Thursday Medal Results and OOM
19th March 2026
The 2026 Senior Captain is Gary Rogers. Regular Tuesday and Thursday morning Block Bookings are reserved for groups of senior players. The tee time allocations for Senior roll up events will be done by a draw 15 minutes prior to tee off on the day. On alternate "free" Tuesday and Thursday Roll Ups several different formats may be used. For the latest information see the Folke Senior WhatsApp group page. (To join the group contact Toni in the Club House). You can indicate your intention to play in special events and team matches via the Entry Sheets on the Club Notice Board.
Club Events 2026
The 2026 Club Calendar of Events can be seen on the Calendar Page. The 2026 match schedule is shown in the panel below. Current events are listed in the panel below.
Committee Meetings: The club officials meet once per month - usually at 6:30 pm at Folke. All members are welcome to attend. The date of the next meeting is shown below and the results of the meetings are shown on the Members Admin page of this web site.
OOM Information
The 2026 OOM leaders for the Thursday medal and the Tiger Trophy are shown in the Table below. Both the scratch and handicap (nett) winners are recognised. The 2026 Sunday Medal and Race to the Village results and OOMs can be seen on the Special Events page.
Knockout Competitions:
The Club, Senior, and Veterans Winter Knockout pairings are shown on the Knockout page. The completion dates for each round are also shown on the K/O page although extensions are expected due to the recent weather. Congratulations to Geoff Bannister - winner of the Veteran's Winter Knockout final against Dick Lawson.
The Entry Sheets for the 2026 Summer Knockouts are now on the board. When entering, please consider the Knockout Guidelines shown on the board adjacent to the Entry Forms. The last day for entries is 4pm on 13th April and the Summer Knockout draw will take place at the April Committee Meeting.
Week Day Roll Ups: The Tuesday and Thursday Roll Ups are for all club members but the money pot is for seniors only. Cards are drawn at 8:15 am. The roll up will take place each Tuesday and Thursday if no other special events or matches are schedule for the day. A new Seniors 9 Hole eclectic competition has been arranged. See the panels below for details.
Sunday and Weekday Medal Competitions
These once per month competitions are for all club members. The Weekday medal commences at the reserved tee times at 8:30 am with cards drawn at 8:15 am although the members can arrange their own tee times throughout the day. The Sunday Medal usually starts at 8:00 am with tee times pre-drawn by the handicap secretary.
Recent and Forthcoming Events for Seniors
Tuesday 3rd March - Tiger Trophy: Won by Tony Smith with an amazing 36 points! See the Results and OOM on the panel below.
Thursday 5th March - Roll Up: Won by Mark Maguire with 35 points.
Saturday 7th March - Captain's drive-In: See the Special Events page for details.
Sunday 8th March - Medal: Won by Kevin Down (Gross 82) and Ian Clothier (Nett 68). See the full results and Order of Merit in the panel below.
Tuesday 10th March - County Card Trophy: At Folke. Won by Sam Ingles-Mcbeath with 35 points. See Panel below.
Wednesday 11th March - Committee Meeting: See the Members Admin page for the results of the meeting.
Tuesday 17th March - Breakfast Stableford: Won by Sam Inglis-Mcbeath with 35 Points. See the panel below for details.
Thursday 19th March - Medal: Won by Nigel Bow (Nett 71) and Kevin Down (Gross 81). See results and Order of Merit Tables below.
Tuesday 24th March - Roll Up: Won by Andy Brown with 36 points. See Result Table below.
Thursday 26th March - Roll Up: Won by Sam Inglis-Mcbeath with 31 points.
Tuesday 31st March - Roll Up: Won by Andy Brown with 38 points. See the result Table below.
Thursday 5th April - Roll Up: Cards drawn at 8:15 am.
Tuesday 7th April - Tiger Trophy: Cards drawn at 8:15 am.
Thursday 9th April - County Card Trophy: See the details in the CCT Panel below.
