Old News Items
17/08/2023 | Robbie Staff wins the Summer Blitz Grand Prix competition. |
10/08/2023 | The new season's activities have been added, including fixtures for Division 1 and Minor competitions. |
24/04/2023 | Steve Wedlock wins the Individual Lightning competition. |
30/03/2023 | Justin Baptie wins the Hadleigh Cup competition. Lakshan Siddarth wins the Junior Trophy competition. |
23/03/2023 | Basildon I are Division 1 champions. |
16/03/2023 | Thurrock B win the Minor competition. |
23/02/2023 | Justin Baptie wins the Senior Individual competition. |
21/02/2023 | Dave Ruppert wins the Senior Individual Plate competition. |
15/12/2022 | Mike Twyble 1964 - 2022 Mike Twyble, a Southend 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. |
01/10/2022 | Tim Angus 1964 - 2022 Former Wickford player and captain Tim Angus passed away on Thursday 22 September aged 58 following a long illness. |
10/08/2022 | The new season's activities have been added, including fixtures for Division 1 and Minor competitions. |
08/08/2022 | Tamas Somogyi wins the Summer Blitz Grand Prix competition. |
04/08/2022 | Allan Reid 1937 - 2022 Basildon Chess Club have announced that their long standing member Allan Reid passed away on Saturday 23 July 2022 at the age of 85. |
25/04/2022 | Tamas Somogyi wins the Individual Lightning competition. |
07/04/2022 | Arunas Gedvilas wins the Hadleigh Cup competition. Huzaifa Baig wins the Junior Trophy competition. Justin Baptie has won the 2019/21 Senior Individual competition. |
31/03/2022 | Basildon I are Division 1 champions. |
27/03/2022 | Details of this summer's Blitz Grand Prix are now available. |
21/03/2022 | Southend win the Minor competition. |
13/03/2022 | The website has had a couple of improvements. Firstly, the Hadleigh Cup, Junior Trophy and Player Performances pages can now be sorted by clicking on the column heading. The other is that details of the games that make up the totals on these pages can now be viewed by clicking on a player's name. This page can also be sorted by clicking on the column headings. |
23/09/2021 | Thurrock win the Perriman Cup competition. Madison Bowden wins the competition for the Junior Trophy. |
21/09/2021 | Banky Akinyosoye wins the Senior Individual Plate competition. |
16/09/2021 | Basildon I win the play-off with Southend I for the Division 1 title. Luke Styles wins the Hadleigh Cup competition. |
14/09/2021 | The League's Privacy Policy has been updated to reflect the ECF's move from grades to ratings. |
14/08/2021 | The League is now back with a slimmed down list of activities. Fixtures have been added for Division 1 and Minor, but there will be no Perriman Cup or Senior Individual competitions this year. |
30/06/2021 | The League Council Meeting has decided that the 2019/20 Division 1 and Minor competitions are to be awarded to the team with the highest points per match ratio. This means that there will be a play-off between Southend I and Basildon I for the Division 1 title and that Temple Sutton are winners of the Minor competition. |
10/01/2021 | The website's Archive section has now been extended back to 1966. |
08/04/2020 | Frank Sealey 1947 - 2020 Thurrock Chess Club have announced that Frank Sealey died in hospital on Wednesday 8 April after an illness at the age of 72. He will be greatly missed by everyone at the Thurrock club. |
18/03/2020 | Note that all the League's activities have been postponed until further notice. |
14/02/2020 | John Ellis 1951 - 2020 Thurrock Chess Club have announced that John Ellis passed away at the age of 68 on Wednesday 22 January. The funeral was held at Herongate Wood, Billericay Road, Brentwood on Friday 14 February. |
06/01/2020 | Temple Sutton Chess Club have a new venue - Main Hall, St Luke's Church & Centre, St Luke's Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4AB. Map |
13/11/2019 | Southend II win the Team Lightning competition. |
