Seniors Section

Bridgnorth Golf Club has a very active Seniors Men's Section and which is open to any male member who is over 55 years of age (or will be during the playing season) and who wishes to enjoy friendly and competitive golf with other like-minded gentlemen.

Aims and Objectives of the Senior Men's Section

To establish a framework for Senior men to compete and enjoy golf in a spirit of friendliness and fair play.
To uphold the values of respect, integrity, courtesy, inclusion and sociability.
To promote the interests of the Senior Men's section to the Management Committee.
To promote Bridgnorth Golf Club to senior members of other golf clubs.
To organise tournaments and matches for the enjoyment of all senior male members and to generate income for the club.

Club Senior Competitions

There are a number of club competitions for Senior Men: Senior Championship, Veterans Cup and Day Trophy. In addition a Singles Matchplay knock-out competition is played throughout the summer for the prestigious Frank Armstrong Cup and which is presented at the Christmas lunch. A new competition was introduced in 2015 in respect of our 2014 Seniors Captain, Bob Fielding, and who we sadly lost during his Captaincy year; this is an individual stableford competition, played from the yellow tees, with full handicap allowance and is open to all Bridgnorth Club Senior Men with the winner receiving The Bob Fielding Memorial Trophy and which was kindly donated by Bob's wife, Jane.

The Senior men also play in Mixed competitions: The Rolling Pin against the Ladies; The Sidaway Cup where a Senior Man plays with a Lady partner. Later in teh season the Ladies, Juniors and Senior men play in 3 balls for the Thompson Trophy and The Purnell Trophy.

Games and Matches

Players get together on an informal basis in common with all Club members but also regularly play together as Seniors on a Tuesday and Thursday.

On the 1st Tuesday and the 3rd Thursday of each month, there is a Stableford played off the yellow tees. Entry fee £6 including 2s in the Pro shop. HowDidido will publish the results. There are no reserved tee times, just book any tee times as for general play and then enter in the Pro shop. This will help you to gain the requisite 4 competitive qualifying scores on your handicap record to enable you to win trophies.

One of the highlights of the Seniors calendar is the Friendly Fixture list in which Seniors participate in matches against other local clubs, around 25 matches in total during the Spring/Summer period. The format is friendly in that the competitions are in four-ball betterball format, with handicap allowance as per England Golf Matchplay guidelines and played from the yellow tees. The matches are followed by a meal and the day is truly enjoyed by all. It is customary for the host club to buy the drinks, which is reciprocated on the return visit. Clubs participating in these Friendly matches receive courtesy of the course when playing in away matches; all in all a great day out for everyone. If you are 55 or more, male and would like to play at the golf courses listed below at no green fee, just sign up on ClubV1 on the Members hub of our website or contact the Seniors Captain.

The clubs participating in our home and away matches include Brocton Hall, Droitwich, The Mount, The Shropshire, Penn, Enville, Oxley Park, Lilleshall Hall, Ludlow, Shifnal, South Staffs and Wrekin. Additionally a special annual competition is held, 'The Centenary Bowl' and which is played between Bridgnorth, Minchinhampton and Stinchcombe Hill, with each club taking it in turns to host the competition.

Ken Smith Trophy

Men over 55 can represent the Club in 'The Ken Smith Trophy'. This is a SHUGC competition played during the autumn and winter. A team of six players compete in a scratch four ball better ball against opposing clubs. Low handicap players are encouraged to contact Paul McGarry (1st team captain) & Billy Russell (2nd team captain).

History

Whilst Seniors have always played together on a daily/weekly basis, the organisation of annual competitions and Inter-Club Friendly matches, have been coordinated from 1959 to 2012 by Senior Organisers, who were Lewis Hand, Dennis Pamphillon, then John James.

In 2012 the club agreed to allow the Seniors Section to elect a Seniors Captain and Vice Captain. After being Seniors Organiser for 11 years John James was elected as the 2012 Seniors Captain. Following on are Mike Purnell (2013), Bob Fielding (2014 Part), Charles Dawson (2014 Part), Dave Fenwick (2015), Barry Holmyard (2016), Ernie Jarman (2017), Robert Baker (2018), Charles Stadnick (2019), Tony Clarke (2020/21), Kelvin Weeks (2022), David Gough (2023) and Tony Seeley (2024).

The Seniors Section is indebted to all the above members.

Senior Opens

There are three Senior Opens, which are run annually.

Senior Men's Singles Open (The Duke Trophy).
Senior Men's Pairs Open.
Senior Mixed Open.

All past senior competitions have been well supported by Bridgnorth players as well as from visiting clubs.

Entry forms and online booking can be found here

Senior Captain

If you are a Senior male member (55 and over) and would like more information then please feel free to contact the Senior Men's Captain Tony Seeley on 07583 071588 or Email at seeleytony@gmail.com

Social Media

We have a Facebook page for the Seniors! Please look and Like the page for Seniors announcements, news, fixtures and results, etc.

We also have a Flickr page for the Seniors! For all the latest photographs, etc.