♞ BIRMINGHAM & DISTRICT CHESS LEAGUE                                Division Champions   ♞
❶ ❷ ❸ ❹ ❺ ❻ Minor Division Teams with 100% Records
Most Won Bohemian 12 West Bromwich 9 Solihull 8 South Birmingham 7 South Birmingham 8 South Birmingham 5 Solihull 3 Team Division Played Points Season
  Birmingham 10 University Birmingham 8 University Birmingham 7 University Birmingham 6 Sutton Coldfield 5 Sutton Coldfield 4 Coleshill 2 Assay Office ❸ 12 24 1924 ~ 1925
Season Sutton Coldfield 10 Birmingham 7 Mutual Circle 7 Mutual Circle 6 Solihull 5 Wolverhampton 4   Erdington ❶ 8 16 1936 ~ 1937
1897 ~ 1898 Dudley 2 3 4 5 6 M Wolverhampton Kipping ❹ 9 18 1946 ~ 1947
1898 ~ 1899 St George's Bohemian 3 4 5 6 M City ❷ 11 22 1947 ~ 1948
1899 ~ 1900 St George's Erdington 3 4 5 6 M Solihull ❷ 11 22 1949 ~ 1950
1900 ~ 1901 St George's Redditch 3 4 5 6 M Sutton Coldfield ❷ 11 22 1951 ~ 1952
1901 ~ 1902 St George's Bohemian Oratory 4 5 6 M Hodge Hill ❷ 13 26 1963 ~ 1964
1902 ~ 1903 Bohemian Bohemian Westminster 4 5 6 M Handsworth Wood ❺ 12 24 1964 ~ 1965
1903 ~ 1904 Wolverhampton Y.M.C.A. (Dale End) Westminster 4 5 6 M Sutton Coldfield ❺ 13 26 1965 ~ 1966
1904 ~ 1905 City Y.M.C.A. (Dale End) Bohemian 4 5 6 M Midlands Projects Group ❻ 11 22 1966 ~ 1967
1905 ~ 1906 City St George's Bohemian 4 5 6 M St James ❼ 13 26 1975 ~ 1976
1906 ~ 1907 Bohemian Bohemian Westminster 4 5 6 M Redditch ❷ 12 24 1976 ~ 1977
1907 ~ 1908 City Walsall Y.M.C.A. (Dale End) 4 5 6 M St James ❹ 13 26 1976 ~ 1977
1908 ~ 1909 Sparkhill Y.M.C.A. (Dale End) Y.M.C.A. (Dale End) 4 5 6 M Bushbury ❺ 12 24 1976 ~ 1977
1909 ~ 1910 Bohemian Y.M.C.A. (Dale End) Sparkhill 4 5 6 M Bromsgrove ❻ 13 26 1977 ~ 1978
1910 ~ 1911 Bohemian Dudley Acocks Green 4 5 6 M St James ❷ 12 24 1978 ~ 1979
1911 ~ 1912 City Acock's Green Cosmopolitan 4 5 6 M St James ❻ 12 24 1980 ~ 1981
1912 ~ 1913 Bohemian Acock's Green P.O.Stores Dept. 4 5 6 M Halesowen-A ❼ 12 24 1981 ~ 1982
1913 ~ 1914 Y.M.C.A. (Dale End) Acock's Green Walsall 4 5 6 M University Birmingham ❿ 9 18 1981 ~ 1982
1914 ~ 1915 Bohemian Walsall Not-enough-entries  4 5 6 M Olton ❸ 12 24 1983 ~ 1984
1919 ~ 1920 Bohemian Walsall Not-enough-entries  4 5 6 M South Birmingham ❺ 12 24 1985 ~ 1986
1920 ~ 1921 Birmingham University Birmingham Harborne 4 5 6 M Stourbridge ❿ 10 20 1986 ~ 1987
1921 ~ 1922 Bohemian Soho Hill Birmingham 4 5 6 M Bushbury ❻ 9 18 1987 ~ 1988
1922 ~ 1923 Bohemian Birmingham Harborne Red Triangle 4 5 6 M South Staffordshire ❾ 11 22 1989 ~ 1990
1923 ~ 1924 Kings Norton West Bromwich  University Birmingham 4 5 6 M Sutton Coldfield ❾ 11 22 1990 ~ 1991
1924 ~ 1925 Bohemian Wolverhampton Assay Office Wolverhampton Y.M.C.A. 5 6 M University Birmingham ❹ 11 22 1991 ~ 1992
