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




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

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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 *************************************************************************