It was good to see the return of one of the founding fathers of the MGS golfing society Alan Draper to this event.  Furthermore, he went on to win the trophy!!!  with Hon Treasurer Andy Tippett playing a full part.  Looking at the roll of honour Alan’s last trophy win was the Freddie Jones Captains Day Trophy won…

We look forward to seeing you all at Mannings Heath on Friday details below:- Established in 1905, the 6683-yard championship 18-hole Waterfall course at Mannings Heath, is known as one of the top golf courses in Sussex. Designed by the legendary architect Harry Colt, the Waterfall holds a proud golfing heritage and remains one of…

A pleasing turnout of 22 MGS members attended the societies first outing to Highwoods on a lovely late summer’s day.   The course was overall good although it received mixed reviews from attendees with a number of member’s raving about it and others disappointed with the patchy fairways and differing speed greens – Micky Mann and…

After a very successful Captains Day (thanks James) we have another good turnout for our September meeting at Highwoods which is a venue not played by the society for a very long time – if at all – Pat will know for sure?  We also look to be blessed by decent weather for our THURSDAY…

. . . or was it simply a bad round?

Brian Day wins at Cooden Beach edging out Sandi Hoolahan and Andy Tippett on an unseasonably windy day down on the south coast. Captain James hosted an excellent day and was incredibly pleased to see an excellent turnout of 27 on Captains day which was played at one of societies favourite courses.  Although the fairways…

Captain James (centre above) is really looking forward to seeing you at Cooden this Friday with the society turning out in force despite the Covid 19 restrictions – we even have a reserve list!! Needless to say James had 38 different ideas on how he might add his personal touch to this event to make…

Jerry Watkiss with a nett 2 over par wins the Society Strokeplay Championship;  Ken Wapling edges out Chris Buck on count-back with 37 points to win the Society Stableford Shield A good turnout of 17 on what was a lovely summers day enjoyed “The Darenth” which is a relatively short but tight in places course. …

Order of Play – July 2020 – The Darenth Society Strokeplay Championship & Society Stableford Championship The Course: This 18 hole 6,200 yard par 72 course suitable for all standards of golfer (we shall see!!). Venue:             The DarenthStation RoadShorehamSevenoaksKent TN14 7SA  Telephone:       01959 522944 Website:           info@thedarenth.com  Time:                10.45am for 11.36 first tee off…

After some unfortunate issues with our booking at Hever Golf Club we were able to secure some alternative tee times at Wellshurst Golf Club complying strictly with the social distance guidelines in place that allow golf to take place in England.  The layout of the course at Wellshurst is very nice with some very interesting…