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Any questions relating to Beccles Golf Club will be answered by Alan Ereira, the Club Secretary. Competition results and up to date news will be posted on these pages on a regular basis with a calendar of forthcoming events, tee availability and basic club rules. These pages are here to help us to communicate to our members, potential members, societies and anyone with an interest in experiencing the delights of Beccles Golf Club. Please contact The Secretary with your news, results, or any suggestions or comments you may have about this site. EMAIL US-CLICK HERE

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The club is run by a voluntary workforce guided by the club committee, we prepare the course ourselves and its not unusal to see the Club and Lady Captains whipping the dew of the greens before a competition. We have a old wooden pavillion clubhouse with a bar and function room, mens and ladies changing rooms. We do have social events at the clubhouse including Presentation night, Summer disco and quiz nights throughout the year, we are currently planning a New Years Eve party. We play on a nine hole inland links type course with 9 casual mens tees, 18 competition mens tees and 9 ladies competition tees. Although we have no bunkers or water on the course we do have very small greens, lots of out of bounds and even more gorse, which many shots are played over! The competition tees are par 68 with a sss 66. We do have an ex Professional Golfer as a member, Syer Shulver and he holds the course record of 65!!! The Green Fees are £5 during the week and £10 at weekends and Bank Holidays.

2010 Presidents Cup - 4th September 2010 Sat 4th Sept at Beccles Golf Club saw the prestigous Presidents Cup contested over a 36 hole stableford competition. 21 players opted to contest the 36 holes with 10 players chosing to play only the morning 18 holes and a further 9 playing the afternoon 18 holes. Winning the mornings competition was Mike Garrood (38 points) followed by Grant Bartlett (35 points) beating Derek Bickers in a countback also on 35 points. Christian Lever led the mornings main competition on 41 points followed by Del Collyer (40 points) and Ben Cable (39 points). Presidents wife Bert Cooper provided s sumptuous ploughmans lunch before play commenced in the afternoons second 18 holes. A ladies 18 hole stableford was also contested in the afternoon and was won by Shirley Walding with 37 points. Ladies Captain Sam Cooper returning after a long lay off was second with 35 points and Ann Brett third on 29 points. Club Presidents brother Buster Cooper won the guest event. Scores in the afternoon must have been affected by lunch and the bar as they were nowhere near as good as the mornings results. Ben cable, Rod Green and Brian Lever produced the best scores of 32 points. Totalling the 36 holes then produced equal scores of 71 points by Ben Cable and Del Collyer (last years winner) with the countback placing Ben in the winning enclosure. Third place went to Rod Green with 68 points. Several fun prizes were on offer throughout the day, nearest pins went to Paul Cook, George Savill, James Cushing, Del Collyer and Buster Cooper. Longest drives went to Bryan Debenham and James Cushing. Club President Rod Cooper thanked his wife Bert and Sister in law Sandie for the fab lunch and tea, greenkeeper Mike Jolly for cutting the greens before play commenced and Willie White for his help with the greens. He also congratulated the winners and thanked everyone for their support and welcomed back to competitive golf daughter Sam, the ladies Captain, after a lengthy lay off due to ill health. An 18 hole stableford will be contested on Sat 11th teeing off at 8-15 Photos: * Rusty Cooper (L) receiving his guest prize from brother Rod * Shirley Walding with Club President Rod Cooper * Rod presenting the Presidents Cup to winner Ben Cable (R) with Club Captain Willie White

Powerplay Competition - August Bank Holiday Weekend 2010 The novelty of a powerplay golf competition is that the player has to nominate on the tee which of two flagged holes he intends to play to on the green. Penalty point deductions can also occur if a bad score is made so it is important to select the right flag at the right time or minus scores can be achieved. This format gave members at Beccles Golf Club an unusual mornings golf on Saturday 28th with some of the second flag placements in very difficult positions none moreso than that on the fifth green. Despite all the difficulties faced, Rod Green totalled enough points to win the event playing some very steady golf. Willie White beat Dick Grieve in a countback to take second place. Thanks were expressed to Sam, Ann and Willie for their input in making the morning so enjoyable. The President's Cup will be contested on Sat 4th Sept over 36 holes with the morning's 18 holes teeing off at 8-15 Photo shows Club Captain Willie White (L) with winner Rod Green.

BECCLES v BUNGAY CHALLENGE August 24th 2010 Tuesday 24th saw the return leg of the Beccles v Bungay Challenge.... with the 1st home leg swaying towards the Beccles side the away leg was looking very tight... several new players were drafted in on the Bungay side including Club Secretary John Lunniss and Ray Neale, and on the Beccles side Roy Gaunt. This leg saw the Beccles Captain Sam Cooper as a non -playing Captain due to recent surgery, but enjoyed the day walking round and supporting the team. With a very strong wind, all the holes played with a cross wind making the course very difficult. Leading the teams out Bungay Club Captain paired with Steve Wright played Beccles Secretay Alan Ereira and Vice Captain James Cushing, after a very close fought match Lan & Steve took the match. The 2nd group out also had a few officers involved, Bungay's secretary John Lunniss playing with Ray Neale and Beccles President playing with playing partner Paul Cook, this match ended with Rod and Paul taking the honors. The 3rd match with Nigel and Chris against Ray & Ernie was very closely fought. Don & Peter took on the less experienced pairing of Roy & Tony but had a very enjoyable match winning quite convincingly.. The final group of Trevor & Paul had a hard fought match against the Beccles pairing of Ron & Jim, who had a convincing win. As with all the past matches it was declared an honorable draw in favour this leg to Bungay. Both Captains Len Bird & Sam Cooper thanked their teams and are looking forward to the first of the matches in May 2011. Sam thanked Bungay for their hospitality, Len and the green staff for the superb condition of the course, and Norman, Lisa, Cindy and all the staff for an excellent meal that followed the match. Picture attached the Beccles and Bungay teams Ernie, Ray, John, Don, Peter, Alan, Ray Neale, Trevor, Roy, James, Rod, Sam, Paul, Jim, Nigel, Len, Ray, Steve, Ron, Paul, Tony.

