April Update

5th April – Surrey 5’s A Team
A great result from the Surrey 5’s A Team with a fantastic 3-2 (Away) win at Camberley Heath.
 
5th April
Another great result on the day was the Waffron’s team who won 5-1 (Away) to Windlesham.

To cap off a good day, Steve “the beast” Northeast completes the last four holes at Leatherhead with a birdie, birdie, birdie, ace finish. Congratulations Steve.
 
12th April – Surrey 5’s B Team
The good run continues with the Surrey 5’s B team beating Thames Ditton (Away) 3-2. Tim Smith coming good in the final grouping to take the team win.
 
13th April - GOTY 1 Holmden Cup Medal Round 1 of 2
Congratulations to first placed Matthew Jones (9) with a Nett 68, second was Glenn Sturgess (9) with a Nett 70, third Ken Bridgeman (32) with a Nett 70, fourth Alan Williams (29) with a Nett 70, Colin Grassing (23) with a Nett 70. Second to fifth all on count back.
 
15th April – M4 League
The Vets continued their good run in M4 league, playing (Away) at Mill Ride ending 2-2. Alister Watson and Martin Nelmes then head down the first extra hole and Alister wins it for Leatherhead. Now the team head for the quarter finals. Well done to all in the team.
 
16th April – Kelso Hamilton
Unfortunately our run in the Kelso Hamilton came to an end with a close defeat of 3&2 (Away) to Farnham. Thanks to Tim Smith and Ian Larter for supporting the golf club in the competition.
 
21st April – D’Aguilar Cup (Mixed Foursomes)
A good field of 10 pairs entered the D’Aguilar Cup on Easter Monday. The winners were Ed & Jane van Egmond with an excellent Score of 46 points. Second was Gary Beadle & Sue Choularton with 37 points and third on count back was Ben Klinger & Kinga Nemes.

 
27th April GOTY 1 Holmden Cup Medal Round 2 of 2
Congratulations to first placed Dean Smith (18) with a Nett 66, second Tony Leslie (9) with a Nett 67 and third on count back Will Hollington (6) with a Nett 67, fourth Ian Larter (13) with a Nett 69 and fifth on countback Mark Newton (5) with a Nett 69.

It was great to have some summer sunshine on the day and some sparkling scores.
 
Holmden Cup Eclectic Winner over the two rounds
Congratulations to
1st Mark Newton with a Nett 64.5 (9)
2nd Nick Taylor with a Nett 66.5
3rd Matthew Jones with a Nett 67.5

Keith

Winter Eclectics

With the Winter season now drawing to a close, the Winter Eclectic final results have been concluded.

Roy Thompson Sunday Winter Eclectic.
Huge congratulations to Alex Rhodes 🥇 on winning the Roy Thompson Sunday Winter Eclectic with a nett 56, 1 shot ahead of Steve Northeast  🥈 and Jack Law.

Rushton Bridgeman Vets Winter Eclectic
Congratulations to Steve Northeast 🥇 on winning the Rushton Bridgeman Vets Winter Eclectic with a nett 56, David Sansom 🥈 nett 60 and David Rowling 🥉 nett 61.

Roy Lambdin Saturday Winter Eclectic
Congratulations to Matthew Jones on winning 🥇 the Roy Lambdin Saturday Winter Eclectic with a nett 52, George Ashwell 🥈 nett 53 and Alex Rhodes third nett 55. Going into the final day a 3 shot lead was closed to within 1 shot by a solid round from George Ashwell with Matt holding on for the win.

Keith.

March round-up

2nd March - Kelso Hamilton
Congratulations to Tim Smith and Ian larter who have kicked off the year with the first of the knock out matches by beating Guildford at home. Won 3-1. 

22nd February - Scratch
Despite putting out a good team in the scratch match against Camberley Heath, we lost 3½ - 1½. Camberley Heath put out an exceptionally strong team and unfortunately we also had to concede home advantage by playing at their Club. It was a good result given the team they put out and a change of venue.

15th March - Surrey 5's A Team
Well done to Neil Higgs and his team for winning a very close fought match at home against Wentworth. Stephen Conlon going down the 19th to secure the win. Won 3-2.

