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PHOTOGRAPHS, AND DETAILED RESULTS, FROM THE WEEKLY COMPETITIONS
NOVEMBER 6th 2025 TO OCTOBER 2026



TUESDAY MAY 26th 2026


4 BALL BETTERBALL


21 PLAYERS


THE WINNERS:- JOHN MASSEY and PETER SCHOFIELD (21 points)


SECOND:- Chris Jones and Phil Matthews (20 points cpo)

THIRD:- Martin Stimson and John Wood (20 points)



THERE WERE NO "TWO'S"


THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- JOHN HOLGATE

************************************************************************* THURSDAY MAY 21st 2026


THE SHARPE CUP


SINGLES COMPETITION (18 HOLES)


30 PLAYERS


THE WINNER

JOHN HOLGATE (38 points)

SECOND:- Phil Matthews (37 points)

THIRD:- Paul Street (36 points)

FOURTH EQUAL:- Paul Rainford, Mark Stoneman and John Waterhouse (35 points)





THE WINNERS OF THE SUBSIDIARY TEAM PRIZE

PAUL STREET, BRIAN ALLEN and JOHN WATERHOUSE (97 points)

THE WINNER OF THE 'NEAREST-THE PIN' PRIZE

JOHN WATERHOUSE

THERE WAS 1 "TWO" :-

MARK STONEMAN on the 16th




THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- JOHN WATERHOUSE



************************************************************************* THURSDAY MAY 14th 2026


3 MAN TEXAS SCRAMBLE


30 PLAYERS


THE WINNING THREESOME

PAUL DONLAN, PAT GREENE and STUART WAGSTAFFE (36.25 net)

SECOND:- Chris Jones, Dave Kay and John Massey (36.75 net)

THIRD:- Mark Burke, Kevin Haynes and Garth Whittle (38.25 net)




THERE WERE 2 "TEAM TWO's" :-

VIC BROWN, GORDON HOWARD and IAN MacKENZIE on the 5th

CHRIS JONES, DAVE KAY and JOHN MASSEY on the 5th




THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- ALLAN FROST



************************************************************************* THURSDAY MAY 7th 2026


THE THIRD OF EIGHT SINGLES COMPETITIONS TOWARDS THE BRIAN RADCLIFFE TROPHY


35 PLAYERS


THE WINNER

PETER DRANSFIELD (18 points cpo)

SECOND:- Geoff Beard (18 points)


THIRD EQUAL:- John Billington, Gordon Howard, Dave Kay, John Massey and Stuart Wagstaffe (All with 17 points)




THE WINNERS OF THE SUBSIDIARY TEAM COMPETITION

STUART WAGSTAFFE, GEOFF ALLEN and JOHN WATERHOUSE (47 points)

THERE WERE NO "TWO'S"


THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- JOHN HOLGATE



************************************************************************* THURSDAY APRIL 30th 2026


4 BALL BETTERBALL


32 PLAYERS


THE WINNING DUO

PAT GREENE and VIC BROWN (20 points cpo)

SECOND:- John Billington and John Wood (20 points)

THIRD:- Ken Lunn and Phil Matthews (19 points)




THERE WAS 1 "TEAM TWO":- KEN LUNN and PHIL MATTHEWS (On the 5th)




THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- KEITH JACKSON


************************************************************************* THURSDAY APRIL 23rd 2026


4 BALL BETTERBALL


33 PLAYERS


THE WINNING PAIR

GEOFF ALLEN and JOHN HOLGATE (23 points)

SECOND:- John Billington and Pat Greene (20 points)

THIRD:- John Billington and Keith Jackson (19 points)




THERE WERE NO "TWO's"




THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- KEN LUNN


************************************************************************* THURSDAY APRIL 16th 2026


3 MAN TEAM (2 TO SCORE)


29 PLAYERS


THE WINNING THREESOME

CHARLIE MIDDLEWOOD, PHIL MATTHEWS and IAN MacKENZIE (36 points cpo)

SECOND:- Allan Frost, Mark Stoneman and John Waterhouse (36 points)

THIRD:- Dave Kay, Chris Jones and Stuart Wagstaffe (34 points)

FOURTH:- Peter Dransfield and John Massey (33 points)