1925 ~ 1926 Birmingham P.O.Stores Dept. Y.M.C.A. (Dale End) Mutual Circle-A 5 6 M West Midlands Municipal ❹ 11 22 1992 ~ 1993
1926 ~ 1927 Bohemian Stourbridge Mutual Circle University Birmingham 5 6 M West Warwickshire Solihull ❾ 11 22 1993 ~ 1994
1927 ~ 1928 Wolverhampton Erdington Erdington Wolverhampton 5 6 M Solihull Youth ❽ 10 20 1995 ~ 1996
1928 ~ 1929 Bohemian Mutual Circle Erdington Erdington 5 6 M Halesowen-A ❼ 8 16 2001 ~ 2002
1929 ~ 1930 Wolverhampton Birmingham Mutual Circle Mutual Circle 5 6 M Westminster ❹ 11 22 2010 ~ 2011
1930 ~ 1931 Erdington P.O.Stores Dept. West Bromwich  Hoskins & Sewell 5 6 M South Birmingham ❻ 11 22 2012 ~ 2013
1931 ~ 1932 Coventry West Bromwich  Dunlop Not-enough-entries  5 6 M South Birmingham-A ❶ 12 24 2014 ~ 2015
1932 ~ 1933 Birmingham West Bromwich  Dunlop Dunlop 5 6 M South Birmingham-A ❻ 11 22 2014 ~ 2015
1933 ~ 1934 Birmingham City Bearwood Baptist Magnet Works 5 6 M Rushall ❻ 11 22 2015 ~ 2016
1934 ~ 1935 Erdington Birmingham Wolverhampton Harrison Works 5 6 M University Birmingham ❻ 11 23 2017 ~ 2018
1935 ~ 1936 Mutual Circle Birmingham City Dunlop 5 6 M Redditch ❹ 10 20 2018 ~ 2019
1936 ~ 1937 Erdington Birmingham Mutual Circle Mutual Circle 5 6 M  
1937 ~ 1938 Erdington Mutual Circle City Insurance Institute 5 6 M  
1938 ~ 1939 Wolverhampton Smethwick Perrystanding University Birmingham 5 6 M  
1945 ~ 1946 Mutual Circle Smethwick Wolverhampton Mutual Circle 5 6 M  
1946 ~ 1947 Sutton Coldfield Lucas West Bromwich  Wolverhampton Kipping 5 6 M  
1947 ~ 1948 Mutual Circle City Wolverhampton Kipping Lozells 5 6 M  
1948 ~ 1949 Wolverhampton West Bromwich  Solihull Solihull 5 6 M  
1949 ~ 1950 West Bromwich-B Solihull University Birmingham Bournville 5 6 M  
1950 ~ 1951 Mutual Circle Bournville Mutual Circle Old Nortonians 5 6 M  
1951 ~ 1952 Mutual Circle Sutton Coldfield Old Nortonians Lozells 5 6 M  
1952 ~ 1953 University Birmingham University Birmingham Wolverhampton Kipping Austin 5 6 M  
1953 ~ 1954 University Birmingham Kingstanding City New Road-A 5 6 M  
1954 ~ 1955 University Birmingham Bournville Tame & Rea Walsall Kipping 5 6 100%        
1955 ~ 1956 University Birmingham Lozells Wolverhampton Kipping Sutton Coldfield 5 6 Teams Coloured with a Solid background are 100% ❼ ❽ ❾ ❿  
1956 ~ 1957 Sutton Coldfield The Circle Hodge Hill A Hodge Hill 5 6 St James 5 South Birmingham 4 St James 2 St James 4 Most Won
1957 ~ 1958 Erdington Smethwick Walsall Kipping Handsworth 5 6 Halesowen 4 Walsall Kipping 3 North Birmingham 2   Season
1958 ~ 1959 Sutton Coldfield University Birmingham Walsall Kipping-A Lozells Sutton Coldfield Mutual Circle M Hodge Hill-B 8 9 10 1958 ~ 1959
