Winter Knockout entry forms
See below for entry forms to this years winter knockouts. Please complete and return to the pro-shop with your entry fee
DG Christmas Party
The 2019 DG Christmas Party will be held at DG on the 14th Dec Black Tie / Lounge Suite party night
Hot golf on a hot day at TOGS
TOGS - Tuesday 27th August
The mercury rose to 28 degrees at DG today but some of the golf was even hotter!
24 turned out for a perennial favourite "Yellow Ball", although the actual yellow balls turned out to be a rather fetching Red as the Pro Shop were selling them off cheap. We soon discovered why - they're impossible to see against the lush green fairways at DG and even harder to spot in the clagging rough!
8 three-balls managed to return a total of three yellow balls - though one of the returns was from the wrong group !!
The "stinker" award went to Brad, Phil and Ian P who returned a creditable score of 49 despite losing their yellow ball with the very first shot of their round.
In third place on count-back were Pete S together with Sally and Mark O with 94 points
Second place was claimed by Graham A, Sue F and Chris T with 99 points
but the outright winners (and fastest round of the day to boot) were Andy M, Lydia R and Roger R with a magnificent 118 points.
Well played everyone. The next TOGS will be on Tuesday 24th September.
Green Keepers Revenge
Results from today’s Green Keepers Revenge
A good fun days golf with a nice buffet afterwards thanks Simon.
1st Place (111 Points)
Dave Knight
Nick Bowley
Sam Harding
Pete Page
2nd Place (110 Points)
Aaron Henry
Lester Hunt
Steve Wade
Jason Axford
3rd Place (110 Points)
Andy Storer
Alison Lillywhite
Steve Lillywhite
Sean Sargeant
Well done the green keepers for setting an interesting course up !!
Mid-Week Club Championship Results
We saw a full field of golfers take part in our annual Mid-week Club Championship.
The course was in fantastic condition, considering the past spell of bad weather. Our thanks to Dave Knight and his team.
Results were tight with a superb gross 72 from Aaron Henry (off scratch) leading throughout the comp until our Club Captain Rob Carvill came in late with the same score but with a better back 9
The trophy was presented by our current Lady Captain Ann-Marie Gane, of whom the whole club was delighted to see looking so well.
Men’s result
Robert Carvill 82 - 10c = 72
Aaron Henry 72 - 0c = 72
Tom Fulker 82 - 10c = 72
In the Ladies competition, again one of the very early competitors our 2007 Lady Captain, Jan King, posted an excellent score and tried to hang on as the rest of the ladies tried to better her score, something they were unable to do.
Trophy presented by The Club Captain Rob Carvill
Ladies result
Jan King 99 - 24c = 75
Ann MacDonald. 100 - 23c = 77
Katherine Hartwell. 95 - 18c = 77
Well played to all who took part
Trevor Evans Anniversary
So the winners !!
Nearest the pins
5th Aaron Pluckett
7th Lyn Turner
15th Adrian Thompson
17th Aaron Pluckett
14th Nearest the Pin in two Darren Elborn
Most golf played today winner Jason Evans
The winners were
In1st place Mr dodgy Paul Slater (Paul your card is in to the committee)
In 2d place Carley Walsh
Many thanks to you all for coming and to Paul, Shaun & Lyn for the organisation
TOGS Fun in the Sun
Tuesday 23rd July
Many thanks to the 25 folks who turned out for a bit of TOGS Fun in the Sun today.
Today’s format was “All Mixed Up” or “Medalford” as it’s sometimes known. The front nine holes were played as stroke play (Medal) and the back nine as stableford. A player’s competition score was calculated by subtracting the stableford score from the medal score. Simples !
Well, the sun beat down on a fast running course and it wasn’t just the weather that was hot with some cracking scores being returned. A score of 18 would be a nett par return using this format and seven players beat that number.
In third place, with 16 points was Anthony O’Brien; in second place with 15 was Tom Lane, but out in front by a clear margin was Kevin Walker with a fantastic 11 points. Very well played Kevin.
Kim Richardson and Peter Darwin took home a sleeve of balls for winning the ladies and men’s nearest the pin whilst Ann Lawson was awarded the “value for money” prize of two tokens for the driving range !
