Sussex Age-Group Champions
Awarded at the Sussex Closed Championships for each age group:
Awarded at The Weald Chess Congress:
The Brian Denman Cup – U14 Standardplay
The George Self Cup – U18 Standardplay
The Anne Gammans Cup – U18 Girls Standardplay
U7 Titles – awarded at the Sussex Closed U7 Championships held in June
| Season | Sussex U7 Champion | U7 School Team |
| 2022 -23 | Arthur Ashcroft | Copthorne Prep |
| 2021 – 22 | Derik Kruger | Copthorne Prep |
| 2020 – 21 | No event held – Covid-19 Pandemic | |
| 2019 – 20 | No event held – Covid-19 Pandemic | |
| 2018 – 19 | Aditya Gupta & Seha Konara | Copthorne Prep |
| 2017 – 18 | Kaysan Salajee | Ardingly College |
| 2016 – 17 | Amelie Rees | Lancing Prep at Worthing |
| 2015 – 16 | Adam Faulkner | Ardingly |
| 2014 – 15 | Adam Faulkner | Great Walstead |
| 2013 – 14 | Arjun Kolani | London Meed |
| 2012 – 13 | Laura Borland | Broadwater CE First School |
| 2011 – 12 | Christopher Sneddon | Great Walstead |
| 2010 – 11 | Oliver Manchester | Lindfield Primary |
| 2009 – 10 | William Allin | Broadwater CofE |
| 2008 – 09 | Matthew Forster | Great Walstead |
| 2007 – 08 | Edward Critchley | Great Walstead |
| 2006 – 07 | Rohan Shiatis | Holy Cross CEP, Uckfield |
| 2005 – 06 | Rohan Shiatis | Great Walstead |
| 2004 – 05 | Robert Fitzgerald | Great Walstead |
| 2003 – 04 | Robert Fitzgerald | Great Walstead |
| 2002 – 03 | Freddie Keen / Barnaby Paul | Dorset House |
| 2001 – 02 | Andrew Turner | Dorset House |
| 2000 – 01 | Jed Kafetz | |
| 1999 – 00 | Sebastian Stracey | St. Lawrence |
| 1998 – 99 | Kajtek Skowronski | St. Lawrence |
| 1997 – 98 | David Howell | |
| 1996 – 97 | David Howell |
U8 Titles – awarded at the Sussex Closed U8 Championships held in October
| Season | Sussex U8 Champion | U8 School Team |
| 2023 – 24 | Artem Dodukh | Handcross Park |
| 2022 – 23 | Josiah McKie | Copthorne Prep |
| 2021 – 22 | Josiah McKie | Copthorne Prep |
| 2020 – 21 | No event held – Covid-19 Pandemic | |
| 2019 – 20 | Aditya Gupta | Copthorne Prep |
| 2018 – 19 | Henri Blin | Copthorne Prep |
| 2017 – 18 | Austin Mitchell | Copthorne Prep |
| 2016 – 17 | Arun Gibbons, Thomas Kindell | Copthorne Prep |
| 2015 – 16 | Matthew Armstrong | Great Walstead |
| 2014 – 15 | Arjun Kolani | Great Walstead |
| 2013 – 14 | Oliver Faulkner | London Meed |
| 2012 – 13 | Edward Gray & Alec Hedger | Lindfield Primary |
| 2011 – 12 | Calum Salmons | St. Lawrence |
| 2010 – 11 | Oliver Howell | Broadwater CofE, Worthing |
| 2009 – 10 | Hannah Sutton | Great Walstead |
| 2008 – 09 | Edward Critchley | Great Walstead |
| 2007 – 08 | Billy Twigge-Molecey | Holy Cross, Uckfield |
| 2006 – 07 | Otto Pyper | |
| 2005 – 06 | Charles Keen | Great Walstead |
| 2004 – 05 | Finbarr Blair | |
| 2003 – 04 | Edward Reeves-Dienes | |
| 2002 – 03 | William Maskell | St Margarets, Ditchling |
| 2001 – 02 | Oliver Benneck | |
| 2000 – 01 | Farris Ziyada |
U9 Titles – awarded at the Sussex Closed U9/11/13/18 Championships held in November
| Season | U9 | U9 School Team (Perpetual trophy missing) |
| 2023 – 24 | Magnus Gomez | No teams |
| 2022 – 23 | Nicholas Bhattacharyya | Handcross Park |
| 2021 – 22 | Aidan Burnside | Copthorne Prep |
