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Moortown and Bradford Report
 The Fifty four members who participated enjoyed light winds and plenty of sunshine, particularly at Bradford, but more importantly two days of dry weather to round off another enjoyable season for the Society. After Dinner we were joined by the Moortown Captain Malcolm Slinger ,who spoke of the club's junior programme before GSGB Chairman Giles Hinchcliffe presented him with a £500 donation towards the club junior section. The Bradford golf course is an undulating Harry Colt parkland design with tree lined fairways, excellent greens and some fine views. Improvements to the clubhouse were very noticeable since our previous visit and Bradford now makes an excellent venue both on and off the golf course. The men’s Barlow Seniors Trophy was won by Alan Percival from Astbury with 73 points and the runner-up was Ian Chamberlain from Frinton with 68points. The Ladies Trophy was won by Gillian Curley from Northamptonshire County who scored 61 points and the runner-up was Yogi Jackson with 65 points who had to settle for 2nd place as she is too young to take home the Senior Trophy. A full list of all prize winners can be seen below. Photos of the prizewinners and a group photo can be viewed here. The next GSGB event is the February tour to South Africa and the 2019 fixtures can be found on the home page of the website. Brian |
Camberley Heath/ Army Report
Camberley Heath / Army Report August 28 th – 29 th 2018 The GSGB August Meeting straddled the Surrey, Hampshire border when we visited Camberley Heath GC (Surrey) and Army GC (Hampshire), two lovely wooded heathland courses. Good weather was enjoyed on both days by the 59 members who attended, the temperatures being much more manageable than those experienced at the Belfry during the July heat wave. Camberley Heath is a fine course containing all of the characteristics of Britain's finest heathland layouts. With heather, bunkers and pine trees in abundance, Harry Colt must have been delighted to be offered such an attractive free draining piece of land on which to build a golf course. Unfortunately the greens were not at their best following the annual maintenance programme but the rest of the course was magnificent with some particularly attractive (some might say penal!) bunkering on show. This however didn't stop some excellent scores being registered, particularly by the men. The course also boasts a challenging and memorable quartet of par-3's and it's easy to see why it's consistently ranked in the list of England's top 100 courses. At Dinner we were joined by the husband and wife team of Kevin and Debbie Warner who are fulfilling the roles of club Captain and Ladies Captain in the same year. Kevin accepted the £500 Society cheque from GSGB Chairman Giles Hinchcliffe before speaking about Camberley's very strong junior section. You can view the photos from the prize giving here. Perfect playing conditions greeted everyone on Day 2 at the Army and although the course is not as heavily bunkered as Camberley, the tree lined fairways, ditches and fast greens provided more than enough of a challenge. That however didn't stop Martyn Pellew from scoring a very impressive 43 points to add to the 36 he registered on the first day which comfortably brought home The King of Morocco Cup by 5 points over Ian Edwards who is also a Woburn member. Ian's total of 74 points would have comfortably won the cup in any of the previous five years. The Society Salver was narrowly won by Gillian Curley from Northants County with 69 points over Vanessa Adams from the Warren with 68 points. Congratulations to all prize winners. A full list can be seen below. The next event will be at Moortown / Bradford on September 26th – 27th.
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2018 AGM - The Belfry
 The accommodation and facilities of the Hotel are of the highest order, the Pro shop being one of the biggest in Europe with enough stock to interest everyone. The food was also excellent throughout our stay. At the AGM our outgoing Chairman, Mr Robin Moser, was presented with two engraved GSGB tankards in recognition of his three year term as Chairman. The Handicap Cups for the best two day aggregate scores were won by Giles Hinchcliffe (Sand Moor) retaining the trophy with 55 points and Liz Clark (Effingham) 53 points. Ian and Celia Edwards with 104 points, claimed the "Enjoy Golf Together Trophy" by having the best husband and wife aggregate score over the two days. We were joined at Dinner by Alastair Cochran who along with John Stobbs wrote "The Search for the Perfect Swing", the book being commissioned by GSGB founder Sir Aynsley Bridgland 50 years ago in 1968. Alastair spoke about the beginnings of the book and his life in golf thereafter before being presented with an engraved whisky glass. Our new Chairman, Mr Giles Hinchcliffe presented the prizes and the full list of winners can be found below. Our next Meeting will take place at Camberley Heath GC & Army GC on August 28th/29th. The 2019 AGM will be held at East Sussex National. Here are the photos from the AGM.
RESULTS SHEET – Belfry AGM MEETING 26 – 27 July 2018
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Ross-on-Wye/Rolls of Monmouth Report
 After such a long, wet winter who would have thought that we would be playing golf on firm and fast courses with slick greens and brown fairways by the month of June. Glorious sunny weather was enjoyed on both sides of the Welsh border as the GSGB took on two very attractive parkland courses at Ross-on-Wye and the Rolls of Monmouth. Both were in good condition throughout but a combination of fast and undulating greens set a stiff examination that was beyond most of our members. A field of 53 players took part and it was no great surprise to see just two players play to their handicap over the two days. At Dinner we were joined by the Ross-on-Wye Captain, Mr Robert Tuttiet and his wife Irene. Robert accepted the Society donation of £500 for their junior section from GSGB Chairman Robin Moser before speaking of the clubs tremendous success growing their junior section from just 30 to over 100 boys and girls over the past 5 years. The Founders Trophy for men was won by Terry Jones from the Warren with 71 points. The ladies Founders Trophy was won by Terry's partner, Vanessa Adams, also from the Warren who scored 59 points. David Kerr from Northants County and Rosemary Lilley from Portal were the aggregate runners-up. A full list of all prize winners can be seen below. Click here for Photos from the event The next event will be the AGM meeting at The Belfry on July 26th/27th.
