Club News

The annual Cognac Trophy was held at Kington on Sat 17th July featuring 24 teams from clubs across the Shropshire and Herefordshire Golf Union.

The Kington team of Gareth Jones (Capt) Nigel Scott, Graham Priday and Phil Jones posted an excellent 93 points to win from Market Drayton and Shrewsbury who both scored 87 points. 

Pictured below are the winning team receiving the trophy from Jill and Glyn Wictome along with Marcel Veillet.

We are delighted to have risen to 2nd place in the 2023 Top 100 Courses in Great Britain and Ireland under £65 ranking by Today's Golfer / Golf World. We deserved recognition for our greenkeepers for constantly presenting the course so well. 

Read the full ranking in the link below or in the latest Today's Golfer magazine which is in the shops now.

Top 100 GB and Ireland Under £65

We are delighted to announce Ian Carpenter will be the new steward at the golf club from Monday 27th March 2023.

Our thanks go to Agi, our existing Steward, who has decided to leave the club. She provided great service to members and visitors alike over the past 3 years. The COVID pandemic was a challeging time but the service continued to be first class and the food and hospitality offered has helped in moving the club forward. We wish her well for the future.

Ian is well known around the county golf scene, with a track record for providing great food and excellent value for money. He will be offering a new menu and range of visitor/society packages as well as his range of "Carpy specials".   

The annual Captains Drive In took place on Sunday 8th January and was witnessed by an enthusiastic crowd of members and guests. The outgoing 2022 Captains, Wendy Priday, Les Baker and Steve Hallam presented a cheque to Nicole Beebee from the Air Ambulance Charity, with the total raised reaching just over £9000 including Gift Aid and funds raised by a sponsored parachute jump by senior member Terry Weight.

The new Captains - Martin Sommers (Seniors), Josh Alderton (Juniors), Sue Purslow (Ladies), and Gareth Jones (Mens) then struck the ceremonial tee shots from the 1st tee to commence their year in office.

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Congratulations to our Men's Scratch League team who won the 2022 Shropshire and Herefordshire Union of Golf Clubs Scratch League Div 2. In the final played at Shifnal GC, the team of Allan Williams, Matt Weaver, Ryan Hotchkiss and Sam Jones defeated Lilleshall Golf Club by a score of 5 1/2 - 2 1/2. After winning the morning series of matches 3-1, the team managed to also win the afternoon series 2 1/2 - 1 1/2. Matt Weaver bounced back from a morning defeat to win his afternoon match and secure the winning point for the team after Ryan Hotchkiss had won his second match of the day. Everyone played their part, all securing at least a point for the team. Well played everyone.