AIR FORCE ROYAL GOLFING SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 2000 Those ofus at the Spring when Vice Marshal Meeting Air the prizes Cecil Beamish presented and made a speech about the of golf the importance continuing to play, little touching ethos and of thought that in less than a us. would no month Cecil longer with He be a as at had record an having played the level for. and fine amateur highest Ireland, representing his county, the RAF andtheCombined Services. Whatisnot sowellknown is that he He bore his illness was also, inhisyounger days, a veryfine rugby player and cameclose to being capped for Ireland. debilitating same courage tenacity he showed on with the and always the pitch. golf and the rugby course is successor His asour President AirChief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine. Sir Paddy as he is affectionately known isalso a fine golfer having represented the RAF and Combined Services. As Isle teenager a 1949 he won the Hampshire, of Wight and Channel Islands Amateur in Championship, the CarrisTrophy andthe Brabazon Trophy and remains the youngest golfer to win was He 1952. the Brabazon. the Society's Championin At our AGM Group Captain Charles Donovan waselected a Vice Presidentin recognition of his contribution to the Society overmany years and particularly during his period as Chairmân. had SadlyWing Commander Glenn Lloyd has to relinquish the Chairmanship due to failing We are very sorry to lose his wise counsel and experience and extend tohim our thanks eyesight. and bestwishes. His successoris Ray Piercey. After war service as a pilot,Ray flewwitha number He a of airlines. is keen golfer and was Captain of West Byfleet Golf Clubin 1997. He looks forawrd to joining in many ofour meetings and matches this year. We had 37 for the Spring Meeting at Luffenham Heath. The prizes were provided by the RAF Association for which we areallvery grateful. The morning medalwas won by Gwill Evanswith a net 69and the afternoon foursomes by TonyMorgansand Roger Taylor with 39 points. The Scotish Tour attractedthe largestfield for many years witha numberof singlefigureex RAF representative players competing. Sandy Aitken withstood the challenge to defend his winof to Mick thepreviousyear by just beating Clarke retain the Scottish Cup. The Prize-giving dinner at The Ramnee Hotel was a memorable eyening enlivened by. Charles Donovan's speech whenhe presented the Captain of NairnDunbar with an engraved glass bowltomark the Club'scentenary. Our otherguest for the evening was Group Captain Stu Butler, the Station Commander at Kinloss. We were grateful for the opportunity to stay at RAF Kinloss and for this year's Tour we hope to stayat both RAF Kinloss and RAF Lossiemouth. we was a The Guest Meeting at Denham,where are always made to feel so welcome, again 58 popular daywith members and theirguests. We enjoyed fine weather for the Autumn Meeting at the Berkshire where we had 24 onthe first dayand including on the day. However, onlyeleven bothdays. 21 2 ladies on second played George Cunnington narrowlybeat Malcolm Middlemist towinthe Championship andJohn Jagger just managed to pip David John for the Handicap Championship. The Ladies Cup was won by Mildred Parke. The foursomes medal for the Sassoon Cups was won by Pete Rogersand George Stocks. well down on the at was Although the field for Yorkshire Meeting Fulford previousyearsthe was a success. 26 competed meeting again resounding members for the HalifaxTrophywhichwas won by Hughes. by Hughes was won St Hook. Barry The Andrews greensome Walter andWally The Club Captain, George Ringwood, presented theprizes. is a member of the Society,asisthe He Vice-Captain, Ted Kendall and the Secretary, Ron Bramley. A unique treble for us!
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AIR FORCEROYAL GOLFING SOCIETY
NEWSLETTER 2000Thoseofus at the Spring when Vice MarshalMeeting Air theprizesCecilBeamish presented
andmadea speech about the ofgolf the importance continuingtoplay,littletouching ethos and ofthought that in less than a us.would nomonth Cecil longer with
Hebe
a as athad record an having played the level for. andfine amateur highest Ireland,
representing hiscounty,theRAFandtheCombined Services. Whatisnotsowellknown is thathe
Hebore his illness
was also,inhisyoungerdays, a veryfine rugby player and camecloseto being capped for Ireland.
debilitating same courage tenacity he showed onwith the and always the
pitch.golf and the rugbycourse
issuccessorHis as our President AirChiefMarshal Sir Patrick Hine. Sir Paddy as he isaffectionatelyknown isalso afine golfer having representedtheRAF and Combined Services. As
Isleteenagera 1949 he won the Hampshire, of Wight and Channel Islands AmateurinChampionship,the CarrisTrophy andthe Brabazon Trophy andremains the youngest golferto win
wasHe 1952.the Brabazon. the Society's Championin
At ourAGMGroup Captain Charles Donovan waselected a Vice Presidentinrecognitionofhis contribution to the Society overmanyyearsandparticularlyduring his period as Chairmân.
hadSadlyWing Commander Glenn Lloyd has to relinquish the Chairmanship due tofailing
Weare very sorry to lose hiswisecounsel and experience and extend to him our thankseyesight.
and bestwishes. Hissuccessoris Ray Piercey. After warservice as a pilot,Ray flewwitha numberHe aof airlines. is keen golfer and was Captain of WestByfleet Golf Clubin 1997. Helooks
forawrd to joining inmanyofourmeetingsand matches this year.