THERE WERE NO "TWO's" :-




THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- JOHN HOLGATE



************************************************************************* THURSDAY APRIL 9th 2026


3 MAN TEXAS SCRAMBLE


32 PLAYERS


THE WINNING TRIO

ALLAN FROST, MARTIN STIMSON and MARK FURNIVAL (36.50 net)

SECOND:- Geoff Beard, Barry Cotton and Dave Kay (36.75 net cpo)

THIRD:- Phil Matthews, Garth Whittle and John Wood (36.75 net)

FOURTH:- Vic Brown, Mark Stoneman and Paul Street (38.50 net)




THERE WERE 3 "TEAM TWO's" :-

MARK FURNIVAL, ALLAN FROST and MARTIN STIMSON on the 5th

MARK FURNIVAL, ALLAN FROST and MARTIN STIMSON on the 7th

GEOFF BEARD, BARRY COTTON and DAVE KAY on the 7th




THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- GORDON HOWARD



************************************************************************* THURSDAY APRIL 2nd 2026


THE SECOND OF EIGHT SINGLES COMPETITIONS TOWARDS THE BRIAN RADCLIFFE TROPHY


29 PLAYERS


GEOFF BEARD (CENTRE) HAS PLENTY TO 'CHUCKLE' ABOUT AS HE WINS THE SINGLES COMPETITION WITH 17 POINTS (cpo)

AND THE TEAM COMPETITION WITH MARK STONEMAN AND JOHN WATERHOUSE (50 POINTS)

SECOND EQUAL IN THE SINGLES COMPETITION:- Andy Milner, Mike Smith and Mark Stoneman (17 points)


THERE WAS 1 "TWO" :- MIKE SMITH on the 7th



THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- JOHN WATERHOUSE




MEANTIME, PETER AND ALVIN HAVE TO UNDERTAKE EMERGENCY REPAIRS ON THE CAR PARK

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THURSDAY MARCH 26th 2026


3 MAN TEAM (2 TO SCORE)


31 PLAYERS


THE WINNING TRIO:- MARK FURNIVAL, CHRIS JONES and PHIL MATTHEWS (36 points)


SECOND:- John Billington, Pat Greene and Garth Whittle (35 points)

THIRD:- Paul Donlan, Dave Kendrick and Andy Milner (30 points cpo)

FOURTH:- Geoff Beard, Peter Dransfield and Alvin Patten (30 points)




THERE WERE NO "TWO'S"




THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- ALLAN FROST

************************************************************************* THURSDAY MARCH 19th 2026


3 MAN TEXAS SCRAMBLE


31 PLAYERS


THE WINNING TEAM (OF 2)

MARK FURNIVAL AND PAUL RAINFORD (37.75 net cpo)

SECOND:- Brian Best, Phil Best and Phil Matthews (37.75 net)

THIRD:- Brian Spary, Mark Stoneman and John Wood (38.00 net)

FOURTH:- John Billington, Gordon Howard and Peter Schofield (40.00 net)




THERE WAS 1 "TEAM TWO" :-

MARK FURNIVAL and PAUL RAINFORD on the 7th




THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- GEOFF BEARD

************************************************************************* THURSDAY MARCH 12th 2026


THE ARTHUR BURGESS TROPHY


4 BALL BETTERBALL


28 PLAYERS


THE WINNING PAIR

MARK FURNIVAL (WHO ALSO WON THE 'NEAREST-THE-PIN' PRIZE and BARRY COTTON (21 points)

SECOND:- Dave Kendrick and Charlie Middlewoood (20 points cpo)

THIRD:- Chris Jones and Brian Spary (20 points)




THERE WAS 1 "TWO" :-

BRIAN SPARY on the 5th




THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- PAUL DONLAN

************************************************************************* THURSDAY MARCH 5th 2026


THE FIRST OF EIGHT SINGLES COMPETITIONS TOWARDS THE BRIAN RADCLIFFE TROPHY


29 PLAYERS


THE WINNER

CHARLIE MIDDLEWOOD (25 points)

SECOND:- John Massey (23 points)

THIRD:- Gordon Howard (22 points)




