The year
Competitions
Medals, winter comps, ladies and rabbits days, league matches and the dates the course is closed. Tee times live on BRS.
Club hire and social nights are listed separately. Always check BRS before you play. The office will confirm any late changes.
How members enter
- Club competitions are booked on BRS, in the clubhouse, online or through the app.
- New competitions go live on Thursday evenings: 8pm in the clubhouse, 8.30pm online or on the app.
- Entries for weekend summer competitions close at 5pm on the Thursday before. A draw is then made.
- If you enter, take your name off BRS by 5pm that Thursday if you cannot play. The Club’s no-show rules still apply.
- Open competitions are booked through Book a Tee Time, then Open Competitions. Book and pay for the whole team.
- The Captain’s Cracker and President’s Pudding are limited to 14 teams. Book early.
Opens in 2026
Visitor and member opens. Book through Open Competitions on BRS.
23 June 2026
Seniors Open
Course closed 7.30am – 3pm.
6 September 2026
Mixed Open
Shotgun start, 1pm.
8 October 2026
Festive Fayre Ladies Open
Shotgun start, 11am.
Season-long knockouts
These run through the season rather than on a single date. Draws and rounds are arranged as the year goes on.
Hanging Heaton Cup
Individual matchplay knockout, first played in 1924.
Len Wright Trophy
Pairs matchplay knockout, first played in 1974.
John Bell Trophy
Rabbits individual matchplay knockout, played off full handicap.
May Robson Rose Bowl
Ladies individual matchplay knockout. Maximum handicap 36.
National Playing Fields
Ladies 4BBB knockout. Maximum handicap 36.
Last season, 2025
Trophy winners from last season.
Gentlemen
Hanging Heaton Cup
Jordan Peace
Len Wright Trophy
Lee Brook & Joey Clough
Heaton Cup
Dan Sheard & Jeff Pygott
Jubilee Cup
Paul Morton
Wilson Cup
Neil Bates
Bickers Cup
Phil Blackburn
George Brooke
Chris Swift & James Richardson
Founder Members Trophy
Andrew Morton
Scratch Trophy
Lee Brook
Extension Trophy
Josh Dec
Titus Newsome
James Richardson
Past Captains
Mick Ingham
Past Presidents
Iain Hunter & Joey Clough
Wood Trophy
Paul Sherwin
Hirst Trophy
Lee Brook
Schutz Trophy
Scot Minto
Charity Shield
Mo Coe & Mark Brown
Fred Ellis Shield
Derek Colquhoun & Kevin Rhodes
Peter Wilcock Trophy
Richard Pollard & Ian Sidebottom
Centenary Trophy
Madeline Armitage
Malcolm Waring
Scot Minto
D Moss Trophy
Sylvester Canby
Ladies
May Robson Rose Bowl
Jennifer Wailes
National Playing Fields
Judi Brooke & Julie Oates
Golfer of the Year
Jennie Megson
Lady Captain’s Day
Judith Brooke
Jubilee Cup
Gillian Littlewood
Lowfield Trophy
Judith Brooke
Nicholson Cup
Jane Tingle
Kingsway Cup
Jennie Megson
Byrne Trophy
Lisa Derbyshire
Sue Batty Trophy
Jennifer Wailes
Mary Cusworth Trophy
Madeline Armitage
June & Roy Elliott Trophy
Jane Tingle
Susan Golembiewski Trophy
Julie Oates
Veteran’s Trophy
Madeline Armitage
Social Ladies
Judith Brooke
A. Blackburn Trophy
Lisa Darbyshire
Club Captain’s Prize
Lisa Darbyshire
Club President’s Prize
Jennifer Wailes
Ladies Past Captain
Judith Brooke
Rabbits
John Bell Trophy
Vaughan Day
Rabbit of the Year
Vaughan Day
Rabbits Captain’s Prize
Nicholas Murray
Rabbits President’s Prize
Mark Brown
Sleight Cup
Stephen Ryecroft
Stuart Littlewood Trophy (R)
Mark Brown & Neil Bates
Stuart Littlewood Trophy (T)
Jimmy Curley & Peter Forster
Mixed Foursomes knockout: Faye Housam & Paul Sherwin.