What a difference a year made for Society vice-Captain Barry Theobald at The Berkshire fixture. Last year he presented the main trophy, The Rothermere Cup, to photographer David Crump……..this year he won it himself! Barry’s 39pts was 3pts clear of 4 players who all scored 36 points with Neil Darbyshire [...]
Society Captain Nick Stevens had an impressive “double win” at Walton Heath, the first fixture of the year due to the covid-19 lockdown that caused the cancellation of The Grove and the postponement to next year of the Inter-Company competition. With almost a three-month delay to [...]
The best efforts of “Storm Jorge” failed to put a dampener on the annual Northcliffe match against the Press Golfing Society. With golf courses around the country staying closed because of continuous torrential rain, both Princes and Royal Cinque Ports links courses on the Kent coast were open for play. Facing a hat-trick of [...]
Santa Claus came early to the Christmas Scramble at The Berkshire and left a sack full of prizes. With Hampers to win and Christmas puddings, chocolates and wine and not forgetting the traditional “Paxo Stuffing” , there was fun and laughter all the way for the big turnout of Northcliffe’s finest golfers’ It was a [...]
Fresh from having his handicap cut by one shot after a good round at his local club, Mike Creaby carried on the good form with a clear cut win at the West Hill fixture. His 38pts were three points clear of runner-up Joe Marvel, whose 35pts beat Ben Mason on count-back. Barry Theobald took fourth [...]
New member Dan Schwarz came home a clear winner at Royal Cinque Ports and was promptly cut by more than the handicap rules for his impressive play. Not having played regular golf for many years, Dan, took a few holes to start his impressive round but soon gave a solid display of ball striking to [...]
There was another close finish to this year's annual match against North Foreland Golf Club, and this time it was the Club that just prevailed. It was not until the last match result was called out at the prize-giving dinner that Club members cheered and celebrated. Just a year ago the result went the other way, with the [...]
It's not often that Northcliffe players struggle to make par at one of the Society golf days, but Northwood, played off the white tees, proved to be too much of a tough test. Usually the Society plays from the yellow tees on the courses played, but with conditions ideal and the course looking great with [...]
The lastest edited "Order of Merit" competition details with the top 4 players taking part in a play-off for the title "Golfer of the Year". Still plenty of chances for everyone to move into the top grouping with fixtures at Northwood, Royal Cinque Ports and West Hill still all c0unting. Remember, it's your best 3 scores at any of [...]
Daily Mail photographer David Crump has spent much of his working life at the wrong end of a camera, taking fashion, news and action photographs from around the world, but at The Berkshire fixture it was his turn to face the camera after winning the Rothermere Cup. Playing the challenging Red Course where the Society [...]