Brian
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Prince's / Royal Cinque Ports Report
 The opening GSGB meeting of the 2018 season was played over two of England's premier link's courses, Prince's on Day 1 and Royal Cinque Ports on Day 2. Prince's currently features at number 57 in the list of England's Top 100 courses with RCP sitting in 13th place, some might say that it should be in the top 10! Sixty eight members battled with northerly 20 mph plus winds on both days as they competed for the honour of being crowned this year's Scratch Cup winner. The Prince's round was played over the Himalayas/Shore combination with the recently re-designed Himalayas loop being particularly challenging in such tough conditions. Both nines are well bunkered but the Himalayas now contains a number of wetland hazards to add to the difficulty. In such tough conditions Nigel Hodges played particularly well to score 34 points in the men's competition with Karena Collier scoring an impressive 33 in the ladies half of the draw. At Dinner we were joined by the Prince's Captain Mr Bill Howie and his wife Sheila. Chairman Robin Moser presented Bill with a £500 donation to be used to support the club's junior section. The wind was still a major factor on Day 2 but at least the sun made the day feel a little warmer. The winners were Mark Lockley with an excellent 34 points and Anne Perry on count back with 29 points. Royal Cinque Ports certainly lived up to its reputation as one of the world's best links courses as it has the best collection of green complexes that I personally have ever seen. The men’s Scratch Cup was won by Tim Russell from Alwoodley with 52 points, who managed to bring an end David Archibald's excellent run of 4 successive victories. Tim overcame a two shot deficit at the half way point to win by one point. The Ladies Scratch Cup was won by another previous winner, Karen Lobb from Northamptonshire County who scored 46 scratch points, beating Denise Parker by 2. Although narrowly losing Scratch Cup, Denise won the aggregate handicap prize with 54 points, Geoff Ogden winning the men's aggregate with 61points. A full list of prize winners can be seen below. You can see a photo album of the prize winners and some stunning shots of RCPGC by clicking here. Trophies presented by Keith James of Royal Cinque Ports and GSGB Chairman, Robin Moser. The next meeting will be held at Ross-on-Wye and Rolls of Monmouth on June 21st - 22nd
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GSGB Branded golf goods
We have a new relationship with a golfing goods supplier and are now offering GSGB branded goods to members. Here is single page summary of the products available. The simplest method to order these items is to contact the GSGB office on 07760777736 and Brian will deliver any goods at the next GSGB event.  |
South Africa Tour 2019 announced
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GSGB 19 - SOUTH AFRICA3 - FEB-MAR - ITINERARY3-3.pdf
Belfry AGM Terms and Conditions
As is usual with our AGM, this year it's the Belfry on July 26th and 27th, there are some booking terms and conditions that members attending must be aware of when booking. See attached file. |
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DOCbelfry.pdf
Belgian Tour Report
GSGB Belgium Tour 9th - 16th September 2017  And then on to golf. Unfortunately the weather forecast for the week wasn’t good. Heavy showers were expected, so umbrellas and waterproofs were at the ready. But we were so lucky! The showers did indeed come, but not when we were playing golf. So somehow we managed five rounds with virtually no need for waterproofs. The five courses we played were all challenging, in good condition and with fine clubhouses and facilities. Royal Waterloo was most people’s favourite. It was also closest to our hotel, but it must be very discreetly located, since Robin and Pat took forever to find it despite (or maybe because of) having three different sat navs to help them. But they got there eventually to join their teams, and even managed to get among the prizes on the day. Other than at Royal Waterloo the only temporary first-tee ‘no-show’ was at Sept Fontaines on the Tuesday. Ruth and Lyn drove to the course early, paid for their buggy and settled down with cups of coffee. Early smugness at being the first to arrive, turned to concern when no one else turned up. On checking they realized that they were at the wrong course – they were at Friday’s course La Tournette two days early! A quick dash to Sept Fontaines followed, where outwardly at least they showed tremendous sang-froid following their faux-pas. Apart from these two minor hiccoughs the week’s golf went very smoothly. Some good golf was played. And some not-so-good golf. But everyone enjoyed it. Mainly team competitions of course, so blame could easily be shared! On their free day many people took the opportunity to visit Brussels, while others visited the many historic sites nearby relating to the battle of Waterloo. On the final evening we enjoyed a gala dinner followed by the prize presentation. Not surprisingly everyone got a prize, but a special mention goes to Beverley and Barrie each of whom received a bottle of champagne, as winners of the individual Stableford competition. And another special mention to Robin and Sally, who managed to make it to the dinner despite having to abandon their broken-down Porsche convertible near to the Waterloo memorial. Yet more British sang-froid!  Overall a very enjoyable tour with a great group of tourists, who mixed in well and made the job of the organizer an easy one. |
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