Results from Golf Days

Our results for the 2025/2026 season are as follows

(most recent event first):

BUNGS Memorial Salver
Matlock Golf Club - 15th May 2026
18 hole stableford (95% handicap)

Write-up by Steve Lloyd
31 players made their way to Matlock in Derbyshire for the 2026 BUNGS Memorial Salver on a bright day. The course was in good condition but as it's a very hilly course, there were going to be some tired legs at the end of the day.

The morning money was won by Shaun Mullaney, Craig Vale and Peter Meaney on 45 points, pocketing £20 each.

After sandwiches and chips at lunchtime is was back onto the course for the main competition.

Onto the prizes:

Gross 2s
Craig Vale (4th)
Leigh Allinson (4th)
Mark Johnson (8th)
Peter Meaney (15th)

Nearest the pins
2nd hole : Tim Thacker
4th hole  : Craig Vale
8th hole : Mark Johnson
10th hole : Steve Raji
15th hole : Adrian Marchant
Nearest the pin in 2 (18th hole) : Darren Penny
Longest Drive (11th hole ) : Kevin Morris

Captains Par 3 Charity Challenge was not won on this occasion so this rolls over to Hagley in June

Onto the main prizes for the day
5th place : Steve Raji with 32 points (15 shots)
4th place : Ian Ronson with 33 points (13 shots)
3rd place : Craig Vale with 37 points (15 shots)
2nd place : Kjurste Whittingham with 37 points (22 shots)
1st place : Steve Gibbons with 38 points (23 shots)

Best of the Rest:
1 to 14 shot category : Peter Meaney with 31 points (8 shots)
15+ shot category : Anthony Jackson with 31 points (21 shots)

Fifth went to Steve Raji on 32 points with 15 shots and one point ahead on 33 was Ian Ronson (13 shots). A full four points clear in third was Craig Vale with 37 points off 15 shots and he was beaten into second by Kjurste Whittingham's better back nine, also scoring 37 points with 22 shots.

The winner one point ahead was Steve Gibbons. After thrashing society secretary Steve Lloyd in the matchplay knockout earlier in the week, Steve's fine form continued with 19 points on the front nine, repeated on the back nine for a 38 point total off 23 shots - well played Steve.

 View full results and handicap adjustments from Matlock

Gross 2's Scored by the following

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Enterprise Cup
Oakmere Golf Club - 16th March 2026
18 hole stableford (95% handicap)

Write-up by Steve Lloyd
With one unfortunate overnight cancellation, 26 players arrived in Nottinghamshire at Oakmere Golf Club for the 2026 Enterprise Cup.

After a huge bacon cob it was on to the Commanders course in dry bright conditions for the morning team event. The winning group were Steve Gibbons, Bobby Ho, Kev Armitt and guest Tim Shelley on 42 points.

While some enjoyed a lovely soup and sandwiches between rounds, others took the chance to grab 40 winks in the sunshine before heading on to the Admirals course for the main competition. In the still bright but gusty conditions, the course seemed to be playing fairly difficult (for some) and it was no surprise that all the top four prize winners were off single figure handicaps.

Onto the prizes:

Gross 2s
Gary Tyler

Nearest the pins
2nd hole : Clive Copeland
8th hole  : Kevin Morris
12th hole : Kevin Morris
15th hole : Steve Gross
Nearest the pin in 2 (17th hole) : Anthony Jackson
Longest Drive (3rd hole ) : Kevin Morris

Captains Par 3 Charity Challenge was not won on this occasion so this rolls over to Matchock in May

Onto the main prizes for the day
4th place : Peter Meaney with 32 points (6 shots)
3rd place : Steve Lloyd with 33 points (7 shots)
2nd place : Shaun Mullaney with 35 points (5 shots)
1st place : Kevin Morris with 36 points (-1 shots)

Best of the Rest:
1 to 14 shot category : Ian Ronson with 31 points (11 shots)
15+ shot category : Glenn Saunders with 31 points (16 shots)

Fourth went to Peter Meaney with 6 shots scoring 16 on each nine for a 32 point total.Third went to Steve Lloyd with 7 shots, having a great front nine of 19 points but fell away on the back nine with just 14 points for 33 points in total. Second with 5 shots was the winner of the last event at Worksop, Shaun Mullaney whose 35 point total was created by 18 on the front nine and 17 on the back.

Having missed lots of events last season, Kevin Morris was straight back into the swing of things. Playing off +1, so giving a shot back to the course, Kev had a very impressive day at -2 gross after nine holes for 19 points and he actually got to -4 at one stage before finall dropping a couple of shots to finish with 17 points on the back nine and 36 points in total and a gross 71, more than enough to take the Enterprise Cup - well played Kev.

 View full results and handicap adjustments from Oakmere

Gross 2's Scored by the following

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Ballesteros Bowl
Worksop Golf Club - 25th March 2026
18 hole stableford (95% handicap)

Write-up by Steve Lloyd
A smaller than usual field of only 25 people arrived at Worksop for the first event of the year, probably due to the insistance by the club of using fairway mats which we were only informed of a few days prior to the event. Many of us drove through some awful rain and sleet on the way to the course, but it turned out to be a dry, bright day but with a biting cold wind.

First order of the day was bacon butties and taking guesses for new Captain Darren Penny's opening drive length. There were 100 guesses in total ranging from zero yards (harsh Wayne Tandy) right through to 254 yards and Daz handled the pressure well spanking a drive straight down the middle 230 yards. Three people had guessed this (Phil Latham, Marcho and Craig Fallon) so half the money was shared between them with the rest going into the Captain's charity.