1959 ~ 1960 Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield Lucas Sutton Coldfield Hodge Hill Lozells M Handsworth 8 9 10 1959 ~ 1960
1960 ~ 1961 Birmingham Kingstanding Mutual Circle Kingstanding Tubes Hodge Hill M Golden Hillock-A 8 9 10 1960 ~ 1961
1961 ~ 1962 Birmingham Walsall Kipping Walsall Kipping Smethwick Mutual Circle Golden Hillock M Sutton Coldfield 8 9 10 1961 ~ 1962
1962 ~ 1963 Sutton Coldfield Walsall Kipping Birmingham Hodge Hill Golden Hillock Hopes M Chapel Street 8 9 10 1962 ~ 1963
1963 ~ 1964 Kynoch Hodge Hill Quinborne City & Erdington Birmingham Sutton Coldfield M Hodge Hill 8 9 10 1963 ~ 1964
1964 ~ 1965 Wolverhampton Kipping Walsall Kipping Hodge Hill College Advanced Tech Handsworth Wood St Peters College M Dockers 8 9 10 1964 ~ 1965
1965 ~ 1966 Birmingham Birmingham University Birmingham Solihull Sutton Coldfield Stewart & Lloyds M Kynoch 8 9 10 1965 ~ 1966
1966 ~ 1967 Birmingham-A Walsall Kipping Golden Hillock John Thompson Stewart & Lloyds Midlands Project M South Birmingham 8 9 10 1966 ~ 1967
1967 ~ 1968 Kynoch Mutual Circle Olton Sutton Coldfield East Birmingham University Birmingham M Olton 8 9 10 1967 ~ 1968
1968 ~ 1969 Wolverhampton Kipping Dudley Kynoch South Birmingham Midlands Project Hodge Hill M Golden Hillock 8 9 10 1968 ~ 1969
1969 ~ 1970 Wolverhampton Kipping Stourbridge Birmingham University Birmingham B,ham Telephone Area Golden Hillock M Rootes 8 9 10 1969 ~ 1970
1970 ~ 1971 Wolverhampton Kipping Olton Wesleyan & General Mutual Circle Solihull Lucas South M Mid's Electricity Bd 8 9 10 1970 ~ 1971
1971 ~ 1972 Wolverhampton Kipping Lichfield B'ham Telephone Area Solihull Lodge Aston University Warley M West Mid's Municipal 8 9 10 1971 ~ 1972
1972 ~ 1973 Birmingham University Birmingham Quinborne South Birmingham Aston University South Birmingham M Birlec 8 9 10 1972 ~ 1973
1973 ~ 1974 Wolverhampton Kipping Dudley Lichfield University Birmingham Sutton Coldfield Hodge Hill M Wolseley Tamworth Walsall Kipping (8B) 10 1973 ~ 1974
1974 ~ 1975 Sutton Coldfield Birmingham University Birmingham University Birmingham South Birmingham Stourbridge M Tamworth  Warley Beetle 10 1974 ~ 1975
1975 ~ 1976 Birmingham-A Walsall Kipping University Birmingham B'ham Telephone Area Stourbridge Walsall Kipping M St James Handsworth Wood St James 10 1975 ~ 1976
1976 ~ 1977 Stourbridge Redditch Dudley St James Bushbury Wolverhampton M St James Stourbridge B'ham Telephone Area St James 1976 ~ 1977
1977 ~ 1978 Stourbridge University Birmingham St James Stourbridge Lichfield District Bromsgrove M Stourbridge Birmingham North Birmingham North Birmingham 1977 ~ 1978
