Essex League Division 1: Brentwood I 4-4 Wanstead I At Brentwood. The final match in the 2025-26 Essex League Championship went down to the wire. At the start of play, Brentwood and Wanstead were level on Match Points, each with 19/22. However, Brentwood held a slender tie-break advantage, so Wanstead needed to win the match, having drawn with Brentwood in the Home fixture on 19 February. With Bentwood’s array of titled players, led by IM Richard Pert, Wanstead’s best chance […]

Essex League Division I: WW2 5½-2½ Basildon At Wanstead. True, Basildon are figthing against relegation, but they have two games in hand which, if they were to win both, would take them to 8 points, one above WW2’s current score of 7. There was little between the teams on paper, WW2 1893, Basildon 1926, which equates to about 4 grading points on the old ECF grading system; i.e. nothing at all. There were wins from Ashley on top board, giving […]

From Mark Murrell Nigel White’s Essex Minor League (U1650) team win the the League in style with a 4-0 whitewash to their nearest title contenders Southend B, depite being outrated away and with a match in hand. I think this is our first title win in a competition where the team’s average rating cannot exceed 1500. Way to go Alex, Almas, Nigel and John! See Table and Match card below. Links: Minor League Table | Match card v Southend B | […]