Abbeydale's Dennis Trickett honoured by England Golf

Yorkshires Dennis Trickett with England Golfs Gerald Micklem Award

Trickett, a member at Abbeydale, received the award from outgoing President Desmond Duffy at Thursday's annual meeting of the organisation.

“I feel honoured and delighted to receive this award and to join such a distinguished list of former recipients,” he said . “Golf has been a huge part of my life and it has given me so much. I owe a debt of gratitude to so many who have helped me along the way.”

Trickett has been a member at Abbeydale since 1961 and, for most of that time, he has been involved in running golf competitions and enhancing the experience of players at club, county and national level.

One of his favourite moments came two years ago in the Lee Westwood Trophy, an England Golf Order of Merit championship. “In the final round Danny Willett, the 2016 Masters Champion, caddied for Sam Hayward, Danny’s caddie at the time. You should have seen the look on the faces of Sam’s playing partners.”

Another good memory is of helping to organise the Bank of Europe Pro-Am at Abbeydale in 1977 when the players included Nick Faldo, Mark James and Sam Torrance.

Trickett has run both the Yorkshire Order of Merit and the North of England Amateur Championship since they started, respectively 22 and eight years ago. The Order of Merit has featured some very notable names, while the championship is the last England Order of Merit event of the season and was designed as a top-class event for players who had decided not to pursue a Tour card.

“Being able to organise top amateur golf each year has been the icing on the cake,” said Trickett.

Over the years he has been involved at all levels of the game and he commented: “I have been very fortunate to have had some very good friends who have supported me in many ways.”

At his club he’s been captain, president and is now an honorary member. He joined the Sheffield Union of Golf Clubs in 1979 and became President in 1993. Ten years later he held the same position with the Yorkshire Union of Golf Clubs, and chaired the county’s championship committee for 16 years.

He was a member of the championship committee of the former English Golf Union, now England Golf, for eight years, helping to run top-class national events. He has been secretary of the Northern Counties Golf Union for 12 years.