CENTENARY UPDATE

CORHAMPTON CENTENARY WEEK

Saturday 31st August Play over the original 9 holes.
Open to all members.
Evening barbeque with disco.
Sunday 1st September All day medal competition in teams with each team made up of man, lady, vet and junior. 4 ball better ball.
Monday 2nd September 2 shotgun starts for a 4 ball better ball competition.
Tuesday 3rd September Professionals qualifying day over 2 rounds.
Wednesday 4th September Corhampton Classic Pro-Am.
Thursday 5th September Stableford competition open to all members.
Friday 6th September 11am Noel Hunt performs.
Afternoon is an 18 hole Texas Scramble.
Saturday 7th September Finals of the Corhampton Masters, involving the top 7 from the Goble Cup, the top 7 from the Haig, the top 7 from the Club Cup, the 6 top Vets and 6 top Juniors and the top 6 Ladies from each of the bronze and silver sections.
Evening is the Centenary Ball.
Sunday 5th September The Lords Taverners v Corhampton Select 11 Charity Cricket Match.

LADIES' CENTENARY DINNER

Centenary celebrations have already started for the Ladies' section with a hugely successful dinner on April 6th.

A total of seventy-one attended, with special guests including Past Lady President and Captain Mrs. A. Blanchard, Past Captains Mrs. M. Bunce and Mrs. R Linnell and county player Mrs. Chris Stirling.

Guest speaker, John Stirling from Meon Valley, kept all well entertained with tales of  his experiences as a leading professional and PGA Captain.

Congratulations to John Haigh and the Ladies' Section for organising a fine evening's entertainment.

SPONSORS' DAY

Friday June 14th is Sponsor's Day for those who made the wonderful centenary brochure possible. Please note that the course will be CLOSED from 10am to 5pm and the clubhouse will be closed from 3pm onwards.

COUNTDOWN

Centenary week, the biggest event of our 100 year history, is rapidly approaching. Now a mere thirteen weeks away, the results of three years' work by the Centenary Committee are beginning to show, You will be extremely sorry if you miss these events, you won't be here in 2091! Read on carefully, we cannot be held responsible for tears!

The clubhouse (first floor) will be closed all week, with all usual facilities available in the specially commissioned marquee to the right of the first tee. Overflow car parking (except for the dinner dance) will be in the field opposite the car park entrance.

The evening barbeque on Saturday 31st August will include entertainment from a disco and an Irish band. Professional caterers have been retained to make this no ordinary barbecue. Tickets will shortly be available to non 200 club members at £7.00 each.

The Corhampton Classic Pro-Am is one of the top events on the PGA South Region's calendar this year. Competitors must prequalify at either Farnham or West Kent in August, then make the 36 hole cut on Tuesday before playing in the Wednesday Pro-Am. Thus the winner will be the man who performs best over 54 holes and two days, a proper golf tournament! Sponsors are still required to give the event the backing it deserves.

200 Club members have until 14th June to return their acceptance slips for dinner-dance and barbecue tickets. After this date tickets for these events will be available on general sale only.

Dinner-dance (Centenary Ball): Tickets will be available on, general sale at £30 per head, with each double ticket holder receiving a bottle of wine. The evening's main speaker will be Lesley Crowther of television fame, and the menu includes melon, roast poussin, sweets, cheeseboard, fruit and coffee.

Cars left in the car park and on the 1st and 2nd fairways after the dinner dance must be removed by 11am the following morning to enable final preparations for the cricket to be made. Cars remaining after this time will be forcibly removed!

There will be no golf on Sunday 8th September because of the cricket match. Play will be from 2pm to 6.30pm with leading celebrities from the Lords' Taverners taking on a select Corhampton eleven. Lunch will be available beforehand and other fun events will make this a great day out for the whole family. Bring them all along!

A list will shortly be posted in the clubhouse for all who wish to be considered for the Corhampton eleven.

COMPETITION!

There has never been a better time to take photographs at Corhampton Golf Club. A new professional, head greenkeeper (soon), course extension and most of all centenary week present some super photographic opportunities.

A £50 voucher, kindly donated by City Photographic, is on offer for the best print presented  to The Secretary before this year's AGM, when the winner will be announced. Photographic excellence isn't the issue; we're looking for the most apt photograph to show Corhampton Golf Club 1991. 

Entry is free; simply hand your photographs to Peter Taylor with name of the person who took it, and  the date it was taken, on the back. Good Luck!