BRIGHTON & DISTRICT GOLFING SOCIETY NEWS

B.D.G.S. NEWS

31/05/2011

WENTWORTH-SMITH TROPHY



Pictured  left is:-  J Wentworth Smith Esq.
   Founder of Brighton and District Golfing Society in 1926.

The Wentworth Smith Trophy has been played 
every year since 1926(excluding the War years)
Photo courtesy of Brighton and Hove G.C.



23/05/2011

JUNIOR CUP 2011

DYKE RETAIN TROPHY--at West Hove in testing windy conditions. The morning matches saw West Hove beating East Brighton and Dyke beating Brighton & Hove with Society president Tom Grogan playing as last minute substitute. In the afternoon finals, Brighton & Hove won the Plate with a win over East Brighton 4.5-0.5.
In the Junior Cup final, a close match finished with Dyke GC beating the home team 3-2.
Photo shows winning team of Tony Case, Peter Faulkner, Stuart Nash, Mark Colburn, Trevor Card, Martin Derrick, Peter Farley, Sam Armadass, Richard Creaton and team skipper Bill Brooks, BDGS President Tom Grogan with Dyke GC Captain David Noble.

08/05/2011

INTERMEDIATE CUP 2011

The Intermediate Cup was held at Dyke Golf Club on May 8th--the morning matches saw Dyke beat Brighton & Hove 5-0 and West Hove beating East Brighton 3.5-1.5.
The afternoon Plate event was won by Brighton & Hove.
In the main event for the Trophy, there was an extremely close finish with West Hove's team of :- N. James & T Silsby, T Ingram & B Murphy, S & P Rodger, G Chamberlain & J Rhodes, P Stempt & K Fender closing out Dyke GC 3.5-1.5.

Pictures below show the winning team -- West Hove team skipper Tim Ingram with Club Captain Peter Rodger--- also shown is Chris Gill of Brighton & Hove being presented with The Plate by BDGS Vice President, David Abercrombie..