I joined Elland Golf Club in 2018. I am honoured to be Rabbit Captain for 2024, with Nick Lumb supporting me as Vice Captain.
I am also looking forward to working with our Club Captain Stephen Taylor and Lady Captain Elena Abbott. The 3 Captains Charity for 2024 is Kirkwood Hospice.
Here at Elland we have a strong Rabbits Section, including a Rabbits League team playing in Section B for season 2024. We also have various Friendly matches organised for the season that encouraged all Rabbits to be involved in these matches both Home and Away.
I look forward to meeting and playing with lots of you over the next 12 months.
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Rabbit Captain | A S Oldfield |
| Vice Rabbit Captain | N Lumb |
| Treasurer | B Holbrook |
| Secretary | tbc |
| Committee | S R Lamb, P Telford, N Lumb, J Greenwood, P Smith |
A fantastic time was had by all on Friday 8th March with an evening of great food and hospitality with attendance by visiting Rabbit Captains from Huddersfield, Bradley Hall, Bradley Park, Longley Park, Meltham, Outlane and Marsden Golf Clubs.
Congratulations to all the winners and runners up of the 2023 Rabbits Trophies
| Trophy/Competition | Winner | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumb Trophy | A Mowat | ||
| Rabbits Rosebowl | Rabbits Winner - J Baillie | Tigers Winner - S Osborne | |
| Rabbit Captains Prize | B Littlewood | ||
| Winter League | Rabbits Winner - P Scholes | Tigers Winner - J E Gill |
There is an opportunity to represent the Club in the local district leagues organised by the Halifax & Huddersfield Rabbit Golf Association (HHDRGA) and wider by the Yorkshire Regional Golf Associations (YRGA), as well as Friendly matches both home and away.
We currently play 8 friendlies against other local clubs - Bradley Hall, Bradley Park, Crosland Heath, Huddersfield, Longley Park, Marsden, Ryburn and Outlane.The games are midweek, with 8 players from each side, starting around 4:30 pm. They are played in a friendly spirit and generally involve combining as a 4 man team (2 from the home club and 2 from the visiting club). The evening finishes with a meal and presentation of bottles of wine o the winning 4 man team. The Rabbit Friendlies allow members to meet and mix with like-minded golfers of similar abilities, at the same-time giving the opportunity to play other local courses for a small charge to cover the cost of the meals.
We currently play in Section C of the HHDRGA Rabbit League and will be competing against Marsden, West End, Longley Park and Meltham in 2025
We have had several successes in recent years ;
In 2019 Steve Lamb and Chris Bingham represented the club in the YRGA Thornton Trophy and competed against 86 other clubs from across Yorkshire at Huddersfield Golf Club. With a combined Stableford score of 67 points they won the Trophy by one point from West Bradford. The Trophy and prizes of engraved Whisky glasses were presented to them in September at the annual YRGA dinner, where they were accompanied by John Ainley Rabbit Captain and Barry Littlewood Club President.
In 2021 the 8 Man team of S R Lamb, N Lumb, J Elliott, A Starling, J Adshead, S Duffy, M Sykes and M Reddy came 3rd in the HHDRGA Presidents Day
In 2022 the 4 man team of S Taylor, Alan Oldfield, P Thompson and F Lane came 3rd in the HHDRGA Presidents Day. C Wilby won his section in the R T Morley and narrowly lost out on semi finals day on the 19th Hole.
in 2023 Steve Lamb and John Greenwood won the HHDRGA Mellor Trophy (Foursomes Knockout) at West End Golf Club.