Tim Woolgar

Who is Tim Woolgar?

Tim Woolgar is a British chess boxer who established Great Britain Chess Boxing Organisation and London Chess Boxing Club the first United Kingdom chessboxing institution. He is the current holder of the title, British Heavyweight Chess Boxing Champion. He also promotes chess boxing events.

Woolgar promotes regular chessboxing events in the United Kingdom most recently at the prestigious Scala in Central London. The first three events were held at Bethnal Green Working Men's Institute, subsequent events have been staged at the larger capacity Boston Dome in North London and Scala, Central London.

On 10 September 2011 London Chessboxing staged its first event at the prestigious SCALA in King's Cross, central London. Two subsequent events have been staged at this venue on 16 March 2012 and 29 September 2012. During the Summer Olympics of 2012 planned a planned two-day chessboxing tournament at the London Pleasure Gardens had to be cancelled due to crowd-control and infrastructure problems at the host site. On 10 October 2012 London Chessboxing staged a sell-out event in the Royal Albert Hall loading bay. This unusual underground arena was opened to the public for the occasion, for the first time since the Royal Albert Hall was completed in 1871.