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4BBB Knockout 2026 Final

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Brian Mushens reports... Last Monday (7th September), I had the pleasure of refereeing this year's final between the South/West regional winners, Alan Montier and Mike Penlington of Dainton Park and Steve Sheldon and Darren Thorpe of Exeter who had won the North/East region. Thanks to Neil Hayman and General Manager, Simon Bawden, Stover was chosen as the neutral venue and the course was in good condition after the prolonged dry spell and the greens proved to be particularly quick as evidenced by two cases of "degreening". The early holes were halved with Alan and Mike using their shots (2 and 6 respectively) wisely but it was Steve … [Read more...]

DGC AGM 2026

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Documents for the Annual General Meeting, which will precede the prize presentation on Thursday, 17th September 2026 at Yelverton Golf Club, are available below Agenda Minutes of the 2025 meeting Treasurer's report President's report Captain's report President Elect's statement Captain Elect's statement Vice-Captain Elect's statement Fixture Secretary's report Secretary's report You can download all of the above documents as a single zip file here … [Read more...]

Success for Bob Beeson

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The inaugural annual meeting of County Club Captains 2025 was hosted by Richard Jays, Captain of Sussex Golf Captains in 2025, at Littlehampton Golf Club last week. Bob Beeson, DGC Captain in 2025, mastered the windy and unfamiliar links conditions and with a score of 37 points won the trophy. He now has the pleasure of hosting the event in Devon next year. … [Read more...]

DGC AGM 2025

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In advance of the AGM which will precede the Prize Presentation on Thursday 18th September 2025 at Stover GC please use the links below to access the documents on the website.2025 agenda2024 minutes2024 accountsPresident's reportCaptain's reportSecretary's reportFixture Secretary reportPresident elect introductionCaptain elect introductionVice-Captain elect introductionShould you wish to download all of the above documents as a single zip file, please click hereKind RegardsIan R BlackDevon Golf Captains - Hon Secretary & Treasurer … [Read more...]

2025 Annual Dinner and Charity Presentations

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Bob Beeson reports … This year’s Devon Golf Captains dinner was a most enjoyable evening hosted by the Captain, Bob Beeson, ably assisted by his Vice Captain, Dave Smith, along with the instigators of the night, Graham Heaman and Steve Spicer. Excellent food and wine was backed up with first class service and we were made to feel so welcome back at Sandy Park. Entertainment was provided by Tank Sherman, an old favourite with Devon Golf Captains. He lived up to his reputation for providing a fine night of comedy without offending anybody. Tank assisted with the auction with all proceeds going to the Exeter Chiefs … [Read more...]

Charity presentations

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The chosen charities to benefit from the auction at the inaugural dinner at Sandy Park in February 2024 were the Devon Air Ambulance Trust and the RNLI. Captain Jeff Laing and co-organiser Steve Spicer recently visited Eaglescott Airfield , Umberleigh - one of the 2 airfields used by the Devon Air Ambulance - to present a cheque for £1537. Devon Air Ambulance employs 140 staff and 600 volunteers help to raise monies to run 2 helicopters and critical care cars at an annual cost of £10.5 million. Eaglescott is the base for the smaller Airbus H135 helicopter with the larger H145 based at Exeter Airport. Although the aircraft was grounded … [Read more...]

Devon Golf Captains’ Inaugural Annual Dinner Friday February 16th at Sandy Park

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The inaugural annual Devon Golf Captains Dinner, held at Sandy Park, was very successful in terms of attendance, monies raised for charity and enjoyment for those present. Tickets priced at £50 which provided an excellent meal and four bottles of good wine on each table was acknowledged by all to be excellent value. On top of that a prestigious guest of honour and guest speaker, Rob Baxter OBE Director of Rugby at Exeter Rugby Club, the Chiefs. The raffle was headed up by a most generous first prize from our existing sponsor, Graham Ruth (Bonjour Golf) worth £1000, a golf trip for two, second and third prizes two fabulous Tour Bags … [Read more...]

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