President: MJ Murphy; Men’s Captain: John Antunes; Ladies .
BRENT VALLEY GOLF CLUBNEWSLETTERFounded 1909. Church Road, Hanwell, London W7 3BE, Tel: 020 85674230; www.bvgc.orgPresident: MJ Murphy; Men’s Captain: John Antunes; Ladies Captain: Helen Weill; Newsletter Editor: Richard GrayHAPPY 100th BIRTHDAYBRENT VALLEY GOLF CLUB!Part 2 of the historical centenary edition of the newsletter2009 marks the 100thbirthday of Brent Valley GolfClub. The club’s year ofestablishment in 1909 is foundin Nisbet’s Golf Year Book for1911 (see cutting below). Atthat time the membership isstated as 500 and the bestamateur score on the coursewas 5 over the course par. TheClub secretary of the time,George Chambers, commentsthat the club’s aim is to“provide moderate golf at amoderate price”. Thistradition of non-elitist golfcontinues 100 years later atthe club and is somethingBrent Valley can be rightlyproud of. Today, however, weallow ladies to play the courseat the weekends, and theobligatory use of caddies onSundays was relaxed some timeago!The course has a proudheritage, having been designedby 5-times Open winner JHTaylor (pictured left on acigarette card from the time),who was also the architect ofRoyal Birkdale.With the support of itsmembers, we look forward tothe next 100 years of a greatclub!No ladies at the weekends please and caddies required on a Sunday!PAGE 1
BRENT VALLEY’S FOUNDING FATHER: ALBERT TOLEYAlbert Toley was Brent Valley Golf Club’s founderand first President, in 1909. He moved to Hanwellin 1906 and lived in The Grove, which was locatedon the eastern side of Brent Valley Golf Course.Albert was a public benefactor and aproperty entrepreneur. Born in 1855in Devon, Toley came to London asa teacher at the United WestminsterSchool near Victoria Station aged 17.In 1876 he took over the school’ssports and found that the schoollacked playing fields. He had theidea of renting land, in Willesden,for the school’s games and subletting some of it to local sportsclubs. Sensing demand from otherclubs, he repeated the exercise withother land. So successful was theIn the 1800s the course was the grounds of an estate of ahouse called Hanwell Grove, comprising 29 acres of landin 1837. It is believed the course was built in 1909 whenAlbert Toley took it over and founded the club. It wasdesigned by JH Taylor, a prolific course architect of thetime and a 5-times Open winner (pictured above).venture that he gave up his teaching job andacquired other sites. At one point he wasmanaging over 1,000 acres. One of the plots ofland he acquired was later to become Brent ValleyGolf Course, where he foundedthe club. Although he managedmany other sites and foundedother clubs, Brent Valley must haveheld a special place in his heartsince he lived in The Grove, whosegrounds were near, if not formedpart of, the golf course, and he wasthe Club’s first president. Localnewspapers report him playing inmatches for Brent Valley, alongsidehis son Frank, against other localclubs with a handicap of 9 at theage of 64. Albert Toley died onSeptember 6, 1924.A cutting from the Middlesex CountyTimes of October 4, 1919, showing theresults of a match between Brent Valley and Ealing. Albert Toley and hisson Frank represented Brent Valley.PAGE 2
WHAT WAS THE COURSE LIKE IN 1909?We have no records of what the course was likein 1909 but we have a good description in an articlein the Middlesex County Times of August 16, 1919.The author, “Ionball”, who is a “medium player”with a 10 handicap, describes each hole in thecompany of “Mr Scratch”. Taking his mashie(wedge), brassy (2 wood ) and baffy (4 wood),Ionball plays the course, giving tips on how totackle each hole. He gives the par (or bogey) for allthe holes and some yardages, and he also givessome clues that allow us to visualise where he is onthe course as we know it today. When he says “wecross the lane to arrive at 15”, we know he is on the4 and Ionball comments “you cannot see the flagfrom the tee”, while the 3rd hole is only 230 yards,which leads us to speculate that the tee box for the4th might have been where the green of the 3rd istoday. Another difference from the pre-1966 course“Plentifu"y distributed in flickering lightand shade are white clothed tea tablesand easy wicker chairs.”is that the 12th is described as “the prettiest hole,the church spire above the trees”, and so soundslike today’s 