Not since the 1990s have the club won the title, contested between Bognor, Cowdray Park, Ham Manor, Littlehamp-ton and Worthing.

Teams of ten from each club play foursomes matchplay, home and away, on Wednesday evenings through the summer.

In a nail-biting conclusion to the season, Bognor maintained top spot when last year's champions Cowdray Park failed to overcome Worthing in the final game. A late run for the title by Ham floundered at Littlehampton on the same evening.

So Bognor were crowned champions by one point, and at the end-of-season presentation supper at Cowdray Park, Bognor again stunned the 60-strong assembled golfers by achieving a notable double as they won the Supper Trophy, edging out Cowdray on countback.

Bognor club captain Ian Pettie was delighted to get his hands on the Evening League trophy after such a long time.

And team captain Simon Watts paid tribute to his 'loyal, long-suffering' team who patiently and good-humouredly endured numerous wooden spoons and lowly finishes before finally achieving top spot.

Those who contributed to the epic win were John Adams, John Carlton, Paul Elliott, Robbie Hughes, John Lampard, John Meek, Clive Millett, Ian Paine, Brian Poston, Jason Rae, Rob Redmond, Trevor Rich, Ron Stevens, Mark Watson, Simon Watts and Mark Willmer.

* Bognor's ladies' section's captain's day prize was won by N Vincent with a nett 68.