Golfing Achievements
Berks, Bucks & Oxon (BB&O) County Achievements
Several of Stoke Park's top amateur golfers have won many County Events over the years and have either remained at this standard or progressed onto the Professional ranks.
Here is a list of the Club's winners and runner ups (*denotes that the player has since turned Professional):
The Amateur Championship (County Championships)
Since 1961 - The most prestigious title in the County calendar year with World Ranking Points. The Amateur Championship is limited to 108 players with the top 48, by exact handicap, getting direct entry and 24 qualifiers from the Penfold Trophy.
Our own Head of Estate, Alex Millar won this event in 1979 then a member at Denham Artisans Golf Club and Luke Donald, one of the world’s best golfers took the title in 1997 and 1998 before his professional career began.
Winner | Runnner Up | ||
1962 | Joe Lawrence (Stoke Poges) |
1963 |
Joe Lawrence (Stoke Poges) |
1964 | Joe Lawrence (Stoke Poges) | 1965 | Joe Lawrence (Stoke Poges) |
1966 | Joe Lawrence (Stoke Poges) | 1967 | Joe Lawrence (Stoke Poges) |
1991 | Van Phillips* (Stoke Poges) | 1978 | D Davis (Stoke Poges) |
1992 | Van Phillips* (Stoke Poges) | 1991 | Lee Bishop (Stoke Poges) |
1994 | David Fisher* (Stoke Poges) | 1993 | Van Phillips (Stoke Poges) |
1995 | Steve Barwick (then East Berks) | 1994 | Lee Bishop (Stoke Poges) |
1999 | Luke Rusher* (Stoke Poges) | 2000 | Tom Lawson (then Ellesborough) |
2000 | Kevin Freeman (then G.X.) | 2003 | Tom Lawson (then Ellesborough) |
2004 | Tom Lawson (then Ellesborough) | 2005 | Kevin Freeman (Stoke Park) |
2005 | Tom Lawson (then Ellesborough) | 2006 | Matt Briggs* (Stoke Park) |
2006 | Tom Lawson (then Ellesborough) | 2007 | Steve Barwick (Stoke Park) |
2007 | Kevin Freeman (Stoke Park) | 2013 | Tom Lawson (Stoke Park) |
2015 | Johh Gough (Stoke Park) |
The Champion Club
(Since 1963) For the leading Club to represent the County Union in the English Golf Union Champion Club Tournament.
Winner | Runner Up | ||
1990 | Stoke Poges | 1968 | Stoke Poges |
1993 | Stoke Poges | 1992 | Stoke Poges |
1994 | Stoke Poges | 1998 | Stoke Poges |
1995 | Stoke Poges | 2007 | Stoke Park |
1999 | Stoke Poges | 2013 | Stoke Park |
2006 | Stoke Park | 2014 | Stoke Park |
2008 | Stoke Park | ||
2009 | Stoke Park |
Junior Champion Club
(Since 2003) For the leading Club to represent the County Union in the English Golf Union Junior Champion Club Tournament.
Winner | |
2013 | Stoke Park |
The Courage Trophy
(Since 1974) For the leading player in the Champion Club from 2008.
Winner | Runner Up | ||
1982 | G P Griffiths (Stoke Poges) | 1984 | Will Farrow (Stoke Poges) |
1983 | Will Farrow* (Stoke Poges) | 1992 | Steve Barwick (then East Berkshire) |
1990 | Van Phillips* (Stoke Poges) | 1995 | Michael O'Connor* (Stoke Poges) |
1991 | Van Phillips* (Stoke Poges) | 1996 | Matt Briggs* (Stoke Poges) |
1992 | Van Phillips* (Stoke Poges) | 2004 | Matt Briggs* (Stoke Poges) |
1996 | Guy Woodman* (Stoke Poges) | 2008 | Steve Barwick (Stoke Park) |
1997 | Luke Rusher* (Stoke Poges) | ||
1998 | Luke Rusher* (Stoke Poges) | ||
1999 | Luke Rusher* (Stoke Poges) | ||
2001 | Kevin Freeman (Stoke Park) | ||
2008 | Kevin Freeman (Stoke Park) |
The Colts Championship
(Since 1973) For players up to the age of 21 and up to 25 from 2008 and re-named to Under 25's Championship.
Winner | Runner Up | ||
1991 | Van Phillips* (Stoke Poges) | 1973 | Gordon Lindsay (Stoke Poges) |
1992 | Charlie Challen* (Stoke Poges) | 1987 | Van Phillips (Stoke Poges) |
1996 | Michael O'Connor* (Stoke Poges) | 1990 | David Fisher (then Flackwell Heath) |
1991 | Rob Watts* (Stoke Poges) | 1992 | Lee Bishop (Stoke Poges) |
1993 | Lee Bishop (Stoke Poges) | ||
1995 | M O'Connor (Stoke Poges) | ||
1999 | Kevin Freeman (Stoke Poges) |
The Mid Age Championship
(Since 1982) For players over the age of 25. Previously the Boddington Trophy and from 2008 re-named the Mid Age Championship.
Winner | Runners Up | ||
1984 | Will Farrow* (Stoke Poges) | 1994 | Matt Briggs (Stoke Park) |
1990 | Van Phillips* (Stoke Poges) | 2004 | Steve Barwick (then East Berkshire) |
1991 | Matt Briggs (Stoke Poges) | ||
1998 | Matt Briggs (Stoke Poges) | ||
2004 | Matt Briggs (then Donnington Grove) | ||
2006 | Kevin Freeman (Stoke Park) | ||
2007 | Matt Briggs (Stoke Park) | ||
2015 | Kevin Freeman (Stoke Park) |
The Spring Trophy
(Since 2013)
For players up to 11.4 handicap - An Order of Merit Event.
