The Grimsby Golf Club

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By common consent, this 36-hole stroke competition, preceded by an auction sweepstake, was re-introduced in 1976 and a superb trophy was presented by Ron Thomas. Now known as the “Ron Thomas Trophy,” this is played in early September which also used to be the date for many years for the Stephen Cup and the Club Championship.

Presented by John Bradley, this is an 18-hole stroke play competition restricted to players with a handicap of 19 to 28 inclusive.

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Presented by a member of the Bloomer family, A.H. or better known as “Bill”. Initially it was intended that the three best cards returned each month, April to August, qualified for a final stroke play competition over 36 holes in September. In a general re-arrangement for some competitions (circa 1957) the Bloomer Cup became a foursomes Stableford competition and had remained thus. A Hemingway Foursomes qualifying round is played in conjunction with this competition.
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Binbrook Trophy 1974
Still called a Trophy as it was originally a model of a “Lightning” aircraft, it is now a Cup with the picture of the ‘plane engraved on it. Donated by the R.A.F personnel at Binbrook, this trophy is presented to the winners of a better-ball Stableford competition over 18-holes.

Format: 18 Hole better-ball Stableford
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The Bradley Bowl 1988
Presented to the Club by John and Marjorie Bradley, this is a mixed greensome 18-hole Stableford competition.
Stroke allowance: half the aggregate of the full handicap for men and a maximum of 36 for the ladies.
Strokes taken, and scoring calculated, from the ladies card.
Format: Mixed Greensome 18 Hole Stableford
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Captain’s Day had traditionally been shared with the Ladies’ Captain; thus it was always a mixed foursomes format. In 1975 the tradition was broken and it became an all-male affair. The type of competition played is prescribed by the Captain. The Cup presented by Fred Proctor is held by the winner for a year.
 

Format (2007):	Full Handicap Stableford (Max 18)
Captain's Cup:	Derek Beatson	39 Points (count back)
Runner Up:	Dave Proudlove	39 Points
Catagory 1 (1-11)
Winner :	Steve Dobbs	39 Points (back 9 - 19 pts)
Runner Up:	Richard Skinner	36 points
Catagory 2 (12-15)
Winner :	Lee Dumelow	39 Points
Runner Up:	Craig Heard	38 Points (back 9 - 22pts)
Catagory 3 (16-19)
Winner :	Roy King	37 Points
Runner Up:	Mike Adkin	36 Points
Catagory 4 (20-28)
Winner :	Neal Haddock	41 Points
Runner Up:	Ian Ward	37 Points
Best Gross : 72
Joint Winners:	Ian Lord	Pete Pontcliffe
Juniors
Winner :	Lloyd Coutts	36 Points (back 9 - 22 pts)
Runner Up:	Robert Dixon	36 Points (back 9 - 18 pts)
Past Captains
Winner :	Harold Gibson	37 Points
Runner Up:	Selwyn Shelton	35 Points
Comps & H'caps Committee
Winner :	Iain Orr	34 Points (back 9 - 19 pts)
Runner Up:	Mick McNally	34 points (back 9 - 16pts)
Longest Drive:	Jamie Kinnaird
Nearest the Pin:	Baska Tandan
Chipping:	Alan Playford	4 in a bucket of water
Putting:	Som Roy	14 from 10 holes
Note: Competitors were only allowed to win one prize

The Captain's Prize 1925
This is not a trophy. By tradition the Captain awards a prize to the winners of a foursomes match play knockout competition off handicap.

Format: foursomes match play knockout competition off handicap.
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The Chairman's Cup 1925
Until 1945 this was known as the “Knott Cup”
and one was presented each year by Chairman H. E. Knott. When he retired in 1945 and Malcolm Smith took the chair, he wisely decided to present a perpetual trophy known now as the Chairman’s Cup. Otherwise it has retained its character. Players go out in threes for stroke play on three specified Saturdays and the player with the lowest aggregate from two of the three rounds is the winner. It is off handicap.
Format: Full handicap Strokeplay.


The Chairmans Cup competition at Grimsby is a three round medal event played across consecutive weekends with the best two scores out of three deciding the winner.
The first round was held on Saturday 26th April,
in sunny but blustery conditions and with the course looking very green in the early season. Despite the 14th hole being played off a shortened tee due to ongoing flood damage repair work,
the rest of the course was playing long with a number of winter changes to bunkers and rough in evidence.
Winner of Round One was Bradley Lord with a net 66 round followed by fellow junior Josh Trunkfield who posted a net 67. Still very much in contention are Stuart Cullum who carded a net 68 to leave him in third with the 2006
Club Champion Alan Anderson placed in fourth after a net 69.
Leaderboard After Round One;
1. B.Lord 71-5-66
2. J.Trunkfield 72-5-67
3. S.Cullum 76-8-68
4. A.Anderson 72-3-69
5. J.Mawer 85-16-69
6. W.Ward 81-12-69


