BRIGHTON & DISTRICT GOLFING SOCIETY NEWS

B.D.G.S. NEWS

29/06/2015

CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015

DAN MILLIGAN of host club West Hove is the new BDGS Mens' Champion of Champions with scores of  75-70 (145), 2 shots ahead of club mate George Goddard on 147 with Damon Raikes of East Brighton in 3rd place (148).
FENELLA BUSS of East Brighton  is our new Ladies Champion.--In an exciting finish, after 36 holes Fenella was equal with Sophie Kennard (Dyke G.C.) on 150--so a sudden death play off took place with Fenella winning on the first extra hole.
Junior Champion is JACK SUTTON (East Brighton) with scores of 71-75 (146) with Ryan Miller of West Hove in 2nd place on 159.
The mens TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP  was a close thing at lunch with East Brighton 1 shot ahead of West Hove, however the challenge  fell away in the afternoon with WEST HOVE'S squad of Gary Salt, Dan Milligan, George Goddard and Russ Newland recording a winning total score of 601, Brighton & Hove nipped into 2nd place on 624, East Brighton 628, Dyke 636.
Dan Milligan 2015 Champion

Fenella Buss -Ladies Champion










Photos above- (Left- Team Champions West Hove --G Goddard, G Salt, R Newland and D Milligan)
(Right- Junior Champion Jack Sutton with BDGS President Dennis Baker)

08/06/2015

Wentworth Smith Trophy 2015

CLEAN SWEEP FOR HOME CLUB

Dyke G.C. supplied a course in fine condition for this year's event. Excellent golfing weather did not provide as many good scores as might have been expected. However Dyke took all the honours with Mark COLBURN winning the Trophy on 40 pts (after starting with 3 'blobs'),  Lewis Turner was runner-up with 38 just beating Robin Fuller on count back into third.





TEAM TROPHY scores (best 5 from each club) Dyke 182, Brighton and Hove 174, West Hove 165 and East Brighton 161. The SCRATCH EVENT was won by last year's nett winner Neville Hudson (above,) with 74 gross, 2nd was Mike Dunkerton (East Brighton) 76, 3rd Malcolm Stalker (Dyke) 77.

Winning team:- R Fuller, M Colburn, D Fitzpatrick, L Turner and N Hudson