Still time to enter the Essex Championships: – Good Friday and Easter Saturday – 3-4 April 2026 – at Wanstead House, E11 2NT. But don’t delay – no entries will be accepted on the day! Remember: the Southend Easter Congress where the Championships have been awarded of late, will not take place this year (due to costs) […]
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Since 2013, the Essex Championships have been awarded at the Southend Easter Congress. But the Southend Congress will not take place in 2026 as a drastic rise in the cost of the venue has taken it well-beyond the organisers’ budget. Does this mean no Essex Championships? Think again – the Essex Championships will be held […]
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SCCU U2050: Essex 10-6 Kent At Wanstead. Having already secured the SCCU U2050 Championship, at least on tie-break, with a match in hand, Essex celebrated with a 10-6 home win over Kent. Essex crossed the finishing line with a five point lead, stretched this to six before Kent won the last two games to cut […]
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The Southend club is sad to report that Julian Corfield passed away peacefully in hospital on 1 January 2026 aged 77 years old after a period of ill health. There will be a commemorative meeting in Southend on Saturday 7 February – please contact Steve Wedlock (s.wedlock@sky.com) for further details.
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SCCU U2050: Surrey 7-9 Essex At Cheam. With a history of defeat at this venue, Essex returned home happy on a wet and blustery day, with a 9-7 victory and qualification to the ECF championship stages assured. See full details and Michael Spurr’s report on the U2050 page (link below). The SCCU Championship is still […]
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6 December 2025 SCCU U2050: Essex 7½-8½ Surrey At Wanstead. Surrey not used to winning at Wanstead took an early lead but Essex fought back to level. Then Surrey took a two point lead, but Essex managed to fight level at 7-7, with two games in play. Surrey squeezed a win out of one of […]
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SCCU U2050: Middx 4-12 Essex At Childs Hill. Michael Spurr assembled a strong team to take to Childs HIll. While still not at full strength, Essex inflicted on the home team a 12-4 defeat, only eclipsed in the post-covid era by the 12½-3½ victory at home to Kent in 2022-23, but certainly the largest Away […]
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Essex returned empty-handed from a match double at Cheam. SCCU U1850: Surrey 10-6 Essex. At Cheam. Essex won over the top six boards by 4½-1½, but the story of the other 10 was a tale of Essex woe, with eight losses against one lone win and a draw. Yet there was nothing between the sides, […]
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SCCU U2050 Essex 8½-7½ Middx. At Wanstead. At the same stage last season, Essex U2050 were on 0/2 on their way to 0/3, finishing with 2/6 including double defeats v Middx. Both ghosts were laid to rest in this new campaign, following last month’s away victory v Kent with a narrow home win against Middx, […]
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A roundup of matches to date (latest at the top). There is a slightly staggered appearance to the SCCU calendar for once, resulting from several more fixture changes than usual. Matches normally paired on the same date (e.g. Essex v Middx at U1850 and U1450) are now, for various reasons, split. The overall fixtures calendar […]
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