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Subject: Re: Student indoor qualification Re: More Than Just A Tournament Report
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> Si Weeks mentioned four teams to qualify from midlands qualifiers,
> people at SE qualifiers seemed to think five would be going through 
> to nationals (as last year I think), can someone clarify this as I 
> dare say there's the potential to quite annoy somone on this issue 
> (and it might be Locks so careful)

Certainly in previous years, the number qualifying from each region was
determined by the number of clubs in that region. Frequently, the
southern regions got more qualifying places than the midlands and
northern regions.

Ralf.
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