Wehad 37 for the Spring Meetingat Luffenham Heath.The prizes were provided by theRAFAssociation for which we areallverygrateful. The morning medalwas won by Gwill Evanswith
a net 69 and theafternoon foursomes by TonyMorgans and Roger Taylor with 39 points.
The Scotish Tour attractedthe largestfield for many yearswitha numberofsinglefigureex
RAF representative playerscompeting.Sandy Aitken withstood the challenge to defend his winoftoMickthepreviousyear by just beating Clarke retain the ScottishCup.ThePrize-givingdinner
at The Ramnee Hotel was a memorable eyening enlivened by.CharlesDonovan's speech when hepresented the Captain ofNairnDunbarwith an engraved glassbowltomark the Club'scentenary.
Our otherguest for the evening was Group Captain Stu Butler, the Station Commander at Kinloss.
We were grateful for the opportunity to stay atRAFKinlossand for this year's Tour we hope to
stayat both RAFKinloss and RAFLossiemouth.
we was aThe Guest Meeting at Denham,where are always made to feel so welcome, again58populardaywith membersand their guests.
We enjoyed fine weather for theAutumn Meeting at theBerkshirewhere we had 24 onthefirst day and including on the day. However, only eleven bothdays.21 2 ladies onsecond played
George Cunnington narrowlybeat Malcolm Middlemistto winthe Championshipand John Jagger
just managed to pip David John for the Handicap Championship. The Ladies Cup was won byMildred Parke.Thefoursomes medal for the Sassoon Cups was won by Pete Rogersand George
Stocks.
well down onthe at wasAlthough the field for YorkshireMeeting Fulford previousyearsthe
was a success. 26 competedmeeting again resounding members for theHalifaxTrophywhichwaswon by Hughes. by Hugheswas wonSt Hook.Barry The Andrews greensome Walter andWally
The Club Captain, George Ringwood, presented theprizes. is a member of the Society,asistheHe
Vice-Captain, Ted Kendall and the Secretary, Ron Bramley. A unique treble for us!
StAttendance attheWinterMeetingat George's Hill was as expected whenwehad 22
The stableford for the Swinton Cup waswonby Mike Harding. Mike anmorning Fennmembers.the George Grant-Govan Cups.foursomesJohn led the field in the afternoon for
ofInflation in green fees seems defylogic and race ahead other inflationaryindexes.Hart
attendances at theAutumn and Winter Meetings. YourCommitteeis particularlyconcermed about
the Autumn Meeting andalthough a two day meeting is planned forthis year thefutureformatis
being reviewed.Oneoption under considerationisto reduce themeeting to one day with theChampionship being decided over 36holesmedal play ratherthanthe present 36 holes medalqualifying with the topfourplayingmatch playknock out on the second day. Thesecond day could
bereplaced by another golfmeeting at another venue. Your suggestionswould be mostwelcome.
Wehad our usualprogrammeof 17 matches.Wewon five and drew three andit was goodtorecordwins against West Hillandin particular The Seniors Golfing Society which was captained
this year by Bob Price,one ofourVicePresidents.Itwas ourturntovisitLancashireforthematchwith British Aerospace whichwas played at Fairhaven. British Aerospace's warm hospitality did
extend to letting us win the Roses Trophy forathird year andwewill be trying even harder at
Fulford this year when the match returns to Yorkshire. We entertained Hunstanton forourfirst
"home" match at Woodhall Spa whereweplayedthe two courses. Everyone has heard of theWoodhall'sfamous Hotchkin Course but the newer Bracken Course is a very fine course andhas
featured inonelistas the 10th best new coursesin the UK.weBowlIn the Brent Knoll at Burnham and Berrow in the first iround of the mainlost
ahadcompetition and the ConsolationSalver. We strong team for the Graham Butler Scratch
Foursomeswhereourteamoffourplayers had acombined handicap of five. However, the wind onthe first day played havoc with the scores and although we scored well on the second day we wereplace 13th out of 16 teams competing. Unfortunatelywehad to withdraw from the High Post
the includes The together forAs usual annual mailing Handbook with aform members tonotifytheir changeof address and any other details. The Handbook hasourfixturelist and ifyouwishto play in anyofthe matchesthenplease contactthe Team Captains/Organisers. It would help
tothem have poola of as sometimes it be tomake the Ourplayers can difficult up number required.
lady might Present WRAF on Maymembers be interestedinthe v Past fixtureatSleaford 5th
please see page 18 of the Handbook.included isa notice and form forthe RAF Championships.Also entry Association Golf
At the ofthe have683end yearwe includingmembers 40ladies and have newwelcomed 33members duringtheyear.
