A note from your Captain, Les White ………………
Dear Members,
Welcome to a new year of the AGS and hopefully this year will not be affected by Covid as much as the last two years have been.
I am delighted to be the Captain of the AGS this year and am very much looking forward to all the events and meeting as many of the members and guests as possible during the year. My chosen charity this year is The OLLIE Foundation which you can find out more about at https://theolliefoundation.org/
My wife has bravely offered to sky dive from 15,000 ft on 14th May in support of my chosen charity. I have set up a just giving page where you can donate: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/robert-clark-ags-captains-charity-2022.
We got off to a great start at St George’s Hill even though the weather was not so kind to us as it has been in past years. The event was a full capacity event so thank you to all those that could attend and watch my drive off the first tee. Apologies to those who were unable to secure a place and my sympathies to those that had to miss the event due to positive Covid tests.
The blob bucket was plentiful along with the re-introduction of fines for numerous misdemeanours, including our Hon Treasurer who arrived very late for the AGM, so no-one is going to be missed out this year . A big thank you goes to Danny Catchesides who kindly donated two exclusive Ceremony of the Keys tours for 4 people which each raised £800.00 for the charity. I believe the fund-raising total for the day was in excess of £2,000, so thank you very much to all those who contributed. Well done to Gary Sewell who won two of the three members’ trophies up for grabs on Captain’s Day. Also, my congratulations and sympathies go out to Tony Craven who, although winning the Guest prize with 38 points, was so loaded up with goodies that he dropped the engraved glasses on returning to his table but managed to save one of the two……… But alas this also constituted a fine!
Our second event at Parkstone was not so well attended, mostly due to Easter being late this year and still in a week of school half-term for many. That said, the members and guests that were able to attend were treated to fabulous weather and a course in superb condition with very tricky greens. Considering the low numbers, the Blob Bucket once again did exceedingly well so thank you to all for your generous contributions.
I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at Hankley Common on 11th May. I believe this is almost full now. This will be followed by our first venture further north for many years to Sherwood Forest which, once again, I believe is almost full so please reserve quickly not to be disappointed.
Kind regards
Rob Clark
AGS Captain 2022
Welcome to a new year of the AGS and hopefully this year will not be affected by Covid as much as the last two years have been.
I am delighted to be the Captain of the AGS this year and am very much looking forward to all the events and meeting as many of the members and guests as possible during the year. My chosen charity this year is The OLLIE Foundation which you can find out more about at https://theolliefoundation.org/
My wife has bravely offered to sky dive from 15,000 ft on 14th May in support of my chosen charity. I have set up a just giving page where you can donate: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/robert-clark-ags-captains-charity-2022.
We got off to a great start at St George’s Hill even though the weather was not so kind to us as it has been in past years. The event was a full capacity event so thank you to all those that could attend and watch my drive off the first tee. Apologies to those who were unable to secure a place and my sympathies to those that had to miss the event due to positive Covid tests.
The blob bucket was plentiful along with the re-introduction of fines for numerous misdemeanours, including our Hon Treasurer who arrived very late for the AGM, so no-one is going to be missed out this year . A big thank you goes to Danny Catchesides who kindly donated two exclusive Ceremony of the Keys tours for 4 people which each raised £800.00 for the charity. I believe the fund-raising total for the day was in excess of £2,000, so thank you very much to all those who contributed. Well done to Gary Sewell who won two of the three members’ trophies up for grabs on Captain’s Day. Also, my congratulations and sympathies go out to Tony Craven who, although winning the Guest prize with 38 points, was so loaded up with goodies that he dropped the engraved glasses on returning to his table but managed to save one of the two……… But alas this also constituted a fine!
Our second event at Parkstone was not so well attended, mostly due to Easter being late this year and still in a week of school half-term for many. That said, the members and guests that were able to attend were treated to fabulous weather and a course in superb condition with very tricky greens. Considering the low numbers, the Blob Bucket once again did exceedingly well so thank you to all for your generous contributions.
I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at Hankley Common on 11th May. I believe this is almost full now. This will be followed by our first venture further north for many years to Sherwood Forest which, once again, I believe is almost full so please reserve quickly not to be disappointed.
Kind regards
Rob Clark
AGS Captain 2022