14th and 1966’s 10th. But we have towonder where the 10th was since it is only 210yards and the tee box would have to be near thegreen of the 9th (today’s 13th).Although we can only guess at the total yardageof the course, we know the course par was 72, iefive strokes more than today and two more than1966. The course then had four “bogey” 5s, some ofthem relatively short like the 2nd, but then playersat that time had to contend with far more treesand, from the account given by Ionball, a lot morebunkers. All this without, of course, taking intoaccount the hickory brassies and baffies!Brent Valley Golf Course: ScorecardHoleYardsBoge Hole YardsBoge(1919)sameroute that we take between the 16th and the 17th.And when he says “From the tee at No. 5 we havefor the first time to clear the Brent.” we know weare at today’s 7th. Today’s 13th is also easy to spotwhen he says “The 9th hole is tricky, as all holes arethat have a river a few yards from the tee”.From these and other clues it seems the coursefollows roughly the same pattern as it did up until1966, when it was changed to today’s layout. Butsome curiosities remain. The 4th hole is a short par1365 (e)2yy410210400 (e)511440 (e)53230412370 (e)44250 (e)4132804514031416036440 (e)51530547420 (e)41645058160 (e)317330 (e)49180 (e)318380 (e)435IN37OUT35TOTAL72OUT4PAGE 3
BRENT VALLEY INTHE 1910 NEWSThe cutting on theright is from theMiddlesex andHanwell Times ofApril 9, 1910. Itrecords the club’s firstannual dinner on April5 at the Trocodero inHanwell. Attended by90 members, the clubis described as “newlyestablished” (ie in1909) and refers towork carried out onthe course during theprevious winter. Thefounder of the club,Albert Toley, was theclub’s president at thattime and he hostedthe dinner. There wasa “musicalprogramme”,recitations and ahumourist. Nomention of a raffle or70s disco.The article alsomentions thatmembership at thattime was over 300!Finally the club isdescribed as “merryand bright”. So at leastthat hasn’t changed!Throughout the1910s, The Timescarries regular reportsof the club’scompetitions, eventsand matches againstother local clubs (atthat time mainlyActon, Hanger Hilland Ealing).BVGC History in Brief1900s: Course is designed by JHTaylor1909: BVGC founded by Albert Toley.1910: First annual dinner on April 5 atthe Trocodero, Hanwell. Membershipis over 300.1911: Listed in Nisbet’s Golf YearBook. Membership is 500.1933: BVGC wins the MiddllesexCGU Coronation Bowl in the secondyear it was played.1938: Ealing Council acquires courseand BVGC signs lease.1939-45: 8th and 9th holes ploughedto aid war effort.1966: The old clubhouse, the “DublinHouse” demolished by the counciland the present one built. and thecourse is remodeled to the presentSPECIAL CENTENARYCOMPETITION!To mark the Club’s centenary, a special competition will be held on the afternoon of SaturdayAugust 8, followed by a party in the evening.Members, past and present, will be invited tojoin us celebrate this special birthday. Special guests from the club’s past will be invited and two teams, a captain’s and apresident’s, will do battle on the day. A“centenary” cash prize of 100 willbe up for grabs to the best individual stableford score of theday. See the clubhouse formore details and to signup.PAGE 4
THE 2009 BRENT VALLEY ANNUAL DINNER DANCEOn Saturday February 23 Brent Valley Golf Clubheld its 2009 annual dinner dance, a traditionthat started exactly 99 years earlier when theclub held its first annual dinner at the Trocoderoin Hanwell (see article on page 2). Attended byover 100 guests at the clubhouse of the WestMiddlesex Golf Club, the evening went with aswing and finished in the small hours.In the Captain’s speech, John Antunes hailedSporting Lisbon’s win over local rivals Benficabefore turning to a sport closer to home in westLondon. Apologising in advance for hisspeech because, he said, his preparation had been interupted by FrankieBurke calling him out to fix a fortyyear old tap. John didn’t seem to beshort on content though as he thenwent on to tell the story of his introduction to golf following an England vIreland v Rest of the World match andhis friendship with Danny O’Neil. Verymuch accustomed now to public speaking, John rectified what was perhaps asmall faux pas in a previous speechwhen he said becoming Brent ValleyCaptain had been the proudest moment in his life. It