We were at the wonderful Bamburgh Castle Golf Club for the 2026 North-South Trophy, where a field of 81 competed to win our first individual scratch competition of the season. The course was presented in immaculate condition, on a calm sunny day on the glorious Northumberland coast. Firstly a huge thank you to the Golf Club for looking after us
A fabulous day here at Alnmouth Village Golf Club for the Northumberland and Durham County Golf Union Inter County Foursomes finals. The Durham County Golf Union final sees South Shields Golf Club take on Eaglescliffe Golf Club for a place in the Inter County Final. The Northumberland final sees a battle of the links clubs, with Newbiggin Golf Club taking
A lovely day on the links at Dunstanburgh Castle Golf Course, where we entertained Lothians Golf Association in our annual curtain raiser to the season. This year saw a revised format of singles only, Captain Andrew Minnikin fielded a team which blended youth and experience, handing debuts to Close House duo Angus Ball and Carl Thompson. In a match that
Today was our last event of 2025, played in warm conditions with a stiff breeze in the morning, which died down in the afternoon. The course is in excellent condition, the greens especially and all the competitors were very complimentary. We had 23 teams and some really good scoring. The winners with a nett score of 57.3 were Messers Mike
A huge congratulations to Sandy Twynholm who has become the England Golf Seniors Champion of Champions at Woodhall Spa Golf where he came out on top by 2 strokes. This is a fantastic achievement by Sandy, who continues to play excellent golf, picking up more significant titles along the way. Well done Sandy, we are extremely proud of your achievements. Full results
The NC Seniors’ Qualifying ( Big 6 ) was played at Wilmslow GC. The course was in superb condition with fast running greens. With the weather being very kind all day even though breezy at times. The course was enjoyed by all participants. Warm compliments from all Counties. Northumberland once again missed out on Qualifying by 3 shots ( same
A topsy turvey encounter at The Northumberland Golf Club against our good friends from CUGC ended up in a 9-9 draw. Cumbria dominated the morning Foursomes, with a late Northumberland rally by James Cram and James Conn leaving the score 2.5 to 3.5 in favour of Cumbria. A dominant start by Northumberland in the singles, was soon eradicated by the
It was definitely a case of close, but no cigar in our match against Yorkshire Union, at The Bradford Golf Club. A spirited morning effort saw the match tied at lunchtime, with Junior County graduates Junior Dobson and Andrew Griffiths, winning the last 4 holes to snatch a deserved 1 up victory. There were also wins for Captain Andrew Minnikin
A great day at an immaculately turned out Prudhoe Golf Club where they hosted the County Salver & Forster Cup. The players were treated to some excellent greens, rolling a really nice pace. On to the County Salver, where it was back to back victories for Longhirst Hall Golf Course player Steve Macari, who despite bogeys on the last 2
On Saturday 12 July, we had 82 Players competing to qualify for the Matchplay stages of the 2025 County Championship, at Arcot Hall Golf Club It was a late finish due to the size of the field, with a 2 man play off starting at around 8:30pm, with Mark McCarthy of City of Newcastle and Max Paterson of Morpeth fighting
A glorious afternoon here at Stocksfield Golf Club who kindly hosted the Junior Teams Championship. A huge thanks to the Club for looking after us so well today – the course was in good order and the food and hospitality matched. It was great to see Captain Tom O’Malley give his support to the event. The main event was won
The semifinals and final of the Northumberland County Seniors match play championship were held today at Morpeth golf club. The course was in outstanding condition with true and fast running greens. Everyone in attendance concurred with that comment. Sincere congratulations and thanks to Morpeth GC for hosting the event. The weather was also very kind and warm all day. In the morning
