British Golf Collectors' Society

Current Events & News

Having somewhat foolishly volunteered to take over the running of the British Golf 
Collectors Society Website, I am now inthe process of making it more current. I have 
requested some of our gallant band of organisers to submit reports on the various matches, 
competitions, and events,which have been held. Any website like ours is dependent on 
reports and feedback and I would welcome this from all members.

If you would like to comment or make any observations about the British Golf Collectors website just . Email me

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Report of Midlands Meeting held on 19 August 2010

The Stratford on Avon Golf Club was the venue for the Midland Region Summer Meeting on 19 August 2010. Our visit to Stratford on Avon during a Ryder Cup year seemed most appropriate as we recalled an occasion 80 years ago when the Club Captain, Samuel Ryder, arranged an exhibition match between George Duncan, Alex Herd, Ted Ray and Abe Mitchell at the relatively new course. The golf match was followed by a Complimentary Dinner at the Shakespeare Hotel for George Duncan in appreciation of his Captaincy of the successful Ryder Team the previous year at Moortown Golf Club. Sadly Samuel Ryder was unable to attend these events due to illness.

The 27 Society Members present at this Midland event, who were competing for the Walter Mechilli Trophy, were joined by 15 members of the host club who were playing a separate competition. All competitors had the option of playing with either hickory or modern clubs.

The afternoon produced some excellent golf with John Moreton and Bill Druce both returning an extremely impressive score of 42 points with hickory clubs. John Moreton was declared the winner of the trophy on a count back. There was also a tie in the steels event between John Bradley and David Moffat both scoring 39 points. John Bradley won on the count back.

The golf was followed by a most convivial meal comprising of three courses from Samuel Ryder's original dinner.

David Sutton, the Club Captain, welcomed the Society to Stratford on Avon and gave a short address outlining the Samuel Ryder connection with the Club. John Weston, the Midlands Captain, responded on behalf of the Society.

Our visit conclued with an 'Antique Golf Roadshow' which included the presentation of items associated with the Ryder Cup. The format of this event was a change to our usual meeting and was well received by all present. Special thanks to Hugh Begg for all his hard work in helping to arrange this event.
                                                                                                Report by Keith Bilbie, Midlands Organiser.
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HELP
This is an unusual request but would the Welsh lady who left a message on Hamish Ewan's answering machine contact him again as the number she left does not ring out. She was interested in speaking to any members who had knowledge of the Ryder Cup. Hamish's telephone number is 01463 231145 or his email address is taormina@btinternet.com
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CENTENARY MATCH AT CIRENCESTER GOLF CLUB - 4 JULY 2010

Some of the older members will recall that they played in a Centenary match at Cirencester in 1983, so why another one? The first match commemorated the founding of Sapperton Park Golf Club 1n 1893, the predecessor of Cirencester Golf Club, but the club was renamed and relocated to its present site in 1910, hence the latest meeting.

To enable as many Cirencester members as possible to play, we followed the format that we had used at Abergele, in which one BGCS member was teamed up with three Cirencester members, and the competition was played on a team basis. The home club had expressed an interest in playing with hickories, and so we took along spare clubs and managed to encourage a fair number to play with them.

The weather looked threatening but, apart from a slight flurry of rain - which only lasted ten minutes - we had a dry, bright, if windy day, all of which made for an interesting and enjoyable afternoon.

An excellent dinner, with a string ensemble accompanying the meal, was followed by an Antiques Road Show, conducted by Alan Jackson, with help from Tony Gatrell.

A good day, at which we renewed some old acquaintances and made some new ones.

BGCS Members: Richard Atherton, Keith Bilbie,, Alex Carson, Tony Gatrell, Alan Jackson, Ann Joyce, John Joyce, Danny Kaye, Warren Latham, Dave Norman, Ros Weston, John Weston,
                                                                                        Report by Alan Jackson     Posted 22nd August 2010

The second German Hickory Championship will be played over 18 holes strokeplay on Saturday, August 7th 2010 with Friday 6th 2010 being practise day. There will be a hickory golf clinic on Friday, 14h00, by Iain Forrester followed by a professional exhibition match over 3 holes (7, 8 and 9) with Iain Forrester (German Hickory Champion 2009) and Perry Somers (Scottish Hickory Champion 2010, French Hickory Champion 2009) and others.

