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Category Archives: Golf
Four! Golfers start young with Farleigh’s coaching offer
At one of the most popular golf courses around Croydon, the traditional cry of “Fore!” has been replaced of late by “Four!”, as a squad of young golfers have been taking the chance to take up the game. Weekend classes … Continue reading
Purley Downs golfers pitch in with £5,691 for Weir’s charity
We’re entering peak marathon season, with thousands of ordinary Londoners gearing themselves up for next month’s London Marathon and other long-distance challenges. On Sunday, in the Vitality Big Half, one far-from-ordinary Londoner, David Weir, the record-breaking wheelechair racer, was in … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Golf, Purley, Sport
Tagged David Weir, Purley, Purley Downs Golf Club, Weir Archer Academy
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GLL Foundation seeks applications for 2019 round of funding
Posted in Athletics, Boxing, Charity, Cricket, Cycling, Football, GLL - Better, Golf, Hockey, Netball, Rugby Union, Sport, Swimming
Tagged GLL, GLL Foundation, Greenwich Leisure
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Ronnie Corbett’s club to stage cancer charity golf classic
The Addington, one of the top golf clubs in England, is staging a special charity day next month in honour of one of its most famous members, Ronnie Corbett. The Ronnie Corbett Memorial Charity Golf Classic is being staged on … Continue reading
Henry Cotton’s south London home to get blue plaque
English Heritage has arranged for a blue plaque in Crystal Palace to commemorate one of the greatest British sportsman of the 20th Century. The unveiling ceremony is taking place at 47 Crystal Palace Road, the childhood home of golfer Henry … Continue reading
Posted in Golf, History, Outside Croydon, Southwark Council, Sport
Tagged Crystal Palace, Henry Cotton
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Win a £22,000 Lexus at Mayor’s charity golf day, Mar 29
You could win yourself a new car at the Mayor of Croydon’s charity golf day next month. All you have to do is hit a hole in one. Coming towards the end of Councillor Wayne Trakas-Lawlor’s year in office as … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Charity, Croydon Commitment, Golf, Wayne Lawlor
Tagged Croydon Council, Wayne Trakas-Lawlor
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Sporting app pitches up for court bookings in Croydon
An app for smart phones and tablets, and with its service available online, is offering quick and easy access to booking local sports facilities. MyLocalPitch has recently introduced a bespoke page for Croydon. MyLocalPitch’s borough pages help everyone in the … Continue reading
Coulsdon Manor to close its squash and leisure club
Tennis and squash players in Old Coulsdon will have to go further afield to practise their sport from the end of this month, when the leisure club at Coulsdon Manor closes. The owners, Bespoke Hotels, say that the closure will … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Golf, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Coulsdon, Coulsdon Court Golf Club, Coulsdon Manor
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Croydon Rotary Club charity golf day, Selsdon Park, Apr 26
Posted in Charity, Croydon Rotary Club, Golf, Selsdon & Ballards, Sport
Tagged Golf, Rotary Club of Croydon, Selsdon Park Hotel
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£200m charity warns Croham neighbours to ‘Keep Out!’
“Get orf moi land!” The Viz comic image of a red-faced Farmer Palmer, shot gun at the ready, might not be quite what you’d expect to encounter in quiet, polite, suburban Croham or Selsdon. But that’s the message from the … Continue reading
Farleigh tees up to offer free golf with CPFC Foundation
Farleigh Golf Club has partnered with Crystal Palace Football Club Foundation to make the game more accessible to youngsters in and around Croydon and south London. As part of the innovative Premier League 4 Sport (PL4S) project, Crystal Palace Football … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Golf, Sport
Tagged CPFC Foundation, Crystal Palace, Farleigh Golf Club
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Council sells Addington Palace but fails to say for how much
The Labour Council was elected in May on a platform that promised greater transparency and accountability from our Town Hall. Those good intentions didn’t last long. A report to tonight’s council cabinet of 10 leading councillors shows what just one … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Golf, Nathan Elvery, Property, Simon Hall, Transport
Tagged Addington, Addington Palace, Croydon, Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery, Olympic South, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
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Dorothy Tyler: Athletics’ Silver Lady who stood up to Hitler
Sanderstead resident and Croham Hurst golfer Dorothy Tyler was one of this country’s greatest pioneers of women’s sport – two Olympic silver medals and two Empire Games golds as a high jumper demonstrated that. Following Tyler’s death this week, STEVEN … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Golf, Sanderstead, Sport
Tagged 1936 Berlin Olympics, 1948 London Olympics, 2012 London Olympics, Adolf Hitler, athletics, Dorothy Tyler, Golf, Sport
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Golf course offers charities a way out of financial bunker
One of the area’s leading golf courses is offering £84,000-worth of free rounds and sessions to local charities for use in fund-raising activities. Farleigh Golf Club has established a social responsibility scheme which offers to donate use of their facilities, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Community associations, Golf, Sport
Tagged charity, Croydon, Farleigh Golf Club, Golf, Surrey, Warlingham
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Coulsdon bowlers tee themselves up to putt on golf
The Friends of Marlpit Lane Bowling Green are getting ready to tee off for a new season by offering re-opened pitch and putt and putting greens in the park from April 19. Yesterday, volunteers from the Friends were hard at … Continue reading
Are you Croydon’s Rory McIlroy? Find out at Addington Court
Addington Court is offering a round of golf on its Falconwood course for less than a tenner, in a price-cutting innovation that could help to discover Croydon’s own Rory McIlroy or Tiger Woods, or Laura Davies. The £9.99 offer applies … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Golf, New Addington, Sport
Tagged England, Falconwood, Golf, Golf course, New Addington, Rory McIlroy, Sport, Tiger Woods
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