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Re: Commonwealth entries - Alex McFarlane - 30-04-2014 Not a complete list but here are some entrants Surname Forename Title Country Rating Gupta Abhijeet GM IND 2619 Lalith Babu, MR GM IND 2571 Hebden Mark GM ENG 2550 Sengupta Deep GM IND 2536 Das Arghyadip IM IND 2466 Barua Dibyendu GM IND 2452 Sachdev Tania IM/WGM IND 2422 Tan Justin FM AUS 2370 Akshat Khamparia IM IND 2367 Muir Andrew IM SCO 2326 Kett Tim WLS 2271 Kulkarni Bhakti WGM IND 2258 Grant Jonathan SCO 2257 Sreeves Clement SCO 2243 MacQueen Calum SCO 2226 Dhar-Barua Saheli WIM IND 2122 Henderson David ENG 2102 Brown Steven SCO 2069 Bullen Alex WLS 2062 Kaulule Kela Siame ZAM 2045 Jamieson Ian SCO 1982 Doyle James SCO 1981 Burnett Walter SCO 1979 Marks Ian SCO 1978 Hilton Stephen SCO 1915 Jelfs Alan SCO 1909 MacDonald Paul H SCO 1901 Ashwini Udhayasriyan IND 1886 Staniforth Matthew WLS 1886 Batchelor Guy ENG 1880 Whatley Stephen GIB 1868 Schmerwitz Reinhard GER 1848 Freeland Alex WLS 1800 Milton Carl SCO 1722 Zamvar Vipin SCO 1641 Smith Callum SCO 868* Leckie Robert SCO 1182* Fraser Roland SCO 1344* Hope Iain SCO 1366* Re: Commonwealth entries - Alex McFarlane - 01-05-2014 Please note that Mark Hebden is not playing. I was wrongly informed that he was the ECF nomination. Re: Commonwealth entries - Craig Pritchett - 01-05-2014 Beginning to look a very interesting field! Alex, can you now publicly confirm that you definitely WILL accept non-Commonwealth players (who will compete hors concours for the Commonwealth titles)? ... I note that you have listed a GERMAN entrant (a regular Championship contender). If at all possible, it would be helpful to clarify this in the entry form for other possible non-Commonwealth entrants (there were several last year). Re: Commonwealth entries - Alex McFarlane - 01-05-2014 Non Commonwealth players are welcome to enter but cannot be offered conditions. We have also been successful in getting a lottery Celebate grant for £10,000 as appears on its website. I have had confirmation of other entries from some Commonwealth countries but await names. Re: Commonwealth entries - Jonathan Livingstone - 01-05-2014 Congratulations to those involved in securing the £10k lottery grant, thats excellent! Re: Commonwealth entries - Robert Lothian - 01-05-2014 I have a theory (referencing discussion somewhat earlier in the thread) as to why PayPal needs to accept 'Countries' that are little more than volcanic outcrops. There is very little need to raise taxation for the upkeep of such places, the lifestyles of the indigenous fauna being modest. It follows that many profitable companies and wealthy individuals find it convenient to be registered there. These worthy entities need someone to handle their substantial income and occasional expenditure and PayPal are only too happy to oblige - for a small commission, of course. Re: Commonwealth entries - KMcGeoch - 03-05-2014 Just confirming but if anyone has entered and they do not appear on the list should they be concerned that their entry has been lost or assume it will be added later? I'd also like to say well done for securing 10k grant Re: Commonwealth entries - Alex McFarlane - 03-05-2014 I'll let you know when to panic Not yet. Re: Commonwealth entries - Alan Tate - 05-05-2014 Looks like a good strong field so far - reminds me of the old British Championships, only without the English. Eagerly anticipating some more strong entries! Re: Commonwealth entries - P Griffin - 08-05-2014 Looking like a Beano for the Indian contingent. |