ROYAL AIR FORCE GOLFING SOCIETY

2002NEWSLETTER

Therevised golf programmeintroducedlast approval.yearseemsto havemetwithgeneralinaugural SummerThe a thewas at was successMeeting heldwhich Newark resounding

uslooked well.and

Club 39 4after very ladies and theincludingWehad many of participantswereNewark base for Meeting.However,ain favour of making regular the Committee feels thatthe

being venue shouldtimeforthe the alternate theNorthMidlandsand South whichbetween thethe proposal at the Annual General in 2000. This year'swas approved Meeting Summer

be Lincoln Golf Clubwill asat Piltdown; knownMeeting (also Torksey) and Newarkvenues

arefor2003.possible

Reducing two days resulted thethe Championship Meeting from to one in highestsome yearswhenwehad Jon Marks retainedattendance for 37. the Championship with

a three overTrophy

of and playing handicap145 10 wonpar score Malcolm Middlemist off theHandicapCupwith 139.

theyear the havocIntheearlypartof weather played with many golf programmes and ourannual match Hill was Also Bowlwith West cancelled to flooding. Brent atdue the KnollBurnham was We last year's winand Berrow postponedfromMarchto August. followed in

by just losing thefinal. Ourparticipation thethe Bowl in in Graham Butler foursomes athad

wasatFerndown to the minute. Young,be cancelled last Mick ourorganiserand captain,rushed hospital theon ainto day before the event with heartattack.suspecteddiagnosed

He washavingviralmeningitis and he allowedwas notas useas histo mobile telephone incarethe intensive unitthe garbledgotmessages somewhat and to team.we failed produce a

This invited enter Piskeyto held inyear wehave been to the Cornish be atNewquay October.11We matches disappointing 4, inauguralplayed 16 with results:won and half. Ourlost 1

amatch with Royal Cinque most enjoyablePorts dayand lookforward toplayingatwas we

Dealagain. Golf Club has programmeFrilford Heath recently reviewed its ofhas

andourbeen going for 4

matchesmatch, which was weyears, casualty.a haveaddition

unfortunately However, anto programme with a againsttheRoyal Engineers Golfing Societytoour annual match

Gogbe played at Magog.

asat other golf meetings wasmuch the in recent years. We hadAttendance our same 37for Luffenham Heath; for at forthe Spring Meeting at the Guest Meeting Denham, the28 32

Meeting Fulford the Winter Meeting St The turnoutYorkshire at and for at George's17 Hill.

thefor Meeting veryGuest It is usis disappointing. good value asDenhamgive a generouswhole course isexcellentand anddiscount we thecourse toourselves the day. Thehave for

thefoodservedin dining firstthe room is Guest isan ideal toclass. Our day way entertain yourfriends.

The Scottish Tour continuestobe a of 31.very good valueand attracted field Thesecondin tobringperfect asweek May seems Firth; in the

tourists

weather along the Moray previousyearsshirt sleeve weather for Tom Hanlon was a ofenjoyed allfourdays. popular winner

Cup.theScottish

Wehave been Hillto 1921.St sincegoing in Thewas costGeorge's the Society formednow 15-20asvery expensive the about your Committee

ishasbut day attracts loyal regulars

with thiscontinued for time musttraditional home the Winter Meeting. The be approachingcheaperconsiderwhen theshould venueforwe analternative, Winter Meeting. Yourviews

suggestions would beand

most welcome.

waswillMany of you rememberthelate Squadron Leader John Morris. John verya active

amember of theSociety and with others atFulford was fund raiserforthe RAF BenevoleHe was 1991.theFund. founder our Yorkshire in We are always very weíalso of Meeting

our wetoreceived at Fulford and mark association offered Club an inscribed seat inthe

memory ofJohn. replied that shelter bepreferred. The shelterThe a wouldClub ifpossibleteehas been erected nearthe seventh and an engravedplaque will be formally handedto the

duringthisyear's Yorkshire Meeting on Thursday September. Please let theSecretaryClub 5

know if wouldliketoattend.you

byourAs you know archivesarequite thin. We were recently contacted Chief Inspector

