Latest News.....
David Greetham wins at Royal and Andy Heyes secures the Order of Merit for 2024!
Great trip this year to Folkestone, playing at Ashford, Etchinghill and Sene Valley, lots of sun, fun and drinks!
Paul Marks wins at Salisbury and South Wilts, and Andy Heyes edges ahead in the Order of Merit
Captain 2024
Big welcome to Paul Baker as the Stragglers Captain for 2024, it's a cracking line up of courses and Paul is very dedicated to everyone getting involved and having a great time. It should be a fun year!
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Welcome to the new Website with more improvements on the way following Google's decision to discontinue the maintenance of the previous website.
Anyway we are back with an action packed year ahead with the following events:
Thursday 11th April ‘Captain’s Drive-in’ Hockley GC – 11.28am (‘Order of Merit’ Event 1)
Sunday 12th May ‘Spring Cup’ Stoneham GC – 2pm (‘Order of Merit’ Event 2)
Thursday 20th June ‘Memorial Salver’ (36 holes) Ampfield GC – 12noon
Monday 8th July ‘Summer Bowl’ Army GC – 1pm (‘Order of Merit’ Event 3)
Friday 12th July Anchor Golf Society – 2nd Leg Isle of Purbeck GC – 12noon
Wednesday 18th September ‘Autumn Trophy’ Salisbury & South Wilts GC – 12.32pm (‘Order of Merit’ Event 4)
Folkestone Tour Wednesday 2nd October - Sunday 6th October
Friday 8th November ‘Don Marks Winter Challenge’ RWGC – 9.34am (‘Order of Merit’ Event 5)
Also a big thank you to all members and those that supported the charity over the past two years. On behalf of the Hampshire Stragglers Golf Society, we presented a cheque to the charity for £3,564, representing the fund-raising for Prostate Cancer UK by our Society between November 2021 and November 2022. A tidy little sum that was warmly received by the charity, even though it's a drop in the ocean of the £30+ million raised each year!
Hampshire Stragglers Golf Society
A very warm welcome to the Hampshire Stragglers Golf Society website. We hope you enjoy the contents of the website, whether you be a member of the Society or simply a friend.
The Hampshire Stragglers Golf Society was launched on 1st January 2010 and is the reincarnation of the Hampshire Stragglers Cricket Club founded in 1966, over forty years ago, by Tom Wilson. The 'spiritual home' of the Society is Royal Winchester Golf Club where many members of the Society are also members.
Cricket is now beyond the ailing bodies of many members of the Society, but the great tradition of the Hampshire Stragglers Cricket Club can be found on the golf course. We play competitively hard and drink hard! The cricket club motto, and now the Society motto, "Good Natured Debauchery", is alive and kicking in many respects!
Royal Winchester 2010
The Society plays five main events a year as qualifiers for the annual "Straggler of the Year" Order of Merit competition. Other events are organised outside the five main golf days. All playing members of the Society are eligible to play in the organised events. We have a number of 'social' members who support the Society.
We will endeavor to keep the website regularly updated with news, as a means of staying in touch with our members, but we also hope it will be a source of interest to non-members.
If you are studying this website and have any suggestions about it, the Society itself, the events we organise, courses to play or trips to go on, or you have any queries and/or would like to be considered as a member, they should be directed to the Honorary Secretary of the Society on hampshirestragglers@gmail.com.
