The annual novices' tournament will be held shortly, with a provisional date of Sunday, October 12th. Anyone who has never played for Cambridge in varsity and never played in the CUPC Masters tournament is eligible to enter. Other than that, people of all standards and experience levels are welcome. As usual there will be a group stage and a knockout stage with everyone guaranteed at least three matches. We'll also try to get a few experienced players involved in the group stage only. If you're interested or have any questions please post below. There's no commitment at this stage but we'd like to get an idea of numbers. http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,279#msg-279 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:48:35 +0100 Phorum 5.2.8 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,319#msg-319 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,319#msg-319 here.

Thanks to everyone who came - the turnout was excellent. The overall standard was good too and we've come away with a list of people who could strengthen the university teams this year.

Cheers, and I hope to see many of you at the CU Open later this term :)-D]]> Rob Hogan General Board Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:21:48 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,312#msg-312 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,312#msg-312
I just sent some extra details out by email - here they are:

Play will start at noon and we expect to have a winner by 6pm, the draw will be made at 11:45 so everyone needs to be there by then. If you're running late on the day or know now that you won't be able to make that time please let me know and we'll try to fit you in - otherwise we'll have to assume you're not coming. My mobile is 07800530982.

The venue is a little way out of town, so if you've never been before I suggest meeting me at the St. Andrew's street taxi rank (between Lion Yard and Christ's) at 11:15.

Entry will be £3, taken on the day. I hope this won't put anyone off, we've tried to keep it as low as possible. All money will go into table costs with anything left over going into a prize pot.

So far I've heard from:

Novices:
Steve Dickinson
Vin Shen Ban
Kunal Guha
Jon Nelson
Laurence Shaw
Tim Henshaw
Josh Cadney
Ed Mosely
Relja Arandjelovic
Emma Pewsey
Steve Legg
Liam Kirkwood
Chris Bryant
Lorry Carr
Dimiter Ostrev
Stijn Vermeeren
Panos Brezas
Tom Waddoups
Luke Bennet

Uni players (group stage only):
Rob Hogan
Paul Thomas
Luke Gleave
Steve McCann
Rob Allen
(May need one or two more - Dunstan? Chris?)

Anyone else is welcome to turn up on the day, but it'd be good to hear from you first.

If you have any questions about anything please email me or post here. Otherwise, see you there!]]> Rob Hogan General Board Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:09:29 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,308#msg-308 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,308#msg-308 Panos Brezas General Board Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:53:51 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,304#msg-304 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,304#msg-304 Stijn Vermeeren General Board Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:18:03 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,303#msg-303 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,303#msg-303 Dimiter Ostrev General Board Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:23:11 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,301#msg-301 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,301#msg-301 Rob Allen General Board Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:18:13 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,299#msg-299 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,299#msg-299 Lorry Carr General Board Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:29:36 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,297#msg-297 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,297#msg-297
Novices:
Steve Dickinson
Vin Shen Ban
Kunal Guha
Jon Nelson
Laurence Shaw
Tim Henshaw
Josh Cadney
Ed Mosely
Relja Arandjelovic
Emma Pewsey
Steve Legg
Liam Kirkwood
Chris Bryant
Lorry Carr

Uni players (group stage only):
Me
Paul Thomas
Luke Gleave
Steve McCann]]> Rob Hogan General Board Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:57:12 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,296#msg-296 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,296#msg-296 Chris Bryant General Board Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:47:07 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,295#msg-295 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,295#msg-295 Liam Kirkwood General Board Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:34:19 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,294#msg-294 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,294#msg-294 Steve Legg General Board Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:26:16 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,293#msg-293 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,293#msg-293
p.s. nice work with the site makeover Rob.]]> Graham Sills General Board Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:01:23 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,290#msg-290 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,290#msg-290
Relja - yes, you're allowed. More the merrier.

Novices:
Steve Dickinson
Vin Shen Ban
Kunal Guha
Jon Nelson
Laurence Shaw
Tim Henshaw
Josh Cadney
Ed Mosely
Relja Arandjelovic
Emma Pewsey

Uni players (group stage only):
Me
Paul Thomas
Luke Gleave
Steve McCann]]> Rob Hogan General Board Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:47:35 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,289#msg-289 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,289#msg-289 Relja Arandjelovic General Board Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:03:26 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,287#msg-287 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,287#msg-287 Luke Gleave General Board Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:05:15 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,286#msg-286 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,286#msg-286 Ed Mosely General Board Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:46:46 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,285#msg-285 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,285#msg-285
An important part of the event from our perspective is that we get to see first hand the standard of players we don't really know, and that includes most of the CAPL/BUSA B+C squads, as well as college pool veterans and of course freshers. So yeah you're very welcome.

So far I've heard from:

Steve Dickinson
Vin Shen Ban
Kunal Guha
Jon Nelson
Laurence Shaw
Tim Henshaw
Josh Cadney

Uni players:
Me
Paul Thomas]]> Rob Hogan General Board Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:39:11 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,284#msg-284 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,284#msg-284 Tim Henshaw General Board Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:26:25 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,283#msg-283 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,283#msg-283 Laurence Shaw General Board Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:09:42 +0100 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,279#msg-279 http://www.cupc.co.uk/forum.php?phorum_query=read,14,279,279#msg-279 CUPC Masters tournament is eligible to enter. Other than that, people of all standards and experience levels are welcome.

As usual there will be a group stage and a knockout stage with everyone guaranteed at least three matches. We'll also try to get a few experienced players involved in the group stage only.

If you're interested or have any questions please post below. There's no commitment at this stage but we'd like to get an idea of numbers.]]> Rob Hogan General Board Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:54:38 +0100