NGL Captain's Autumn  meeting & AGM

21st October 2025 at Whittlebury Park GC

Competition report

A very windy day and some incredible tough pin positions caused the majority of player to struggle to score well.

The Blackburn shield is played for by the over 75’s in the group and was won by Mike Robertson (Whittlebury) with 33pts

The ‘younger’ players challenged for the Silver Salver

This year with an excellent score of 39 points was new member Barry Harding (Daventry)

Nearest the pin was picked up by Phil Horne (Kingsthorpe), who managed to score an impressive 2 under gross on the par 3’s 

AGM

At the AGM, Rod Gibbs (Wellingborough) handed over the role of President to Peter Coles (Whittlebury). This is Peters 2nd stint as President of the NGL Captains

Peter Clarke (Wellingborough) was appointed as Vice President

David Hill (Kingsthorpe) was appointed as Secretary

& Mike Peace as Auditor

Thanks were given to Ivan Roy (Overstone), who has stood down after years of service as Secretary.

Match schedule for 2026 was presented with a new opportunity for Northants to enter an inter-counties event at St Mellion in October

Northamptonshire Captains Matches 2026

27th March – Winter Meeting - Kilworth Springs GC

1st April – County Juniors - Kingsthorpe GC

29th April – Spring Meeting - Rutland GC

May – Bedfordshire – AWAY – awaiting details from Bedfordshire

13th May – Buckinghamshire – Kingsthorpe GC

1st June – Warwickshire – Whittlebury Park GC

8th June - Lady Captains – Oundle GC

16th June – 4 Counties – Glen Gorse GC - Leicestershire hosting.

29th June – Past President’s Day – Wellingborough GC

6th July – Summer meeting - Wellingborough GC

31st July – President's Day – Whittlebury Park GC 

12th August – 3 Counties - Ramsey GC - Cambridgeshire Hosting 

20th August – Norfolk – Overstone Park

21st August – Norfolk – Overstone Seniors

2nd September – Hertfordshire – Royston GC

11th September - Cambridgeshire – St. Neots GC

22nd September - Leicestershire – Market Harborough GC

6th – 7th October – St Mellion – Inter Counties, Captains Challenge

14th October – AM/AM - Kettering GC

20th October – Autumn Meeting – To be arranged.