BDGS Captains at West Hove's dinner.

On 19th October, West Hove held their annual mens' dinner..

photo above shows Martin Emery..the host skipper with other

BDGS Captains and BDGS President and Secretary Brian Drew.

VICTOR LUDORUM FINAL RESULT 2018

At season's end, the final scores for 2018:-

WEST HOVE....53,        DYKE....50, 

 B&H....41,    EAST BT'N....34.

Congratulations to West Hove

MIXED CUP 2018

MIXED CUP PROVIDES EXCITING FINISH TO ORDER OF MERIT

This re-arranged event after a previous 'wash-out' was held again at Brighton and Hove under sunny skies but with a sharp chill in the air. For the Order of Merit either West Hove or Dyke could have been triumphant depending on results of this day.
Morning matches:- Brighton & Hove beat East Brighton   and West Hove beat Dyke GC.
After lunch, West Hove were favourites to take the Victor Ludorum but Dyke could still possibly have won if West Hove lost to the home club..However...

Finals results:-  For The Plate..Dyke defeated East Brighton 3½-1½ and in the Mixed Final WEST HOVE beat Brighton & Hove in a very close battle with both clubs winning 2 and half matches. So Count Back of holes up came into operation...2 of the matches were won by West Hove with large margins so count back result was 13/5. 

This meant that West Hove also won the Victor Ludorum Trophy for the first time in 11 years!!. Well done West Hove.

The Victorious West Hove team..Gary Salt, Jan Seabrook, Keith Fender, Pete Rodger,

Tony Humphrey, Lynne Henshaw, Julie James, Jeff Rhodes, Michelle Tyson and Grace Shepherd 

Dave Gillies (West Hove Vice Captain) pictured with team 'skipper Tony Humphrey with Victor Ludorum Trophy.

                                                            

Nikki Felix (Dyke GC) with 'The Plate'

    

CAPTAINS' PUTTER 2018

Held at West Hove, who provided first class greens and an excellent evening meal, the home team proved victorious. Their 5 man score was 168 with 

Dyke GC runners up with 158.

 

West Hove's winning team R Daughtrey, Martin Emery, K Brown, J Godley,

K Heanen and M Whitty. 

Brad Harris (Dyke GC) shot a 2 under par 68 to retain the BDGS Pro's trophy, with Adrian Milligan (East Btn) 5 shots behind.

Pictured above (Left)....Don Weston (DykeGC) won The Presidents' Salver , and Peter Ward representing B&H GC won the Secs Cup with a fine 39 points.(right)

SCRATCH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018

Played at East Brighton on same day as Intermediate Cup, but only over 18 holes instead of usual 36 holes due to shortage of time.Conditions were tricky with strong winds and hard ground.
RESULTS:-
LADIES CHAMPION...JO ASHWORTH (Btn and Hove GC)..78 gross
BDGS JUNIOR CHAMPION...ADAM STEPHENSON (Dyke GC)..86 gross
MEN'S CHAMPION...RYAN RUDKIN (B&H)...73 gross..... Runner Up G. Salt (WHGC)
TEAM CHAMPIONS...Brighton & Hove GC  315 (R.Rudkin, R.Francis, R.Gilbert and S.Tiplady)
Runners Up Dyke GC 339.

                      

 

RYAN RUDKIN..SOCIETY CHAMPION 2018

 Photos.....Top Left- JO ASHWORTH Ladies Champion,   Top Right ADAM STEPHENSON, Junior Champion,  Bottom--- Brighton & Hove team (Ross Gilbert not shown)

INTERMEDIATE CUP 2018

East Brighton were hosts this year and made it a 'double feature' event with Society Scratch Championships held on same day due to previous postponement of The Intermediate Cup.
For the Intermediate Cup morning matches, East Brighton defeated Brighton & Hove 4-1, and Dyke beat West Hove by the same margin.
The Plate final gave WEST HOVE victory 4-1.......The main event between EAST BTN and Dyke was a bit closer with the home club winning 3-2.

East Brighton's  winning  team with club Captain Chris Bryan

West Hove's team with 'The Plate'

WENTWORTH SMITH TROPHY 2018

West Hove hosted this year, and arranged excellent weather for the day. 84 players from the 4 clubs competed.
The TEAM SHIELD was won by Brighton & Hove after a tie with Dyke GC on 180, so the next best card was taken for count back with a 34 just pipping a 33. The individual Wentworth Smith handicap Trophy went to PAUL SAYERS (DykeGC) with 38 points, Gary Salt (West Hove) was 2nd and Ian Mitchell (B&H) was 3rd .....all on 38 points.
GARY SALT of West Hove carded 69 gross to win the Scratch Cup with Ryan Rudkin (B&H) on 72 and Nev Hudson (DykeGC) 76.

Winning team, N James, R Rudkin, I Mitchell, M Tilbury (J Mercer not shown)

Gary Salt and Paul Sayers pictured with BDGS President