GLCGS
2025 EVENTS AND REPORTS
2025 AGM
MONDAY 17th february 2025
forest hills golf club
.
THE AGM WAS ATTENDED BY 74 SOCIETY MEMBERS
.
THE COMMITTEE TABLE IPC VAL CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY
.
.
2024 TROPHY WINNERS - CAROLYN THOMPSON CAPTAIN'S SALVER, JANE BARRETT CHAMBERLAIN CUP, BENNION TROPHY AND COMMITTEE CUP.
.jpg)
.
THE ROSE BOWL FOR THE GLCGS MATCH AGAINST GLOUCESTERSHIRE VETS WAS RETAINED BY GLCGS
.
.
TRANSFER OF SOCIETY CAPTAINS - OUTGOING CAPTAIN MICHELLE CRAKER AND NEW CAPTAIN DEBBIE CASLING
NEW CAPTAINS EVENT
BRICKHAMPTON COURT GC
MONDAY, 24TH MARCH 2025
My first event of a very busy season didn’t disappoint.
On a chilly but sunny day, six new Lady Captains visited Brickhampton Court GC to take part in a fun morning on the 9-hole Glevum course.
Two nearest the pins were on offer on the two shortest but challenging par 3’s and only one green was hit by Vice-Captain Brenda. Well done!
Scoring for the main competition was very tight with the overall prize going to Past Captain Michelle (Gross 39). To finish the prizes Mystery Pairs were drawn and the pair with the lowest combined gross (85) was Sue Jordan from Lilley Brook and Jennie Dwight from Minchinhampton. Other clubs represented at the event were Alexander Park, Forest Hills, Stinchcombe and The Kendleshire.
Congratulations to everyone who took park and I hope to see them all again at the future events .
Also thanks go to all the staff at Brickhampton Court GC for looking after us during the day.
Debbie Casling GLCGS Captain 2025
committee away day
marlborough golf club
thursday, 17th april 2025
The Committee Away Day was held at Marlborough Golf Club on April 17th.
12 of us gathered for pre-golf refreshments and set off onto the course on what turned out to be a lovely sunny Spring day.
The club had chosen our nearest the pins - saying that these were the easier options! The staff were superb in all areas, very helpful and accommodating.
After golf we were served a lovely meal and then we had the presentation.
As organiser on the day I presented Lady Captain Debbie with some flowers as a 'thank you' for organising the event beforehand and for donating her entry fee for prizes.
Winners :
Nearest the Pin : Barbara Smyth.
Nearest the Pin in 2 : Val Bland.
3rd place Maria McNally 37 points
2nd place Michelle Craker 39 points on countback on the back 9
Winner Mel Squires 39 points. Well done Mel, winner of the Committee Cup
Michelle Craker
Organiser
GLCGS Spring Bowmaker
CIRENCESTER GOLF CLUB
WEDNESDAY 30TH APRIL 2025
We were given a warm and helpful welcome by Emma in the office and Emma the Catering Manager. All was set up ready for us to welcome 42 ladies from 17 different clubs and we enjoyed tea or coffee and bacon or egg rolls before the golf.
We held a “Guess the Value” of 2 hampers to raise funds for Gloucestershire Girls’ Golf. I was very pleased to email Janice Saunders (GGG Organiser) advising that we had raised £135, thanks to the ladies’ generosity. I have had a lovely reply thanking everyone.
After another very hot day on a well maintained course the results were very close. No team “burned up the course” so to speak but several gave the scorers some hard work to find the winners.
Nearest the Pin 2nd hole was Chris Potter from Lilley Brook GC.
Nearest the Pin in 2 on the 16th was Carolyn Thompson from Forest Hills GC.
18 holes results :
1st Heather Earl, Mel Lear and Michelle Craker 76 pts
2nd Wendy Martin, Nora Stranks and Pauline Smith 75 pts
3rd Sharon Jepp, Sandra Rogers and Sue Jordan 75 pts
4th Jane Barrett, Cheryl Harper-Coles and Barbara Smyth 74 pts
5th Liz Sandilands, Corrinne Durber and Wendy Bond 74 pts
6th Hazel Day, Penny Brazier and Chris Potter 73 pts
7th Paula Crabtree, Sandra Gibbs and Mel Squires 72 pts
8th Val Bland, Deb Hill and Jacky Watson 71 pts
9th Carolyn Thompson, Amanda Jones and Ellie Teasdale 71 pts
10th Irene Hawkes, Frances Friend and Sue Barker 71 pts
11th Debbie Casling, Rosemary Lawson and Carole Stratford 70 pts
12th Celia Watkinson, Jane Malone and Lizzie Hawkins 70 pts
13th Brenda Oxford, Sue Johns and Jenny Garland 66 pts
14th Lynn Relph, Jill Wargen and Mary Sullivan 66 pts.
Hamper winners :
Deb Hill won the “Refreshment Hamper” guessing £61.40 (cost £61.66)
Lizzie Claridge win the “Spanish/Italian Hamper" guessing £32.54 (cost £32.90)
Thank you ladies for coming to support this event and extra thanks to my helpers 2025 Captain Debbie Casling, Vice Captain Brenda Oxford, Sue Johns and results adjudicator Carolyn Thompson.