The entrance fee of EUR 60,00 includes both the practise round and tournament round green fee as well as the dinner on Saturday evening and snacks during the championship round. The German Hickory Golf Championship will be played at Bad Wildungen Golf Course in Central Germany where the game was first played in 1907.

Today’s course is a 1930 MacKenzie-Hoffmann-Fahrenholz design.. Charles MacKenzie was the brother of world famous golf architect Alister MacKenzie, who designed courses such as Cypress Point, Augusta and Royal Melbourne. Only original pre 1935 equipment is permitted. Rental sets with original hickory shafted clubs will be available at EUR 50,00 for both days and EUR 30,00 for the Championship round from Iain Forrester. I would be glad to see you at Bad Wildungen this year and in order to register for the 2010 German Hickory Championship just send me a short e-mail to CNMeister@t-online.de
(mailto:CNMeister@t-online.de) giving your full name, handicap and home club

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Dutch International Hickory Championship 2010

On Saturday 2nd of October 2010 the first Dutch hickory Championship will be played at the unique historic golf course, landgoed Ullerberg. The course was recently featured in the magazine"Golf Architecture" , the following text is an excerpt from the article.

"De Ullerberg makes no preference to being a highly polished course. It is, however, probably the only course in the world where the fairway playing surface is pure heather. " "Although the length of de Ullerberg falls well short of today's course standards, it still plays as a long one does. As you can imagine this is due to the heather fairways which don't yield much roll to the golf ball. Moreover, the firmness of the greens makes the layout challenging as lengthy approaches struggle to 'hold' the surfaces. Good scoring, therefore, inevitably comes down to clever positioning from the tee, and finesse in the approach game."

The championship's field will be limited to 40 players and is open to professionals and amateurs (men and women). There will be both scratch and handicap categories. The championship is being organised by Iain Forrester together with Ullerberg professional/manager Bob Hesselmann, the championship immediately follows the EAGHC autumn meeting which is being held at the Kennemer GC (also in the Netherlands)

The programe for the Championship will be:-

2nd October 2010

Morning, Chance to get to know the course (until 12.00)
12.00 Lunch
13.30 First tee time
18.00 drink and prize giving
Original pre 1935 rental clubs are available at discounted rates for the Championship.
Entries or queries can sent to Iain Forrester via info@hickoryclubs.eu
links http://www.ullerberg.nl/heidegolf/golfen-op-de-ullerberg.html www.hickoryclubs.eu

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The Open Meeting held at Scotscraig, Tayport, Fife on Wednesday 14 th July 2010

Due to terrible weather (rain and wind} it was decided that competitors could have the option of playing either 9 or 18 holes.However the main prize would be over 18 holes---Here are the results
The Ray Gossage trophy winner-----Ron Morris 31 points
Second equal were David Kirkwood and Bob Fletcher on 27 points

Both guest prizes were won by the husband and wife team of Jim and Laura McCormick from the USA Jim scored 33 points and Laura a very creditable 31.

Other prize winners were David Peter 26 points Bob Redpath 18 points Michael Sheret 17 and last but not least Barrie Liddle 13 --the last 3 being the prizes for the 9 hole competitors.

The winner of the Murdoch medal was the very deserving Donald Cameron for his excellent book "Social Links".

An excellent dinner was held in the clubhouse attended by nearly 70 members and guests. Our Captain, Richard Atherton, presided and an excellent evening made up for the awful weather endured by the competitors during the day
                                                                                                   Ron Beatt--Event Organiser (posted 20th July 2010)

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Match vs The MacKenzie Society, at Cavendish G C. - Buxton - 2nd July 2010

Members have enjoyed playing many courses in excellent condition this season, and the preparation of the small contoured greens and running fairways at Cavendish for our third encounter with the MacKenzie Society resulted in a first class match. With hickories optional, the majority of the members chose to play with modern clubs - not so Neil Hutchinson and John Pearson. They met their match against a strong MacKenzie pairing, and the majority of other matches went against us, leading to a 5 ½ to 2 ½ margin for the MacKenzie Society.

Nick Leefe (in light suit) with Richard Jeffs and Captain Richard Atherton

Nick Leefe, the moving spirit behind the creation of the MacKenzie Society in 1999, proposed a continuation of these matches, a suggestion which was supported with enthusiasm. If only we could rely on the Buxton weather to be as congenial as this year! Report by Richard Atherton - photo Bill Druce posted 11th July 2010

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Midland Region 2010 Spring Meeting Report

Whittington Heath Golf Club on the outskirts of Lichfield was the venue for the Midland Region Spring Meeting on Friday the 27 June 2010.