now ranked number4 after his wedding day and the birthof his two daughters. The mic waseventually wrestled from him by Presi-dent MJ Murphy who said grace so that everyonecould get stuck into a delicious carvery meal.Prizes donated by committee members for theraffle were distributed to winners - some people(eg Jim Chalmers) won more than one prize,while some tables (eg Josie Keanan’s) seemed towait forever before a prize came their way. Various football themed prizes were on offer beforethe draw began. The deluxe set of Luton Towngolfing accessories was of course oneof the first prizes to go. A signedBrentford shirt was one of the last tobe taken up, soon after the M&Sshortbread selection. Fortunatelythere was no Barnet FC merchandiseon offer.As the music began, guests jitterbugged to the sounds of the 50s,jived to some 60s blasts from thepast and grooved their way throughsome 70s disco classics. The 80sdidn’t figure in any of the guests’dancing repertoires.Profits from the evening went to theCaptain’s charity, the Alzeimer’s Society.For more photos of the event, see the ye"ow clubphoto album in the club house.PAGE 5
ST PATRICK’SThe first Major of the season, the2009 St Patricks was played onMarch 15th on a beautiful spring dayfrom the grass tees for the first timethis year. With a large field of 60men and 11 ladies, extra tee timeshad to be found at the last minute.Green was the colour of choice for many players but theluck of the Irish was out on the day as a Portuguesetook the ladies prize and an Englishman (with Irishroots) took the men’s prize. Teresa Machado won herfirst club competition as she took the ladies prize with anet 71. Brian Lennox, a winner of many previous majors,took the men’s prize with a net 63. The men’s scratchprize was won by Philip Christides with 70.Top: Teresa Marchado with the LadiesSt Patricks Prize; Left: Mens CaptainJohn Antunes presents Brian Lennoxwith the Mens’ St Patricks Trophy; Below: Paul Shanahan , who was 4th, teesoff on the 1st.ST PATRICK’S RESULTSMens Prize1st: Brian Lennox 632nd: Jamie Lea 643rd: Ken Curtis 654th: Paul Shanahan 68Ladies Prize1st: Teresa Machado, 712nd: Theresa Brennan, 733rd: Veronica Collins, 73Mens Scratch PrizePhilip Christides, 70PAGE 6
ST DAVID’SThe majors were coming thickand fast during March and thesecond of the year was the StDavid’s, played on March 29,two weeks after the St Patrick’s. We were blessedwith another brightand dry day as afield of 53 in themens competitionand11 in the women’s battled itout for the St David’s Prize.The mens’sprize waswon by JoeGallagher(picturedbelowleft), who was streets ahead ofthe rest of the fieldwith an excellentnet 59. The ladiesprize went toTheresa Brennanwith a very commendable net 70. The scratchcompetition was won by Andrew Lea with a gross 70.Club captain Jon Antunes presented the prizes from newlycomputerised read-outs provided by handicap secretaryKathy Maloney. Josie servedup a particularly deliciouslamb roast (was it Welsh?).WINTER FOURBALLAlways a hard fought and popular competition, the 2009 winter fourball was wonby newly crowned Cremin champion Jamie Lea, in partnership with Mick Hynnes. Commenting on the pair’s victory,Mick said about his partner, “I carriedhim basically”.BRENT CUP 1 April 4, CSS 67.1st: 83-20 63 Steve Cannon2nd: 93-27 66 Geoff Rayner3rd: 98-27 66 Geoff QuantockTHE CREMIN FINALSqueezed between two majors, the CreminFinal was played on Sunday March 22. Thesixteen players with the most Stablefordpoints from the six Cremin competitionsplayed during the course of the winter weredrawn in four four-balls. Congratulations tothe winner, Jamie Lea, who shot an impressive42 points, an excellent score when playing offa handicap of 4. Jamie beat Kevin Keenan intosecond place on the back nine, while PhilipChristides was close behind in third placewith 41 points.PAGE 7
