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Rymer Nabs President’s Day Trophy
With fine weather and a good turn-out President’s Day lived up to expectations. Terry “Lucky” Rymer made off with the trophy with the second best card. The President himself made the best score of 39 but with that noble modesty for which he is justly renowned (and his arm twisted up his back) he declined…
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Chingford GC: a short history
Tradesmen Chingford Golf Club was formed in 1923 by a group of local tradesmen who could only join the existing private club as “artisans”. The founding members were: C. Chasney, A.V Marshall, W.J. Oliver, C.S Perrin, W.F Richardson and J. Warren. The first meeting place for CGC members was the Coronet Café. This was on…
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Major Aces Thirteenth
Here we see Major Sundhu retrieving this ball from the 13th hole. This was during the development stableford on Sunday 29th October. Everyone in the bar was treated to a drink afterward. “Luckily there was only a dozen people in the club,” said our hero. The first time he did it was on Captain’s Away…
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Dinner Dance Photos
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New Captain Hits the Fairway
New captain Dickie Charsley got his year off to a great start. He hit a fine drive with the ancient club out of dubious lie. His friends and fellow members arrived in large numbers to join in the celebrations. And the speeches, prizes and bangers and mash went down a treat. Here’s Dickie looking the…
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Captain’s Blog
From our captain. Dear Members and Guests of CGC, Firstly I must apologise for not updating the Captain’s Blog more frequently. It has been a busy year for me and I cannot believe it is August already. Captain’s Day Captain’s Home Day in July was well supported. If anyone has any photos of the day…
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Prize Night: Burnsie blesses the faithful
At the 20117 Prize Evening messrs Rymer and Johnson led the charge with the captain causing confusion with the handshaking arrangements on a number of occasions.
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Captain Kevin’s first blog
Wow, I cannot believe it is January 2017 already, as it only seems to me that last week I was trying to “Drive In” as the new captain from the sand brick that Richard Charsley had built for me and enabling a 26 metre drive! CHANGES AT THE TOP Peter Lawrence has stepped down from…
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Captain’s Drive-In
An enthusiastic crowd gathered by the eighteenth green on Sunday to see Paul Lovney putt out and Kevin O’Donoghue drive in.
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Annual Dinner Dance
Saturday October 8th saw my finale as your 2016 Club Captain and I’m pleased to say the feedback suggests it was a resounding success.
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