Welcome to The Horticultural Golfing Society
Photo/Video montage of our 2024 Annual Event in York
Dear all please use the link attached to view the video/photo highlights of our successful trip to York this year courtesy of our Captain Mr. Chris House. https://www.golfparexcellence.com/dox/corporate/HGS.html
2025 Provisional Fixtures
Ending our 2024 season on a high note following our win against the NFU, Merv has kindly and promptly put out the dates for our 2025 golfing year. Shown below please ensure you put the dates in your diary in order to attend as many events as possible. Regards & seasons greeting to all and look forward to seeing you all fit and well in 2025.
Horticultural Golfing Society - provisional
Programme 2025 TBA for prices
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Dates |
Details of meeting |
Golf Club / Course |
Cost |
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Tues/Wed 8th /9th April
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Tues –The Monro Cup Past Captains Cup 18 holes singles
Wed - AGM (9:15am) NFU Mutual Cup 18 holes singles Guests welcome |
Woodhall Spa GC, Hodgkin 11:30am The INN at Woodhall Spa for Tues night (LN10 6ST) B+B – dinner to be paid for as extra
Woodhall Spa GC – AGM 9:00am Hodgkin 10:00am |
Tues - Bacon roll & coffee on arrival & golf £82 pp Tues night - B+B at the Inn £65pp for single room and sharing; £85pp for single in Double room (dinner extra) Wed - golf £75pp Total £242 if Single in double room; £222pp if single room or sharing a twin room |
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Tues 13th May |
Captain’s Prize Day 18 holes Captain’s Claret Jug Guests welcome |
Thorndon Park GC 11:00am
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£140pp (incl bacon roll/coffee on arrival, golf and 3 course dinner) |
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Thurs 12th June
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AM 18 holes- singles Gold Cup – medal Reed Trophy (Growers) Scratch Trophy – medal PM – 18 holes - 4BBB Guests welcome |
The Berkshire GC Blue Course 08:00am (2 tee start)
Red Course 14:00pm |
£225 pp for 36 holes (incl bacon roll/coffee on arrival, 3 course lunch and tea/sandwiches after golf) £180 pp for 18 holes am (incl bacon roll/coffee on arrival, 3 course lunch and tea/sandwiches) |
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Mon 14th July
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President’s Prize Day 18 holes President’s Trophy Guests welcome |
Ashridge G C 1:30pm
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18 holes - £160pp (incl bacon roll, golf and dinner)
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Thurs 7th August
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Captains Charity Team Event – teams of 4 - any combination - men, ladies or mixed incl. guests. 18 holes |
RAC Country Club Epsom – Old course 11am |
£170 pp (incl bacon rolls/coffee on arrival and 2 course dinner and contribution to Charity) |
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Sunday 7th to Saturday 13th Sept
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Annual Event – Bournemouth and area Guests welcome Various Trophies (4 x 18 holes) |
6 nights, B&B and 2 dinners (Sunday and Friday) at the Connaught Hotel, Bournemouth Mon– Bramshaw Manor 10am Tues – Broadstone 1pm Wed – DAY OFF Thurs– Remedy Oaks 11:30am Fri – Ferndown 11:40am |
£1200 pp – Golfers, £ ??pp – Non-Golfers, sharing standard room £55pp per night extra single occupancy Supplements for week: Superior - £100 per room Balcony - £190 per room Suite - £500 per room
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Mon 6th and Tues 7th Oct |
Mon -HGS Rose Bowl - 18 holes singles Guests welcome for both events Tues - Sir Frank Newnes Bowls – 18 holes FBBB |
Old course – Gog Magog Mon -golf 10:30am ?? hotel - evening dinner at 7:30pm Wandlebury course – Gog Magog Tues – golf 11:00am |
Mon - Golf and bacon rolls/tea - £72pp ?? hotel – dinner, bed and breakfast ?? Tues – Golf and lunch £92pp |
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Thurs 16th Oct |
HGS v NFU match – teams of 12 – 18 holes match play |
Whittington Heath Nr Lichfield |
£?? (incl bacon roll/coffee on arrival and 3 course dinner at around ??pm) |
Annual HGS v NFU Match
The match this year took place at Stratford upon Avon Golf Club with 12 players per side taking part. A closely fought match meant those of us that had already
finished sat nervously in the clubhouse with a team score of 2.5 x 2.5 waiting for the final pairing of John Dornan & Duncan
Turner to come in. Thankfully they did a great job and won by a margin of 2 and 1 so for the first time (ever we believe) we retained the trophy. It was a great contest held in great spirit and
next year we will try again and hopefully have a team of 16 or 20 players if possible. Please spend next year honing your skills ready to represent the Society in next years match.
That concludes our 2024 season and can I congratulate "the Team" that retained the trophy, Merv for all of his hard work and wish all Members and guests a happy and healthy winter and we look forward
to seeing you all at Woodhall Spa next Spring.
Vice Captain George Atterbury receiving the Trophy from the NFU Captain
HGS Autumn Event
Not necessarily one of our better events (for all sorts of reasons) but thankfully the camaraderie that our Society enjoys "pulled us through". The Cotswold course
had clearly suffered in recent weeks and played accordingly and the "over-booking" by Golf Breaks meant our tee-times were not remotely satisfactory. That being said "the Dunkirk spirit" shone
through over the 2 x days and some golfers played very well. Roger Byrne (serial winner this year) won the HGS Rose Bowl on Day 1 and then along with Vice Captain George Atterbury won the Sir Frank
Newnes Bowls on Day 2. A good time was had by all despite the inclement weather and the comical Hotel/Bar staff. Only our annual match against the NFU is the final event of 2024 when we hope to
retain the trophy
The full results can be found on the Results page of the website.
Anyone who has any membership enquiries please contact Merv Foulds: mervfoulds@hotmail.com
Roger Byrne receives the HGS Rose Bowl from Captain Chris House
George Atterbury & Roger Byrne collecting the Frank Newnes Bowls from Captain Chris House
The next Event is our Autumn NFU match at Stratford GC on 17th October. Any interested parties please contact Merv.
Members & Guests wishing to attend please contact Merv Foulds: E-Mail: mervfoulds@hotmail.com
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