WAGS Wind-Up 2025 - Please reserve tickets now
All members welcome to attend by invitation of the WAGS

Ladies and gentlemen, WAGS Wind-Up 2025 will be held on Saturday 1st November at PRGC.

There will be 18 holes of golf during the day which will count as 2 9’s for the WAGS season scoring.
This will be your last opportunity to improve your total scores. The WAGS entry will be £10

The evening function at the golf club will be a sit down buffet with live entertainment. The function will
start at 7.00pm – please see the attached flyer. The WAGS end of season awards presentation will take
place between the two live music sets.

The cost per head is £35 and for anyone who has played WAGS during the season this cost is reduced by £1
for each time you played WAGS

Please advise myself or Graham Blackwell ASAP the number of tickets required along with a £10 per ticket
deposit. We will then confirm the balance due on the night allowing for any WAGS player price reduction.

You can book tickets directly with the club but they will not offer or deal with any WAGS players
So immediate action required –

CONFIRM NUMBER OF TICKETS REQUIRED
PAY £10 PER TICKET DEPOSIT

Best regards,

Dave MacKenzie and Graham Blackwell

One of our greatest ex Captain's, Craig Whitworth and some of our finest young golfers, Luke, Dan and Ewan, accompanied Bruce Loome around some of Scotland's finest courses - St Andrews, Panmure, Scotscraig and Monifeith.

“Had an amazing time on some of Scotland’s finest golf courses.  In addition to enjoying some competitive and fun rounds of golf, we enjoyed great restaurants and bars in the evenings and the social side definitely matched the golf!”

Fellow RAGS,

22 members gathered at Studley Wood for the last meeting of RAGS this season.  It began with our usual bacon baps at 10.00 am before teeing off at 11.00 am.

It was perfect golfing weather, continuous sun with several in shorts, with most of us wishing we had worn by the time golf had finished. Studley Wood was in excellent condition with perfect fairways and lightening greens. However, the length of the course proved a challenge for many with average scores being lower than usual.  However, the cream rose to the top as usual with Mark Collins storming away leaving the rest of us in his wake.  He’s jetting off to New York for the Ryder cup at the weekend and we suggested he packs his clubs in case the European team are down a player.

Dick Pooley, the immediate past captain, was asked to present the prizes with the following winners.

Overall winner – Mark Collins with 36 points winning £20 and taking the RAGS trophy.

Ladies’ winner – Jill Peppett retaining the Ladies Trophy with 22 points and £15.

Winner – front 9 – Craig Whitworth with 16 points and £10. A member of S/W but obviously eased off to give us all a chance.

Winner – back 9 – Barry Woledge with 19 points and £10.

Longest drive (Ladies) – Chris Stevens winning £10

Longest drive (Men) – Dave Thomas winning £10

Nearest the pin – Adam Zaziemski winning £10.  The pro must have been feeling humourless as he recommended the 4^th green, tough for all players from an elevated tee with ditch in front of the green. Only two players reached or held the green.

A special award was presented to Malcolm Dodds who was retiring from competitive golf on entering his 9^th decade in 5 weeks’ time. Malcolm had been a regular in RAGS from the beginning when he attended the inaugural outing in 2020 and missed only two or three outings since that time.  The memento was to remind him of his time with his friends in RAGS coupled with a personal thanks from John Stephenson for his continuous support.

Thanks to everyone who took part and congratulations to all the winners. Many players said they would like another go at Studley Wood so we might try and build it in to a future programme.  Pictures of the winners’ presentations are attached.

RAGS will reconvene again next Spring when we hope to play more courses to test our endurance and abilities at other clubs so look out for further notices in early Spring. Meanwhile, my thanks to all participants who have made these outings so congenial and fun.

Best wishes,
John

Tel: 07774 203 193
Risborough Awayday Golf Society

Studley Woods - Winners pics 2025