Ryder Rides to Victory in Club Championships
16 June, 2010Paul Ryder is again Club Champion, but this year it didnt come too easy for the many time winner. There was a suprise after the first days play when not one player broke par, and Paul came in with best gross of 72 closely followed by a few ususal suspects. Tom Duke took the initiative and played very good golf to take Paul up the last, but Paul holed a truly wonderful putt to take Tom into a play-off. As we all know golf can be both cruel and kind to you, but this year it didnt go Toms way and Paul took the title. Well done to all who competed, and to all the professionall staff, bar staff, green staff for a great weekend. Results
Centenary Drive-In Re-enactment
May 28 , 2010Filton Golf Club 100 years of operation
The original 9 holes of Filton Golf Club were officially declared open by our first President and landlord, local squire John Atkin Waller, teeing off from the first tee on 28 May 1910. The ball he used was mounted in silver and presented to him as a memento.
Mr Atkin Waller was no golfer and there is no record of how well he struck the ball on that historic occasion for Filton Golf Club or if, indeed, he actually hit the ball! The memento itself has long been lost, possibly it lies in some dusty cupboard somewhere, but if anyone knows of its whereabouts we would like to retrieve it to add to our collection of historic Filton artefacts.
As we enter our second century of operation we intend to recreate the events of 100 years ago and record the event for posterity.
On 28 May 2010, at 12 noon, our current President, Maurice Stagg, will replicate the original Drive-in, appearing in golfing attire as worn in 1910, and using a genuine antique, hickory shafted driver, he will drive a ball from the 1st tee. This distance of the drive will be measured and the ball mounted for display.
We expect a number of club members to support the President by also wearing clothes of the period to give an authentic touch to the occasion.
Following the Drive-in, the President and the Club Champion, (Paul Ryder) will play a Challenge match against the previous President (Max Clarke) and Club Captain (Roy Oaten). All will use antique clubs and will dress the part of 1910 golfers.
1st Ace for Luke
May 22 , 2010The Derricks are at it again! Luke had his 1st hole in one the other day at Filton on the 4th hole(Bowling Green). He hit a 5 iron and to his and his father suprise found its way into the hole for an Ace! Luke then nearly had a second on on the 8th which would have cost him plenty behind the bar. Congratulations to Luke.
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Tim Derrick Wins Open Club Championship
May 10 , 2010The Open Championships was won by a Filton member, but not an old member that would be familiar with his home track, but a new member who has only recently joined. Tim Derrick moved from Woodlands in Bristol to be a member at Filton with his son Luke who has been a junior member at the club for a few years now. Luke has won many times at Filton, and now we have two Derricks to look out for this season. Tim shot a 74 in the morning, but came back with a blistering round of 63 =137 with Duncan Smith close behind with 69+68=137 Scores
Filton Team Win County Am Am
May 09 , 2010The 7th Annual County AM/AM took place at the fabulous Minchinhampton Avening course on Friday 7th May. In the team event the two Filton teams took the honours with Trevor Atkinson, Roy Oaten & Geoff Endicott partnered by Jason Cuff winning the trophy & taking 1st prize with a fabulous score of 124(16 under par)with Bernie Powell, Peter Bowe & Reg Cox & their elite player Chris Evans (Kendleshire) taking 2nd place with a 15. Scores
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Filton Boys Win Cornish Festival 2010
April 21 , 2010An awesome week ending in an awesome result. Stableford rounds of 85, 82 and 82 gave them a three shot cushion of 249 beating last years team by one point. Filton congratulates the team for winning such a prestigious event, and they must feel very proud indeed tonight. Daryl ended up tied 15th which in his own mind could have been so much better with a great first day 63 followed by a get out of jail card 73, but the final day 78 was not going to give him the possible win he so deserved. The boys said they have never seen Daryl strike the ball so well, but luck was not on his side at Trevose, and the putts didnt fall for him. Full press release to follow. Scores
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Day Two - St Enedoc
April 21 , 2010After a shaky start on a very tough course we dropped our first shot of the week at the hard par 4 second, managed a long 2 putt for par matched by shaun's nett 4,then james and pete set alight on (another tough hole) 6th with james a great birdie and pete a nett birdie,james and shaun then had 2 nett birdie's on the next to put us 3 under about to tackle a well protected and into a stiff cold wind par 3 where jim and I parred then it was james with a birdie 3 and shaun with a nett birdie to take us out in 5 under,then again james had a nett birdie down 10 to go with my par,(we both needed two woods to reach this par 4) then my par on the long par 3 11th was paired with pete's nett 2, we then parred along to 17th where pete and I birdied and nett birdied the 220yd par 3 then shaun and I held our score at 10 under for the day,and positioned very nicely for the last day tomorrow. Scores
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Filton Boys Take on Cornish Festival 2010
April 21 , 2010A Full results page can be viewed here. Great to see Filton's Pro sharing the lead after day 1! Link
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Filton Boys Take on Cornish Festival 2010
April 20 , 2010A good start to the Festival with an opening round of 6 under for Daryl and 13 under for the team. A rack of birdies and eagle chances took the boys out in 6 under. Shot of the day from Pete Peachey with a 3 wood from 220 yards knocking it to 10 ft to set up another birdie chance. Spags team finished 10 under and Spag finished 3 under which gives them top two for now. Results to follow tomorrow.
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Doing Time @FGC & Auction Evening
April 20 , 2010If you cant make the evening and would like to bid on any of these auction prizes or you would like to just start the bidding off please put your name and telephone number on an email to webmaster@filtongolfclub.co.uk Proceeds from this event will be used to provide sporting activities and opportunities for young people in Southmead offered by Southmead Project, the Southmead Youth Centre and Southmead RFC- LINK
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