1978 ~ 1979 Sutton Coldfield St James Hodge Hill Bushbury Bromsgrove Stourbridge M Tamworth /  610 St James Old Veseyans St James / 610 1978 ~ 1979
1979 ~ 1980 Solihull Bushbury Bromsgrove West Bromwich  Cannock Chase Walsall Kipping M St James St James Binks Bullows St James 1979 ~ 1980
1980 ~ 1981 Kynoch University Birmingham West Bromwich  Olton Wolseley St James M Halesowen Drayton Bassett Dudley W.M.County Council 1980 ~ 1981
1981 ~ 1982 Kynoch Olton Halesowen Sutton Coldfield Mercia Wolverhampton M Halesowen-A Bromsgrove West Bromwich  University Birmingham 1981 ~ 1982
1982 ~ 1983 Kynoch University Birmingham Lichfield Wolseley Dudley Bromsgrove M Solihull Lodge University Birmingham North Birmingham Golden Hillock 1982 ~ 1983
1983 ~ 1984 Kynoch Kynoch Olton Bushbury West Mid's Municipal East Birmingham M Old Draytonians Walsall Kipping Chelmsley Wood Bushbury 1983 ~ 1984
1984 ~ 1985 Kynoch West Bromwich  University Birmingham R.A.O.B. Burton Dis't Hospitals Golden Hillock M Halesowen Wolverhampton Bushbury East Birmingham 1984 ~ 1985
1985 ~ 1986 St James Mutual Circle West Mid's Municipal Lichfield South Birmingham Chelmsley Wood M Chelmsley Wood South Birmingham West Midlands Police Sutton Coldfield 1985 ~ 1986
1986 ~ 1987 Bushbury West Bromwich  Stourbridge South Staffordshire East Birmingham Wolverhampton M Bushbury South Birmingham St James Stourbridge 1986 ~ 1987
1987 ~ 1988 Bushbury Sutton Coldfield R.A.O.B. East Birmingham South Birmingham Bushbury M St James West Bromwich  Olton St James 1987 ~ 1988
1988 ~ 1989 St James South Birmingham Solihull Warley Quinborne West Midlands Police Sutton Coldfield M Holly Lane West Midlands Police Lucas Automotive Olton 1988 ~ 1989
1989 ~ 1990 Bushbury Kynoch Mutual Circle Sutton Coldfield St James Wythall M West Midlands Police Chelmsley Wood South Staffordshire Warley Quinborne 1989 ~ 1990
1990 ~ 1991 Bushbury Stourbridge West Warwickhire Solihull West Midlands Police Olton Sutton Coldfield M Mercia Lucas Automotive Sutton Coldfield Not-enough-entries  1990 ~ 1991
1991 ~ 1992 Walsall Kipping Tamworth West Midlands Police University Birmingham Sutton Coldfield South Birmingham M Handsworth Wood South Birmingham Warley Quinborne Not-enough-entries  1991 ~ 1992
1992 ~ 1993 Bushbury West Bromwich  University Birmingham West Mid's Municipal Lichfield Wolverhampton M Warley Quinborne Halesowen Tamworth Not-enough-entries  1992 ~ 1993
1993 ~ 1994 St James University Birmingham West Warwickhire Solihull Wolseley South Birmingham Kynoch M Tamworth Chelmsley Wood West Wark's Solihull Rushall 1993 ~ 1994
1994 ~ 1995 Lichfield Lichfield Solihull Lodge Handsworth Wood Solihull Youth Redditch M Sutton Coldfield South Birmingham Solihull Youth Solihull Lodge 1994 ~ 1995