16th March - Surrey 5's B Team
Following on the next day, the Surrey 5's B team picked by Chris Reed had a convincing win over Clandon Regis away. Won 4-1.

17th March - John Ling
As the current holders of the John Ling, a great start was made in defence of the trophy with a home win against Chipsted. The team won 4-1.

23rd March - Finke Cup
The first Trophy was played for at the start of the season with a good field entering the 4BBB Finke Cup. The team scores were extremely close with the winners being Tony Leslie and Ed van Egmond with a nett 43, beating Nigel Timms and Jake Portch into second place on count back with a nett 43. (Count back going to back 9, then back 6 and back 3 before splitting the winners), with Steve Northeast and Tim Smith in third place with a nett 42 again on count back.

Well played everyone, Keith.

Charity Quiz

A big thank to all those who attended the Charity Quiz night on 31st January in aid of the Captains Charites. The annual Captains Charity quiz was once again well attended and we raised a grand figure of £662.75 to be shared between both the Captains Charities.

The well deserved winners (from a team of only four) coming from the team headed by our own F&B manager Ben Moran, ability supported by Kristina Moran, Lynn Moran and Andy Moran.

We would like to thank our Tim Smith for once again being a great host and quiz master with his glamous assistant Ian Larter, and the staff for putting on the food and keeping everyone topped up during the evening.

Many Thanks

Keith & Camilla.

Christmas Pudding Competition

Thankfully, after Storm Darragh trying its best to put paid to the Christmas Yuletide event the previous Sunday but failed, we held the Mixed Christmas Pudd (Texas Scramble - Shotgun) on Saturday 14th December.

With a strong full field of 88 members taking part, it was great to see so many new faces taking part this year.

The handicaps being based on (25%/20%/15%/10% from lower to higher playing handicap) and standard Texas Scramble rules.

The winners with a score of 51 were Bradley Halford, Simon Hooper, Matthew Jones, Shivantha Thambirajah.

Second place with a score of 55 went to Tade Akinbiyi, Ben King, Kieran Manser, Colin Solly.

Third place with a score of 56 went to John Allchurch, Paul Cooper, Dan Mansfield, Robert Russell.

Thanks go to Tim Smith (Competitions secretary) for continuing to update the teams during the week and Camilla Mott (Lady Captain) for arranging the prizes.

Our thanks also go out to all those who provided raffle prizes for the Captains Charities and all who took part and hopefully enjoyed themselves. It was great to see a full clubhouse after the event.

Presentation to Grace Dear Trust

As my final act as last year’s Club Captain, it gave me great please to present Graham Dear from the Grace Dear Trust with a cheque for £5,000 raised last year at this year’s Christmas Pudding Texas Scramble.

Graham said a few words and thanked the members and said that the money would be going to Chessington Community college to fund a counsellor once a week for the children. I would also like to thank all the members for their generosity and support in raising this money.

Now let give our full support to this year Captains and raise a load more money. 

Cheers, Tim Smith

Vets Christmas Lunch

Ten teams (40 vets) limbered up and after the obligatory Miguel Angel Jimenez stretches took part in a fun wave competition before the all-important Vets Christmas Lunch! 

The competition was won by Chris Lawler, Alan Williams, Ian Adams & Graham Wood with 88 points, Second place was Alistar Watson, Mervyn Wynyard, Steve O'Hara and Ed Van Egmond with 85 points and third place was Roger Singleton, Brian Rafferty, Kevin Conlon & Matthew Bush on 84 points.

A special mention to Ed Van Egmond for another hole in one this year on the 15th.

As the Club Captain I just wanted to thank Raff (Brian Rafferty - outgoing Vets Captain) for putting on a fantastic Vets Christmas Lunch event. It was great to see everyone enjoying themselves after the golf at the lunch with some friendly banter. The Vets round up for the year was well received with numerous prizes provided by Raff and great to see the Trophy's won during the year. Well done and hopefully another good year for the Vets in 2025.

Merry Christmas to all from Keith Stinson - Club Captain.