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This competition is played on the first Wednesday in June. It is a Medal
play competition from the white tees. The player with the best gross
score wins the Prentice Salver and is declared “the senior section champion”.
Winner’s name is inscribed on a club honours board. Up to 2003 the
player with the next best gross score won the Jubilee Jug. In 2004
the Jug was awarded to the player, aged 75 years or over, with the best
gross score A handicap prize is awarded for the same card. The player with
the lowest net score wins the Noel Highton Challenge Trophy. Up to 2005
a player was eligible to win or be runner up for both trophies. From 2006
a player can only win one trophy.
Tom Prentice donated the Salver. He was for many years a trustee
of the club and a stalwart of the senior section.
Don Carmichael donated the Jubilee Jug to celebrate the 25th anniversary
of the senior section. Don was senior captain in 1992.
The Noel Highton Challenge Trophy was donated in 1992. Noel Highton joined the club in 1981. Noel was a tall, slim, elegant golfer who had played off a single figure handicap in his prime. One of his claims to fame was his knowledge of real ale, both taste and cost as he was a qualified accountant whose clients included Jennings Brewery in Cumbria.