The course was in pretty decent nick considering the wet winter and although the fairway mats were a pain in the ar*e, the ones provided by the club were of good quality and it was the same for everyone.

Onto the prizes:

Gross 2s
None

Nearest the pins
3rd hole : Phil Latham
8th hole  : Alan Perkins
11th hole : Adrian Marchant
18th hole : Shaun Mullaney
Nearest the pin in 2 (5th hole) : Wayne Taylor
Longest Drive (9th hole ) : Tom Revitt

Captains Par 3 Charity Challenge was on the 8th hole and was won by the group of Maria Perkins, Shaun Mullaney, Peter Meaney and Wayne Taylor. 

Onto the main prizes for the day
These are diffferent to what was announced on the day as the computer had an error and couldn't calculate the countback, so this was done manually by the very kind scorecard volunteers but upon fixing rhe computer error and running the score calculator, the countback on the day was done incorrectly, with Steve Lloyd and Jeff Sackett needing to change positions, so the actual result was:
4th place : Steve Lloyd with 34 points (9 shots)
3rd place : Phil Latham with 34 points (16 shots)
2nd place : Jeff Sackett with 34 points (29 shots)
1st place : Shaun Mullaney with 37 points (6 shots)

Best of the Rest:
1 to 14 shot category : Mark Johnson with 31 points (9 shots)
15+ shot category : Alan Perkins with 33 points (15 shots)

Shaun Mullaney took the Ballesteros Bowl with a very impressive 37 points, three clear of the field. Shaun has won the Pairs Championship twice before but this was his first solo BUNGS victory and very well deserved - well played Shaun.

After the golf, a cheque for £5368.07 was presented to Prostate Cancer for the money raised by 2025 Captain Graham Thorpe

 View full results and handicap adjustments from Worksop

Gross 2's Scored by the following

No 2's scored

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Cliff Thompson Salver
Bull Bay Golf Club - 17th November 2025
18 hole stableford (95% handicap)

Write-up by Steve Lloyd
32 players arrived at Nefyn & District Golf Club on a chilly and bright day for the first day of the 2025 winter trip. A fantastic Welsh breakfast was enjoyed while the pairs were drawn for the fourball-betterballs, then it was on to the course to play the original 'point' holes first followed by the front nine of the Championship course. The point holes at Nefyn are a spectacular place to play golf, and those of us lucky enough to play there previously were thoroughly looking forward to doing so again. What a disappointment though, many of the original holes have been converted to par three's due to safety of the path running along the peninsula. We knew about this and that was acceptable, but the condition of the course, particularly the greens was disgusting. I've been playing golf for 40 odd years and never played a course in such a state. The tees hadn't been cut in a long time and the greens had been hollow tined but no top dressing brushed into them and it looked like they were dying. The state of the hole and pin on the 8th won't be mentioned!!

It was such a disappointment  to see those holes in that condition, especially as it was so so good last time we played there. I can sort of understand that without the summer visitors to play the point holes, there might not be money in the course maintenance pot to keep the holes maintained to a high standard, but it does look like the club have given up on those holes which is a huge shame.

The front nine of the championship course (our back nine) was in a good condition, although the greens were on the slow side, but was a very enjoyable knock on the cliff top holes.

The winning pair were Brian Mole and Andy Whittingham on 39 points winning £20 each and second went to Gordon Galloway and John Haley on 36 points taking £10 each. Nearest the pin winners were Pete Meaney (2nd), Brian Mole (3rd), Andy Whittingham (5th), Gordon Galloway (7th), Wayne Taylor (14th) and Phil Latham (18th). Nearest in two went to Kev Armitt and longest drive to Kev Morris.

After a quick pint at the club it was off to the Celtic Royal Hotel in Caernarfon for drinks and a three course meal and a good evening was had. Captain Thorpe announced the winner of the 'gues the number of balls lost at Nefyn' sweep and the winner was Rob Hallworth who predicted 64, the closest to the actual number lost of of 74 (2.3 per person average).

Day two saw similar weather and after breakfast at the hotel it was off to Anglesey to Bull Bay Golf Club for the 18 hole stableford competing for the Cliff Thompson Salver. Unfortunately after a huge amount of rain the the days prior to our trip, buggies were banned so Captain Thorpe and Bobby Ho (who was struggling with illness) were unable to play, so there were just 30 people competing for the salver.

The course was wet in places but in a pretty decent condition for November and we were off forward tees which made the course much shorter.

Onto the prizes:

Gross 2s
Owen Strudwick (3rd)
Adam Thompson (10th)
Mark Johnson (12th)
Wayne Taylor (16th)

Nearest the pins
3rd hole : Steven Raji
5th hole  : Leigh Bullock
10th hole : Ian Ronson
12th hole : Adam Thompson
16th hole : Darren Penny
Nearest the pin in 2 (6th hole) : Anthony Jackson
Longest Drive (18th hole ) : Chris Dewes

Captains Par 3 Charity Challenge was not won on the 10th, so a rollover to Maxstoke Park in December. 

Onto the main prizes for the day
5th place : Kev Armitt with 34 points (10 shots)
4th place : Rob Hallworth with 34 points (scratch)
3rd place : Wayne Taylor with 35 points (7 shots)
2nd place : John Haley with 36 points (24 shots)
1st place : Ian Ronson with 38 points (14 shots)

Best of the Rest:
1 to 14 shot category : Chris Dewes with 34 points (4 shots)
15+ shot category : Alan Perkins with 33 points (15 shots)

Ian Ronson took the salver with a great score of 38 points and unfortunately for him, a hefty handciap cut but well played Ian.

 View full results and handicap adjustments from Bull Bay

Gross 2's Scored by the following

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