Sheena Harrington
Sheena Harrington
Feb 4,8 & 11
Courses closed for these 3 club days due to the incessant rain!
Membership Renewal
On 1st February we started the Club’s new membership year and the annual subscriptions are now payable for the year through to 31st January 2027. At the Club’s AGM in January we agreed to hold the annual subscription fee at £60 for 2026.
The Club has two classifications of membership; namely ‘Standard’ and ‘Loyaltee Golf Referral’. The membership rates are identical for both classifications.
If you are a ‘Standard’ member we are looking to you for the payment of your 2026 subscription as soon as possible. However, if you have entered into a 5-day or 7-day annual (unlimited golf) agreement with Loyaltee Golf, then you may choose to be a ‘Loyaltee Golf Referral’ Club member and those arrangements are described at the foot of this message.
Our preferred method of payment is via a bank transfer as follows:
Electronically
Direct credit transfer to the Club’s bank account, the details of which are:
Bank: HSBC
Code: 40 – 02 – 35
Account number: 9070 1599
Account name: Richmond Park Golf ClubReference: Subs – (surname)
If you use this facility please email by return to advise that the transfer has been processed.
At the Park
If you prefer to pay by cheque or cash please hand to our Treasurer, Peter Jagger, or to me.
Whatever you decide to do – would you please email treasurer@richmondparkgolfclub.org.uk and he will be able to look out for your receipt.
At the beginning of every subscription year we find that some members have moved away and will not be continuing with the Club. If you are not intending to join us for 2026 please let me know so that we can update our records.
So, in a nutshell, we have another bargain membership year at £60. Not commonly known is that the affiliation fees payable to Surrey Golf and England Golf are close to £25 per member therefore we can all see that the net receipt for the Club is quite small.
Loyaltee Golf Referral membership
A Referral member means that by virtue of you signing up to either a 5-day or a 7-day annual Loyaltee agreement (with Loyaltee Golf), your Club membership fees (to RPGC) have been covered by Loyaltee Golf via the refund mechanism. Your membership of RPGC survives until the expiry of your annual agreement. At the end of your agreement period your RPGC membership will continue automatically if you renew your annual agreement with Loyaltee Golf, but if you decide not to renew your annual agreement it follows that to continue with Club membership you will need to make a payment directly to the Club.
Under the Loyaltee Golf refund mechanism, the Club receives £80 on each occasion that a member starts an annual Loyaltee agreement. For each Referral member the £80 receipt is credited against the total shown as the Club member’s subs receivable and any excess amount is refunded to the Club member’s Purse. Prior to Loyaltee Golf making any payments to the Club it is necessary for the Club to raise invoices and these are submitted on a monthly basis by Richard Owen. To assist with the invoicing routine, at the time of an annual agreement start or renewal, please inform Richard [ owenrgolf@outlook.com ].
As always, if you have any questions please ask either the treasurer or me.
Peter Harrington
February 2026
Duke’s 9 hole Stableford
More rain caused both courses to be closed again – as they were the preceding 2 days
Midweek Monthly Medal
What a glorious winter’s day in the sun it was, though spotting the balls could be a little challenging on some holes.
Good to see that many had no issue with scores on the 7 holes with temporary greens
In Division 1, Adrian had a comfortable 3 shot win with a net 68 that included an 8 on the 17th and in second spot was Jonathan.
Division 2 was a different matter with 3 coming in on net 67s. Both Ged and Charles will be ruing their 7s on the back 9. Charles leaving his to the 18th and Ged’s was on the 17th – Paul who took the honours today kept his to the front 9.
Duke’s 9 hole sweep
With only holes 2-10 open for play it was decided to make it a 9-hole event starting on the 3rd and finishing on the 2nd.
An interesting venture under the grey skies. Although the surface was starting to thaw there was still a lot of run on most of the holes and then the occasional one with a soft fringe that stopped the ball in the more usual winter fashion.
Most opted to stick to 9 holes rather than a second circuit and a few played on Prince’s instead.
Jonno seems to be the man to watch this year, winning his second event of the year. This time his 20 points gave him a 2 point lead over 4 others on 18.
For the women Cheryl & Susan both scored 14 with Cheryl taking it on the back 6.
Midweek Winter Comp – Cancelled
More heavy rain lead to closure of both courses
Pairs (American Greensomes)
A grey and overcast day for the Sunday before Christmas’ American Greensomes but there were a few in festive attire to brighten things up.
Some pairs certainly made it look easy with scores that could match some of the summer ones for this event. Although of course in summer men are off the back white tees and today would have had many forward mats.
The scores were off the women’s card which resulted in 2 eagles. 1 on the 7th for Tom & Joe and another on the 13th for Dennis & RichardS as both have higher pars for the women.
Greg & Michael made short work of the course, playing off just 3 they came back with 44 points beating BrianR & Robin and Giovanni & Gregory who both had 43.
Midweek American Greensomes
Today was a fun round playing American Greensomes. The weather was overcast with a gentle breeze and no rain. With the back 8 holes being closed on Duke’s we opted to play just the 11 open ones rather than a double loop with the mud still making things rather tricky.
With everyone playing off the same tees, yellow was the chosen colour and was played off the women’s pars and stroke indices which caused confusion on the 8th hole which is a par 4 for the women off the yellow tee which is more forward than the red.
RichardO & BrianR felt hard done by to get a par rather than a birdie but as it is SI6 everyone had a shot on the hole so Angus & Justin were the winners on countback, both having 24 points on the 11 holes.
One point behind on 23 points was the pair of Alan & Mitch who in turn were followed with 2 teams on 22 points.
Well done to everyone
Christmas Hamper
A sunny day saw a smallish field play for the Christmas Hamper on 2 loops of 9 on the very muddy and slippery Duke’s course. (Playing 3-10 then 2, twice with stroke indices adjusted for the second loop)
Whilst this layout is much shorter than the normal 18 holes, conditions were not conducive to great scoring but don’t think anyone told Gerard this was likely. Or perhaps it was the prize on offer that produced his score (including 1 pickup) of 40 points to win by 3 points. There were 3 players following on 37 points but Billy had the better back 9 to take 2nd spot with Bill in 3rd place. Tom misses out on the prizes in 4th spot and did his scoring the wrong way round with 20 of his points coming on the first loop.
The women realised a number of years ago that there was no chance of them winning the hamper, so now there are separate prizes for the top women.
Niamh is the first place woman some way down the results list with her 26 points – a keying error has sadly dropped Joan down from 26 to 23 points. The second woman was Bella.
Thankfully most people had read Richard’s request in the start sheet to fill the card in starting from hole 1 as usual – made the checking a whole lot easier.
Midweek Christmas Cracker
The Princes course greeted us with temp greens on holes 1 and 2 which for some meant an easy par but for others not such a great start!! The weather was mild and the sun came out. It was just the mud that proved troublesome. More than half the field scored 30 +points.
The winner was Peter Harrington who was in the last group and had 17 out and 22 back which included one blob and one 4 pointer. In 2nd place Pat Dalton had 16 out and 22 back with one blob on hole 8. 1 point back from Pat is Steve De Long 16 out and 21 back for 37 total. Both Ged Quinn and Richard Smith had 35 points but Ged just beat Richard on countback for 4th place.
Susan Smith was the best placed lady on 33 points and there was only one two recorded by Jonno McClean on hole 11, so well done to them.