Golf Society
If you are interested in the HASSRA South East Golf Society...
HASSRA South East has a thriving Golf Society which is open to any HASSRA South East member to join. Whether you are new to the game, an established player or somewhere in between, why not come along to one of our golf days for an enjoyable day out with a great group of people.
What can you expect? Well, all seven of the golf days below include coffee/bacon roll, 18 or 27 holes of golf followed by a one course meal. The cost for the golf day to each member is generally between £30 and £40 per person per event dependent upon the charge made by the individual golf club.
We currently enter teams in matches against other Regions and in CSSC events. With the help of the HASSRA grant we support the cost for all events to varying degrees to make them good value for money for the players.
Players can also qualify as part of the SE team at the HASSRA national event each year via our qualifying golf day. We try and arrange our golf days somewhere along the M25 corridor south of London as we have a large area to cover. We encourage car sharing to help keep costs down as current players come from most parts of the Region.
A taster day for anyone interested is planned for later in the year.
We welcome HASSRA members of all standards so, if you are an enthusiastic golfer or simply interested in finding out if golf is for you please get in touch for more details!
For anything you need to know please Click here to contact Richard Mole
HASSRA SE GOLF SOCIETY - 2025 End of Year Report
The 2025 season continued in July with a return visit to Banstead Downs golf club, a club we have visited a few years back. A total of 15 players, going out in groups of 3, took part in the golf day playing in an individual stableford competition along with a team event which was decided by adding each teams score together and the highest score winning the team competition. There were some very good scores achieved on the day with Mark Dunn and John Tranter each getting 38 points with Mark being declared the winner on count back. Mark was also in the winning team along with Mark Harrop and Richard Mole. Longest drive on the day went to Paul Fuller and nearest the pin to Paul Jarvis who achieved this by getting on hole in one, the first time this has happened in recent years.
Well done Paul!
The penultimate event of the season in September was a welcome return to Ifield Golf Club near Crawley a popular club with the society and one we have visited on numerous occasions. 14 players made the trip to Crawley playing in the usual society individual stableford event along with a team event. Society captain Brian Skilton took the honours on the day with 35 points with Steve Stockham in runners up spot on 34 points. The team event went to John Tranter, Mark Harrop and Gavin Hall. Longest drive was made by Mark James, nearest the pin by Mark Harrop and nearest the pin in two by Gavin Hall.
The final event of the season in October was the Captains Day and Brian Skilton welcomed 13 players to his final day as captain at The Dyke Golf Club near Brighton. The weather on the day was always going to be a decisive factor and so it turned out as all players managed to complete 9 holes before the decision was taken to abandon the day. Stableford scores after the 9 holes were used to decide the outcome of the day. Paul Fuller finished in runners up place on 18 points with Richard Mole winning the cup on 19 points. Steve Stockham, Paul Jarviis and Carlo Barbieri made up the winning team.
HASSRA SE GOLF SOCIETY - 2025 Mid Year Report
The 2025 golfing season teed off with a return visit to Redlibbets golf club, Ash, Kent with 12 players playing in an 18 hole individual stableford event. On a great course with the weather behaving itself it was a close rune event with all players coming in with a good score. Steve Stockham finished as runner up on 34 points being pipped by captain Brian Skilton with 35 points. Nearest the pin went to Paul Fuller and longest drive to Brian. A fun team event saw the three Mark’s, Dunn, Cresswell and Harrop taking the prize.
Our HASSRA National qualifying event took place at Hoebridge golf club, Surrey in May. A total of 13 players took part including 3 new members to the golfing society. This was an 18 hole medal competition along with our usual golf society stableford event. The winners of the gross and nett medals would have the opportunity to represent the Region at the HASSRA Nationals. The winner of the gross competition was Mark James with a 79 and the nett event Wayne Catlin with 66. The society stableford event was won by Brian Skilton with 42 points with Steve Stockham as runner up on 37 points. Nearest the pin went to Gavin Hall and longest drive to Mark James.
Our June competition took place at a new venue for us, Bearsted golf club, Maidstone, Kent. A total of 16 entered for the event which was our usual 18 hole individual stableford competition. There was also a team event incorporated in the day. Steve Stockham took the honours on the day with 37 points with Richard Mole in runners up spot on 32 points. Nearest the pin was won by Gill McMillan, John Tranter took the longest drive and Richard won the nearest the pin in two. The fun team event was won by John Tranter, Gill McMillan, Mark Cresswell and Steve Stockham.
July saw our annual triangular golf match against London Region and East of England Region. The event was hosted by East of England Region at the Burstead Golf Club in Billericay, Essex. The event format was in teams of 10, going out in groups of 3, one player from each Region. On a baking hot day our team all played very well and produced an excellent performance to regain the trophy by one point from London Region. Our team comprised of Wayne Catlin (captain), Mark Harrop, Paul Fuller, Mark Creswell, Carlo Barbieri, Steve Stockham, Mark Dunn, Richard Mole, Gavin Hall and Alex Jack. A brilliant display of golf from all of the team with everyone contributing to the overall result.
As always we welcome any new golfers to our society whatever your level of play. Please contact Richard Mole (digger.mole@hotmail.co.uk) for further details.