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Team Shropshire Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shropshire is an English county situated in between the North West and West Midlands areas of the UK. It's biggest settlements include Shrewsbury, Telford, Whitchurch and Oswestry. The county is best known for it's countryside and scenery, with some of it even spilling into Worchestershire and parts of eastern Wales. Team Durham Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Durham is an English county situated in the North East region of the UK. It's biggest settlements are Durham (the city of the same name), Darlington, Hartlepool and Stockton-On-Tees. The county is also home to Barnard Castle, where chief advisor to then Prime Minister Boris Johnson Dominic Cummings infamously drove 300+ miles from London to go and visit and broke COVID rules Team Flintshire Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Flintshire in a Welsh county situated in the most northern part of Wales and the North West of the UK. It's biggest settlements are Connahs Quay, Flint, Buckley and Mold. Flintshire is best known for it's coastline and it's tourist destinations along it, which are particularly popular for those wanting to go on a "budget holiday". Team Cheshire Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cheshire is an English county in the North West region of the UK. The biggest settlements are Warrington, Chester, Crewe and Widnes. Like Merseyside, the county is famous for it's music and sport with artists such as Gary Barlow and Nicola Roberts and athletes such as Tyson Fury and Ian Botham. Team Derry/Londonderry Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Derry/Londonderry is a Northern Irish county situated in the North West region of Northern Ireland. It's biggest settlements are Derry, Limavady, Magherafelt and Coleraine. The county is best known for garlic football and hurling with both sports being widely popular within the Derry/Londonderry area. Team Wigtownshire Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wigtownshire is a Scottish county located in the South West region of Scotland and the Northern region of the UK. It's biggest settlements are Stranraer, Wigtown, Newton Stewart and Portpatrick. The county is best known for it's port crossing via ferry to Northern Irish locations such as Larne and Belfast.

Team Challenge The theme for this years team challenge will be counties in the UK. For equal representation, I have selected at least 1 county for each of the 4 main countries that make up the UK. The 7 selected counties where drawn into each of the 7 teams. The draw result: Here is a little factfile on each of the 7 counties: Team Merseyside Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Merseyside is an English county located in the North West region of the UK. It's biggest settlements include Liverpool, Southport St Helens and Birkenhead. Merseyside is know for it's music and sport, with bands like The Beatles and The Coral and clubs like Everton and Liverpool all coming from the county.

Team Challenge For this years team challenge every country will be split up into 7 groups of 5. Now if don't have to be withdrawn then every team members points will count, but if they do then only the top 4 team members results. After 10 votes the team with the least amount of points is eliminated, after that a team will be eliminated after every 5 votes. The teams were drawn automatically using a random draw generator. All the countries were split into 5 different pots based off the all time ranking medals list followed by the participations list. Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 France New Zealand China Argentina Albania Canada Czech Republic Hungary Bulgaria Chile Great Britain Denmark Malta Tunisia Guatemala Ireland Lithuania Mexico Greece Indonesia Italy Serbia Brazil India Turkey Netherlands Spain Romania Poland Moldova Sweden United States Slovenia Slovenia Portugal The Draw Results:

In terms of the first table, there were 2 clubs missing that are/could be apart of the Professional/Semi Professional English League system. The first are the Wigan Warriors (club logo above), they play in Super League (1st Division) and are the defending back to back Super League champions. Not quite sure how I forgot to add them, but somehow I did. The second are the Bedford Tigers (club logo above). They originally weren't set to join the system from non league but there are strong rumours that they are now set to join League 1 (3rd Division), replacing the aforementioned Cornwall.