We regretto recordthedeathsofthe following members.Air Vice Marshal C.H. Beamish
Onabeautifulwarmand sunny daywe went intolunchleading 4-1.Oursuccess continued in the afternoon and wefinished
comfortable winners 7%-2%.Afriendlyandconvivial matchändasusual the West Hill wereexcellent hosts.
Wg (C) L.A.G.LindenCdr G.H. Cunnington Sqn Ldr D.J.SaadyTeam:K.R. FIt Lt D.C StallanDalgleish Dr J. McKenzieG.A.J. Downman Cdr N.A.D.Nugent P.WardWgGp CaptJ.S. Hart
Knoll Bowl at Burnham G.C.Brent andBerrow
Welost inthe first round of the main competition and madeasimilarexitin the Plate competition. Cramb andSkellerm'sexcellentsix years unbeatenruninthiscompetition came toahaltas theylostboth of their matches. Audin andMarshalareto be congratulated onwinningboth their matches.Allgames were playedina wonderful atmosphere offriendship andsportsmanship which is a characteristic of this fine Tournament.
Sgt D. MarshallSac C.AudinTeam: Fit Lt B. CrambSkellernWgCdrD.Backhouse Wg Cdr I. (C)Sgt K. Hampson
Aero Golfing Society at WestByfleetG.C.
Thisis always afiercecontest and was the 50thanniversary of the first match.Afterthe morning fourball betterball games
weled 44-2% After afinelunchour fortunesslumped and 10 of the 13 singles werelostto givethe AERO afine win.
GpCapt H.A. GriffthsTeam: Gp CaptK Bassingthwaighte R.Piercey (C)
SaadyG.E.Blaker Sqn Ldr D.J.M.J.H. Harding
D.L.Air Cdre C.w. Bruce John A.J. Wonnacott
Air Cdre G.J.B. Claridge Wg Cdr M.J.Middlemist
FltLt W.C. ParkeP.D. CliffWg Cdr
SpaG.C.Royal AirForceatWoodhall
Thematch wasplayed as a fourballbetter bllin themorming and singlesintheaftemoon.Wehada fairly strong side,
probablymatching thehandicaps ofthe RAFteam. Themorming gameswereclosely contested but going down1%-3%madetheaftermoontask that much harder.However, the singleswerehalvedat5-5and this wasamagnificentperformance
8honlytolose by 6%-
Team: A.W. MathersG.V.Bassi Sqn Ldr G.D.Smith (C)
CorkishG.W. Fit Lt G.J. Nickerson Sqn Ldr S.R. Telfer-Smith
N.E.JrTechC.B.Emmott Peters
RimmerCpl M.T.M.J. Feeney
HenleyG C.
As usualwewere warmlyreceivedbythe Henley Club withtheClub Captainleadingtheirside.Unfortunatelytheweather
didnotmatchthewelcomeand it rained continuously throughoutthe afternoon. Althoughthematch was lost2-4 it was
fairly wellbalancedwith with two gamesgoingtothe 18th green. At the excellent dinnerinthe eveningthe Danesfield Cup
was once presented tothe Captain.again Henley
B.E.Sqn Ldr D.A. AmTeam: Evans WgCdrI. Marshall
Gp CaptJ. EvansAir CdreJJ. Burke WgCdr M.J.Middlemist(C)Everett Gp Capt M.G. PeakerAVM K.A. Campbell D.J.
FarrowGp CaptJ.L.Dillon WgCdr D.R. VickersL.W.
atForres,Moray (Old), Dunbar ClubsScottish Tour Elgin andNairn Golf
aGeorge againorganisedanexcellentTour. We had ourlargest fieldforsome time numberofex inter service
Jacksonwith
and participating. This led to some excellentscores with Aitkenjustbeating Mick Clarke byasinglefigure golfers Sandy
welcomeshot for the Scottish Cup.All the courses as in excellent andwewere made tofeelmost bywere usual condition
tohavewithusRamnee Hotel memorableall the Clubs. The giving dinner at The was a occasion. It was a pleasureprizeguest honour McKintosh,again who entertained us all with his afterdinner speech. Our of was Finlay the
Charles DonovanCaptain of Naim Dunbar,and an engraved bowlwas presented to him to markthe Club'sCentenary.