03/10/2019 | Ken Laundy 1937 - 2019 Basildon Chess Club have announced that Ken Laundy passed away on Saturday 21 September 2019 aged 81 years after being ill for some time. A service to commemorate Ken's life took place on Monday 7 October 2019 at Basildon & District Crematorium. |
01/09/2019 | The new season's activities have been added, including fixtures for Division 1, Minor and Perriman Cup. |
15/08/2019 | Dave Kraszewski wins the Summer Blitz Grand Prix. |
17/06/2019 | Peter Laundy has been awarded the IP Russell Trophy for services to chess in the League. |
10/06/2019 | Jeff Goodwin 1950 - 2019 Billericay Chess Club have announced the very sad news that Jeff Goodwin died of a heart attack at home on Wednesday 5th June 2019. He was 69 years of age. Everyone who knew Jeff will know that he was a real character and a strong chess player in both classical and quicker formats of the game. He will be sadly missed by everyone at the club. The funeral was on Monday 1st July at South Essex Crematorium. |
16/05/2019 | Southend II lose the Division 1 Relegation Jamboree and are relegated from Division 1. |
29/04/2019 | Dave Kraszewski wins the Individual Lightning competition. |
16/04/2019 | Lakshan Siddharth wins the Junior Trophy competition. |
15/04/2019 | Basildon I are Division 1 champions. Dave Kraszewski wins the Hadleigh Cup competition. |
09/04/2019 | The League's Privacy and Safeguarding policies are now on the website. |
06/04/2019 | Details of this summer's Blitz Grand Prix are now available. |
02/04/2019 | Thurrock I are Division 2 champions. |
26/03/2019 | Dave Kraszewski wins the Senior Individual competition. |
15/03/2019 | Steve Wedlock wins the Senior Individual Plate competition. |
28/02/2019 | Basildon I win the Perriman Cup competition. |
15/11/2018 | Southend win the Team Lightning competition. |
12/09/2018 | Dave Kraszewski wins the Summer Blitz Grand Prix competition. |
03/09/2018 | The new season's activities have been added, including fixtures for Division 1, Division 2 and Perriman Cup. |
03/05/2018 | Basildon I are Division 1 champions. Steve Wedlock wins the Hadleigh Cup competition. Lakshan Siddharth wins the competition for the Junior Trophy. Basildon I win the Perriman Cup competition. |
30/04/2018 | Thurrock I are relegated from Division 1. |
16/04/2018 | Dave Kraszewski wins the Individual Lightning competition. |
26/03/2018 | Roger Mugridge 1934 - 2018 Billericay Chess Club have announced the death of Roger Mugridge, a long time member of Wickford and Billericay Chess Clubs as well as being Vice President of the League. Roger died on Friday 16th March 2018 in Basildon Hospital of a heart attack after being housebound with a broken hip for several years. Besides playing for his two clubs, Roger played in the North Essex daytime competition and the Southend Congress before illness restricted his play to his home. He will be missed. The funeral service was held at Basildon & District Crematorium on Friday 6th April. |
15/03/2018 | Radu Bara wins the Senior Individual competition. |
08/03/2018 | David Millward wins the Senior Individual Plate competition. |
01/03/2018 | Terry Field 1943 - 2018 Thurrock Chess Club have announced that Terry Field passed away at the age of 75 on Tuesday 13 February. The funeral was held at Basildon Crematorium on Thursday 8th March. |
07/02/2018 | Temple Sutton I are Division 2 champions. |
28/01/2018 | Ron Prickett 1936 - 2018 Thurrock Chess Club have announced that Ron Prickett passed away at the age of 81 on Friday 26 January. The funeral was held at Corbetts Tey Crematorium, Ockendon Road, Upminster, RM14 2UY on 26th February. |
15/11/2017 | Southend win the Team Lightning competition. |
08/09/2017 | Hugh Tanton 1930 - 2017 Billericay Chess Club have announced the sad news that Hugh Tanton passed away on 14th August 2017 at the age of 86 following a serious heart condition. Hugh was a long time member of Billericay Chess Club. He joined in 1989 and was the club’s Tournaments Officer for many years. Hugh was also a member of the county U120 team and the North Essex Daytime Competition from its first year until 2015. In his latter years, after he stopped driving, he continued to play chess at home against members of the Daytime league and Billericay Chess Club until this year. Hugh will be sadly missed by all at the club. The funeral took place at St John’s Church, Outwood Common Rd, Billericay CM11 2LE on 24th October. |