1995 ~ 1996 Kynoch Halesowen Wolverhampton Rushall Redditch Chelmsley Town M Lucas Automotive Solihull Youth Kingstanding Redditch 1995 ~ 1996
1996 ~ 1997 Halesowen South Birmingham-A Solihull Youth Redditch Warley Quinborne Solihull Youth M Warley Quinborne Mutual Circle Not-enough-entries  Not-enough-entries  1996 ~ 1997
1997 ~ 1998 Kynoch St James Tamworth Walsall Kipping West Midlands Police Olton M Colebrook Shirley Walsall Kipping Not-enough-entries  Not-enough-entries  1997 ~ 1998
1998 ~ 1999 Lichfield Sutton Coldfield South Birmingham-B Solihull-A University Birmingham Warley Quinborne-A M South Birmingham-A Wolseley 9 10 1998 ~ 1999
1999 ~ 2000 South Birmingham Tamworth Kynoch South Birmingham Halesowen Birmingham Settlement M Redditch Tamworth 9 10 1999 ~ 2000
2000 ~ 2001 Warley Quinborne Stourbridge Handsworth Wood Olton South Birmingham South Birmingham-B M Westminster Wolseley 9 10 2000 ~ 2001
2001 ~ 2002 Halesowen Sutton Coldfield Solihull-A South Birmingham Lichfield Kingstanding M Halesowen-A Redditch 9 10 2001 ~ 2002
2002 ~ 2003 Walsall Kipping Lichfield Wolverhampton South Birmingham St James Sutton Coldfield M Sutton Coldfield Not-enough-entries  9 10 2002 ~ 2003
2003 ~ 2004 Walsall Kipping Solihull West Bromwich  Stourbridge Tamworth Walsall Kipping M Bushbury Not-enough-entries  9 10 2003 ~ 2004
2004 ~ 2005 Walsall Kipping Olton Stourbridge South Birmingham Walsall Kipping-A Solihull M St James 8 9 10 2004 ~ 2005
2005 ~ 2006 South Birmingham-A Shirley Lucas Tamworth Birmingham Settlement Wolverhampton Northfield Checkmates M South Birmingham 8 9 10 2005 ~ 2006
2006 ~ 2007 South Birmingham-A Wolverhampton Olton Shirley Lucas Northfield Checkmates Kynoch-A M Not-enough-entries  8 9 10 2006 ~ 2007
2007 ~ 2008 South Birmingham-A Sutton Coldfield Boldmere-A Bushbury Olton Aldridge & District M ❼ ❽ ❾ ❿ 2007 ~ 2008
2008 ~ 2009 South Birmingham-A Tamworth Greenlands Saint Georges South Birmingham Redditch M Birmingham & District Summer League (BDSL) Rapid-play 2008 ~ 2009
2009 ~ 2010 South Birmingham-A West Bromwich  Sutton Coldfield Mercia Warley Quinborne Tamworth M 2009 ~ 2010
2010 ~ 2011 Lichfield Solihull Lichfield Westminster Sutton Coldfield Kynoch-A M Open 7400 max / 560 6600 max / 480 5800 max / 400 2010 ~ 2011
2011 ~ 2012 South Birmingham-A Boldmere Solihull Halesowen Solihull Solihull M South Birmingham 7400 6600 5800 2011 ~ 2012
2012 ~ 2013 Shirley Wythall Tamworth South Birmingham Olton-A Solihull South Birmingham M Shirley Wythall Sutton Coldfield Westminster 5800 2012 ~ 2013
2013 ~ 2014 Walsall Kipping Solihull-A Lichfield Solihull-A Solihull Saint Georges M Halesowen Redditch South Birmingham 5800 2013 ~ 2014
