The NCA Blitz Championship took place on the 18th August at Gotham Memorial Hall. 35 players enjoyed 5 rounds of blitz. Ewan Fewell was the clear winner with 5 out of 5.
Prize winners were
Ewan Fewell 5/5 1st
Stuart Humphreys 4/5 2nd
Frank Richmond 4/5 3rd
Mike Barnes & Chris Cantrill 4/5 Senior Prize
Benjamin Humphreys 4/5 Junior Prize
Tuwan Rehan Noor 3/5 U1750
Torsten Ensor 2.5/5 U1500
Many thanks to Drag & Stuart for helping me to organise. Huge thanks to Ruth to all her help on the evening too. I would also like to thank everyone who helped to get things ready and tidy up so quickly.
Stephen
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| Final ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | SNo. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd. | 2.Rd. | 3.Rd. | 4.Rd. | 5.Rd. | Pts. | PS | Res. | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Fewell Ewan | 2121 | ENG | 33 | w | 1 | 19 | b | 1 | 9 | w | 1 | 8 | b | 1 | 2 | w | 1 | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | 10 | Humphreys Stuart | 1839 | ENG | 35 | w | 1 | 20 | b | 1 | 3 | w | 1 | 7 | b | 1 | 1 | b | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 | Richmond Frank | 2008 | ENG | 23 | b | 1 | 14 | w | 1 | 2 | b | 0 | 12 | w | 1 | 11 | b | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | Barnes Michael H | 2159 | ENG | 16 | b | 1 | 10 | w | 0 | 12 | b | 1 | 14 | w | 1 | 7 | b | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | Cantrill Chris S | 1975 | ENG | 30 | w | 1 | 8 | b | 0 | 20 | w | 1 | 22 | b | 1 | 9 | w | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | |
| 6 | 3 | Humphreys Benjamin | 2096 | ENG | 12 | b | 0 | 17 | w | 1 | 23 | b | 1 | 10 | w | 1 | 8 | b | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | Taylor Robert K | 1919 | ENG | 24 | b | 1 | 11 | w | 1 | 10 | b | 1 | 2 | w | 0 | 4 | w | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | Noor Tuwan Rehan | 1707 | SRI | 27 | b | 1 | 5 | w | 1 | 18 | b | 1 | 1 | w | 0 | 6 | w | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | |
| 9 | 11 | Harrison Nikolai | 1810 | ENG | 21 | b | 1 | 26 | w | 1 | 1 | b | 0 | 15 | w | 1 | 5 | b | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| 10 | 12 | Poole Tim R | 1789 | ENG | 31 | w | 1 | 4 | b | 1 | 7 | w | 0 | 6 | b | 0 | 19 | w | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | Smithson Sean | 1687 | ENG | 29 | w | 1 | 7 | b | 0 | 32 | w | 1 | 13 | b | 1 | 3 | w | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | |
| 20 | Talmacel Marian-Silviu | 1671 | ENG | 6 | w | 1 | 13 | b | 1 | 4 | w | 0 | 3 | b | 0 | 27 | w | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | |
| 13 | 9 | Sudar Dragoljub | 1848 | ENG | 17 | b | 1 | 12 | w | 0 | 24 | b | 1 | 11 | w | 0 | 23 | b | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | Ensor Rob | 1735 | ENG | 34 | w | 1 | 3 | b | 0 | 25 | w | 1 | 4 | b | 0 | 24 | w | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |
| 15 | 4 | Cast Julian | 2047 | ENG | 20 | w | 0 | 35 | b | 1 | 30 | w | 1 | 9 | b | 0 | 18 | b | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | 18 | Radford Mark Sr | 1679 | ENG | 4 | w | 0 | 31 | b | 0 | 34 | w | 1 | 29 | b | 1 | 25 | w | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | Dow Gavin | 1508 | ENG | 13 | w | 0 | 6 | b | 0 | 31 | w | 1 | 26 | b | 1 | 22 | w | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 18 | 8 | Bowers Francis J | 1867 | ENG | 25 | w | 1 | 22 | b | 1 | 8 | w | 0 | 19 | b | ½ | 15 | w | 0 | 2½ | 10 | 0 |
| 19 | 13 | Owen Cai | 1763 | ENG | 28 | b | 1 | 1 | w | 0 | 21 | b | 1 | 18 | w | ½ | 10 | b | 0 | 2½ | 9 | 0 |
| 20 | 21 | Smith Tom | 1659 | ENG | 15 | b | 1 | 2 | w | 0 | 5 | b | 0 | 21 | w | ½ | 33 | b | 1 | 2½ | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | 29 | Ensor Torsten | 1179 | ENG | 9 | w | 0 | 33 | b | 1 | 19 | w | 0 | 20 | b | ½ | 30 | w | 1 | 2½ | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | 17 | Huthwaite John R | 1680 | POL | 32 | b | 1 | 18 | w | 0 | 26 | b | 1 | 5 | w | 0 | 17 | b | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | 22 | Gibson Graham J | 1606 | ENG | 3 | w | 0 | 34 | b | 1 | 6 | w | 0 | 31 | b | 1 | 13 | w | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | Thompson Andrew | 1544 | ENG | 7 | w | 0 | 29 | b | 1 | 13 | w | 0 | 32 | b | 1 | 14 | b | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| 25 | Redmond Marshall | 1536 | ENG | 18 | b | 0 | 27 | w | 1 | 14 | b | 0 | 28 | w | 1 | 16 | b | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| 38 | Lattimore Philip | 0 | ENG | – | – | 1 | 9 | b | 0 | 22 | w | 0 | 17 | w | 0 | 34 | b | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| 27 | 34 | George Amith | 577 | ENG | 8 | w | 0 | 25 | b | 0 | 35 | w | 1 | 30 | b | 1 | 12 | b | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | 31 | Ramesh Kumar Sai Rakshan | 901 | ENG | 19 | w | 0 | 30 | b | 0 | 33 | w | 1 | 25 | b | 0 | 32 | w | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | Field Christopher | 0 | ENG | 11 | b | 0 | 24 | w | 0 | – | – | 1 | 16 | w | 0 | 31 | b | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 30 | 23 | Salt Ben | 1562 | ENG | 5 | b | 0 | 28 | w | 1 | 15 | b | 0 | 27 | w | 0 | 21 | b | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | Anbu Amiruth | 1074 | ENG | 10 | b | 0 | 16 | w | 1 | 17 | b | 0 | 23 | w | 0 | 29 | w | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 37 | Huang Andi | 0 | ENG | 22 | w | 0 | – | – | 1 | 11 | b | 0 | 24 | w | 0 | 28 | b | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 33 | 19 | Sargeant Christopher | 1673 | ENG | 1 | b | 0 | 21 | w | 0 | 28 | b | 0 | 35 | w | 1 | 20 | w | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Coe Ayrton | 890 | ENG | 14 | b | 0 | 23 | w | 0 | 16 | b | 0 | – | – | 1 | 26 | w | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 35 | 27 | Beacroft Leo | 1500 | ENG | 2 | b | 0 | 15 | w | 0 | 27 | b | 0 | 33 | b | 0 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |