Saturday 7 June saw this year’s Lady Captains Day.
Lady members enjoyed a lunch and round of golf and officially welcomed Kim Brusadelli as our Ladies Captain for 2025/2026.
Aquarius Golf Club recently hosted the first U3A Dulwich Golf Cup.
U3A is the University of the Third Age, an international movement whose aims are the education and stimulation of mainly retired members of the community - ie those in their third “age” of life.
Dulwich has a thriving U3A branch, and one of its many interest groups is devoted to golf. Every Wednesday morning a group of members and visitors play 9 holes and for the first time the U3A has funded a trophy to be contested.
U3A plans to host the competition twice a year, with the next being planned for July. The competition was a Texas Scramble, with three teams of 3 or 4 members each. This iteration’s winners were Troy Pascoe, David Wilkinson, John Edmead and Gerald Rickard, pictured above.
Another well attended women’s golf session with Women’s Captain and Golf Development lead Kim Brusadelli.
If you are interested please contact organiser Kim Brusadelli on dannib3@tiscali.co.uk or 07811211531.
Clubs and balls will be available to use at the sessions, you need only bring yourself.
We look forward to seeing you!
Thursday 8 May 2025 marked the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe during the Second World War . To celebrate this the Club hosted a VE Day event in the Bar and a round on the course.
On Saturday 5th April over 60 members met at the club to welcome our Club Captains for 2025/26. As per tradition, new Men’s Captain Dave Durnan and new Ladies Captain Kim Brusadelli both drove their first shots from the newly laid first tee into the waiting crowd of members on the first fairway.
Members then broke into groups for a shotgun start team scramble. The format encouraged members from around the Club to meet and socialise with new people.
Members socialised over tea, coffee and bacon rolls before the day started and then ham, egg and chips after the main event. The Club would like to thank Debbie and team for their hard work providing the day’s hospitality.
Some photos from the day are below, credit to Adrian and Damian Cluskey. If you would like high-res versions of these photos please get in touch with the Club and these can be bought for £2 each.
Before members swapped golf clubs for Christmas crackers some members got together to celebrate the Christmas break.
If you would like to join next year’s fun it will be on Monday 15th December at 10am with lunch in the bar afterwards.
Many thanks to all those that came on Friday and supported the Magic Evening. Many thanks also to Debbie, Pete and Carly (who came even with a sprained ankle) to host the clubhouse and run the bar and to Simon P, Joe, Kenneth and James for doing Close Up in the bar area.
Due to the hall being closed we couldn’t do the show but we did Close Up Magic from 7 – 9pm, when we counted up the money to see who would be sawn in half and who would have their stress removed. Terrie had £36 (votes) in her pot so she got her stress removed and Debbie a massive £154 votes. Many thanks to all those that voted.
Debbie would like to become a Tik Tok Sensation so please click on the above link and add a comment.
Afterwards we did the raffle – many thanks to all those that donated and all those that bought tickets. Lots of prizes and £269 worth of tickets sold, which means in total we raised £459 towards the new trolley shed.
Special congratulations to the person that won a Day Out with Martin (at the Bar – they have to buy drinks for the both of them) and to the Lucky person that won a golf lesson from Capt Al Davies on “How to perfect your Shank”.
A really enjoyable evening had by all.
By Simon Rosselli
Earlier in the year we held our 2024 - 2025 New Captain’s Drive In.
Alan Davies was driven in as our Men’s Captain for 2024 - 2025 and Rosalind McKenzie was driven in as our Ladies Captain for 2024 - 2025. Congratulations to both!
From 1st October the bar opening hours will be:
Monday: Midday - 4pm
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: Midday - 5pm
Thursday: Midday - 8pm (1st October until 1st November) then changes to Midday - 5pm
Friday: Midday - 5pm
Saturday: Midday - 5pm
Sunday: Midday - 5pm
This summer we will be holding Junior Summer Camps at Aquarius Golf Club.
Dates: Wednesday 31st July, 7th August, 14th August, 21st August and 28 August
Times: 11.00 - 12.00
Ages: 8 - 14 years
Each session: £10
To book a place contact Kim - Aquarius Golf Club email: dannib3@tiscali.co.uk
We’re happy to say that the new Blue Tees you might have seen around the course are now in play!
Anyone is eligible to play from the blue tees whilst also gaining a handicap and submit scores through general play.
On Monday 18th December Aquarius members who play in the Monday and Thursday morning swindles celebrated to festive period together with 9 holes and some food in the bar afterwards. There were 17 golfers and 19 for celebrations in the bar.
Many thanks to everyone who came to enjoy the event and special thanks to Debbie for arranging the catering.
Look out for more similar member events in 2024! Happy New Year all!
We are delighted to announce that Aquarius Golf Club has become a signatory of the R&A Women in Golf Charter.
By working towards our Charter Commitments, Aquarius will contribute towards creating a positive change in golf, one which will create a more inclusive culture that encourages more women and girls to thrive in the game.
