Royal Artillery Golfing Society

President’s Dine-Out.

Major General Mike Tennant has announced that he will be stepping down as President of RAGS at the end of 2011.  A Dinner will be held to dine him out and, in doing so, mark his 16 years in office. The Dinner will be held at the RA Mess Larkhill on Friday 16 March 2012. Dress will be black tie. The cost of the Dinner is likely to be in the region of £55. Limited Mess accommodation, which is likely to be transit/shared, will be available. RAGS members who would like to attend are asked to email the Secretary at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

AGM 2011

The AGM for 2011 will take place after the Spring Meeting on Wed 21 Sep 11. The AGM for the 2010 AGM can be found at AGM Minutes 2010

Winter Meeting

Entry form for the Winter Meeting on Tue 11 Oct 11 is now published.  Click here to go to the relevant page. 

Autumn Meeting

Entry form for the Autumn Meeting on Wed 21 Sep 11 have now been published.  Please go to relevant page.

Chorleywood

Sadly the RAGS vs Chorleywood match on Thursday 9 Jun 2011 has had to be cancelled.  It is hoped that the fixture will be played next year. 

 2011 Fixture List

The 2011 Fixture List is now available by clicking here. Members will be receiving a copy in the post by about the end of January, together with a Reply Card and a letter from the Secretary. You can either wait and complete the Reply Card when it arrives, or you can email the Secretary with the fixtures you would like to be considered for.  The deadline for completed cards, by post or email, is Friday 4 February. Match Managers will contact you subsequently to give you details of matches for which you have indicated your availability. The Secretary looks forward to hearing from you. 

Spring Meeting

Entry for Spring meeting can be access by clicking here.

Gunner vs Sapper Match 2010 

Sad to report that the Gunners lost to the Sappers in annual match at Royal St George's 11.5 to 12.5 more details to follow. 

Brief update on Serving Gunner Golf:

Army Individual Matchplay Championships at Saunton Golf Club 5-7 Jul 10:

• WO1 John Chilvers reached last 16.
• 2Lt Jack Musgrove (39 Regt) lost in semi-final.
• 2Lt Jack Musgrove selected for Army squad for the Inter Services Championship.
• WO1 John Chilvers, a regular in the Army squad for many years, remains in contention for the Army team.

Army Inter-Corps Championships at Saunton Golf Club 7-9 Jul 10:

• RA entered 2 x teams, both of which lost in the ¼ finals (2nd round).
• Both teams played in ‘Plate’ (stableford); having won it in 2009, RA ‘A’ were runners-up to RE this year. 

Results for 2010 season

Final Results for 2009 season

This has proved to be a very successful season for the society.  Overall we played 32 matches, won 16, halved 5 and lost 11.  The Centenary meeting was particularly memorable, but the Autumn and Winter meetings were tremendous as well.  There were 42 serials in our fixture list and it is testimony to all our match managers that each event passed off without any desperate calls to the Captain; a very big 'thank you' to all of them.  Of course the other key individual has been our honorary secretary who again has been fantastically dedicated and efficient, for which we are all thoroughly grateful.

Finally RAGS win the Jade Putter!

After a number of attempts, Colonel Peter Tomlinson has raised a team able to wrestle the Jade Putter off St George’s Hill Golf Club.  After winning the first leg of the match at St George’s Hill in March by 6½ to 3½, RAGS was in a strong position, but one that we have let slip before.  In the second leg RAGS generously allowed the opposition back into the match loosing the morning foursomes 4 - 1 and making the match all square.  However, this time we lunched better than the opposition and came though to win 10½ to 9½ .  A memorable victory.

Army Inter Corps Competition

The Gunners entered 2 teams in this year's Army Inter Corps Competition and met with mixed success.  In the first round the 'A' Team was unfortunately draw against the 'B' Team!  In a competitive match the 'A' Team eventually came through 3-2.  In the next round they were up against REME 'A' who beat them 3-2 on their way to the final.  Sadly the 'B' Team lost 3-2 in the first round of the plate to the APTC.  However, there was a cheerful end to the event when the 'A' Team retained the Craftman's Bowl in the team stableford competition.

The Royal Artillery Golf Championships will take place at the Army Golf Club, Aldershot on Wed 9 Sep 09.  Details can found by clicking here.

RAGS vs Royal Marines

From the match manager - 'I am happy to report that RAGS had a very enjoyable match against RMGS on a lovely day at Tidworth on Tuesday (certainly much better than last year's match which was rained off at lunch time). We were victorious 8.5 to 3.5 and won back the Moorby putter, surely the largest trophy in Gunner golf!'.

Centenary Meeting

The Society's Centenary Meeting took place on 21st April 2009 at Denham Golf Club.  In glorious spring sunshine, 54 members of the Society (36 retired, 18 serving) and 12 guests had a most wonderful day of golf on a beautifully presented course.  We were delighted and honoured that our Patron, His Royal Highness The Duke of York was able to attend the prizegiving and present the trophies.  Full details of the day will be posted on the website in due course.  Some photographs can be accessed by loging on selecting gallery from the menu - the photos are a bit small and I'm working to resolve this!

Retired Members beat the Serving Members

The retired team came through a very tight and entertaining match at Hayling Golf Club to win by 1 point.  It was an excellent day, with some fine golf played in glorious spring sunshine on an excellent golf course.  Full results are available by clicking here.

Season is off to a winning start!

Another wonderful day at St George’s Hill saw the RAGS surprise our hosts.  We won both the morning and afternoon rounds and now take a 6½ to 3½ lead going into the second leg at Woking Golf Club on 1 Aug 09.  However, it would be complacent to think that the trophy is ours – we had a 4 point lead last year and only managed to halve the match!  For the result sheet click here.

Serving vs Retired

Team list for the Serving vs Retired can be found by clicking here.

Fixture List

Click here to go to the 2009 Fixture List.

President's and Secretary's Letters 

The President's and the Secretary's letters can be accessed via the links.