06/09/2017 | Radu Bara wins the Summer Blitz Grand Prix competition. |
02/09/2017 | The new season's activities have been added, including fixtures for Division 1, Division 2 and Perriman Cup. |
01/08/2017 | The SCCU are celebrating their 125th anniversary with a 'North of the Thames' vs 'South of the Thames' match on 16th September 2017 at The Hall School, 23 Crossfield Road, Swiss Cottage, London, NW3 4NU and would like as many players as possible to be involved. Full details can be found on the SCCU website. |
28/06/2017 | Billericay win the play-off match so Temple Sutton are relegated from Division 1. |
18/05/2017 | Lakshan Siddharth wins the competition for the Junior Trophy. |
28/04/2017 | Josh Winiberg wins the Senior Individual Plate competition. |
27/04/2017 | David Flynn wins the Hadleigh Cup competition. |
26/04/2017 | Thurrock I are Division 2 champions. |
24/04/2017 | David Flynn wins the Individual Lightning competition. |
20/04/2017 | Billericay and Temple Sutton I are to play-off to decide who is relegated from Division 1. |
10/04/2017 | Southend I win the Perriman Cup competition. |
06/04/2017 | Basildon I are Division 1 champions. |
13/03/2017 | David Millward wins the Senior Individual competition. |
17/11/2016 | Basildon I win the Team Lightning competition. |
15/09/2016 | Billericay have a new venue for the coming season - see the Billericay page for more details. |
14/09/2016 | Steve Wedlock wins the Summer Blitz Grand Prix. |
13/09/2016 | The new season's activities have been added, including fixtures for Division 1, Division 2 and Perriman Cup. |
26/05/2016 | Basildon I win the Perriman Cup competition. |
29/04/2016 | Justin Baptie wins the Senior Individual competition. |
21/04/2016 | Thurrock I are relegated from Division 1. |
18/04/2016 | Rob Hewitt wins the Individual Lightning competition. |
13/04/2016 | Billericay are Division 2 champions. Temple Sutton win the Minor competition. |
03/04/2016 | Riyad Bensoussane wins both the Hadleigh Cup and the Junior Trophy competitions. |
01/04/2016 | Basildon I are Division 1 champions. |
08/03/2016 | Josh Winiberg wins the Senior Individual Plate competition. |
18/11/2015 | Basildon I win the Team Lightning competition. |
02/09/2015 | Jim Howson wins the Summer Blitz Grand Prix. |
27/08/2015 | The new season's activities have been added, including fixtures for Division 1, Division 2, Perriman Cup and the renamed Minor (formerly A100) competition. |
07/05/2015 | Basildon II win the Perriman Cup competition. Arunas Gedvilas wins the Hadleigh Cup and Kit-Long Siu wins the Junior Trophy. |
24/04/2015 | Sean Clarke wins the Individual Lightning competition. |
23/04/2015 | Dave Kraszewski wins the Senior Individual competition. |
17/04/2015 | Rayleigh I are Division 1 champions. |
12/04/2015 | Billericay are relegated from Division 1. |
31/03/2015 | Southend II are Division 2 champions. |
10/03/2015 | Temple Sutton win the A100 competition. |
03/03/2015 | Fred Whitefield wins the Senior Individual Plate competition. |
04/12/2014 | Basildon II win the Team Lightning competition. |
15/11/2014 | Derek Stockings 1930 - 2014 Rayleigh Chess Club have announced that Derek Stockings passed away at the age of 84 on Wednesday 12 November. He died in Southend Hospital after a short illness. The funeral was on Monday 1st December. |
06/09/2014 | David Cannan 1928 - 2014 Southend Chess Club have announced that David Cannan passed away at the age of 86 on Wednesday 23 July. He suffered a stroke last year. |
05/09/2014 | The new season's activities have been added, including fixtures for Division 1, Division 2, Perriman Cup and the new A100 competition. |
