The County Teams Knockout is the county's premier green-pointed teams-of-four championship with matches played in players' homes. The winners will represent the county in the Pachabo.
Congratulations to Alastair Brodie & Don McFarlane, Gareth Birdsall & Sonia Zakrewski who have retained the title.
The full regulations and entry form for this year's competition have now been published.
The following teams have entered the 2001 / 2002 competition:
Alastair BRODIE, Don McFarlane, Gareth Birdsall, Sonia Zakrzewski
Peter BURROWS, Myra Burrows, David Kendrick, Liz Kendrick
David CARMICHAEL, Robin Cambery, Tarlow, Byrne, Davies
Brian COPPING, Mike Tedham, Samuel, Waters
Daniel ELSTEIN, Miles Pattenden, Martin, Brown
Mark GODDARD, Bamford, Harker, Morton
Eryl HOWARD, Eric Campbell, Tapan Pal, Randolf Jordan
Paul HUGGINS, Richardson, Hodge, David Collier
Jenny JACOBSBERG, Joanne Caldwell, Paul Hankin, Peter Shawdon
Chris JAGGER, John Young, Julian Wightwick, Ed Linfield
Philip JONES, Brenda Jones, Sheila Lancaster, Eric Lancaster
Toby KENNEY, Teymur Tahseen, Andrew de Souza, Jonathan Monroe
Chris LARLHAM, Orde-Powlett, John Constable, David Nicholson, Ross
Midgley, Fiske Warren
Peter LAST, Bryan Last, David Allen, Kiki Allen
David MAN, Dennis Marrian, Stuart Warren, Hodgson, Ken Jackson
Matt MAY, Niel Pimblett, Martin, Tristan Williams
Jonathan MESTEL, Rod Oakford, Steve Siklos, Parker
Jo PATTEN, Margaret Jude, David Richer, David Waldman
Dominic PINTO, Scheffler, Paxman, Shuter
Penny RILEY, Ken Riley, Cynthia Bull, Nicholas Bull
Ted SHAW, David Pett, Roger Courtney, Paul Thomas
Giles WOODRUFF, Catherine Jagger, Cohen, Roger Gibbons
Philip WRAIGHT, Sally Wraight, Victor Milman, Nadia Stelmashenko
The draw is given below. Teams eliminated in the preliminary round, or the first round for those not playing in the preliminary round, can enter the Plate with no additional fee.
Prelimininary Round (to be played by 13th November 2001)
| F1 | MAY | beat | PATTEN | by 39 IMPs |
| F2 | HUGGINS | lost to | ELSTEIN | by 17 IMPs |
| F3 | MESTEL | beat | JONES | by 75 IMps |
| F4 | MAN | beat | COPPING | by 5 IMPs |
| F5 | RILEY | lost to | JAGGER | by 86 IMPs |
| F6 | JACOBSBERG | beat | PINTO | by 63 IMPs |
| F7 | SHAW | lost to | CARMICHAEL | by 4 IMPs |
First Round (to be played by 4th December 2001)
| S1 | WRAIGHT | beat | ELSTEIN | by default |
| S2 | JACOBSBERG | beat | MAN | by 38 IMPs |
| S3 | HOWARD | lost to | MESTEL | by 30 IMPs |
| S4 | WOODRUFF | beat | MAY | by 5 IMPs |
| S5 | BRODIE | beat | CARMICHAEL | by 38 IMPs |
| S6 | LARLHAM | lost to | GODDARD | by 4 IMPs |
| S7 | BURROWS | lost to | JAGGER | by 60 IMPs |
| S8 | LAST | beat | KENNEY | by 54 IMPs |
Quarter-finals (to be played by 23rd January 2002)
| Q1 | WRAIGHT | lost to | JACOBSBERG | by 65 IMPs |
| Q2 | MESTEL | beat | WOODRUFF | by 2 IMPs (after 4 extra boards) |
| Q3 | BRODIE | beat | GODDARD | by 65 IMPs |
| Q4 | JAGGER | lost to | LAST | by 19 IMPs |
Semi-finals (to be played by 13th February 2002)
| Semi 1 | JACOBSBERG | lost to | MESTEL | by 20 IMPs |
| Semi 2 | BRODIE | beat | LAST | by 22 IMPs |
Final (to be played by 13th March 2002)
| MESTEL | lost to | BRODIE | by 47 IMPs |