Bellingham Golf Club

Bellingham Golf Club Est. 1893
Instagram: Bellinghamgolfclub Bellingham Golf Club was founded in 1893 and was extended to 18 holes in 1996.

The new 9 holes were designed by Ian Wilson, the Secretary at the time. Ian also captained the club during its Centenary year of 1993 and was Club Champion at Bellingham 13 times, as well as former Champion at Backworth and Hexham. The Ladies captain for the Centenary year was Miss A.K Dunlop, with Mrs G Macdonald holding the captaincy in 1996 for the opening of the new 18 holes. The new 18 hole c

ourse was officially opened by the President of the Northumberland Golf Union, Barry Rodger, alongside course designer & secretary Ian Wilson, Club Captain Lenny Batey and project manager Bill Curry. The entire project was made possible by grants received from The National Lottery Sports Fund, European Regional Development Fund, Tynedale Council, The R & A and also the tireless work of everyone involved at the time. Bellingham has played host to many great golfers over the years with Ian Wilson, David Curry (British Amateur Champion 1986) and George Cowan (Northumberland County Champion 2006). Will Robson is the best of the current crop having recently returned from a scholarship in America, where he was ranked as No1 in the University of Kansas-Missouri team, helping them win their first ever conference - The Summit League in 2011. The current course record was set by Ryan Hyland, 16 years old at the time, with a fantastic 63 scored in the 2006 Ford Trophy.

Hadrian League 🏌🏼‍♂️Bellingham 5 - 7 Matfen HallAnother narrow home defeat as we played a great bunch of guys from Matfe...
14/05/2026

Hadrian League 🏌🏼‍♂️

Bellingham 5 - 7 Matfen Hall

Another narrow home defeat as we played a great bunch of guys from Matfen Hall last night. Next week we have our first away game of the season as we travel to Longhirst, not before we play Bamburgh Castle away in round 2 of Davison Cup on Monday evening! 🏰

Ladies 4th Division Shield 🏌🏼‍♀️

Bellingham 4 - 3 City of Newcastle III

Our ladies started their campaign strongly with a good home win on Monday night.

Our Norah Percy team have advanced to round 2 after a fantastic 2-3 away win at Blyth Golf Club, whilst our TR Percy Ladies side advanced to round 3 with a 3-2 home win against Gosforth Ladies ⛳️

11/05/2026

Bill Elliott Memorial Trophy 🏌🏼‍♂️🏆

🥇 Michael Davison 73 - 7 = 66
🥈 Geoff Ellison 80 - 11 = 69
🥉 Iain Riddle 87 - 18 = 69

Ladies Hignett Rosebowl Qualifier 🏌🏼‍♀️🏆

🥇 Pam Jack & Clare Ronan - 45 points
🥈 Carole Aitchison & Joanne Chomse - 37 points
🥉 Rachel Batchelor & Joan Batey - 36 points

A dry but cold week as we still wait for temperatures to pick up, with any real growth still being stunted by frosts towards the middle of May. More matches this week as our Ladies League team begin their campaign today against City Of Newcastle III, our Hadrian League team host Matfen Hall on Wednesday and our Seniors have their first friendly of 2026 vs Allendale on Thursday.

This weeks sponsor is North Tyne Fencing. Leigh has been a great help already this season by keeping all our junior members competitive, taking them out a couple of times now to play amongst eachother. We hope to get the Senior/Junior Trophy schedule into the fixture list so keep an eye out for a future date. Thanks to all others who have offered their time to take our juniors onto the course ⛳️

Hadrian League 🏌🏼‍♂️Bellingham 5-7 HexhamLast night we started our league campaign and collected some good points at hom...
07/05/2026

Hadrian League 🏌🏼‍♂️

Bellingham 5-7 Hexham

Last night we started our league campaign and collected some good points at home against last years runners up. Missing a few of our regulars, a big thanks to those who filled the gaps. Well done to Hexham and we wish Martin and his team all the best for 2026!

Next game @ HOME vs Matfen on Wednesday May 13th ⛳️

On Friday we also played Ponteland in R1 of the Davison Cup, winning the tie 3.5 - 1.5. The draw for round 2 sees us make the journey further north to play against Bamburgh Castle.

27/04/2026

Hadrian League Challenge Cup Qualifier 🏌🏼‍♂️

🥇 Owen Loughhead 90 - 23 = 67
🥈 Gary Stanford 85 - 16 = 69
🥉 James Wright 94 - 25 = 69

Eileen Martin Memorial Trophy 🏌🏼‍♀️🏆

🥇 Pam Jack - 34 points
🥈 Samm Murray - 34 points
🥉 Cath Debbage - 29 points

A lovely week for golf as the sun and warmer temperatures took over. Plenty of the same this week, some more greens maintenance to start with tining and overseeding the badly affected greens from over the winter ⛳️

This week’s post is sponsored by First & Last Brewery, who’ve only been getting busier year by year since they settled in Bellingham. As the season picks up we’ll be stocking their own branded beers in our fridges, and we would recommend anyone to visit their taproom for a drink in the beer garden when they can! 🥂🍻

21/04/2026

RVI Trophy 🏆🏌🏼‍♂️

🥇 Bill Telfer 87 - 16 = 71
🥈 Graham Robson 84 - 13 = 71
🥉 Jonny Herdman 79 - 6 = 73

Looks like we’re finally getting a week of more settled weather, after a stop start to our 2026 season.