03/09/2014 | Sean Clarke wins the Summer Blitz Grand Prix series. |
12/08/2014 | John Hart 1938-2014 Temple Sutton Chess Club have announced that John Hart passed away at the age of 76 on Thursday 7 August. He died in Southend Hospital after a short illness. The funeral took place at Southend Crematorium on Thursday 28 August. |
22/05/2014 | Temple Sutton II are Division 3 champions. Kit-Long Siu wins the Junior Trophy. |
06/05/2014 | Basildon I win the Perriman Cup competition. David Millward wins the Hadleigh Cup. Temple Sutton II and Thurrock III must play off for the Division 3 championship. |
28/04/2014 | Arunas Gedvilas wins the Individual Lightning tournament. |
17/04/2014 | Justin Baptie wins the Senior Individual competition. |
15/04/2014 | Southend II are relegated from Division 1. |
09/04/2014 | Fred Whitefield wins the Senior Individual Plate competition. |
08/04/2014 | Billericay II are relegated from Division 2. |
07/04/2014 | Details of this summer's Blitz Grand Prix are now available. |
04/04/2014 | Basildon I are Division 1 champions. |
27/03/2014 | Billericay I are Division 2 champions. |
13/11/2013 | Rayleigh win the Team Lightning competition. |
18/09/2013 | Sean Clarke wins the Summer Blitz Grand Prix. |
08/09/2013 | The fixtures for Division 1, Division 2, Division 3, and Perriman Cup are now available. |
25/08/2013 | The webmaster has a new e-mail address: gmail.com. |
10/06/2013 | Southend II are Division 2 champions. |
06/06/2013 | Thurrock I win the Perriman Cup competition. |
05/06/2013 | Steve Wedlock wins the Hadleigh Cup competition. |
08/05/2013 | Southend II and Temple Sutton I have to play off for the Division 2 trophy. |
24/04/2013 | Steve Wedlock wins the Individual Lightning tournament. |
17/04/2013 | David Millward wins the Senior Individual competition. Details of the Summer Blitz Grand Prix events are now available. |
15/04/2013 | Tye Byram wins the Senior Individual Plate competition. |
11/04/2013 | Basildon III are Division 3 champions. |
25/03/2013 | Southend III are relegated from Division 2. |
15/03/2013 | Billericay I are relegated from Division 1. |
07/03/2013 | Basildon I are Division 1 champions. |
15/11/2012 | Rayleigh win the Team Lightning competition. |
30/08/2012 | The fixtures for the Perriman Cup are now available. |
27/08/2012 | The fixtures for Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 are now available. |
14/08/2012 | Peter Laundy wins the Summer Blitz Grand Prix. |
10/05/2012 | Peter Laundy wins the play-off for the Individual Lightning trophy. |
04/05/2012 | Basildon I are Division 1 champions. |
02/05/2012 | Temple Sutton I win the Perriman Cup. David Gardiner wins the Hadleigh Cup. |
26/04/2012 | Billericay II are Division 3 champions. |
24/04/2012 | Daniel Hardy-Wallace, Sean Clarke and Peter Laundy have tied for the Individual Lightning trophy. There will be a play-off on May 10th. |
14/04/2012 | Details of the Individual Lightning (at Thurrock on April 24th) and Summer Blitz Grand Prix events are now available. |
13/04/2012 | Southend II are relegated from Division 1. |
21/03/2012 | Justin Baptie wins the Senior Individual. Billericay I are Division 2 champions. |
19/03/2012 | Basildon III are relegated from Division 2. |
28/02/2012 | Sean Clarke wins the Senior Individual Plate. |
16/11/2011 | Southend win the Team Lightning. |
07/09/2011 | The fixtures for Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 and Round 1 of the Perriman Cup are now available. Tony Peterson wins the Summer Blitz Grand Prix. |
26/05/2011 | Justin Baptie wins the Senior Individual. |
09/05/2011 | Details of the Summer Blitz Grand Prix are available. |
05/05/2011 | Rayleigh I are Division 1 champions. |
21/04/2011 | Westcliff II are relegated from Division 2. |
20/04/2011 | Steve Wedlock wins the Individual Lightning. |
18/04/2011 | Southend II are Division 2 champions. |
13/04/2011 | Southend III are Division 3 champions. John Wright wins this season's Hadleigh Cup competition. |
11/04/2011 | Westcliff I are relegated from Division 1. |
