Age and experience took centre stage at Westbury Golf Club as players aged 70 and over competed in the seventh annual Cameron Cup.
The competition, now in its seventh year, was the brainchild of long-standing club member David Cameron. At the age of 85, David felt the club’s senior events were being dominated by the “younger seniors”. In response, he presented a large trophy, the Cameron Cup, which can only be won by players over the age of 70.
Now 92, David remains the club’s oldest active player and still plays weekly in social rounds, competitions and interclub matches, often beating much younger opponents. A former member of the Royal Mechanical Engineers and parachute-trained with the 1st Battalion of the Parachute Regiment, David now receives free membership from the club, along with all players who continue to play into their 90s.
This year’s Cameron Cup drew 26 entrants, including club president Derek Hulin and David himself.
“Everyone had a great time; the weather was kind and the conditions perfect,” said club secretary Bob Whyte.
“The competition was won by Colin Booth, a long-term club member and an ex-manager of the Blue Circle company which originally owned the land on which the course is laid out. He was closely followed in second place by Brian Ingram and David Cameron himself was third.”
