Club Championships
2026 – 2027 Club Championship
This season’s Championship will be a single-section Swiss tournament over 6 rounds with a standard play time limit. It will start on Thursday 5th November 2026 and end in May 2027.
Details are here https://camberleychess.co.uk/2026-2027-club-championship/
2025 – 2026 Club Championship
Details are here https://camberleychess.co.uk/2025-2026-club-championship/
2024 – 2025 Club Championship
The Club Championship format for the 2024-25 season was new. It comprised the nine top-rated players (time control 80 +10). The two Challengers groups (time control 65 + 10) were roughly equal in terms of ratings; the winners of Groups A and B to play off in a final game to decide the Challengers title – the new “Gordon Birch Shield”.
Latest 2025 Club Championship Rounds, Cross Table, Players and Standings, click below:
Trophy Winners history
Here are the Camberley Chess Club championship winners. Congratulations to all. Click on the list to jump down to that section. Then for more details click the Results column.
Club Champion
| Year | Club Champion | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Andrew Hammond | |
| 2008 | Peter Tart | |
| 2018 | Alfredo Barquin | |
| 2019 | Colin Purdon | |
| 2020 | Julien Shepley | |
| 2022 | Julien Shepley | |
| 2023 | Julien Shepley | Chess Results |
| 2024 | Zac Welling | News Photos Results |
| 2025 | Jon Ady | See 2025 Championship Challengers A and B above |
| 2026 | Jon Ady | Results |
Club Challengers Title – The Gordon Birch Shield
The Club Championship format for the 2024-25 season was new. It comprised the nine top-rated players (time control 80 +10). The two Challengers groups (time control 65 + 10) were roughly equal in terms of ratings; the winners of Groups A and B to play off in a final game to decide the Challengers title – the new “Gordon Birch Shield”.
Gordon Birch was a member of Camberley Chess Club for around 40 years, joining in around 1982. https://camberleychess.co.uk/gordon-birch-1934-2021/
The group winners were Steve Harley and James Roberts. In a tense playoff at the club on 18th September, James won and is the first winner of the Gordon Birch Shield.
| Year | Club Challenger - The Gordon Birch Shield | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Roberts | |
| 2026 | Josh Jackson |
Player of the Year
| Year | Outstanding Player |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Martin Sommer |
| 2001 | Ian Duvall |
| 2002 | Sam Williams |
| 2003 | Edward Devonshire |
| 2004 | Catriona Meechan |
| 2005 | Morris Walters |
| 2006 | Gordon Birch |
| 2007 | Catriona Meechan |
| 2008 | - |
| 2009 | Abhishek Verma Kumar |
| 2010 | Neil Bridge |
| 2011 | Kumar Dixit |
| 2012 | Martin Wallman |
| 2013 | David Hemmings |
| 2014 | - |
| 2015 | David Thomas |
| 2016 | Peter Tart |
| 2017 | Paul Sloane |
| 2018 | Martin Wallman |
| 2022 | Ian Duvall |
| 2023 | Sebbie Twisk |
| 2024 | Zac Welling |
| 2025 | Tim Mowlem |
| 2026 | Bob Wooding |
Rapid Champion
| Year | Rapid Champion | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Julien Shepley | News Photos Results |
| 2024 | David Bean | News Photos Results |
| 2025 | Jon Ady | News Photos Results |
| 2026 | Steve Harley | News Photos Results |
Blitz Champion
| Year | Blitz Champion | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Colin Purdon | News Photos Results |
| 2024 | Colin Purdon / Daniel Seaton | News Photos Results |
| 2025 | Simon Knight | News Photos Results |
| 2026 | Simon Knight | News Photos Results |
Junior Blitz Champion
| Year | Junior Blitz | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Aditya Sengupta | News Photos Results |
| 2024 | Aditya Sengupta |
