The 2025 Senior Captain is John Howes and the Fixtures Officer 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 2025 Club Calendar of Events is shown on the Calendar Page. Further details can be seen in the information shown below.
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 will take place after the Sunday Medal on January 4th. All members are requested to attend.
OOM Information
The 2025 OOM leaders for the Thursday medal and the Tiger Trophy are shown in the Table below. Note that for the 2025 weekday medal 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.
Recent and Forthcoming Events for Seniors.
Wednesday 12th November - Committee Meeting: See the salient points from the meeting on the Members Admin page.
Thursday 13th November - Roll Up: Won by Matt Lambert with 37 points. See the Result Table below.
Tuesday 18th November - Roll Up: Won by Kevin Down with 34 points. See the result table below.
Thursday 20th November - Medal: Both nett and Gross scores Won by Ned Compton Dart (nett 70/gross 85). See Results and OOM Tables below
Tuesday 25th November - Roll Up: Won by Grant Jones with 39 points. See Result Table below.
Thursday 27th November - Roll Up: Won by Kevin Down with 37 points. See Result Table below.
Sunday 30th November - RTTV Round 11: Won on countback by Dean Vincent with 31 points. See the Special Events page for details.
Tuesday 2nd December - Tiger Trophy: Won by Gary Rogers with 34 points. Overall winner Dave Hewitt. See Panel below.
Thursday 4th December - Roll Up: Course Closed
Tuesday 9th December - Roll Up: Carry only.
Thursday 11th December - Roll Up: Cards drawn at 8:45 am.
Sunday 14th December - Medal: Won by Martin Blatchford (gross 84) and Mark Scard (nett 73), See the Special Events page for details.
Tuesday 16th December - Senior Xmas Stableford: See Panel below for details.
Wednesday 17th December - Committee Meeting: 6:30 pm at Folke.
Thursday 18th December - Medal: Won by Anthony Wynne - Lowest nett (78) and Ned Compton-Dart Lowest gross (92). See panel below.
Saturday 20th December - Club Xmas Stableford and Draw: See Special Events page for details.
Sunday 4th January - Medal followed by the AGM : Tee off at 10:00 am.
Congratulations to the 2025 Thursday Medal Order of Merit winners. Nigel Bow and Kevin Down shared the gross order of merit with 31 points and Ned Compton Dart won the net order of merit with 24 points. Ned had the lowest gross score on the final round on 18th December and Tony Wynne had lowest nett with 78.
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.
Senior Friendly Fixtures: The Table shows the senior friendly fixtures for 2025. These friendly matches are for all senior members whatever their handicap and all seniors are encouraged to participate. . A big thank-you to Team Captain John Howes and to Gary Rogers for setting up the matches with the opposing team captains. The fixtures are all now complete with following results:
Scheduled matches ..............14
Matches Cancelled ...............3
Won ...................................5
Drawn .................................1
Lost ....................................5
Watch this space for the 2026 fixtures that will be defined in January 2026
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