Changes in the Eights

[<<] [>>] by Jeff Dawson
8th September 2004 (CqE Official News)

David Harrison-Wood withdrew from the Chairman's Salver Eight yesterday due to the death of a close family member yesterday afternoon. David acted promptly by notifying the office within the hour.

The rules for promotion into the Chairman's are well defined but since the Spencer Ell and the Treasurer's Tankard are due to start the morning after (i.e. today), a lot of players were already on route to their venues.

It was quickly realised that it was not practicable to promote anyone from the Tankard (based in London) to the Ell (in Southport, the other end of the country). However, as the Chairman's starts a day later than the Ell, it was still possible to promote from the Ell to the Chairman's. Chris Williams was first in line for promotion, but we only managed to contact him once he had arrived in Southport, and understandably he has declined to take the promotion on offer. However, Ian Lines has instead agreed to do so, and Chris has agreed to act as manager for the Ell in Ian's absence. Chris has also contacted John Haslam, a local member at Southport, and a last minute stand-in has been arranged for the Spencer Ell so that it can be played as an 8 rather than 7.

Players

President's Cup	Chairman's Salver	Spencer Ell Cup	Treasurer's Tankard	Selectors' Weekend
Mark Avery Dennis Bulloch Chris Clarke Robert Fulford Jonathan Kirby Dave Maugham Stephen Mulliner Pete Trimmer	David Goacher Robin Brown Jeff Dawson Rutger Beijderwellen Tim Wilkins Jenny Williams Keith Aiton Ian Lines	Chris Williams Chris Daniels Roger Jenkins Duncan Hector David Magee Dave Nick Dave Mundy (local stand-in)	Louise Bradforth Cliff Jones Andy Davies Michael Heap Nick Harris Paul Smith Paul Castell Tom Weston	Russell Bretherton Chris Crowcroft Richard Dickson Craig Edwards Graham Gale Mark Gooding Gerard Healy Gordon Hopewell David Mooney Nelson Morrow Dave Trimmer Lawrence Whittaker
Reserves	Reserves	Reserves	Reserves	Reserves
David Goacher Colin Irwin then by promotion	by promotion	by promotion	Lawrence Whittaker Martin Haggerston Craig Edwards Sam Symonds

Note that the President's Cup and Selectors' Weekend are in alphabetical order, others are in order of merit.

President's Cup	Hurlingham	September 9-12
Chairman's Salver	Hunstanton	September 9-12
Spencer Ell Cup	Southport & Birkdale	September 8-12
Treasurer's Tankard	Surbiton	September 8-12
Selectors' Weekend	Budleigh Salterton	September 10-12

Officials

Event	Manager	ROT
President's Cup	David Maugham	Stephen Mulliner
Chairman's Salver	Jeff Dawson	David Harrison-Wood
Spencer Ell Cup	Chris Williams	Chris Williams
Treasurer's Tankard	George Noble	Paul Smith
Selectors' Weekend	Gordon Hopewell	Gerard Healy

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