MichaelNichols, cousin of the late SquadronLeader KennethOrr. Kenneth had kept copies of

condition. listsince 1948 has ofour annualHandbook and thesearein mint This enabled ourto be aresults lot ofgaps beenchecked and quite have filled.

continueOur members toparticipate themanagement of their golf clubsand wehaveatin

leastthree presidents: Charles Donovanat NorthHants, David John at West Byfleetand Glennmembers also theirOur nationalonLloyd scene.at mark golfingHindhead. make the Our

congratulationsgotoJonMarks on beingselected to play forEnglandintheinauguralseniorsWales, Irelandwith Sweden.match and Berkshire,John Niven offor manyyears President

hison 81st ofBuckinghamshire and Oxfordshire achieved the remarkable feat birthday

David, atson Sons

congratulationsalsowinning.with his the annual Fathers and foursomes West Hill. Our

go ork on winningthe Royal Air Force Championship MikeSteveforRudd the Royal Air Force Team to the championships a

and toleading inter service

weeksfine

lastachievement three beforeinhis retiring.

Atthebeginning oftheyearthe membershipstands at 679including 43ladies. Duringthepast members 3 ladies.year wewelcomed32new including

deaths of following recorded:Itiswith regretthatthe the membersare

AshbySquadron Leader D.W.

MrP.L.GriffithsH.E.Group Captain Hopkins

Air Marshal Sir Peter Horsley

JefferyMrJ.P.

Wing Commander B.G.MehargMr R.V.Mirams

J.H. MitchellGroup Captain

Squadron OrrLeader K.B.

Mr J.T.Riley

Marshal ofTheRoyal AirForceSir Denis SpotswoodFlight Lieutenant P.H.Verdon

Air ChiefMarshalSir Ruthven Wade

Golf Clubat 15onThe Annual General Meeting be held The Berkshire Thursdaywillin ChampionshipAugust2002afterplay the Meeting.

Ray bestour toFinally, Chairman, Piercey, joins me sending wishes all our membersinasand look forwardto many of you variousat golf meetingsand matcheswe as possibleseeing

year.during the

January20021

L.MATCH REPORTS

BowlatBurnham BerrowG.C.Brent Knoll andplayers. Instrong current inter-service

Afterwinningthetournamentlastyearwe a team ofmainly orformerGolf Old TauntoniansSociety

againfieldedwins 3-0 anda Oldwe by

the two comfortable Cranleighans Golfhadfirst rounds against1-2semi lost Oldjust Blundellians with2-1 to byin2-1.Society Afterbeating The Bearsby the final weby Warwickshire

match the eighteenthone extending beyond green.

D.B. (C)SgtC.E. AudinMarshall

Team SAC Chf TechM.W. GilmoreSgt YorkeWt Off R.D.J. S.F.ShimwellRigby

at Byfleet G.C.Society WestAERO Golfing

singles matches the AERO an earlyball went level 3-3. took

Afterthe morningfour we to lunch at In the afternoon

but four limit damage our defeat 10%-7%.commandinglead our tail-enders tookthelast matchesto the and to

B.E. EvansJ.V.EdwardsG.E.Team BlakerGriffithsGp Capt H.A.W.FarrowD.J.Everett

P.H.JohnsonD.L.M.J.H. JohnHardingParkeWg

Capt R. Piercey (C)MiddlemistCdrM.J. W.C.Flt Lt

Sqn Ldr Saady A.J. WonnacottD.J.

Air Force atWoodhallSpaRoyal G.C.

of win forthe RAF of courseresult side whichaaDespite fielding team match had thepredictableWe trailed

strong ourannualresult havebeen different.

included a numbers of Society members. Perhaps if we had first call on the mightthem

4 -h the foursomesand 7-3in the singles to loseby11-3%.after morning afternoon

SgtTeam FItLrD.Andrew MJ. FeeneyM.C:CookeChf TechM.W.Gilmore Fit Lt G.J. Nickerson (C)

A.W.MathersSqn Ldr M.J. Flt LtP.TaylorRuddCpl M.T.Rimmer

Telfer-SmithSqn Ldr S.R.