11/03/2011 | Thurrock I win the Perriman Cup. |
01/03/2011 | Malcolm Crane wins the Senior Individual Plate. |
15/11/2010 | Basildon I win the Team Lightning. |
22/09/2010 | Arunas Gedvilas wins the Summer Blitz Grand Prix. |
19/09/2010 | The fixtures for Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 and Round 1 of the Perriman Cup are now available. |
07/09/2010 | The final event in the Summer Blitz Grand Prix will now take place on the new date of 22nd September at Westcliff's new venue - see yesterday's item, below. |
06/09/2010 | Westcliff Chess Club have a new venue - Westcliff Free Church, 635, London Rd, Westcliff-On-Sea, Essex SS0 9PE. Map |
03/09/2010 | Maurice Siegel 1933-2010 Westcliff Chess Club have announced that Maurice Siegel passed away at the age of 77 on Wednesday 1 September. He died of a heart attack whilst in hospital. The funeral took place in Waltham Abbey on 8th September. |
03/06/2010 | Basildon I win the Perriman Cup. |
27/05/2010 | David Kraszewski wins the Hadleigh Cup. |
22/04/2010 | Justin Baptie wins the Senior Individual tournament. This is the sixth time he has done this and he has now passed the five victories achieved by Ken Clow. Tye Byram wins the Senior Individual Plate tournament. |
20/04/2010 | Rayleigh I are Division 1 champions. The League's longest current unbeaten run has come to an end. John Moore went 36 games unbeaten between February 2007 and April 2010 before losing tonight. According to my records, which are complete back to 1992, this is the longest unbeaten run. Previously the record was 30 games - held by Dennis Paul for games played in 1992-3 and John Moore for games played in 1996-2000. |
19/04/2010 | Steve Wedlock wins the Individual Lightning. |
16/04/2010 | Thurrock II are relegated from Division 1. |
14/04/2010 | Rayleigh II are relegated from Division 2. |
13/04/2010 | The Individual Lightning Event will take place at Southend Club (Ambleside Social Club) on Monday 19th April. More details Details of the Summer Blitz Grand Prix are available. |
31/03/2010 | Westcliff I are Division 2 champions. |
24/03/2010 | Billericay are Division 3 champions. |
09/11/2009 | Basildon I win the Team Lightning. |
11/09/2009 | The fixtures for Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 and Round 1 of the Perriman Cup are now available. |
17/08/2009 | Steve Wedlock wins the Summer Blitz Grand Prix. |
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. |
11/06/2009 | Sean Clarke wins the play-off for the Individual Lightning trophy. |
22/05/2009 | Thurrock I win the Perriman Cup. |
07/05/2009 | John Wright wins the Hadleigh Cup. |
26/04/2009 | Thurrock II are Division 2 champions. |
20/04/2009 | Sean Clarke, Daniel Hardy-Wallace and Steve Wedlock have tied for the Individual Lightning trophy. There will be a play-off on June 11th. |
12/04/2009 | Southend I are Division 1 champions. |
09/04/2009 | Michael Seabourne wins the Senior Individual and Fred Whitefield wins the Senior Individual Plate. |
07/04/2009 | Details of the Individual Lightning and Summer Blitz Grand Prix are now available. |
25/03/2009 | Temple Sutton I are relegated from Division 1. |
11/02/2009 | Basildon III are Division 3 champions. |
10/11/2008 | Southend win the Team Lightning. |
08/09/2008 | The draw for the first round of the Perriman Cup has been published. |
07/09/2008 | The fixtures for Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 are now available. |
03/09/2008 | Tye Byram wins the Summer Blitz Grand Prix. |
20/05/2008 | Basildon II win the Perriman Cup. |
29/04/2008 | Keith Wilcox wins the Senior Individual Plate. |
27/04/2008 | Rayleigh I are Division 1 champions. |
22/04/2008 | George Plechaty 1950-2008 Basildon Chess Club have announced that George Plechaty passed away at the age of 57 on Sunday 13 April. He had been ill for some time. The funera ltook place at Basildon Crematorium on Thursday 24 April. |
21/04/2008 | Graham Worsfold wins the Individual Lightning for the third consecutive year. |
