BRIGHTON & DISTRICT GOLFING SOCIETY NEWS

B.D.G.S. NEWS

21/09/2015

ORDER OF MERIT VICTOR LUDORUM

FINAL RESULT
At the conclusion of this year's events, Dyke G.C. have won the Bill Weeks Trophy for the 6th year in a row.
Well done to all players from all 4 clubs for a great year of golf enjoyed by all.

 Totals
Brighton & Hove  27,     East Brighton 32 
West Hove 52,    Dyke 68 

John Forster , Captain of Dyke G.C. presented with 
Victor Ludorum Trophy by BDGS President Mr Dennis Baker

INTERMEDIATE CUP 2015

Played at Dyke G.C. in wonderful late summer September  weather.
Results:-
Morning matches:-Dyke beat East Brighton, Brighton and Hove beat West Hove.

Finals:-WEST HOVE won Plate 3.5-1.5
CUP FINAL:- Dyke beat Brighton & Hove 3-2

 Dyke's winning team of K Tully, J Pennycott, P Young, S Brombley,
J Kittow, R Fuller, J Forster (Capt.) P Stephens, H Lea-White,
D Fitzpatrick and M Colburn (with trophy)

05/09/2015

Captains' Putter 2015

After previous date was postponed due to bad weather, East Brighton laid on pleasant conditions for this event which is combined with Pro's Trophy, Secretaries Cup and The BDGS President's Salver.
4 Presidents contested The Salver with ROY BOWERMAN (Dyke GC) winning  (32 points.)
ADRIAN MILLIGAN the local pro shot 4 under 68 to take the Pro's Cup and prize.
The Secretaries Cup was won by PETER BAKER of East Brighton (39 pts) 

The Captains Putter team event was a close-run thing until a fine score of 39 pts  from Gary Epstein clinched it for The Dyke with a total of 159 from West Hove on 156. 

Dyke squad of Gary Epstein, Gary Thompson, Richard Dyson,
Roy Bowerman, Richard Box, Skipper John Forster, Robin Fuller.

 Pro winner Adrian Milligan with Secretaries Cup winner
Peter Baker (Both East Brighton G.C.)

24/08/2015

B.D.G.S. Captains


The Captains of the 4 B.D.G.S. clubs ...2015
Steve Rooney (Btn & Hove G.C),  John Forster (Dyke G.C), 
Julian Haslam (East Brighton G.C),  Tim Ingram (West Hove G.C)

17/08/2015

MIXED CUP 2015

MIXED 'HAT TRICK' FOR WEST HOVE.

At East Brighton, the strength of West Hove's team once again proved too much for the opposition and they won the Mixed Cup for the third year in a row. In the morning they beat Dyke 3-2 in the 1st semi-final, and in the other match East Brighton beat Brighton & Hove 4-1.
Dyke GC won the Plate event 3-2 over Brighton and Hove.
So the final between the home club and West Hove was in fact quite close in all matches with West Hove edging it out 3 matches to 2.

 West Hove's winning  team-Gary Salt, Tony Humphrey, Megan Bibby,
Jan Seabrook, Jill Corbett, Tim Ingram, Mike Whitty,
Grace Shepherd,Jeff Rhodes and Julie James. 

 West Hove skipper, Tim Ingram with non playing Captain,
Peter Rodger.

 



(Left)- Dyke Captain John Forster with                'The Plate'

29/06/2015

CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015

DAN MILLIGAN of host club West Hove is the new BDGS Mens' Champion of Champions with scores of  75-70 (145), 2 shots ahead of club mate George Goddard on 147 with Damon Raikes of East Brighton in 3rd place (148).
FENELLA BUSS of East Brighton  is our new Ladies Champion.--In an exciting finish, after 36 holes Fenella was equal with Sophie Kennard (Dyke G.C.) on 150--so a sudden death play off took place with Fenella winning on the first extra hole.
Junior Champion is JACK SUTTON (East Brighton) with scores of 71-75 (146) with Ryan Miller of West Hove in 2nd place on 159.
The mens TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP  was a close thing at lunch with East Brighton 1 shot ahead of West Hove, however the challenge  fell away in the afternoon with WEST HOVE'S squad of Gary Salt, Dan Milligan, George Goddard and Russ Newland recording a winning total score of 601, Brighton & Hove nipped into 2nd place on 624, East Brighton 628, Dyke 636.
Dan Milligan 2015 Champion

Fenella Buss -Ladies Champion










Photos above- (Left- Team Champions West Hove --G Goddard, G Salt, R Newland and D Milligan)
(Right- Junior Champion Jack Sutton with BDGS President Dennis Baker)

08/06/2015

Wentworth Smith Trophy 2015

CLEAN SWEEP FOR HOME CLUB

Dyke G.C. supplied a course in fine condition for this year's event. Excellent golfing weather did not provide as many good scores as might have been expected. However Dyke took all the honours with Mark COLBURN winning the Trophy on 40 pts (after starting with 3 'blobs'),  Lewis Turner was runner-up with 38 just beating Robin Fuller on count back into third.





TEAM TROPHY scores (best 5 from each club) Dyke 182, Brighton and Hove 174, West Hove 165 and East Brighton 161. The SCRATCH EVENT was won by last year's nett winner Neville Hudson (above,) with 74 gross, 2nd was Mike Dunkerton (East Brighton) 76, 3rd Malcolm Stalker (Dyke) 77.

Winning team:- R Fuller, M Colburn, D Fitzpatrick, L Turner and N Hudson






18/05/2015

JUNIOR CUP 2015

CUP 'HAT TRICK' FOR DYKE GC

West Hove provided not only a course in first class condition, but also sunny weather all day.
Morning semi-finals saw a win for Dyke over East Brighton, and in the other match a close battle between West Hove and Brighton & Hove was decided on countback with Brighton and Hove scraping through.

The Plate final was won by East Brighton defeating the home club 3.5-1.5.
For the Junior Cup itself, Dyke GC were going for 3 wins in a row under team skipper Dave Barber. He led his team yet again to success over Brighton and Hove 4-1.

Winning Dyke team (left to right)
C. Harvell, K Jackson, L Turner, J Cheesman, D Goodwin, P Farley,
Dave Barber, G Thompson, John Forster (DGC Captain), C Rees, T O'Donovan.

Hat trick skipper Barber with DGC Captain.

13/04/2015

SENIOR CUP 2015

EARLY SUCCESS FOR WEST HOVE

Brighton and Hove hosted our first event of the year and presented a course in fine condition. The semi-finals gave the home club a win over East Brighton, and West Hove beat The Dyke.
After lunch, the Plate match was won by The Dyke 3.5-1.5 -----and in the final a strong West Hove team got the better of an equally strong Brighton and Hove team 3 -2.

West Hove's team- D Milligan, S Nielsen, T Wedge, R Ellis, L Giles,
R Miller, John Miller (Capt), G Goddard, Tim Ingram (Club Capt), E Meeten,
 T Humphrey and M Gully

 (Left) Jason Turner (Dyke GC) presented with
  The 'Plate' by Society President Dennis Baker.

SOCIETY PRESIDENT

NEW B.D.G.S. PRESIDENT

Our new President is Mr Dennis Baker of West Hove Golf Club who will serve for the next 3 years. Many thanks to David Abercrombie, our immediate Past President, for his enthusiatic support of the BDGS.
President, Dennis A Baker