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Notes from the organizer: You know, as the qualifiers progressed, I had a terrible fear that the four people with automatic places would skyrocket up the rankings and create a lot of dead rubbers, but thankfully they’ve been kept under wraps. ;)

Thanks to the wonderful Adam Beach's draw (he said to blame him if you hate it) the groups are:
A: Matt, Sam, Ian V., Jason C., J Bartram, Roger
B: James B., Steven, Kieran, Maria, Martyn, Ian W.
C: MSR, Alex, Edward, Piaras, Jason T., Ashwin

It’s 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw, but there's also a twist: you get a super special bonus half-point if you lose by 10 or less. The top 2 in each will move on to the knockouts, and the 3 third-placed players will play one wee extra group between them to decide the last 2 quarter-finalists. Games played is the first tiebreaker after points, and as usual, I'll be awarding games based on effort made to schedule them.

jee ell jee ell!

Ran from: 12 October – 10 November 2023. Format: 15 Rounder. Matches: One-off. Approved.

Fixtures: 15. Completed: 14.

Results and fixtures

Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Grey: tie. (Stripes: provisional, match in progress.)