Celebrates 70th birthday of Club

Sunday was a notable day in the history of Northam Artisans’ Golf Club for in this, the Club’s 70th year, it was host, with the cooperation of the Royal North Devon Golf Club, to the seventh annual competitions of the Devon Artisans’ Golf Union for the first time, its players nearly swept the board in this 36-holes play, and during the morning the famous veteran golfer, Mr J H Taylor, a founder and now President, unfurled in his capacity as President of the Artisan Golfers’ Association of Great Britain, a new flag recently presented to the AGA.

The flag, the first in the association’s colours of red and green, was presented in memory of the late Mr Eric Blanch, of Kent, a former vice-president, by his widow. Surrounded by artisan golfers from clubs throughout the county he hoisted the flag to the top of the Royal North Devon Golf Club flag pole where it fluttered proudly in the wind.

Making up a triple triumph on the day’s play for the Northam Artisans’ Golf Club, the oldest club of its kind in England, was the winning of the scratch championship by one of its members, W Newcombe; the carrying off of the handicap title by another local golfer, C Daniel, of Appledore; and the winning of the team championship by the club’s A team.

At the Royal North Devon Golf Club in the evening the prizes were distributed by Mr J H Taylor.

Among those in the picture with Mr J H Taylor, are Mr W Gardner, Mr E G M Field, and Mr Tom Shutt

Gazette articled dated 16 May 1958