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What a day! On Wednesday 29th July, we held our annual Evans Transport Golf Day at the historic Royal North Devon Golf Club.

Every year, this event continues to grow, welcoming more and more guests, clients, and friends of the company for a fantastic day out on the links. We couldn't have asked for better conditions this year—the West Country weather truly turned it on for us, providing clear skies, sunshine, and great golfing conditions from start to finish.

The 2026 Champions & Prize Winners

The competition was fierce across the course, but a few key performances stood out from the field:

• Team Champions: Congratulations to Lee Merrick, Ryan Freeman, Mark Venning, and Dan Pearce, who put together a brilliant round to take home the team trophy!

• Individual Champion: A special shout-out to Lee Merrick (Evans Transport), who claimed victory as our 2026 Individual Winner!

Congratulations to Mark Cann pictured with Tom Evans and James Corry after winning the Evans Transport Sponsored Golf day at The Royal North Devon Golf Club.

The team event was won by Martyn Allen, Richard Hughes, Fraser James, and Tom Haley.

Most importantly after the golf was the dinner, speeches and charity auction where a grand total of £4750 was raised which has been given to The North Devon Hospice.

Accepting the cheque from James Corry at Evans Transport is Claire Paine the Business Relationship Manager at The North Devon Hospice

July is the time for the Annual Evans Transport Golf day!

Nine teams of 4 players did battle over the oldest Links in England. Royal North Devon Golf Club is 160 years old this year and were delighted as always to host our day. Most of us kept dry-ish on the fantastic course which is looking great as always.

The individual winner was Ryan Freeman from Atlas packaging helped along by a fantastic Eagle on the 13th hole, and Ryan was also in the winning team (above). He played with Matt Gosling from Maen Karne, Dan Battershall from Scania GB  and Les Webster who is retired from Evans Transport .

The second place team included Ian Binding from Harris and Harris Construction Richard Hughes from Gingerweb, Scott Cocks from Adams Morey and Kevin Wills from Stuart's Truck and Bus.

After an excellent meal Tom Evans precided over a Charity Auction with all proceeds going to The North Devon Hospice all the items auctioned were donated by those present and exactly £2000 was raised and donated.

The 2022 annual Evans Transport Golf day was held at The Royal North Devon Golf Club at Westward Ho! on Wednesday 20th July. 44 Players from all over the country took part in an individual format for the "Claret Jug" and the team prize of Pro shop merchandise!

The individual winner with an awesome 47 Stableford points was Kevin Wills

The winning team consisted of Steve Payne, James Guard, Ian Gooding and Paul Holstead.

After an excellent dinner Tom Evans was auctioneer for some superb "prizes" donated by Hankook Tyres, Exeter Racecourse and of course there was a model Scania Evans Transport truck auctioned too!

In total there was in excess of £1700 raised for the very worthwhile charity - The North Devon Hospice