The original nine holes of this heathland golf course were laid out in 1886 on land that had been used previously for horse racing and in 1927 the renown course designer, H S Colt re-designed the original course and then extended it to the excellent 18 hole course enjoyed by golfers today.

Our previous visit to Whittington in 2009 had to be abandoned due to heavy rain and a flooded course but this year we enjoyed a sunny day and a course with fast running fairways and true greens - this was Whittington Heath at it's best.

John Weston Midlands Region Captain presents the winner's & runners up prizes

The golf was followed by a convivial dinner and the presentation of prizes by John Weston, the Midlands Captain. Keith Bilbie, the event organiser, scored 37 points to win the first prize with Ian Douglas runner up with a score of 35 points. The Hickory Prize was won by Alan Jackson scoring 31 points and the Guest Prize was won by Reg Walker, the Captain of Whittington Heath, with a score of 35 points making full use of his local knowledge.

25th & 26th June 2010

On a lovely warm summer afternoon eleven members of the Society and one guest were welcomed at Inverallochy Golf Club by George Ritchie the Captain. Six four balls were played with members of the Society playing with hickories and using the new additional strokes to their handicap as decided at the last Committee meeting. As they say the proof of the pudding is in the eating but in this case the playing and, despite losing by 3 holes overall, every match finished either one up or down or square - congratulations to the Committee on a wise decision. After the match we were treated to an excellent meal topped off by 'funcy pieces' with the promise of another match being looked forward to in two years time.

On the Saturday eight of us played in two teams in Duff House Royal Golf Club's Centenary Hickory Texas Scramble with both teams performing very well with the team of Harry Bowden, Ian Nalder, Ron Beatt and myself finishing as Runners-up. Bob Strachan, who is the past Pro. at Duff House played in his own team later in the day but with little success. However he kindly lent the club some of his memorabilia for display over the following week which went down very well.
Report by Hamish Ewan posted 1st July 2010

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BGCS Open Meeting Draw and Tee Times 14th July 2010 Scotscraig G.C.

MORNING TIMES

10.10 AM CLIFF WEIGHT,   BILL ANDERSON,  DAVID EASBY,  PHILLIP TRUETT
10.20 AM JOHN STILL,  EDWARD PLAYFAIR,  JOHN PEARSON, IAN CROWE.
10.30 AM JEAN HAMILTON,   RON ARCHER,  ROS WESTON,   IAN NALDER.
10.40 AM JOHN WESTON,   JOHN BUTLER,  JOHN HANNA,  AN OTHER

AFTERNOON TIMES

13.00PM   JOHN WOOD,   IAN HISLOP,    R CHADWICK.
13.10PM   H EWAN,   W APPEL,  G WALTERS
13.20PM   J HANNA,   M SHERET,  W TANNER
13.30PM   G FLETCHER   E ATHERTON, N AITCHISON
13.40PM   R ATHERTON,  P GOMPERTZ   R MORRIS
13.50PM   D.KIRKWOOD,  D WILSON,  I MC MURRAY
14.00PM   J WYPER   R BEATT

LATE ENTRIES ACCEPTED --  PHONE RON BEATT 01382543262 OR E-MAIL TO rsbeatt @btinternet .com
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BRITISH GOLF COLLECTORS SOCIETY CENTRAL ENGLAND HICKORY CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Central England Hickory Championships were held at the Coxmoor Golf Club, Nottinghamshire on Monday 24 May 2010 As usual Coxmoor provided at challenging course for these championships with running fairways and tricky greens which appeared to be slow at times thus making scoring difficult.
Bill Druce from Mickleover Golf Club was a worthy champion winning the Tony Thorpe Trophy with a score of 34 points beating Chris Walker from the John O'Gaunt Golf Club on a count back.
The Championship Trophy was presented to Bill by Doreen Hartley,Tony's partner

Alex Carson from Shrewsbury Golf Club won the BGCS Seniors Hickory Championship with a score of 33 points and was presented with his trophy by the Midlands Region Captain John Weston.