Ron is Best Golfer 55+ - Saturday 21st Auguts 2010 Saturday 21st saw the senior members at Beccles Golf Club contesting the title of best over 55 year old golfer on senior trophy day. The field was completed by a few "juniors" out for a mornings pressure free 18 holes. There was a very close finish to the event when Ron Walding and Del Collyer both posted scores of 41 points with the countback giving first place and the trophy to Ron Walding. Club President Rod Cooper was third with 36 points. Best "junior" score came from Paul Segust who carded 37 points. Thanks were expressed to Bert for the after match refreshments and Willie for the early greens preparations. On Sat 28th a powerplay event with two flags on each green the rules of which will be explained and will tee off at 8-15. Photo shows Ray Walding (L) who sponsored the senior trophy presenting it to his winning brother Ron.

Pat Gill Trophy - August 14th 2010 Members at Beccles Golf Club were fortunate that the Pat Gill trophy was contested on a rare day without rain on Sat 14th. A large field contested an array of prizes on offer with nearest pin winners being Chris Peach and Alan Ereira and longest drive winner Niall Gill. Best guest prize went to Jim McMillan. Prizes in the main competition were claimed by Willie White (6th) Alan Ereira (5th) Rod Green (4th) Craig Gill (3rd) and Jim Preston filling the runner up spot. However the trophy and first prize went to the sponsor Pat Gill's son Niall whos form of late has been excellent. Pat's wife Jackie and sister in law Sandra were thanked for providing an excellent lunch as was Willie White for his usual early work on the greens. Club Captain Willie White thanked Pat for his continued generous sponsorship of a very popular event. There followed an afternoon ladies 9 hole stableford which was won by Ann Brett with Shirley Walding second and Rhona Neech third. After an interlude of 8 years, M and H plastics sent a team to BCG to contest the Challenge shield. Five pairings from each team went out with the team gaining the most stableford points claiming the shield. M and H , captained by Paul Soloman, performed well on a course many of his players had never played before. However the home team just edged the contest under the guidance of James Cushing. Top scorer was Andy Banks for M and H. Thanks were expressed to Ann for the delicious after match meal and it was decided the event becomes more regular from 2011. On Sat 21st an 18 hole stableford will tee off at 8-15 which will be coupled with the seniors trophy for the best over 55's score.

SECRETARY'S CUP - August 7th 2010 Secretary's Cup day at Beccles Golf Club on Sat 7th was almost washed out by heavy rain overnight but stirling work by Willie and Paul sweeping flooded greens got the competition underway with only a slight delay. Both Club Secretary Alan Ereira and Captain Willie White thanked members for their support despite the inclement weather. Lots of prizes were on offer as well as the distinctive trophy and were awarded as follows:- Longest drive 9th Chris Peach Nearest pin 1st/10th Ray Walding Nearest pin 8th/17th Pat Gill Best par 3 score Niall Gill Best guest prize went to Tom Youngman with Deano Hammond runner up. The Secretary's Cup was however won by the Secretary himself Alan Ereira with a return to form score of 74-13=61. Four shots behind were Niall Gill and Del Collyer both with nett 65. The final top prize was claimed by Rod Cooper with his 91-25-66. The morning was completed with a delicious banger and mash lunch prepared by Shirley and Sarah. Members were pleased to see ladies Captain Sam Cooper back at the Club after her recent spell in hospital sadly still unable to play. Sat 14th sees the Pat Gill trophy teeing off at 8-15 with a ladies 9 hole competition following at 1 o'clock. Each Friday throughout August junior coaching will be held between 10.30 and 12 noon and any aspiring youngster will be made most welcome by Ray and Eddie. Photo: Club Captain Willie White (L) presenting the Secretary's trophy to winning club Secretary Alan Ereira.

BIG FIELD FOR CLUB CUP - August 1st .......and farewell Ian. Saturday 31st July at Beccles Golf Club saw a one off tournament organised by Ian Roberts who is leaving the Club to set up a new home with his wife and family in Wales. Ian thought he would sponsor an event and BBQ as a farewell to the Club, members and friends where he has been a member for many years. Although the weather was awful, the event was well supported by members and Ian's guests plus the lady members of the club adding their glamour to the morning. The winning score was produced by Vice Captain James Cushing with Ben Debenham second and Keith Bullock third. On Sunday 1st Aug the Beccles Golf Club Cup was contested by yet another large field and was won by Chris Peach with 44 points. Ben Debenham completed his second runner up spot of the weekend with 39 points and Ron Walding was third with 37 points. The Secretary's Cup will tee off at 8-15 on Sat 7th LADY CAPTAIN'S DAY GREAT SUCCESS Lady Captain's day at Beccles Golf Club was a huge success on Sat 24th when lady Captain Sam Cooper's Texas scramble was contested. It attracted one of the largest fields of competitors for many years with ladies teams and guest mens teams joining the regular members on a beautiful morning with play progressing without undue delay considering the number of teams competing. Success in the ladies section went to Jula Janney, Ann Brett, Jenny Edwards and Mary Pacey with the guest team of John Lowe, John White, Bernie and Pip taking the honours in their section. The main prize was won by club members Mike Webb, Mike Garrood, Jim Preston and Derek Bickers. Prizes for the longest drive went to Steve McWilton and nearest pin by the ladies was won by Shirley Walding. There followed a superb buffet which included Sam's infamous hot chilli which kept conversation to a minimum. At the prizegiving Ladies Captain Sam Cooper thanked everyone for their attendance and expressed her special thanks to Sue, Willie, Alan and Bungay Golf Club for their generosity and support. A total of £500 was raised on the day towards Sam's chosen charity Help for Heroes. Members wished Sam a speedy return home and back to the club following her entry into hospital on Monday and thanked her for a very enjoyable and successful Lady Captains day.

