Dyke Golf club hosted 24 players from each club to a very special Centenary event. The weather was perfect, and after golf, an excellent dinner was followed by prize presentation, and much hilarity and good natured fun between our clubs was enjoyed by all.
The main competition (all 24 scores to count) results:-
Brighton & Hove 757, Dyke 768, East Btn 774
WINNERS... WEST HOVE 782
The final VICTOR LUDORUM scores for 2026 :-
EAST BRIGHTON 60, BRIGHTON & HOVE 46
WEST HOVE 41, DYKE 36.
Ladies day was held at West Hove GC.
Results:-
Best Gross..HOLLY CROMPTON (DGC)
SALVER WINNER..STACEY DIBBS 43 pts
TEAM TROPHY WEST HOVE 163 pts (won on countback from B&H)
Sorry..No photos were taken on the day.
Our 2026 Centenary year Captains
C Millyard (DGC), A Blackburn (BHGC), D Jolly (EBGC), P Lewis (WHGC)
Our Centenary 'Putter' event took place in near gale conditions at Dyke Golf Club..
All competitors did well to complete the course
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East Brighton GC winners of the Captains' putter   Rebecca Prout (WHGC) Secretaries Trophy winner Brian Drew.(BHGC). Presidents Salver winner |
Brighton and Hove GC hosted our centenary Championships in blazing hot sunshine and provided super refreshments after play.
Results:- Men's Champion CRAIG MILLYARD (DGC) 71 ocb
Team Champions (Men)... DYKE GC 297
Ladies Champion ....JULIE JAMES (WHGC) 86
Ladies Team.... West Hove GC 154... J James and Michelle Tyson
Junior Champion..ALEXANDER ROMANOWSKI (WHGC) 63 nett.
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| Craig Millyard |
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| Dyke team W Ayling, M Hunt, C Millyard, C Page |
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| Junior Champion Alex with B&HGC Captain |
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| Juniors are hungry after 18 holes! |
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| Julie James Ladies Champion |
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| West Hove Team M Tyson and J James |
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| S Clarke |
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| P Somers |
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| West Hove Team |
Brighton & Hove GC hosted this year Mixed Cup, and provided a course well presented and an excellent lunch for all.
Morning results:- B&H beat East Brighton 5-0, and in the other semi Dyke lost to West Hove 3-2
So the afternoon PLATE match saw Dyke beat East Brighton 4-1
For the main trophy the home club Brighton and Hove again won all 5 matches against West Hove to secure the Centenary Mixed Cup trophy.
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| B&H team C Giles, T Richardson, C Wheeler, M Roberts, A Harvey, I Mitchell L De Pauley, C Morris, J and C Gill with club Captain. |
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| Dyke GC team with Plate. |
Our centenary Intermediate Cup at Dyke GC was played in sweltering heat. Well done to all competitors for staying the distance.
Morning results...Dyke beat B&H, East Brighton beat West Hove
Afternoon Plate match was won by Brighton and Hove
For the Trophy match it all came down to last match being halved to leave teams all square. So countback of holes up came into operation with East Brighton winning 12-5.
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| Adam Blackburn (B&HGC) receives Plate |
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| EBGC team..D Jolley, S Tomsett, M Dunkerton, M McGovern, S Brown, P Kirwan, C Poulton, L Wren,J Alexander, C Black. |
WEST HOVE hosted this event .....with very breezy conditions and fast running course.
Morning results..Dyke beat West Hove 4-1, East Brighton bt B&H 3-2.
Afternoon finals...PLATE ..Brighton and Hove bt WHGC 5-0
For the trophy, the match between DGC and EBGC went down to the very last match with DYKE pair Gary Thompson and Phil Ayton coming through on 17th ..2-1 to secure the Junior Cup.
N Lilley, D Corcoran, P Ayton and G Thompson with DGC Pres. Andy Rogers.
Held at East Brighton, this year's Senior Cup opened our centenary year.
In the morning semi-finals..East Btn beat West Hove 4-1, B&Hove beat Dyke 3-2
The afternoon PLATE was won by Dyke GC 4-1 over West Hove.
SENIOR CUP TROPHY went to a strong East Brighton on their home course defeating Btn and Hove GC 5-0.
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| EBGC team..P Lenihan, J Wyatt,T Graves, D Derkson,T White, J Lowrie S Godelman,C Boylan, N Lancaster and P Kirwan |
100 UP !!! 2026 is our 100th year
B.D.G.S. CELEBRATES OUR CENTENARY !
We were founded way back in 1926 by the 4 clubs..
still going strong.....
