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If you can make it, look forward to seeing you. If not, hopefully next time!

2026 Fixtures

  • March 25th | South Beds
  • April 23rd | Wellingborough
  • May 21st | St Neots
  • June 25th | Mid Herts (TBC)
  • July 22nd | Pavenham Park (TBC)
  • Aug 20th | The Bedfordshire
  • Sep 17th | Knebworth
  • Oct 14th | Kettering
  • Nov 4th | Bedford & County

Autumn Tour 2025

I’m very pleased to report that an excellent couple of days were enjoyed by 16 LEGS members as we headed off to The Cotswolds Hotel & Spa – a new venue for us. Unfortunately, like many local courses, the extended period of dry conditions had taken their toll on the golf course but at least the weather was more kind than had been expected with sunshine and brief showers being experienced on day 1.

Tuesday 2nd – Day 1

One of the best shots of my round found the green at the 175 yard par 3 hole, the 17th that we played. However, I was soon put in my place by Captain Graham who managed to knock his tee shot to 1 foot from the hole – as you will see in the photo gallery !

After a very close contest, the top 3 players each scored 34 points and had to be separated using countback;

  • 1st Tom Inskip
  • 2ndAndrew Stevenson
  • 3rd David Steel

The randomly drawn 4-man winning team was led by Handicap Secretary Andrew, joined by David, Tom & Stephen Long. Their average score was 33.75 points, well ahead of the other 3 teams. Our 3 nearest the pin winners were Brian Bamber (par 3), Pete Schofield (4) and Clive Haywood (5)

Following a few post-round refreshments and dinner with wine, Martin Lavansch shared his musical songbook with us once again. His performance was greatly appreciated by all, including a party of 24 ladies visiting from The Rolls of Monmouth GC. Their financial contributions on top of ours, meant that Martin's efforts raised £120 for this year's Captain’s Charity. In addition, as a consequence of Alan Horn’s late withdrawal, we manage to negotiate a “credit” from the venue of £80 which Alan kindly donated to the charity, making a total of £200.

Wednesday 3rd – Day 2

On our second day we played the same course again – not something that I can recall from our recent tour venues that had 2 courses. There was however a slight difference for the Day One winners as they did not have quite as many shots as the day before !

The weather was kind for most of the time but the last hour was played in torrential rain – as you will see in the gallery.

The Wednesday winners brought 3 different names into the frame;

  • 1st Clive Haywood 41
  • 2nd Richard Ebbs 37
  • 3rd John Simpson 36

The randomly drawn 3-man winning team included 2 of the top 3 scorers, Richard and John plus Pete Schofield. Our 3 nearest the pin winners were John Simpson (1), Jeff Wood (2) and Colin Oates (3)

The terrific score from Clive on day 2 lifted him above all others to finish with an aggregate total of 74 points – a worthy winner of our “LEGS Away” trophy.

Finally, my thanks go to our Handicap Secretary, Andrew Stevenson. Not only did he manage all of the scores, team selections and handicap revisions but he also brought  3 dozen bottles of wine as our prize pot. I am pleased to report that every player went home with at least one bottle of wine as a memento of the trip.

Planning for a similar trip next year is already underway - hopefully with more members, and their guests, able to join in the fun.



 

Bedfordshire | August 21st

Our August outing attracted 17 LEGS members to Bedfordshire Golf Club. Of these, 5 were members of the home club – so it was suggested that we should not look beyond them for our winner…

The golf course was one of the few that I’ve played on recently where preferred lies were not required. One of the opening tee shots of the day was hit by Handicap Secretary Andrew and as you can see, he attracted a gallery no doubt keen to monitor and learn from his technique – or was it to deliver the usual amount of stick on the 1st tee ?

At the end of a very enjoyable afternoon’s play, the winner was indeed one of the home-based players, Brian Bamber with 39 points. He certainly looked happy to receive his first LEGS trophy – almost as happy as he was to receive a bottle of Champagne !

As if to prove that the gallery was indeed watching his technique, Andrew Stevenson came in with 37 points to finish in 2nd place.  Our 3rd place was decided on countback with Pete Schofield edging out our Secretary with 36 points.

Since Pete was not allowed to take home more than one prize, it left Paul Jones as nearest the pin in 2 shots at the par 4 11th and the Secretary in 3 shots at the par 5 14th hole. With nobody able to find the green at the par 3 6th hole, I was amused by a mystery man in our final group for leaving us a message on our nearest the pin marker:

“The Directors of Bedfordshire are grateful to LEGS for protecting the putting surface !”

Our President, Mike Webb, was the proud recipient of the “Last Leg” trophy.

A summary of the scores is shown below together with the appropriate handicap adjustments.

After dinner, Trevor Horwood made his debut as our Finesmaster and his efforts, together with generous pre-match donations, raised an excellent total of £326 for this year’s Captain’s Charity – Crisis. Treasurer Jeff advised everyone that a payment was made to the charity a few weeks ago with £1,700 being transferred to their account. This was greatly appreciated by them, and they will be putting it to good use straight way.

Next month, our 2025 tour of 4 counties takes us back into Hertfordshire. We will be at the (currently parched) Knebworth GC on Thursday 18th September. I hope you can join us to play golf and if not, perhaps just for dinner. The entry form on our website is now open for business and our account awaits your entry fee.