New Lady Captain for Bungay

A welcoming reception was held after the Bungay and Waveney Valley Golf Club Ladies' A.G.M meeting on Saturday for the new Lady Captain Penny Adams - the newly elected members joining the committee were Sue Strutt-Holmes, Ann Lewis and Heather Squirrell. The distance of Penny's drive-in was 141.1 yards and the sweepstake made £123 for her chosen charity which is the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Prize Winner of 1 litre of Famous Grouse was Helm Wilkinson - Penny thanked everyone for their very generous contributions to her charity and said that she was looking forward to her year ahead.

CAPTAINS CHARITY PRESENTATION

Bungay and Waveney Valley Golf Club was the venue for the presentation of
the Captains Charity cheque for £4,270.50 to the Headteacher of the John
Grant School at Caister. In recent years this school has expanded and now
takes special needs pupils from across Norfolk and into Suffolk. Part of
their expansion programme has been an extension to the gymnasium for
specialist dance and music lessons. Gerald Hampson was grateful to Len Bird the Club Captain for organising events throughout the year which produced such a valuable donation. The money will be used to assist special needs children in the new Gym and music centre.

Picture above shows Club Captain Len Bird, Joanne Bird, Who has a son, Jack who goes to the school & Head teacher Gerald Hampson.

AUTUMN TROPHY 2009

"Sam Hubbard pictured receiving the trophy from Ann Cunningham, Ladies President".

 
The Junior Section held their latest competition for the Autumn Trophy. The
weather and course conditions were good and despite a smaller field than
usual some excellent scores were returned. This was also the final event to
decide the Order of Merit winners in the three divisions. The Division 1 and
winner of the Autumn Trophy was decided on count back with Sam Hubbard from
Robert Read. In Division 2 (10 Holes) Daniel Sampson had an excellent day
scoring 28 points and in Division 3 (Cubs), Victoria Moore, playing her
first competition won with 31 points.

2009 Captain’s Charity Day - a great success...

 
Twenty-one Golf Clubs were represented in a field of one hundred players in the Bungay and Waveney Valley Golf Club Captain's Charity Day to raise money for the John Grant School at Caister. The Captain, Len Bird thanked everyone who had helped organise the day and those who had taken part and said in his presentation that he has a nephew who suffers with autism and that he knows what wonderful work this school does in supporting him and his family. As a child with special needs he is not alone, many children benefit from the help that is available from the staff at John Grant School and he has seen at first hand the commitment of these staff and it made him even more determined that the day would be successful - over £2,000 was raised on the day.

Results:		Points
Ladies:	A. Middleton, R.Owen, V. Garrod, R. Digby.	123
Mixed Teams:
1st	S. Cooper, A.Ereira, J. Cushing, J. Redpath.	124
2nd	2. A. Cunningham, L. Garnett, P. Garnett, L. Hatch	123
Mens
1st	1.M. Lovelace, N. Lovelace, B. Canham, D. Yeamen.	125
2nd	2. R. Beaumont, G. Lambert, B.Gunn, R. Waugh	122
3rd	3. T. Cave, P. Baughan, R. Macdonald, N. Jones	120
Nearest Pin:	N. Lovelace
Putting Competition:	R. Beaumont

The Suffolk Veteran Ladies Golf Association held their annual Autumn Foursomes competition at Ufford Park Golf Club on Monday 14h September. The main event, 27-holes Foursomes Stableford for the Causton Cups, was well supported with sixty ladies competing. Two pairs scored 46 points and on countback the first place went to Gillian Singleton and Carol Spence (Aldeburgh) from Barbara Dahl and Rosemary Stuteley (Stowmarket).

Forty ladies played in the 18-hole competition which was won by Carolyn Tanner and Marion McKinley (Stowmarket) with 35 points. The President of the Association, Valerie Mallett, presented all the prizewinners with vouchers and plants.

Results: 27-holes: Gillian Singleton /Carola Spence (Aldeburgh)(Winners of the Causton Cups) 46 pts., Barbara Dahl/Rosemary Stuteley (Stowmarket) 46 pts.C/B, Ann Graves/Nina Neilsen (Woodbridge) 45 pts., Sheila Burgess (Woodbridge)/ Sheila Spencer (Ipswich) 44 pts., Ann Maskell/Sylvia Elvey (Felixstowe) 44 pts.C/B, Jenny Cox/Margaret Campion (Aldeburgh) 43 pts.

18-holes: Carolyn Tanner/Marion McKinley (Stowmarket) 35 pts., Barbara Lewis/Edna Langston (Gorleston) 34 pts., Jane Bryce/Pam Nunn (Stowmarket) 31 pts., Mary Haydock/Gillian Jacobs (Flempton) 28 pts.

Ladies Section Invitation Day

88 ladies' from 19 different golf clubs took part in the Bungay & Waveney Valley Golf Club Ladies' Invitation day. The faultless weather and course conditions subscribed to a very successful day - the winners of the Better Ball Stableford competition with 46 points were Yolie Dye and her guest Marie Yapp from Rookery Park - the Ladies Captain Alison Nielson thanked every-one who had helped to make the day such a great success.