Royal Golfing Sussex G.C.Navy Society at WestItsigns rain.
Theweatherwaskind andthe course inexcellent conditionshowing only few of the recentlack of wasanew faces in ourteam.The match closely and we in thewas contested although lost 1h-4% moming
ondrawna Asusualthepleasing to see some
result. West Golf Clublaid excellentSussex somethe scoreswere in the forreversed afternoon
food service.and
Gp CaptJ.S.HartTeam: Chf Michael AlcockAir Mshl Sir J.V. Edwards
LindenL.A.G.PR.Bassingthwaighte Wg Cdr G.H. CunningtonGpCaptK
DownmanJJ.G.A.J. Mitchell
CdreAir D.LE.J.K.Baynes
(C)Ellison-DavisCapt ThorntonDr A. Brockman
yojFicers.GolfinoG.C:atSociety Heath iineWalton
days with welcome breeze. Asusualthe in condition withaSSunny cooling course was excellentsligl
o we down2%-3% lunch and the games wereASAAyeryclosematch were at aftermoonyd omoolsw 12om Iss1halved.
-most enjoyable day wecame in at upand we 3% 1% intheafternoon just managed
sunny and lunch 4-1 although lost weto hang to The Seniorson our lead. alwaysproduce pleasant win particularlya good side and it was to record a as theirCaptain was Vice onefor 1999 Air MarshalBobPrice, of our Vice-Presidents.
G.A.J.Team: Chf Mshl Sir PalinJJ. Baynes Downman Air Roger
After our win lastyear Soning fielded a strong team which includedtheirPresident, Captain and Vice-Captain and yetagainawin for Sonning will beengravedontheClyne Cup.
The match was played in a heat wave and after the morning weled4%-1% andimproved inthe aftermoonforawinby9%2h. A happy venue for meetingoldfriends. The hospitality, as usual,was generous andconvivial. i
Wg Cdr A.I.Team: Gp Capt GriffithsBruce H.A. Sqn LdrR.S. Peters
Dr R.Sadler-HallWg Cdr R.D.MullinsAVM MJ.C.W. Dicken
M.G. PeakerJ.V.Edwards GpCapt Sqn Ldr A.J.Thompson(C)SqnLdrD.H.Gentle Wg CdrM.E.WadleyAVMR.G.Peters
G.C.RyeAfter aweek of thunderstorms andtorrential rain Ryeproducedadayofbrightsunshinebutwith thecustomary breeze after
lunch. The morningfoursomes went 24-5% in favour of Rye butafteran excellent lunch the scores were reversed inthe
afternoon with ourteam managing some notable wins. The final result of 8 -8 wasthe first drawn match in18years.
Team: JJ. Dr R. Sadler-HallB.E.EvansBaynes
Air Cdre R.S. Peacock-Edwards Sqn LdrMG.Fenn Air Cdre B.M. Thornton
Air Cdre G.J.B. Claridge J.S. HartGp (C) P. WardCapt
Wg Cdr P.D.Cliff Mitchell A.M. WattPR.
R. WheelhousePenley-MartinWg D.Cdr G.H. Cunnington
G.AJ. Downman Capt R.Piercey
Moor G.C.Park
Thematch was closely contended with all games going to at leastthe16th green with a1-3resultin favour ofMoorPark.A most enjoyable day with the course inexcellentconditionbut playingverylongoffthemedal tees.
Capt D.H.A. G.J.Gp Greenway Wg Cdr PearsonDrL.E.S.Camie (C)Team:Sqn LdrKP.Hickman Gp CaptG.S. WilsonB.E.EvansDr J. McKenzieGp Capt D.E. Foster
Hunstanton at WoodhallSpaG.C.
Thiswas our first "home" match at Woodhall Spa where we played theHotchkin in themorming and theBracken inthe
aftermoon. It was apleasure to hostour visitors from North Norfolk.Theyturnedupwithastrong team whichincludedtheir
Secretary,President,Captain andseveral past Captains. Despitethescoreline of3%-8%allthegameswere closelyfought.
Air Cdre S.A.BaldwinTeam: R.J. Pearson (C)AirCdreJ.R. Greig
Torrentialrain onthefirstday ruined thescores.However,as the playersgotto knoweach othersgamesthescoresimproved.Thecourseand greens wereinexcellentconditionbutthe pin placements onthesecond day wereverydifficult.Despiteourteamoffourhavingacombined handicap of five we were placed 13thout of 16.