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SCL Affiliated Clubs

Chess Clubs from Sussex

Bexhill

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Brighton & Hove

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Collyers VI FC

Home Matches
1st Team Tuesdays
Rapid Team Mondays

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Crowborough

Home Matches Fridays

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Eastbourne

Home Matches Fridays

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East Grinstead

Home Matches Mondays

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East Grinstead Bookshop

Home Matches Thursdays

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Hastings &
St Leonards

Home Matches Tuesdays and Thursdays

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HAYWARDS HEATH

Home Matches Thursdays

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Horsham

Home Matches Tuesdays

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LEWES

Home Matches Tuesdays

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SHOREHAM

Home Matches

TBC
SUSSEX UNIVERSITY

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UCKFIELD

Home Matches Wednesdays

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Worthing

Home Matches Mondays

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Bexhill Chess Club

Friday Evenings: 
St Marks Church Hall Green Lane Little Common TN39 4BZ  
WEBSITE     LMS PAGE

Roll of Honour

Joined the League for 2019-20 Season
Division 2 Champions 1 time
Division 3 Champions 1 time
KO Cup Winners 1 time

Top Players

Howard Tebbs (2069)
Anh Nguyen (2042)
Andrew Fleming (1902)
James Lumsden (1901)

Season 2024-25

Division 1 - 7th Place
Won 3 Drew 2 Lost 5

Division 2 Champions
KO Cup Winners

Brighton & Hove Chess Club

Monday Evenings: 
Queens Hotel 1-3 Kings Road Brighton BN1 1NS  ​ 
WEBSITE     LMS PAGE

Roll of Honour

Division 1 Champions 17 times
Division 2 Champions 4 times
Division 3 Champions 4 times
Division 3 South  2 times
Division 4 Champions 5 times
KO Cup Winners 2 times

Top Players

Luke Rutherford (2269)
Callum Brewer (2192)
Mikolaj Rogacewicz (2136)
Geoffrey James (2025)


Season 2024-25

Division 1 - 3rd Place
Won 6 Drew 2 Lost 2

Division 4 Champions


Collyers VI FC Chess Club

1st Team
Tuesday Evenings
Play at Horsham Chess Club
Rapidplay Team
Monday Evenings: 
The College of Richard Collyer Hurst Road Horsham RH12 2EJ 
WEBSITE

Roll of Honour

Joined the League for 2020-21 Season



Top Players

 



Season 2024-25

 



Crowborough Chess Club

Friday Evenings: 
Crowborough Community Centre Pine Grove TN6 1FE
WEBSITE     LMS PAGE

Roll of Honour

Division 1 Champions 2 times
Division 2 Champions 1 time
Division 3 Champions 6 times
Division 4 Champions 3 times
KO Cup Winners 7 times
Rapidplay Champions 2 times

Top Players

Luke Freeman (2016)
Jon Lawrance (1925)
Gerald Michaud (1884)
Elena Currah (1771)
Doug Blythe (1655)

Season 2024-25

Division 1 - 9th Place
Won 3 Drew 0 Lost 7

Eastbourne Chess Club

Friday Evenings: 
Lion Works, Sidley Road,Eastbourne BN22 7HB
The entrance is next to Number 14, Sidley Road
WEBSITE     LMS PAGE

Roll of Honour

Division 2 Champions 7 times
Division 3 Champions 1 time
Division 3 South Champions 3 times
Division 4 Champions 3 times
KO Cup Winners 3 times

Top Players

Rasa Norinkeviciute (2019)
Oliver Froom (1992)
James O'dell (1888)
Paul Carpenter (1879)
Laurence Butt  (1848)

Season 2024-25

Division 1 - 10th Place
Won 2 Drew 2 Lost 6



East Grinstead Chess Club

Monday Evenings: 
Glen Vue Centre Railway Approach East Grinstead RH19 1BS
WEBSITE     LMS PAGE

Roll of Honour

Division 1 Champions 2 times
Division 2 Champions 5 times
Division 3 Champions 1 time
Division 4 Champions 1 time
KO Cup Winners 2 times

Top Players

Chris Baker (2227)
Gareth Anthony (2189)
Peter Kemp (2128)
Dan Rosen (2108)
Robert Noyce (2038)

Season 2024-25

Division 1 - 2nd Place
Won 7 Drew 0 Lost 3



East Grinstead Bookshop Chess Club

Friday Evenings: 
The Bookshop Tudor House 22 High St East Grinstead RH19 
WEBSITE     LMS PAGE

