The Competitions and Special Activities at Folke Golf Club

See the latest information on club activities and reports of events and achievements and follow the links for further details where available. (Please see the Senior Page for information on Senior activities and events.)

What's On
Club Captain's Drive-in
Saturday 7th February.

The 2026 Club Captain Nigel Bow has invited members to participate in a Captains drive In - a day filled with fun, laughter and fundraising.  Burgers and chips afterwards. No entry fee but a donation to the captains charity - Julia's House would be appreciated. The sign up sheet is on the Notice Board - hope to see you there.

 

Race to the Village - Final

The final RTTV Round 12 took place on Sunday 28th December.  Andy Cole won the day - a fitting result for all the effort he has made over the year to run the competition.  See the panel below for the detailed results,  Andy's Match Report, and the final leader board. 

2026 Weekend Away

Following the very successful weekend away in September the committee agreed that the 2026 will once more take place at Lanhydroc on the weekend of 25th-27th September.  This years weekend away took place at Lanhydroc Golf Course on 26th-28th September. The weekend will include 3 rounds of golf, and dinner, bed, and breakfast. The total cost is £294 and a £50 deposit is required to secure your place.

Review of Events

(For Senior Events Check the Senior Page)
The overall Club Calendar of Events for 2025 are shown on the Calendar Page and the Hardy A, Hardy B and 3 Counties Team schedules of events are shown on the League Teams page.

Winners and Order Of Merits
Latest competition winners and OOM Tables for the 2026 Monthly (Sunday) Medal  are shown below. The Weekday medal and Tiger Trophy results and Orders of Merit are shown on the Senior page.

Roll Ups
These are held most Saturdays and Sundays when there are no other events - Check Facebook/WhatsApp for details.

Week Day Roll Ups: are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays are for all club members but entry for the money pot is seniors only. Cards are drawn at 8:15 am (8:45 am Dec and Jan)

Sunday and Weekday Medal Competitions
These once per month competitions are for all club members. The Weekday medal commences at the reserved tee times at 8:30 am with cards drawn at 8:15 am although the members can arrange their own tee times throughout the day. The Sunday Medal usually starts at 8:30 am with tee times pre-drawn on the Friday evening by the handicap secretary.

Knockout Competitions  The Club, Senior, and Veterans Winter Knockout pairings are shown on the Knockout Page. The completion dates for each round are also shown on the K/O page.

Committee Meetings: The club officials meet once per month - usually at 6:30 pm at Folke. All members are welcome to attend. The results of the AGM held on Sunday 4th December is shown on the Members Admin page.

Current Events

Thursday 18th December - Medal: Won by Anthony Wynne - Lowest nett (78) and Ned Compton-Dart Lowest gross (92). See Senior page for details.
Saturday 20th December - Club Xmas Stableford and Draw: See the header above and Panel below.
Saturday 27th December - Roll Up: Won by Ian Clothier with 33 points.
Sunday 28th December - RTTV: Final Round. see Panel below for results.
Saturday 3rd January - Roll Up: Won by Simon Hughes with 35 points. See Result Table below.
Sunday 4th January - Medal: See the Results Tables below.
Sunday 4th January -   AGM : See the Members Admin page for the results of the meeting.
Further Information on 2026 events  will be added when available.

Monthly Medal  Competitions

The 2025 monthly medal competition was completed with the final round on Sunday 14th December.  captain Martin Blatchford led by example achieving the lowest gross score on the day (84)  followed by Mark Scard with gross 92 and Mark also had the lowest nett score of 73. The overall Order of Merits were won by Nigel Bow with 16 points and the gross Order of Merit was won by Kevin Down with 26 points. The Results of the first round of the 2026 Monthly Medal are shown in the Tables below.

RTTV Final Round 12

Andy Cole's Match Report
Captain Coley safely steered the ship home today winning 1st place with 4 pars, 11 bogeys and 38 Stableford points . Next aboard in 2nd was Dean Furzey with 33pts, 3rd Ian Clothier, 4th Tony Wynne, 5th Merv Jennings, 6th Stephen Terry, 7th Mark Scard, 8th Mark Maguire, 9th Anthony Proctor and in 10th Roger Harvey. Honourable mention goes to Dean Furzey and myself with a joint lowest gross of 88 . Also to Dean for scoring a birdie along with Yoss . Congrats to Adrian Tuffin who scored 2 birdies and won the Nearest the Pin comp on the 6th . The 2nd NTP on the 10th was won by Birthday Boy Buff . Well done all,,, more details to follow,,,,,
Overall winners-  1st Andy Cole, 2nd Simon Hughes, 3rd (joint) Reece Lambert & Tony Wynne.
I want to say a huge thank you to everyone for getting involved, it’s been a great year to say the least with 214 entrants totalling the prize money to a whopping £642 🙌 which will be split 1st 50%, 2nd 30% and 3rd 20% (3rd place shared) 😁 and I’ll end by saying congratulations to Blatchy on a fantastic years captaincy and thank you for all your work as HC secretary and setting up the tournaments on Howdidido 🫡👏. Cheers all, see you in 2026! ⛳️🏌️‍♂️🥳

Christmas Stableford and Thanks from Martin

Massive thanks to Toni, Nige & their Team,Andy Harris and all who played in yesterday’s Xmas Stableford. Congratulations to Matt Lambert for winning the day. We raised another £230 for Julia’s House bringing the final total for my year of Captaincy to an outstanding £4735. I can’t thank you all enough for the support you have given me during my tenure. Have a great festive season, much love Blatchy ❤️
 
 
 Results of Other Recent Events
Congratulations to Dick Lawson for his Hole-In-One on 3rd January.
27th December Roll Up
3rd January Roll Up
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  • Folke Golf Centre
  • Folke Lane
  • Alweston, Sherborne
  • Dorset DT9 5HR
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