01/02/19: The provisional draw for the 2019 Northern Tournament is now available.
Play starts at 11am and all players are asked to report to Andrew Mitchell in the cricket pavilion on arrival. Please note that the draw below is provisional and potentially subject to change.
Main Tournament: The top two pairs from Groups A,B and C qualify for the quarter-finals. The winners of Group D (i) will play the runners-up of Group D (ii) and the winners of Group D (ii) will play the runners-up of Group D (i) and the winners of those two matches will qualify for the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals will be played on Saturday afternoon, with the semi-finals on Sunday morning and the final on Sunday afternoon. All pairs not qualifying for the quarter-finals will play in the plate on Sunday.
Group A: S.Cooley & T.Dunbar (1), E.Taylor & S.Welti, J.Kynaston & J.Hinwood, I.Weaver & T.Cotterell, C.Lumbard & R.Morgan, Y.Bleunven & T.Byrne
Group B: L.Brock & A.Joyce (4), C.Hughes & T.Walters, W.Sissons & D.Humes, A.Abrahams & A.Taylor, S.Burnell & T.Gregory, A.Lumbard & E.Scoones
Group C: J.Ho & R.Houlden (2), T.Cox & R.Worth, P.Sathiyamoorthy & I.Jochim, K.Hird & C.Cooley, G.Mcloughlin & A.Legeias, N.Turnbull & H.Asquith
Group D (i): H.Wiseman & A.Theodossi (3), S.Mcloughlin & A.Aslam-Baskeyfield, H.Young & C.Koksal, T.Castling & M.Van Wyk
Group D (ii): G.Williams & M.Hughes, T.McCahon & J.Ravi, S.Yick & A.Morris, A.Garrett & B.Hulme
Play-Off 1: Winner D (ii) v Runner-up D (i)
Play-Off 2: Winner D (i) v Runner-up D (ii)
Quarter-Finals:
A1 v Winner of Play-Off 1
B1 v C2
C1 v B2
Winner of Play-Off 2 v A2
The Festival will consist of 8 groups, each with five pairs. The Saturday group stage will decide qualifiers for the Festival knockout, Festival plate and Bowl competition on Sunday.