Golf Club Managers Association  - South West (Originally the Association of Golf Club Secretaries)

The Inaugural Meeting

It was on 17 th July 1956 when Donald Hood-Wright, the secretary of WSM GC arranged a meeting for some 18 local Secretaries.  At that time there were only 3 other regions formed:

Scottish Region

North Eastern Region

Midlands Region

The South West region held a further meeting at Burnham later that year.

From that date it would appear that meetings were held in the Spring and Autumn during most years.

Regional Secretaries

It is perceived from the first meeting in 1956 that Donald Hood-Wright arranged the meetings for the period upto the middle of the 1960’s. Philip Day Dewdney (Minehead) then took over and during his time as the Regional Secretary, he was nominated for the National Captains role, which he accepted and served his term of office in 1968.

In 1973 he handed over the reigns of the Regional Secretary to John Wilcock of Saltford Golf Club who continued in this position until 1982. On his retirement from the role, he was replaced at the Autumn meeting held at Shirehampton Golf Club by one of the great servants of the Association, Ray Burniston of Long Ashton Golf Club, and in 1986 Ray was elected to the post of National Captain.  By the late eighties Ray Burniston was continuing in both posts of Club and Regional Secretary and when the post of National Secretary became available, he applied for the position and was the successful applicant. 

Ray continued to serve the Association in the post of National Secretary until his retirement in 2002.  Since Ray vacated the position in January 1990 there have been four other individuals whom have held the post of Regional Secretary, Derek Holloway on two occasions with five years service, Barry Long who remained for a three year period, Doug Daniell who served four years until his untimely death in 2001 and since 2001 the incumbent has been Brian Rimes.

Roll of Honour

REGIONAL SECRETARIES

1956/1966	Donald Hood Wright	Weston-super-Mare Golf Club
1966/1973	Philip Day Dewdney	Minehead Golf Club
1973/1982	John Wilcock	Saltford Golf Club
1982/1990	Ray Burniston	Long Ashton Golf Club
1990/1992	Derek Holloway	Teignmouth Golf Club
1992/1995	Barry Long	Torquay Golf Club
1995/1997	Derek Holloway	Teignmouth Golf Club
1997/2001	Doug Daniell	The Warren Golf Club
2001/2015	Brian Rimes	Staddon Heights Golf Club

        
REGIONAL MANAGERS

2015                                          Karen Drake                                                                           Weston super Mare Golf Club

Regional Captains

It is difficult to ascertain whom or whether there was a Regional Captain in the early years. Sometime during the 1960’s Gerry Noble became Regional Captain until he gave up around 1979.

CAPTAINS

1966/1979	Gerry Noble
1979/1983	Dennis Brown	Minehead Golf Club
1983/1988	Denis Griffin	Churston Golf Club
1988/1993	Brian Heggie	Truro Golf Club
1993/1994	Mike Sullivan	Clevedon Golf Club
1994/1996	Jackie Howe	The Mendip Golf Club
1996/1998	Barry Megson	Holsworthy Golf Club
1998/1999	Geoff Green	Torrington Golf Club
1999/2001	Les Pring	Bath Golf Club
2001/2003	Derek Holloway	Teignmouth Golf Club
2003/2004	Ray Burniston	Weston-super-Mare Golf Club
2004/2006	Martin Lowry	Bigbury Golf Club
2006/2007	David Weston	Enmore Golf Club
2007/2008	Richard Marston	Thurlestone Golf Club
2008/2009	Peter Plumb	Ross-on-Wye Golf Club
2009/2010	John Keight	Henbury Golf Club
2010/2011	Stuart Phipps	Kingsdown Golf Club
2011/2012	Richard Jessop	Tiverton Golf Club
2012/2013	Tim Aggett	Staddon Heights Golf Club
2013/2014	Bob Knight	Naunton Downs Golf Club
2014/2015	Jon Mills	Lydney Golf Club
2015/2016	Peter Jones	Launceston Golf Club
2016/2017	Jim Scott	The Mendip Golf Club
2017/2018	Bob Clark	Dainton Park Golf Club

                  

PRESIDENTS

1979/1995	Gerry Noble
1995/2008	Grahame Spray
2008/2011	Ray Burniston
2011/2014	Richard Marston
2014/2017	David Weston

NATIONAL CAPTAINS

1968	Phillip Day Dewdney
1986	Ray Burniston
2005	Brian Carnie
2016	David O'Sullivan