Archive - All News Items
03/09/2024 | Peter Billson 1943-2024 Peter Billson, club vice-president and a member since 2004, died recently at the age of 80 after a lengthy illness. There will be no funeral in accordance with Peter's wishes. |
31/08/2024 | Steve Wedlock wins the Lightning tournament. |
16/08/2024 | Colin Newton wins the Tilleard Cup competition in the Club Championship tournament. |
02/08/2024 | Steve Wedlock wins the Club Championship competition. |
26/07/2024 | Ovi Chindea wins the Speed Chess Grand Prix. |
19/07/2024 | Adam Moyse wins the U1500 award in the Club Championship competition. |
17/06/2024 | Stanley Harwood 1932 - 2024 Stan Harwood, a club member in 1965/6 and from 1984-99, passed away at the age of 92 on 1 June 2024 after a short illness. |
07/06/2024 | Mark Clancy wins the Global Coins competition. |
21/05/2024 | Taylor Duke wins both the Barton Cup and DG Cannan Trophy competitions. |
20/04/2024 | Southend A win the Southend League Minor competition. |
16/04/2024 | Southend win the Essex Minor League competition. |
19/01/2024 | Howard Grist wins the Open section of the Global Coins competition. |
05/12/2023 | Bill Bremner 1932 - 2023 Bill Bremner, club vice-president and a member from 1999-2020, died on Tuesday 5 December at the age of 91. The funeral was held at 3.40pm on Friday 8 March at Southend Crematorium. |
02/10/2023 | Neil Sutherland wins the play-off in the JA Speigel Memorial competition. |
27/09/2023 | The club's Privacy Policy has been updated to reflect the introduction of cookies for the Members' Area. |
16/09/2023 | A 'thank you' to our secretary, Steve, on his 40 consecutive years on the club committee - a club record! |
15/09/2023 | Pictures of the club tournament winners receiving their trophies at tonight's AGM have been posted on the club's Facebook page. |
08/09/2023 | Taylor Duke has won the U1500 award in the Club Championship competition. Neil Sutherland and Steve Wedlock are to play-off for the JA Speigel Memorial trophy. |
25/08/2023 | Colin Newton wins the Lightning tournament. |
18/08/2023 | Ovi Chindea wins the Speed Chess Grand Prix. Joshua Davis wins the Tilleard Cup competition in the Club Championship tournament. |
13/08/2023 | Howard Grist wins the Club Championship competition. |
26/05/2023 | Isha Aggarwal-Stanbridge wins the Global Coins competition. |
25/04/2023 | Taylor Duke wins the Barton Cup competition. |
30/03/2023 | Steve Wedlock wins the competition for the DG Cannan trophy. |
15/12/2022 | Mike Twyble 1964 - 2022 Mike Twyble, a club member from 1976-2000, died on Monday 12 December at the age of 58, following a two year battle with cancer. The funeral was on Monday 21 December at North Devon Crematorium, Old Torrington Road, Barnstaple, EX31 3NW. |
09/09/2022 | Pictures of the club tournament winners receiving their trophies at tonight's AGM have been posted on the club's Facebook page. |
02/09/2022 | Steve Wedlock wins the Speed Chess Grand Prix. |
26/08/2022 | Steve Wedlock wins the Lightning competition. |
23/08/2022 | Nick Lacey is to receive the Best Game Award of the Hammond Board & Set for his Club Championship game against Steve Wedlock. |
22/08/2022 | Neil Sutherland wins the JA Speigel Memorial competition. |
22/07/2022 | Danny Hodgson wins the Global Coins competition. |
15/07/2022 | The trophies awarded for performances in the Club Championship competition have all been decided: Howard Grist will receive the Jarratt Cup (Club Championship), Nick Lacey will receive the Tilleard Cup (Minor Championship) and Dave Ruppert will receive the U1500 award. |
29/06/2022 | The Southend Easter Congress results have now been restored to the site - they can be found in the Archive. |