Runner Up | |
2013 | George Bell |
Under 12 Championship
(Since 2010)
Winner | Runner Up | ||
2013 | James Gregory | 2011 | John Gough |
2014 | Conor Gough | 2012 | Conor Gough (then Wexham Park) |
2015 | Conor Gough | 2014 | Thomas Gregory |
2016 | Ben McFadden |
Under 14's Championship
(Since 2010)
Winner | |
2014 | Conor Gough |
2015 | Conor Gough |
2016 | Conor Gough |
The Junior Championship
(Since 1972) For Junior golfers up to the age of 18.
Winner | Runner Up | ||
1974 | Clive Dell (Stoke Poges) | 1987 | Van Phillips* (Stoke Poges) |
1989 | Lee Bishop (then Royal Ascot) | 1990 | Rob Watts* (Stoke Poges) |
1992 | Charlie Challen* (Stoke Poges) | 1993 | Michael O'Connor* (Stoke Poges) |
2008 | Jake Canning* (Stoke Park) | 2012 | George Bell |
2015 | John Gough (Stoke Park) |
The Senior Championship
(Since 1979) For players over the age of 55.
Winner | |
1979 | Joe Lawrence (Stoke Poges) |
1992 | Tim Clutterbuck (Stoke Poges) |
Order Of Merit
(Since 1999) For the Player who accumulates the best results from major events within BB&O throughout the year.
Winner | Runner Up | ||
2000 | Matt Briggs* (Stoke Park) | 1999 | Luke Rusher* (Stoke Park) |
2001 |
Kevin Freeman (Stoke Park) |
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2005 | Matt Briggs* (then Donnington Grove) | ||
2012 | Carl Corbin (then Wokefield Park) |
Junior Order Of Merit
(Since 2005) For the Player who accumulates the best results from major events within BB&O throughout the year.
Winner | Runner Up | ||
2008 | Jake Canning* (Stoke Park) | 2005 | John McNally (Stoke Park) |
Nike Futures Tour
Established in 2012 and sponsored by Nike, the tour comprises 11 competitions played on BB&O courses for Under 14 & Under 12 Boys with handicaps of 28 or less. Performance throughout the season on the tour and in designated county competitions determine Under 14 & Under 12 Order of Merit Rankings.
Under 14 Order of Merit
Winner | Runner Up | ||
2013 | John Gough | 2015 | Taylor Paul |
2016 | Taylor Paul | 2016 | Carl Banner |
Under 12 Order of Merit
Winner | Runner Up | ||
2013 | Conor Gough | 2013 | James Gregory |
2015 | Thomas Gregory | 2014 | Thomas Gregory |
2016 | Ben McFadden |
Bucks Ladies County Golf Association (BCLGA)
Bucks Shield
(Since 1927) Seven aside team played off a maximum handicap of 24. Singles Match Play. The biggest County Inter Club Competition of the year.
Winner | |
1932 | Stoke Poges Ladies |
1938 | Stoke Poges Ladies |
1960 | Stoke Poges Ladies |
1969 | Stoke Poges Ladies |
1983 | Stoke Poges Ladies |
2013 | Stoke Park Team: Kelly Gorry, Julia Warke, Thalia Kirby, Yuki Sugimoto, Nathalie Warke, Evgenia Kinebas and Cristina Ravagnan |
2014 |
Stoke Park Team: Beth Scott, Julia Warke, Thalia Kirby, Isabella Holmes, Nathalie Warke, Daisy Kennedy and Yuki Sugimoto |
2015 | Stoke Park Team: Thalia Kirby, Daisy Kennedy, Georgina Bowers, Evgenia Kinebas, Cristina Ravagnan, Camilla Kastrup and Jean Taylor |
2016 |
Stoke Park Team: Thalia Kirby, Daisy Kennedy, Georgina Bowers, Amelia Curtis, Jill Dodds, Camilla Kastrup, Edwina Acheson |
Ladies Country Championship
Winner | |
2015 | Thalia Kirby (at 14, the youngest ever winner) |
2016 | Thalia Kirby |
Junior Country Championship
Winner | Runner Up | Under 13 Cup | |||
2015 | Thalia Kirby | 2015 | Daisy Kennedy | ||
2016 | Thalia Kirby | 2016 | Daisy Kennedy | 2016 | Amelia Curtis |
Berks Ladies Country Golf Association
Junior County Championship
Winner | Runner Up | ||
2013 | Julia Warke | ||
2015 | Julia Warke | 2015 | Izzie Holmes |
Berks Ladies Country Golf Championship
Winner | |
2017 | Julia Warke |
Club Golf
Inter County Scratch League (ICSL)
The Inter County Men's Scratch League was took over as a reformed Bucks Scratch League in 2009. Stoke Park has always had a strong reputation of scratch golfers over the decades and still maintains a high standard to this day. The ICSL League is currently split into four divisions, in which Stoke Park has remained in Division 1 since the formation of the League and hold the League Champions title for 2009, 2010, 2011, narrowly missing out as winners to Woburn in 2012, 2013, and 2015. They then successfully regained the League Championship in 2015 before again finding themselves as Runners Up to Woburn in 2016.
Junior Chiltern Golf League
The Chiltern Junior Golf League is affiliated to the Bucks, Berks & Oxon Union of Golf Clubs and can trace its roots back to 1979. There are ten member clubs of the League, each playing each other once, between April and September. Current member clubs are Beaconsfield, Burnham Beeches, Chartridge Park, Denham, Ellesborough, Gerrards Cross, Harewood Downs, Harleyford, Stoke Park and Temple. Stoke Park has featured as frequent winners in the following years; 1987, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011 and runners up in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.