Evans Transport Blog

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!

Some of our drivers made their way to the South West Truck Show at the end of August for a fun filled weekend.

Despite it being a social weekend, they all put a lot of hard work in to make their trucks look sparkling for the competitions. To top it off, Evans Transport were given three awards including 3^rd place for best kept classic truck (1971-1995).

It is great to see so many of our drivers getting together for weekends like these, and from what we hear, it was a great weekend had by all those attended!

At the recent Palletforce Gala dinner held in London Evans Transport were awarded the Depot of the Year award for the fourth year running.

Mike Symons and Bonnie Birch are show collecting the award on the night.

Receiving this award continues to illustrate the high quality of customer service they provide, and the hard work carried out by all our drivers.

Amid fears of heavy showers and possibly thunder and lightning the Evans Golf Day enjoyed a rain free day.

Attended by customers, suppliers and staff 10 teams of 4 competed on the Royal North Devon links last Wednesday.

Individual prizes were also available and the standard of golf excellent bearing in mind some had not experience the course before.

Images below show team and individual prize winners.

Evans Transport have been confirmed as the main sponsors for the Community Awards for the second year running.

Nigel Evans managing director confirmed their commitment to the awards in a press release to the main hosts North Devon Journal in last week’s copy.

Evans Transport exhibited at the recent Wessex Truck Show at the Yeovil Showground a range of lorries from their fleet.

They were proud to receive 3 place in the Best Vintage category, for the refurbished  ERF lorry first used by John Evans at the start of the business.

Bradley Goaman, John Marks, Peter Hocking and Andy Walker team winners at the Evans Transport Golf Day played at Royal North Devon Wednesday 17th June.

Peter Hocking also won the individual prize with Simon Goaman 2nd.

We are delighted that we have won the Robert Bedford Palletforce Depot of the year award a huge thanks and congratulations goes to all our staff within the Palletforce operation.

Palletforce Team “Depot of the Year” for second year running.

At the annual Palletforce Gala Awards Dinner held in London, the Evans Transport Palletforce team were presented with the prestigious “Depot of the Year” award for 2014. From their base in East the Water the Palletforce team collect and deliver customer pallets daily through the Palletforce Organisation located in the East Midlands who are supported by 90 other depots.

Receiving this award is a major testament to the staff at Palletforce here in Bideford, during the last twelve months they have witnessed a significant increase in freight, as the Palletforce organisation reputation continues to grow due to high quality service to all their customers.

The Bideford Depot provides first class service backed up by a fleet of vehicles capable of delivering various pallet sizes, with tail lifts and experienced drivers. The customer service team are always on hand to offer support and advice for all your needs.