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Ken Holden's
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Board
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his well deserved retirement gift.
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Club Captain's Drive-In |
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Above left:
Club Captain, Pete 'Popeye' Rodger
Above right:
Seniors' Captain, Andy Page
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Above left:
Pete Rodger, Club Captain 2010/11 (aka 'Popeye the Sailorman'
because of his bulging forearms) arrives at the tee for his
'drive-in'
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'Popeye' with his brothers Stuart (left) and Richard (right)
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'Popeye' (front centre) with 17 of the Past Club Captains at
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The
Sussex County Golf Union’s Annual
Dinner
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Donald Steel, a Past
President of the
English Golf Union,
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presenting Club Captain Gordon Eaton
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19 November 2010
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Lady Captain's Drive-In |
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Rita
Hedderman's Drive-In
Top left - Gordon Eaton (Club Captain), Rita
Hedderman &
Gary Salt (General Manager)
Top centre - Rita swigging a very warming brandy
Top right - John Poland, Rita & her son Darren
Far left
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balloon
festooned golf-buggy
Left - Rita about to cut her cake
Below
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colleagues
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The New Members'
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the winners. from l to r.
John Godley (Golf Committee Member), Pete Rodger
(Vice-Captain), Amir Taheri & Mick Ruff
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Centenary "Hundred
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Club Captain, Gordon Eaton
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from l. to r. Alex
Wickett, Jan Seabrook,
Jane Dowling, Joan Sherrington
& Brian Hazelgrove |
Jeanie Bailey & Maurice Grange |
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Liz & Bob putting
on the 13th hole |
This magnificant Centenary Cake
(made by Cake Design Ltd. of Charlwood)
was kindly donated by Gordon Eaton
and enjoyed by everyone |
Brian Hazelgrove |
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Liz & Robert Steeden again |
from l. to r. House Manager, Lynn Stoner
& Joan Sherrington (the winning couple)
with Alex Wickett & Andrew Dowling
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Multi-millionaire poet arrives at West Hove
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23 September 2010
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“100 up – on the
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This contemporary picture (left) was commissioned by the 2003/04 Club Captain, David Nealer, to celebrate the centenary of West Hove
Golf Club in 2010.
The picture is the work of the renowned Sussex artist Tom Walker.
Tom used pastels on black paper for this, his first
golf-related subject.
He is, however, very well known for his
other works, particularly his ‘Snooker in the Frame' series of pictures for which he has been featured on
BBC television.
David presented the picture to the Club today, 22 September 2010,
on its centenary,
Further information about this artwork is shown below, and is
also displayed adjacent to the picture in the Clubhouse.
The photo' below shows David (right) presenting the picture to Club
Captain Gordon Eaton.
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This composition features two golf-balls representing the
Club’s golf course and
driving-range. The golfer is aiming at the 100 yard marker, or
is that simply the age of the Club? The white dots represent
practice balls and form the shape of three 'martlets'. These,
together with the crossed golf-clubs are, of course, an integral
part of the Club's logo.
The darker band across the centre of the picture features West Hove’s imposing Clubhouse
and shows the four dormer
windows in the roof, the semi-circular windows to the central
atrium, the steps to the front entrance doors and much more.
And, there are over 100 ‘dimples’ in the artwork to signify
that the life of the Club, after a turbulent past, will extend
beyond its centenary. To be fair, the artist has admitted that
this is more coincidental than deliberate!
See Tom Walker's website:
http://www.tommwalker.co.uk
22 September 2010
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Haydon Shield & the
Leslie Green Committee
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Top left: Brian Hazelgrove (Director) presenting the Club's President Don
Thatcher (left)
with a commemorative bone-china cup for winning the Haydon
Shield in July
Bottom left: Club
Captain Gordon Eaton (left) presenting Bob Thatcher with the
Leslie Green Committee Cup and commemorative bone-china plate
Right: For some the effort of 18 holes of golf is too much -
is this the end of the leg, we ask?
(this photo has been sponsored and the Captain's charity will
receive a sizeable donation) |
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The Professional Golfers' Association (PGA)
recognises West Hove Golf Club's centenary |
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Top left - General Manager, Gary Salt (left)
accepts the PGA's cut-glass vase from the SPGU Secretary,
Cliff Pluck.
