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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.
03/05/2016	Riyad Bensoussane wins both the Hadleigh Cup and the Junior Trophy competitions.
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.
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	The new season's activities have been added, including fixtures for Division 1, Division 2, Perriman Cup and the new A100 competition.
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.
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 will take place at Southend Crematorium on Thursday 28 August at 11am.
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.
31/08/2012	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.
21/03/2012	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.
30/01/2011	Details of the Southend Easter Congress are available on the Southend Chess Club web site.
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.
21/04/2010	All Southend League players are invited to enter the Southend club's JA Speigel Memorial 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 will be held at Leigh Road Baptist Church, Marguerite Drive, Leigh-on-Sea on Thursday 27 August at 3.00pm.
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.
21/04/2009	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 along with the Southend club's JA Speigel Memorial event which all players in the Southend League are welcome to enter.
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 funeral will take place at Basildon Crematorium on Thursday 24 April (11.45am).
21/04/2008	Graham Worsfold wins the Individual Lightning for the third consecutive year.
19/04/2008	Tye Byram has won the Hadleigh Cup.
15/04/2008	All Southend & District League players are invited to take part in the Southend Chess Club's JA Speigel Memorial Tournament. Full details can be found on the Southend Club website.
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.
18/01/2008	Details of the Southend Easter Congress are available on the Southend club web site.
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. All Southend & District League players are invited to take part in the Southend Chess Club's JA Speigel Memorial Tournament. Full details can be found on the Southend Club website.
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.
01/12/2006	Details of the Southend Easter Congress are available on the Southend club web site.
18/11/2006	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. They are also on this season's Calendar.
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 will take place at Basildon Crematorium on Tuesday 8 August (11.00 am).
20/07/2006	The new ECF grading list is now available on the ECF web site.
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.