1 Sep 2026: Club 6½-8½ Caterpillar – Opening Night5 Sep 2026: SUN Hastings 5-3 Wanstead8 Sep 2026: EL1 7½-½ EL2; NC3 2½-1½ NC4; NC4 3-1 NC310 Sep 2026: CL2 Pimlico 4 1-3 CL217 Sep 2026: CL1 Wanstead 1 1-4 OTB 223 Sep 2026: NC2 3½-1½ Chingford 224 Sep 2026: CL2 2-2 Kings Head 225 Sep 2026: FC2 7½-½ Barking 2 Click on scores for Match Cards. Key: SUN=Sundry Fixtures; EL=Essex Lge; NC=North Circular Lge; CL=Central London Lge; FC=Finchley Cup (NCCL […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Open this post... Update to Club Members of positions vacant. Two of the team captaincies left vacant at the AGM have now been filled: Essex League 4th team: Pete Meadows North Circular League 2nd team: Ian Hunnable That leaves two vacancies, Essex League 2nd and 3rd teams, which are currently being covered by Fixtures Secretary, Mark Murrell, in addition to EL 1st team captain, Tournament Secretary, Fixtures Secretary, Designated Safeguarding Lead and his involvement with the Junior section. While this is a great […]
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