Sunday 12th April - Medal: Enter via Howdidido or Entry Sheet on the Notice Board. Tee times drawn on Friday 10th April
Folke Seniors competitions have concentrated on Tuesdays and Thursdays with play over 18 holes. However, there is a good size group of Seniors who play over 9 holes during the week who are left to their own devices. To make the latter group more inclusive, the mid-week 9 hole Seniors Eclectic has been devised. To see the details of this new competition click HERE
Although Axe Cliff withdrew, the fixture list is still fairly full. Hopefully we will be able to gather a team for all the remaining events. I will continue to do the match admin, but intend to pass the "playing down with the captain" and after meal speech to a "Captain for the day". The Captain will be selected from the team list, you will only be expected to do it once. The Home match arrangements are to have a slight change. There will now be tea/coffee on arrival and the post match meal will be the traditional 2 option hot buffet followed by pudding. With the £7 Club subsidy this would leave a nett cost of £13. As we are often treated to a nearest the pin prize at away matches I would like to introduce this to the home events. A bottle of wine for the away team will cost about £6 (Lidl's best) and therefore the total cost to each player will be £13.50 (or £14.00 if you want it for the home team to be included as well). Let me know your feelings. Captain Gary
The Eclectic is a background competition i.e it is an add on to the 9 hole stroke play competitions you usually play mid-week. You will still have your usual pools pot which you will continue to divvy up after the game.
If you want your stroke play score to be included within the background Eclectic table simply (prior to play) register on Howdidido your intention to play and put in your 50p Eclectic fee in the pot. Once your round is completed submit your cardboard scorecard and enter your strokes on Howdidido. The Howdidido system will do all the necessary calculations.
You can only enter the Eclectic once a week (Tuesday or Wednesday) and for a maximum of 12 weeks. The Eclectic record is automatically updated regularly and the winner/ runner-up will be identified at the end of the 12 week period. As the Eclectic offers you multiple chances to improve upon your previous strokes, a separate handicap allowance of 60% is applied to the background calculations.
Rules and conditions
The scores entered onto the eclectic record will be the best/ lowest score for each hole over the 3 month/ 12 week competition.
The handicap allowance calculated within the eclectic record will be 60% of the players handicap index which exists up to and including the last day of play within the eclectic period. The eclectic handicap is totally different from the playing handicap used in the Tuesday and Wednesday 9 hole Stablefords played and is there simply to support the eclectic record
1. Players must be members of Folke Golf Club and over the age of 55.
2. The game will be played over holes 1 to 9 of Folke Golf Centre off the white tees.
3. The game must be played in accordance with the R&A Rules of Golf; local Rules will apply.
4. The player will choose to play either on the Tuesday or Wednesday in any week during the 12 week ecelectic, NOT both days in the same week. Different day option can be chosen each week.
5. The scores from Tuesday submissions and Wednesday submissions will go into the same eclectic record.
6. The 9 hole game will be played on a stroke play format. Where a Stableford format is played, “blobbed” holes will be recorded as net double bogey e.g par 4 with 1 shot allowance – blobbed hole will be recorded as 7 strokes on the cardboard scorecard/ the howdidido submission
7. The eclectic score will be calculated by the Howdidido software. The players simply need to record and submit their strokes on the day of play
8. The 9 hole eclectic round cannot be part of another competition being played simultaneously.
9. Players need to submit a completed cardboard scorecard. The scorecard will need to (a) indicate the tees played by ticking the appropriate box at the top of the card (b) inserting the name of the comp “MID WEEK ECLECTIC” (c) the date (d) inserting Playing Handicap (d) inserting the player’s name (e) completing the card with both player’s and marker’s signature.
10. The marker must have witnessed the 9 hole round and recorded the strokes taken. The marker must be a player with a current WHS handicap.
11. The intention to play must be recorded on the Howdidido App and the 50p fee be put into the pot prior to play taking place.
12. The completed score card must be left in the box provided. The score must be entered into the Howdidido App at the earliest opportunity following completion of the 9 holes.
13. The eclectic will be played over 3 months/ 12 weeks (the dates to be announced).
14. A player can submit 1 score card in each week of the comp. A maximum of 12 submissions.
15. The prize pool will be paid out to the winner and runner up on a 60%/ 40% basis.
16. The Folke Golf Club committee will adjudicate any discrepancies. The decision of the committee will be final.
Likely pay outs: if 12 players take part and play an average of 8 submissions within the12 weeks, then the total prize fund would be (12 x 8 x 50p) £48 - £28.80 to the winner, £19.20 to the runner up.
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Club Captain Nigel Bow is continuing the support to Julia's House through 2026. The club raised £4,735 for the charity in 2025. Julia’s House is a Children's Hospice in Dorset and Wiltshire and they are an award-winning children’s hospice charity dedicated to bringing comfort and care to families across the two counties. Each family they support is unique and so is the care they 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.