The Competitions and Special Activities at Folke Golf Club

See the latest information on club activities and reports of events and achievements and follow the links for further details where available. (Please see the Senior Page for information on Senior activities and events.)

What's On
2025 Weekend Away
This years weekend away will take place at the Abbey Golf Spa Hotel near Redditch, Worcestershire on the Ryder Cup weekend - Friday to Sunday - 26th to 28th September. The weekend includes 3 rounds of golf and dinner, bed, and breakfast for an all inclusive price of £280 (£20 cheaper than 2024). Be sure to book your place on this popular event by entering your name on the Entry Sheet on the board and payment of £100 deposit. 20 spaces have been reserved and the tee of on Friday 26th is at 1pm.


2025 Race to the Village

The RTTV competition starts this month on Sunday 26th January at 8:30 am. The entry fee is £3. As before, it is 12 rounds (on the last Sunday of the month or thereabouts) and your best 8 scores count. The Entry Fee funds prize amounts for the top 3 finishers of the season. There will be double bubble rounds, nearest the pin competitions and a day away at Oake Manor, Taunton, on the Sunday 25th May. The entry fee of £45 includes a full English breakfast on arrival and an 18 hole stableford. First tee at 11:30 am. Good luck everyone.  The final 2024 RTTV results are shown in the panel below.

Captain's Drive In

Come and join the 2025 Club Captain  Martin Blatchford and raise funds for Julia's House at the same time in a fun 18 hole stableford competition on Saturday 1st February at 10:00 am tee off. The entry fee is £5 on the day and there is a trophy for the winner, nearest the pin prize and a curry and rice/chips to finish. The entry sheet is on the club Notice Board. Guess how close the club captain can get to the pin on the first hole for £1 - the nearest guess gets 50% of the pot. 100% of money raised on the day will go to the Captain's charity.


Review of Events

(For Senior Events Check the Senior Page)
The overall  Club Calendar of Events  for 2025 are shown on the Calendar Page and the Hardy A, Hardy B and 3 Counties Team schedules of events will be  shown on the League Teams page when the 2025 information is available. 

Winners and Order Of Merits 
Latest competition winners and OOM Tables for the 2025 Monthly (Sunday) Medal and the RTTV are shown below. The Weekday medal and Tiger Trophy results and Orders of Merit are shown on the Senior page. 

2025 Club Subscriptions
The 2025 subscriptions are now due and must be paid  to be eligible to  enter a club event. The renewal fee of £70 is the same as last year. and must be paid by 4th February. The Trolley Shed annual fee of £10 is also due for players who wish to store their trolley at Folke.

Roll Ups
These are held most Saturdays and Sundays when there are no other events - Check Facebook for details.
Week Day Roll Ups: are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays are for all club members but entry for the money pot is  seniors only. Cards are drawn at 8:15 am.

Race to the Village  
See the Panel above for the 2025 first round and RTTV Day Away details, and the panel below for the final 2024 RTTV results. 

Knockout Competitions:  See the Winter Knockout page for pairings and status.

Annual General Meeting: The AGM was held at Folke on Saturday 11th January where the club captain and other  captains and officials were appointed. For details of the appointments and results from the meeting see the Members Admin page of this web site.

Current Events 

Sunday 22nd December - RTTV Final Round: Won by Alan Smith with 31 Points. See Panel below.
Saturday 28th December: Roll Up: Won by Alan Smith with 42 points. 
Saturday 4th January - Roll Up: Won by Nathan Down with 35 points. 
Sunday 5th January - Scramble : Cancelled
Tuesday 7th January - Tiger Trophy: Postponed to 14th January.
Saturday 11th January - Annual General Meeting: See the Members Admin page for results
Saturday 11th January - Roll Up: Won by Roger Harvey with 38 points. See Table below.
Sunday 12th January - Medal: Lowest Gross Anthony Proctor (84). Lowest nett John Howes (68). See result Table below.
Tuesday 14th January - Tiger trophy: Won by John Howes with 36 points. See the Senior page for details.
Thursday 16th January - Medal: Won by Gary Rogers (nett 71)and Kevin Down (Gross 89).
Saturday 18th January - Roll Up: Won by Terry Kadshaw with 39 points. See Table below.
Sunday 19th January - Scramble: Won by Adrian Tuffin, Dan Tuffin and Alan Smith.
Saturday 25th January - Roll Up: Course Closed
Sunday 26th January - RTTV Round 1: Re-scheduled to 2nd February.
Saturday 1st February - Captain's Drive-In: See the panel above for details. 10:00 am tee off.
Sunday 2nd February - RTTV Round 1: Tee off at 8:30 am. £3 entry Fee. See panel above.
Tuesday 4th February - Tiger Trophy: Cards drawn at 8:15 am.
Saturday 8th February - 3CL v Vivary Park Winter Knockout: See panel below. 
Sunday 9th February - Medal: Entry Sheet on Notice Board or via Howdidido


3 Counties League Winter Knockout

The Folke v Vivary Park 3 Counties League Knockout that was postponed in 2024 will now take place at the Yeovil Newton Course on Saturday 8th February. The first tee is at 11:06 am and the Entry Sheet is on the Club Notice Board. 

 Results of Other Recent Events

2024 OOM for RTTV (Nov) and the Monthly medal.

Monthly Medal Order of Merit
(For 2025, both the gross and nett winning scores will be recorded)

RTTV Round 12 -  22nd December

 Final Round/ Double Bubble - match report.
This report from Andy Cole: Alan Smith ran like the wind today straight to a win with 4 pars, 6 bogeys and 31 Stableford points. Reece Lambert didn’t get the wind knocked out of him on the back 9 finishing in 2nd with 29 points beating Anthony Wynne on countback. 4th Nathan Lambourne 27pts, 5th myself 26pts, 6th Nigel Bow 23pts, Stephen Terry 21pts and last but not least John Howes 20pts.
Honourable mention goes to Nathan L for ‘Nearest the pin’ on the 10th and Reece for ‘Nearest in 2’ on the 17th both winning a Rttv cup and Xmas stocking 👍👍. Also again to Reece for scoring 2 birdies and lowest gross of 90 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛👏👏.
The final standings/ best 8 of the year are -
1st - Reece Lambert = 138,000 Rttv points.
2nd Alan Smith = 113,000 pts.
3rd Martin Blatchford = 100,000 pts.
Congratulations to you all 👏,,,,,"
Round 12 & Overall Results
Overall Leader - Reece Lambert
2nd Overall and 1st in Round 12
Alan Smith

2025 Club Captains Charity

Julia’s House is a Children's Hospice in Dorset and Wiltshire. We are an award-winning children’s hospice charity dedicated to bringing comfort and care to families across the two counties. Each family we support is unique and so is the care we provide. When a family finds out that their child has a very serious medical condition, which is life-limiting or life-threatening, their world falls apart. Julia’s House exists to help these children and their families.

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  • Folke Golf Centre
  • Folke Lane
  • Alweston, Sherborne
  • Dorset DT9 5HR
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  • 01963  23330

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