The Bryan Debenham sponsored golf event at Beccles Golf Club - July 17th ,2010 The Bryan Debenham sponsored golf event at Beccles Golf Club on sat 17th was both well attended and had plenty of prizes on offer. Halfway through the morning a violent thunderstorm sent the golfers scurrying for cover but play continued after a short delay. Three nearest pin prizes were claimed by Niall Gill, Tony Brett whos driver on the par 3 second won him the prize and Dick Grieve with his final tee shot of the morning on the par 3 8th hole edging out Eddie Bowles previous winning marker. Sponsor Bryan Debenham was nearest the pin with his second shot to the par 4 ninth and the longest drive came from Chris Peach. Best guest score was posted by Steve Brown with Darren Bullock runner up. In the main event, sponsor Bryan Debenham beat his son Ben in a countback for the 8th place final prize but gallantly presented it to his son The out of sight winner however was Dick Grieve whos 45 points was a clear 5 points better than that of runner up Eddie Bowles. Dick apologised to Eddie for beating him on two counts, the nearest pin and overall trophy. Club Captain Willie White was third with 37 points. Carmen and Liz provided a sumptuous buffet to round off an excellent morning at the club. Sat 24th is Ladies Captains day and Sam Cooper has organised a Texas scramble with proceeds going to her charity Help for Heroes. Tee off is at 8-15. Photo L to R: Club Captain Willie White, sponsor Bryan Debenham and winner Dick Grieve.

Warm and Sunny weekend at Beccles - July 10th & 11th 2010 Yet another busy weekend at Beccles Golf Club when the Elsie Pulford cup was contested on Saturday 10th and the City Fish Plate on Sunday 11th. Both attracted large fields of competitors. Elsie Pulford was a long standing and hard working former member and ladies Captain of the club and was fondly remembered. Syer Shulver produced one of his impressive rounds of golf in very hot conditions to win the Elsie Pulford Cup, his 64-01-63 was 2 shot better than Eddie Bowles (75-10-65) and Niall Gill (74-09-85). Syer also re attained his scratch ststus with a cut of 0.2. On Sunday, 23 players took part including 3 ladies and 3 guests which included sponsor Sam Bemment. Many prizes were on offer with Ron Walding winning both the nearest pin and longest drive prizes and gaining third place overall. Runner up was Niall Gill following his third place on Saturday but the winner of the City Fish Plate was Club Vice Captain James Cushing with 40 points. The ladies competition was won by Ann Brett with Rhona Neech the runner up. Players and guests enjoyed a pork and beef jacket potato lunch which was followed later in the afternoon by a BBQ. Thanks were expressed to Sam Bemment and David Neech of City Fish for their continued generous sponsorship and Willie, Sam. Alan and James for their invaluable help in makig the day such a success. Bryan Debenhams trophy will be contested on Sat 17th tee off 8.15. Photos(from top): Syer Shulver (R) receiving the Elsie Pulford Cup from Club Captain Willie White. Ann Brett receiving the ladies City Fish Plate from sponsor Sam Bemment and ladies Captain Sam Cooper. Sam Bemment (L) with mens winner James Cushing and David Neech (R)

Saturday Stableford & William Clowes Trophy - July 2010 Beccles Golf Club had a busy weekend with competitions on both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's 18 hole stableford was won by Ben Debenham (42 points) with Derek Bickers beating Bryan Debenham in a countback for second place both with 38 points. Then on Sunday the William Clowes trophy was contested in superb conditions with order of merit points also on offer George Savill was as hot as the weather and shot an exceptional 42 point round to take the trophy. In form Bryan Debenham was second 2 points behind with Syer Shulver third with 39 points.Club Captain Willie White presented the trophy and expressed his thanks to all who helped make the busy weekend such a success.Sat 10th competition is for the Elsie Pulford Cup and will tee off at 8-15. Photo of Club Captain Willie White (L) with the William Clowes trophy winner George Savill.

Captains Cup - 26th June 2010 All the tees were occupied for the shotgun start on Captain's Day with a large field of members and guests at Beccles Golf Club on Sat 26th. Conditions were perfect with warm sunshine and a light breeze but the competition scratch score was only beaten by two players and equalled by one. Mike Webb's score of 88-22-66 earned him third place with Bryan Debenham's 77-14-63 good enough for the runner up spot being beaten after a countback by Mike Garrood's 84-21-63 who took the coveted Captains Cup. The best guest score came from Chris Baker followed by David Trunks and the nearest pin prizes went to Ian Roberts and Ray Walding on the 1st/10th and 9th/18th respectively. A lavish buffet prepared by Shirley was enjoyed by the hot and weary golfers Club Captain Willie White expressed his thanks to everyone who made the day such a success especially ladies Captain Sam Cooper, Shirley , David, James and Rod. An 18 hole stableford on Sat 3rd July will tee off at 8-15 Photo: Club Captain Willie White presenting his trophy and prizes to winner Mike Garrood (R)

Saturday 19th saw competitors at the midsummer madness event at Beccles Golf Club teeing off at the unearthly hour of 5.30am. Some strange shots were witnessed early on before eyes became properly focussed and brains kicked in. Only one player managed to beat the competition scratch score of 38 points who was Club Captain Willie White (39 points) earning him first place, the trophy and the first prize. Norman Blainey, Ian Roberts and Chris Baker finished second third a nd fourth respectively all scoring 38 points, separated by a countback. All competitors enjoyed a delicious full English breakfast after the event prepared and served by Sue and Ann greatly appreciated by all. On Thursday, Ladies Captain Sam Cooper and secretary Alan Ereira played a first round 4 BBBB match against Diss Golf Club in the Volvo matchplay knockout. After an even first 9, Sam and Alan applied pressure with Sam scoring a superb birdie 4 on the par 5 14th hole to go 3 up with the pair finishing the match off with a par on the 15th to win the match by 4 and 3. They await the winners of the Royal Norwich v Barnham Broom match in the next round. On Sat 26th the prestigious Captains Day events will tee off at 8-15. A 9 hole event will follow in the afternoon. Photo. Event winner Willie White with Sue Edwards.

