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Waveney Valley Golf Club, Bungay. (1889 - 1900s)
The club was founded in January 1889.
The first President was F C Morrice Esq.
Originally a nine-hole course, laid out on Bungay Common, it was extended to eighteen holes in 1896. "Bungay" was eventually added to the club title.
This website provides history of the earlier Waveney Valley Golf Club.
Competition results from May 1895.
"Golf" Friday 21 June 1895. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Following is an extract from a report that appeared in the Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser in August 1895. "We see from the account of a five a side match which took place recently between Waveney Valley, a club we confess we have not previously heard of, and Southwold, which has been in existence some 11 years, that the result was 53 holes to nothing in the latter's favour."
Below is the result of a match played on the Blickling Park course in September 1895.
| Blickling Golf Club | Waveney Valley Golf Club | ||
| Rev. J E Pease | 1 | Rev. Page Roberts | 0 |
| Rev. A E Black | 1 | F McLaughlin | 0 |
| Dr. Little | 0 | A J Saville | 1 |
| Rev. H C Back | 1 | K J Hunt | 0 |
| J T Spurrell | 1 | W J Hartcup | 0 |
| Rev. H M Cooper | 1 | M Linton | 0 |
| Rev. C Walsh | 1 | C L Buxton | 0 |
| 6 | 1 |
Also in September 1895 the Waveney Valley club travelled to Hellesdon to play the Royal Norwich Golf Club.
| Royal Norwich Golf Club | Waveney Valley Golf Club | ||
| J J W Deuchar (2up) | 1 | W Whytock | 0 |
| T Ireland (4&3) | 1 | F J McLaughlin | 0 |
| C H A Lock (8&7) | 1 | F Page Roberts | 0 |
| F Jewson (5&4) | 1 | E J Hunt | 0 |
| D Walker (3&2) | 1 | A J Saville | 0 |
| R Jewson (3&1) | 1 | W T Hartcup | 0 |
| J B Mannall (5&4) | 1 | H B Whetstone | 0 |
| 7 | 0 |
The golf pavilion and course. Image courtesy of Frank Accleton.
I would like to thank Dixon Pickup for supplying the images below. They show four examples (2 Ladies, 2 Gentlemens) of gilt awards given at the Waveney Valley Golf Club, all by Vaughtons.
All the above medals clearly marked W.V.G.C no Bungay at this time.
It was reported in early June 1896 the Waveney Valley Golf House, near the station, was broken into, nothing of value was stolen.
Below is the result of a match played at Bungay on Saturday 13 June 1896 against Southwold Golf Club.
| Waveney Valley Golf Club | Southwold Golf Club | ||
| F J McLaughlin | 0 | W Whytock | 0 |
| F Page Roberts | 0 | Mr Penn | 9 |
| A J Savill | 0 | J B Gooding | 9 |
| A B How | 2 | Mr Herbert | 0 |
| V Nelson | 0 | Mr Woollett | 7 |
| R C Mann | 1 | Mr Waller | 0 |
| L McDonnell | 0 | Mr Yarburgh | 9 |
| W T Hartcup | 0 | Mr Brook-Alder | 0 |
| A Taylor | 3 | Mr Whitmore | 0 |
| D Baird | 0 | Mr Evans | 3 |
| T Lee French | 1 | D Gooding | 0 |
| 7 | 37 |
Result of "a most enjoyable afternoon's play in wind, rain, hail, and thunder" at Bungay in a match against Framlingham on Saturday 8 April 1899.
| Waveney Valley Golf Club | Framlingham Golf Club | ||
| W T Hartcup | 0 | C M Hutchinson | 2 |
| L A Saville | 0 | A Macqueen | 5 |
| W Ayrton | 0 | J G Garnett | 6 |
| G Barratt | 0 | A F Towle | 2 |
| E A Holmes | 0 | W B Garrard | 1 |
| Rev F R Smith | 0 | E Tyrwhitt-Drake | 2 |
| V Nelon | 8 | Alfred Pretty | 0 |
| Capt, Hughes | 4 | M S Gorton | 0 |
| Rev G F Smith Rewse | 4 | B A Long | 0 |
| E A Smith Rewse | 2 | W T Brunger | 0 |
| E C Price | 0 | Col. Salmon | 7 |
| Rev E S White | 0 | J W Shuker | 1 |
| 18 | 26 |
Below is the result of a match played at Bungay on Wednesday 13 August 1902 against Blickling Golf Club
| Waveney Valley Golf Club | Blickling Golf Club | ||
| T P Angell | 0 | Rev. A E Black | 1 |
| G Barratt (half) | 0 | Rev. E S P Mack (half) | 0 |
| Rev. G B Raikes | 1 | Mr Gidney | 0 |
| H Henderson | 1 | Dr. Little | 0 |
| A E Walker (half) | 0 | N J Gidney (half) | 0 |
| Rev. W Stephens | 1 | C Gilbert | 0 |
| Rolf Henderson | 0 | W Jackson | 1 |
| R Nelson | 1 | Major Archdale | 0 |
| 4 | 2 |
The Ladies' Open Golf Tournament of the Waveney Valley Golf Club, played in August 1904, was won by Miss E B Tracy with a bogey score of 2up, she also set a new course record of 95. Other scores; Miss L Peskett, 3up; Miss Haggard and Miss S Peskett, 1down.
From The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News Saturday 27 August 1904. Image © Illustrated London News Group. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
The following information for Waveney Valley Golf Club is from the 1905 Nisbet's Golf Yearbook; membership, 174; secretary, V S Kemball, The Pines, Mettingham, Bungay; captain, Rev W W White; entrance fee, 21/-; subs, £1/11/6; Visitors' fees 2/-a day, 10/- a week, 30/- a month. The eighteen-hole course is on Bungay Common, three minutes' walk from the station, lying chiefly on high dry ground with short crisp grass, which gives good lies. There are natural bunkers of gorse and sand-pits, with three artificial bunkers, The greens are all of good dimensions and have recently been extended and improved.