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Hotel information

2007/08 season

The 4NCL will be using 4 venues. Summary information below:

NameRoom RatesMeal ratesWebsite
(for directions etc.)
Contact details
(for reservations etc.)
De Vere Venues, Wokefield Park

MAP
2007:

£40.00 (1)
£40.00 (2)
£56.00 (3)

2008:

£42.00 (1)
£42.00 (2)
£58.00 (3)
£10.00 (4)
£5.00 (5)
click hereAmanda Foran
email here
01189 334081
De Vere Venues, Sunningdale

MAP
2007:

£40.00 (1)
£40.00 (2)
£56.00 (3)

2008:

£42.00 (1)
£42.00 (2)
£58.00 (3)
£10.00 (4)
£5.00 (5)
click hereNicki Rapley
or
Jo Egelton

01344 634395
De Vere Venues, Staverton Park

MAP
2008:

£42.00 (1)
£42.00 (2)
£58.00 (3)
TBAclick hereFiona Arrowsmith
or
Georgina Porter

0870 609 1156 (switchboard)
De Vere Harben

MAP
2007:

£40.00 (1)
£40.00 (2)
£56.00 (3)

2008:

£42.00 (1)
£42.00 (2)
£58.00 (3)
£10.00 (4)
£5.00 (5)
 email here
01908 215 602
Paragon Hotel, Birmingham

MAP
£39.00 (1)
£41.00 (2)
£52.00 (3)
TBAclick herePaul Upton
(Revenue Development Manager)
email here
0121 606 4907
NOTES:

(1) One person in single room
(2) One person in double/twin room
(3) Two people in double/twin room
(4) Evening buffet
(5) Packed lunch
FURTHER GUIDANCE:
  1. All the hotels will expect to take credit card details at the time rooms are booked, in line with practice at most if not all hotels in the UK.
  2. Captains/managers/players booking rooms should mention the 4NCL National Chess League to the hotels' reservations staff. This will ensure that the get the agreed rates, and will also allow the hotels to keep a record of rooms booked overall, which is important because the commission the league receives from the hotels is calculated on the basis of rooms booked - the more rooms are booked, the more commission the league receives to e.g. increase prize money and keep entry fee increases down.
  3. All the hotels will expect final lists of room occupants no later than seven days before the relevant weekend, failing which there is a risk that the rooms will be let go.
  4. We have evening buffet and mid-day packed lunch arrangements with many of the hotels. These do, however, have to be booked beforehand at the time rooms are booked to allow the hotels to plan ahead. Players will not be able to turn up on the day and expect to avail themselves of the evening buffet or mid-day packed lunch arrangements. The De Vere Venues conference centres in particular are out of town, so players not pre-booking packed lunches/buffets will need private or public transport to get to off-site restaurants.
  5. The hotel websites all give details of how to get to the venues.
  6. None of the hotels allow food or drink to be brought in for personal consumption, and in practice take a very dim view if this happens. Such behaviour threatens the league's relationship with the hotels.
  7. And finally, you’ll like this one, ... All players are expected to be ambassadors for chess and to behave in an appropriate manner in the hotels. Again, poor behaviour threatens the league's relationship with the hotels.
DIVISION 1
Guildford-A&DC 1
Guildford-A&DC 2
Barbican 4NCL 1
Betsson.com
The ADs
Hilsmark K'fisher 1
Wood Green
Richmond
Cambridge Univ. 1
Barbican 4NCL 2
North West Eagles 1
Slough Sharks 1
DIVISION 2
White Rose
Bristol 1
Pride and Prejudice
S. Wales Dragons 1
Guildford-A&DC 3
Oxford 1
Poisoned Pawns 1
Wessex 1
Cheddleton-Pointon
Kings Head
Barbican 4NCL Youth
Hilsmark K'fisher 2
DIVISION 3
Jutes of Kent
Warwickshire Select
Pandora's Box
Anglian Avengers 1
FCA Solutions 1
S. Wales Dragons 2
Slough Sharks 2
Wessex 2
North West Eagles 2
Mind Sports
Cambridge Univ. 2
Slough Sharks 3
DIVISION 4
Brown Jack
Celtic Tigers 1
Metropolitan
Pontypridd
Braille Chess Assoc.
Nottinghamshire 1
AMCA Dragons
Guildford-A&DC 4
Anglian Avengers 2
Sussex Smart Ctls.
FCA Solutions 2
Littlethorpe 1
KJCA Kings
SCS
Athenaeum
Bristol 2
Wales Old Boys
Oxford 2
Oxford 3
Glos. Gambits
AMCA Hippos
Halesowen
Poisoned Pawns 2
Conquistadors 1
Guildford-A&DC 5
Nottinghamshire 2
Celtic Tigers 2
Littlethorpe 2
Grendel's Mother
Cheddleton
Conquistadors 2