It was a cold start to the day. The team slowly arrived in the car park where Bruce insisted on a group hugs! Whatever does it for you I thought! Our hosts plied us with bacon rolls and coffee before the two tee start to what turned out to be a great day. They had a strong team and so we did our best to hold them back. The teams arrived back at the club…
It’s the 20th March and the weather is unbelievable for our first match of the season with Woldingham. After a bacon butty, a coffee and introductions, the first team lead by our stand in captain Simon ventured to the tee. The day became hotter and I am told so did the golf. Some 4 hours later and we started to return to the club house for well deserved drinks and a meal. Then came the…
After today’s Monthly Medal we gathered on the 1st tee to unveil and present the new bench to commemorate Ted Kelly, one of Coulsdon Court’s long standing members who sadly died one year ago. Ted’s daughter, Christine attended the unveiling and made a speech saying how much Ted loved his golf, the club members and the friendships he had made in the many years he played at our club. Christine went on to thanks George…
At the 2025 AGM our outgoing captain Simon Edwards presented the representative from his chosen charity for 2024, Club Soda. Gemma Caldicott heads up Slide Dance, one of the ‘friends’ of Club Soda and she, together with Simon’s son Chris, better known as DJ CJ, told us of the things they do to support their community. In total Simon has raised some £6,300 through CCVGC and Easy Fundraising. What a fantastic year! Our incoming captain…
This is the last match for 2024 and with a later than usual start arranged with Wimbledon only seven vets made themselves available to play which was embarrassing to say the least. Our hosts were very accommodating and together we arranged 3 ball play, each team having two Wimbledon players and one VET! What could possibly go wrong? With rain forecast for early afternoon we approached the first tee at 9.30 hoping to enjoy at…
With 16 gents on each team the only way we could get this match going was to have an early Tee so we all met at 7 am for rolls and coffee and introduction in readiness for a 7.40 first tee! This is only the second time we have played Shirley Park and what a great day it was. A very friendly team with lots of banter throughout the match and the lunch. Rain was…
It’s been a lovely summer and today was no different. The troops gathered for a 9am tee on a course that some of us find extremely challenging. Looking back at our first match this year with Addington we lost 4 & 2. so we needed to win this one by the same margin for an overall draw! Play was a bit slow but the pace soon picked up. Unfortunately our first team lost, but then…
With lots of speculation our friends from Lingfield Park arrived to play the first of two matches with us. Lingfield are the only mixed team we play so everyone was on their best behaviour! Unfortunately they could only field 10 men. As we had 14 players, our best two were sacrificed to play as Lingfield members. Another great day for golfing. Starting cloudy but getting hotter as the day went by and so did Coulsdon…
Wow! The hottest day of the year so far and we are all set to do battle with our friends from Mitcham. With the first match being a draw we had our work cut out if we wanted to gain the glory this year and with a trophy, which was supplied by Mitcham, there was even more at stake. The first team on the tee and the battle commenced. Surprisingly our second team were back in…
The gates to Chipstead Golf Club opened to invite us to a great day of golf. This is the last of the matches with them this year. After a welcome coffee and introductions, our hosts lead us to their immaculate course. The temperature was already in the twenties and it was set to get hotter! One by one the teams returned to the club house for well deserved drinks and a chance to cool down. …