The Chairmans Cup 2nd Round at Grimsby produced good scoring in some easier conditions than had been experienced so far this Spring.
Winner of Round Two was Gary Hawkins with Richard Armitage in second, Bill Ward in third and Jim Wilkinson in fourth.
All the players remarkably carded net 66 rounds and had to be separated by card countbacks.
Round Two;
1. G.Hawkins 77-11-66
2. R.Armitage 69-3-66
3. W.Ward 77-11-66
4. J.Wilkinson 78-12-66
5. J.Mawer 83-16-67
6. T.Willson 82-14-68

Overall Leaderboard after two rounds;
1. B.Lord 135
2. W.Ward 135
3. J.Wilkinson 136
4. J.Mawer 136
5. J.Trunkfield 137
6. S.Cullum 137


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The Cup awarded for the Championship of the Club was presented by the ‘Proprietors of the Grimsby Evening Telegraph and Saturday Telegraph.’ Initially, the Championship was decided by match play following a qualifying round in which the best eight scores went forward into a draw.

Possibly because of the War there was no Championship played in 1940, and when it was resumed the following year this may have been the time when it was altered to stroke play. Entry is now limited to 84 contestants.

J. W. Ellmore won the Championship on nine occasions, but that feat was surpassed by M. G. Lee who won his tenth title in 1979. For a number of years it has been played concurrently with the Stephen Cup.

Club Champion 2007

The Grimsby Golf Club Gents Championship was held on Saturday 1st September 2007. The event attracted a maximum field of 81 players who played over 36 holes and started of both tees on the course at 8am. The conditions for the event which had been postponed from earlier in the year due to the flooding were excellent and very favourable for playing good golf. The warm blustery wind however made club selection difficult. This coupled with the fact that the course had dried out considerably encouraged the ball the run a long distance and with very quick fast greens it was inevitable the conditions would catch a number of players out. At the end of the 36 holes the Club had a new Club Champion and one of the youngest anyone can remember.

Lawrence Warne, who is only 17 years of age, added this Championship to his recent successes. The day before he won the Grimsby Golf Club Saab Junior Open beating a field of over 50 golfers from various parts of the County. The week before he won the Les Johnson Lincolnshire under 21 Open Championship, which attracts all the very best younger golfers from throughout the County. This year this competition was also played at Grimsby Golf Club which probably gave Lawrence a slight edge, if he indeed needed it. Within eight days he had bagged three prestigious championships reducing his golfer handicap to 2.7. More good news for Lawrence during this eight day period was that he had been accepted onto the Dennis Pugh, Golf School of excellent in Sussex. He will continue with the education and at the same time receive some excellent golf tuition from one of the Country’s (if not the worlds) recognised teachers. Lawrence starts his new role shortly and he is looking forward to the challenge.

Lawrence (photograph P1010125 – showing him receive his trophy from Club Captain Mick Staples) returned a gross score for the two rounds of 146 which was 5 shots clear of the second place competitors, John Rhea and another up and coming junior Bradley Lord, who tied on 151 shots. (Photograph P1010127 shows Bradley on the left and John Rhea on the right receiving the Mike Lee silver salver which they will hold for 6 months each from Club Captain Mick Staples) John Rhea also won the best am net score when he knocked it round in 65.
The best p.m net score was shared between veteran (in comparison) Steve Dobbs and another Junior, Jamie Kinniard who both scored 65. The Stephen Cup which is the best net score over the 36 holes was tied when John Watson and Jamie Kinnaird both carded a 135. The rules state that in the event of a tie the match should be decided by a play off. This match is scheduled for later this week.
At the presentation the Club Captain took the opportunity to present past Captain and long standing member Andy Flinn with the Senior Championship which he won earlier in the year. (Photo P1010128 shows Andy receiving his trophy) Photograph P1010130 shows the new Club Champion Lawrence Warne with the Senior Champion Andy Flinn with their respective trophies after the presentation by Club Captain Mick Staples.

Format:Strokeplay - Gross score

 

