Tim Woolgar

Tim Woolgar is a British chess boxer and event organiser who established Great Britain Chess Boxing Organisation and the London Chessboxing Club, the first United Kingdom chessboxing institution.{{cite news |title=Boxers play chess in new UK sport |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7342494.stm |work=BBC |date=11 April 2008 |accessdate=1 November 2008 }}{{cite web |url=http://gb.wcbo.org/content/e470/index_en.html |title=London ChessBoxing Club |accessdate=1 November 2008 |work=Great Britain ChessBoxing |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023065854/http://gb.wcbo.org/content/e470/index_en.html |archivedate=23 October 2008 |df=dmy-all }} He is the current president of the World Chessboxing Association. He is a former holder of the title, British Heavyweight Chess Boxing Champion. He also promotes chess boxing events.

Woolgar plans to come out of retirement to fight in London in December 2022.{{update-inline|date=August 2024}}

Woolgar, otherwise known as "the Hippo" because of his rotund midsection {{Cite web |title=CHESSBOXING NATION – Your Chess Boxing community |url=https://chessboxingnation.com/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |language=en-GB}} has fought 12 times in Chessboxing with a record of 4-7-1.{{Cite web |title=Chessboxing Database |url=https://chessboxing.info/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=chessboxing.info}}

Biography

Woolgar formerly worked in the media as one of the UK's first video-journalists being one of the original recruits to Associated Media's TV news service Channel One London.{{cite web |title=A Very British history of Videojournalism |url=http://www.viewmagazine.tv/UKs_first_videojournalists.html |work=View Magazine}} Woolgar also worked as a video-journalist at the BBC's Science and Features department, an executive producer at ITV and as head of interactive programming at Endemol UK.

On 15 August 2008, Woolgar won 1st vacant title of British heavyweight championship by checkmate in 9th round against Exeter-based Stewart Telford.{{cite news|title=Chessboxing in London's East End |url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsprint.asp?newsid=4905 |publisher=wcbo.org |accessdate=10 November 2012 |author=Tim Woolgar |author2=Rajko Vujatovic |url-status=dead |archiveurl=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091001233108/http://www.chessbase.com/newsprint.asp?newsid%3D4905 |archivedate=1 October 2009 }}

On 24 April 2009, Woolgar had the world's first chess boxing match under amateur rules against Matthew Read, losing to a 7th round checkmate.{{cite news|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsroom2.asp?id=5539|title=Swedish ChessBoxing Sensation in London|author=Rajko Vujatovic|accessdate=10 November 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119032844/http://www.chessbase.com/newsroom2.asp?id=5539|archive-date=19 January 2013|url-status=dead|author2=Louise Sizer}}

In October 2011, Woolgar was elected to the post of director of marketing of the English Chess Federation with 95 votes cast in his favour, 89 votes cast in favour of 'none of the above' and six abstentions. He served his entire term, but did not stand for re-election in 2012.{{cite news |first=John |last=Hill |title=Kings of the Ring |url=http://www.wharf.co.uk/2008/08/kings-of-the-ring.html |work=The Wharf |date=20 August 2008 |accessdate=1 November 2008 }}{{cite episode |network=BBC |series=The ONE Show |title=Chessboxing|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00n9ps2/The_One_Show_16_10_2009/ |airdate=16 October 2009}}{{cite news |work=The Times |title=A left hook and checkmate – chessboxing hits London |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article6870282.ece |first=Catherine |last=Nixey |date=12 October 2009}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=3556&p=75083&hilit=woolgar+95#p75083|title = AGM : 15 October 2011 - Page 7 - English Chess Forum}}

Record

{{Fight record start|norec=y|title=Professional Chess boxing record|record= 5 Fights, 4 Wins (0 KOs, 3 CMs) 1 Loss}}

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| 2010-10-16 || Win ||align=left|{{Flagicon|NLD}} Hubert "The Wardrobe" van Melick || "Beyond The Super-Dome" || Boston Dome, London, England || Check-mate || 9 ||

|- style="background:#CCFFCCC;"

| 2010-05-15 || Win ||align=left|{{Flagicon|ENG}} Nick Cornish || "Super-Dome 2" || Boston Dome, London, England || Check-mate || 7 ||

|- style="background:#FFBBBB;"

| 2010-03-15 || Loss ||align=left|{{Flagicon|ITA}} Sergio Leveque || "Super-Dome" || Boston Dome, London, England || Check-mate || 5 ||

|- style="background:#CCFFCC;"

| 2009-10-09 || Win ||align=left|{{Flagicon|ENG}} Matthew "Crazy Arms" Read || "Game of Kings" || Bethnal Green, London, England || Time Penalty || 7 ||

|- style="background:#CCFFCC;"

| 2009-08-15 || Win ||align=left|{{Flagicon|ENG}} Stewart Telford || "An Exhibition of CHESSBOXING" || Bethnal Green, London, England || Check-mate || 9 ||

! style=background:white colspan=9 |{{Small| Wins vacant 1st title of GBCBO British Heavyweight championship.}}

| colspan=9 | Legend: {{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win |border=1px solid #CCFFCC}} {{legend2|#FFBBBB|Loss |border=1px solid #FFBBBB}} {{legend2|#c5d2ea|Draw/No contest |border=1px solid #c5d2ea}} {{legend2|White|Notes |border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{Fight record start|norec=y|title=Amateur Chess boxing record|record= 1 Fights, 1 Loss}}

|- style="background:#FFBBBB;"

| 2009-04-24 || Loss ||align=left|{{Flagicon|ENG}} Matthew "Crazy Arms" Read || || London, England || Time Penalty || 7 ||

References

External links

[http://www.londonchessboxing.com London Chessboxing Club website]
[http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?page_id=897 ECF Board Officials]

{{Succession box||title=1st GBCBO UK Heavyweight Champion|before=N/A|after=Andy 'the Rock' Costello|years=15 August 2009 – ?}}

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