Background To Competition
The Jubilee cup competition is a long established and successful golf competition run by other golfers on a voluntary basis and is independent of the Essex Golf union. There is a lot of information about the competition on this website including the rules, details of other competing clubs and details of this years and previous year's competitions.
A quick synopsis is as follows:
The competition is aimed at mid range handicappers with a WHI index of over 10.5 but less than 20 (approx. 12 – 24 in old money)
The Competition has been running Successfully since 2002 when the first winners were Abridge GC ,so thats 25 Years ..
Teams consist of 12 players – 6 singles and 6 double players
This year 2026 we had 48 teams competing - with 1,118 golfers Playing in the match’s
For each match there are six singles matches played off scratch on a standard match play basis and three doubles matches which are played off 90% of handicap on a four ball better ball basis
There is a group stage to start with (like the champions league) and so each team is guaranteed at least 4 matches – two at home and two away which are drawn from groups of 5 or 6 teams
The top two from each of the 8 groups goes into the last 16 which proceeds on a standard drawn competition basis
The semi finals and final are played at neutral grounds and are followed by a meal and for the final a presentation of the trophies
Competing teams must agree to extend the courtesy of their course for visiting teams : practice rounds are at discretion of home club but if a fee is charged it is normally a guest rate
The entry fee is £50 and payment details are included on the entry form
Road to the Final 2026
Jubilee Cup Final 27 September 2026
The Final day of the Jubilee Cup 26 has as always been ,a hotly contested affair and, generously hosted by Wanstead Golf Club .
Thanks to all the team,Anne ,Kurt ,Gill for catering , for excellent support during the day and, presenting the course in Splendid conditions.
The members and staff are also to be thanked for the friendliness and welcoming you gave us and all the teams.
Thank you Wanstead Golf Club …. WGC London
Craig Winters & Steve Rattray
Team photos, Crondon Park and Top Meadow GC
2026 Runners up Top Meadow Golf Club
2026 Winners Crondon Park Golf Club
Below a Delighted Steve Rattray From Crondon Park GC receiving the 2026 Winners cup from Jim Davis and Bernard Martin Jubilee Cup Commitee
A great day was had by all at Wanstead Golf Club where the final was held to deliver another fantastic jubilee cup. Thankfully the weather stayed dry and we had a wondefull sun filled day .
The course was presented in excellent condition and many thanks to management ,Thanks Ryan and green keeping staff. The bunkers have been renevated and upgraded to a top quality standard .
Crondon Park GC had overcome The essex and Top meadow had defeated The Rayleigh GC in the semi finals with much much closer games than the end results would suggest.
The game started with many games going the way of Crondon park but it got to 6-3 to them at one stage . Very close games throughout .
Baldev Sehmbi sneaked out a win against Jon Talbot(Singles OOM Winner) with several pitch in’s . Again a match that all day there was onl
SO WANSTEAD won the 6 singles -4 1/2 to 1 1/2 and only needed to win one of the doubles games to secure the cup which they did in the last Group.
Gerry Caley and John Parkin won the final pa
We compliment both captains for the spirit in which the match was played. Thanks Craig and Steve .
Unfortunately there is only one winner and eventually the final result was 8 to 1.0 to Steve Rattray and his GC Crondon Park team.
Now the final is over, just a few drinks to look forward to and, some great grub and speeches from captains and presentation of all the trophies for the Jubilee cup 2026 .
Final positions and the ‘road to winning ‘can be seen here and below.
Jubilee Cup order of merit final positions.
All singles and pairs results are shown in the order of merit tables within the website. So please have a look and see how you fared over the 2025 season?. As we began the match the order of merit doubles had not been decided and was won by Ian Attridge from Crondon Park Golf Club. but he was closely followed by Gerry Calley and John Parkin from Wanstead Golf Club.
Adam Bird Singles runner up Order of Merit, presented by Jim Davis
The singles order of merit was also decided by the final with Jon Talbot from Crondon Park winning before the Final was played , and Dean Riches was runner up from Mardyke Valley GC .
For competitors looking to see how they did please visit the website.
Singles order of merit winner Pete Ballard From Crondon Park Golf Club been presented with Winners order of merit 2026 by Jim Davis Jubilee commitee
Elliot Croft The Essex been presented with pairs order of merit trophy Winner Tropy by Adam Levoi Jubilee cup Captain The Essex
Dennis Murphy Crondon Park been presented with runners up trophy doubles order of merit by Jim Davis jubilee committee
Jim Davis presenting runners up order of merit winner Adam Bird from Top Meadow golf club with his trophy
Special presentation to Commitee chairman Phil Redhead (The Notley’s Golf Club) by Jim Davis at 2024 Final
Special presentation to Neil Mitchell(Crondon Park Club Captain 2024) by Jim Davis at the semi final at Canons Brook Golf Club 2024
Special presentation. To Alan Tindall (Colchester Golf Club) by Phil Redhead at 2024 Final
Thanks to all the competing clubs the commitment to the games , practise, travel is a great achievement and credit to you all-your feedback is gratefully received this year.
Good luck all for the 2025 comp
2026 Semi - Finals 05-06 September
Thanks to our host clubs Benton Hall Golf club and Stock Brook Manor GC for generously offering their courses to stage the semi finals for these key stage matches- which saw both The Essex and The Rayleigh GC fall by the wayside to the finalists.
Semi Final 1 -05 September - Crondon Park defeated The Essex at Benton Hall GC 6 & 3
Semi Final 2 -06 September- Top Meado GC defeated the Rayleigh GC at Stock Brook Manor GC 6.5 & 2.5
Both matches were very closely contested and the final results flattered the eventual winners.
Full results shown down to individual match levels on our website, and proved key for Order of Merit final results also to singles and pairs players
Photos BELOW show the teams that did not make it through to the final.
The Rayleigh Golf Club, Semi-Finalists
The Essex Golf Club, Semi-Finalists