Deangate@40
Deangate Ridge is Forty years old this year. To celebrate we will be bringing you links to historical information on Deangate Ridge over the coming year.
We hope you enjoy this walk down memory lane.
History of the course
The course was first proposed in 1967 by Strood Rural Council. Documents about the beginning of the club will appear here soon
The opening day on July 1st 1972 was open to the public and specially invited guests. There was an exhibition match which was to include Colin Cowdrey who declined the invitation and Sir Michael Bonnalack who pulled out at short notice to play a competition at Sundridge Park. The fourball was made up of the late great Sir Henry Cooper, Michelle "Mickey" Walker well known golfer who is now one of the foremost golf coaches and is regularly seen on SKY TV, Linda Denison-Pender (now Bayman) a well known and successful golfer at the time, who is now the performance director at the EWGA and Stuart Bryant the original club professional.
Newpaper Articles from Opening Day
History of the Club
The members club was formed in 1972. Links to Historical documents of the club appear below. Be warned they make take a bit of time to open due to the size of the images. Thanks To Linda Bayman for providing the signed program.