THE WINNERS OF THE SUBSIDIARY TEAM COMPETITION

BRIAN SPARY, GORDON HOWARD and MARK FURNIVAL (57 points)

THERE WERE 3 "TWO'S" :-

GORDON HOWARD on the 5th

PHIL MATTHEWS on the 7th

KEN LUNN on the 7th



THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- BARRY COTTON

************************************************************************* THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26th 2026


4 BALL BETTER BALL


32 PLAYERS


THE WINNING PAIR

PAUL DONLAN and PHIL MATTHEWS (23 points)

SECOND:- Pat Greene and Chris Jones (22 points cpo)

THIRD:- Peter Schofield and Brian Spary (22 points)



THERE WERE 2 "TWO'S" :-

Paul Donlan on the 7th

Martin Stimson on the 7th



THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- CHARLIE MIDDLEWOOD

************************************************************************* THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19th 2026


3 MAN TEAM (2 TO SCORE)


29 PLAYERS


THE WINNING THREEBALL

ANDY MILNER, DAVE KENDRICK and PAUL DONLAN (43 points)

SECOND:- Geoff Beard, Barry Cotton and Chris Jones (42 points)

THIRD:- Brian Spary, Pat Greene and Garth Whittle (41 points)

FOURTH:- Dave Kay, Phil Matthews and Paul Rainford (40 points)


THERE WERE 2 "TWO'S" :-

Andy Milner on the 7th

Brian Spary on the 5th


THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- MIKE DUNKERLEY

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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12th 2026


3 MAN TEXAS SCRAMBLE


26 PLAYERS


THE WINNING TRIO:- JOHN BILLINGTON, PETER SCHOFIELD and BRIAN SPARY (37.50 net)


SECOND:- Peter Dransfield, John Massey and Paul Street (37.75 net cpo)

THIRD:- Mark Furnival, Dave Kay and Mike MacCafferty (37.75 net)




THERE WERE 3 WINNERS OF THE "TEAM TWO'S" COMPETITION:-

John Billington, Peter Schofield and Brian Spary (5th Hole)

Mark Furnival, Dave Kay and Mike MacCafferty (7th Hole)

Paul Rainford, Stuart Wagstaffe and John Waterhouse (7th Hole)




THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- GEOFF BEARD

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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5th 2026


THE MONTHLY SINGLES COMPETITION


29 PLAYERS


THE WINNER

MARK FURNIVAL (20 points)

SECOND:- Mike MacCafferty (19 points cpo)

THIRD:- Andy Milner (19 points)

FOURTH:- Stuart Wagstaffe (18 points cpo)

FIFTH:- Barry Cotton (18 points)




THE WINNERS OF THE SUBSIDIARY TEAM COMPETITION

DAVE KAY, MIKE MacCAFFERTY and STUART WAGSTAFFE (54 points)

THERE NO "TWO'S"


THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- PAUL STREET


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THURSDAY JANUARY 29th 2026


4 BALL BETTERBALL


29 PLAYERS


THE WINNING PAIR

PAUL STREET and MARK FURNIVAL (23 points cpo)

SECOND:- Pat Greene and Peter Schofield (23 points)

THIRD:- Paul Donlan and Phil Matthews (22 points cpo)

FOURTH:- John Billington and Brian Spary (22 points)




THERE WAS 1 "TWO" :- KEN LUNN


THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- PAUL STREET

************************************************************************* THURSDAY JANUARY 22nd 2026


3 MAN TEAM (2 TO SCORE)


27 PLAYERS


THE WINNING THREESOME

STUART WAGSTAFFE, JOHN WATERHOUSE and IAN MacKENZIE (46 points)

SECOND:- Mark Furnival, Gordon Howard and Brian Spary (45 points)

THIRD:- Paul Donlan, Andy Milner and Phil Matthews (39 points)

FOURTH:- John Billington, Martin Stimson and Garth Whittle (37 points)




THERE WERE 2 "TWO'S" :- ANDY MILNER and STUART WAGSTAFFE


THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- BARRY COTTON

************************************************************************* THURSDAY JANUARY 15th 2026


3 MAN TEXAS SCRAMBLE


27 PLAYERS


THE WINNING TRIO

PAUL DONLAN, ANDY MILNER AND DAVE KENDRICK (35.75 net)

