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| HISTORYAfter the Annual Council Meeting of the Surrey County Golf
Union at Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club on Friday, 20th January, 1967, all those
present who were Captains or Past Captains of Surrey Golf Clubs discussed, under
the chairmanship of Mr. A. H. K. Hamilton, the formation of a County Golf
Captains’ Society. It was agreed that Mr. Hamilton be the President of a
Steering Committee, consisting of L. Freedman (Coombe Hill), A. Gilbert (Coombe
Hill), A. F. Parker (Kingswood), K. A. Rose (Cuddington), D. D. Rothschild (Reigate
Heath), J. R. Thornhill ( It was decided that the Society be independent of the
County Committee and at subsequent meetings held by the Steering Committee draft
rules were prepared. A copy of the rules was sent to the Captain of each Surrey
Golf Club who, at the same time, was informed that an inaugural Stableford
Foursomes Competition would be held at Kingswood Golf Club on Thursday 26th
October 1967 to be followed by an inaugural General Meeting. At that meeting it was resolved that the Society of Surrey
Golf Captains be formed and that the Steering Committee be elected en bloc as
the first committee, but augmented by the inclusion of P. J. Barkham (Reigate
Heath), G. H. Freeman (Croham Hurst) and J. K. Radcliffe (Coombe Wood). The first Annual Dinner was held on Friday 22nd November
1968 at the Savoy Hotel London, it proved a great success. Subsequent Annual
Dinners held at the Savoy Hotel, the Roehampton Club for nine years, and at the
R.A.C. Country Club at Epsom for a further nine years proved to be equally
successful. From 1992 the Dinner was held at various venues, including twice at
the Rose Room at Twickenham, and from 1998 the venue has been Wentworth Golf
Club. Since 2001 the Society has made an annual donation to the
Surrey County Golf Union for the support of junior golf in the County. The
development of the Society progressed until it now holds nine meetings and nine
matches each year. Challenge trophies have now been presented as follows:
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