RAGS

01 Jul

The Royal Artillery Championships

By Eddie Grace

A new venue, a new year and another successful Championships.  This year the RAGS Captain moved the event from Frilford Heath to Belton Park GC, Grantham.  With the sun beating down and the course providing a good test of golf for players at all levels, the competition was as fierce as ever.  There were 48

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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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02 Jun

RAGS vs Walton Heath – 25 May 19

By Eddie Grace

Result – Lost 6 1/2 – 5 1/2 This year was another closely fought match against Walton Heath in fine weather and the course in great condition. 3-3 at lunch, it appears that Walton Heath lunched well. It came down to the last hole of the last match out on the course. Unfortunately, the half

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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 Spring Meeting – 10 Apr 19

By Eddie Grace

31 members of the Society turned out on a lovely day in Tidworth to compete in the Spring Meeting.  There was a 50/50 split between serving (16) and retired (15).  In the morning players competed for the following trophies; Luckman Bowl (18 holes, Scratch), Harris Putter (18 holes, Stableford, handicap), President’s Walking Stick (18 holes,

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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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01 May

RAGS Annual General Meeting Minutes

By Eddie Grace

ROYAL ARTILLERY GOLFING SOCIETY   Secretary                                                                                                                                                        Apr 19 MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY GOLFING SOCIETY HELD AT TIDWORTH GOLF CLUB ON WEDNESDAY 10th APRIL 2019 AT 1730 HRS   Ser Agenda Item Detail Action (a) (b) (c) 1       Agenda Item 1 – Chairman’s Welcome & Captain’s

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17 Apr

Serving vs Retired 2019

By Eddie Grace

The first RAGS fixture of the season, Serving v Retired took place at Frilford Heath Golf Club on Thursday 4th  April 2019, with teams being led by Trevor Parks (Serving) and Tim Thornton (Retired). Several ‘new caps’ appeared in both teams, including Phil Sagar (S) and Dean Mitchinson (R). The weather was unkind wind, rain

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