Henley G.C.

As a most enjoyable played in conditionsfollowingtherain inthe early part of theyearandtheusual, match good weather

7 players with avery good condition. unfortunately, fieldedcourse was in Henley for us, averystrong team including

were closelyfought score mosthandicap of10or better. Most ofthematches withthe in being 2 and 1butresulting inafunction andfor yearJohn hadthepleasure ofmost enjoyable another Burke

whitewashfor us. Dinner in theevening was a

presenting the Danesfield Cup to Henley.

Air (C) J.L.DillonJ.J. Gp CaptCdre Burke AirViceMshlK.A.CampbellTeamCdre KellyCapt Air PA.B.E. Gp J.EvansEvans

C.G.B.MiddlemistWg Cdr I. Marshall QuinceyWg Cdr M.J.

Wg Cdr D.R. Vickers

Tour at Forres,Scottish Moray(Old), DunbarElgin and Nairn

As MessisThe Society again gratefultoGroup CaptainSkinnerforallowingthepartystayto at RAF Kinloss. the Officers'

wasundergoingalengthy rebuilding programme to improveit'sfacilitiesthetouristswereaccommodatedinthe Sergeants'Mess.Forthe thirdyearin succession weenjoyed magnificent weather withsometourists playing inshortsonalfour days.

Al the courseswere in excellentconditionand weweremadetofeclmost welcome.Tom Hanlonhasbeenknocking onthedoorfora number of years andfor oncehemanagedholdto hisgametogethertobecome a popular winner of thevery

Scottish Cup. Hisjoy at winningextendedto him buying drinksallround at the prize giving dinnerat The Ramneewhichmade morehim even popular.

A.I. ChaffeyJ.AitkenTeam R.Ainley (G)M.G.

(G)J.Clark Dobbs Sqn A.E.J.DovestonJ. Eede (G)

LdrL.E. Ellis Sqn Ldr P.W.Ellis

B.E. Cdr N.HallidayWgEvans H.A.GpCapt(G)

Grifiths

Gp HughesTJ. HanlonP.Halloron CaptW.E.G.E. LtD.L.JohnJackson D.W. KirklandFlt

MitchellK.L.N.Martin R.McLeanWhitelaw Flt OtridgeJ. J.Muir LtD.(G)

L.H.J. TWg Cdr J.PearceWg Cdr Parker CaptR.PierceyM. Roberts (G) Scothern. J. (G)(G) ScuttK.Williams(G)

Royal CinquePortsG.C.

Cinque at mostaOur inaugural matchwithRoyal Ports GolfClub Deal was enjoyable day and the Club were generoushosts. Dealis atoughlinks course and the rough, which most of our team seemed to find, was severe. We trailed by5-1

9-3.bysoundlyafterthemorningfoursomes and onlyfaired slightly better in theaftermoontofeel beaten We lookforward

verymuch totryingto turnthetables next year.

Cdre D.E.CaldwellDr A. Brockman Wg CdrW.E. CloseAirTeamWg Gp Capt H.A.GrifithsCdr G.H.Cunnington DalgleishK.R.

Gp Capt J.S. Hart Air Cdre R.S.Peacock-EdwardsD.L.JohnMshl John SuttonCapt R. Piercey (C) Air Sir A.M.Watt

RoyalNavy Golfing Society at West Sussex G.C.

Itwas awamsunnyday withthe course intip-top conditionbutrather brown after a lengthy dry spell. Onpaperwehad12 15 stillorone ofthe strongest teamswehave fieldedinthelast yearsbutwe sufferedourfirst defeatin that period at theinhands of theRNGS 10-2. Our only two winscame themorming.by

AirChf MshlSir MichaelAlcock L.A.G.Team LindenMooreA.H.P.

