2025 JD Leech Memorial Trophy – Final Matchplay Result

Today was the final of the JD Leech matchplay with Braden Stokes and Mal Sosbey teeing it up in the afternoon field. Prefect weather met both players with Braden taking advantage of the conditions to take out the victory 7 & 6.

Congratulations to Braden Stokes on winning the 2025 JD Leech Memorial Trophy.

J D Leech 2025 handicap match play final – Match Report from Damian Willcox 

The J D Leech Competition is a handicap individual match play contest between 32 qualifiers after two rounds of stroke play. It is named after our founding Captain Jack Leech.

It is a very good effort to reach the finals and this year Mal Sosbey and Braden Stokes played off in the final over 18 holes on September 13, 2025.

Mal played off 8 and Braden Stokes played off 120

Both players teed off well on the 1st but Mal’s second shot found the bunker. Braden won with a bogey.

On the second Braden did a huge drive to the left of the fairway and won it with a solid par.

The 3^rd saw Mal in the greenside pot and Braden won with a par from grannies corner.

On 4 Braden found the right bunker and took 2 to get out but after a good up and down with a stroke the hole was halved.

Braden had an excellent shot on 5 to win that hole to go 4 up.

Mal regrouped and halved the next 2 holes but on 7B Braden had a shot and went 5 up and winning the 8^th put him 5 up.

On 9A saw both players duff the second shot to the green but Braden canned a clutch putt to scrounge a great half.

On 9B Braden was on in 1 and held Mal off to win the hole to go 6 up

12 A Braden did a great drive and put his approach close to win with a 3 with a stroke.

Braden won the match 7 and 6

The match was played in great spirit.

Braden could barley do a thing wrong while Mal made the occasional error and paid the penalty. Mal didn’t win a hole and Braden was an emphatic 2025 J D Leech champion

Damian Willcox
Match Referee 

Today saw the semi finals of The JD Leech matchplay take place with the results of each match found below:

Mal Sosbey def Matt Delahunty 4&3 

Braden Stokes def Chris Fischer 4&3

The Final of this event all be played next Saturday 13th September at 11.23am.

 

Today saw the quarter finals of The JD Leech matchplay take place with the results of each match found below:

Matthew Delahunty def Peter Killen 19th  

Mal Sosbey def Murray Billing 21st 

Braden Stokes def Steve Foulds 2&1

Chris Fischer def John Carlson 5&4

The Semi Finals of this event all be played next Saturday 6th September with matches scheduled to take place in the morning and afternoon fields.

Today saw the 2nd Round of The JD Leech matchplay take place with the results from each match found before: 

Peter Killen def Roger Hastings 5&3 

Matthew Delahunty def John James 3&2

Mal Sosbey def Erwin Michel 4&2

Murray Billing def Nick Feather 3&1

Braden Stokes def David Halligan 3&2 

Steve Foulds def Geoff Arthur 3&2

Chris Fischer def Michael Stevens 19th

John Carlson def Andy Payne 3&1

The 2nd round of this event all be played next Saturday 30th August with matches scheduled to take place in the morning and afternoon fields.

Today saw the 1st Round of The JD Leech matchplay take place with the results from each match found before: 

Peter Killen def Dyan Sisouw 1up 

Roger Hastings def David Barham 19th 

John James def Phil Cole 3&2

Matthew Delahunty def David Spicer 4&2

Erwin Michel def Peter Hansen W/O

Mal Sosbey def Pankaj Verma 2&1

Murray Billing def Brett Murphy 2up

Nick Feather def Jamie Smith 2up 

David Halligan def Angus Marr 5&3 

Braden Stokes def Phil Elliott 19th 

Steve Foulds def Robert Loft 5&3

Geoff Arthur def Geoff Roberts 20th

Michael Stevens def Jonny Morgan 3&2

Chris Fischer def Cec Bailey 3&2

John Carlson def Larry Vun 4&3

Andy Payne def Peter Doran 2up

The 2nd round of this event all be played next Saturday 23rd August with matches scheduled to take place in the morning and afternoon fields. 

The top 32 qualifiers have now been set for the 2025 JD Leech Trophy. Dyan Sisouw taking out the number 1 qualifying position with scores of 64 & 62 = 126nett. The lucky number 32 qualifier this year was Erwin Michel on a total score of 144nett on a count back.

The race to qualify for this year’s JD Leech Memorial Trophy is on and some low scores have been posted in round one of qualifying. 

The leading 32 players qualify for matchplay after the second round, and as it stands after the first qualifying round nett 70 is the last place qualifier.  

At the top end of the leaderboard, Murray Billing and John Kelly lead the way with a great score of nett 63. Behind Murray and John in third place is John Carlson, Chris Fisher and Dyan Sisouw on nett 64.

The second qualifying round will take place on Saturday 9th August 2025.

To view all scores from the first round, please see the leaderboard below:

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