Herbie Carver "Quaich" One of Beccles Golf Club's previous Captains Herbie Carver was fondly remembered when his "Quaich" was contested on Sat 12th. Prizes and the buffet were generously provided by his old friend Richard Mills, the buffet being prepared by Sue. The competition was held in two parts with competitors choosing to play their round in either the morning or afternoon. The afternoon players stayed on at the clubhouse to watch and support the first of England's world cup matches with the building festooned with England flags. The end of the morning round saw Nigel Jeffs at the top of the leader board with 39 points beating Bob Janney and Alan Ereira's 39 points in a countback. However two better scores were posted in the afternoon by Roy Moore whos 40 points earned him the runner up spot and the winning score of 42 points from Christian Lever to win him the Herbie Carver Quaich. Being one of the club's younger members he only just qualified to partake of the whisky that traditionally fills the quaich. Sat 19th sees the club's keenest members contest the midsummer madness event teeing off at 5.30 am and earning them their full English breakfast after the golf. Photo. Above Beccles Golf Clubhouse prepared for the world cup. & Christian reciveing the trophy from Captain Willie

Beccles Golf Club Beaumont team taken last Friday at Ipswich. Back row L to R: Bob Janney, David Dean, Ray Walding, Norman Blainey, Ron Walding. Seated L to R: Dick Greive, Nigel Edwards, Mike Garrood, Jim Redpath. Kneelin : non playing Captain Paul Cook.

New s Update - June 2010 On Friday 4th June the Beaumont Cup team selected to represent Beccles Golf Club travelled to Ipswich Golf Club for their second round match. The seniors team consisted of Ray Walding, David Dean, Bob Janney, Ron Walding, Mike Garrood, Nigel Edwards, Jim Redpath, Norman Blainey and Dick Grieve. The Ipswich team proved too strong and used their home advantage to good effect. Non playing Captain Paul Cook thanked his team for their gallant efforts against a club that was able to select its 8 strong team from 250 senior members. Saturday 5th saw a large field of competitors contest the ever popular Ken Allen Cup with the EGU gold medal also available to the competition winner. Scoring was as hot as the weather and a countback was needed to separate the 3 way tie at the top. Dwight Miller (90-26-64) on one of his infrequent appearances was placed third and George Savill (78-14-64) gained the runner up spot The winning score of 74-10-64 was produced by Eddie Bowles one of the younger members at the club. Ken's widow Lillian was unable to attend to present the trophy but the family was represented by daughter Jackie who carried out the presentation. A packed clubhouse enjoyed Shirley's ploughmans lunch after the event. Sunday 6th saw an invitational pairs event where a club member and his invited guest combined in a stableford competition. Club Secretary Alan Ereira knew what he was doing when he invited ex professional Syer Shulver to be his partner, the pair winning the event by a 9 shot margin. Runners up were David Neech and Ronnie Hogg (72 points) and third spot went to Club Captain Willie White and his partner Steve Brown. Thanks were expressed to Willie, James and Sam for their hard work in preparing and running the event. Sat 12th competition is for the Herbie Carver Quaich and will tee off at 8-15. Photo(top): Jackie Gill presenting the Ken Allen Cup to winner Eddie Bowles. Photo (bottom) Successful pairs at Sundays event at Beccles Golf Club. L to R: David Neech and Ronnie Hogg , Willie White (Club Captain) and winners Syer Shulver and Alan Ereira.

Roger Harrod Cup 2010 The in form Bryan Debenham secured his second successive win at Beccles Golf Club on Sat 29th when he beat Ray Walding after a countback to take the Roger Harrod Cup. Both players scored 41 points. A three way tie at 40 points each needed another countback to give Eddie Bowles third place, Bob Janney fourth and Alan Ereira fifth. Alan's consolation was he won nearest the pin prize at the 1st/10th hole. Jonathon Harrod was unable to attend but was thanked for his support and generous sponsorship of the event. Shirley Walding has had a busy time recently when she was a member of the ladies golf team playing at Bungay and followed this in a greensome at Yarmouth with husband Ray, earning a creditable 4th place. She still found time to cater for the hungry golfers on Saturday. Sat 5th June is the Ken Allen Cup and will also have the EGU gold medal awarded to the winner (tee off at 8-15) Photo: Club Captain Willie White (L) with winner Bryan Debenham.

The David Downing Cup - 22nd May 2010 The David Downing Cup was contested at Beccles Golf Club on Sat 22nd. David was a former long serving and popular member of the club with his own special style of playing golf by hitting his shots with both feet off the ground. He was fondly remembered by members taking part in his memorial trophy. Bryan Debenham produced the best score of the morning with his 39 points to take the trophy, beating runner up Rod Green also with 39 points after a countback. Bob Janney was third after another countback with Mike Garrood both scoring 38 points. Members welcomed Derek Bickers cousin Phil visiting from Australia to the mornings play which was completed by Ann's tasty refreshments. Sat 29th competition for the Roger Harrod Cup will tee off at 8.15. Photo. Club Captain Willie White (L) presenting the David Downing Cup to winner Bryan Debenham

Beccles Ladies at Bungay - 21st May 2010 Friday 21st saw 4 lady members of Beccles Golf Club take part in the Bungay ladies Captains charity day. The format of the competition was a 4 ball stableford with the best 2 scores counting. This was the first ladies team to represent Beccles since former ladies Captain Elsie Pulford some 15 years ago. Ladies Captain Sam Cooper led the team and ensured her fellow team members enjoyed the day. 26 teams took part from across Suffolk and Norfolk and the Beccles team finished a creditable 16th scoring 79 points against the winning team of players from Bungay, Diss and Weston Park golf clubs who scored 92 points. The team thanked caddie Jenny for her support and advice and enjoyed their days competition. The photo shows L to R Rhona Neech, Ann Brett, Shirley Walding and ladies Captain Sam Cooper.

