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Another successful coaching trip with Bruce…

A Little Sunshine from Spain...

To bring a little warmth into everyone's day, we've received some wonderful photos and fantastic feedback from Bruce's recent client golf and coaching trip to Spain.

The group spent a memorable week at the beautiful Islantilla Golf Resort in Southern Spain, from 27th September to 4th October, enjoying great golf, expert coaching, and excellent company.

Representing PRGC on the trip were Karen Bradshaw, Rosie Brand and Val Bates.

Bruce's client trips are always extremely popular and places fill very quickly. If you're interested in joining next year's trip, be sure to let Bruce know well in advance to avoid missing out.

We hope you enjoy some of the photos from a fantastic week of golf 🙂

Winner of the Club Handicap Singles…

Giving away nine shots to a consistent golfer like Graham was always going to be a tall order.

Chris had already battled his way through the previous rounds, even having to win on the extra hole, so he was certainly up for the challenge. Traditionally, the low handicapper tends to win the first hole and the high handicapper the second, leaving the match finely balanced heading into the third.

On this occasion, however, things unfolded differently. A six on the first hole for Chris allowed Graham to establish a two-shot lead going into the 3rd, and he never relinquished it.

In the bar afterwards, a shot-by-shot and hole-by-hole debrief showed just how closely contested the match had been. In truth, it could easily have gone either way.

Massive congratulations to both players for reaching the final, and of course to Graham for taking the title.

Both are champions this year:

Chris won the Seniors' Handicap Singles, while Graham won the Handicap Singles.

Well done to both!

October 2026 Calendar Update

Please find below the October to December outline calendars.

Please note that the 9 Hole Club Championship (Black Tees) has been rescheduled for this month - Wednesday 21st October (28th is a bad weather reserve date)

Please also note that the full ladies winter schedule will be available shortly

 

Ladies October 2026 Update

P.R.G.C. LADIES SECTION

LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD

SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER

September seems to have been a little less busy than the previous month and the odd showers of rain did help to return the course to its proper green colour.

Friday 4th September was the Ryder Cup competition for all the Chiltern League teams at Weston Turville. The team had a very enjoyable day. Carole and Arlinda scored 39 points on their 4 Ball Better Ball game. These competitions are very hardly fought but very enjoyable. Our thanks go to Chris Stevens for all her hard work in arranging and organizing the fixtures. It involves a lot of hard work, thank you Chris from all of the team.

On the 9th we played the September Medal and this was won  by Chris Stevens, with Pam Howfield second and Chris Hallett third. Well done all the ladies who took part.

Congratulations must go to Jill Peppett and Al Bowyer for winning the Hutley Cup beating Gill and Garry Young. Well done all of you, it was a close game.

Congratulations must also go to Arlinda Chaplin for winning the ladies summer singles with victory over Gerry Walker

The 16th saw the ladies off to Wycombe Heights Par 3 course, armed only with three clubs and a putter. It was quite a challenge, you always seem to have left just the club you wanted at home ! The competition was won by Liz France and the group enjoyed an excellent lunch afterwards.

On 23rd the final of the Ladies Summer Pairs was played with a victory for Liz France and Arlinda Chaplin with a narrow win against Melinda Pooley and Gill Young. The rest of us played a Texas Scramble where the winning team was Jean Caldicott, Gerry Walker and Jules Bendell.

Our ladies are also taking part in an Invitation match at Badgemore Golf Club and we wish them the best of luck in this challenging competition.

Our main competition of the year will be the Barcilon Cup where we have 15 ladies taking part. This is a two day competition to find the Ladies Champion and the Ladies handicap Champion. There are also 4 Dexter Trophies for winners in four different playing sections. We are all looking forward to it and our thanks to Melinda for all her hard work in organizing the competition. Results next month.

October should be slightly quieter. We are starting the month with the All Winners competition on 7th followed by the Autumn Stableford on 14th . We will be having two informal Ladies Mornings on 21st and 28th with our Presentation Evening on the 28th October

Thank you to all the ladies who have been part of all these activities, they have been great fun and enjoyed by all.

Sue Pomeroy, Melinda Pooley – Joint Competition Secretaries

Winners of the PRGC Ladies Championships 2026…

Ladies Club Championships – What a Difference a Year Makes!