SENIORSThe season is now well under way. Congratulations to Wednesday Senior KenElstone who won the R&R Challenge at Aldenham, putting paid to his Captain’schance of a hat-trick of wins!We had our first official seniors away day of the yearat Wexham on April 22. A big thank-you to the fortyplayers who came, especially nice to have our LadyCaptain, Helen Weill, past Lady President, TheresaBrennan, past Captain and Lady Captain, Ken andMary Curtis and our present President and his Lady,MJ and Barbara Murphy. The weather on the daywas fantastic: well done to our handicap secretaryKathy Maloney who took the ladies prize. Welldone to Ken Curtis, who took the guest prize. Atremendous performance from Cliff Folland whotook the 70 prize and a huge shock when the overall winners prize went to Seniors Captain Rick Harvey!The past three months have been dominated bythe untimely death of Terry Strettle. Terry, a former Captain of Brent Valley Seniors and ViceCaptain for the past two years will be sorelymissed; an incredibly generous and much lovedmember of Wednesday seniors. A Memorial SeniorsOpen will be played on May 20 and we hope to seeas many seniors take part as possible (see Rick orAlan Neil for information).BRENTSIDEJANUARY OUTING1st Jamie Lea, points, 41 points2nd Peter Hyde, 39 points;3rd Andrew Lea, 36 points.Guest winner: Philip Christides, 43 pointsFEBRUARY OUTING(Invitation AM-AM)Winning team:Matt Carthy, Bill Kearney, Noel Rutherford,Joe Gallagher.MARCH OUTING1st Mick O’Conner, 40 points2nd Matty Carthy, 39 points3rd Kevin Keenan, 39 pointsGuest winner: Philip Christides, 41pointsKevin “yellow balls” Keenan shows off his smooth putting style in the BrentsidePAGE 8
BV RESULTS ANDHANDICAPS NOWONLINEBrent Valley members can now check theircompetition scores and handicaps online. Bylogging on towww.howdidido.co.ukplayers can see results fromall official competitions andsee changes in theirhandicaps. Text or email alerts with information aboutcompetitions and handicaps changes.Players can sign up for a trial period and then anannual subscription costs 15. While you will bebang up to date with changes to your handicapwith this new system, unfortunately there is nofunction for lodging a complaint if you disagreewith the handicap secretary’s decision!Other features of thewebsite include: Hole-by-hole records of allyour rounds can be entered(by the handicap secretaryor by you) You can enter the details ofother courses and enter yourscores on those courses.The screenshot aboveshows the results from therecent St Davids. On theleft, the hole-by-hole record of the editor’s roundsto date. The address tosign up for a trial iswww.howdidido.co.uk.“LUCKY” JIM WINSSECOND JACKPOTMore than a few eye brows wereraised in the clubhouse on SundayMarch 29 when Jim “Lucky”Chalmers won his second takeyour-pick jackpot in only a fewweeks, this time scooping 800. Infact, this was the fifth time Jim’snumber had come up! There werecalls for the tombolo to be serviced, asJim generously put part of his prizebehind the bar. He donated part ofhis previous prize towards a newtelevision for the clubhouse. Jim,pictured left emerging fromLondon hot spot “Ruffles” inthe early hours of last Saturday,was unavailable for comment onthe secret of his success but waslast seen at Heathrow bookingtwo 1st-class tickets to Rio deJaneiro.PAGE 9
LADIES SECTIONCurrent news from the ladies is that on Saturday11th April Brent Valley Ladies beat Basildon ladies3:2 in the first round of the NAPGC White Webbsmatch play competition. Whilst this was a greatresult we were not sure we had a full team of fiveuntil the evening before. Hence a big thanks toKathy, Annette, Sheila and Marion, myself beingthe fifth member. No news yet as to who we willplay next, but it will be an away match.we have seen 3 different winners and cover a rangeof handicaps, and should encourage all as everyonehas a chance to win. In the meantime well doneTeresa Machado and Teresa Brennan winners of theSt Patricks and David’s respectively. The third being myself and the St Georges.Prior to all the above taking place we received thesad news that Kathy Tracy had died. Whilst shehad not played the game for a year, prior to thatshe had been a very keen member of the club andwas willing and wanting to play golf at any opportunity and at any course. For me I will always reTo cap this, the following weekend saw themember her for a popular request she often madeHawtree team (mixed matchplay), beat Richmond “Is that a mixed competition”? Plus the fact you5:0, again the next round will be an away matchcould never rush her at any point she always dideither in Kent or Essex. Thanks to all who played – everything in her own time, but she was never late.Kathy & Andrew, Annette & Grahame, Sheila &Wayne, Veronica & Joe and Jamie & myself.On a lighter note, can all ladies ensure they havefor the St Andrew’s