Corhampton Golf Club Senior's Section

Bates Cup

This is the winter singles match play knock out competition. Matches played off ¾ of handicap difference from the WHITE tees.
Top named player offers three dates to his opponent, excluding Saturday and Sunday. If they are unable to agree then the top named player goes though to the next round. The first round is played in November with the final by end of March

The Bates Cup

Year Winner of The Bates 1990 T. R. Prentice 1991 V. Light 1992 V. Light 1993 R. Lee 1994 G. B. Piper 1995 A. J. Browning 1996 D. Constable 1997 T. Dominy 1998 J. Uwins 1999 J. K. Foot 2000 R. Curtis 2001 D. Frost 2002 D. Massey 2003 D. Coleman 2004 R. Tugwell 2005 R. Tugwell 2006 G. Staley 2007 G. Staley 2008 A. L. Thorpe 2009 R. Crump

Bill Bates was a member of the Senior section. He had been an organizer of youth boxing. When the local groups closed he donated The Bates boxing trophy to the senior section. A golfer replaced the figure of a boxer but the trophy lay unused until 1990. Bill Bates kept a fish and chip shop and that his wife was involved with the golf club catering.

Corbett Cup

This is the spring match play knock out competition for pairs. Four ball better ball matches played off ¾ of difference off the lowest handicap from the WHITE tees. The first round is played in February and the final by end of May.

The Corbett Cup

Year Winners of The Corbett 1992 R. J. Alexander & W. L. Weaver 1993 L. Skilton & M. Freeman 1994 D. Mitchell & A. J. White 1995 J. Wardle & D. Forst 1996 D. Williams & D. Carmichael 1997 A. Holland & R. Curtis 1998 R. Alexander & A. Canessa 1999 D. Mitchell & D. White 2000 A. Canessa & R. Alexander 2001 T. Dominy & D. Frost 2002 M. Freeman & C. Foster 2003 G. B. Piper & L. Harris 2004 G. B. Piper & D. Meadus 2005 M. Freeman & C. Foster 2006 W. Foulkes & D. White 2007 T. Honour & M. Hall 2008 B. Fribbance & G. Jones 2009 A. Harnden & T. Toy

Graham Corbett was Senior captain in 1987. He was a Lt. Colonel in The Royal Signals and for many years local councilor for Meon Valley. He left Corhampton in 2002 to live in Antwerp Belgium.