A B C D E F G 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D E F G 1 15 11 23 19 26 23 32 2 18 22 27 8 14 5 24 3 31 3 33 34 17 7 28 4 21 9 4 1 10 35 13 5 16 30 12 6 25 29 2 A4 are the London Broncos, D4 is Barnet, E2 is Workington Town, E5 is Forest Green Rovers, G4 is St Helens, A1 is Maidenhead United, D2 is Whitehaven, E3 is Tamworth, F1 are the Barrow Raiders, F4 is Southend United, G1 is Cornwall and D1 is Brackley Town. London Broncos play in the Championship (2nd Division) and Barent (National League - 5th Division) lost to Exeter City (League 1 - 3rd Division) in the 1st round. Workington Town play in League 1 (3rd Division) and Fores Green Rovers (National League - 5th Division) lost to Stockport County (League 1 - 3rd Division) in the 1st round. St Helens play in Super League (1st Division) and Maidenhead United (National League - 5th Division) lost to Crawley Town (League 1 - 3rd Division) in the 1st round. Whitehaven play in League 1 (3rd Division) and Tamworth (National League - 5th Division) beat former Premier League team Huddersfield Town (League 1 - 3rd Division) to progress to the 2nd round. Barrow Raiders play in the Championship (2nd Division) and Southend United (National League - 5th Division) lost to former Premier League team Charlton Athletic (League 1 - 3rd Division) in the 1st round. Cornwall play in League 1 (3rd Division) and Brackley Town (National League North - 6th Division) beat Braintree Town (National League - 5th Divison) to progress to the 2nd round. And that's it, the draw is complete. A big thanks to @Belle and @Henry_Leon for helping out. The provisional schedule will be up in due course as well as the results of the team comp draw.

And the last 3 as well to finish all the draw.

A B C D E F G 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D E F G 1 11 23 26 23 32 2 18 22 27 8 14 5 24 3 31 3 33 34 7 28 4 21 9 4 10 13 5 16 30 12 6 29 2 F3 are Castleford Tigers, F2 is Boreham Wood, B3 is Doncaster, G3 is Harborough Town, E4 is Hull KR, D3 is Tranmere Rovers, C2 are the Swinton Lions and C2 is Wealdstone. Castleford Tigers play in Super League (1st Division) and Boreham Wood (National League South - 6th Division) lost to Leyton Orient (League 1 - 3rd Division) in the 1st round. Doncaster play in the Championship (2nd Division) and Harborough Town (Isthmian Premier League - 7th Division) beat Tonbridge Angels (National League South - 6th Division) to progress to the 2nd round. Hull KR play in Super League (1st Division) and got to the Super League Grand Final this season, and Tranmere Rovers (League 2 - 4th Division (included them because they are the closest team to me that entered in this round and I needed to fill up the remaining spaces)) lost to former Premier League team Oldham Athletic (National League - 5th Division) in the 1st round. Swinton Lions play in League 1 (3rd Division) and Wealdstone (National League - 5th Division) beat Grimsby (League 2 - 4th Division) to progress to the 2nd round. @Henry_Leon please pick the remaining 6 combinations to round off the draw.

Thanks @Belle, your turn to pick the remaining 6 @Henry_Leon.

Which numbers will you choose then @Belle?

@Belle if you wouldn't mind and if your still up could you pick 4 more combos to end it all off, then @Henry_Leon can pick the remaining 5.

No worries, thanks for all your help tonight - much appreciated.

A B C D E F G 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D E F G 1 11 23 26 23 32 2 18 22 8 14 24 3 31 3 33 7 4 21 9 4 10 13 5 16 30 12 6 29 2 A3 is Toulouse Olympique, G4 is Dagenham And Redbridge, C1 are the North Wales Crusaders, F5 is York City, C3 is Wakefield Trinity, D2 is Sutton United, C4 are the Featherstone Rovers, B1 is Gainsborough Trinity, B5 is Hunslet and C3 is Bromley. Toulouse Olympique play in the Championship (2nd Division) and are the second club in the English League, and Dagenham And Redbridge (National League - 5th Division) beat Crewe Alexandra (League 2 - 4th Division) to progress to the 2nd round. North Wales Crusaders play in League 1 (3rd Division) and are the only Welsh club left in the English League, and York City (National League - 5th Division) lost to Wycombe Wanderers (League 1 - 3rd Division) in the 1st round. Wakefield Trinity play in Super League (1st Division) and Sutton United (National League - 5th Division) lost to former Premier League team Birmingham City (League 1 - 3rd Division) in the 1st round. Featherstone Rovers play in the Championship (2nd Division) and Gainsborough Trinity (Northern Premier League - 7th Division) beat Hednesford Town (Northern Division One League- 8th Division) to progress to the 2nd round. Hunslet play in the Championship (2nd Division) and Bromley (League 2 - 4th Division (included them as they got promoted from non league last season and I needed to fill the remaining spots)) beat Rochdale (National League - 5th Division) to progress to the 2nd round. @Henry_Leon please pick another 4 combos.

F4 and D1 are already taken, please pick another 4 combos. A starts at the logos not the numbers, so the row with no heading at the end is column G.