Michelle Craker, Immediate Past Captain
.
.
.
Michelle and Heather from the winning team. Wendy, Nora and Pauline in 2nd place and Sharon, Sandra and Sue the third placed team
.
.
Crolyn Thompson NtP in 2 Hole 16 and Lizzie Hawkins winner of the Italian and Spanish Hamper
GLCGS vs OXFORDSHIRE LADY CAPTAINS SOCIETY
WITNEY LAKES COMPLEX
MONDAY 19TH MAY 2025
For some (including yours truly) it was a challenging trip to find the clubhouse due to road closures and lack of diversion signage, but we all made it in the end with a full field of 16 players.
We had a lovely welcome by staff and Oxfordshire ladies and the clubhouse volume increased with the provision of tea, coffee, bacon and egg rolls.
Pairings given, we headed for the fairways. Due to the lack of rain over the last few weeks the ground was hard and unforgiving with drives going array and the odd bunker and lake popping up here and there.
The wildlife around the course was stunning including herons, ducks and very messy Canada geese.There was even a very low fly-by by a huge B52!!
Games completed we headed in for a lovely meal and the results. It was all hanging on the last game which went to the 18th. The result was a win to Oxfordshire 4.5/3.5
Well played ladies and congratulations to Oxfordshire.
See you are the next match!
Debbie Casling
GLCGS Captain 2025
.
glcgs summer meeting
brickhampton court gc
thursday 5th june 2025
What a fantastic day with all the ladies turning up to the 2025 Summer Meeting at Brickhampton Court GC with potential rain incoming it did not deter them at all.
The raffle table was groaning with donations and the added fun part of guess the amount of tees in the golf ball and lost balls in lakes and ditches it was an interesting registration desk with surprising questions: If my ball goes in the lake and I retrieve it – is it lost?
Players headed to the tee where they were met by Neil (sorry for his jokes!) and spotter Gary and the rain started, stopped and started again!
As the players returned some dry, some not! The clubhouse noise levels rose with stories of their games during their meal.
BIG thanks to Jo and her staff at Brickhampton Court GC for their help leading up to and during the day.
To Deanne on registration who kept me calm whilst trying to produce results and read soggy cards and to Brenda my Vice-Captain for all the hard work she did collating entries, producing start sheet and cards.
Thank you everyone!
And now to the results:
Thanks to your generosity we raised £166 for the Gloucestershire Girls and the Silent Auction Bids totalled £580 for MND
54 Balls in the Lakes, Ditches and generally lost – Jenny Garland won with a guess of 53
370 Tees were in the Golf Ball – Lorna Sparks won with a guess of 375
Nearest the pin on the 5 th – Val Bland (Alexander Park)
Longest Drive on the 8 th – Sue Bull (Brickhampton Court)
Nearest the pin on the 14 th – Mena Terrell (Lilley Brook)
The Bennion Trophy – Best Nett by a past Society Captain – Michelle Craker (Stinchcombe Hill)
Summer Bowl – Best Overall Stableford
Division two – best runner up – Celia Watkinson (Shirehampton Park) 37pts
Division one – best runner up – Sandra Gibbs (Bristol & Clifton) 34pts
WINNER WITH THE BEST STABLEFORD SCORE: Michelle Craker (Stinchcombe Hill) 40pts
The Chamberlain Cup – Best Nett Score
Division two – best runner up – Cass Todd (Lilley Brook) Nett 69
Division one – best runner up – Philomena McCartney (Brickhampton Court) Nett 70
WINNER WITH THE BEST NETT SCORE: Sue Blackwell (Brickhampton Court) Nett 65
The Captains’ Salver – Best Gross Score
Division two – best runner up – Sally Lawrence (Worcester/Ross) (c/b back 9) G99
Division one – best runner up – Christine Dooley (Brickhampton Court) G91
WINNER WITH THE BEST GROSS SCORE: Carolyn Thompson (Forest Hills) G81
Congratulations to all players and winners and thank you for making the Summer Meeting special for me.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
GLCGS vs dorset captains
bulbury woods gc
wednesday 25th june 2025
It was a beautiful sunny day at Bulbury Woods GC in Dorset where eight Captains (including yours truly) descended with most who had travelled the day before and had found time for a morning sea swim!!
We were welcomed by Captain Paula who had produced all the cards and shots! Not too many for our teams but quite a lot for Dorset.
Undeterred we set off only to find a driveable ditch across the first and when we reached the green was so undulating if you coughed you would lose your ball down the slopes!
There was a familiar theme of ditches, sloping greens and fairways to greet us all the way round but the sun shone and it was a lovely course.
Unfortunately the match did not go Gloucestershire way in many of the games but all went to 17 th and 18 th so well done ladies.
Final result 3/1 to Dorset.
Onwards and upwards and I look forward to seeing many of you at our next event which is against the VETS at Minchinhampton Old Course on Wednesday 30 th July.
.
