Trevor Gill - 2025 Seniors Captain.

I dabbled with golf over many years but when I retired in 2015 it allowed me to play several times a week. Being born in Gosforth, within a mile of the club, it was the only club I was going to join. I immediately joined the Seniors Section and was made extremely welcome. I have enjoyed every moment meeting and playing with the majority of the 140 Senior members.

It was a great honour being asked to take the position of Seniors Captain for 2025 which is a role I will enjoy.

The Seniors Section in particular is a strong and vibrant part of Gosforth Golf Club and has c140 members who enjoy a great programme of matches, competitions and social golf. Membership of the Seniors Section is open to all men who are members of the Club and over 60 years of age. The 2025 Captain of the Seniors Section is Trevor Gill. We hold a Seniors Competition on Thursday, 24 May.

The Seniors Section has organised competitions every Monday. There are informal “roll-ups” played on Wednesdays. Monday is the main Seniors day when there are regularly over 70 playing in a competition. In the summer months trophy competitions are held on Mondays and when there is no trophy competition a sweep is organised. Stableford competitions are the most popular format, but Bogey competitions, Texas Scrambles, 3 Man Team events etc., all play their part.

The spirit of the Seniors is to build friendships through playing golf and socialising after golf. To this end there is a draw for partners for playing in Monday competitions and this is an important component of the Seniors Section.

The Seniors play in the Northumberland Senior Members Golf League with thirteen member clubs namely, Gosforth, The City of Newcastle, Arcot Hall, Northumberland, Hexham, Bedlington, Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, Blyth, Stocksfield, Backworth, Ponteland and Westerhope. The clubs provide teams of twelve players to play each other once during the season at home one year and away the next year. The matches are Four Ball Better Ball format. Seniors matches against these clubs give an opportunity to play some of the best courses in the North East for just the price of a post-match meal. Home games offer a chance to welcome visitors to Gosforth. Team selection is designed to give all Seniors members an equal chance to take part.

Each club in the Northumberland Senior Members Golf League is required to host a Field Day with a singles competition for different age categories and teams of ten golfers per club. This is a once a year event, taken in turns, and there is usually fierce competition to be selected for the team when there is an opportunity to win your own age group or the entire event.

The popular Gosforth Golf Club Seniors’ Open is played in May, where the Section, with support from the Club, turns out in force to ensure a great day out for all. There is also an Annual Dinner and Prize Presentation in December which is extremely popular and well supported.

Join us and have a great time on the golf course and socialising in the Clubhouse.