
4) in their team lists. Nominated players taking
team lists over 16 (Division 1, Division 2) or
12 (Division 3, Division 4) in total will be
subject to the usual registration fees.
Registration fees and wildcard fees are as
set out in the rules.
Other
The 4NCL rules for the 2026-2027 season will be
published as soon as we have completed our
review of them.
Could existing team captains please check their
contact details on last season’s ‘Captains
and Managers’
page: and
confirm that they are shown correctly. Please
notify any changes to our webmaster
Steve Connor
to update the website, Dave Thomas
to amend the email address associated with your
user account in the software, and
to update the mailing list.
If
entering teams would like a link to their own
website from the 4NCL website, please let the
webmaster know.
Queries
If there are any points that you wish to discuss
further then please get in touch with .