Above -
A close-up of the PGA's vase
10 September 2010
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SPGU's mobile "Tournament
Office" |
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The SPGU's
mobile "Tournament Office" parked at West Hove GC for today's
Sussex Open Championship
9 September 2010
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Centenary
Triangular Match
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West Surrey Golf
Club's Captain, Angus Lamont, (centre) is pictured presenting
beautiful cut-glass goblets to the Reading GC Captain, David
Olive, (left) and our Club Captain, Gordon Eaton, (right).
Closer inspection of the photo' reveals the commemorative
bone-china plate that West Hove GC presented to West Surrey GC
on 29 July (on the mantlepiece to the left of the photo').
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West Hove
Mixed Away Team 2010 |
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West Hove Mixed
Away Team on the steps of the Chateau du Vaudichon, St.
Saens, France.
Top row from left to right:
Mike Whitty, Dave Bidwell, Tom Blount, John Poland, Rod
Hopwood, Bernard Barker and Mick Laing
Bottom row from left to right:
Betty Laing, Lynne Henshaw, Rita Hedderman, Angie Whitty,
Peggy Hopwood, Jill Barker and Shirley Blount
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The Brighton &
Hove GC Past Captains' team - winners of the
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John Vause, Peter Harrow, Peter Ward, Brian Drew, Chris Pett
and John Rice with the BDGS Captains' Putter |
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West Hove's Centenary
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Prize-winners at
the Centenary Year Ladies' Championship
from l. to r. - Carol Holden, Stacey Rodger, Jill Corbett, Jan
Seabrook, Betty Laing & Jo Common
seated left to right - Rita Hedderman & Megan Bibby
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Stacey Rodger
keeps a firm grip on the Cumberlege Cup for the Ladies'
Champion (and the Centenary Year bone-china
commemorative bowl) |
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The splendid prize-table for the Centenary Ladies'
Championship |
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WHGC's Centenary Junior Open 2010 |
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Club Captain Gordon Eaton (left) presenting Matt
Greenfield of Pyecombe GC with the Don Thatcher Cup, and
a commemorative Centenary Plate, for winning the West Hove GC
Junior Centenary Open with a gross 73 |
Gordon Eaton presents George Ounsted
of The Nevill GC with the Brian Hazelgrove Salver for his
splendid net 62 |
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July 2010
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West Hove's
Centenary Year Club
Championship |
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Club Captain Gordon Eaton (left) holding the splendid
Centenary Bowl and the 2010 Club Champion Jonny Ingram with
trophy |
Damon Raikes (left) with the Nick O'Byrne Trophy and Nick
himself holding Damon's special Centenary Year memento |
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West Hove GC - runners-up in the
Singing Hills'
Combination Crystals
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This photograph shows West Hove Golf Club's successful team
of (from left to right) Club Captain Gordon Eaton, Ladies'
Vice-Captain Rita Hedderman, Michael and Shirley Hunt the
owners of Singings Hills GC & members at West Hove GC, Ladies' Captain Jan Seabrook and
Club Vice-Captain Pete Rodger. |
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The Past Captains'
Haydon Shield Trophy 2010 |
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The 87 year old
(?) Benedictine |
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Don Thatcher
(left) "clutching" the Haydon Shield and an 87 year
old (?)
vintage bottle of Benedictine with Carl Haydon, the Past
Captains' President |
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July 2010
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Photographs from the
Brighton & District Golfing Society's Championships
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Jonny Ingram (left) congratulates Jamie Chapman of Brighton &
Hove for winning the BDGS Men's Championship at the second
extra hole (after they finished on level par 140) |
From left to
right, Lewis Jackson of West Hove who retained the Junior
Championship, Jamie Chapman from Brighton & Hove Golf Club who
retained the Men's Championship, Stacey Rodger (West Hove) who
won the Ladies' Championship for the 5th time in 6 years and
the Brighton & District Golfing Society's President Tom Grogan |
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celebrations.
3 July
2010 |
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Tits Nesting in an
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A birdie at the
19th? The photo on the
left shows a cigarette disposal box to the right of the Club's
main entrance. The photo on the right is a close-up and you
can
clearly see a blue tit feeding its young. We had hoped to
submit the photos to the BBC's Springwatch list of unusual
nesting sites but discovered that a cricket club had reported
a very similar story just two days earlier. We are pleased to
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Michael Phillpot
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25 April
Mick & Dave with Club Captain
Gordon Eaton on the 1st tee
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26 April
the South Downs north of Goodwood |
27 April
Mick & Dave on top of 800' Beacon Hill |
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28 April
Mick reaches the top of Butser Hill |
a typical track
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29 April
Mick & Dave reach Winchester |
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30 April
Mick on the Seven Sisters with
Beachy Head Lighthouse in the background |
1 May
Mick & Dave ready to leave Alfriston |
2 May
a soaked Mick & Dave are greeted by Club Captain Gordon Eaton
and a 'reception party' |
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3rd
President's Dinner
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West Hove GC
President's Dinner 2010
(l. to r.)
