County of the Year 2026

Elisbeth Wilson Scratch Knockout Wallasey Ladies beat The Wilmslow Ladies in the final of the Elisabeth Wilson Scratch Knockout at Bramall Park Golf Club. The 2 teams played in perfect conditions , both the weather and the golf course could not be faulted. The competition which was introduced to Cheshire Ladies Golf by Elisabeth Wilson in 1991 is very popular. Wallasey only entered the competition for the first time last year and got through to the final, but lost to Sandiway. This year they came determined to improve the result and won 4/1 All games are played off scratch, and the atmosphere was competitive but friendly and all matches were played in an excellent spirit. Matches are played on neutral courses for the semi-finals and final and thanks must go to Hale and Wilmslow for the semi final venues and Bramall Park for the final where excellent hospitality was given. Lis came to watch and presented the trophy to the winning team. Stewart Neil was the starter.

Girls Drive Chip Putt and Presentation 2026 Sunday 4th October saw the 4th edition of our annual Junior Girls end of season Drive, Chip Putt skills competition and prize presentation, at Bramhall GC. The weather was very kind with lots of sunshine and a light breeze as a record 54 girls undertook the 6 skills activities laid out across Bramhall’s practice area. Girls aged from 5 through to 18, split into 6 groups matched for age or ability, took on the Longest Drive, Target Chipping, getting out of a Bunker and Putting. There were also 2 fun skills of Golf Darts and a Fitness Plank challenge. After the Skills challenges, the players returned to the clubhouse where their scores were added up and the Winners were then announced as part of the annual Cheshire Girls prize presentation. (Full listing sent over earlier). During the presentation over 60 prizes and certificates were handed over by Cheshire Golf President Marjorie Griffiths before Naomi Willans, 2026 County Junior Girls Captain, then gave her summary of her season at the top. The highlight of which was to beat Yorkshire!! Then Naomi introduced 2026 multi-award winner Jessica Flynn (Bramhall GC) as the incoming 2027 Girls Captain. The day was finished off with Cathy Day (Cheshire Girls Manager) handing over her role, which she’s held since early 2023, to Christina Hornsby (Royal Liverpool GC) before everyone enjoyed a meal of sandwiches and chips. All in all another fantastic day hosted by Bramhall GC and lead by an army of 20 Cheshire Golf Officials, Volunteers and parents. When this event was first held in 2023 there were just 21 competitors, but that number has grown year on year as more players get to know of the event. This years entry list of 54 is a record but hopefully this will continue to grow, with the introduction of more Drive Chip Putt events for Cheshire Girls in 2027.

Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Geoff Garnett 📸

Mighty Macclesfield do it again! East Cheshire Champions Macclesfield Ladies beat West Cheshire Champions Portal 4–3 at Heswall Golf Club to win the Cheshire Shield! What an achievement and what a year - well done all! #MacclesfieldLadies #CheshireShield #CheshireChampions #EastCheshire #Golf #LadiesGolf #TeamMacclesfield #Proud #Champions

Cheshire duo win County Plate Will Bebbington (Royal Liverpool GC) and Tom Johnson (The Wilmslow GC) won the County Plate playing in the North of England Amateur Championships at Seaton Carew - the first time Cheshire have ever won it) The first two rounds scores for the top two players for Lancashire,, Yorkshire, Cheshire (and a few other Northern counties) are taken and the county with the lowest score take home the County Plate. Will finished 9th overall and Tom was 12th overall with their total score winning them the trophy. It marks the end to an impressive season for Will who has won the Faldo Masters and Delamere Horn (April) and the after two months out with a fractured wrist has returned great results finishing as runner up in the Midland Youths, Keddleston Goose, Faldo Series Portal and he made the last 16 of the English's Amateur, fourth place in the Wem Bowl and then capped that all off with the County Plate and Ninth place in the North of England Amateur. Pic- Will (Left) and Tom with their trophy.   @tj_johnson94 @will_bebbington_golf

Dan continues his fantastic success in golf Dan Hayes was an outstanding junior with Bramhall, Cheshire and England with many successes in top competitions at club, county, national and international levels. He won a golf scholarship in 2025 to Louisiana State University and has continued to extend his fantastic success in golf. Dan was part of the England team which won the 2026 Men’s Home Internationals and had fifth place finish at the 2026 OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational. Dan shot the Champions Course Record (-8) at University Club Baton Rouge- the lowest-ever round by a Louisiana State University in the NCAA Championships (USA). He finished third overall in the individual standings, while helping England win the 2025 European Cup of Nations team event by 14 shots at Sotogrande, Spain Dan was also part of the England Men's team which won the 2025 Octagonal Match, and part of the team which won the biennial international match against Spain in 2025. Other successes include a third-place finish at 2025 Portuguese Amateur Championship and top-Five finish at 2025 Scottish Men's Open Championship He won the 2024 Carris Trophy and finished tied-2nd after going to a play-off in the 2024 English U18 Amateur Championship Dan won the 2024 Lancashire Links Trophy before finishing tied-2nd in the 2024 Brabazon Trophy, just a shot behind the winner, but did pick up the George Henriques Salver for being the leading under-20 player at the event. He represented GB&I in 2024 Jacques Leglise Trophy and in 2024, represented England in Octagonal Match in Spain, Junior Golf World Cup in Japan, European Boys’ Team Championship, and Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals and reached the quarter-finals of 2024 R&A Boys’ Amateur Championship.