2009 Bob Eade

Playing at Bungay and Waveney Valley Golf Club in near perfect conditions,
competitors in the Annual Bob Eade, 27 Hole Foursomes tournament, turned in
some very good scores. Honours went on count back to Anne Lewis and Matt
Williams of Bungay (57 points) over Dinah Greaney and Keith Ridsdale from
Gorleston Golf Club. The Captain, Len Bird, thanked all those who had played
for their support and looked forward to seeing everyone again next year.

Pictured Anne Lewis and Matt Williams

HAPPY LADY CAPTAINS DAY

- Forty Eight Lady golfers took part in a 14 hole stableford fun competition in teams of 4. Organized by Sue Strutt-Holmes it included a mystery bunker score and two hidden holes there was also nearest the pin prizes on the 12th which were won by Christine Ashe and Kay Hardy - the day was a great success and the overall winners were Anne Smith,
Margaret Hoffman. Christine Ashe and Penny Adams. With Pimms as an appetizer
the day ended with the Lady Captain Alison Nielson hosting a luncheon party
for 54 people.

SUN SHINES ON 2009 VETS OPEN AT BUNGAY

Perfect weather conditions helped the scores at the Bungay and Waveney Valley Golf Club Veterans Open meeting. A field of 88 players from 17 clubs included, for the second year running, a group of players all the way from Söderslätts Golf Club in Sweden. In fact their club Secretary, Joao Guiomar won a bottle of scotch for being nearest the pin on the 4th hole. The event again sponsored by Norwich Stockbrokers Hill Osborne was won by Dudley Woods of Bawburgh with 43 points. Phil Perry from Hill Osborne said how much he had enjoyed the day and thanked all those who had entered or helped to organise the event.

Results;
Division 1. Alan Smith (Royal Norwich) 39 points.
Division 2. Richard Easlea (Diss) 40 points.
Division 3 & overall winner Dudley Woods (Bawburgh) 43 points.

Pictured; Phil Perry & Dudley Woods

Wet.......

but successful Charity Day at Bungay for the Ladies

It was very cold wet and windy for the Lady Captains Charity Day at Bungay
and Waveney Valley Golf Club but it did not deter the 60 ladies from near
and far who took part in the team AM AM Stableford Competition. The event
was held to support the Stroke Association and the Army Benevolent Fund.
Organisers from the Stroke Association were on hand to explain the dangers
of high blood pressure and those who wanted had their blood pressure taken -
either before or after the golf!! - The Winners, with 82 points were Melanie
Lesser, Sally Beckett, Jo Beresford and Mariette Robertse from Bury St.
Edmunds. In second place were Marie Yapp (Rookery Park), Anne Smith
(Bungay), Linda Millar (Woodbridge) and Ev Rumsby (Aldeburgh). In third
place were Myra Lane, Maureen Dark, Penny Platten and Vivienne Perring from
Gorleston. Nearest the pin prizes went to Marie Yapp from Rookery Park on
the fourth and Vivien Perring from Gorleston on the 12th - £1200.00 was
raised on the day and the Lady Captain thanked everyone who had helped or
been involved.

HOLE IN ONE FOR PHIL

Playing in a Monday swindle, Phil Taylor scored his second hole in one on
the 156 yard 12th hole at Bungay and Waveney Valley Golf Club. With a gentle
breeze behind him a well struck 8 iron pitched short a dribbled into the
hole. His group were more than happy with drinks all round!

"GOOD EVANS" AN EAGLE

Four generations of the Deacon family attended the early evening B.B.Q in aid of The Joe Deacon Memorial Texas Scramble which took place on Sunday afternoon at the Bungay and Waveney Valley Golf Club. The almost perfect weather and course conditions provided a lovely atmosphere for this yearly event - The winning team was David Evans,Tony Grimwood, Sandra Coles and Penny Adams their score consisted of an eagle on the 14th when David Evans holed the second shot to the par 4 green, five birdies, 10 pars and 2 bogeys- Betty Deacon presented the trophy to the winning team - pictured.

VETS INVITATION DAY -  April 2009

Picture shows left to right - Len Bird (Captain) Tony Wells (Eaton) & Mike
Prior (Bungay)

Bungay Vet's Invitation was held with twenty nine guests from some twenty
different clubs, the course was a picture bathed in the glorious spring
sunshine and this resulted in good scores. Apart from the winning pair of
Mike Prior and guest Tony Wells from Eaton G.C (45 points) all the other
placings were decided on count back.