The Barnby Swan Cup - 15th May 2010 The competition for the Club's largest trophy, the Barnby Swan Cup, which resembles the European Champions Cup, was contested at Beccles Golf Club on Sat 15th and produced some outstanding performances. The best of these was the winning score of Club Captain Willie White who won the trophy for the second year running. A sub 60 score is very rare in golf and Willie's score of 77-19-58 was indeed exceptional. Three equal scores of nett 61 were next which would have been good enought to win the majority of competitions normally, but gained only 2nd, 3rd and 4th places. The countback gave these places to Jamie Allen (87-26-61), Niall Gill (71-10-61) and Rod Cooper (88-27-61) respectively. The top 7 placed players all received handicap cuts and the top 16 equalled or bettered the course par, helped by the warm sunny morning and the excellent condition of the greens. Club Vice Captain James Cushing thanked Sue for catering both at the mid week Beccles v Bungay match and again at todays competition and gave special mention to the work carried out on the greens by Michael. The tee off for the David Downing Cup will be at 8-15 on Sat 22nd Photo: Club Vice Captain James Cushing (L) presenting the Barnby Swan Cup to winner, Club Captain Willie White.

BECCLES v Bungay Friendly Match - 11th May 2010 Yesterday saw the first of two matches home and away for the Beccles v Bungay Friendly Golf Match. This year 5 pairs took part from each Club. Leading off proceeding Bungay Captain Len Bird tee' d off with his ball finishing in bushes near the green, the following tee shot was Beccles Captain Sam Cooper who also proceeded to put the ball straight into the bushes. Luckily things did improve for both players. The competitive spirit shown by all players, made the overall match closely contested, with both sides winning in a couple of games. It was decided that the result would be an honorable draw. The teams were treated to a sit down 3 course meal, prepared by Sue Edwards and helped by her daughter Apryl. During the speech's that followed Ladies Captain Sam Cooper thanked green keeper Mike Jolly for cutting and preparing the greens, this was also acknowledged by Bungay Captain Len Bird, who had several compliments from his players on the excellent condition of the greens. Thanks also went to Club Captain Willie White for working the very busy bar. Both teams are now looking forward to the 2nd match at Bungay on Tuesday 24th August. Pictured Beccles Team - Captain Sam Cooper, Rod Cooper, Alan Ereira, Chris Peach, Paul Cook, Nigel Edwards, Dick Grieve, Tony Brett, Ron Walding & Jim Redpath. Bungay Team - Captain Len Bird, Steve Wright, Phil Sargeant, Ernie Sheen, Ray Whitewright, Don Cooper, Paul Boothby, Trevor Pruce, Tony Timmins and Peter Christian.

MAY STABLEFORD - May 8th 2010 The field for the 18 hole stableford held at Beccles Golf Club on Sat 8th was somewhat depleted due to the members who had spent the week on a golfing holiday in Lincolnshire deciding they had played enough golf recently, a decision firmly backed no doubt by their wives. Another wet and windy day was also a contributing factor to the smaller than usual field. It was left to two of the younger members to fight for the top spot with both Niall Gill and Ben Cable posting scores of 38 points, the countback giving the victory to Niall. Club Secretary Alan Ereira was third with 36 points. The draw for prize winning pairs after the event saw 4th placed Paul Cook (33 points) coming out of the hat with Niall Gill to earn them the winners prize with a combined score of 71 points. Members thanked Bert for the tasty after match refreshments. On Sat 15th the tee off for the Barnby Swan Cup will take place at 8.15. Photo L to R: winning pair Niall Gill and Paul Cook

MAY BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND RESULTS PICCADILLY PUTTER - Sat May 1st 2010 The Piccadilly Putter competition saw a smaller than usual field competing at Beccles Golf Club on Saturday May 1st but produced two excellent scores from the winner and runner up. Niall Gill didnt leave many shots out on the course when he posted 72-11-61 to win the event and was closely followed by runner up Jim Redpath on 78-16-62. It was ironic that Jim's handicap was reduced by 2 shots by coming second while Niall was cut by 1 shot. David Wells was placed third with his 78-12-66 and Dick Grieve was the only other player to break nett 70 (95-27-68). One of the most amusing happenings during the morning was the subsequent disqualification of Paul Cook, Christian Lever and Grant Bartlett who somehow failed to realise that hole 12 should be played after hole 11. This followed Paul's problem a few weeks back when drawn to tee off on hole 3 he misread the number and joined the trio on hole 8, to suffer disqualification again. Suggestions of Spec Savers were rife!. Club Captain Willie White thanked Shirley for the after competition refreshments and congratulated the Tolly team for their excellent performance against Rookery last weekend. Members are asked to note that the Pat Gill trophy scheduled for 15th will now be played later in the year and will be replaced on the 15th by the Barnby Swan Cup. On Sat 8th an 18 hole stableford singles will tee off at 8-15 with pairs being drawn after the competition to decide the prizes. Photo: Club Captain Willie White (L) presenting the Piccadilly Putter to winner Niall Gill SUNDAY STABLEFORD The field contesting the Sunday Stableford at Beccles Golf Club on Sunday 2nd May was somewhat reduced by the weather with a cold wind and heavy showers spoiling the morning. David Neech won the event scoring 34 points and increasing his lead in the Sunday order of merit table. Runner up, after countback was Ladies Captain Sam Cooper with Ron Walding third both scoring 31 points. Ladies Captain Sam Cooper thanked David for preparing the greens and James Cushing for the very welcoming warm refreshments after the event. Photo: Winner David Neech with ladies Captain Sam Cooper.