A B C D E F G 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D E F G 1 23 26 23 32 2 18 22 14 24 3 31 3 7 4 21 9 4 10 5 16 30 12 6 2 D3 are the Warrington Wolves, A5 is Guisley, G2 are the York City Knights, A4 is Worthing, A2 is Oldham, B4 is Weston-Super-Mare, E1 are the Dewsbury Rams and C4 is Rochdale. Warrington Wolves play in Super League and are, in my biased opinion, the worst team in the whole country - and Guisley (Northern Premier League - 7th Division) lost to Stevenage (League 1 - 3rd Division) in the 1st round. York City Knights play in the Championship and Worthing (National League South - 6th Division) lost to Morecambe (League 2 - 4th Division) in the 1st round. Oldham play in the Championship (2nd Division) and Weston-Super-Mare (National League South - 6th Division) lost to Bristol Rovers (League 1 - 3rd Division) in the 1st round. Dewsbury Rams play in League 1 (3rd Division) and Rochdale (National League - 5th Division) lost to Bromley (League 2 - 4th Division) in the 1st round. Please pick another 4 @Belle.

E1 and C4 have just been taken, so pick another 4 combos.

Are you still there @Belle (nevermind). Also @konigsince you're online do you mind lending us a hand with this draw?

A B C D E F G 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D E F G 1 23 26 23 32 2 18 22 14 24 3 31 3 7 4 10 5 30 12 6 2 D4 are the Widnes Vikings, C1 are Solihull Moors, G5 are the Batley Bulldogs, A2 are Braintree Town, F4 are the Leeds Rhinos, D5 is Woking, F2 are the Sheffield Eagles and B5 is Kettering Town. Widnes Vikings (my team) play in the Championship (2nd Division), they were know as the cup kings in the 1970s and 1980s and won the first official World Club Challenge (World Club Champioship) in 1989 beating Canberra Raiders in the final. Solihull Moors (National League - 5th Division) beat Maidstone United (National League North - 6th Division) to progress to the 2nd round. Batley Bulldogs play in the Championship (2nd Division) and Braintree Town (National League - 5th Division) lost to Brackley Town (National League North - 6th Division) in the 1st round. Leeds Rhinos play in Super League (1st Division) and Woking (National League - 5th Division) lost to Cambridge United (League 1 - 3rd Division) in the 1st round. Sheffield Eagles play in the Championship (2nd Division) and Kettering Town (Southern Central Premier League - 7th Division) beat Northampton Town (League 1 - 3rd Division) to progress to the 2nd round. 4 more again @Belle.

Precisely, it's too speed things up as I know it's late for both of us.

And 2 more combos.

A B C D E F G 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D E F G 1 26 23 32 2 22 14 24 3 31 3 7 4 10 5 12 2 E5 is Newcastle Thunder and E1 is Rushall Olympic. Newcastle Thunder play in League 1 (3rd Division) and Rushall Olympic (National League North - 6th Division) lost to Accrington Stanley (League 2 - 4th Division) in the 1st round. Same again @Belle, but this time to speed things up pick 4 combinations.

A B C D E F G 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D E F G 1 23 32 2 22 14 24 3 31 3 7 4 10 5 12 2 B1 are Rochdale Hornets and F1 is Hednesford Town. Rochdale Hornets play in League 1 (3rd Division) and Hednesford Town (Northern West Division One League - 8th Division) lost to Gainsborough Trinity (Northern Premier League - 7th Division) in the 1st round. Same again @Belle.

Sorry for the delay, yes you can continue.

A B C D E F G 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D E F G 1 32 2 22 14 24 3 31 3 7 4 10 5 12 20 A1 are Halifax Panthers and A3 is Maidstone United Halifax Panthers play in the Championship (2nd Division) and Maidstone United (National League South - 6 Division) lost to Solihull Moors (National League - 5th Division) in the 1st round. @Erigert your turn mate.

Since @Erigert hasn't responded @Belle you might as well go again.

A B C D E F G 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D E F G 1 32 2 22 14 24 3 3 7 4 10 5 12 20 G3 are the Huddersfield Giants and G5 is Curzon Ashton. Huddersfield Giants play in Super League (1st Division) and Curzon Ashton (National League North - 6th Division) lost to Mansfield Town (League 1 - 3rd Division) in the 1st round. It's your turn @Erigert.