Historic Achievement as Ringway Golf Club Hosts Four Active Past County Presidents
FOR a Cheshire club to have had a former Cheshire president who is also still an active club member is a rare feat in the county.
Ringway Golf Club are sure that they have set a club, county, and national record by currently having four former Cheshire presidents enjoying regular golf at their club and still being involved in golf life on and off the course.
Ringway are justifiably proud of the contributions to golf given by Steven Buckley, Roger Fielding, Ron Harrison and Martyn Grimley over many years.
Buckley was the first to be Cheshire president in 2002, and he now plays off a 16 handicap, and during his year in office he was proud to see junior stars Paul Waring and Mark Pilling (British Boys Champion) go on to shine in the professional ranks, playing and coaching.
His first job on joining the CUGC was looking after the B team which he did for several years before becoming chairman of selectors of the county team.
After his presidency with Cheshire, he joined the English Golf Union and later became the chairman of handicapping and course assessment committee for five years.
Next up in 2011 was Fielding, now playing off an 18 handicap.
He began his golf at Ringway in 1972 and joined their council in 1988 and 2003. He joined the county executive in 2006 with a particular interest in promoting senior county golf.
He managed the CUGC team which won the England Golf Senior Men’s final in 2005, 2006 and 2008. He was elected as the CUGC president in 2011 and appointed as chairman of the EGU Counties Group for three years.
Next up was Harrison, whose current handicap is three, and he has played for half a century under a four handicap.
He joined the Cheshire Executive in 2002 and was chairman of selectors for three years, county captain for three years, chairman of seniors for three years, county president in 2013, immediate past county president for three years, and on the England Golf Board for three years.
He also found time to win over 100 caps playing for Cheshire Seniors.
The final star is Grimley, currently playing off a one handicap, and is a former British field hockey player who won gold in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
His other hockey successes are winning World Cup and Champions silver medals with England, as well as silver medals in the indoor and outdoor England squads, and he had a combined total of 178 international caps for England and Great Britain and is a life member at Brooklands Hockey Club.
He enjoyed his golf at Ringway and developed his skills to get down to +1 handicap and in 2018 he became the Cheshire Seniors Strokeplay champion at Bromborough.
He also won the Cheshire Seniors Matchplay Championship in 2019. He was Cheshire president in 2022.