22/04/2022 | Colin Newton wins the competition for the DG Cannan Trophy. |
12/04/2022 | Howard Grist wins the Barton Cup competition. |
21/03/2022 | Southend win the Southend League Minor competition. |
06/03/2022 | The website has had a few improvements: 1) The Barton Cup/Player Performances pages can be sorted by clicking on the column heading. 2) The details of the games that make up the totals on the Barton Cup/Player Performances pages can be viewed by clicking on a player's name. This page can also be sorted by clicking on the column headings. 3) The scores of the games that won the Hammond Board & Set that I have been able to trace can now be replayed |
29/11/2021 | Adam Moyse wins the Global Coins competition. |
16/09/2021 | Luke Styles wins the Barton Cup competition. Alex Davis-Loades, Colin Newton, Luke Styles and Steve Wedlock are joint winners of the DG Cannan Trophy competition. |
14/09/2021 | The club's Privacy Policy has been updated to reflect the ECF's move from grades to ratings. |
24/06/2021 | The Essex CA AGM decided to award Southend I the Essex League Division 2 trophy and have Southend II and Barking II share the Essex League Division 3 trophy. |
27/12/2020 | The website's Archive section has now been extended back to 1944. |
13/11/2019 | Southend II win the Southend League Team Lightning competition. |
06/09/2019 | Howard Grist wins the Speed Chess Grand Prix competition. |
02/09/2019 | Michael Saunders wins the play-off for the Tilleard Cup competition. |
30/08/2019 | Neil Sutherland wins the Lightning competition. |
21/08/2019 | Howard Grist wins the Club Championship competition. |
09/08/2019 | Neil Sutherland wins the JA Speigel Memorial competition. Tony Lodge wins the U110 award in the Club Championship competition. |
03/05/2019 | Julian Corfield wins the Barton Cup competition. |
26/04/2019 | Michael Saunders wins the DG Cannan Trophy competition. |
22/03/2019 | Steve Haggerty wins the Global Coins competition. |
15/11/2018 | Southend win the Southend League Team Lightning competition. |
21/09/2018 | Howard Grist has been awarded the ECF President’s Award for Services to Chess. |
07/09/2018 | Neil Sutherland wins the Lightning competition. |
03/09/2018 | Steve Haggerty wins the Tilleard Cup competition in the Club Championship. |
31/08/2018 | Howard Grist wins the Speed Chess Grand Prix and JA Speigel Memorial competitions. |
25/08/2018 | Neil Sutherland wins the Club Championship competition. Steve Haggerty wins the U110 award in the same event. |
13/07/2018 | Steve Haggerty wins the Global Coins competition. |
15/05/2018 | Nick Lacey wins the Barton Cup competition. Steve Wedlock wins the DG Cannan Trophy competition. |
15/11/2017 | Southend win the Southend League Team Lightning competition. |
11/09/2017 | Neil Sutherland wins the Club Championship play-off. |
08/09/2017 | Neil Sutherland wins the JA Speigel Memorial competition. |
02/09/2017 | Steve Wedlock wins the Speed Chess Grand Prix. |
25/08/2017 | Neil Sutherland wins the Lightning competition. |
11/08/2017 | Colin Newton wins the Tilleard Cup competition. |
28/07/2017 | Tony Lodge wins the U110 award in the Club Championship competition. |
16/06/2017 | Nick Lacey wins the Global Coins competition. |
22/04/2017 | Dennis Dartnell and Michael Saunders are again joint winners of the DG Cannan Trophy competition. Josh Winiberg wins the Barton Cup competition. |
10/04/2017 | Southend I are Southend League Perriman Cup winners. |
31/03/2017 | Southend I are Essex League Division 2 champions. |
05/09/2016 | Neil Sutherland wins the JA Speigel Memorial tournament. |