Winner : Lawrence Warne

Runner Up: John Rhea / Bradley Lord

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The ClubHouse Trophy 2001
This is an annual competition which began in July 2001 to mark the opening of the new clubhouse. Played in pairs of any combination, i.e. two gents, two ladies, mixed, or a member with a junior, it is a better-ball Stableford competition off full handicap. The trophy was purchased from a legacy left by Tim Middleton who died early in 2001 and the competition was formulated in his memory.
Format: Betterball Stableford.
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The Curry Cup 1932
Presented by Joseph Henry Curry for competition between elderly players of 60 years or over, stroke play over 18 holes, it was better known as the “Veterans Cup.” At one time the number of entries was so low that the age limit was reduced to 55, but later returned to the original limitation. It was again reduced to 55 and is now a well supported and popular competition. It is played concurrently with the “Senior Championship Cup” which is also a stroke play competition but played off scratch. This cup was presented by Terry Hardy and first played for in 1984. Two other competitions are played in conjunction with the Curry Cup; the “Veterans Vase,” 1989, presented to the club by John Bradley for competitors over 70 years of age, and an “Over 65” competition, both off full handicap
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The Edgar Lee Trophy 1973
Presented to the club by the Lee family in the year following Edgar’s death, in memory of the enjoyment he and his wife obtained from playing their golf together. The competition is an 18-hole stroke play mixed foursomes with a maximum handicap allowance of 18 for men and 30 for the ladies.
Format: Mixed Foursomes Strokeplay.
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The Gilbey Cup 1926
Sir Walter Gilbey presented this beautiful silver chalice which must at one time have been a racing trophy of the sporting baronet. It is reputed to hold three gallons. Play for this prize has always been the same, viz, a qualifying round of stroke play is held and the best sixteen scores compete the following week in match play knockout competition. This is known as the Gilbey week culminating in a 36-hole final on the Saturday.
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Presented by T. W. Baskcomb, and inscribed “The Grimsby and District Hospital Golf Challenge Cup.” It was intended for play between the two local clubs in the following format: each club held a qualifying round to select three players who, with the Club Captain, formed a team of four. These two teams met, firstly at one and then at the other club, and engaged in stroke play, off handicap. The lowest aggregate team claimed the Cup.

It was rather involved; Grimsby won in 1929 and again in 1930 when the team number was increased to six. This competition was abandoned at the outbreak of War when it was in the possession of Grimsby

In 1957 it was put forward as the cup for a new competition “Father and Sons” which is played as a foursomes bogey competition.

The Hemingway Foursomes 1985
This competition is played in conjunction with the Bloomer Cup. The best sixteen scores from that competition qualify for a foursomes knockout play. Winners of this competition qualify for the Daily Mail foursomes in the following year.
Format: Foursomes Knockout.
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The Jim Price Trophy
Presented by Jim Price in the 1960’s for an annual foursome match play competition between the ladies and the gents. Played on a Thursday evening, this was for many years at first a memorable social event, with bottles of champagne supplied by the men and chocolates given by the ladies, both consumed at selected holes around the course.
Format: Foursomes Matchplay.
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The Joale Trophies 2000>
Presented by Leslie and Joan Smith for the players with the lowest net and the lowest gross in the August Medal Competition.
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The jovial founder of “Eskimo Foods,” and no mean golfer himself, presented this Silver Cigar Box as a perpetual trophy for an 18-hole match play competition off scratch. He agreed, in 1967, that the format should be altered to a 36-hole stroke play competition which carried the added interest of an auction sweep held the evening previous to the day’s play.

This was an enormously popular event but in 1975, the directors, being aware of a certain R & A recommendation, sought Joe’s acceptance to its reverting to match play knockout for single handicap players. The runner-up in this competition wins the Ivan Coo Salver.

Format: 36 Hole Strokeplay.
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The Letten Cup 1936
Presented by the founder, Frank Somerville Letten, for an 18-hole stroke competition for members who had not previously won an individual cup at the Club. Later, a new condition had to be imposed to restrict entries to those who had been members of the Club for three or more years. There is an interesting engraving on this Cup depicting the association of Bruce and the Spider. “Try, try again.”
Format: 18 Hole Strokeplay.
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The Medal Trophy 1957
There was a forerunner, the “Victory Trophy”, which took the form of a hickory-shafted putter presented by “Banker” Custance to celebrate the happy conclusion of the Second World War. It was contested twice a year as a stroke play competition and then was integrated into the Spring and Autumn Medals. This relic was for many years over the fireplace in the old lounge. Initially, the winner had his name on a brass medal which was slotted along the shaft, but most of these were lost and in 1957 it was decided to offer a more tangible recognition for success. In 1981 those eligible to play in this competition were the Monthly Medal winners from each division during the current year.

Monthly Medal Winners
2007
Format: Full Handicap - Strokeplay
March
Catagory 1 (1-11)
		Gross	H/C	Nett
Winner :	Steve Dobbs	82	10	72	after countback
Runner Up:	Jason Ellis	82	10	72
Catagory 2 (12-15)
		Gross	H/C	Nett
Winner :	M Bainborrow	84	12	72	after countback
Runner Up:	James Johnson	87	15	72
Catagory 3 (16-19)
		Gross	H/C	Nett
Winner :	E Marshall	84	18	66
Runner Up:	C Till	90	18	72
Catagory 4 (20-28)
		Gross	H/C	Nett
Winner :	G Cockerill	100	28	72
Runner Up:	P McRobert	99	26	73