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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

 

Dates

Details of meeting

Golf Club / Course

Cost 

Tues/Wed 8th /9th

April 

 

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

Tues 13th May

Captain’s Prize Day 18 holes

Captain’s Claret Jug

Guests welcome

Thorndon Park GC 11:00am

 

 

£140pp (incl bacon roll/coffee on arrival, golf and 3 course dinner) 

Thurs 12th June

 

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) 

Mon 14th  July 

 

President’s Prize Day 18 holes

President’s Trophy

Guests welcome 

Ashridge G C 1:30pm 

 

18 holes - £160pp (incl bacon roll, golf and dinner)

 

Thurs 7th August

 

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) 

Sunday 7th to Saturday 13th Sept

 

 

 

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

 

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 

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

Our objective is simple:

1. To play the finest golf courses in the UK & Europe   

2.  Have fun with like minded people in our Society

 

The Horticultural Golfing Society was founded in 1929.

Since then so many events have changed our lives and our golf. There have been wars, changes in how we travel and there have been immense changes in how we contact and communicate with each other, both in business and socially. In golf, our equipment, clothing and buggies to ride on are all so different to 1929. 

Today the HGS still play golf on some of the finest golf courses in the world. We enjoy good company, good food and probably tell the same jokes. We are proud of our past but embrace change and look forward to the future.

If you share our passion for Horticulture & Golf why not contact usand enquire about membership? mervfoulds@hotmail.com

 

 

 

The Society was formed in 1929, 75% of the membership coming from the horticultural sector and allied industries and the remaining 25% are friends of those horticultural members. New members must be proposed and seconded by members and must have an official club handicap of 28 or less.There is an annual subscription, currently £30.00 for the 2024 season but increasing to £50 from 2025 onwards. The society has a tie sporting the society logo of a red rose.During the year we organize eight fixtures from April through to early November.  One day meetings when we play either 18 or 36 holes. On two occasions during the year we play an afternoon 18holes, then after dinner/bed/breakfast, a morning 18 holes. The UK locations are specially selected to provide high quality and value for money, such as Woodhall Spa, The Berkshire and Walton Heath.  There are ten impressive trophies to be won through the course of the year.  Each year the society organizes a four day ‘away trip’ for members, partners and guests once a year. These venues are far from the usual locations and largely alternate between UK & Europe examples are: Lake Maggiori Italy,  Ireland, Chantilly France and this year York, UK.

 If you would like more information please contact our secretary.

Merv Foulds

Tel no Home  01628625353

            Mob    07989699380

   E-Mail: mervfoulds@hotmail.com

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