40 members gathered to play at New Zealand GC for the Autumn Meeting with 5 more coming to lunch for a most convivial day. The morning round was played in cool but dry weather. Alan Ewart and Mike Halls played some sparkling golf to score 38 points (reduced to 37 on handicap revision) to win and […]
The 2022 Annual General Meeting was held on Monday 27th September at New Zealand Golf Club. You can read a copy of the meeting minutes by clicking here. Peter Crowcroft performed one of his last duties as Captain to thank the retiring Fixture Secretary, Stuart Bowden, for his years of dedicated service and to nominate […]
19
Sep
Sep
It is with regret that this may well be our last visit to this splendid course. Over the recent years the Hankley point of contact has found it harder and harder to raise a team to play us. This year it finally failed but the club were happy for us to play a competition amongst […]
07
Sep
Sep
Geoff Wyborn sadly passed away in his sleep on 2nd September after a short illness. He was a man of many talents. He had degrees in Economics, Statistics and Mathematical Modelling. He worked in the aircraft industry after leaving university but was then drawn into academia where he became a professor specialising in the multi-variate statistical […]
06
Sep
Sep
Royal Navy Go Missing in New Zealand The Royal Navy were short of recruits for our match with them at The New Zealand Club, maybe it was the lure of the LIV tour, or desertion or just too many crew going AWOL. Nevertheless we cobbled a match together and the Forty Club were victorious by […]
01
Aug
Aug
A glorious summer’s day provided a fitting backdrop for the Forty Club Golfing Society’s 60th Anniversary match against Liphook Golf Club, which this year was celebrating its own Centenary Year. The course was as always immaculately presented, with fast fairways and its challenging greens that have over the years provided a distinct advantage to the […]
Match Reports, XLGS News
Match Report: West Country Meeting at Brokenhurst Manor GC on Thursday July 21st 2022
21
Jul
Jul
The Summer Meeting playing for the West of England Trophy was held in glorious conditions at Brokenhurst Manor GC in the New Forest. The fairways were firm and the greens were true but tricky in places. We welcomed three guests messrs Gifford, Finch and St Ledger from Hayling GC and whilst playing a stableford competition […]
15
Jul
Jul
Another glorious summer day greeted us at Worplesdon. We had a full complement thanks to an eleventh hour call up for Johnny Cook, whereas the Army Officers had lost a player overnight due to a ‘dodgy prawn’! Nonetheless battle lines were drawn and handicaps calculated. Hard fought morning rounds resulted in 3 points apiece at […]
14
Jul
Jul
Not just glorious weather but one of the hottest days of the year greeted both sides at Royal Ashdown Forest GC. The course was in great shape although the greens were a little slower than usual as the green keepers were reluctant to cut them too short under the extremely hot weather conditions. A late […]
06
Jul
Jul
Restored to its former 12-a-side glory after the pandemic, the XLGS match vs the Seniors was played in fine weather, either side of a splendid Denham lunch. XLGS won the afternoon matches 3.5 to 2.5, reflecting no doubt our superior lunching abilities, but this was not quite enough to reverse the morning deficit. Mentions in […]