Date: 26 Apr 2026
Venue: Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club
Time/Result: Lost 5 - 3
Match Manager: Peter Scaramanga
Umpire:
Scorer:
Golfing Society
Match v Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club
at Ashdown Forest on 26th April 2026
| Match | Sussex Martlets G.S. | Result |
| 09:20 | Stuart Ritchie & David Heine | Royal Ashdown Forest up |
| 09:28 | Nigel Cook & Andy Rogers | Royal Ashdown Forest up |
| 09:36 | Robert Forster & Neil Lancaster | Sussex Martlets up |
| 09:44 | Graham Mackenzie & Dan Jackson | Royal Ashdown Forest up |
| 09:52 | Peter Baxter & Gregory West | Royal Ashdown Forest up |
| 10:00 | Ben Burrows & Hamish Middleton | Royal Ashdown Forest up |
| 10:08 | Stuart Avern & Mark Stevenson | Sussex Martlets up |
| 10:16 | Simon Baillie-Hamilton & William Forster | Sussex Martlets up |
| Royal Ashdown Forest G.C. won by 5 matches to 3 |
Match Report
| On a bright Spring Day, 16 Martlet golfers met on the sun-drenched balcony of Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club. Coffee, tea and bacon rolls were devoured to provide strength for the battle ahead.
The Old Course was in excellent condition with the greens true and the heather ferocious. Royal Ashdown President Paul Champness and Martlet non- playing manager Peter Scaramanga manned the drinks buggy dispensing Pimm’s, beers and other goodies halfway round. At lunch, the Martlets Cricket Chairman David Whelpton joined the throng, and speeches were made giving tribute to Tony Pigott, the Sussex and England cricketer and occasional Martlet. Tony had been Royal Ashdown match manager until his untimely death earlier in the year. On the golf front, plaudits to the Forster father (Robert) and son (Will) ably supported by partners Neil Lancaster and Simon Baillie -Hamilton who secured points as did 2025 Martlet Golfer of the Year Stuart Avern supported by Mark Stevenson. However, when the scores were all added up, the Martlets had just lost by 3-5. A close call and a very enjoyable day overall. Peter Scaramanga: Match Manager |
Photo: Martlet Chairman David Whelpton is joined by Christian Brunning and Matthew Wood on the veranda of the Royal Ashdown Forest G.C. clubhouse
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