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
2024-25 Michael Dams (East Grinstead)
2023-24 Robert Counsell (Brighton & Hove)
2022-23 Felix Kwiatkowski (Haywards Heath)
2021–22 L E Rutherford (Brighton & Hove)
2020–21 No Competition
2019–20 Jim Graham (Args)
2018–19 Michael Stockham (Uckfield)
2017–18 Keith Homeyard (Worthing)
2016–17 Gyorgy Moga (Sussex University)
2015–16 Will Webster (Sussex University) Peter G Farr (The Args)
2014–15 J L Denning (Horsham)
2013–14 A Caswill (Brighton & Hove)
2012–13 Matthew Forster (Horsham)
Zhou Ren Lim (Lewes)
2011–12 R Moorhouse (Horsham)
2010–11 D Fryer (Uckfield)
I Dennis (East Grinstead)
2009–10 A Chesworth (Lewes)
P Farr (Argumentatives)
2008–09 D Fryer (Uckfield)
J Herbert (Eastbourne)
2007–08 L Rutherford (Brighton & Hove)
P Farr (Argumentatives)
2006–07 B Denman (Brighton & Hove)
2005–06 M Young (Hastings & St Leonards)
2004–05 B Cafferty (Hastings)
2003–04 C Jones (Worthing)
R C Noyce (Crawley)
2002–03 E Hamlyn (Eastbourne)
2001–02 A Prescott (Crowborough)
2000–01 D Hall (Knoll Knights)
1999–00 B K Horscroft (Eastbourne)
1998–99 A Beston (Brighton & Hove)
1997–98 A Pelling (Crawley)
1996–97 I Edgson (Crawley)
M R Hill (Horsham)
P Quinn (Crawley)
P Sparke (Haywards Heath)
1995–96 D Graham (Crawley Argumentatives)
1994–95 D N Roberts (Sun Alliance) (incorrectly recorded on tankard as 1993–4)
W Bigwood (Legal & General)
1993–94 R Moss (Hastings) (not recorded on tankard)
1992–93 S P Barnes (Brighton)
1991–92 B Charlton (East Grinstead)
P Greaves (Worthing)
1990–91(no record on tankard)
J Mitchell (Brighton, Hove & Sussex 6th Form College)
L Rutherford (Brighton)
R Elliston (Crowborough)
1989–90 D P Hurricks (Horsham)
1988–89 J Strange (Sun Alliance)
M Hickman (The Holt)
1987–88 I G Kelly (Brighton)
1986–87 M V Penston (Eastbourne)
1985–86 I Fayter (St Francis Hospital)
1984–85 W Hicks (Sussex University)
1983–84 A Carter (William Parker)
A Pidcock (Lewes)
1982–83 P New (William Parker)
R Moss (William Parker)
1981–82 C E Fellows (Seaford)
S Smith (Eastbourne)
1980–81 J Nicholson (Sun Alliance)
R Nicholas (St Francis Hospital)
1979–80 J Tennyson
P Ransom
P White
1978–79 J O Andrew (Brighton, Hove & Sussex 6th Form College)
1977–78 J Stone (Seaford)
1976–77 B Lindfield (Falmer)
1975–76 D H Cummings (Varndean)
1974–75 R T Buckland (St Francis Hospital)
1973–74 D J Langridge (St Francis Hospital)
1972–73 C C Harding (Haywards Heath)
R D Hirsch (Crawley)
1971–72 F J Kwiatkowski (Haywards Heath)
J Parker (Crawley)
R D Hirsch (Crawley)
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.