2010 Tolly Cobbold The Beccles Golf Club Tolly team didnt have to travel far this year being drawn against Lowestoft's Rookery Park Golf Club in the first round played on Sunday 25th. After the mornings 18 holes, Beccles had performed well and were only 2 holes down of the 72 holes contested. The afternoon session didnt go quite as well with the match being won by Rookery by 15 holes. Most notable performance of the day went to Alan Ereira and his young partner Eddie Bowles, playing in his first Tolly, winning both their morning and afternoon matches. Club Captain Willie White thanked his team as well as caddies and members for their support on the day. Thanks also went to David Neech of City Fish for sponsoring the team and their shirts. Pictured above: L to R: Team and Club Captain Willie White, David Neech sponsor, Ron Walding, Sam Cooper vice Captain, Niall Gill, Eddie Bowles, James Cushing, Brian Lever, Alan Ereira, Chris Peach, Bryan Debenham, Rod Green and George Savill.

2010 Lillian Allen Cup The Lillian Allen Cup, one of the "most wanted" trophies at the club, was contested on Sat24th by a large field of competitors. Lillian and her late husband Ken set the club on the road to the success it enjoys today by their dedication and hard work spread over many years. Sadly for the first time since the trophys inauguration, Lillian was unable to attend to present her trophy to the winner but her grandson Niall was on hand to perform the honours. Members sent their love and best wishes to Lillian and her family. Jim Preston had the worst start possible when his first tee shot of the day travelled only 10 yards on the par 5 fifth hole, and later inadvertantly caused his ball to move on the green when addressing his putt. He overcame these problems with some excellent golf and posted the winning score of 81-18-63 to win the coveted trophy. David Wells (76-12-64) and Chris Peach (77-13-64) took second and third places respectively after being separated by countback. The morning was completed by Julies delicious ploughmans lunch. On Sat 1st May the Piccadilly Putter comp will tee off at 8-15.

On Friday 16th Beccles Golf Club staged a 9 hole competition in support of the Mayor of Beccles appeal. The event was well attended by members and special guests which included Councillor John Sigsworth who played the event. The competition honours went to ladies Captain Sam Cooper who holed an 18 foot putt on the last green to beat Chris Peach on countback both scoring 21 points. Bob Janney was third with 18 points. The Mayor Jack Warmsley attended to present the trophy and accept the £100 raised at the event. Saturday 17th saw the popular annual event when the Billy Wood trophy was contested. The Wood family have long been associated with the golf club and Peter and Carol attended as always to present the trophy which was in memory of Peter's mother and father along with the sponsored prizes.Peter's son Andrew, who began his golfing career at Beccles, was unable to attend due to work commitments in Angola. The event was won by Rod Green with 41 points, 5 clear of runner up Dick Grieve (36) who pushed club Captain Willie White (36) into third place after a countback. Thanks were expressed to Carol and Peter for their continued sponsorship of the event and for attending to present the trophy and prizes. Thanks also went to Jula for the refreshments. Sat 24th sees the Lillian Allen Cup being contested with the usual tee off at 8-15 and is an order of merit event.

AD Willows Shield - 10th April 2010 Saturday 10th April saw the AD Willows Shield contested. A large field enjoyed the sunshine and warm weather conditions. Scores were not overly high but a few players were out to try to empress for selection into the forthcoming Tolly Team. 3rd place went to Ron Walding 38pts, 2nd Norman Blainey 39pts and taking the honours Ben Debenham 40pts and a 0.8 handicap cut. On completion of the competition Club Captain Willie White announced the sad loss of a past member Brian Allen, who has been for many years Professional at Southwold Golf Club, and thanked Bert for the lunch. Pictured Club Captain Willie White & Ben Debenham. Next week sees the Billy Wood Trophy.

2010 Harry Ayers Trophy - April 2010 Photo: Club Captain Willie White (L) presenting the Harry Ayers trophy to winner Steve McWilton. For the second week running, the competition contested at Beccles Golf Club was a memorial trophy in memory of a past member. This week it was the Harry Ayers trophy. Harry was a long serving member who sadly died whilst on holiday in Spain 10 years ago. The event was coupled with the London Pride Brewery with prizes on offer including a case of their beer. Players set out in reasonable weather but the last hour saw heavy rain which affected both morale and scores. It didnt upset the winner however as it was good to see Steve McWilton in the winners enclosure after a long absence having posted the excellent score of 78-16-62. The ever present David Wells was runner up with his 78-13-65. Par Gill's third place was commendable as he hadn't played golf for months due to his business commitments in Russia, shooting 81-13-68 and giving him family bragging rights over his son Niall who had threatened to finish higher than his Dad. Club Captain Willie White thanked members who had worked on the course recently and ladies Captain Sam Cooper for the delicious ploughmans lunch On Sunday 4th April a small field contested the Sunday medal which was also an order of merit event. Returning from a lengthy lay off due to ill health, members welcomed ladies Captain Sam Cooper back to playing again. Club Captain Willie White won the event (88-19-69) with Ron Walding second (87-16-71) and Ben Debenham third (99-28-71) Thanks were expressed to James, Sam, Roy and Willie for their input on the day. On Sat 10th the competition for the Avenue Catering shield will tee off at 8-15.

