Club Captain

Captain's Message 2026

It is a great honour to be formally appointed as your Club Captain for 2026. I look forward to supporting the Club, the Management and you, the Members, over the coming year.

I'd like to thank, Lesley Harvey, Nigel Tyrrell and Adam McGuinness for their service over the last 12 months and congratulate Lorna Parsons, Bill Welch and Luis Carrion on becoming captains of the Ladies, Seniors and Juniors sections respectively. I look forward to working with them throughout the year ahead.

I'd also like to congratulate Dave Rome on being elected as the Club's Vice-Captain for 2026.

The past 12 months has been a period of living through, and absorbing, considerable change. We can look forward to more settled times in the year ahead when your Club Committee will seek to focus on 5 key priorities:

• Deliver a first-class golfing experience, tailored to the differing needs of both our Membership and visitors.
• Re-build and develop the community aspect of the Club; facilitate integration of new Members.
• Promote One Club with cross collaboration and engagement across all the Sections.
• Encourage participation in Club competitions, our representative Teams and Club events.
• Improve the Club's communication channels and content.

This year, I have chosen Stock Pre-School as our Club Charity. Perhaps not an obvious choice, but in my view a good choice. I wanted us to support a local organisation within our immediate community where our donations will make a meaningful difference to their funding efforts. The pre-school plays a key role in shaping the future for our youngsters and, who knows, perhaps our next generation of golfers.

Finally, the Captains and their Committees can only do so much. To deliver a thriving Golf Club we rely on Members offering to support in whatever way suits them best. This can be supporting our teams in their matches; joining the 100 Club; helping to run and organise the Juniors; website management; entering competitions and many many more. If you would like to be more involved do please reach out to a Committee Member or the Club Professional Team.

In the meantime, I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and an enjoyable golfing New Year.

Paul Hedges

Club Captain