| 2020 – 21 | Covid-19 Pandemic – Event replaced by online tournament; no school element | |
| 2019 – 20 | Seha Konara | Copthorne Prep |
| 2018 – 19 | Taran Sharma | Copthorne Prep |
| 2017 – 18 | Kit Blades | Copthorne Prep |
| 2016 – 17 | Timmy Hedger, Theo Lawson | Copthorne Prep |
| 2015 – 16 | Timmy Hedger | Birchwood Grove |
| 2014 – 15 | Arjun Kolani | Broadwater CE School |
| 2013 – 14 | Oliver Manchester | Lindfield Primary |
| 2012 – 13 | Amardip Ahluwalia | Copthorne Prep |
| 2011 – 12 | Oliver Howell | Copthorne Prep |
| 2010 – 11 | Miles Brown | Broadwater CE School |
| 2009 – 10 | Scott Borland | Broadwater CE School |
| 2008 – 09 | Billy Twigge-Molecey | Copthorne Prep |
| 2007 – 08 | Ben Simpson | |
| 2006 – 07 | Otto Pyper | Windlesham |
| 2005 – 06 | Ram & Shyam Mohan | |
| 2004 – 05 | Jude Lenier | Dorset House |
| 2003 – 04 | Dehlia Alimbetova | |
| 2002 – 03 | Ben Blundell | St Lawrence, Hurstpierpoint |
| 2001 – 02 | – | |
| 2000 – 01 | Farris Ziyada | |
| 1999 – 00 | Andrew Tucker | |
| 1998 – 99 | Joe Richardson | |
| 1997 – 98 | David Howell | |
| 1996 – 97 | Matthew Moore | |
| 1995 – 96 | Wayne Chim | |
| 1994 – 95 | Tom Whitehouse | |
| 1993 – 94 | Tom Whitehouse | |
| 1992 – 93 | Richard Brown Jonathan Roberts | |
| 1991 – 92 | David Hare Rachel Southworth Benjamin Wood | |
| 1990 – 91 | Michael Duckworth Laurence Rackham |
U11 Titles – awarded at the Sussex Closed U9/11/13/18 Championships held in November
| Season | U11 | U11 School Team (Perpetual trophy missing) |
| 2023 – 24 | Hal Gomez & Samuel Shah | Iford & Kingston |
| 2022 – 23 | Aidan Burnside | Copthorne Prep |
| 2021 – 22 | Anh Nguyen | Copthorne Prep |
| 2020 – 21 | Covid-19 Pandemic – Event replaced by online tournament; no school element | |
| 2019 – 20 | Kit Blades Thomas Irani | Blackboys Primary |
| 2018 – 19 | Timmy Hedger | Lancing College Prep Hove |
| 2017 – 18 | Ayden Salajee | Ardingly |
| 2016 – 17 | Arjun Kolani, Calum Vyse | Broadwater CE Primary |
| 2015 – 16 | Alec Hedger | Birchwood Grove |
| 2014 – 15 | Amardip Ahluwalia | Copthorne Prep |
| 2013 – 14 | Oliver Howell | Birchwood Grove |
| 2012 – 13 | Oliver Howell | Broadwater C of E School |
| 2011 – 12 | Edward Critchley | Broadwater C of E School |
| 2010 – 11 | Joshua Higgs | Copthorne Prep |
| 2009 – 10 | Billy Twigge-Molecey | Ashdown House |
| 2008 – 09 | Sambhav Aggarwal | Ashdown House |
| 2007 – 08 | Felix Haxby | |
| 2006 – 07 | Ram & Shyam Mohan | Windlesham |
| 2005 – 06 | Zi Yuan Qu | |
| 2004 – 05 | Joseph Quinn | St Lawrence, Hurstpierpoint |
| 2003 – 04 | David Grant Rhys Cumming | Hellingly |
| 2002 – 03 | Christopher Linnett | |
| 2001 – 02 | Abi Fryer | |
| 2000 – 01 | Stephanie Barraclough | Holy Cross, Uckfield |
| 1999 – 00 | James Asquith | St. Lawrence, Hurstpierpoint |
| 1998 – 99 | Theo Penty | |
| 1997 – 98 | Matthew Moore | |
| 1996 – 97 | J Carthew | |
| 1995 – 96 | J Carthew |
U13 Titles – awarded at the Sussex Closed U9/11/13/18 Championships held in November
| Season | U13 | U13 School Team |
| 2023 – 24 | Luke Freeman | Dorothy Stringer |
| 2022 – 23 | Thomas Irani | Brighton College |
| 2021 – 22 | Kit Blades | Brighton College |
