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 |
2017 |
W. Smith and W. Bushell |
2018 |
P.Carroll & M.Faber |
2019 |
A.J.Hitchen & J.J.Turnbull |