Photo of Sunday Medal winner Willie White with Ladies Captain Sam Cooper at Beccles Golf Club Preparation for County Competitions 2010 - Captain v Secretary As part of the preparation for their first round Tolly match against Lowestoft's Rookery Park and the seniors Beaumont Cup match, Beccles Golf Club staged a Captain Versus Secretary team matchplay event on Saturday 20th. It turned out that the Secretary Alan Ereira was lucky with the draw and assembled the better team when they won the event by 7 1/2 matches to 3 1/2 against Club Captain Willie Whites team. As no trophy was involved, prizes went to the nearest pin on the par 3 holes and were won by Nigel Jeffs, Chris Peach and Willie White. Thanks were expressed to Shirley for the tasty lunch. On Sat 27th the Hembling Cup competition will tee off at 8.15 and it is hoped two of the sponsors grandsons will be joining the field.

Hembling Cup - March 2010 Saturday 27th March saw a large field contesting the Hembling Cup with the format being a bogey competition where players plied their skills against the course itself. The Hembling Cup is a trophy in memory of a former long serving club member who sadly collapsed and died on the course some 25 years ago.. Members were delighted to welcome one of his grandsons Carl to play in the competition and present the prizes. Only 4 players managed to beat the course with Jim Preston playing some excellent golf to post the winning score of 5 up to take the trophy beating runner up George Savill who was 4 up. Del Collyer grabbed third place beating Niall Gill after a countback, both recording scores of 2 up. Nearest pin prizes on the par 3 holes went to Chris Peach, Mike Garrood and Alan Ereira. Club Captain Willie White thanked Carl for presenting the prizes and Ann for the lunch. On Sat 3rd April the Harry Ayers trophy will tee off at 8-15 and will have in addition the London Pride Brewery prizes on offer. On Easter Sunday 4th, the Sunday medal will be contested and is an order of merit event. Photo L to R: Carl Hembling, Club Captain Willie White and event winner Jim Preston.

DAIL MAIL MATCHPLAY v CALDICOTT - March 14th 2010 Pictured Left to right Rod Green, Edd Bowles, Ron Walding, Alan Ereira, the Caldicott team & back right Niall Gill. 5 members from Beccles travelled to Caldicott to play in the 2nd round of the Daily Mail Matchplay. Captained by Club Secretary Alan Ereira the team consisted of senior and junior members. Alan started the match off so he could welcome and support the players home. In very blustery conditions 4 out of the 5 matches were nip and tuck all the way round. The home side leading comfortably on the front 9 started to faulter through the back 9. The 1st match was won by Caldicott 4 & 3, Junior Edd Bowles lost on the last to an experienced Caldicott player. The 3rd match with Ron Walding was also all square up the last with Ron being beaten on the final green. Rod Green who has been in good Club form won his match 2 & 1, finally another Junior member Niall Gill finished with a half on the last. This gave the match to Caldicott 3 1/2 to 1 1/2 .. Team Captain Alan thanked all the players who had done themselves proud, and wished Caldicott all the best for the next round.

TEXAS SCRAMBLE (sponsored by Harleston Engineering - 13th March 2010 The ever popular Harleston Engineering sponsored Texas scramble was well supported at Beccles Golf Club on Sat 13th with all the tees occupied for the shotgun start.The sponsors were represented by Syer Shulver who led his team in the competition and organised the many prizes on offer. Several guests were amongst the various teams. The winners of the event were Club Captain Willie Whites team of Bryan Debenham and father and son Brian and Christian Lever. Nearest the pin prize on the 8th hole was won by Club President Rod Cooper who also won the "meat draw" organised by Chris Peach. Longest drive on the 4th hole went to Syer Shulver who kindly gave it back for club funds. Club Captain Willie White thanked Harleston Engineering for their continued generous support of the club and Syer for organising the event as usual. Julie provided the excellent refreshments which rounded off a highly successful morning. The competition on Sat 20th will tee off at 8-15 and will be followed by the draw for the Club singles and doubles matches. Photo L to R: Club Captain Willie White, Christian Lever, Syer Shulver, Bryan Debenham and Brian Lever.

Club News - March 2010 For the first time this year, the competition at Beccles Golf Club on Sat 6th was not delayed by bad weather, with the monthly medal teeing off on time. Another first was the fact that the two top places were taken by two senior members when Bob Janney (85-21-64) won the medal and Mike Garrood (89-22-67) took the runner up spot. Alan Ereira was placed third with his score of 81-12-69. Because of this result, the computer declared the competition a reduction of handicaps only event and cost Bob two shots and Mike one, leaving everyone else alone. Linda was thanked for her refreshments. On Sundat 7th competitors contested an order of merit event with frosty conditions at the start. Two of the lady members had dusted off their clubs after a long winter break and joined the field. David Neech won his second order of merit event of the year with 37 points followed home by Brian Lever on 35 points. Alan Ereira followed his third place of Saturday with another on Sunday with 33 points. Members thanked ladies Captain Sam Cooper for the various hot refreshments and hope she will soon be swinging her clubs again. On Sat 13th the Harleston Engineering sponsored Texas scramble will tee off at 8-15.