being playedOur current numbers within the ladies section is at their names downth May, and lets have a fourth winner.onSunday17an all time low, so if anyone out there knows anyladies wanting to play golf please let them knowHelen Weill – Lady Captainabout Brent Valley. Whilst the low numbers aredisappointing, so far this year with 3 Saints playedNEW BRENT VALLEY MEMBERSBrent Valleywelcomes newmembers Ray Morganand Tom Watkins(pictured below at therecent R&R Challengein Aldenham); DavidJacks (pictured right)and Steve Hynnes(pictured below) . Rayand Tom are beenplaying on the BrentValley golf course for manyyears - and we’re very glad theyfinally decided to comeupstairs. All four have beenvery active in the Club’s manycompetitions - David andSteve have even come veryclose to winning some majorsrecently.PAGE 10
SOCIAL SCENEOne of the club’s poker experts, PhilipChristides, went away with a cash prize of 140 ashe held his nerve to win the second poker eveningof the year. In second place wasrelative newcomer, GrahamTollitt. Another of the club’spoker whizzes, Alan “Poker Face”Neil, won the March prize andvery nearly scooped the Aprilprize, but was just eased intosecond place by social memberDavid Daley.Hosting the poker evenings,Don Stewart, has created a veryfriendly atmosphere for experts and beginnersalike, where no-one has to worry about losing theirshirts since the your loss is limited to 30 - andthat’s even if you buy in twice. Even some womenare joining the evenings!Usually on the 3rd Friday of every month, lookout for confirmation of dates in the clubhouse. The most popular version of thegame, Texas Hold ‘Em, is played andbeginners are very welcome to comealong and just observe before taking theplunge. Don also offers very reasonablecoaching services, though judging fromthe results obtained with John Antunesrecently, you may want to give thatcareful consideration!With a cut of each evening’s takings goingto the club, the evenings have raised over 100 forthe club so far this year.Calendar on back page forexact dates).Hosted by Steve“Cannonball” Cannon (picturedright) every 4th Friday night atthe club house (check EventsNew member TomWatkins scooped therollover jackpot on FridayJanuary 30.A special “Millionaire” quiz was held onFebruary 13, with Barry and Sarah Barkersetting the questions. Top prize was wonby Steve Cannon’s team, which enjoyedthe benefit of the combined brainpowerof his close family, a number of otherfriends and more distant relatives andtheir friends. An excellent evening wasenjoyed by all who attended, with adelicious Thai curry served in theinterval. Watch out for future Quiz Nights at the club, usually every 2nd Friday inthe month.NEW PHOTO SERVICE FOR CLUB MEMBERS!All the photos in this newsletter, and many more besides, are nowavailable to members to buy. A full selection of photos of all the club’smajor events, social and golfing, will be on view in a folder in the clubhouse. Copies are available on paper or in electronic form (see folder fordetails). All proceeds go to the club!PAGE 11
Events CalendarAprilMayJuneJulySat/Sun 4/5: Brent Cup1, Summer Singles, LadiesMM, PhoenixSat/Sun 2/3: Brent Cup2, Ladies Spring Cup,PhoenixWed 3: Seniors Medal,Ladies MMWed 1: Seniors MedalWed 8: Seniors MedalWed 6: Seniors MedalFri 5: Friday NightChallenge (golf in thelong spring evenings)Fri 3: Friday NightChallenge (golf in thelong Spring evenings)Wed 14: Seniors BogeySat/Sun 9/10: JimmyCup, Ladies MM, BrentsideSat/Sun 6/7: LadiesSpring Cup, BrentsideSat/Sun 4/5: Brent Cup4, Ladies MM, PhoenixFri 13: Quiz NightWed 13: SeniorsStablefordWed 10: SeniorsStablefordWed 8: SeniorsStablefordSun 19: St GeorgesSun 17: St Andrews(Major)Sat/Sun 13/14: BrentCup 3, Ladies MidsummerSalver, PhoenixSat 11: Lady Captain’sDayFri 24: PokerWed 20: Seniors OpenWed 17: Seniors BogeySun 12: Pat McGlewTrophySat/Sun 25/26:Summer Four Ball, LadiesStableford, BrentsideFri 22: PokerFri 19: Friday NightChallengeWed 15: Seniors BogeyWed 29: SeniorsWed 27: SeniorsSat 20: Fun Day, LadiesStablefordFri 17: Friday NightChallengeFri 29: BingoSun 21: LadiesStableford, AM-AMSat/Sun 18/19: ClubChampionshipsSun 31: John RusheMem’l New Members’ CupWed 24: SeniorsWed 22: SeniorsSat/Sun 27:28:Captain’s DaySat 25: Ladies StablefordSun 26: Ladies Stableford,BrentsidePAGE 12
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