THURSDAY night last, 27 November, the Gloucester Golf Club held its annual Presentation Night with Paul Blanch the standout performer in the major men’s events closely matched by Catherine Davies who featured strongly in the Womens and the Veterans competitions during the year.
Paul Blanch had yet another stellar year with wins in the Club Championship complemented by winning the A grade Matchplay Championship, the Mixed Foursomes Championship along with Evelyn Blanch. He was also the A grade Summer Eclectic gross winner, the A grade Winter Eclectic gross winner and the overall winner in the Open Day Advocate Cup.
Brian Osborne was the 2025 B grade Champion and Peter Markey won both the C grade Championship and the C grade Matchplay Championship. The Men’s Foursomes Championship was won by Nathan McInnes and Shane Crichton. Ben Veitch won the net A grade Winter Eclectic with Mark Stone following suit in the B grade Summer Eclectic. In C grade the Summer Eclectic net winner was Kev Arney, and the Winter Eclectic net winner was Dave Robbins
For the Gloucester Golf Ladies, Carolyn Davies was the standout overall performer winning the Ladies Championship, sharing a win with Dale Rabbett in the Women’s Foursomes Championship finishing the year winning the Medal of Medals for 2025 and winning her division in the WGNSW Medal. Dale Rabbett was runner up in the championship. The net champion for the year was Anne Wand with Evelyn Blanch runner up. The Foursomes Net Winners were Rhonda Nightingale and Moya Harris. Gai Falla and Cheryl Goodrich won their divisions in the WGNSW Medal.
The Gloucester Veteran Golfers also turned in some competitive performances in 2025 with Ken Kelly winning their Championship. The B grade Vets Men’s Champion was Paul Griffiths and the C grade Men’s Champion, Arthur Poynting. The Men’s Net Champion was Paul Griffith. The Women’s Veteran Champion for 2025 was Carolyn Davies with Anne Wand the net champion. The Winter Shield Champion was
Carolyn Davies and Ken Kelly won the Summer Shield Championship. The Radford Webb Trophy was won by Gai Falla and the trophy for the most consistent Veteran golfer was won by Carolyn Davies.
On Saturday 29 November Voltr sponsored a Four Person Ambrose and the winning team with a score of 69 5/8 was Jason Andren, Marc Peacock, Cody Fullarton and Justin Beh. Runners up, just a ¼ stroke behind were Brendon Murray, Josh Wilson, Peter Bignell and Gary Threadgate.
The Super Sevens for the week ending Friday 28 November was won by Peter Markey with 17 Stableford points. He was followed by ball winners Wayne Maddalena and Paul Thibault 16, Jonny Tighe 14 and, on a count back, Dave Saunders 13.
On Saturday 6 December the Gloucester Golf Club will be playing its December Monthly Medal, an Individual Stroke event sponsored by the Arkwood Family. The following Saturday there will be an Individual Stableford.
By Peter WILDBLOOD
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