Next TOGS will be on Tuesday 27th August and a reminder that, although TOGS is organised by the Seniors, it’s open to all members who’d like to play, so make a note in your diary and come along.
The 2019 Newbury Challenge Trophy
Results from Todays Inter Club challenge
Ladies Singles - Rachel Spiller - Sandford Springs
Men’s Singles - David Lyons – Deanwood
Ladies Better ball - Launa Kirk & Jackie Lane - Sandford Springs
Men’s Better ball - Kevin Hopwood & Rob Bridgeman - West Berks
Mixed Better ball - Bernie Martin & John Bishop - Donnington Valley
The 2019 Newbury Challenge Trophy winners were Sandford Springs
Well played everyone but what a wet August day !!
The course held up very well to some very heavy continuous rain well done Dave.
Thank you to Simon and his team for a lovely buffet
Also thanks to Andy & Alison for presenting the trophies.
Not forgetting Sandy & Gill for the scoring.
2020 Handicap Changes
2020 sees what is probably the biggest change to handicaps ever when all six of the world's handicap authorities come together to adopt the new World handicap System or WHS. Current literature suggest an implementation date in January 2020 but, at the moment, much later in the year seems more likely.
DG Summer Party Information
Unfortunately the Planned Hoe-down has been cancelled.
If you have already paid for tickets a full refund will be given please see who you paid, for your refund for the tickets.
Apologies DG Committee
Presidents Day 2019
What a great day today some stunning golf and great scores well done Jonathan Stoney with a fabulous 44 points and well done to all other prize winners Including the Nearest the pin winners and their prizes Courtesy of Dick Lovett BMW in Hungerford.
Captains Plate Results
2019 Captains Plate
The results are as follows.
Well don Ron a great 40 points.
Captains Plate Results
1st Ronald MacDonald
2nd Tony Coleman
Mens
1st Rob Carvill
2nd Vince Hanniffy
3rd David Adams
Ladies
1st Lyn Turner
2nd Fay Unsworth
3rd Alison Lillywhite
Nearest the Pin Men Vince Hanniffy
Nearest the Pin Ladies Fay Unsworth
Well done everyone
(Tony Coleman speechless now that's a first !!!)
Prize Giving 2019
2019 Mixed Open at Goring and Streatley.
Congratulations to Sarah & Phil
St Georges Day Competition Results
St Georges Day Competition Results
First Place Neil Caunt / Steve Farthing– 44 Points
Second Place Gary Rinaldi / Ross Hunter– 44 Points
Third Place Nick Bowley / Craig Coleman – 43 Points
Nearest the Pins.
5th Hole – Andy Woodley
7th Hole - Sarah Purvis
Best Dressed with “the Socks” Paul Slater
A great day well organised as ever now in its 4th year with great thanks to Kevin Beasley
This year £190 was raised for the Charity’s with 76 players taking part.
Also thank you to our club Captain for presenting the prizes
2 Holes in 1
Congratulations to Shey Walder and Justin Shell on both carding a hole in 1 on the 15th in Saturdays Medal. The odds of making a hole in 1 are approximately 12500/1 and to get two on the same hole in the same competition is brilliant.
Congratulations to you both
Results from Todays Captains Drive in
Texas Scramble
1st Jamie Stephens, Keith Birkin, Steve Call, Ray Ross - 53.7
2nd Miguel Frade, Liam Iles, Luke Morrison, Dave Knight - 57.8
3rd Dennis Sunderland, A. King, Damian Carville, A. Holmes - 59.6
Nearest the pin
7th Bottle of Champagne Men Vince Hanniffy
Bottle of Champagne Ladies Anne MacDonald
15th Bottle of Champagne Men Steve Lillywhite
Bottle of Champagne Ladies Maria Tillett
Guess the Captains drives
Club Captain Bottle of Champagne + £50 TC (donated to Captains Charity)
Lady Captain Bottle of Champagne +£25 each Paul Slatter and Sean Sergeant
Seniors Captain Bottle of Champagne + £50 Katherine Hartwell
Captains Day Report
From Anne-Marie
My thanks to all the people who came together to make the day run smoothly: TC and Andy Storer for the Master of Ceremonies and the admin, Viv and Mike Lewsey for running the registration, Steve Lillywhite for taking the photos, Dawn and Sue for taking refreshments around the course during play, Molly for the flapjacks, Nigel and his team for the catering, Tom for organising the prizes, Dave and his team of greenkeepers for preparing the course in such good condition and lastly, all the club members who contributed so magnificently to raise £520 for the Rosemary Appeal.”