Alan Jackson from Minchinghampton Golf Club won the John Hanna Tankard with a score of 32 points. The event for players using modern clubs was won by John Bradley of Ganton Golf Club with a fine score of 41 points.
                          Report by Keith Bilbie Championship organiser
                                                                  (posted 28/5/2010)

The top Table! Going clockwiset - Past Captain John Hanna, Mavis Hanna, John Armitt, Alan Jackson,
Richard Jeffs, Alec Shepperson, Doreen Hartley,Arthur Poxon (Tony Thorpe's uncle) & Keith Bilbie



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Royal Wimbledon Hickory Match

We are having a hickory event at Royal Wimbledon on 30th May Sunday. The format is lunch, which will involve much good food and chat, followed by 18 holes of golf with hickories against the RWGC bogey of 75. I have issued an invitation to the Royal Wimbledon G.C. members to play and have been somewhat too successful and am now trying to find a few more members of the British Golf Collectors Society to play.Please let me know if you would like to play. If you can play we would live to see you. If you can play and bring a spare set of hickories to lend to the locals who do not have clubs - even better. The big attraction of the day is that I have persuaded the secretary of RWGC to put on display their collection of very old clubs (which are normally hidden under lock and key and have not been seen for years)
Best regards,
Cliff Weight Tel: 020 7283 7200 Mobile 07712 793114

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Report on SPRING MEETING AT EDZELL GOLF CLUB

On a bright but cold May morning some 18 members set out to try and tame Edzell golf course with hickories - alas many failed miserably with only one or two managing to extract a reasonable score but more of that later.

We were delighted to be joined by three Swedish members in Owe Werner, Patric Andersson and Stefan Ackerwall which along with Ron and Bev Archer made up an international force to be reckoned with. First timers Arthur and Robin Morris along with Bill Mitchell were very welcome along with the usual motley crew which grace our meetings. John Pearson and Chris Homer had travelled from the deep South before the SNP shut the Borders to keep the Tories out - I trust that they managed to sneak back. Chris coming, of course, to defend the Harry Bowden Quaich which he won last year.

The day stayed mainly dry with only two hale showers - no snow despite what some thought - so we all got round more or less dry. The "Must try harder next time" was won by the trophy presenter, Harry Bowden, who has little hope of winning it unless he improves greatly. Nearest the pin prizes went to Patric Andersson and Ron Archer but that was almost as far as the international challenge went, although Patric finished in 4th spot with 29 pts and declared himself International Champion. Chris Homer made a valiant attempt at trying to retain the trophy with 30 pts, John Still had an excellent 32 pts but winner on the day with 34 pts was Willie Tanner - well done.

The others made up of myself, Ron Beatt, Bob Strachan, Ian Hislop and Scott Patrick will just have to content ourselves with the fact that it was " a tolerable day, a tolerable green and more than tolerable company" and try to play better next year. The next Meeting is at Boat of Garten in October and the entry form will be enclosed with the next issue of the magazine and we look forward to seeing you there. A copy of the entry form may be downloaded from the Fixture List
page of this website.

                                                                                                 Report by Hamish Ewan (posted 14th May 2010)
                                                                                                 Pictures by Patric Andersson
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The German & Czech Hickory Opens 2010
Christoph Meister has asked me to let you know that The German Hickory Championship will be played over 18 holes stroke play on Saturday August 7th at Bad Wildungen G.C. in Central Germany. On Friday August 6th there will be a practice round. Please contact Christoph for further details on Christoph Meister

The Czech Hickory Championship will be played oveer 18 holes on Sunday August 29th at Hostivar Golf in Prague. On the Saturday preceding the Championship a 9 hole "Hickory Match Golf Hostival" will be played. To contact Jiri Martinka, the organiser please
Click Here

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President' Day and Annual General Meeting 30th April 2010

