The 64th Annual Dinner and Prize Presentation of the Teesside & District Union of Golf Clubs took place on Friday 22nd October, following cancellation of the 2020 event due to Covid.

The event, held at the Sporting Lodge Inn, Middlesbrough, was attended by 120 golfers from across the region.

John Simpson has served as the President of the Union for two years during a time when the pandemic resulted in some of the fixtures being cancelled.

Nevertheless, John, a member of Richmond Golf Club for 35 years and Captain in 2013 said: “It has been a privilege to serve as President of the Union during turbulent times caused by Covid, but once again there has been some tremendous golf played and it gives me great pleasure to present the prizes this evening.”

The photograph shows John, on the right, presenting the 2020 Charles Amer Salver to the Richmond Golf Club Team of Bruce Tate, Bob Amor and Gary Emmerson (for Ian Allan).

Richmond (Yorks) Golf Club was the venue for a highly successful charity fashion show on Monday 11th October.

124 players enjoyed the Autumn Open played in perfect weather and the course was in excellent condition.

Thanks to the volunteers for making the event run smoothly, the bar and kitchen staff who were on duty all day as well as the greenstaff who are on duty every day.

Leading Stableford Scores:

1st J Stawart, T Hardaker, A Bunker, P Grieveson – Wensleydale 91
2nd H Bulleyment, C Long, R Wardle, J Plenderleith – Driffield 90
3rd D Bolton, M Turner, A Gelder, D Holmes – Richmond/Catterick 89 CB
4th S Kirk, C Pattison, N Bolam, S Curl – Roseberry Grange 89 CB
5th A Charlton, D McMain, S Bates, M Tinkler – Catterick/Knotty Hill 89 CB
Best Gross C Smith, A Ayres, R Bastow, R Campbell – Richmond 134

Vouchers will be posted to the winners on Monday.

Next Open Saturday 6th November Gents/Ladies/Mixed 4BBB

Full Results:

Gents captain Martin Catt has represented the Golf Club in the Richmond 950 celebrations, taking part in a walk from Castle Bolton to Richmond Castle on September 25.

On a gloriously sunny afternoon 42 people took on the challenge of the Cross Country Competition in support of my charity (Rufus Wood – a community woodland being created as part of the 950 celebrations).

Today (September 14) is Thank A Greenkeeper Day and we salute the Richmond GC Team for all their efforts in sun, rain, hail and snow throughout the year.

To all of you who have supported the Andrew Jackson Day I am delighted to inform you that Callum Tarren from Darlington, who was sponsored by the AJ Trust Fund, has secured his USPGA tour card.

Dion Wood and Vicky Johnson have been crowned 2021 champion golfers at Richmond Golf Club after winning the Club Championships.

Graeme Storm hosted the second Graeme Storm Golf Academy Pro’s Day at Richmond Golf Club on Sunday, August 22.

Vicky Johnson was crowned Ladies Champion golfer for 2021 on Saturday, August 21 after winning by a shot on a rain-hit day at Richmond Golf Club.

140 players enjoyed our excellent course on Tuesday 17th August on the second day of the Dales Festival and congratulations to the winners.

The annual Andrew Jackson Golf Day took place at Richmond Golf Club on Friday, July 16 with Eddie Humphries’ team winning the prize.

It was great to see 122 players enjoying the course in much better weather than expected at the Gents Open on Saturday, July 3.

Richmond (Yorks) Golf Club held a Ladies’ Golf Taster Session on Saturday 19th June, when 24 ladies new to the sport were given free coaching from resident PGA Professional Mark Robson of the Graeme Storm Golf Academy, based at the Club.

Richmond GC professional Graeme Storm has won the Golf Orka Championship 2020ProTour event at Rockliffe Hall.

Special thanks to Lynn Nowicki and Gary Catt who presented this year’s Club Captains’, Penny and Martin, with new flags to be used at their upcoming Captains’ Week.

We had beautiful conditions to play today and the course looked perfect so lots of excellent scores.

Chris Lightfoot and Ruth Lightfoot won the Families Trophy with an excellent score of 41, just beating Steve & Mark Turner on countback.