26/08/2016 | Steve Wedlock wins the Lightning competition. |
22/08/2016 | Christian Westrap wins the Club Championship competition. |
19/08/2016 | Howard Grist wins the Speed Chess Grand Prix. |
12/08/2016 | Steve Haggerty wins the U110 award in the Club Championship. |
05/08/2016 | Colin Newton wins the Tilleard Cup competition. |
10/06/2016 | Nigel Cook wins the Global Coins competition. |
13/05/2016 | Neil Sutherland wins the Barton Cup competition. Dennis Dartnell and Michael Saunders are joint winners of the DG Cannan trophy competition. |
21/04/2016 | Southend II are Essex League Division 3 champions. |
21/08/2015 | Steve Wedlock wins the Lightning competition. |
14/08/2015 | Howard Grist wins the Speed Chess Grand Prix. |
10/08/2015 | Howard Grist wins the JA Speigel Memorial competition. |
24/07/2015 | Colin Newton wins the Tilleard Cup competition. |
10/07/2015 | Steve Wedlock wins the Club Championship competition. |
26/06/2015 | John Chapman wins the U110 award in the Club Championship competition. |
23/04/2015 | Mark Kay wins the Barton Cup competition. |
31/03/2015 | Southend II are Southend League Division 2 champions. |
27/03/2015 | Southend II are Essex League Division 4 champions. |
13/03/2015 | Steve Haggerty wins the Global Coins competition. |
08/09/2014 | Howard Grist wins the Club Championship. |
06/09/2014 | David Cannan 1928 - 2014 Former long serving member and Vice-President David Cannan passed away at the age of 86 on Wednesday 23 July. He suffered a stroke last year. |
01/09/2014 | Neil Sutherland wins the JA Speigel Memorial event. |
29/08/2014 | Steve Wedlock wins the Lightning competition. |
15/08/2014 | Mark Kay wins the Tilleard Cup in the Club Championship competition. |
08/08/2014 | Howard Grist wins the Speed Chess Grand Prix competition. |
01/08/2014 | Mark Kay wins the U110 award in the Club Championship competition. |
30/06/2014 | Vasan Loganathan wins the Global Coins competition. |
08/05/2014 | Neil Sutherland wins the Barton Cup competition. |
09/09/2013 | Neil Sutherland wins the Lightning tournament. |
06/09/2013 | Howard Grist wins the JA Speigel Memorial competition. |
23/08/2013 | Dennis Thompson wins the Tilleard Cup. |
16/08/2013 | Neil Sutherland wins the Club Championship. |
09/08/2013 | Dennis Thompson wins the U110 award in the Club Championship. |
19/07/2013 | Howard Grist wins the Speed Chess Grand Prix competition. |
10/06/2013 | Southend II are Southend League Division 2 champions. |
05/06/2013 | Steve Wedlock wins the Barton Cup competition. |
22/03/2013 | Nigel Cook wins the Global Coins competition. |
15/03/2013 | Southend I are Essex League Division 2 champions. |
18/09/2012 | Howard Grist wins the JA Speigel Memorial tournament. |
10/09/2012 | Steve Wedlock wins the Lightning competition. |
31/08/2012 | John Wright wins the Speed Chess Grand Prix. |
06/08/2012 | Howard Grist wins the Club Championship. |
30/07/2012 | Steve Wedlock wins the Tilleard Cup. |
27/07/2012 | Dennis Thompson wins the U110 award in the Club Championship. |
29/06/2012 | James Courtenay wins the Global Coins competition. |
30/04/2012 | Fred Whitefield wins the Barton Cup. |
16/11/2011 | Southend win the Southend League Team Lightning. |
05/09/2011 | Tony Peterson wins the JA Speigel Memorial. |
26/08/2011 | Steve Wedlock wins the Lightning competition. |
12/08/2011 | Colin Newton wins the Tilleard Cup. Dennis Dartnell wins the U110 award. |
05/08/2011 | Tony Peterson wins the Speed Chess Grand Prix. |
18/07/2011 | Tony Peterson wins the Club Championship. |
27/06/2011 | Our successful Southend League 2nd team pictured with the trophy at the Southend League AGM. |
