Great news! Confirmed, we have escaped relegation once again! This time not of our making, but the unthinkable event that perennial London League Champions, Wood Green, have withdrawn from Division 1. Their sponsor has called it a day. This meant a vacancy to fill in Division 1, which as LL Rules require, this is filled by promotion, so three teams were promoted from Division 2 and only one team relegated; as we were second from bottom, we remain in Division […]
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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 […]
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Mark down 24 April 2026 as a special evening, when Divisions A and B of the North Circular League were both retained, while only Wanstead 1 were in action. 23 April 2026, NCCL Division A: Barking 2½-3½ Wanstead 1 At Barking. At the start of play, Barking 1 had a one point lead (two points for a win) and this was their last match; Wanstead 1 have a match in hand. Put simply, Barking would win the league with a […]
Open this post... 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 […]
Open this post... 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 | […]
Open this post... Older members will remember “TW3”; David Frost et al. This is the WWCC take on a busy week with Round 6 of the Club Championship on Tuesday and four away matches over Wednesday and Thursday; “four teams, at Gt Baddow, Basildon, Barking and Chingford which severely stretched our resources. No reserves anywhere!” (MM). The Wednesday matches brought a splendid result for WW2 away to Writtle when they pulled off a 4-4 draw, a squeak away from a smash & grab […]
Open this post... Essex League Division I: Wanstead II 4½-3½ Writtle. At Wanstead. Lightning strikes twice. The last time Wanstead II were in Division I was the covid-19 truncated 2019-20 season. In that campaign Wanstead II won away to Writtle by 4½-3½. Wind on six years and “the bees” sting Writtle again; consecutive victories! Read Mark Murrell’s stirring report on the EL2 page. Wanstead II are now 4th of seven teams, above Writtle, Basildon and Upminster I. Essex League Division III: Wanstead IV […]
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