A silver cup presented in 1978 by W.H. (Bill) Lee, N.W. (Norman) Gant and several others as a memorial to their Leslie and Godwin colleague and friend W.J. (Willie) Foster, who was a keen Lloyd’s G.C. member. The cup is awarded to the pair with the best Veterans score in the Friday morning Stableford at the Summer Meeting.
A bachelor and a great eccentric in his later years, Foster made a will which left his estate according to a ‘slip’ which he carried with him at all times.
The ‘slip’ was divided into 64ths (the same basis as the equity in a ship) and he would frequently alter the beneficiaries or the amount of an inheritance according to his latest whim. When he died he left in excess of £200,000 and a lot of people were pleasantly surprised – including those who gave the trophy.
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1978 | J.T. Faber & J. Groom |
| 1979 | G.H.P. Pritchard & P.G.A. Newberry |
| 1980 | No record |
| 1981 | J.G. Hogg & M.R. Nutting |
| 1982 | G.H.P. Pritchard & P.G.A. Newberry |
| 1983 | F.L. Perkins & H.V. White-Smith |
| 1984 | H.R. Rokeby-Johnson & J. Groom |
| 1985 | M. Palmer & M.W. Nesbitt |
| 1986 | M. Palmer & M.W. Nesbitt |
| 1987 | M. Palmer & M.W. Nesbitt |
| 1988 | F.E. Hughes-Onslow & R.J. Coombes |
| 1989 | G.B. Mackay Forbes & A. F. Jackson |
| 1990 | W.N.M. Lawrence & H.R. Rokeby-Johnson |
| 1991 | J.J.P. Hine & R.J.G. Shaw |
| 1992 | B.L. Evens & J. Hewett-Hicks |
| 1993 | B.L. Evens & B.M. Roddick |
| 1994 | J.J.P. Hine & D.J. Marchant |
| 2015 | C.M. Davies & R.K. Ohlson |
| 2016 | J.C. Ticehurst & P.D.Whittaker |