Tim Woolgar is the founder of The ChessBOXING Organisation, the first United Kingdom chessboxing institution.[1][2] He is the current holder of the title, British Heavyweight Chessboxing Champion. The title was decided by checkmate in the ninth round of the championship bout against Exeter-based Stewart Telford, held on August 28, 2008.
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.
The ChessBOXING Organisation is registered as a charity in England and Wales (reg no.1131672) and is dedicated to bringing free chessboxing coaching to young people in London. The Organisation provides subsidised chess and boxing coaching to youth residents of Islington, North London.
Woolgar formerly worked in the media as one of the UK's first videojournalists being one of the original recruits to Associated Media's TV news service Channel One London.[3] Woolgar also worked as a videojournalist at the BBC, an executive producer at ITV and as Head of Interactive Programming at Endemol UK.
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.