ECGCF Minor Counties Cup Final (30 Jun 01)
The Sussex Girls Under 14s Team travelled to Abingdon on the 30th June 2001 for the Minor Counties Final and performed brilliantly by winning the Silver Medal, just two points behind the winners Middlesex.
| MIDDLESEX | Pts | SUSSEX | Pts | HERTS | Pts |
| Danielle Gross | 2 | Stephanie Barraclough | 2 | Yvette Cook | 0 |
| Claire Wu | 1 | Ellie Hayden | 2 | Emma Williams | 2 |
| Meera Desai | 3 | Katharine Rattle | 2 | Michaela Kerrigon | 0 |
| Katie Houstoun | 2 | Rebecca Tuck | 2 | Drew Kerrigon | 0 |
| Anneka Treon | 2½ | Hannah Lom | 1½ | Amy Mills | 0 |
| Kate Richards | 3 | Abi Fryer | 2 | Eleanor Dynes | 0 |
| 13½ | 11½ | 2 |
ECGCF South East Zonal (10 Feb 01)
A depleted Sussex under 14’s girls team showed great spirit, but was unable to overcome the loss of their board 3 to qualify for the final of the ECGCF (English Counties Girls Chess Federation) team championship. Many thanks go to Abi Fryer who had to step in at the last moment to cover for Eleanor Hayden. The event was predictably won by the strong team from Surrey with 16 points out of a possible 18, having surprisingly been in only second place at the end of the first round. Second place went to Kent after a nail biting last round which saw them finish ½ a point ahead of Middlesex. Sussex were fourth with 6½ points and Essex fifth with 3.
(ECGCF – English Counties Girls Chess Federation)
| ECGCF S E REGION JAMBOREE – BURGESS HILL, 10 FEBRUARY 2001 | ||
| 1. SURREY 16 | 2. KENT 10 | 3. MIDDLESEX 9½ |
| 1 Jessie Gilbert 149 S 3
2 Sarah Hegarty 116 U 3 3 Louise Newlands 86 T 2½ 4 Sunena Patel 77 S 2½ 5 Hannah Dale R83 W 3 6 Reyana Fayyaz R61 U 2 |
1 Arwen van der Elst S 2
2 Sarah Broadbent T 2 3 Heather Russell-Kay T 1 4 Aisling Farrell U 2 5 Laura Weatherhead T 2 6 Emma Kitley V 1 |
1 Anneka Treon S 0
2 Meera Desai U 1½ 3 Claire Wu W 2 4 Katie Houstoun V 1 5 Shivani Masrani T 2 6 Kate Richards U 3 |
| 4. SUSSEX 6½ | 5. ESSEX 3 | |
| 1 Stephanie Barraclough V 2
2 Georgina Draper U 1 3 Deborah Margolis T 1 4 Katherine Rattle U 1½ 5 Rebecca Tuck S 1 6 Abi Fryer W 0 |
1 Alex French U ½
2 Katie Hale X 0 3 Ranita Klimach W 1½ 4 Stephanie Miller W 0 5 Stephanie Hale A 1 6 Leigh French W 0 |
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| Region | Counties | Venue | Date | G* | P* |
| Northern (west) | Cheshire 3˝ To Minor Final
Staffordshire To Grand Final Lancashire (did not play) |
Holmes Chapel | Played on
21 January 2001 |
1 | 1 |
| Northern (east) | Yorkshire
Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire |
Not arranged | TBA | 1? | 1? |
| Eastern | Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire Hertfordshire Norfolk Northamptonshire Suffolk |
Bedford | To be played
21 April 2001 |
1 | 1 |
| Western | (Berkshire did not play)
(Devon did not play) (Hampshire did not play) Oxfordshire 12 To Grand Final Somerset 3 Wiltshire 12 To Grand Final |
Swindon | Played on
Sat. 25 Nov 2000 |
2 | 1 |
| South Eastern | Essex 3
Kent 10 To Grand Final Middlesex 9˝ To Minor Final Surrey 16 To Grand Final Sussex 6˝ |
Burgess Hill | Sat. 10 Feb 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| Beginners | Buckinghamshire
Rutland |
? | TBA | – | 1 |
| Minor Counties Final | Runners-up + Beginners winner | TBA | TBA, May-June 2001 | – | 6 |
| Grand Final | Winners of the Regionals | Abingdon | Sat. 30 June 2001 | 6 or 7 | – |
| *The letters G and P refer to the number of places allocated for that Region to the Grand and Minor Finals. respectively. In addition there will be one place at the Grand Final for the best-scoring second-placed team from whichever region, except for the Beginners’ Region. | |||||