| 2020 – 21 | Covid-19 Pandemic – Event replaced by online tournament; no school element | |
| 2019 – 20 | Timmy Hedger | Brighton College |
| 2018 – 19 | Arjun Kolani | Not awarded |
| 2017 – 18 | Edward Gray | Brighton College |
| 2016 – 17 | Jonathan Britnell | Brighton College |
| 2015 – 16 | Amardip Ahluwalia | Not awarded |
| 2014 – 15 | Freddie Coleman | Downlands, Hassocks |
| 2013 – 14 | Matthew Forster | The Forest School |
| 2012 – 13 | Callum Brewer | Uckfield CTC |
| 2011 – 12 | Joshua Higgs David Liu | Sackville School |
U18 Rapidplay Titles – awarded at the Sussex Closed U9/11/13/18 Championships held in November
| Season | U18 Rapidplay | U18 School Team |
| 2023 – 24 | Henry Adams | Brighton College |
| 2022 – 23 | Jonathan Britnell | Brighton College |
| 2021 – 22 | Jonathan Britnell | Not awarded |
| 2020 – 21 | Covid-19 Pandemic – Event replaced by online tournament; no school element | |
| 2019 – 20 | FM Tom O’Gorman | Brighton College |
| 2018 – 19 | Alec Hedger | Brighton College |
| 2017 – 18 | Amardip Ahluwalia | Not awarded |
| 2016 – 17 | Daniel Finn | St. Catherine’s College, Bexhill |
| 2015 – 16 | Thomas Finn | Lancing College |
| 2014 – 15 | Jonathan Finn | Uckfield CTC |
Sussex Girls’ Titles – awarded at the Sussex Closed Girls’ Championships held in December
| Season | U11 Girls Awarded at girl’s tournament | U14 Girls Awarded at girl’s tournament (No perpetual trophy) | U18 Girls Awarded at girl’s tournament | Girls School Team Awarded at girl’s tournament U18 – The Gammans-Renwick Cup U11 – No perpetual trophy |
| 2023 – 24 | Isabella Walsh | Risha Jithendra | Raina Jithendra | U18 – Brighton College |
| 2022 – 23 | Avyanna Singh | Sophia Blin | Elena Currah | U18 – Brighton College U11 – Darvell |
| 2021 – 22 | Avyanna Singh | Alise Petersone | Elena Currah, Raina Jithendra | U18 – Burgess Hill Girls U11 – Copthorne Prep |
| 2020 – 21 | Covid-19 Pandemic – Event replaced by online tournament; no school element | |||
| 2019 – 20 | Amelie Rees | Raina Jithendra | Elena Currah | U18 – Brighton College U11 – Copthorne Prep |
| 2018 – 19 | Sophia Blin | Lauren Manchester Maya McMahon | Elizabeth Finn | U18 – Hurstpierpoint College U11 – Ardingly College |
| 2017 – 18 | Maya McMahon Amelie Rees | Laura Borland Sara Enache Lydia Munn | Lilya Stewart | U18 – Uckfield College U11 – Copthorne Prep |
| 2016 – 17 | Elena Currah Elizabeth Finn | Leah Douglas | Polina Shchepinova | U18 – Burgess Hill Girls U11 – Rocks Park Primary |
| 2015 – 16 | Elizabeth Finn | Lilya Stewart | Tanith Davies | U18 – Not awarded U11 – Birchwood Grove |
| 2014 – 15 | Laura Borland | Isatou Magrin | Cassie Graham | U18 – Burgess Hill School for Girls U11 – Birchwood Grove |
| 2013 – 14 | Lucy Bennet-Stevens | Poppy Haward Phoebe Ralph | Cassie Graham | U18 – Burgess Hill School for Girls U11 – St. Lawrence Primary |
| 2012 – 13 | Lucy Bennet-Stevens Sophia Martin | Tanith Davies | Cassie Graham | U18 – Burgess Hill School for Girls U11 – Birchwood Grove |
| 2011 – 12 | Cassie Graham | Tanith Davies Alisha Gunn Annabel Hickson | Cosima Keen | U18 – Burgess Hill School for Girls U11 – Great Walstead |