Carl Haydon (Club Captain 1965/66), Gordon Eaton (Centenary
Year Club Captain), seated, Don Thatcher (President 1992/2010
and Club Captain 1977/78) and Derrick Kirkham (President, Dyke
GC 2009/12)
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bevy of Past Captains at the President's Dinner
16 April 2010
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West Hove's visit to
Golf du Sart in Lille, France
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Golf du Sart's Centenary Banner
right:
Golf du Sart's President Jean-François Toulemonde (left) and
their Vice-President
Pierre Marie Flipo
celebrating West Hove's win (?)
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Golf du Sart's Clubhouse viewed from the 15th hole |
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Club Captain
Gordon Eaton delivering his speech, watched by Thierry
Dujardin
(Golf du Sart's Communications Manager) |
Centenary
Committee Chairman, Brian Hazelgrove, (left) and Golf du
Sart's President Jean-François Toulemonde |
Jean-François Toulemonde,
President Golf du Sart, congratulating the West Hove team |
Le coq du Golf du
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Golf du Sart's
moated Clubhouse,
a splendid Louis XIII style chateau |
The bone china
Centenary plate presented to Golf du Sart by West Hove GC |
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The successful
West Hove team -
winners of the Inter-Club competition by 5½ - 2½ |
The Golf du Sart
team - still in good spirits
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Both teams -
with Jean-François Toulemonde
waving the British flag |
15th hole, Golf du
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Golf du Sart's Bernard-Eric Motte,
Club Captain Gordon Eaton
and Centenary Committee Chairman
Brian Hazelgrove
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Photo courtesy of Nathalie Benoit
and finally, a
closing message from Golf du Sart's President...
"Dear Brian.
The monkey is on the table! Do not search him in the tree.
A photographie of our Week end...
Vive l'angleterre, et vive la reine.
Jean-François Toulemonde" |
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Stacey Rodger
(right) & friend amongst the gold putters |
Lewis Jackson
playing in the USA |
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The Club's new
Head Professional, Graeme Crompton, will be joining us from
Monday 22 March 2010.
Graeme has been
the Head Professional at Hollingbury Park Golf Club for 13
years and is well known in Sussex as a top golf coach,
particularly for coaching ladies and juniors. He has worked in
the Brighton area as a golf pro' for nearly 25 years.
Graeme is pictured
this morning signing his West Hove GC Professional's contract.
18 March 2010
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The successful Ladies Division II team who beat
Sedlescombe GC 5-0 over our own course on Thursday 11 March
2010 |
The successful Ladies Division III team who beat
Slinfold Park GC 6½ to ½ over our own course on Monday 15
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pictured from l. to r. Gill Siveyer, Grace Shepherd,
Rita Hedderman, Jo Common and Pat Tucker. |
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Peggy Hopwood, Jan Seabrook, Julia Edwards, Angie Whitty,
Maria Hall and non-playing organiser Jill Barker. |
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Ladies Daily Mail and Mail on
Sunday team results - you win some.....
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Ann Raynsford
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Jan Seabrook
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The Ladies' Team who
beat The Dyke GC 3½
- 1½ on 6/3/10
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Rita Hedderman, Beverly Davis, Jenny Davis and Sophie Kennard
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Daily Mail pairs' competition on 7/3/10
Angie Whitty and Rita Hedderman
lost narrowly 2 & 3 at Hill Barn GC
7 March 2010 |
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Latest photos of snow on our course |
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The entrance road and
car park are completely
free of snow thanks to our greenkeepers...
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...however, the course
remains covered as seen on
the practice putting green and first tee.
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15
January 2010
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'Black & White'
New Year's Eve Party
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'black & white'
non-conformists Ann Nealer
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the Club Captain
Gordon Eaton
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the Club Captain and
Ladies' Captain
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the Ladies' Captain
Jan Seabrook
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Brian Murphy
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