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Paul Marks scores a massive 44 points at Salisbury & South Wilts
Captain 2026
Please welcome our new Captain for 2026, Mr Phil Colmer.
Phil steps into the role following Stuart Marks. Big shoes, with steady hands needed, and a strong tolerance for Stragglers behaviour required both on and off the course! He is a Southampton man through and through, turning out in local cricket circles as well as golf, which suggests two things. First, he enjoys sport in all forms. Second, he is well used to disappointment and still turns up the next week smiling. That resilience will serve him well!
He has survived countless tours to Folkestone, and has witnessed the full spectrum of good natured debauchery, as well as contributing to it, this makes him fully qualified for the role.
Expect a strong year ahead, a well chosen mix of courses with some new tests and some old favourites that punish you in familiar ways, he will have a steady hand on the tiller, or at least someone holding the tiller!
As a Southampton supporter, silverware has not been a regular feature of life. That said, Stragglers history suggests captains often find form when it matters. The Order of Merit could yet see a shock contender. Time will tell.
Phil, we wish you a fantastic year. Lead us well. Keep it on the fairway when possible. Keep everyone in line when necessary. And above all, keep the spirit of the Stragglers alive.
Rob Farley
It is with great sadness that I have to inform you of the passing of one of the nicest Stragglers we've all had the good fortune to know, Rob Farley, pictured below winning The Spring Cup at his home Club, Hamptworth GC, in June 2023
I've been advised that Rob's wishes were that he be cremated in a private service wearing the baby pink and sky blue of the Stragglers. Just brilliant! This service will take place tomorrow, Thursday 12th March.
Mickie, Rob's wife, is holding a Celebration of Rob's Life at Hamptworth Golf Club on Thursday 2nd April (12.30pm). This will be an informal occasion, with tea and cake, and will include tributes from some of his nearest and dearest. The Stragglers are very welcome, in fact Mickie is very much hoping that a few will be able to attend. Unfortunately, I'm golfing in Scotland so will not be able to attend, something I'm very sad about.
If you are able to attend, and would like to, please advise as soon as conveniently possible so I can let Mickie know - for catering purposes.
Anyway we are back with an action packed year ahead with the following events:
Thur 27th March
'Colin Greetham' Captains Drive In
Rushmore
Thur 10th May
Spring Cup
Brockenhurst Manor
Thur 29th May
Anchor Society
Rushmore
TBC July
Summer Bowl
The Army Club
Sun 10th August
BMAGS Society
Pyecombe
TBC Sept
Autumn Trophy
Hartley Whitney
17th - 20th Sept
Folkestone Tour
Kent
12th November
'Don Marks' Winter Shield
Corhampton
Birch takes the Shield and Fez takes the OoM at Hockley just before Christmas
Colin 'Codge' Greetham
It is with great sadness that I have to inform you of the passing of one of our greatest ever Stragglers, a legend in his own lifetime and our current President, Colin 'Codge' Greetham (pictured variously below).
Codge passed away peacefully during the night, late on Sunday 16th November, after a short illness and a few complications, surrounded by family. Obviously, our deepest thoughts are with Jackie, David, Barbara and all their family and friends. Stick - our deepest condolences - we're all thinking of you and your extended family at this incredibly sad time.
Codge was a wonderful man, genuinely loving, caring and giving. He was full of warmth and was great company both on, and off, the sports field. He was an accomplished footballer in his day, played cricket to a decent standard and loved his golf. He was a great character, an absolute beauty, who embodied The Stragglers in its entirety. He was an original Straggler, having toured on the inaugural cricket tour, way back in the summer of 1966. And, he absolutely loved being a Straggler, right to the end, even touring with us to Folkestone to play golf in 2024. He was, arguably, the greatest Straggler of all time.
Codge had a wonderful sense of humour and always looked for opportunities to make others around him laugh. Those of us who toured Folkestone regularly each August to play cricket will recall the many and varied fancy dress costumes that he would turn up in on the first day of tour - the Queen, a cross channel swimmer, a Tour de France cycle rider, to name but a few. Pure unadulterated theatre that had all of us, and many members of the public, in stitches. I also remember him turning up to Eastleigh FC a few years ago, dressed as the Queen, for an FA Cup third round tie that was being televised by the BBC!
I feel sure that you'll all have your own special memories of Codge and will miss him hugely.
Fez, Heyser and Stick completed 100 holes in a day at Ampfield GC for the Memorial Salver, raising money for Parkinsons UK. Starting at 6.20am and completing somewhere around 6.40pm they enjoyed some hot weather and some good and bad golf but made it all the way around supported by JP with some great caddying skills all the way round!
Also a big thank you to all members and those that supported the charity over the past two years. On behalf of the Hampshire Stragglers Golf Society, we presented a cheque to the charity for £3,564, representing the fund-raising for Prostate Cancer UK by our Society between November 2021 and November 2022. A tidy little sum that was warmly received by the charity, even though it's a drop in the ocean of the £30+ million raised each year!
Hampshire Stragglers Golf Society
A very warm welcome to the Hampshire Stragglers Golf Society website. We hope you enjoy the contents of the website, whether you be a member of the Society or simply a friend.
The Hampshire Stragglers Golf Society was launched on 1st January 2010 and is the reincarnation of the Hampshire Stragglers Cricket Club founded in 1966, over forty years ago, by Tom Wilson. The 'spiritual home' of the Society is Royal Winchester Golf Club where many members of the Society are also members.
Cricket is now beyond the ailing bodies of many members of the Society, but the great tradition of the Hampshire Stragglers Cricket Club can be found on the golf course. We play competitively hard and drink hard! The cricket club motto, and now the Society motto, "Good Natured Debauchery", is alive and kicking in many respects!
Royal Winchester 2010
The Society plays five main events a year as qualifiers for the annual "Straggler of the Year" Order of Merit competition. Other events are organised outside the five main golf days. All playing members of the Society are eligible to play in the organised events. We have a number of 'social' members who support the Society.
We will endeavor to keep the website regularly updated with news, as a means of staying in touch with our members, but we also hope it will be a source of interest to non-members.
If you are studying this website and have any suggestions about it, the Society itself, the events we organise, courses to play or trips to go on, or you have any queries and/or would like to be considered as a member, they should be directed to the Honorary Secretary of the Society on hampshirestragglers@gmail.com.
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