2014 ~ 2015 South Birmingham-A Warley Quinborne-A Solihull South Birmingham Redditch South Birmingham-A M South Birmingham South Birmingham Westminster 5800 2014 ~ 2015
2015 ~ 2016 Sutton Coldfield Wolverhampton Mutual Circle Mutual Circle Greenlands Rushall M South Birmingham-A Halesowen Warley Quinborne 5800 2015 ~ 2016
2016 ~ 2017 Halesowen West Bromwich  Redditch Birmingham Halesowen Shirley Wythall M Sutton Coldfield Warley Quinborne Shirley Wythall Shirley Wythall 2016 ~ 2017
2017 ~ 2018 Sutton Coldfield Redditch Mutual Circle-A Westminster Greenlands University Birmingham M Sutton Coldfield Redditch South Birmingham South Birmingham 2017 ~ 2018
2018 ~ 2019 Solihull South Birmingham-A University Birmingham Redditch Solihull Saint Georges Coleshill South Birmingham Wolverhampton South Birmingham Greenlands 2018 ~ 2019
2019 ~ 2020 South Birmingham-A Mutual Circle Rushall Stourbridge Warley Quinborne Saint Georges Solihull-A Suspended Suspended Suspended Suspended 2019 ~ 2020
2021 ~ 2022 Solihull Lichfield Oscott-A Mutual Circle South Birmingham Not-enough-entries  Solihull-A Sutton Coldfield Warley Quinborne Warley Quinborne South Birmingham 2021 ~ 2022
2022 ~ 2023 Solihull-A Redditch Rushall Kynoch South Birmingham Not-enough-entries  Coleshill Sutton Coldfield South Birmingham-B South Birmingham Solihull 2022 ~ 2023
2023 ~ 2024 Sutton Coldfield South Birmingham-A Solihull Redditch Longbridge Not-enough-entries  Solihull-B Central Birmingham South Birmingham-A South Birmingham South Birmingham 2023 ~ 2024
2024 ~ 2025 1 2 3 4 5 Not-enough-entries  M Open 7400 6600 5800 2024 ~ 2025
2025 ~ 2026 1 2 3 4 5 6 M Open 7400 6600 5800 2025 ~ 2026
2026 ~ 2027 1 2 3 4 5 6 M Open 7400 6600 5800 2026 ~ 2027
2027 ~ 2028 1 2 3 4 5 6 M Open 7400 6600 5800 2027 ~ 2028
2028 ~ 2029 1 2 3 4 5 6 M Open 7400 6600 5800 2028 ~ 2029
2029 ~ 2030 1 2 3 4 5 6 M Open 7400 6600 5800 2029 ~ 2030
2030 ~ 2031 1 2 3 4 5 6 M Open 7400 6600 5800 2030 ~ 2031
2031 ~ 2032 1 2 3 4 5 6 M Open 7400 6600 5800 2031 ~ 2032
2032 ~ 2033 1 2 3 4 5 6 M Open 7400 6600 5800 2032 ~ 2033
2033 ~ 2034 1 2 3 4 5 6 M Open 7400 6600 5800 2033 ~ 2034
2034 ~ 2035 1 2 3 4 5 6 M Open 7400 6600 5800 2034 ~ 2035
2035 ~ 2036 1 2 3 4 5 6 M Open 7400 6600 5800 2035 ~ 2036
2036 ~ 2037 1 2 3 4 5 6 M Open 7400 6600 5800 2036 ~ 2037
2037 ~ 2038 1 2 3 4 5 6 M Open 7400 6600 5800 2037 ~ 2038
2038 ~ 2039 1 2 3 4 5 6 M Open 7400 6600 5800 2038 ~ 2039
2039 ~ 2040 1 2 3 4 5 6 M Open 7400 6600 5800 2039 ~ 2040
♞ ❶ ❷ ❸ ❹ ❺ ❻ M Open 7400max 6600max 5800max ♞
BIRMINGHAM & DISTRICT CHESS LEAGUE                                Division Champions