What a transformation. Fifteen ladies took part this year – a three‑fold increase year on year. The change? Making the competition more accessible by holding it on normal mornings that the ladies play (Monday & Wednesday) rather than at the weekend. It worked brilliantly.

Our Lady Members competed for six trophies across the Barcilon and Dexter Cups:

  • The Barcilon Trophies
    • Best Gross Score
    • Best Net Score
  • The Dexter Cups Four separate Net divisions:
    • Handicap 1–21
    • Handicap 22–29
    • Handicap 30–36
    • Handicap 36–54

Val Dexter’s vision was simple and powerful: make the Ladies Club Championships meaningful for every handicap level. This year, that vision truly came to life.

2026 Champions

  • Barcilon Gross Winner: Christine Stevens, with an extraordinary 13‑shot winning margin. A phenomenal performance.
  • Barcilon Net Winner: Arlinda Chaplin, adding this title to her recent Singles Championship win.
  • Dexter Cup Winners:
    • Christine Stevens
    • Arlinda Chaplin
    • Fiona Coogan
    • Liz France

A Huge Well Done to All Participants

The atmosphere and the standard of golf were outstanding. This year’s event shows exactly what can happen when accessibility meets with inclusivity – more people able to play and everyone - whatever their level, had a chance to win - well done ladies!

The Ladies Championships - Class of '26

2026 Winners - Fiona Coogan, Arlinda Chaplin, Liz France and Christine Stevens. Far right - Val Dexter.

Winner of the Mens Scratch Summer KO is…

The long anticipated encounter between our two evenly matched 6.4 handicappers.

Would the Barcilon Scratch Champ hold his nerve to unify the belts and win the Summer Scratch KO?

Well reports from both players make clear that this one could've gone either way.

Ewan was 3 up at the turn and then 4 up after 10.

Steve then clawed back 2 holes to be just two down through 12.

and then the pivotal moment - Steve had a 2 footer on the 13th which would have brought him back to just 1 down, and with all the momentum.

Sadly for Steve the putt was missed and the momentum was lost.

Ewan recovered and pushed on to eventually win 4 and 3 - but what a match.

Well done to both!!

NB Ewan's journey was not an easy one - Tom Graziano, then Alastair Wardrop, then Neil Martin and finally Steve Sargeant - in World Cup terms that would have been the group of death!

And the Winners of the Seniors Cup and Seniors Plate are…

The Seniors Cup this year was won by Neil Martin with a simply outstanding score.  Playing off a 12 handicap, Neil finished on a net score of 60 - that's right - a net score of 60!! that is 8 under par - and 7 better than the nearest competitor in a strong field of 16 players.

We love competitors at PRGC and today Neil showed just what he is made of - what a score to earn himself a place on the Board!

The plate was won this year by John White with a one over par 69.  This is a great result and given how hard John works for the Friday Mixed Stableford week in week out - a well deserved reward.

Well done to all who participated and in particular to the two worthy winners Neil and John

Neil Martin - Seniors Cup Winner 2026

John White - Seniors Plate Winner 2026

New Ladies!

Dear members,

further to our heads up on funding provided by England Golf / BCLGA - please see below the poster that we are using to advertise the opportunity.

Gents / Ladies - if you know a lady that is looking to give golf a go  / or another go - this is a great opportunity.

  • England Golf and the BCLGA are funding a 1/2 price lesson with top PGA Class A Pro - Bruce Loome
  • The new lady is offered a Sunday Girl E-Player Card worth £18 enabling them to use the practice ground and get discounts on green fees
  • No clubs? no problem... hire some from the club - Free of Charge for all lessons and for your first games
  • The new lady plays Free in a completely stress free manner on a Sunday PM with another golfer - in a Texas Scramble format.  Take on the course together as a team - each player plays from where the best ball lands so no one needs to feel stressed and all can enjoy having a go.
All age groups welcome - so why not invite a friend, a partner, a daughter and help them to give it a go!!
Weather is looking good - what's stopping you 🙂
NB Can't make Sunday or don't want to pay a weekend greenfee? but still keen to give it a go with a friend...?  let us know and we will find a quiet spot one afternoon during the week for a quick 5 or 9 holes of fun 🙂
Interested in bringing a new lady into our beautiful game? simply contact us
Please also support ladies golf and share our facebook post
Thank you to Sue Pomeroy and the BCLGA ladies for all their support 🙂