19/04/2008 | Tye Byram has won the Hadleigh Cup. |
14/04/2008 | Details of this year's Summer Blitz Grand Prix have been published. |
10/04/2008 | Details of the Individual Lightning are available. |
28/03/2008 | Thurrock III are relegated from Division 2. |
27/03/2008 | Justin Baptie wins the Senior Individual for the fifth consecutive year. |
13/03/2008 | Westcliff I are relegated from Division 1. |
12/03/2008 | Temple Sutton I are Division 2 champions. |
05/03/2008 | Temple Sutton II are Division 3 champions. |
12/11/2007 | Southend I win the Team Lightning. |
27/10/2007 | The Team Lightning competition will take place at Temple Sutton Chess Club on Monday 12th November. |
11/09/2007 | The fixtures for Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 are now available. |
10/09/2007 | Last season's champions Southend are comfortably beaten in the challenge match against the Rest of the League. |
08/09/2007 | The draw for the first round of the Perriman Cup has been published. |
13/08/2007 | Ian Gilbert wins the Summer Blitz Grand Prix. |
03/07/2007 | Shell Chess Club have merged with Thurrock Chess Club and will be playing under the Thurrock name next season. Details of their new venue can be found on the Thurrock Chess Club page. |
14/06/2007 | Arnold Lutton wins the Senior Individual Plate. |
24/05/2007 | Shell II beat Basildon II in the play-off match for the Division 2 Championship. Sean Clarke wins the Hadleigh Cup. |
23/05/2007 | Southend I have done the double and won the Perriman Cup. |
19/05/2007 | Results of the first event in the Summer Blitz Grand Prix are now available. |
10/05/2007 | Basildon II and Shell II must play off for the Division 2 title. |
09/05/2007 | Temple Sutton II are relegated from Division 2. |
23/04/2007 | Graham Worsfold wins the Individual Lightning. |
17/04/2007 | Temple Sutton I are relegated from Division 1. |
11/04/2007 | Details of the Individual Lightning and a new competition - the Summer Blitz Grand Prix are now available. Justin Baptie wins the Senior Individual for the fourth consecutive year. |
05/04/2007 | Shell III are Division 3 champions. |
30/03/2007 | Southend I are Division 1 champions. |
13/11/2006 | Basildon win the Team Lightning competition. |
01/11/2006 | The Team Lightning competition will take place at Basildon Chess Club on Monday 13th November. |
12/09/2006 | Last season's champions Shell failed to see off the challenge from the Rest of the League. |
06/09/2006 | The fixtures have been published for Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 and the first round of the Perriman Cup. |
21/08/2006 | Wickford have withdrawn from the League due to a shortage of members. They are continuing to meet on Wednesdays for the time being. |
06/08/2006 | David Hutchings 1942-2006 Wickford Chess Club have announced that David Hutchings passed away on Tuesday 1 August. He had been ill for several months, he was 64. The funeral took place at Basildon Crematorium on Tuesday 8 August. |
27/06/2006 | Westcliff I beat Shell II in the play-off match for the Division 2 Championship. This completes the 2005/6 season just in time for the AGM on Monday July 3rd at Ambleside Social Club. |
21/06/2006 | Temple Sutton I lose the play-off against Wickford I and are relegated from Division 1 |
08/06/2006 | Last night's blitz tournament at Westcliff attracted 24 players from 4 different clubs. The winner was Ian Gilbert (Southend) with 4½/5. |
27/05/2006 | Arnold Lutton wins the Senior Individual Plate. Keith Wilcox wins the Hadleigh Cup. |
24/05/2006 | Shell II have to play-off with Westcliff I for the Division 2 championship. |
15/05/2006 | Shell I have done the double and won the Perriman Cup. |
24/04/2006 | Graham Worsfold wins the Individual Lightning. |
18/04/2006 | Shell I are Division 1 champions. |
12/04/2006 | Justin Baptie wins the Senior Individual for the third consecutive year. |
08/03/2006 | Westcliff II are Division 3 champions. |
14/11/2005 | Southend I win Team Lightning. |