We’re pleased to share a full overview of GCMA’s regional and national events taking place in 2026. From regional meetings and networking opportunities to our flagship national events, the calendar is designed to support your professional development, strengthen connections with peers, and help you stay informed and inspired throughout the year ahead.
Chiltern & Home Counties
Event
Date
Venue
Chiltern & Home Counties Winter Business Meeting
21-Jan-26
Aldenham Golf Club
Chiltern & Home Counties Winter Business Meeting
26-Mar-26
South Bedfordshire Golf Club
Chiltern & Home Counties Regional Spring Meeting and AGM Trophy
21-Apr-26
Dunstable Downs Golf Club
Chiltern and Home Counties Regional Captain’s Members and Guests Day
08-Jul-26
Aspley Guise & Woburn Sands GC
Chiltern and Home Counties Regional Autumn Meeting and Past Captains Trophy
08-Sep-26
Sudbury Golf Club
East Anglia
Event
Date
Venue
East Anglia Regional Networking Meeting
19-Jan-26
Thondon Park Golf Club
Steven Brown Food & Beverage Regional Workshop – East Anglia
16-Feb-26
Bishop’s Stortford Golf Club
East Anglia Regional Course & Water Sustainability Education Day
19-Mar-26
Bury St Edmunds Golf Club
East Anglia Regional Spring Meeting & AGM
27-Apr-26
Thorndon Park
East Anglia Regional Business Meeting
22-Oct-26
Haverhill Golf Club
East Midlands
Event
Date
Venue
East Midlands Winter Business Meeting
04-Feb-26
Stoke Rochford Golf Club
East Midlands Regional Education Day
26-Feb-26
Chevin Golf Club
East Midlands Regional AGM, Spring Meeting & Brader Trophy
05-May-26
Sherwood Forest Golf Club
East Midlands Quaich
24-Jun-26
Coxmoor Golf Club
East Midlands Regional Captains Day / Past Captains Trophy / Guest Day
07-Aug-26
Chesterfield Golf Club
East Midlands Regional Autumn Meeting & Eagle Trophy
09-Sep-26
Cosby Golf Club
East Midlands Regional Business Meeting
12-Nov-26
Kirby Muxloe Golf Club
London & Home Counties
Event
Date
Venue
London & Home Counties Regional Assistant’s Meeting
20-Jan-26
St George’s Hill Golf Club
London & Home Counties Business Meeting & AGM
18-Mar-26
West Byfleet Golf Club
London & Home Counties Regional Spring Meeting and AGM
07-May-26
Betchworth GC
London & Home Counties Regional Guest Day
19-Jun-26
Tyrells Wood Golf Club
Martin Yates Memorial Event
06-Jul-26
Royal Wimbledon Golf Club
London & Home Counties Regional Past Captains Competition
14-Sep-26
New Zealand Golf Club
London & Home Counties Regional Autumn Meeting
07-Oct-26
RAC Club
Midlands
Event
Date
Venue
Midlands Regional AGM
18-Mar-26
Newcastle Golf Club
Midlands Spring Business Meeting
13-May-26
TBC
Midlands Autumn Business Meeting
30-Sep-26
TBC
National
Event
Date
Venue
National AGM
30-Apr-2026
Conwy Golf Club
National Members Championship
20-May-26
Frilford Heath Golf Club
International Match – Wales vs Ireland
28-Jun-26
Cardigan Golf Club
International Match – England v Wales
26-Jul-26
Mullion Golf Club
North West
Event
Date
Venue
North West Regional AGM and Business meeting
09-Apr-26
Caldy Golf Club
North West Spring Business Meeting
10-Jun-26
Blackpool Northshore Golf Club
North West Business meeting and Captians Day
28-Jul-26
Sale Golf Club
North West Autumn Business Meeting
15-Sep-26
Lymm Golf Club
Northern
Event
Date
Venue
Northern Regional AGM
02-Apr-26
Northumberland Golf Club
Northern Spring Business Meeting
07-May-26
Ponteland Golf Club
Northern Regional Invitational
29-Sep-26
Alnmouth Foxton Golf Club
Northern Autumn Business Meeing
16-Oct-26
Hexham Golf Club
Northern Winter Business Meeting
23-Nov-26
Gosforth Golf Club
South East
Event
Date
Venue
South East Regional AGM & Captains Day
26-Mar-26
Sittingbourne & Milton Regis Golf Club
South East Regional Spring Meeting
23-Apr-26
Wildernesse Golf Club
South East Regional Guest Day
16-Jun-26
Cherry Lodge Golf Club
South East Regional Autumn meeting
08-Oct-26
Ashford Golf Club
Wales
Event
Date
Venue
Wales Business Meeting
26-Feb-26
Peterstone Golf Club
Wales Regional AGM & Presidents Cup
16-Apr-26
Tenby Golf Club
Wales Regional Business Meeting
12-Nov-26
Morlais Golf Club
Wessex
Event
Date
Venue
Wessex Winter Business Meeting
19-Mar-26
Salisbury & S Wilts Golf Club
Wessex Regional AGM/Spring Meeting
21-Apr-26
Tidworth Garrison Golf Club
Wessex Regional Invitational
08-Sep-26
Rushmore Golf Club
Wessex Autumn Business Meeting
29-Sep-26
Ferndown Golf Club
Yorkshire
Event
Date
Venue
Yorkshire Business Networking Event
19-Feb-26
Sand Moor Golf Club
Yorkshire Regional AGM & Business Day
30-Mar-26
Hessle Golf Club
Yorkshire Regional Spring Meeting
28-May-26
Garforth Golf Club
Yorkshire Classic Golf Day
27-Aug-26
Pannal Golf Club
You can view the whole GCMA Events Calendar, including all of our educational courses below:
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John Steele
Demo Description
John Steele is a former professional athlete, sports coach, Olympic Leader and is the Executive Director of Sport at Loughborough University. He has been Chief Executive across a range of sectors. Drawing on leadership experience of nine different Olympic and Paralympic Games (including the amazing events at the Rio Games), John reflects on the lessons from this unique period in British sport and relays his fascinating views on creating high performing teams.
