King's Lynn Golf Club hosted their annual Mixed Open on Sunday 7th July. The weather was perfect for playing golf, warm with a cooling breeze. Once again this was a very popular event, with 80 players representing 30 different clubs taking part. The format for the day was better ball stableford played off the white tees for men and the red tees for ladies and only open to away players. The competitors found the course challenging but in excellent condition. The cooler weather saw some of the early competitors score well on their front nine and overall some high scores were achieved. The winners were Tessa and John Summers from Aldeburgh Golf Club with 43 points. Second place went to Jackie and Mike Luetchford from Royal Cromer Golf Club with 42 points. Third place went to Jo and David Ashmore from Bawburgh Golf Club with 41 points. Fourth place went to Monica and Bruce Dorrington from Eaton Golf Club with 40 points OCB. Fifth place went to Rachell Nicholls and Wayne Porter from Greetham Valley Golf Club with 40 points. Best Front nine went to Simon Tate and Kelly Saunders from Diss Golf Club with 21 points and Best Back nine went to Alan Shaw and Clare Shaw with 22 points OCB. Nearest the pin on the 5th (Men) Chris Cooper from Eaton Golf Club, nearest the pin on the 16th (Ladies) Monica Dorrington from Eaton Golf Club and nearest the pin on the 18th in two (everyone) Jane Darling Stowmarket Golf Club.

Picture - Nigel Chettleburgh (Club Captain), Tessa Summers, John Summers and Anita Goddard (Ladies Captain)

King's Lynn Golf Club hosted their annual Seniors' Open on Monday 20th May 2019. The weather started off cloudy and wet but the sun shone in the afternoon. The event was popular with 80 players representing 35 different clubs from all over the country but the honours mostly went to the local golfers. The 18 hole stableford competition was played off the white tees and the competitors found the course challenging with only two scoring par (36 points). The overall winner was Phil Hacking from Royal Cromer Golf Club with a score of 36 Pts OCB. He beat Tony Gurney-Read also from Royal Cromer Golf Club, who was the winner of Division A (0 – 12 Hcp), with a score of 36 Pts. The winner of Division B (13 - 24 Hcp) was Chris Adams from Hale Golf Club in Cheshire with a score of 33 Pts.


Overall Winner Phil Hacking Royal Cromer 36 Pts OCB

Division A 0 - 12 HCP

1st Tony Gurney-Read Royal Cromer 36 Pts
2nd Colin Campbell Eaton 35 Pts OCB
3rd Tim Weston Royal Norwich 35 Pts
4th Simon Howe Bury St Edmunds 32 Pts OCB
5th Nick Brewer Royal Norwich 32 Pts

Division B 13- 24 HCP

1st Chris Adams Hale 33 Pts
2nd Graham Goulton Gt Yarmouth and Caister 32 Pts OCB
3rd Gary Wood Bishop Stortford 32 Pts OCB
4th Stephen Stutters Bury St Edmunds 32 Pts
5th Don Werner Stoke Rocheford 31 Pts OCB

Nearest Pin

5th Chris Adams Hale

12th Stuart Mudie Eaton

16th Bill Calderwood Eaton

18th in Two Richard Lawton Kibworth