Frodsham Golf Club enjoyed a double celebration recently as their always popular ‘Captain’s Weekend’ coincided with the club celebrating its 25th anniversary this summer.

The first ever Frodsham Golf Club actually consisted of nine holes and was situated over the road from the current golf club, in the fields surrounding the ‘Frodsham Caves’. It was originally created in the late 1870s, but ceased to exist in 1924.

However, in the late 1980s, farmers Eric and Sheila Roylance employed course architect John Day to design an 18-hole golf course.

This 18-hole layout was then constructed through 1988 and 1989, across land already owned by the Roylances, in place of their existing Dairy Farm known as Mickledale Farm. The ‘New’ Frodsham Golf Club then officially ‘opened its tees’ for business in the summer of 1990.

The ‘Captain’s Weekend’ celebrations are always organised and hosted by the Club Captain and Lady Captain as well as Head Professional/Director of Golf Graham Tonge, who has been with the club since the very beginning.

This year’s Captain Jim Speedy and Lady Captain Kath Belt proved to be great hosts, and the tournament itself was a huge success, with 100 members competing in a 36-hole Stableford competition over Saturday and Sunday.

The conditions on Saturday were extremely difficult with strong winds making good scores hard to come by.

The second day was thankfully calmer and warmer with clear skies, but the course had been set up especially difficult for Captain’s Weekend, with some very tricky pin locations, and scoring remained tough as a result.

After round one, members enjoyed an evening of entertainment in the club’s recently refurbished function room.

A hot and cold buffet was enjoyed before live music was provided by local male duo ‘Spit Ya Pippins’.

A charity raffle was also held in support of ‘Children’s Adventure Farm Trust’ and the club managed to raise £537 on the night for the Cheshire-based charity.

The tournament itself was won by Mark Radcliffe with a total of 67 points over the two days, proof of the tough scoring conditions over the weekend.

He was closely followed by Murray Milligan (runner-up) and Thomas Marsden (third), who both finished two behind with 65 points.