The Leicestershire & Rutland Golf Union compete in the Anglian League and the Eastern Inter Counties Foursomes on an annual basis
The L&RGU First Team won the Anglian League in 2022 under the captaincy of James Billingham (Cosby). This gave the L&RGU their third ever 'double' of Anglian League and Eastern Counties Foursomes following their wins in 1995, 2016. The L&RGU have now won the Anglian League on 15 occasions, bettered only by Lincolnshire (18).
The L&RGU Second Team retained their title in 2019 again under the captaincy of John Fairbrother (Cosby they have won the title for the last three years). The L&RGU have won the Second Team League 13 times, again only bettered by Lincolnshire (15).
The 2022 victory in the Eastern Counties Foursomes was the 10th time that the L&RGU have won this particular event - the leaders in this tournament are;
Lincolnshire (14), Hertfordshire (11) (They no longer play in the tournament) Berks,Bucks & Oxon (BBO) (10) L&RGU (10)
Three counties have done the double of Anglian League and Eastern Counties - Cambridgeshire (2013), L&RGU (1995, 2016 & 2022) and Lincolnshire (1975, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2015).
Those three counties have also achieved the treble (Anglian League, Second Team League and Eastern Counties) - Cambridgeshire in 2013, L&RGU in 1995 and Lincolnshire in 2004 & 2009.
A history of the Anglian League and Second Team League winners are available from the download ( Anglian_League_History.xls ) along with the list of victors in the Eastern Counties Foursomes. A summary of the last 66 years is available from the table below.
Anglian League Wins | Anlgian 2nd Team League Wins | Eastern Inter County Foursomes Wins |
Lincolnshire 20 | Lincolnshire 16 | Lincolnshire 16 |
Leicestershire & Rutland 16 | Leicestershire & Rutland 14 | Hertfordshire 12 |
Norfolk 6 | Suffolk 6 | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire 12 |
Suffolk 6 | Northamptonshire 5 | Leicestershire & Rutland 10 |
Northamptonshire 4 | Cambridgeshire 3 | Norfolk 8 |
Cambridgeshire 3 | Norfolk 3 | Bedfordshire 5 |
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Essex 4 |
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Cambridgeshire 3 |
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Anglian League |
Second Team League |
Eastern Inter Counties Foursomes |
2024 | Leicestershire & Rutland | Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire |
2023 | Lincolnshire | Leicestershire & Rutland | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire |
2022 | Leicestershire & Rutland | Suffolk | Leicestershire & Rutland |
2021 | Lincolnshire | Northamptonshire | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire |
2020 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
2019 | Cambridgeshire | Leicestershire & Rutland | Leicestershire & Rutland |
2018 | Northamptonshire | Leicestershire & Rutland | Essex |
2017 | Lincolnshire | Leicestershire & Rutland | Essex |
2016 | Leicestershire & Rutland | Lincolnshire | Leicestershire & Rutland |
2015 | Lincolnshire | Cambridgeshire | Lincolnshire |
2014 | Leicestershire & Rutland | Suffolk | Lincolnshire |
2013 | Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire |
2012 | Lincolnshire | Northamptonshire | Lincolnshire |
2011 | Northamptonshire | Northamptonshire | Lincolnshire |
2010 | Lincolnshire | Leicestershire & Rutland | Lincolnshire |
2009 | Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire |
2008 | Lincolnshire | Cambridgeshire | Essex |
2007 | Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire | Cambridgeshire |
2006 | Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire | Essex |
2005 | Leicestershire & Rutland | Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire |
2004 | Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire |
2003 | Leicestershire & Rutland | Norfolk | Lincolnshire |
2002 | Suffolk | Northamptonshire | Leicestershire & Rutland |
2001 | Cambridgeshire | Leicestershire & Rutland | Lincolnshire |
2000 | Suffolk | Suffolk | Bedfordshire |
1999 | Leicestershire & Rutland | Lincolnshire | Hertfordshire |
1998 | Leicestertshire & Rutland | Suffolk | Norfolk |
1997 | Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire | Bedfordshire |
1996 | Leicestershire & Rutland | Leicestershire & Rutland | Hertfordshire |
1995 | Leicestershire & Rutland | Leicestershire & Rutland | Leicestershire & Rutland |
1994 | Lincolnshire & Norfolk | Leicestershire & Rutland | Lincolnshire |
1993 | Norfolk | Lincolnshire | Leicestershire & Rutland |
1992 | Leicestershire & Rutland | Leicestershire & Rutland | Hertfordshire Lincolnshire |
1991 | Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire | Hertfordshire |
1990 |
Northamptonshire |
Lincolnshire |
Leicestershire & Rutland |
1989 |
Lincolnshire |
Leicestershire & Rutland |
Lincolnshire |
1988 |
Norfolk |
Leicestershire & Rutland |
Hertfordshire |
1987 |
Leicestershire & Rutland |
Lincolnshire |
Herfordshire |
1986 |
Leicestershire & Rutland |
Lincolnshire |
Cambridgeshire |
1985 |
Leicestershire & Rutland |
Lincolnshire |
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire |
1984 |
Suffolk |
Suffolk |
Hertfordshire |
1983 |
Leicestershire & Rutland |
Lincolnshire |
Lincolnshire |
1982 |
Suffolk |
Norfolk |
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire |
1981 |
Leicestershire & Rutland |
Suffolk |
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire |
1980 |
Suffolk |
Northamptonshire |
Hertfordshire |
1979 |
Norfolk |
Leicestershire & Rutland |
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire |
1978 |
Lincolnshire & Suffolk |
Norfolk |
Hertfordshire |
1977 |
Norfolk |
Leicestershire & Rutland |
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire |
1976 |
Lincolnshire |
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Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire |
1975 |
Lincolnshire |
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Lincolnshire |
1974 |
Lincolnshire |
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Hertfordshire |
1973 |
Lincolnshire |
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Bedfordshire |
1972 |
Northamptonshire |
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Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire |
1971 |
Norfolk |
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Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire |
1970 |
Lincolnshire |
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Norfolk |
1969 |
Norfolk |
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Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire |
1968 |
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Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire |
1967 |
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Bedfordshire |
1966 |
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Bedfordshire |
1965 |
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Leicestershire & Rutland |
1964 |
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Hertfordshire |
1963 |
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Hertfordshire |
1962 |
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Norfolk |
1961 |
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Leicestershire & Rutland |
1960 |
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Norfolk |
1959 |
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Norfolk |
1958 |
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Norfolk |
1957 |
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Lincolnshire |
1956 |
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Norfolk |
1955 |
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Leicestershire & Rutland |
1954 |
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Norfolk |
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