Portal, Walker & Newport Cups

Portal, Walker & Newport Cups

Reigate Hill Golf Club  

Wednesday 4 September 2025

It was a long journey to Reigate for our team. And the weather forecast was not good, with heavy rain showers predicted for the whole morning. So kudos to the ‘Reigate 8’ who took pride in representing our Society and braved the elements to compete against the cream of the Eastern and Southern golfing societies. The recent rain had done wonders for the golf course which was in amazingly good condition considering that it was only a week or two since the end of the long spell of very dry and very hot weather. Unfortunately, both Alex Gretton and Simon Homans had had to call off for sound reasons, leaving us with seven players and little time to find the eighth. President Alec Bath answered the SOS call - thanks Alec.

The morning competitions are over 9 holes. We compete for both the Walker Cup  (3 teams of 8 playing individual Stableford, with the best 7 scores counting for each team) and the Newport Cup (combined scores of each team’s captain and secretary or their representatives). Fortunately, the heavy rain moved away after about an hour’s play and the weather for the rest of the day was very pleasant. Society history was made when the Secretary, for the first time ever, recorded our best score - 18 Stableford points. Such a modest best score ensured that we came third (last!), with the Eastern winning the Walker Cup. But the Captain’s and Secretary’s joint score of 32 points was sufficient to make us runners-up to the Eastern in the Newport Cup.

The Walker & Newport Cups Results Sheet below shows all the scores and the final results tables for both competitions. 

In the afternoon we competed for the Portal Cup, playing 4-ball better ball matchplay over 18 holes. All 3 teams won two matches each and lost two matches each. In the event of a tie, the result is determined by adding together the winning margin of each match - so a win by 4&3 gives a winning margin of 4, whilst a loss of 2&1 gives a winning margin of -2. This meant that the Southern just pipped us for the trophy, with the Eastern in third place. 

The Portal Cup Results Sheet below shows all the match results and the final results table. 

For the results of the Portal Cup, the Walker Cup and the Newport Cup  in previous years, please click on 'Booklets' and refer to the relevant Booklet(s) or, if before 2013, click on 'Our Society' and refer to the Society history.

For Portal, Walker and Newport Cup  Reports for previous years, click on the appropriate links below: