Golf
The Aldermaston Golf Society was established in 1954, for like-minded individuals interested in a challenging day of fun, for players of all abilities who are happy to lose golf balls. This still applies today with handicaps ranging from ‘single figures’ to ‘quite a lot’. The Society also has a charitable purpose and makes donations to worthy causes.
We play approximately 10 outings per year, once a month from February to November. These outings comprise of tea and coffee on arrival with breakfast baps, sometimes a ‘Full English’, and 18 holes of golf. We then finish the outing with a few drinks and a prize giving. There are occasionally 36-hole outings where we have a light lunch in between the two 18 holes.
All of the outings are played on a non-working Friday, and are mostly within an hour’s travel time of Aldermaston.
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Captain’s Welcome:
Welcome to the Aldermaston Golf Society, my name is Dave and I have the pleasure of being the Society's Captain for 2024.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Aldermaston Golf Society, which was started by like-minded players who wanted the challenge of golf, but also wanted to have a little bit of fun. I took up that challenge four years ago when my dad invited me to come to an outing as a guest. I have to admit I was a little bit nervous on that first outing as I was not a regular player, and my style (if you can call it that) was unusual. I didn't know what to expect.
It turned out to be one of the best experiences I've had. The members were very welcoming, friendly, and supportive, laughing with me about my wayward shots, but also about their own. I couldn't wait to join the Society and for the next opportunity to play with a great group of people.
The group has grown and now has more than 40+ members, young and old, with a range of abilities, skills and handicaps.
What to expect from a typical outing…
Outing Report: Test Valley – 16th February 2024
The society is off and running for the 2024 season, and much like every outing, we had a blast at Test Valley, a course known to play well in the winter months.
As tradition states, the Captain always tees off first, welcoming Dave W into the role was an impeccable 30-yard drive to the left; he would argue this went 50 yards… we’ll see how the nerves hit him on subsequent outings!
Normally playing off temporary tees would put a bee in our golfers’ bonnets, well not today… on the 2nd green Mikey ended up catching a bee in his pocket, causing some minor disturbance to those still putting!
Sticking with the 1st, it would appear Ollie came back from the winter break as a boxing official, when he smashed his drive into the pole on the driving range sending a loud ‘ding ding ding’ through the course.
Terry had his ups and downs, but mainly ups, consistently scoring 3 points on a number of holes, even getting a 4 for 4 with an outrageous 30-foot putt; all this whilst Mikey and Billy F were having fun at the beach!
A couple of honourable mentions; we wish Jim Sharp a fast recovery after hurting his back when playing an air shot on the 16th! And Richard Jones, takes some skill to get a ball out of the water, even if it was the second attempt and getting soaked in the process!
Treasurer Dave O was off to a flying start, 19 points through the front 9, only to blob the next 4 holes leaving him out of contention, but Dave B was back with a bang on his home course; couldn’t do anything wrong all day and managed to walk into the clubhouse with 40 points taking the first win of the season.
Congratulations to Andy G taking second place, and also the twos competition, the only golfer to make a 2 today, despite the bucket of a hole we had on the 9th!
‘Nearest the Pin’ was won by Dave O and it was Allan who won the ‘Nearest the Pin in 2’ competition. Enjoy the wine Chaps!
We had a few new members join us on this outing, so big welcome to Fred, Chris and Justin. We hope you enjoy the season ahead!
Thanks to all that made the outing and look forward to seeing you all at future events this 2024 season.