CLUB NEWS - February 2010 - 28th February The Feb monthly medal due to be played on 6th Feb was finally contested on Sat 27th due to previous postponments caused by frost and snow throughout the month. The golf course normally drains quite well but recent heavy and prolonged rain caused problems on several greens and even some fairways were soggy. These conditions suited the big hitters and three of them gained the top three places. Alan Ereira produced his old form to win the medal with an excellent 76-13-63 beating the runner up Craig Gill by 4 shots (76-9-76). David Wells was third with his 81-13-68. Club Captain Willie White welcomed ladies Captain Sam Cooper back to the clubhouse after her recent hospitalisation and thanked Jula for the refreshments. The March medal will tee off at 8-15 on Sat 6th ************************************* FEBRUARY 20th As is usual at this time of year, the common at Beccles Go;f Club was white with frost on Saturday 20th delaying the start of the greensome. Once underway however, the frost was soon completely dispersed by the winter sun. Mike Webb has been on form in his last three outings with two second places and a win and he continued his excellent form when, accompanied by his partner Mike Garrood, won the event. They scored 37 points, having started with a no score hole, beating the runners up Nigel Edwards and Norman Blainey after a countback. Chris Peach and Ben Debenham were third with 36 points. Club Captain Willie White sent members best wishes for a speedy recovery to ladies Captain Sam Cooper after her spell in hospital, and thanked Ann for the warming lunch. On Saturday 27th the postponed monthly medal will tee off at 8.15. - FEBRUARY 13th - Yet again the weather caused problems for the re-scheduled monthly medal. Club Captain Willie White decided that as snow was still laying in places that he would hold a stableford competition so everyone would still get a game. With snow showers through the morning and a bitter wind, scores were still quite high. Three players were tied third including the Club President Rod Cooper who was celebrating is 64th birthday, taking 3rd in the competition on countback was Rod Green 36pts, 2nd Chris Peach 38pts and winning with 42pts Mike Webb. Willie White thanked all players for braving the cold. Vice Captain James Cushing after the presentations thanked Bob & Alan for their work during the week, and Ladies Captain Sam Cooper for providing the hot sausage rolls. Saturday 20th sees the next round of the Winter Foursomes 8.15am ************************ Members at Beccles Golf Club had to be patient on Sat 6th when the weather delayed the start of the competition. First to clear was the fog but it took until mid morning for the frost to disappear, even then the greens were less than easy. They did however improve as the morning passed Club Captain Willie White posted the winning score of 43 points followed by the in form Mike Webb on 41 points beating Nigel Edwards also on 41 points on countback who was placed third. On Sunday 7th the second order of merit event was held without the merit leader, ladies Captain Sam Cooper, who was out injured. The winning score came fron David Neech (87-19-68) who took over as order of merit leader. He was followed home by Bob Janney (92-21-71) taking both second place on the day and in the order of merit race. Niall Gill was third with his 84-10-74. Sam Cooper and James Cushing share third place in the order of merit. Thanks were expressed to David, James and Ron for their input on the day. On Sat 13th the competition will tee off at 8-15 Photo L to R: Club Vice Captain James Cushing with event winner David Neech

CLUB NEWS - January 2010 Due to recent bad weather, golf has been scarce at Beccles Golf Club in 2010. It therefore delighted members that the monthly medal was able to tee off on Sat 23rd. The lay off must have had something to do with one of the competitors producing one of the best rounds of golf seen for a long time when Rod Green shot 75-15-60 to win the medal. His round included 2 chip ins for birdies from well off the greens and he at last mastered what had become his nemesis 8th hole. With only the 18th to play he needed a par 4 to record the magical score of nett 59 but pressure prevailed and he scored a bogey 5, still a superb round of near faultless golf and well deserving his 2 shot handicap cut!. Mike Webb was also at his best earning the runner up spot with 88-23-65 beating Brian Lever on countback (76-11-65) Thanks were expressed to Linda for her warming refreshments. The mornings event was followed by the first ladies competition since November. An enjoyable 9 hole was won by ladies Captain Sam Cooper with Ann Brett second and Jenny Edmonds third. On Sunday, completing a busy weekend, the first order of merit event of the year was held. After some computer malfunction in the scoring, the winner was finally declared as ladies Captain Sam Cooper, completing a double after her success on Saturday. She also collected the "slow play tortoise" trophy for being the last back to the clubhouse. Club Vice Captain James Cushing who had originally been declared the winner before the computer error was noticed, was relegated to the runner up spot followed by Ron Walding in third. Thanks went to Sam and David for their work on the greens and Sam for the delicious refreshments. On Sat 30th the second round of the winter foursomes will tee off at 8.15. Pictured: Rod Green (Left) with Club Captain Willie White. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLUB NEWS - December 2009 On Monday 28th December 15 Club members made the most of the weather and played a friendly 18 hole stableford. With a few guests everyone decided after several weeks of being unable to play it was nice to clear out the cobwebs...... The Ladies Captain donated the prizes and the refreshments for afterwards. Thanks went to Will and Alan for preparing the greens. In third place Mike Garrood on 39pts, beating him into 2nd Mike Webb also 39pts and taking the honours David Wells 41pts. Sam thanked all those that took part, and also the sindicate of 19 that followed the Club members out with there own competition who also had a very enjoyable day organised by Chris Peach. They also donated to her Club Charity, The Air Ambulance, which now has raised £607.50. The cheque will be donated to the Air Ambulance in the New Year. This weekend sees the Club's Men's and Ladies Captains drive in on Saturday followed by the Monthly Medal, and on Sunday Sam has her 1st Sunday Medal, both Competitions are back to the 8.15am sign in. All the Club's Officer's would like to thank the Clubs committee and members for their support throughout the year and look forward to another successful year at the Club....

Club Captain 2009-2010 - Willie White Vice Captain 2010 - James Cushing Secretary - Alan Ereira President - Rod Cooper Tresurer - Miss Sam Cooper Ladies Captain - Miss Sam Cooper Note:- We have no Professional

Membership is availible for 2010:- *Juniors Up to 13yrs* - £25.00 *13-15yrs* - £45.00 *16-22yrs* - £70.00 *Ladies* - £90.00 *Men 22+ Full* - £230.00 includes social membership for your partner *Men 5 Day(Weekday Only) - £180.00* *No Joining Fee ************************************** CONTACT THE CLUB Alan Ereira Club Secretary Beccles Golf Club The Common, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 9BX Tel: 01502 712244 EMAIL US-CLICK HERE