Senior Section

 

Welcome to the Senior Section

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.

Senior Events 2025
 The   2026 Club Calendar of Events  will be  shown on the Calendar Page when available.  

Committee  Meetings and AGM: 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 meeting are shown on  the Members Admin page of this web site. Please note that  the AGM took place after the Sunday Medal on January 4th. 

OOM Information
The 2025 OOM leaders for the Thursday medal and the Tiger Trophy are shown in the Table below. Both the scratch and handicap (nett) winners will be recognised. The 2025 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.

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 (8:45 am Dec/Jan). The roll up will take place each Tuesday and Thursday if no other special events or matches are schedule for the day.

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.

Team Matches
The results of the 2025 senior friendly match schedule are shown below and the matches are now complete. The 2026 match schedule will be shown when available.

Recent and Forthcoming  Events for Seniors
Sunday 4th January - Medal : See the Special Events Page for the results.
Sunday 4th January - AGM : See the Members Admin page for the meeting notes.
Tuesday 6th January - Tiger Trophy: Won by John Howes with 34 points from Tony Smith. See the Result Table below.
Thursday 8th January - Roll Up: Rained off
Tuesday 13th January - Roll Up.: Rained off
Thursday 15th January- Medal: Rained off.
Tuesday 20th January - Roll Up.: Won by Mark Maguire with 29 points. See the Result Table below.
Thursday 22nd January- Roll Up: Course Closed
Tuesday 27th January - County Card Trophy: Postponed due to extreme weather.
Thursday 29th January - Medal: Cancelled
Sunday 1st February - Daily Mail Foursomes Qualification: Winning pair to represent our club will be Toby Harris and TBD.
Tuesday 3rd February - Tiger Trophy: Re-scheduled to 10th Feb.
Saturday 7th February - Captain's Drive In: A fun charity day. See the header on the Special Events page for details.
Sunday 8th February - Medal: Enter via Howdidido or the Entry Sheet on the Notice board.
Tuesday 10th February - Tiger Trophy:(Was 3rd Feb)
Wednesday 11th February - Committee Meeting: 6:30 pm at Folke.
Further Information on 2026 events will be added when available.

2026 Senior Friendly Matches
A Message from Senior Captain Gary Rogers

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 rain and cold may be restricting our golfing but there is always a warm welcome to be had in the club house!

Thursday Medal Order of Merit

Congratulations to the 2025 Thursday Medal Order of Merit winners. Nigel Bow won the gross order of merit with 32 points and Ned Compton Dart won the net order of merit with 23 points. Ned had the lowest gross score on the final round on 18th December and Tony Wynne had lowest nett with 78.

Christmas Stableford

Following several days of heavy rain the Senior Christmas Stableford competition was cancelled but the Christmas Lunch courtesy of Toni, Nigel and the clubhouse team went ahead as planned.  The excellent lunch, enjoyed by over 30 members, was followed by the presentation of the 2025 prizes and then the raffle in aid of Julia's House. (The event raised £345 to add to the over £4000 donations made to date).
Prizes were awarded to the Thursday Medal, Tiger Trophy, and knockout winners. (See winners Photo). Big thank-you to the club house team, and to John Howes and Gary Rogers for steering the seniors through another great year of senior golf at Folke.

2026 Senior Captain's Charity

Julia’s House is a Children's Hospice in Dorset and Wiltshire. 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. Total Raised for Julia's House at Folke in 2025 was £4735

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

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