Welcome to the Bawburgh Golf Club Veterans Section

The Veterans Section is a friendly and active part of the club, offering a fantastic mixture of competitive and social golf throughout the year. Whether you are looking to play regularly, meet new members, enjoy some friendly competition or represent Bawburgh against other clubs, there is plenty to get involved with.

Our main Veterans Day is Tuesday, with competitions taking place on approximately 50 weeks of the year. These include a wide variety of individual, pairs and team events, helping to keep the programme varied and enjoyable throughout the season.

The full schedule of competitions and events can be found in the Veterans Section Diary, available through the Bawburgh Golf Club website and Teamup.

Joining the Veterans Section

The annual Veterans Section membership fee is just £3.00. This contribution helps us run the section, organise competitions and provide an enjoyable programme of friendly and competitive golf for our members.

The fee is taken when you first join the section and then annually at the beginning of January.

Most Tuesday competitions have an entry fee of £3.00, with approximately 70% of competition entry fees returned as prizes. Depending on the format, prizes are normally awarded through divisions to give golfers of all abilities the opportunity to compete.

Many competitions also include a Nearest the Pin prize, together with an optional Birdie 2s competition.

Our Main Events

There are several highlights in the Veterans calendar each year.

Our Veterans Masters, played in May, is one of the section’s major competitions, while the Veterans Open, held during July, is one of our biggest events of the year and welcomes players from clubs across the area.

Another firm favourite is the Simmo’s Salver, which is played across ten rounds during the season and creates plenty of friendly competition throughout the year.

We also organise a Singles Summer Knockout, a Winter Pairs League, matches against our own Ladies Section and, of course, the annual Veterans Captain’s Day.

One of the strengths of the Veterans Section is its friendly atmosphere. Throughout the season, tee times and playing groups are regularly mixed, giving members the opportunity to play with different people and get to know more members of the section.

Representing Bawburgh

There are also opportunities to represent Bawburgh Golf Club in county and inter-club competitions.

We enter an ten-player team into the Barnard Trophy, the county summer knockout competition, as well as an eight-player team into the Hodds Salver, an Over-60s winter knockout competition.

Our programme of friendly matches against other golf clubs across Norfolk and Suffolk is particularly popular.

These matches provide an excellent opportunity to visit other courses, represent Bawburgh and enjoy a sociable day of golf with fellow members.

The cost is normally around £22, which typically includes use of the changing and shower facilities, your round of golf and a meal afterwards. Considering the normal visitor green fee at many of the clubs we visit, these matches offer excellent value.

Please note that inter-club matches are played on various days of the week and are not restricted to Tuesdays.

If you would like to represent the Veterans Section in one of these matches, you can register your interest and sign up through:

www.bawburghvets.co.uk

Getting Involved

The Veterans Section is run by a committee of six members who work throughout the year to organise competitions, matches and social events for the section.

Your principal contacts for 2026 are:

Owen Williams – Veterans Secretary
[email protected]

Geoff Blagg – Veterans Captain 2026
07769 675069

Most importantly, we want every new member to feel welcome.

If you are joining the Veterans Section and do not already know someone to play with, please speak to Golf Reception. We will be more than happy to arrange your first Veterans competition tee time alongside a member of the committee or another regular Veterans player.

We hope you enjoy being part of the Bawburgh Veterans Section and look forward to seeing you out on the course during 2026.