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COURSE IS CLOSED Hello all, Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but this mornings good news hasn’t lasted long. Despite great work to get the greens etc playable we have now been beaten by the weather. We were informed earlier today that the course would be open tomorrow but Chris has just been…

Good morning all, UPDATE ON COURSE RE-OPENING Chris has been in constant contact with Pete Mahoney regarding the course damage. It seems the green keepers have really pulled out the stops and have already rolled and seeded the damaged greens. Great work! At this time we have been advised that the course will be open…

Good morning all. CAPTAIN’S DRIVE IN Firstly, Chris would like to thank everyone that turned out to support himself and Anita on his “Drive In” yesterday. The day was thoroughly enjoyed by all that attended including the Kindred Captains and their partners. I know Chris has individually thanked all those within the club that helped…

Hello all, It’s been a busy week ! Firstly we should thank Brian Taylor for organising yet another great Wednesday Wanderers Xmas day out at Basildon. Thanks also to Bucko and Stan who helped out on the day to ensure smooth running. I think that getting 36 players on an away day mid week in…

Hello All, Results The new golfing season got underway at the weekend with the Morrie Burns Trophy and we had another well attended competition with 33 entrants. Dan Staples took the Trophy with 40 points, narrowly squeezing out Dave Payne on countback, also on 40 points. It turned out to be a very closely fought…

RESULTS Despite the awful weather for most of the weekend we still managed to get 30 members competing in the two strokeplay competitions. The winner of the Jimmy Grove with a very impressive gross 71 / net 64 was Lewis Burgess, just pipping runner up Pete Robinson with a gross 76 / net 64 in…

Message from The Captain Gents I would like to congratulate, everyone who played in the Roger Foreman. It was an outstanding team performance, in such bad weather. A great win, by 10 points to 6. Whether you won or lost, it’s not about the individual game, it is about the team, and as the captain,…

Good afternoon all, For clarity, we had 20 teams (40 players) on the sign up sheet when it was taken down last Sunday, which was all our available tee times. The draw was made on Monday lunchtime but after that we had 4 more players express a wish to play and as we were able…

RESULTS OCTOBER MIDWEEK MEDAL 11/10/23 Daryl Mecham won the competition by some margin with a gross 76 / net 63 with runner up Colin Brett shooting a gross77 / net 67. Brian Hone won a bottle of wine, generously donated by Captain Lee for “nearest the pin” on the 10th. THE H FOREMAN CUP W/E…

RESULTS M Hardiman Trophy Thank you to Captain Lee who held another great day out last Friday at Mardyke Valley Golf Club. We were playing for the M Hardiman Trophy. The good weather, good food and very good company made for a very enjoyable day. Martin Johnson won the spoils with a solid 37 stableford…