Weekly Newsletter

Friday 31st July 2026
In this week's newsletter:
  • Club News: Ed's England Call Up, Tracey makes it a hat-trick, 200 Club July, New Member Applications
  • Course Update: Course Maintenance, Traffic Management
  • Golf News: Junior Bass into Final, Myhill Update, Mixed Golf Update, Handicap League Update, Rule of the Week
  • Upcoming Events: Wednesday Night Menu, August Quiz night
CLUB NEWS
England Call Up

Congratulations to Ed Featherstone, who has been selected to play for England Men.

Ed will represent England in The Home Internationals taking place from 5th-7th August at Woodbrook Golf Club, County Wicklow (Ireland).

All the very best Ed!
Tracey makes it a treble!

Congratulations to Tracey Williamson on completing a remarkable hat-trick of championship victories by winning the East Region Senior Women's Championship held at Barnham Broom.

Tracey won the event with a fantastic 3 under par 71, an incredible 9 shots over her nearest competitor!

Congratulations Tracey!!
200 Club - July Draw

Please see below for the 200 Club July Results, all winnings have been credited to your members card.
200 Club - July Draw
New Member Applications
 
- Clive Prior – Full
- Jamie Harvey – U25 
- Alex Heggie - Junior
- Lewis Heggie - Junior
- Aarron Carter - U40
- Sue Bacon - Social
COURSE UPDATE
Traffic Management

With the prolonged dry conditions, the greens team have been roping off certain parts of the course to try and protect areas during this extremely dry period.

Please can we ask diversions to ensure that these diversions are adhered to so that we can protect these areas.
GOLF NEWS
Junior Bass Team into Final!

The Bass Trophy 2nd team won their semi final last weekend taking on Eaton GC at Barnham Broom.

The boys won the team event 2.5-1.5 and progress through to the final where they will be taking on a team from Royal Cromer, again being hosted at Barnham Broom, on August 15th.

The team has have played Thetford and Kings Lynn in previous rounds.

A mention to Angus and Ella who are part of the squad but not in the photo.

Congratulations to the team and best of luck in the final!

Picture left to right above: Henry, Rory, Hugo and Ru

Myhill update

Sheringham’s 2026 Myhill campaign ended with defeat in a Quarter-Final match at Mattishall GC on Sunday 26th July.

On a tricky away venue not much went right for SGC in the morning matches and with in fairness some good play from the home team Sheringham were left with a mountain to climb at 0-4 down.

With our afternoon clean sweep at Cromer in the previous round still fresh in the memory the team came out firing in the afternoon matches. John Little/Danny Rouse and Phil Webster/Steve Dunsire recorded wins for the visitors but a 2-2 afternoon scoreline meant an overall 2-6 defeat.

As in recent years it was in the end one away match too many, 7 of our last 8 fixtures in the Myhill competition have been away from home.

Hopefully we’ll get a bit more luck on that front going forward and crack the QF stage and beyond.

Thanks to all those who played and supported across the 3 matches this year. 

Paul Hendrick
Myhill Captain

Oh, So Close!
 
Our Mixed Team's outstanding run in the National Mixed Knockout came to the cruellest of ends, missing out on a place in the final by the narrowest of margins.

Having successfully negotiated several local qualifying rounds, we were rewarded with an away semi-final at Belton Park Golf Club in Lincolnshire. The team made the journey in high spirits, full of confidence and determined to give the best possible account of themselves.

Giving shots to the hosts in most of the matches, Sheringham made the perfect start. Gary & Angie Brayshaw produced a good performance to record a convincing 4&3 victory, before Neal & Di Milton followed up with some superb golf to win 5&3 and put Sheringham firmly in control.

Tony & Elaine Richards battled all the way but were edged out on the challenging 18th hole, left to reflect on a handful of missed opportunities on the greens.

John & Julie Little also stood all square after 18 holes. With every match required to produce a winner, they headed down the 19th still locked together. Where our 10-foot birdie putt that would have sealed the match agonisingly slipped by, and the contest moved to the 20th. Giving a shot on the hole ultimately proved decisive. Both sides made par fives, but the home pair's nett birdie was enough to secure the point.

Our final pairing of Martin & Belinda Davison-Gay also reached the 18th all square. Sadly, a visit to the greenside bunker left them unable to get up and down, and they suffered a heartbreaking one-hole defeat.

Despite a tremendous effort from everyone involved, Sheringham fell just short, denied a place in the national finals by the finest of margins 3-2 While the result was naturally disappointing, the team can take enormous pride in reaching the semi-finals of a national competition.

Congratulations to everyone who played a part in such a memorable run.

A special thank you also goes to team organiser Neil Harrington, whose hard work and dedication in arranging the teams and fixtures made this wonderful campaign possible.

 
Team Captain
Gary Brayshaw
Handicap League
 
We can report a challenging draw with Mundesley golf club on Sunday 26/07. The dry desert like conditions were similar to SGC with wild bounces and control of the ball essential. Steve Parker with Andy Kirk fell to a close defeat against a 10 handicapper who was only one over after 11…tough stuff. John Lake and Paul Crapnell also came close but were unable to come back from a fiery Mundesley start. Ian Seward and Bill Boddy were resolute in their 3 and 2 victory. The most extraordinary game of the match was seen with the Mundesley Captain David Bunn partnered by Andrew Basson race into a 4 hole lead which they held after 9.

Ex SGC captains Neill Miller and Martin Read began to pull this back and by the 17th tee were 1 up with Neill having a stroke on the 17th. Both SGC players narrowly missed the green to the left and dropped into an innocuous bunker still in control of the hole. Unfortunately Neill thinned his out of bounds . Martin took 2 to get out and the game was now level . The 18th was playing hard …..the steeply sloped fairway meant that almost all balls returned almost to the tee.   Remarkably both SGC balls managed to find a blade of grass to hold! Neills second just missed to the right never to be seen again. Martin was through the green faced  with a tricky downhill putt over water plates then a huge drop to the hole . Somehow his ball finished about 5 ft away. But David produce a brilliant chip to be 8ft away for 4 and then sunk it. This remarkable game / hole was concluded with a focussed successful putt for the team captain . Phew!

High light of all games were the 9th where no balls would stay on the fairway (except lucky players) and the traumatic 6th hole which after 110 metres plunges down another 150 metres steeply to the green . The fencing over the road at the bottom collects many balls.  This hole is appropriately called ‘Sanitorium’

Thanks to the Mundesley guys who were very welcoming and good company. We look forward to seeing our friends at SGC on August 23rd.

Martin Read

Rule of the Week
 

Sally and June are playing the 1st hole at Sheringham.  Sally plays first and lands her ball on the green quite near the pin.  June hits her shot which lands on the green and knocks Sally’s ball into the hole.  What is the correct procedure?

A - Sally scores 2 for the hole

B - Sally scores 3 for the hole

C - Sally must replace her ball where it was and proceed from there.  June must play her ball from where it came to rest

D - Sally must replace her ball where it was and June must place her ball as near as possible to where it would have come to rest if it had not hit Sally’s ball


 Answer at the end of the newsletter

UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday Night Food
 
If you wish to take advantage of the Wednesday night food offerings, booking ahead of time is essential. The kitchen may close early on this night, if there are no bookings between 5pm and 8pm.
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Answer:  C - Rule 9.6

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