SECOND:- Brian Allen, John Holgate and Ken Lunn (39.00 net)

THIRD:- Allan Frost, John Massey and Martin Stimson (39.50 net)

FOURTH:- Vic Brown, Mike MacCafferty and Garth Whittle (39.75 net)




THERE WERE 6 "TEAM TWO'S" :- PAUL DONLAN, DAVE KENDRICK and ANDY MILNER (3);

PHIL MATTHEWS, STUART WAGSTAFFE and JOHN WATERHOUSE; BRIAN BEST, PETER DRANSFIELD and CHRIS JONES;

KEITH JACKSON, PAUL STREET and JOHN WOOD.



THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- GARTH WHITTLE

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THURSDAY JANUARY 8th 2026


THE MONTHLY SINGLES COMPETITION


23 PLAYERS


THE WINNER

BRIAN BEST (20 points cpo)

SECOND:- Barry Cotton (20 points cpo)

THIRD:- Garth Whittle (19 points cpo)

FOURTH:- John Billington (19 points)




THERE WAS 1 "TWO" :- VIC BROWN


THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- "THE GEMS"




THE WINNERS OF THE SUBSIDIARY TEAM PRIZE

PETER DRANSFIELD, JOHN MASSEY (PLUS ALLAN FROST) (51 points)

AND A VERY WARM GEMS WELCOME TO OUR NEW CATERERS

"BellBeau"

************************************************************************* TUESDAY DECEMBER 30th 2025


4 BALL BETTERBALL


22 PLAYERS


THE WINNING PAIR (AND RECORD BREAKERS)

IAN MacKENZIE and GORDON HOWARD (28 points) THIS IS THE HIGHEST 4BBB SCORE SINCE THE 'NEW' COURSE CAME INTO PLAY IN NOVEMBER 2021

SECOND:- Charlie Middlewood and Peter Schofield (23 points cpo)

THIRD:- Andy Milner and John Wood (23 points cpo)

FOURTH:- Chris Jones and Paul Street (23 points)




THERE WERE 3 "TWO'S" :- Ian MacKenzie, Paul Street and John Wood


THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- "The GEMS"

************************************************************************* TUESDAY DECEMBER 23rd 2025


3 MAN TEAM (2 TO SCORE)


20 PLAYERS


THE WINNING TRIO

PAUL DONLAN, ANDY MILNER AND MIKE MacCAFFERTY (44 points)

SECOND:- Geoff Allen, Gordon Howard and Ian MacKenzie (40 points)

THIRD:- Geoff Beard, Barry Cotton and Phil Matthews (35 points cpo)

FOURTH:- Chris Jones, Brian Spary and Peter Schofield (35 points)




THERE WERE NO "TWO'S" -


THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- JOHN WATERHOUSE

************************************************************************* THURSDAY DECEMBER 18th 2025


3 MAN TEXAS SCRAMBLE


30 PLAYERS


THE WINNING THREESOME

PAUL STREET, VIC BROWN AND GARTH WHITTLE (37.25 net)

SECOND:- Geoff Allen, Gordon Howard and Ian MacKenzie (38.00 net)

THIRD:- John Billington, John Smith and Mike Smith (38.25 net)




THE WINNERS OF THE "TEAM TWO'S" COMPETITION :- JOHN BILLINGTON, JOHN SMITH and MIKE SMITH (2);

BRIAN ALLEN, BARRY COTTON and JOHN WOOD; PETER DRANSFIELD, MIKE MacCAFFERTY and ALVIN PATTEN


THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- PAUL RAINFORD




AND FINALLY.....

A BIG 'THANK YOU' TO THE WONDERFUL LADIES WHO HAVE CATERED FOR US SO MAGNIFICENTLY OVER THE YEARS.

