00:00 - 00:03 | The 2015-16 Four Nations Chess League is now complete. |
00:04 - 00:05 | All four divisions have finished for the season. |
00:05 - 00:07 | The league tables are confirmed. |
00:08 - 00:12 | All promotion and relegation issues are decided. |
00:12 - 00:15 | They are available online. |
00:17 - 00:19 | About time, |
00:19 - 00:21 | Midland Monarchs need to be at the central venue. |
00:24 - 00:26 | My Fuhrer Sir |
00:27 - 00:28 | Four of their wins |
00:31 - 00:33 | weren't included so |
00:34 - 00:36 | no promotion. |
00:53 - 00:58 | Can anyone in favour of the 16 team format leave the room. |
01:13 - 01:15 | How could this happen? |
01:15 - 01:17 | The team that dominated in the 1990s |
01:18 - 01:23 | That won three league titles |
01:25 - 01:28 | That gives opportunities |
01:29 - 01:31 | to more juniors and women |
01:31 - 01:34 | than any other team. |
01:34 - 01:37 | How could they miss out on promotion |
01:37 - 01:40 | despite scoring five match points more |
01:40 - 01:42 | Sir, Warwickshire Select finished second, |
01:42 - 01:46 | They only scored 50% over the season, |
01:46 - 01:48 | Sir, they had more match and game points, |
01:48 - 01:52 | If other teams want to travel down south |
01:53 - 01:54 | then let them. |
01:56 - 01:57 | Better still, evict Guildford |
01:57 - 02:00 | And make the league more interesting. |
02:00 - 02:03 | Why wasn't I consulted earlier? |
02:04 - 02:08 | Why did they copy the French? |
02:08 - 02:13 | Why did they abandon the round robin |
02:14 - 02:16 | when we could win |
02:17 - 02:21 | as in 1995, 1997 and 1998. |
02:27 - 02:29 | If they had listened to me |
02:30 - 02:34 | they would have kept the old format |
02:34 - 02:36 | and we would be promoted. |
02:41 - 02:42 | What a waste of a season |
02:43 - 02:47 | What will we do now? |
02:48 - 02:53 | Will our players be tempted away? |
02:54 - 02:56 | We'll have to try again next year. |
02:56 - 02:59 | But who knows how many wins |
03:00 - 03:02 | won't be included then? |
03:04 - 03:07 | Don't worry dear, there's still the northern league. |
03:14 - 03:16 | There's no other choice, |
03:19 - 03:23 | if we want to get to the top divisions |
03:25 - 03:26 | leagues one and two |
03:31 - 03:33 | where we can play against titled players |
03:40 - 03:46 | we'll have to register for Division Three again |
03:46 - 03:49 | and commit to four weekends |
03:53 - 03:56 | at Wokefield Park. |