The Butler - Thomas competition is Division 3 of the County & Districts CC Championship. Prior to 2012 the competition was organised & run by the ECF (English over-the-Board Chess Federation) but they have since passed control over to us. The tournament is now run entirely by webserver. The team crosstable and all the games are now maintained on the ICCF webserver.
10 or more teams contest this division, with the top two teams will be promoted to Division 2 (Sinclair).
Past winners are:-
| 2015/6 | East Glamorgan |
| 2014/5 | Surrey B |
| 2013/4 | no contest |
| 2012/3 | Warwickshire |
The full list of previous winners (going back to 1981) can be found in the annual ECF Yearbooks.