A full and official report of our President's Day and Annual General Meeting will be published in the June edition of Through the Green but in the meantime some quick observations and remarks about the day. Weatherwise, it was reasonable with drizzly conditions to start which slowly improved as we got into the afternoon. Attendance was down somewhat from previous years with around fifty playing in the afternoon and seventy including guests sitting down to an excellent dinner. The ladies' pairing of Liz Macdonald and Ros Weston taking the honours for the John Behrend Shields.
At the AGM the 2009 Treasurer, David Moffat reported that the Society's financial position was very healthy but expressed concern on two issues. The first being that the age profile of the Society was steadily rising and secondly that the attendance at our National functions was in decline.
Our retiring Captain Dr David Hamilton made his final report and gave a resume of his second year in office. He reported to great acclaim that during his various visits to continental Europe, at the Prague meeting, Jean, his lady wife, had won the Czech Ladies Hickory Championship. He reported that one growth area was the popularity of Hickory golf on the continent, particularly in Scandinavia when the Grail weekend coupled with two further meeting were very well attended. There is the probability that in future years there could be a European Hickory Tour. David thanked the Committee members for their support during his two years in office and in particular David Kirkwood for all his hard work in arranging the Grail match against the USA in which Europe was victorious.
At the end of his report David proposed that as David Moffat was standing down as our Treaurer that he be made an Honorary Life Member which was received with acclaim by the membership present.
Much to your present scribe's total embarassment, John Pearson proposed that Dick Durran was also made an Honorary Life Member for past services rendered to the Society. This proposal was also approved nem con.
Dr David Hamilton then proposed Richard Atherton to be our new Captain for 2010 & 2011 which was received with acclaim with Richard making a short and humourous acceptance speech.
With David Moffat's retirement as Treasurer we are lucky to have someone like John Still with his financial skills to take over this responsible office, particularly as he has been for some years our Honorary Auditor. The re-election of Bob Fletcher as Secretary, and David Kirkwood and John Mullock was voted en block, and again we are fortunate to have three such experienced members willing to serve our Society.
With the appointment of John Still as Honorary Treasurer, a vacancy was created for Honorary Auditor and past-Captain Peter Heath was "volunteered" to fill this important post.
Royal Liverpool Golf Club provided the gathering with both an excellent lunch and dinner during which our President spoke with his accustomed grace and humour and thanked the Club for its hospitality and commended it on the excellent way the course had been presented. Arthur Noble, the Royal Liverpool Captain, replied on behalf of the Club with humourous references to the world of golf collectibles.
After the prizes were awarded the President's Charity Auction took place under the genial auctioneering style of David Kirkwood with the able assistance of Ron Beatt and Archie Baird. Mention here should be made of the number of auction lots that were generously donated by the members for which all the proceeds went directly to "Camp & Trek" the chosen charity, especially Shirley Kay who gave her late husband Barry's set of hickories and leather bag which realised £205.
The evening ended with much convivial gossip and conversation with no doubt a few private deals being struck.
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Norfolk Fixtures

Gentlemen & Ladies
I am sorry not to be joining you at Hoylake on the 30th April but hope the weather and course are kind and you have a very good day. I have had an encouraging start to getting players for the two fixtures in Norfolk in June but still need some more players. This is the first time we have been able to have back-to-back matches at Hunstanton and the legendary Royal West Norfolk Golf Club at Brancaster. For those of you who haven't sampled Brancaster it is built on a spit of sand which becomes an Island at high tide (excepting access via a causeway). Great golf

If initially you could indicate your availability I will follow up with accomodation recommendations. My two September fixtures will be published in the next Through The Green but here are advanced details Royal Worlington will host an A.M. match and a strokeplay competition after lunch Bishops Stortford which is 20 miles south near Stanstead Airport is a Centenary Fixture If you could indicate you're availability for these fixtures, as well, it would be greatly appreciated as, in particular, Bishops Stortford are keen to play with Hickories and are obviously up for an entertaining day If you are provisionally available then please indicate this as well

My best wishes
Nigel Notley
Westbury Cottage, West End, Ashwell, Hertfordshire. SG7 5PJ.
Home telephone: 01462 742556 Office telephone: 01462 742000 Email: nigelnotley@wam.uk.net
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Welsh Weekend

As has happened over the last few years, the first hickory event of 2010 was our annual match against Machynlleth Golf Club on Friday, 19th March. The members there had pulled out all the stops, had had new ceilings fitted (owing to burst pipes during the winter), new carpets had arrived the day before and we were given the warmest of welcomes. The course was in great condition, especially the greens, having been protected by snow for an unusually long time, and the sun shone for nine holes. Rain caught the later players, but a most enjoyable day was had by all, both sides fielding equal numbers, the BGCS team including Jonas Fack from Sweden and Mike Beckerich from the USA. However, local knowledge prevailed narrowly, and a convivial supper rounded off the evening.

