Winners by year of the Geelong Chess Club Lightning Championship (Five minutes to complete all moves) are listed below.
The 2018 Club Lightning Championship took place on Thursday, 13th September, 2018, and was won by Reza Daneshvar.
Note that from 2018, a 2 second increment was introduced per move.
Formerly the time limit was a 5-minute “guillotine”.
The Geelong Chess Club Lightning Championship Perpetual Trophy
| 2018 | R. Daneshvar |
| 2017 | R. Hessing |
| 2016 | R. Daneshvar |
| 2015 | N. Thanh Binh |
| 2014 | M. Sugrue |
| 2013 | M. Sugrue |
| 2012 | G. Gill / O. Grygorian |
| 2011 | M. Sugrue |
| 2010 | S. Fletcher |
| 2009 | M. Sugrue |
| 2008 | O. Grygoryan |
| 2007 | G. Maurer |
| 2006 | M. Sugrue |
| 2005 | A. Anderson |
| 2004 | A. Anderson |
| 2003 | S. Fletcher |
| 2002 | O. Grygoryan |
| 2001 | O. Grygoryan |
| 2000 | A. Anderson |
| 1999 | A. Anderson |
| 1998 | S. Fletcher |
| 1997 | O. Grygoryan |
| 1996 | A. Anderson |
| 1995 | S. Sijercic |
| 1994 | S. Sijercic |
| 1993 | A. Anderson |
| 1992 | A. Anderson |
| 1991 | A. Anderson |
| 1990 | G. Robins |
| 1989 | T. Kovac |
| 1988 | T. Kovac |
| 1987 | G. Quince |
| 1986 | G. Quince |
| 1985 | A. Anderson |
| 1984 | A. Anderson |
| 1983 | S. Fletcher |
| 1982 | J. Lazic |
| 1981 | M. Sugrue |
| 1980 | M. Sugrue |
