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Coulsdon’s Marlpit Lane bowls and putting greens now open
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Learn to putt like Rory McIlroy: Marlpit Lane bowls and putting
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Suspicions raised over golf club’s Addington Hills ‘land grab’
Multi-million-pound sports business that needs to provide its members with a practice range is seeking to annex 15 acres of Shirley Heath in a deal with Croydon Council. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES A world-famous golf club which charges almost £2,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Golf, Peter Underwood, Planning, Property, Ryan Noades, Selsdon and Addington Village, The Addington GC, Wildlife
Tagged Addington Hills, Addington Residents' Association, Addington Village Residents Association, Croydon, Croydon Council, Golf, London Wildlife Trust, Matthew Frith, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Ron Noades, Ryan Noades, Shirley Church Road, Shirley Heath, The Addington Golf Club, The Altonwood Group, The Conservation Volunteers, Tory
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Croham Hurst golfer among 600 hopefuls for Senior service
While Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy take on the world’s top pro golfers at Hoylake in the Open Championship this week, two of the best players from local clubs have been getting in their last practice rounds before trying to … Continue reading
Selsdon Park’s golfing paradise looks lost under new owners
It is looking very likely that the last 18-hole round of golf at Selsdon Park was played some time at the end of 2021. The new owners of the Selsdon Park Hotel and its accompanying 200 acres of parkland released … Continue reading
Surrey course all set for some transatlantic golfing rivalry
Foxhills, the golf club and spa resort in Chertsey, is to stage the PGA Cup in September, a Ryder Cup-style team event pitching club professionals from Great Britain and Ireland against their rivals from the United States for the Llandudno … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Golf, Outside Croydon, Sport, Surrey
Tagged Chertsey, Foxhills Club and Resort, Golf, PGA Cup, Surrey
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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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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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