Mid-Sussex Chess League

History of the league: Tankards

Tankards are awarded for the best individual performances in the league. The Best Match Average Tankard is awarded to the player with the best overall performance in the league. In recent years tankards have also been awarded for the best performances in the individual divisions.

Some of the following details are slightly edited versions of the text that appears on the tankards.

Best Match Average Tankard

1971–2
F J Kwiatkowski (Haywards Heath)
J Parker (Crawley)
R D Hirsch (Crawley)
1972–3
C C Harding (Haywards Heath)
R D Hirsch (Crawley)
1973–4
D J Langridge (St Francis Hospital)
1974–5
R T Buckland (St Francis Hospital)
1975–6
D H Cummings (Varndean)
1976-77
B Lindfield (Falmer)
1977–8
J Stone (Seaford)
1978–9
J O Andrew (Brighton, Hove & Sussex 6th Form College)
1979–80
P White
P Ransom
J Tennyson
1980–81
R Nicholas (St Francis Hospital)
J Nicholson (Sun Alliance)
1981–2
S Smith (Eastbourne)
C E Fellows (Seaford)
1982–3
R Moss (William Parker)
P New (William Parker)
1983–4
A Carter (William Parker)
A Pidcock (Lewes)
1984–5
W Hicks (Sussex University)
1985–6
I Fayter (St Francis Hospital)
1986–7
M V Penston (Eastbourne)
1987–8
I G Kelly (Brighton)
1988–9
J Strange (Sun Alliance)
M Hickman (The Holt)
1989–90
D P Hurricks (Horsham)
1990–91
(no record on tankard)
L Rutherford (Brighton)
R Elliston (Crowborough)
J Mitchell (Brighton, Hove & Sussex 6th Form College)
1991–2
B Charlton (East Grinstead)
P Greaves (Worthing)
1992–3
S P Barnes (Brighton)
1993–4
R Moss (Hastings) (not recorded on tankard)
1994–5
D N Roberts (Sun Alliance) (incorrectly recorded on tankard as 1993–4)
W Bigwood (Legal & General)
1995–6
D Graham (Crawley Argumentatives)
1996–7
M R Hill (Horsham)
I Edgson (Crawley)
P Quinn (Crawley)
P Sparke (Haywards Heath)
1997–8
A Pelling (Crawley)
1998–9
A Beston (Brighton & Hove)
1999–2000
B K Horscroft (Eastbourne)
2000–2001
D Hall (Knoll Knights)
2001–2
A Prescott (Crowborough)
2002–3
E Hamlyn (Eastbourne)
2003–4
R C Noyce (Crawley)
C Jones (Worthing)
2004–5
B Cafferty (Hastings)

Division 1 Tankard

1997–8
F J Kwiatkowski (Haywards Heath)
1998–9
B J Denman (Brighton & Hove)
1999–2000
R Noyce (Crawley)
2000–2001
P Kelly (Hastings & St Leonards)
2001–2
M Broom (Lewes)
P Kelly (Hastings & St Leonards)
J Tuck (Crowborough)
2002–3
P Harbott (Horsham)
2003–4
P Coleman (Crowborough)
C Lowe (Brighton & Hove)
2004–5
B Cafferty (Hastings)

Division 2 Tankard

1997–8
M Finch (Eastbourne)
1998–9
P Carpenter (Eastbourne)
1999–2000
L Rhodes (Eastbourne)
2000–2001
D S Hall (Knoll Knights)
2001–2
D Glebocki (The Holt)
J Sachs (Haywards Heath)
2002–3
P G Farr (The Args)
2003–4
R C Noyce (Crawley)
C Jones (Worthing)
2004–5
P G Farr (The Args)
C Jones (Worthing)

Division 3 Tankard

1997–8
D Langridge (Crawley)
1998–9
A J Briggs (Woodpushers)
1999–2000
J L Bryant (The Holt)
2000–2001
D Foord (Lewes)
G Cox (Bognor & Arun)
2001–2
E R Tapper (Lewes)
2002–3
D R Oates (Worthing)
2003–4
J B Mitchell (Woodpushers)
2004–5
D J Cork (Crawley)

Division 4 Tankard

1997–8
A Locke (Hassocks)
1998–9
D Boyle (Brighton & Hove)
1999–2000
D J Langridge (St Francis)
2000–2001
D M Barraclough (Haywards Heath)
2001–2
A Prescott (Crowborough)
C Campion (Crowborough)
R Harper (Eastbourne)
2002–3
E Hamlyn (Eastbourne)
2003–4
C J Balchin (Haywards Heath)
2004–5
E Hamlyn (Eastbourne)

History

Other history pages:

And lists of the winners of the various trophies:

Acknowledgements

My thanks go to the following, who kindly transcribed information from the tankards:

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