Supplement for Nationals 2001: The luck of the draw article

The bottom six bands:

 

Positions

Year

No of Bands

23

22

21

20

19

18

17

16

15

14

13

2001 20       9 19 5 7 3 17    

2000

19

 

 

 

 

5

7

17

4

14

16

 

1999

20

 

 

 

10

8

16

7

15

18

 

 

1998

20

 

 

 

12

9

15

13

8

19

 

 

1997

18

 

 

 

 

 

16

4

3

15

7

5

1996

19

 

 

 

 

17

8

5

11

2

12

 

1995

19

 

 

 

 

12

13

1

4

9

14

 

1994

20

 

 

 

13

7

20

8

4

15

 

 

1993

21

 

 

3

11

19

2

16

5

 

 

 

1992

19

 

 

 

 

7

9

3

10

19

1

 

1991

23

9

14

22

8

11

18

 

 

 

 

 

1990

23

18

11

22

5

6

10

 

 

 

 

 

1989

22

 

3

9

18

8

17

15

 

 

 

 

1988

19

 

 

 

 

1

2

15

17

7

16

 

1987

19

 

 

 

 

13

7

6

8

16

1

 

How to read this table:

   The bands that came 20th played draws 9, 10 and 12 in years 2001, 1999 and 1998 respectively in a field of 20 bands