Division 1 Tankard
2024-25 Luke Rutherford (Brighton & Hove)
2023-24 Luke Rutherford (Brighton & Hove)
2022-23 Paul Batchelor (Brighton & Hove)
2021–22 L E Rutherford (Brighton & Hove)
2020–21 No Competition
2019–20 Max Bennett (Worthing)
2018–19 D Graham (Worthing)
2017–18 F Rayner (Hastings & St Leonards)
2016–17 J Henshaw (Brighton & Hove) F Kwiatkowski (Haywards Heath)
2015–16 Batchelor, Paul A (Brighton & Hove)
2014–15 Graham,(Worthing 1)
M Nicholas (Worthing 1)
2013–14 M Nicholas (Knoll Knights)
2012–13 M Nicholas (Knoll Knights)
2011–12 L Rutherford (Brighton & Hove)
2010–11 M Nicholas (Knoll Knights)
2009–10 J Mansson (Horsham)
2008–09 D Lawson (Lewes)
2007–08 L Rutherford (Brighton & Hove)
2006–07 B Denman (Brighton & Hove)
2005–06 J Sugden(Hastings & St Leonards)
2004–05 B Cafferty (Hastings)
2003–04 P Coleman (Crowborough)
C Lowe (Brighton & Hove)
2002–03 P Harbott (Horsham)
2001–02 P Kelly (Hastings & St Leonards)
M Broom (Lewes)
J Tuck (Crowborough)
2000–01 P Kelly (Hastings & St Leonards)
1999–00 R Noyce (Crawley)
1998–99 B J Denman (Brighton & Hove)
1997–98 F J Kwiatkowski (Haywards Heath)
Division 2 Tankard
2024-25 James Lumsden (Bexhill)
2023-24 Peter Kemp (East Grinstead)
2022-23 Feliks Kwiatkowski (Haywards Heath)
2021–22 Henry Shaw (Crowborough)
2020–21 No Competition
2019–20 Jim Graham (Args)
2018–19 M Bennett (Worthing)
2017–18 S Blewitt , H Cove, A Briggs, C Dunn, C Patrick
2016–17 P Farr (Argumentatives)
2015–16 Farr, Peter G (Argumentatives)
2014–15 Hamilton, Michael J (Brighton & Hove 2)
Brewer, Callum D (Brighton & Hove 2)
2013–14 R Jones (Brighton & Hove 3 & 4)
2012–13 J Graham (Argumentatives)
2011–12 M Costley (Lewes)
2010-11 F Kwiatkowski (St Francis & Haywards Heath)
2009–10 F Kwiatkowski (St Francis & Haywards Heath)
2008–09 J Herbert (Eastbourne)
2007–08 A Bonnano (East Grinstead)
2006–07 J Graham (Crawley)
2005–06 M Young (Hastings & St Leonards)
2004–05 P G Farr (The Args)
C Jones (Worthing)
2003–4R C Noyce (Crawley)
C Jones (Worthing)
2002–03 P G Farr (The Args)
2001–02 J Sachs (Haywards Heath)
D Glebocki (The Holt)
2000–01 D S Hall (Knoll Knights)
1999–00 L Rhodes (Eastbourne)
1998–99 P Carpenter (Eastbourne)
1997–98 M Finch (Eastbourne)
Division 3 Tankard
2024-25 Peter Larwood (Worthing)
2023-24 Robert Counsell (Brighton & Hove 3)
2022-23 John Pye (East Grinstead Bookshop)
2021–22 No Competition
2020–21 No Competition
2019–20 Robert Wall (East Grinstead)
2018–19 Adam Ursell (Sussex University)
2017–18 Keith Homeyard (Worthing)
2016–17 Joe Everett (Worthing)
2015–16 Michaud, Gerald (Crowborough)
2014–15 Forster, Matthew (Horsham 4)
2013–14 G Salmon (Crowborough)
2012–13 G Salmon (Crowborough)
2011–12 R Moorhouse (Horsham)
2010-11 I Dennis (East Grinstead)
2009–10 P Farr (Argumentatives)
2008–09 D Fryer (Uckfield)
2007–08 P Farr (Argumentatives)
2006–07 D Hall (Knoll Knights)
2005–06 D Curtis (Haywards Heath)
2004–05 D J Cork (Crawley)
2003–04 J B Mitchell (Woodpushers)
2002–03 D R Oates (Worthing)
2001–02 E R Tapper (Lewes)
2000–01 G Cox (Bognor & Arun) D Foord (Lewes)
1999–00 J L Bryant (The Holt)
1998–99 A J Briggs (Woodpushers)
1997–98 D Langridge (Crawley)
Division 4 Tankard
2024-25 Arran Airlie (Uckfield) Joseph Wright (Uckfield) Adrian Waldock (East Grinstead)
2023-24 No Competition
2022-23 No Competition
2021–22 No Competition
2020–21 No Competition
2019–20 No Competition
2018–19 No Competition
2017–18 Max Bennett (Worthing)
2016–17 Miran Guler (Sussex University)
2015–16 Webster, Will (Sussex University)
2014–15 Crompton, Philip (Worthing 4)
2012–13 No Competition
2011–12 No Competition
2010–11 No Competition
2009–10 M Ramachandran (Woodpushers)
2008–09 S Hayward (Brighton & Hove)
2007–08 S Lewins (Horsham)
2006–07 T Fitzgerald (Haywards Heath)
2005–06 J Denning (Horsham)
2004–05 E Hamlyn (Eastbourne)
2003–04 C J Balchin (Haywards Heath)
2002–03 E Hamlyn (Eastbourne)
2001–02 R Harper (Eastbourne)
C Campion (Crowborough)
A Prescott (Crowborough)
2000–01 D M Barraclough (Haywards Heath)
1999–00 D J Langridge (St Francis)
1998–09 D Boyle (Brighton & Hove)
1997–08 A Locke (Hassocks)