Judge K. Bassingthwaighte Baynes Air CdreJ.J.HisHon R.S. Peacock-EdwardsR. DownmanG.A.J.Wg Cdr G.H.Cunnington Capt Piercey

P. WardAir Cdre D.L.F. Thornton (C) Gp Capt H.A.Griffiths

Frilford Heath G.C.

aThematch wasplayedon RedCourse ideal conditions. We hadastrong teamwith few namesfromtheWestthe in newwhich by10 4h-1%.country loweringtheaverage handicapto ensuredourvictory

Mrs SqnT.Team Birchall Ldr J.D.Carter K.R. DalgleishJ.D.J. D.H.Ldr GentleSqn Sqn SqnLdr Gegg Ldr K.L.Hinkley-Smith

Mrs M.Middlemist Wg (C)Wg Cdr LJ.Kiggell dr J. idlemistG.J. Ldr D.J.SaadyWg R. SadlerPearson DrSqnCdr

Hunstanton at '1'WoodhallSpa G.C.

onItwasour pleasure to host the Hunstanton Team at WoodhalíSpa. strong performance the Hodgkin course in tneA

morning leftour guests with alot to make up on the Brackencourseinthe afternoon. Weheldourownto manage a araw

of matcheswith most the afternoon beingdrawn. verýA satisfactoryresult at 87-57.

DovestonTeam Cdre Baldwin Chambers Sqn Ldr A.E.J.Air S.A. WgCdrB.R.G.G.EvansB.E.EvansG.AJ. Downman

MorgansGriffiths(C)H.A. Sqn Ldr A.W.LdrM.G.Fenn Gp CaptSqn

R.J. Sqn Ldr G.D.SmithPearson Wg Cdr C.IB.SkellernWg Cdr WadleyD.Stanbridge Taylor M.E.Sqn LdrR.G.

A.M. Watt

Worplesdon G.C.poised but our

match course excellentcondition day. was finelyA friendly played on a in on afine dry At lunch thematch

win onetoall in8-2.

well, matches afternoon Huntercombelosingtooteam ate andimbibed the for Unfortunately of our

abyfilled convenientlyHishadto morming with an back. place was available Worplesdontheretireafter injured

hiscam

doubtdid hisnomember who bestfor adopted team.

J.J. BaynesHonJudgeK.Bassingthwaighte MJ.H.HardingHis (C)Sadler-Hall

TeamCapt R.FR.SqnLdrD.J. Saady Gp Dr R.

FennSqnLdr M.G.DalgleishK.R. Ldr B. SillinceSqn

A.M. Watt

Army Society at HeathOfficers Golfing Walton G.C.

As usualA two in themorning was overturned by a spirited afterlunch forus to a fine7-5win.four, deficit revival record

we after by the and both courseswere in condition, albeit the waswere looked very well Club excellent heather fearsome.

in NewonPatrick had one thetenth the Course.a atCliff hole

His Hon JudgeK. J.V.EdwardsBassingthwaighte WgCdrJ.w. BlockeyTeam

Wg SqnLdr M.G. Fenn(C)B.E. Cdr P.D.CliffEvansM.J.H. Harding RJ. DaviesK.R.Dalgleish

R.W. G.A.J. Downman P.WardWalker

North Hants G.C.

was noexception. theexperience pleasure AlthoughWe donot often the of winningagainst North Hants and thisyear

round competitiveCharles

morning was very wewentin tolunch down enoughforustopayforthe wine.Itwas good tosee

Hants, speechDonovan,President of North looking so well.Hemadeamost entertaining butalas our Team did notrespond

encouragement match was lostto his andthe by6-4.

D.L.JohnBassingthwaighte K.R.Team His Hon JudgeK. Dalgleish

R.J.PearsonGpAir Chf Mshl Sir Roger Palin CaptH.A.Griffiths

SqnLdrK.L. Hinkley-Smith(C)G.G. Hewitt Capt R. Piercey

Sqn LdrM.J.Porter

SocietySeniors Golfing atWoking GC.

TheSeniorsalways produce astrongteam and after afineduelhonours wereevenatfivematcheseach. Thelovelycourse,

fine weather and excellent hosts ensured a mostenjoyable day.