Our Norah Percy Ladies team travel to Blyth for their 1st round fixture, before a busy weekend of competitive golf is expected at the club ⛳️

This week we’d like to shoutout one of our first sponsors InSync Physiotherapy. Sara specialises in advanced physiotherapy, wellbeing and more. Based locally in Hexham be sure to give her a visit for any troubles you may have and she’d be more than happy to help! 🧘

13/04/2026

Social Institute Trophy 🏌🏼‍♂️🏆

🥇 Stewart Jones 81 - 9 = 72
🥈 David Dunn 84 - 11 = 73
🥉 Iain Riddle 93 - 19 = 74

Ladies Texas Scramble 🏌🏼‍♀️

🥇 Ruth Foley, Angela James, Michelle Kent.
82 - 18 = 64

Bugles Spring Rosebowl 🏌

🏆 Chris Lucas - 35 points

Good Friday Outing (Cardrona Golf Course) 🏌🏼‍♂️

🥇 David Ramm - 35 points
🥈 Tony Anderson - 32 points
🥉 James Wright - 29 points

Mens Winter League 🏌🏼‍♂️

🏆 Stewart Jones

Great to get some competitive golf played and trophies already being collected early on in our 2026 calendar ⛳️

This week’s post is sponsored by Reezek Takeaway & Pizzeria, our local heroes who recently celebrated their 2 year anniversary since opening up in Bellingham. Huge thanks to Najeeb and his team for what they have brought to the locals and everyone visiting! 👏🏼

Captains Drive-In 2026 🏌🏼‍♀️🏌🏼‍♂️Sadly we were forced to watching both captains teeing off only today. Benny and Andrew ...
05/04/2026

Captains Drive-In 2026 🏌🏼‍♀️🏌🏼‍♂️

Sadly we were forced to watching both captains teeing off only today. Benny and Andrew had the course all systems go for weekend golf but the weather had other ideas. A day of heavy rain on Friday and the arrival of Storm Dave this weekend meant both David and Linda had a simple task of teeing off the 2026 campaign infront of a fantastic crowd.

Thanks to everyone who turned out today on a bitterly cold day that saw several snow/sleet showers. Your support is always much appreciated, and we hope you all enjoyed the carvery put on by Mark and Dan in the clubhouse afterwards 😋

We wish Club Captain David Ramm and Ladies Captain Linda Murray all the success this year, and happy golfing to all our members ⛳️

This weeks post is brought to you by one of our sponsors . Claire and her team were up to deep clean our clubhouse before our 2026 season started. The service is excellent and both her and her staff couldn’t do more for us! 🧽✨

Gayle Wright 📸

🗣️Attention Ladies!🏌🏼‍♀️⛳️We’re running our ladies’ “Get into Golf” coaching sessions again this year. These sessions ha...
13/03/2026

🗣️Attention Ladies!🏌🏼‍♀️⛳️

We’re running our ladies’ “Get into Golf” coaching sessions again this year. These sessions have been popular, with many new golfers joining through the programme. Full details are on the attached posters, and the key dates are:

*Taster Afternoon: Saturday 9 May 3–5pm*

*Coaching Sessions (Tuesdays, 6:30–7:30pm)
19 May, 26 May, 2 June, 9 June, 16 June, 23 June, 30 June, 7 July, 14 July, and 21 July.

12/12/2025

Thanks so much for everyone who turned out last night to our Xmas Bingo. Another packed clubhouse, with Club Captain David calling the numbers. Well done to all winners on the night!

With the bingo, Luxury Hamper, late night shopping and all raffle sales we were able to raise £1,369.05 for the BGC supporters club! Huge thank you to everyone for their kind donations all around 🙏🏻

The Luxury Hamper was drawn last night and won by Pat Batey! 🎄

Eyes down ✍️🗣️Our annual Xmas Bingo is only a few weeks away, all donations for the evening raffle are greatly appreciat...
13/11/2025

Eyes down ✍️🗣️

Our annual Xmas Bingo is only a few weeks away, all donations for the evening raffle are greatly appreciated!

Hopefully we get a full clubhouse yet again! 🎄

End Of Season Texas Scramble 🏌🏼‍♂️🏌🏼‍♀️⛳️🥇 Scott/Lawson/Briggs/Bell 65 - 10 = 55🥈 Reed/Rapier/Crosby/Buchanan 60 - 4 = 5...
13/10/2025

End Of Season Texas Scramble 🏌🏼‍♂️🏌🏼‍♀️⛳️

🥇 Scott/Lawson/Briggs/Bell 65 - 10 = 55

🥈 Reed/Rapier/Crosby/Buchanan 60 - 4 = 56

🥉 Loughhead/Cowens/Irving/Anderson 67 - 11 = 56

A perfect end to a very good 2025 golfing season, with a great turnout as golfers enjoyed an afternoon under a warm October sunshine ☀️

Presentation night followed and well done to all our winners this season. Barring a torrid week at the start of October we’ve sailed through this year with next to no interruptions. Credit as always goes to Benny, Andrew and Willie for presenting us a top quality golf course once again 👏🏼⛳️

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Boggle Hole
Bellingham
NE482DT

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm
Friday 9am - 3pm
Saturday 9am - 6pm
Sunday 9am - 6pm

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+441434220530

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