Help For Heroes 2017 Hankley Common 13th September

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We are off again ! Next years Help For Heroes charity golf day has been booked for Wednesday 13th September 2017, at Hankley Common Golf Club

Hankley Common is a stunning golf course ranked 34th in the latest Golf Monthly top 100 UK courses. The course first opened in 1897 as a nine holer, and in 1922 James Braid advised on the addition of a further 9 holes. Harry Colt also advised on changes to some of the holes. Bobby Locke described Hankley as the closest resemblance to a seaside links. Over the years trees have grown up, but the course still has a wild look in parts, and is set in the most beautiful heathland, perhaps only matched by Sunningdale.

A green fee at Hankley Common is normally £100, but thanks to some great negotiating by our very own Mike Harris, we will be paying £60 for bacon rolls on arrival, 18 holes of golf, and a three course roast lunch. This is just £5 more than we paid at Camberley this year, and we get an extra meal course ! We also get to play in September, which will hopefully mean warmer weather, and we will catch the course in it's best condition, with the heather still out. Hankley only do societies on a Tuesday and Wednesday, so it was not easy to get in, but they very kindly moved a small society to another time to accommodate us. By playing on a Wednesday is should be easier to arrange games on the Tuesday and Thursday for those that want to do a mini tour.

The donation to the H4H charity will be £30 this year, so the total cost will be £90, which is the same as this year.

A big thank you to Mike for his sterling efforts, and also to Hankley Common Golf Club for being so accommodating.

If you would like a sneak preview of the course, please have a look on their website www.hankley.co.uk

The course is in Tilford which is three miles from Farnham. Yes it is just up the road from where I live.;) There is a Travelodge in Aldershot which is probably the closet to the course, approx 5 miles.

I will set up a Justgiving H4H charity website for the 2017 event shortly, so please do not make any contributions to the current 2016 site

Start making plans.:thup:
 
Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh already written in the diary, I'm up for it this year.

Don't think son will be able to make it, as he will probably has started college by then, shame, never mind I will there:rofl:

Thanks to all concerned in organising this.
 
Great news that you managed to get Hankley - can't wait as loved it last year :thup:
 
Wow, really looking forward to losing loads of balls here.
Well done to all concerned in getting this course.
 
Don't think son will be able to make it, as he will probably has started college by then, shame, never mind I will there:rofl:
That is not very fatherly.;)

Great news that you managed to get Hankley - can't wait as loved it last year :thup:
This year ? It was only two months ago.:whistle:

Wow, really looking forward to losing loads of balls here.
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Don't you say that about all the courses you play.:whistle::D
 
BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!
Rich - you're a Dude amongst Men!
Is that good ?:)

Well done Rich and the team, look forward to it.
Will your young lady be attending / All spectators will be put to work.:)

Nice work team, looking forward to it already
Should be a good one.

Well done Rich and Mike, another great course I'll be able to tick off my list :thup:
Open qualifer for as long as I can remember, and a stunning course. There is quite a bit of heather.:whistle:
 
Sounds great. I'm back up to a full complement of holidays next year so should have more chance of making it, certainly hope to. That's my birthday though so you'll all just have to let me win - it's only fair!
 
Good work team H4H. New course for me to hack it around on, just need to keep away from Pokerjoke and his comments about how I'm close to posting a good score after 3/4 of the round..............choke........choke...........choke............
 
At last I can stop biting my tongue, I hate secrets :D

Thank you to Mike Harris for some excellent negotiating in securing this top course for us to play our Help for Heroes 2017 Charity Day event :thup:

Obviously a Curry Night and pre-match meeting for drinkies will be posted separately once I have done some research and make sure nobody still remembers me and I'm not banned from anywhere in Aldershot :eek: which I think the majority of people that are travelling will be staying.

As always this thread will be for the general chit-chat and any questions you have early doors and will be followed as closely as possible by Richard and myself, other more specific posts will come about as time and information is more forthcoming.

The Travelodge I have booked into is here GU11 3WF.

I will be announcing some various fund raising ideas soon under separate cover.

As always it's something great to look forward to and Hankley Common will be excellent hosts so it will be great to see a record turnout for 2017 with it being well inside the top 50 courses :thup:
 
That's my birthday though so you'll all just have to let me win - it's only fair!

And the day after mine so we can share 1st place :thup:

If I decide to grace the event with my presence of course........ :whistle:
 
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