Quite an end to the year’s matches! [*] Firstly, we had the great pleasure of playing the Irish Solicitors at Rosapenna in Donegal. The venue and hospitality (craic!) were excellent and we were lucky enough to have really good weather. We unfortunately lost again – I believe we have not won this particular fixture [...]
July has been reported as the driest on record and all golfers I am sure have seen the impact of this on our courses and particularly the fairways. The weather in fact caused the postponement of our fixture with the Magistrates. It was scheduled for the Tuesday on which you will recall record temperatures were [...]
Captain's Newsletter - June This has been a very busy month for matches for the LSGC. Starting with the ones I could not attend (by reason of a wedding and a clash of dates respectively), we played internationals against the Jersey Bar (in Jersey) and the Northern Irish Solicitors (at Ganton). Despite a [...]
CAPTAIN’S NEWSLETTER - MAY 2022 A Note to bring you up to date for the month of May … To start on a sad note - Martin Read’s Memorial Service was held at his local parish church in Little Missenden, with a reception afterwards at Beaconsfield Golf Club. We are all indeed saddened by [...]
SKEGNESS GOLF CLUB, Monday 25th APRIL 2022 Tim Foster - winner of the Blackheath Bowl Jenny Arnold - winner of the John Jenkins Scratch Trophy. Nick MacLeish & Bernard Hodgson (Captain) - winners on The John Folley Salvers.
A Note of Thanks for the much appreciated warm welcome I was given at the Spring Meeting upon my appointment as Captain. As I mentioned, it is truly a great honour and I look forward to joining as many of you as possible in the forthcoming matches now that we are once again returning to [...]
LSGC played its 52nd annual match against members of the Jersey Law Society, celebrating the return of Sir William Bailhache QC, (recently retired Bailiff of Jersey) to the fixture. The match was played in quite glorious weather - on the first day at West Hill Golf Club, Brookwood near Guildford and also on the second [...]
Royal Cinque Ports, 24th May 2021 THE JOHN FOLLEY FOURSOMES SALVERS: 1. Andrew Rudkin & David Sisson 2. Simon Bowdler & Ian Newton 3. Adrian Roberts & Stephen Moss SINGLES FOR THE BLACKHEATH BOWL 1. George Cattermole 2. Nick Macleish 3. Andrew Rudkin SINGLES FOR THE JOHN JENKINS SCRATCH TROPHY: 1. Gerry Kennedy 2. Nick [...]
What a start to 2020 we are having. Brexit in January; floods in February; and now COVID-19. WINTER LUNCH The LSGC golfing calendar started with a record attendance for our Winter lunch at the New Zealand Golf Club. Because of the weather, golf was delayed until the afternoon which meant we all enjoyed the extended [...]
This is my last blog for this year as we have now completed all our matches for 2019. Autumn has been a very successful time not least for the Richards family with father Richard and son Marcus triumphing in the Autumn meeting (I attach a photo of said gentlemen with lots of silverware) and husband [...]
