In May, Belfairs hosted the annual Kindreds Captains Day in which past Captains of the five Kindred Clubs (Belfairs, Boyce Hill, Rochford, Southend and Thorpe Hall) compete as teams for the Millennium Plate. Having never before won the trophy, Belfairs triumphed in 2021 and  this year, repeated the feat to retain the . Also, congratulations to Alan Berry for winning the individual competition and the Norman Dye Trophy. As is traditional in the event, the  victory was suitably celebrated   afterwards in the bar!

Congratulations to all of the Belfairs team.

Belfairs golf club welcomed Mardyke veterans on Monday for the latest in a series of friendly marches. 

Played in fine weather, John Brennan and Dave Buddle led the way for Belfairs to establish an unassailaable lead with the home side finally winnning 7-1.

Full result:

Saturday saw the final of the Dobres Winter Pairs and it was Jon Howley and Ray Jones who took the spoils beating Nigel Warder and Peter Mahoney 3&2. In a closely fought contest with several birdies being made, Howley and Jones were never headed and so  continue their fine record in this competition.

Simon Lawrence may be Belfairs newest member but he quickly opened his account by winning the weekend Stableford competition. In a small but competitive field, Simon's 38 points just shaded the in-form Richard Mounsey and third placed Steve Tucker.

Result                   Points

Snow may have interrupted Friday's play but on Sunday Chris Shawyer produced a fine performance to card 42 points and take the Veterans Cup. Tony Hayes (34) claimed the runner-up spot and 32 points was enough for Mark Duguid to secure third place.

Result                   Points

Belfairs golf club hosted a friendly match against their Hartswood counterparts on Monday. Thick mist initially caused visibility problems but cleared by mid-morning to provide ideal golfing conditions. The 12 man teams played a 4 ball-better ball with Belfairs overturning the previous loss with a well deserved victory.

    Belfairs  4-1/2        Hartswood 1-1/2 

Although played in misty conditions, the weather did nothing to dampen the Spring renewal oif the biannual fixture between Belfairs and Southend golf clubs. With host Belfairs wanting to redress recent heavy defeats and Southend looking to extend their winning run, the scene was set for a tightly fought contest that was to produce an unlikely finale. 

Southend's opening pair completed a remarkable 7/6 victory to go 1 up, but thereafter the overall match ebbed and flowed between the two clubs until it was all tied after 14 of the 16 results were in.

The penultimate Belfairs pairing gained a win to go one point ahead but news from the course was that Southend were 3 up after 14 in the last match and therefore looking inevitable to win. With only a tie required by the visitors to retain the trophy, another Southend victory looked a foregone conclusion.

However, all was not lost as the final Belfairs pairing of Rose Mahoney and Colin Parker fought back to win  three of the last five holes to gain a half and provide their club with a memorable victory.

The occasion was again hotly contested but consistently in the spirit of sportsmanship and as always, the result quickly forgotten as celebrations and commiserations were exchanged in the clubhouse

Final score:

The Southgate-Brown Cleek is Belfairs oldestt trophy and the first "gold leaf" competition of the year was keenly contested by 31 entrants who took advantage of the fine weather to produce some excellent scoring.

Club Secretary, Peter Mahoney led the way with a fine 76 to card the lowest gross score and a nett 62 and just one point seperated the next 4 places with runner-up Chris Shawyer prevailing on countback from Dave Smith in third.

Steve Bucke began his tenure as Belfairs captain with a Seventies themed drive-in on Sunday.

Steve arrived on the tee to the strains of "Purple Haze" and the gathered supporters were entertained by a humorous introduction from Andy Nash.

The drive-in party, comprising Steve, vice-captain Baz Patel, outgoing captain Trevor Innard and president Susan Meddle, then proceeded to tee off on the par-3 first hole.

Our new captain rose to the occasion in style as his ball landed on the green and 30 feet from the hole.  

All Belfairs members wish Steve and Baz an enjoyable and successful year. 

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