Introduction
The SCCU Championship is an inter-county league which runs between October and March. It has an Open and five grade-restricted divisions. County Associations affiliated to the SCCU may enter teams in any or all divisions.
The winner, and up to two runners up, of each division will be nominated by the Union to play progress to the corresponding section of ECF competition. The third nomination is available when five or more teams compete in a division, or at the discretion of the National Controller.
SCCU County Team Champions
| Division | Trophy | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| Open | Shannon (Champions) | Surrey | Kent | Middlesex | Surrey | Middlesex | |
| Stevenson (Runners up) | Middlesex | Surrey | Sussex | Middlesex | Surrey | ||
| U180 | Montague Jones | Essex | Surrey | Middlesex | Middlesex | Essex | |
| U160 | Amboyna | Middlesex | Essex | Middlesex | Middlesex | Middlesex | |
| U140 | Ebony | Kent | Kent | Essex | Kent | Kent | |
| U120 | Harry Woolverton | Hertfordshire | Middlesex | Middlesex | Essex | Kent | |
| U100 | David Smith | Essex | Surrey | Surrey | Essex | no contest | |
ECF County Team Champions
| Division | 2016 |
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Open | Yorkshire | Lancashire | Lancashire | Yorkshire | |
| Minor Counties | Norfolk | Lincolnshire | Surrey | Lincolnshire | |
| U180 | Essex | Devon | Yorkshire | Essex | |
| U160 | Middlesex | Yorkshire | Lancashire | Middlesex | |
| U140 | Worcestershire | Lancashire | Nottinghamshire | Yorkshire | |
| U120 | Nottinghamshire | Essex | Norfolk | Essex | |
| U100 | Essex | Leicestershire | Leicestershire | Staffordshire | |
Details of the National Championship can be found on the following websites:
- Rules, Fixtures & Reports: https://www.englishchess.org.uk/county-championships-2019/
- Match Results (2019): www.ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/36/home
- Match Results (2018): http://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/36/previous
- Match Results (2017): www.oxfordfusion.com/oca/WebLeagues.cfm?Org=4