Category Archives: Matches

02 Jul

RAGS vs Royal Navy GS – 7 Jul 19

By Eddie Grace

Result:  Match halved 2 1/2 – 2 1/2 On a very, very wet day both teams arrived at Liphook where 2 older members of the societies, one from each side, decided it was too wet to play.  We played one singles and four 4 balls. John Caiger on his first outing as the captain led

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17 Jun

RAGS vs RMGS – Wed 5 Jun 19

By Eddie Grace

Result:  RAGS 7 – 5 RMG We were very pleased to see the sun come out on Wednesday, a rare dry day in June, which led to a very enjoyable day at Tidworth Garrison GC.  The course was in excellent condition and although some of the bunkers were undergoing development the fairway and greens were

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28 May

RAGS vs RLC – 23 May 19

By Eddie Grace

Result:    Won 9/3 Pairings AM – Red Course Thornton – Wotherspoon – Lost Hodgson -Welbourne – Won Pollitt – Parks – Lost Stiff – McClarty – Won PM – Green Course Thornton – Won Hodgson – Won Welbourne – Won Stiff – Won Parks – Won McClarty – Won Wotherspoon – Won Pollitt –

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15 May

RAGS vs Artist Rifles GS – 2 May 19

By Eddie Grace

Result Won 3-2 Pairings:  Clive Hunt (12) & Mark Weldon (16) v Richard Owen (12) & John Griffin (20). Drawn. Tony Pratt (17) & John Milne (20) v Peter Clements (16) & John Moss (18). Drawn. Tim Richardson (11) & Iain Campbell (14) v Eric Parkinson (9) & Roger Cox (13). Won. Chris Copeland (20) v

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14 May

RAGS vs St George’s Hill – 4 May 19

By Eddie Grace

An excellent day at St George’s Hill with the new match format of lunch followed by fourball, which the Society lost 4-2, the deficit being carried forward to the second leg at West Hill on 12th September.  The Club were kind enough to allow us courtesy of their Green course in the morning and most

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22 Nov

RAGS vs St George’s Hill 12 Sep 18

By Eddie Grace

2018 saw us moving the home leg of the St George’s Hill match to West Hill and a new format – lunch (which was outstanding) followed by a round of four-ball. We went into this leg one point down, but the refreshed format seems to have done the trick with RAGS turning out 4-2 winners

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21 Nov

RAGS vs HAC 4 Oct 18

By Eddie Grace

Result:  RAGS 4 1/2 – 1/2 HAC A traffic accident near Guildford caused some players to arrive well over an hour late but the club accommodated delayed starts.  The weather was overcast but brightened later.  The course was in very good condition, particularly the greens which were fast and tricky to read.  The HAC, being

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21 Nov

112th Royal Artillery vs Royal Engineers 3 – 4 Oct 18

By Eddie Grace

Match Report – 112th Cowley Cup Royal Artillery 7 ½ vs Royal Engineers 16 ½ 3-4 Oct 18 Royal St. George’s Golf Club The Royal Artillery were comprehensively defeated at Royal St. George’s by a Royal Engineer team that continues to become stronger. Weather conditions were unusually tranquil on the links throughout the match and

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21 Nov

Scottish Tour 23 & 26 Aug 18

By Eddie Grace

The tour this year was terminated early due to the weather forecast for the Sunday fixture which showed gale force winds and torrential rain. The opposition had a number of calls off due to the forecast! Our match against the Highland and Lowland Brigades GS on Thursday 23rd August on the championship Montrose Links saw

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