Indeed, inspired from PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, by the most successful performance ever for Team GB, he has a whole host of new business and leadership insights into how this was brilliant performance was achieved and how it can translate back into your organisation.
John moved into the corporate world, before he enjoyed an outstanding career as a professional rugby player achieving international honours. After his playing career, he turned his hand to coaching and achieved the highest accolade for a British club coach by winning the European Cup with Northampton Saints. He then became Executive Director on the Saints Board during a period of unprecedented growth, and served on the England Rugby Board during the successful world cup campaign of 2003. It was no surprise that John’s talents were called upon to drive through a change and modernisation programme as CEO of the Rugby Football Union – a challenge that became controversial and ended in his departure from the post after only a year, but with his dignity and professional pride intact.
Headhunted by UK Sport, John took up post as CEO the day before London won the 2012 Olympic bid – and this promising start was sustained as he embarked on developing the UK’s high performance sport system, which he led for a six-year period of unprecedented success through the Beijing and London Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Post-London 2012, with the Olympic legacy in place and an obligation to continue inspiring a generation, John took up his post as Group Chief Executive of the Youth Sport Trust. He has also succeeded Steve Cram as Chairman of the English Institute of Sport, an organisation described as ‘the team behind the team’, which delivers a range of performance impacting solutions to over 40 Olympic and Paralympic sports and some non-Olympic sports.
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Dr Jo Salter MBE
Demo Description
Dr Jo Salter MBE is famed for becoming the first female fast jet pilot, having flown the Panavia Tornado ground attack aircraft during her services in the Royal Air Force. Joining the RAF aged 18, Jo has since taken Air Cadets into the skies as part of Air Experience Flights, become the Director of Global Transformative Leadership for PWC, and most recently become a Global Advisory of GenAI for PwC.
Jo has piloted flights in the Air Cadets Air Experience Flights and inspired countless budding armed service members to pioneer a male-dominated sector, having been the leader of an all-male squadron. Since leaving the military behind, Jo has established a strong business career working in roles such as Head of Technical Services for NetConnect, European Operations Manager for Automated Power Exchange and Managing Director of Saltin Ltd.
Having developed first-class expertise in leadership, analytical thinking and performing under pressure, Jo is now a highly sought-after public speaker to share stories from her time in the skies.
Jo is a passionate Trustee of The Royal Air Force Club and an Ambassador of the Global Angels charity, an organisation that gives communities around the world access to clean water, education, healthcare and encourages female and youth empowerment. Jo has also authored two books, titled Energy: 52 Ways to Fire Up Your Life and Become an Energy Angel and Energize: Spring Clean Your Mind and Body to Get Your Bounce Back Today and Every Day.
In recognition of her achievements throughout her career, Jo has also been named as one of the 50 Most Inspiring Women in the World by Harpers & Queen. She is now working as the Director of Global Transformation Leadership at PWC, after working in other roles such as Director of Risk Technology Strategy, Director Chief of Staff to Head of Technology & Investments and the Director of People & Organisations.
In 2022, Jo was invited personally by Tom Cruise to attend the premiere of Top Gun: Maverick. Most recently, Jo received an honorary doctorate of Arts from Bournemouth University.
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Colin MacLachlan
Demo Description
Colin Maclachlan, star of Channel Four's captivating reality TV drama SAS: Who Dares Wins and Channel 5’s ‘Secrets of the SAS’, is an operator with over 25 years of security and risk related experience who is a popular and frequent fixture on the speaking circuit.
Colin Maclachlan, celebrated for his roles on Channel Four's SAS: Who Dares Wins and Channel 5’s Secrets of the SAS, brings over three decades of expertise in security and risk management. Colin's military career began in 1989, and after serving nine years with the Royal Scots, he joined the elite 22 SAS at just 23. His time in the SAS saw him participating in numerous high-stakes operations, including the notable rescue of hostages from the West Side Boys in Sierra Leone—a mission so perilous it was dubbed Operation Certain Death.
Colin was also pivotal during the longest hostage siege on UK soil, when a hijacked Afghan plane landed in London in 2000. The standoff lasted four days with Colin as the first sniper on the scene.
After leaving the SAS, Colin exchanged insights with international forces such as Delta Force and Seal Team 6 and provided security consultancy to the Saudi Royal Family and various celebrities. His academic pursuits led him to earn a First Class MA (Hons.) in History from Edinburgh University and an M.Litt in Terrorism from St. Andrews University.
Today, Colin extends his expertise through television, books, radio, and video games. He supports numerous charities and has founded Who Dares Cares, which assists veterans and those experiencing stress. As a speaker, Colin excels in discussing Resilience, Teamwork and Leadership.