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Results: 1st Mike Prior & Tony Wells (Eaton) - 45 points.
2nd Keith Davey & David Leeder (Diss) - 44 points.
3rd. Mike Kudar & Roger Cooke (Gorleston) -44 points
4th John Kent & Peter Thorpe (Diss) - 44 points.
Nearest Pin-10th - Brian Chadwick (Thetford).
Nearest Pin -15th - Garth Moore (Bungay)

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JUNIOR SPRING CUP - April 2009

The was the first competition for 2009 and the welcome
fine weather made for an enjoyable day with some pleasing results.
Division 1. Winner: Niall Randlesome - 41points; 2nd Sam Page- 40 points;
3rd Fay Smith -37 points; 4th Matt Jackson -36 points.
Division 2. - 10 hole competition. Winner: Daniel Sampson - 28 points;
2nd Jake Prettyman- 19 points; 3rd Ryan Sergeant - 17 points;
4th Charlie Delf- 13 points.


The Junior team of Tom Brown (Junior Captain), Sam Page, Matt Jackson and
Josh Austin represented the Club in the Suffolk Junior Team Knockout
Competition and were drawn at home to Diss. In a close competition Bungay
were beaten by just 4 points, but the matches produced some excellent golf
from all the boys.

Pictured Niall Randlesome, winner Spring Cup

On a frosty morning which turned into a lovely spring-like day 112 members of the Norfolk Alliance paid their annual visit to Bungay and Waveney Valley Golf Club. Neil Lithgoe of Royal Norwich won the professionals prize and provided the highlight for the day when he equalled Robin Manns course record of 4 under par. Will Woodrow a guest & Simon Fuller both of Royal Cromer won the amateur prize with 43 Points.

A certain amount of sadness tinged the day as it was one of the last meetings to be organised by Jeff and Janet Duncan after their thirteen year commitment. They are stepping down to enjoy a well earned retirement. The Club Captain, Len Bird thanked them both for the way in which they have organised the Alliance and presented Janet with a bouquet of flowers.

Pictured l; Len Bird R; Neil Lithgoe

Bring and Win 10 Hole Fun Competition was played in warm dry and bright conditions and proved to be a great success once again for the Lady Golfers at the Bungay & Waveney Valley Golf Club on Tuesday taking into account it was strove Tuesday the Lady Captain Alison Neilson brought in the winning team which consisted of Mary Pacy and Beryl Ra-Bett Prizes included pancake mixtures and various other gifts.

QUIZ NIGHT AT BUNGAY ....another great success.

A very successful quiz night took place on Friday evening at The Bungay and
Waveney Valley Golf Club - 25 teams of 4 participated and the enormous
success of the evening was attributed to the whole hearted support of the
members. The excellent quiz master was Mr. David Cundey who provided a wide
and varied selection of subjects and questions laced with good humour - a
mid evening break enabled the participants to enjoy a basket meal prepared
by the club steward.

The winning team was Tony Timmins, Janet Timmins, Peter Walker and Jenny
Walker who received hand made mantle clocks - in 2nd place David Wilkinson,
Peter Watts, K. Williams and Ian Patrick and in 3rd place Alison Nielsen,
Sue Strutt-Holmes, Rob Holmes & John Eason who all received a bottle of
wine.

BRAVE LADIES - Winter Fun 10 holes 3 clubs and a putter.

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51 Ladies braved the winter conditions at Bungay and Waveney Valley Golf
Club on Tuesday to play in a Fun 10 hole 3 clubs and a putter stableford
competition

- 1st B Jones, J Hall, M Goulter 43pts

- 2nd L Lord, S Read, K Hardy  38pts

- 3rd on count back M Wood, S Page, V Sheen 38pts.

The competition  enabled a donation to be made to the Lady Captains Charity

CAPTAIN LEN DRIVES IN - December 2008

Bungay and Waveney Valley Golf Club has a new Club Captain. Len Bird began his Captaincy when he hit his driver into a stiff northerly wind on the
first hole. With guesses ranging from 30 to 250 yards the sweepstake was won by John Kent and Margaret Hoffman who correctly predicted that Len's drive would be 142 yards. John Grant School at Caister will be the recipients of the sweepstake and is Lens charity for the year. After his drive-in Len said "I have chosen to support John Grant School at Caister because I know what
excellent work they do to help children with learning difficulties. This is
quite close to my heart as I have a nephew who suffers with autism who
attends the school. They need a mini bus to provide for local transport
needs and I am going to do my best to help toward the cost".

The world renowned “Chicken Roundabout” on the A143 at Bungay was the inspiration for Alison Nielsen when driving-in as Ladies Captain at Bungay and Waveney Valley Golf Club – she was dressed as a chicken!! It didn’t end there either– the prizes for the players in the 10 Hole Competition that preceded the drive-in were boxes of eggs – free-range of course!

The eggsact! distance of Alison's drive-in was 119 yards and the sweepstake made £120 for her chosen charities which are the Stroke Association and the Army Benevolent Fund.

Egg winners were;

1. Heather Wright Joanna Moore and Stevie Goulter.

2. Monica Wood, Liz Lord and Mary Pacy.

3. Alison Nielsen, Kay Hardy and Liz Nicholls.