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Balfour & Houldsworth Golf Challenge Cups
The Balfour & Houldsworth Golf Challenge Cups
Established 1897 - Amateur Golf Competitions Spanning Three Centuries
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1897 The first ever Balfour Cup is announced. - Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News - Saturday 27 February 1897
1897 Manchester Guardian Reporter comments on Golf in Scotland and England and the tee-sheets are shown for the inaugural Balfour and Houldsworth Cups
1902 Report on the Balfour Cup at Worsley GC - Manchester Evening News 23rd June 1902
1905 Prime Minister sends apologies to B&H AGM - Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - 28 Jan1905
1906 Decision to limit Competition entries - Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser- Tues 8 May 1906.
1906 Report on the Balfour Cup at Worsley GC - Manchester Evening News - 23rd June 1906
1907 Report on the Balfour Cup at Manchester Golf Club, Old Trafford - Manchester Evening News 9th June 1907
1909 Balfour Cup Winner congratulated by Sir William Houldsworth - Manchester Evening News 24th June 1909
1913 After Hopwood - Hon Sec's lament and analysis - Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser-17 June
1914 Notice of B&H comps at Torkington GC - Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - 28th April 1914
1914 Report of the Houldsworth Cup - Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - 25th June 1914
1926 - 22nd June Manchester Guardian reporter comments on how much B&H Competitions have done for golf in the Manchester District.
1949 It began way back in 1897 by Eric Thornton - Manchester Evening News 23rd June 1949
Rt Hon A. J. Balfour
Sir Williiam Houldsworth