Royal Yea Golf Club Report
Saturday saw the annual Foursomes Championships held, with 13 teams of two competing across the Men’s and Mixed events. The course is slowly drying out as the spring sunshine finally starts to do its work, although there is still plenty of evidence that winter has overstayed its welcome!
Friday saw a wonderful team of volunteers out on the course sanding the greens following the recent coring. Their hard work meant the putting was only minorly affected on the day — although there may have been a few players blaming the greens for putts that had nothing whatsoever to do with the coring!
In the Mixed Championship, Brian and Christine Simmons combined brilliantly to take out both the Handicap and Scratch events with an excellent 86 off the stick for a nett 66.5. Runners-up in the Handicap were Di Elliott and Peter Johnston with 92 nett 70, while Tony and Nicola Rule finished third with 110 nett 74.5.
The Men’s Championship was taken out by the father-and-son combination of Alan and Zach Pell, who claimed both the Handicap and Scratch titles with a very tidy 81 off the stick and nett 67.5. Runners-up in the Handicap were Paul Heyen and Jim Redmond with 92 nett 69, with Gary Pollard and Jonathan Fisher finishing third with 84 nett 70.5.
Jonathan Fisher picked up the NTP on the 11th, while Rob Gill and Rob O’Halloran teamed up to take out the Club Award.
Congratulations to all our winners and placegetters, and a big thank you to the volunteers who put in the hard yards preparing the greens. With the sun now making a welcome appearance, the course is heading in the right direction — and hopefully the golf will follow!
Recent winners at Yea Golf Club include Anthony La Grutta who won the 54 Hole Event and Peter Johnston who defeated Luke Gregory in the final of the 2026 Men’s Club Knockout. Well done gentleman.
Last Wednesday saw both Anthony and Peter in form with Anthony winning the stableford event with 32 points from Paul Heyen on CB with Peter third on 31.
Good form for the upcoming Club Championships on October 10th, 24th and 31st of October.