The weekend of the 9th and 10th of September saw 39 competitors take to the course for our annual two-day Club Championship.
Three awards and titles were up for grabs over the course of the weekend; the Club Championship title for the best stroke play score over the 36 holes; The Mashie - a Stableford competition running alongside the Club Championship; and the final round of the Stringer - a points competition running across all the club’s Majors throughout the year.
Thanks to the Greens Team the course was in resplendent condition and contained some challenging pin positions. The weather brought even more trouble with cloud cover only showing up late on the Sunday. Our wonderful volunteers and bar staff kept all the competitors well hydrated throughout the two days and volunteers also kept the play flowing and safe by providing spotting and scoring, too. A truly gigantic effort from everyone involved.
At the end of two days of hard-fought play, the results were:
Club Championship (Hutching Trophy)
Winner - Elliott Brown (148)
Runner Up - Nigel Underwood (150)
The Mashie was a closely fought competition with three points seperating the top three players:
Winner: Martin Bayode (73)
Runner Up: Imran Khakwani (72)
Third Place: Peter Pirrie (71)
and finally, Elliott Brown was also the winner of the Stringer.
A huge thank you to everyone who volunteered and played on the day and congratulations to our Champion!
If you’ve been to the course over the summer months you will have seen the recent course improvements. Aquarius is looking splendid with changes all over the nine holes.
Most members will now have been (un)lucky enough to experience the new bunkers first hand. During June and July all bunkers received significant renovation and refilling. A shaping and trim here and there for bunkers on the first, second, third, eight and ninth. Whereas, the trio of bunkers on the fifth hole have been merged into one, making any short approach shots running down the hill even more likely to end up in the sand.
During the summer the nets on the ninth / eighteenth holes were also upgraded.
A project that will take a little longer to complete. but holds a lot of excitement for members is the return of the competition tee on the 6th / 15th holes. The large tree overhanging the 7th green has unfortunately had to be cut back due to disease. However, this means that the elevated tee can be resurrected and put back into play. Watch this space for updates.
On Saturday 3rd June club members came together to celebrate an event a century in the making. 100 years ago a young amateur golfer hailing from East Dulwich called Henry Cotton won the Club Championship and The Hutchings trophy, setting him on a remarkable golfing journey.
A year after his wins at Aquarius Henry Cotton turned professional and began a role as an Assistant Professional at Fulwell before moving to Rye Golf Club. He then moved to Langley Park and became the youngest ever Head Professional in the history of British golf at the age of 19.
Henry went on to become one of the greatest players of the twentieth century winning the The Open in 1934 at Royal St. Geroge’s by 5 strokes, 1937 at Carnoustie by 2 strokes and 1948 at Muirfield by 5 strokes.
Cotton was a playing member of three British Ryder Cup teams in 1929, 1937 and 1947. He was als a non-playing captain in 1953. The European Tour Rookie of the Year award is also now named after him.
Our thanks to the members that turned out to celebrate the centenary of Henry’s first win on the road to the Golfing Hall of Fame. Congratulations to Paul Atkinson, Pam Searle, Colin Dobson and Ronnie Knock who won the Texas Scramble competition. All winners and places generously donated their prizes to the captains charity. Pictures below.
And for those members interested in replicating Cotton’s journey, this year’s Club Championship is over the weekend of 9th - 10th September…
On Friday 19th May, 2022-23 Men’s Captain Doug Chapman presented a cheque of £2,750 to St Christopher's Hospice. The money was raised during his year as Club Captain and has been donated to the hospice to support their important work.
St Christopher's in Orpington provides specialist palliative care for people with serious and life-threatening illnesses. The cheque was presented to Joanne Carroll, Senior Community Fundraiser and staff at the hospice were incredibly appreciative of the amount of money raised by our members.
Saturday 13th May saw the new Men’s and Ladies’ Captain Drive In. Over 50 members came out to welcome Rich Mercer and Fiona Stewart to their respective roles of Men’s Captain and Ladies’ Captain for 2023/24.
Rich Mercer - “A huge thanks to everyone who came along for the Captain’s drive-in. It was a great way to kick start my year as Men’s Captain. It’s a real honour to represent Aquarius Golf Club and its members and I’m looking forward to a great year ahead. Happy Golfing!”
Fiona Stewart - “It was great to see so many members join us for our Captains drive in. A big thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets on the day in support of our charity for the year, the London Air Ambulance. Aquarius Golf Club is a truly unique club and I feel very honoured to be Lady Captain for the coming year.”
After the two shots both found the fairway members then split into teams and enjoyed a 9 hole Texas scramble and lunch in the clubhouse. We believe the bar also did quite good business throughout the event… You can see a gallery of images from the day, below. Photos credit to Adrian and Damian Cluskey.
Thank you to everyone who turned out to welcome our new Captains and we hope to see you at the Club very soon.
