Warwickshire Ladies County Golf Association
The Charles Heeley Challenge Bowl
The Charles Heeley Challenge Bowl is a charity golf event which has been taking place in the Midlands for one hundred years. The competition was inaugurated in 1925. Two sisters, Hilda and Connie Widdowson, who were members of Walmley Golf Club, arranged for the proceeds of some of the club competitions to support a school for disabled children at which they both taught.
The Challenge Bowl was presented to the sisters by Mr Charles Heeley, a fellow member of Walmley Golf Club, to enable them to widen their charitable efforts to involve golf clubs throughout the Midlands.
Since 1963 the final has taken place at a different venue each year, alternating between the counties of: Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire & Herefordshire. The host club chooses the charity to be supported.
Participating clubs hold a qualifying Stableford competition and the players with the best score in Division 1 (Handicap Index Limit up to 24.4) and Division 2 (Handicap Index Limit 24.5 to 40.0) qualify to play in the final.
Final: Monday, 21 September 2026
Venue: Stourbridge Golf Club, Worcestershire
click here for the 2026 poster
click here for the 2026 Entry Form
Future Venue:
2027 Walmley GC (Warwickshire)
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