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THURSDAY DECEMBER 11th 2025


THE COMMEMORATIVE CUP (PLAYED IN MEMORY OF FORMER GEMS MEMBERS)


4 BALL BETTERBALL


36 PLAYERS


THE WINNING PAIR

VIC BROWN AND JOHN MASSEY (24 points)

SECOND :- Paul Donlan and Charlie Middlewood (22 points)

THIRD:- Gordon Howard and Brian Spary (21 points)



THE WINNER OF THE'NEAREST-THE-PIN'PRIZE:- JOHN MASSEY


THERE WERE NO "TWO'S"


THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- STUART WAGSTAFFE


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THE ANNUAL DINNER AND PRIZE PRESENTATION

Paul Street (R) hands over the GEMS case to Vic Brown, the incoming captai CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW VICE CAPTAIN - JOHN HOLGATE HE IS CURRENTLY ON HOLIDAY AND WILL BE 'INDUCTED' ON HIS RETURN! THE WINNER OF THE BRIAN RADCLIFFE TROPHY Mike Smith THE WINNERS OF THE TWO KNOCKOUT COMPETITIONS DEREK SAUNDERS SHIELD SWAILES TROPHY JOHN BAINES BRIAN SPARY THE GEMS GOLFER OF THE YEAR - AND WINNER OF 'THE HOBSON BALL' Mike Smith PICTURES OF OTHER TROPHIES WHICH WERE WON, AND PRESENTED, DURING THE YEAR CAN BE FOUND BY SCROLLING BELOW ************************************************************************* THURSDAY DECEMBER 4th 2025 THE MONTHLY SINGLES COMPETITION 29 PLAYERS THE WINNER :- MIKE SMITH (21 points cpo) SECOND :- Charlie Middlewood (21 points) THIRD:- Allan Frost (20 points) THE WINNERS OF THE SUBSIDIARY TEAM COMPETITION BARRY COTTON, GEOFF BEARD AND PAUL RAINFORD (52 points) THERE WERE NO "TWO'S" THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- KEN LUNN ************************************************************************* THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27th 2025 4 BALL BETTERBALL 26 PLAYERS THE WINNING PAIR (ON A 3 CARD PLAY OFF) JOHN HOLGATE AND KEN LUNN (24 points) SECOND :- Gordon Howard and Chris Jones (24 points cpo) THIRD:- Geoff Beard and Paul Rainford (24 points) THERE WERE 4 "TWO'S":- JOHN HOLGATE, GORDON HOWARD, MIKE SMITH AND PAUL STREET THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- CHRIS JONES ************************************************************************* THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20th 2025 3 MAN TEAM (2 TO SCORE) 27 PLAYERS THE WINNING THREESOME STUART WAGSTAFFE, JOHN WATERHOUSE AND MARTIN STIMSON (42 points) SECOND :- Geoff Beard, Barry Cotton and Keith Jackson (39 points) THIRD:- John Billington, Mike Smith and Brian Spary (37 points) FOURTH:- Chris Jones, Charlie Middlewood and John Wood (36 points) THERE WERE NO "TWO'S" THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- JOHN BILLINGTON ************************************************************************* THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13th 2025 3 MAN TEXAS SCRAMBLE 27 PLAYERS THE WINNING TRIO ALVIN PATTEN, PHIL MATTHEWS AND JOHN WOOD (33.75 net) SECOND :- Geoff Beard, Martin Stimson and Mike Smith (37.50 net) THIRD:- Vic Brown, Paul Donlan and Dave Kendrick (39.50 net cpo) FOURTH:- Pat Greene, Stuart Wagstaffe and John Waterhouse (39.50 net) THE WINNER OF THE "TEAM TWO'S" PRIZE:- PHIL MATTHEWS, ALVIN PATTEN AND JOHN WOOD THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- JOHN WATERHOUSE ************************************************************************* THURSDAY NOVEMBER 6th 2025 THE MONTHLY SINGLES COMPETITION 26 PLAYERS PAUL IS STREETS AHEAD OF THE FIELD.... PAUL STREET (L) WINS THE SINGLES COMPETITION, ON THE CARD, WITH 21 POINTS AND THE TEAM COMPETITION WITH GARTH WHITTLE AND BRIAN BEST (59 points) SECOND :- Garth Whittle (21 points) THIRD:- Geoff Beard (20 points) FOURTH EQUAL:- John Massey and John Waterhouse (19 points) THE WINNER OF THE "TWO'S" PRIZE:- GORDON HOWARD THE WINNER OF THE NAME CARD :- STEVE HAYES *************************************************************************