Saturday dawned wet and drizzly, but by mid-day the skies had cleared just in time for the start of our match against Aberdovey. A brisk, bitingly cold breeze added to the challenge and the home team managed a four-hole-up victory over eleven foursomes matches. Six Aberdovey members had opted to try out hickory clubs and were delighted to play beyond their expectations. After a cheerful dinner BGCS President, Philip Truett, gave an amusing account of the results and also presented the Club with three old Aberdovey score cards, very few of which still exist, dating from the 1930s, 1960s and 1980s. David Hamilton graciously presented the Darwin Trophy to John Barker, Captain of Aberdovey, and both spoke warmly of the continuing relationship between the Society and the Club. Gwyn James rounded off the evening in traditional manner, with three Welsh songs.

Nigel Notley winner of scratch medal Our President, Philip, Welsh Hickory Champion 2010

The sun shone on Sunday for the Welsh Hickory Championship: there was plenty of run on the fairways, some wind, quite fast greens and very punishing bunkers. 79 gross was an extremely good score from Nigel Notley to win the Scratch Medal, with Ian Hislop close behind on 80. Philip Truett followed his Scottish triumph with his first ever Welsh Championship win, scoring 37 points, four ahead of his nearest rival. He received the trophy, donated by Peter Burles (a founder member of the Society), from Peter's widow, Peggy, who also competes regularly in this championship.

Next year's Welsh Weekend will be on 8th, 9th and 10th April 2011.
                                                                                                                           Liz MacDonald 30th March 2010

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                BRITISH GOLF COLLECTORS' SOCIETY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Formal notice is hereby given that the Twenty-Second Annual General Meeting of the British Golf Collectors' Society will be held at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Cheshire, on Friday the 30"' day of April 2010 at 6.45 p.m.

1. Notice convening the meeting.
2. Apologies for absence.
3. Approval of the Minutes of the 21st Annual General Meeting held at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Cheshire,     on Friday 8th May 2009
4. Matters arising.
5. Honorary Treasurer's Report and approval of the accounts for the year ending 31st December 2009.
6. Captain's Report
7. Election of Captain.
8. Election of Society Officers and Committee Members.
    Honorary Treasurer: J.M.Still
    Honorary Secretary: R.F.Fletcher
    Committtee: D.W.Kirkwood and A.R.J.Mullock retire by rotation but offer themselves for re- election to the     Committee.
9. Appointment of Honorary Auditor.
10. Any Other Business

It is with much regret that we announce the death of Mr Michael Smith, who joined the BGCS in 2005. He was Captain of the Royal Worlington & Newmarket Golf Club in 2006. Michael died on Monday 18th January 2010 at home after a short fight with cancer. His death came as a complete shock as he had played in the English Hickory at Rye in October and was in very good heart and looked very well

A Thanksgiving Service will be held at St James Church, Castle Acre at 3 pm on Wednesday 3rd February 2010. A big turn out is expected from his many friends at Worlington but I know that any of his BGCS friends will be very welcome. I believe there is to be a private burial prior the Thanksgiving service. I will certainly be attending as his friend, and also representing Worlington, but I will also fly the Flag for the BGCS for any of you who cannot attend, as Castle Acre isn't very accessible.

For those unable to attend the service but would like to make a donation in memory of Michael, these should be sent to Swaffham & Litcham Hospice, c/o Chapmans Funeral Service, The Swaffham Funeral Home, Lynn Road, Swaffham, Norfolk PE37 7AY.

Michael's wife's name is Pauline, and their address is Dovecote Barn, Eastmoor Road, Eastmoor, Kings Lynn PE33 9PZ
Nigel Notley

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We have had a query from an American lady, Debra Cohen Tudor, regarding two ancestors of her husband. Does anyone have any information on Norman A.L. Cockell, who played in the 1904 Amateur Championship held at Sandwich. We know he was beaten 3 & 2 by W.W. Burton from Ekwanok County G.C.& that his club is listed as Eltham.

The second is Elliott McRae Cockell, the son of the above, who apparently wrote or contributed to Golf Illustrated in 1929.

Anyone with further information should communicate directly with Debra Cohen Tudor Click here

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Classics of Golf

Following the article in Through The Green concerning the twenty golf books which would be core to the beginning of a golf library I would draw your attention to Classics of Golf, which has reprinted a number of these. Obviously these are considerably cheaper than the cost of a first edition. Click on this link to go to the website. . Classics of Golf

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As the 2010 golfing season has yet to get underway, the Committee of the B.G.C.S. wish all its members &
those viewers, who have come across our website GOOD GOLFING IN 2010.