06/05/2011 | Steve Haggerty wins the Global Coins competition. |
18/04/2011 | Southend II are Southend League Division 2 champions. |
13/04/2011 | Southend III are Southend League Division 3 champions. |
15/03/2011 | Southend I are Essex League Division 2 champions. |
27/08/2010 | Neil Sutherland wins the Lightning tournament. |
16/08/2010 | Tony Peterson wins the JA Speigel Memorial. Paul Ward wins the U110 award in the Club Championship. |
13/08/2010 | Tony Peterson wins the Club Championship and Michael Seabourne wins the Tilleard Cup. |
23/07/2010 | Tony Peterson wins the Speed Chess Grand Prix. |
27/05/2010 | Matthew Shaw wins the Barton Cup. |
07/09/2009 | Nigel Cook wins the U80 award in the Club Championship for the third consecutive year. |
28/08/2009 | Neil Sutherland wins the Club Championship for the third consecutive year. Steve Wedlock wins the Lightning for the second consecutive year. |
16/08/2009 | Ron Gooch 1932-2009 Westcliff Chess Club have announced that Ron Gooch passed away at the age of 77 on Sunday 16 August. He had been ill for some time. The funeral was held at Leigh Road Baptist Church, Marguerite Drive, Leigh-on-Sea on Thursday 27 August. |
14/08/2009 | Colin Newton wins the Tilleard Cup for the second consecutive year. |
07/08/2009 | Howard Grist wins the Speed Chess Grand Prix for the fifth consecutive year. |
01/05/2009 | Neil Sutherland wins the Barton Cup competition. |
12/04/2009 | Southend win the Southend League Division 1. |
07/04/2009 | Nigel Cook wins the Global Coins competition for the third consecutive year. |
13/11/2008 | Southend win the Southend League Team Lightning. |
29/09/2008 | Neil Sutherland wins the Club Championship after beating Ian Gilbert in a play-off. |
05/09/2008 | Nigel Cook wins the U80 award in this year's Club Championship. |
01/09/2008 | Steve Wedlock wins the Lightning tournament. |
19/08/2008 | Neil Sutherland wins the JA Speigel Memorial for the third consecutive year. |
15/08/2008 | Colin Newton wins the Tilleard Cup. |
08/08/2008 | Howard Grist wins the Speed Chess Grand Prix. |
25/04/2008 | Nigel Cook wins the Global Coins competition for the second consecutive year. Neil Sutherland has won the Barton Cup. |
12/11/2007 | Southend I win Southend & District League Team Lightning. |
17/09/2007 | Neil Sutherland has won the Club Championship. Nigel Cook wins the U80 award in the same event. |
31/08/2007 | Neil Sutherland has also won the Lightning tournament. |
27/08/2007 | Neil Sutherland has won the JA Speigel Memorial tournament. |
24/08/2007 | Howard Grist has won the Speed Chess Grand Prix. |
01/08/2007 | Fred Whitefield has won the Tilleard Cup for the fourth consecutive year. |
20/06/2007 | Nigel Cook wins the Global Coins competition. |
23/05/2007 | Southend I have completed the Southend & District League double by winning the Perriman Cup. This completes this season's matches and Ian Gilbert has won the Barton Cup. |
29/03/2007 | Southend I are Southend & District League Division 1 champions. |
04/09/2006 | Ian Gilbert has won the Lightning Tournament. |
25/08/2006 | Neil Sutherland has won the JA Speigel Memorial tournament Howard Grist has won the Speed Chess Grand Prix |
21/08/2006 | Howard Grist has won the Club Championship also for the third consecutive year. |
18/08/2006 | Fred Whitefield has won the Tilleard Cup for the third consecutive year. |
25/05/2006 | All this season's matches are now complete and Ian Gilbert has won the Barton Cup. |
17/05/2006 | Vincent Byram wins the Global Coins competition. |
14/11/2005 | Southend I win Southend & District League Team Lightning. |
03/10/2005 | Southend III record their first win in 20 matches. |