Sqn LdrK.L,Hinkley-SmithTeam Wg CdrJ.W. Blockey Wg CdrP.D. Cliff (C)

K.R.Air Chf Mshl Sir Roger Palin DrR.Sadler-HallDalgleish

Sqn LdrR.W. Walker M.G.FennB.E.Evans

P.Ward

G.C.Sonning

Once again Sonningfielded a strong team and were much too goodfor us andthe annualbattle forthe Clyneendedin

usual result-afinewinforthe Club by 9-2.Asusual wewereverywell lookedafter,withpre matchcoffeeand brandy,

sandwiches andchips forlunchanddinner theevening.in

Team Sqn Ldr N.C.W. Barker Mrs T. Birchall Gp CaptR.FR.CarrSqnLdrJ.D. Carter K.R. EdwardsJ.V.Dalgleish

GpCapt J. Evans Sqn Ldr D.H.Gentle Gp Capt P.M.Grosset

WgCdrM.J. Middlemist (C)Flt Lt TJ. Hedgcock Sqn Ldr K.L. Hinkley-Smith

G.C.RAF Medical Golfing Society atDenham.in aDenham was asusual magnificent conditionand bright sunny day madefor a fineday'sgolf. We wonthe match

comfortably 9-1.

Team Air J.K.T.W.G. Cdre ClohertyT.E. Albert Betts

B.J.Sqn LdrM.G. Fenn Hancock Sqn Ldr K.L. Hinkiey-SmithPH.Johnson LdrJ.McKenzie NicholsSqn K.G.(C)

GpCapt M.G. Peaker

G.C.Huntercombe

The day was dry, wam,sunny andideal forgolf.Afterthemorning foursomes Huntercombe had acomfortable lead.Toavengelastyear's defeatthey furtherstiffenedtheirsideforthe aftermoon which wejustlost 4-3 forthe Club to havetheir

when9-5. isrevengeand win This a popularmatch manyold chums meet to dobattle.by

B.E. EvansAir Cdre C.w. Bruce J.W. DonnellyTeamFltLt TJ.HedgcockSqn Ldr D.H. Gentle (C) Sqn Ldr K.L.Hinkley-Smith

Cclr MiddlemistWg Wg Cdr R.D. MullinsM.J. WgCdrG.J. PearsonMshlAirVice R.G. PriceR.S.Sqn Ldr PetersPeters Air ViceMshlJ.W.

Dr R.Sadler-HallSqnLdr D.J.Saady

RyeG.C.

Analmostcomplete whitewash was staringus in theface during the morning. Conditions were very dificultforvisitors

with a25kt windfromthe North East and very hard ground. With only%a pointon theboard at lunch we hadhopes of anweimprovement. However, althoughthe aftemoon's weather wasbenign managedonlytwowins to record ourworstever

isinbydefeat 13/-2% this annual match. Totakepart theessenceand, as usual, the ambience and atmospherewasoutstanding. We mustdobetternextyear!

J.J. G.C.Air Vice MshlTeam CairnsBaynes W.J.Belton

Air Cdre.J.B.Claridge SqnG.H.Cunnington P.w.WgCdr Ldr Ellis

B.E. J.S.Gp CaptGp CaptJ.EvansEvans Hart(C)Gp CaptD.F. Foster H.A.Gp Capt GriffithsSqn LdrM.G.Fenn

R.H. Air Cdre Peacock-EdwardsAir ViceMshl Ldr J.McKenzieKyle Sqn R.S.R.Wg Cdr G.J. Pearson Sadler-Hall A.M.Dr Watt

Moor Park G.C.

bywelcome,Wewere madeexceptionally asever, all at MoorPark.Despitethe terible weatherthematchwasplayedingoodspirits and thehome Club justran out winners by 2/-4. The postmatch meal was excellent andfollowedbysomesuperb speeches.

T.W.G. BettsTeam B.E. EvansDr L.E.S.Carrie

D.H.A. GreenwayGp Capt Sqn LdrJ.Air Cdre J.R. Greig (C) McKenzieRJ.PearsonGpCapt M.G. Peaker