Roll of Honour

Joined the League for 2019-20 Season
Rapidplay Champions 3 times

Top Players

Michael Taylor (1701)
Rylie Cwns Thomson (1683)
Mathieu Clay (1593)
Graham Robertson (1568)

Season 2024-25

Division 4 - 6th Place
Won 3 Drew 0 Lost 4
Rapidplay Champions

Hastings & St Leonards Chess Club

Wednesday Evenings  : 1st Team  ​ 
Tuesday Evenings :  2nd Team
Monday Evenings : 3rd Team
Thursday Evenings : 4th Team
2 Cornwallis Terrace Hastings TN34 1EB
WEBSITE     LMS PAGE

Roll of Honour

Division 1 Champions 6 times
Division 2 Champions 3 times
Division 3 Champions 1 time

Top Players

Daniel Lowe (2136)
Francis Rayner (2067)
John Sugden (2004)
Henry Cove  (1927)

Season 2024-25

Division 1 - 4th Place
Won 6 Drew 2 Lost 2

Haywards Heath

Thursday Evenings:
St Francis Social and Sports Club, Lewes Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 4RU
LMS PAGE

Roll of Honour

Division 1 Champions 4 times
Division 2 Champions 4 times
Division 3 Champions 1 time
Division 4 Champions 1 time
KO Cup Winners 1 time

Top Players

Felix Kwiatkowski (2191)
Jeffrey Boardman (2052)
Vivian Cole (1972)
Julian Clark (1776)

Season 2024-25

Division 1 - 8th Place
Won 1 Drew 4 Lost 5

Horsham Chess Club

Tuesday Evenings: 
Methodist Church Lounge, London Rd, Horsham Rh12 1AN
WEBSITE     LMS PAGE

Roll of Honour

Division 1 Champions 7 times
Division 2 Champions 3 times
Division 3 Champions 1 time
Division 4 Champions 3 times
KO Cup Winners 2 times

Top Players

Gavin Lock (2182)
Mark Broom (2110)
James Mansson (2072)
Anthony Higgs (2013)
James McGrath (1895)

Season 2024-25

Division 1 - 5th Place
Won 4 Drew 3 Lost 3

Lewes Chess Club

Tuesday Evenings: 
St Mary's Supporters Club, Christie Road, Lewes, BN7 1PL
LMS PAGE

Roll of Honour

Division 1 Champions 1 time
Division 2 Champions 6 times
Division 3 Champions 4 times
KO Cup Winners 3 times

Top Players

Henry Adams (2212)
Peter Farr (2037)
Louis Buckland (2023)
Richard Welford (1866)

Season 2024-25

Division 1 - 6th Place
Won 4 Drew 3 Lost 3

Sussex University Chess Club

Monday Evenings: 
Meeting Room 2, Falmer House, Falmer, Brighton
East Sussex BN1 9QF
LMS PAGE

Roll of Honour

Division 2 Champions 1 time
Division 3 Champions 4 times
KO Cup Winners 4 times

Top Players

Hooman Honavarmahalati (1911)
James Fawcett (1885)
Maharnab Choudhury ​ (1738)
Greg Seekings (1671)

Season 2024-25

Division 2 - 3rd Place
Won 4 Drew 4 Lost 1



Uckfield Chess Club

Wednesday Evenings: 
Tyler Room, Luxford Centre, Library Way, Uckfield TN22 1AR
WEBSITE     LMS PAGE

Roll of Honour

Division 3 Champions 1 time
KO Cup Winners 2 times

Top Players

Arran Airlie (1917)
Joseph Wright (1737)
Michael Stockham (1724)
Brian Stockham (1595)

Season 2024-25

Division 4 - 3rd Place
Won 4 Drew 1 Lost 2

Worthing Chess Club

Monday Evenings: 
The Tarring Club 118-122 Pavilion Rd Worthing BN14 7EL
WEBSITE     LMS PAGE

Roll of Honour

Division 1 Champions 2 times
Division 2 Champions 3 times
Division 3 Champions 4 times
Division 4 Champions 2 times
KO Cup Winners 1 time

Top Players

Russell Granat (2239)
David Graham (2205)
Matthew Payne (2182)
Peter Larwood (1896)
Nicholas Skinner (1828)

Season 2024-25

Division 1 - Champions
Won 6 Drew 3 Lost 1

Division 1 Champions
Division 3 Champions

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