Knockout

The Essex Knockout competition goes back many years. Originally, this was a standardplay competition playing thoughout the regular League season. However, this eventually fell in popularity until it was in a moribund state.

The competition was revived in 2001 as a summer event in rapidplay format, each match being two G30 rounds, now G20+10. A Plate competition was added in 2003.

This page records the winners of the Summer Rapidplay Knockout and Plate.

Knockout winners

Year Winners Score Opponents   Year Winners Score Opponents
2001 Ilford 11-1 Chelmsford   2014 Writtle 6½-5½ Wanstead A
2002 Ilford 7½-4½ Writtle   2015 Barking A* *5-5 Writtle
2003 Ilford 6½-5½ Barking   2016 Writtle 6-4 Wanstead A
2004 Barking 6½-5½ Wanstead A   2017 Writtle 5½-4½ Wanstead A
2005 Writtle* *6-6 Barking   2018 Barking A 5½-4½ Writtle
2006 Writtle 9-3 Barking   2019 Wanstead B 7½-2½ Wanstead A
2007 Barking 6½-5½ Wanstead   2020 No competition 1
2008 Writtle 7-5 Barking   2021 No competition 1
2009 Barking 8½-3½ Writtle   2022 Wanstead A 6-4 Barking A
2010 Barking 9½-2½ Ilford   2023 Wanstead A 7½-2½ Barking A
2011 Barking* *6-6 Writtle    2024 Barking 7-3 Basildon 
2012 Barking 8-4 Wanstead A   2025 Basildon *5-5 Wanstead A
2013 Wanstead A 9½-2½ Ilford          
*=Won on tie-break    Note: from 2015 number of boards was reduced to 5.   1 Covid-19 lockdowns

Plate winners

Year Winners Score Opponents   Year Winners Score Opponents
2003 Chelmsford 7-5 Wanstead B   2015 Upminster A 6-4 Wanstead C
2004 Ilford 9½-2½ Wanstead B   2016 Barking B* *5-5 Wanstead B
2005 Wanstead A 9½-2½ Upminster   2017 Upminster A 7½-2½ Upminster B
2006 Ilford 6½-5½ Chlemsford   2018 Wanstead A 7½-2½ Ilford
2007 Upminster 7-5 Thurrock   2019 Upminster A 8½-1½ Barking B
2008 Roding & Loughton 6½-5½ Brentwood   2020 No competition 1
2009 Upminster 6½-5½ Thurrock   2021 No competition 1
2010 Upminster 7-5 Basildon   2022 Ilford 8-2 Thurrock
2011 Thurrock 5½-2½ Ilford   2023 Wanstead B 7½-2½ Loughton
2012 Ilford 7½-4½ Southend    2024 Witham 8½-1½ Loughton 
2013 Upminster 8-4 Wanstead B   2025 Thurrock *5-5 Wanstead B
2014 Upminster A 9½-2½ Upminster B          
*=Won on tie-break    Note: from 2015 number of boards was reduced to 5.   1 Covid-19 lockdowns