Norfolk first team produced a battling performance before losing out 4-8 to Lincolnshire in a keenly-fought Anglian League encounter at Royal Norwich Golf Club. The visitors took the morning foursomes 3-1 with Ed Dimambro and Tom Beasley the only Norfolk combination to put a point on the board before lunch. But in the afternoon singles the hosts showed never-say-die qualities,
Teenager Sully Goddard claimed the Norfolk Amateur Championship crown with an exemplary display at Bawburgh Golf Club. The Thetford golfer signed for three sub-par scores to close out the 54-hole event on 211 – seven shots clear of runner-up Danny Loveday. Goddard’s victory underlined his fast-track development after a 2025 season in which he claimed the Norfolk Boys title. The
King’s Lynn duo Iain Yule and Mark Butt led the way as Norfolk ended up honours even with Suffolk after a high-class East Anglian Senior League match at Bury St Edmunds Golf Club. The two teams fought out a thrilling encounter that saw the visitors rally to clinch a 7.5-7.5 tie. In the morning foursomes session, Yule and Butt gradually
Middleton Hall owner Dave Freeman teamed up with his west Norfolk club’s PGA professional Adam Lewarne to win the Coronation Salvers in impressive fashion. Freeman and Lewarne received 12 strokes for the historic Stableford tournament, which was staged this year at a sunbaked Ryston Park. After a steady start the pair began to pile up the points. The highlight of
Norfolk’s golfers delivered a superb second-day surge to secure fourth spot in the nine-team Eastern Counties Foursomes at Seacroft Golf Club. Norfolk began the tournament positively as they gleaned six points from an available ten in their opening-session matches with Cambridgeshire and hosts Lincolnshire. Suffolk and eventual winners Leicestershire & Rutland provided stiffer competition in the afternoon to leave Norfolk
Ryston Park Golf Club is offering a fresh challenge in 2026 after the completion of anexciting initiative at the nine-hole course. Last month the west Norfolk club opened eight new tees, and the extensive changeshave been met with widespread approval from its members. with the ninth hole having been adapted previously, the recent development program – costing around £45,000 –
Norfolk’s league season began with a spirited display against the reigning English county golf champions, Leicestershire & Rutland. Norfolk lost out 3.5-8.5 at Cosby Golf Club but joint-managers Simon Clark and Carl Green took plenty of positives from their team’s performance. Sully Goddard and Tom Beasley starred in the morning foursomes, claiming a fine 1-up on the final green. In
Norfolk Seniors began their East Anglian Senior League campaign with a thrilling victory over Northamptonshire at Sheringham Golf Club. Norfolk triumphed 8.5-6.5 after a see-saw encounter, which only swayed the hosts’ way late in the day. Iain Reid and Paul Hendrick posted the first point for Norfolk when they clinched a 4/2 win in the morning foursomes. Sheringham pair Jon
Downham Market’s Jonny Spinks will make his Norfolk first-team debut this weekend after a “16 or 17-year” absence from county colours. Spinks, 33, was a very promising junior and his name appears on the Norfolk Boys trophy. But work priorities – he is a car salesperson in King’s Lynn – meant golf took a back seat for around a decade.
Simon and Hayden Locke proved the perfect double act as they stormed to victory at Sprowston Manor in the two-day Norfolk County Foursomes Championship. The father and son duo dominated the tournament final, beating Scott Sealey and Liam Caffyn 5 and 3. The Locke combination also finished top of the leaderboard after the opening day’s 36-hole Stableford competition. They claimed