Garden Cities Qualifying Heat 2000/2001

The Garden Cities is a national team of 8 competition. Cambs & Hunts hold a local tournament to qualify winners for the regional final.

Cambridge University have won the county final and represented Cambs & Hunts in the regional final on 19th May 2001. They finished 2nd and qualified for the final. Representing the University were: Gareth Birdsall, Rachel Wade, Michael Ashe, Gerard Thompson, Sonia Zakrzewski, Tony Kelly, Dafydd Jones, Jonathan Worters.

Cambridge University finished 5th of 8 in the National Final.

DRAW FOR GARDEN CITIES TROPHY 2000-2001

Preliminary round (To be played by 31st December 2000)

A BALSHAM lost to HUNTINGDON
B SAFFRON WALDEN 2 lost to CAMBRIDGE 2

Quarter-final (To be played by 31st January 2001)

Q1 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY beat THURSDAY 1 by 47 IMPs
Q2 HUNTINGDON lost to CAMBRIDGE 1 by 120 IMPs
Q3 THURSDAY 2 lost to CAMBRIDGE 2 by 81 IMPs
Q4 CAMBRIDGE 3 lost to SAFFRON WALDEN 1 by 45 IMPs

Semi-final (To be played by 28th February 2001)

S1 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY beat CAMBRIDGE 1
S2 CAMBRIDGE 2 beat SAFFRON WALDEN 1 by 5 IMPs

Final (To be played by 31st March 2001)

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY beat CAMBRIDGE 2 by 2 IMPs

Regulations

  1. Teams consist of 8 players playing as two teams of 4 (A&B). The A team should contain the strongest partnerships.
  2. The A teams play a match of 26 boards and the B teams a match of 24 boards (two stanzas of 12 with two extra boards for the A teams), scored by aggregate IMPs. (Boards 25 & 26 only taken into account in the event of an overall draw on the other boards).
  3. The usual format is for the first team in the draw to have their A team at home and B team away. Both matches must be played on the same day. However, if both captains agree, both matches may be played at the same venue and in this case the same boards may be played in both if wished.
  4. All players must be bona fide members of their club. No player can play for more than one team. Teams may be changed between matches but not during a match.
  5. Permitted systems - Level 4 throughout.