Champagne Roll up is coming on the 12th April
**** Date change now the 12th April ****
Due to the success of previous year's the roll up will again alternate between the front and back nine. On the 12th April we will be using the front nine. The cost of entry is £3 and covers the cost of the champagne winning prizes. You also have the opportunity to purchase discounted meal after the golf at the very reasonably price of £7.
The presentation of prizes takes place around 8pm and each Friday we also run a members cash draw, to which the owners generously contribute £25 each week. This year the starting pot will be £25.00. If you are not in the bar at the time of the draw the money rolls over to the following week.
Tonight we will also be announcing the winner of the annual subscription fee draw for those paid in full by the 1st April and you could win
BB&O AGM Trophy
Well done Andy & Rob !!!
AGM Trophy
Thursday 21st March 2019, Yellow & Red Tees, The Oxfordshire
Results Points
1st Andrew Storer(12) Donnington Grove Country Club 37
2nd Peter Condon(16) Castle Royle Golf & Country Club 37
3rd Simon Brown(6) Richings Park Golf & Country Club Ltd 35
4th Clive Bailey(10) Burnham Beeches Golf Club 35
5th David Cowap(4) East Berkshire Golf Club 35
6th Mark Page(20) Forest Artisans Golf Club 35
7th Richard Squires(9) Chipping Norton Golf Club 35
8th Rob Carvill(9) Donnington Grove Country Club 35
9th Ashley Rump(10) 34
10th Mike Deller-Merricks(12) Calcot Park Golf Club
Results from the team day 10 March 2019
Results from Team Day
A great turn out today with 40 players playing in a little breeze!
Some great scores from the pairs Bogey comp for which you needed to beat the course to be in the prizes.
With some great scores the winners are as follows:
1st Craig Coleman & Luke Morrison 4 Up
2nd John Headland & Davide Aagaard 2 Up
3rd Rob Carvill & Simon Walker 2 Up
4th Phil McTiffin & Rob Panting 2 Up
All on Count Back
Then 4 teams on level
Nearest the pin in to a gale-force wind on the 7th was Rob Panting
Many thanks to Tom as ever for helping to organise this event as well as Andy Storer for overseeing the scores. Tony Coleman for presenting the prizes donated by Sandtrend, Sandy & Myself.
But a very special round of applause to Kim for making not one cake but 3 for the raffle and raising £120 for the Captains charity.
Join the DG Teams from the Club V1 App
Did you know you can join the various DG teams from the club V1 app available on your mobile phone both Android & Apple as well as the desk top version just search for Club V1 install the app and us your "How did I do" logins to connect with the DG database
From here you can select teams and join any team that suits you.
You can see all the fixtures and make yourself available for selection by the team managers.
For help to login in or any issues please see the DG pro shop staff.
You can see the full 2019 Diary here including golf & social events
Team Day Sunday 10th March
Meet in the bar for 10:30 1st tee will be at 11:00
Please contact the pro shop on 01635 551975
The format is pairs betterball bogey - full handicap
Free to Enter
Members Memorial 2019
The Winners were as follows
1st : Nathan Redmond/ Nick Monger/ Jack Caunt/ Stephen Bartholomew on 98 Points
2nd: Andy Storer/ Sean Sargeant/ Steve Lillywhite/ Alison Lillywhite on 96 Points
3rd: Luke Batley/ Kevin Beasley/ Ross Hunter/ Gary Rinaldi on 90 points
Kim also managed to raise over £170 for the Captains Charity with her cake raffle. I think it was the Maltesers and Curly Wurly cake that did it :)
Congratulations to all who took part and thank you.