National Club Inter-Knock-Out Plate(NICKO Plate)

This event is designed to guarantee that all teams entering the National Inter-Club Knock-out play a minimum of two matches overall.
The Plate event is open free of charge to all teams who lose their first match in the main event, whether in Round 1 or (following a Round 1 bye) in Round 2.
Matches up to and including the quarter-finals will be 24 boards, semi-finals and finals will be 32.

The playing schedule will be broadly similar to that shown for the main NICKO event