| 2010 – 11 | Cassie Graham | Katie Lang Georgina Scott-Picton | Hannah Watkinson | U18 – Burgess Hill School for Girls U11 – Copthorne Prep |
| 2009 – 10 | Cosima Keen | Hannah Watkinson | Iona Rose | Ashdown House |
| 2008 – 09 | Katie O’Nunain | Hannah Watkinson | Amy Hoare | Firle |
| 2007 – 08 | Cosima Keen | Polly Lambert | ||
| 2006 – 07 | Amy Hoare | Polly Lambert | ||
| 2005 – 06 | Amy Hoare | Anna Hargrave | ||
| 2004 – 05 | Polly Lambert | Katherine Rattle | ||
| 2003 – 04 | Rebecca Grant Anna Hargrave | |||
| 2002 – 03 | JR Wood | |||
| 2001 – 02 | Ellie Hayden | |||
| 2000 – 01 | Ellie Hayden | Deborah Margolis | ||
| 1999 – 00 | Stephanie Barraclough | |||
| 1998 – 99 | Stephanie Barraclough | |||
| 1997 – 98 | HRE Rowe | |||
| 1996 – 97 | N McManus |
The Sussex Standardplay Champions – awarded at The Weald Chess Congress held in July
| Season | U14 Champion The Brian Denman Cup | U18 Champion The George Self Cup | Girls Champion The Ann Gammans Cup |
| 2019 – 20 | No event held – Covid-19 Pandemic | ||
| 2018 – 19 | Edward Gray | Oli Howell | Lilya Stewart |
| 2017 – 18 | Edward Gray | Thomas Finn Cassie Graham | Cassie Graham |
| 2016 – 17 | Calum Salmons | Callum Brewer | Lucy Bennet-Stevens |
| 2015 – 16 | Oli Howell | Ollie Willson | Lucy Bennet-Stevens Polina Shchepinova |
| 2014 – 15 | Matthew Forster | Callum Brewer | Cassie Graham |
| 2013 – 14 | Cassie Graham | Ollie Willson | Tanith Davies |
| 2012 – 13 | Joshua Higgs | Matthew Payne | Cassie Graham |
| 2011 – 12 | Jonathan Finn | Jude Lenier | Amy Hoare |
| 2010 – 11 | Daniel Sutton | George Salimbeni | Amy Hoare |
| 2009 – 10 | Jonny Burch | George Salimbeni | Amy Hoare |
| 2008 – 09 | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
| 2007 – 08 | Matthew Payne | David Grant | Andrea Chlebikova |
| 2006 – 07 | Alex Galliano | George Salimbeni | Polly Lambert |
| 2005 – 06 | David Grant | Joe Fraser | Polly Lambert |
| 2004 – 05 | – | Neil Carter | Laura Muschamp |
| 2003 – 04 | Rhys Cumming | Joe Fraser | Katherine Rattle |
| 2002 – 03 | Grant Bucher | – | – |
| 2001 – 02 | David Barraclough | Thomas Rendle | Abi Fryer |
| 2000 – 01 | Danny Glebocki | Charlie Linford | – |
| 1999 – 00 | Theo Penty | Tom Davey | Stephanie Barraclough |
| 1998 – 99 | Charlie Linford | John Bryant | Elizabeth Tippetts |
| 1997 – 98 | Sang Nguyen | John Bryant Edward Lamb | Grace Yip |
| 1996 – 97 | Edward Lamb Ben McManus | Thomas Rendle | – |
| 1995 – 96 | Thomas Rendle | Robin Clark Glen Parker | – |
| 1994 – 95 | Laurence Rackham | Robin Clark Glen Parker | Katie Banwell Vicki Banwell |
| 1993 – 94 | Robin Clark | Ian Henderson | Vicki Banwell Elizabeth Bennett Cassie Franks |
| 1992 – 93 | Glen Parker | Robin Clark Ian Henderson | Cassie Franks |
| 1991 – 92 | Paul Bradford Glen Parker Steven Willison | David Oates | Sonya Ridden |
| 1990 – 91 | Jesse Hershkowitz | David Oates | Sonya Ridden |
| 1989 – 90 | Paul Boland Ian Henderson | Terry Hoxey | Samantha May |
| 1988 – 89 | Nicola Nunez James Schumacher | Andrew Cooper | Nicola Nunez |
| 1987 – 88 | Robert Sherlock | David Oates | Nicola Nunez |
| 1986 – 87 | David Oates Matthew Lenton | Jonathan Barnes | Nicola Nunez |