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Wormsley has been described as the most beautiful cricket ground in England and anyone who has watched or played cricket there will never forget the experience.
Wormsley Members and guests gathered on Wednesday 24th June 2015for the Summer Party and Cricket Match at Wormsley, the beautiful estate of the Getty family. In this sixth annual fixture, the Forum XI secured an heroic victory against the all stars Johnny Sandelson XI.
Amongst the players were Monty Panesar an English international cricketer who currently plays for Essex and Devon Malcolm who played in 40 Test matches and 10 One Day internationals for England.
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Wormsley has been described as the most beautiful cricket ground in England and anyone who has watched or played cricket there will never forget the experience. A red telephone box sits next to the thatched pavilion, overlooking the immaculate field of play and the sloping Chiltern Hills beyond. Red Kites wheel overhead, floating on the air currents while the game unfolds below.
On Sunday 29th June 2014, ‘Forum’ members and guests gathered for the Summer Party and Cricket Match at Wormsley, the beautiful estate of the Getty family. Playing against the Johnny Sandelson XI. Both teams included some ‘ringers’ garnered from both former International and Test players, see if you can spot them!
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Twenty teams participated in the annual Stapleford Park Shooting Championships supporting LOROS and The Prince’s Trust. The shooting programme was organised by the Really Wild company across Lord Gretton’s Stapleford Estate. Five drives of simulated game were set up with each team shooting 200 clays on each drive. Following the shooting, guests returned to the hotel to watch both a gundog scurry and the Top Individual Gun competition.
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Sixty golfers tee’d off on Friday in the first golf tournament of the year at Stapleford Park. The prize was a trip to Brunei for both the winning pair and the winning individual – a trip to play in the Pro-Am of the Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters.
With handicaps cut to ¾ this was a tournament designed for good golfers to play proper competitive golf on a challenging course. And so it proved with the leaderboard changing throughout the day and in particular across the last holes. In the end, the competition came down to a fairway battle between the two pairs listed in the last 4 ball, with Ric Lewis and Michael Vaughan (the former England cricket captain) stealing the win from Scott Griffin and Matt Dawson (the former England & Lions scrum-half). Ric and Michael won with 41 points on better-ball stableford. Congratulations, too, to Wentworth member Ajay Patel who won the individual prize on 36 points off a handicap of 2.
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On a beautiful early morning eighteen teams of 4 guns apiece met up at Stapleford Park for the inaugural LOROS Shooting Championships: an event that will now become an annual fixture. Lord Gretton and the Stapleford estate joined forces with Stapleford Park to create a very special day’s simulated clay shooting. The shooting programme was run by the Really Wild Company.
Across five drives of simulated pheasant, grouse and partridge the teams were suitably challenged. The Avery team, headed up by John Strowbridge, took the honours. Following the shooting, guests returned to the hotel to watch both a gundog scurry and the Top Individual Gun competition which was won by Bertie Hoskyns-Abrahall who hit the maximum ten.
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On a sunny and windswept day, Former Leicester Tiger and World Cup Winner Ben Kay and his guests took on the challenging Stapleford Park golf course. Following the golf, Ben Kay’s guests stayed on for dinner at the house and were entertained in a Q&A with former Tigers and England star Leon Lloyd and current captain of the club, Geordan Murphy.
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Friday 25th May 2012
EJ Churchill
SJdB members and guests gathered at EJ Churchill for a day’s shooting, co-hosted by Peter Blackmore of Blackmore Borley. The Top Gun award went to Tim Edwards with Clive Jackson skippering his team to victory. Vanessa Blackmore won the Ladies Trophy.
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Monday 23rd May 2011
Royal Berkshire Shooting School
Members and guests gathered at The Royal Berkshire Shooting School for a day’s shooting, co-hosted by Peter Blackmore of Blackmore Borley. The Top Gun award went to Adam Knight, with Vanessa Blackmore skippering her team to victory.
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Friday 28th May 2010
Royal Berkshire Shooting School
Members and guests gathered in the sun at The Royal Berkshire Shooting School for a day’s shooting, co-hosted by Peter Blackmore of Blackmore Borley. The honours went to Giles English (co-founder of Bremont watches) who won the Top Gun Award narrowly pipping Jonathan Simm, with Annabel Maitland winning the Top Lady and David Lewis skippering his team of smoking guns (John McCormick, Robert Morrisson Atwater & Annabel Maitland) to victory.
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Wormsley has been described as the most beautiful cricket ground in England and anyone who has watched or played cricket there will never forget the experience. A red telephone box sits next to the thatched pavilion, overlooking the immaculate field of play and the sloping Chiltern Hills beyond. Red Kites wheel overhead, floating on the air currents while the game unfolds below.
On Saturday 13th June 2013, ‘SJdB & Partners’ members and guests gathered for the Summer Party and Cricket Match at Wormsley, the beautiful estate of the Getty family. Playing against the Johnny Sandelson XI, the SJdB XI was narrowly beaten in the last over. Rob Fenwick was made Man of the Match for his 45, successfully opening the innings against West Indian legend Courtney Walsh.
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‘SJdB & Partners’ members and guests gathered for the Summer Party and Cricket Match at Wormsley, the beautiful estate of the Getty family. The day was co-hosted by Clive Jackson of Victor, the private jetshare community. In a closely fought match, the SJdB XI narrowly beat Johnny Sandelson’s XI. Man of the match, presented by Victor, went to Ashwani Mathur.
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‘SJdB & Partners’ members and guests gathered for the Summer Party and Cricket Match at Wormsley, the beautiful estate of the Getty family. The day was co-hosted by Geoff Cousins of Jaguar, who organised for a magnificent display of cars, old and new, to grace the day. In a closely fought match, the SJdB XI narrowly pipped Johnny Sandelson’s XI to a second consecutive victory. A third victory next year, and the club gets to keep the famous trophy.
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Wormsley has been described as the most beautiful cricket ground in England and anyone who has watched or played cricket there will never forget the experience. A red telephone box sits next to the thatched pavilion, overlooking the immaculate field of play and the sloping Chiltern Hills beyond. Red Kites wheel overhead, floating on the air currents while the game unfolds below.
Over 200 members and guests gathered for the Wormsley Summer Party and Cricket Match at the beautiful estate of the Getty family. The day was co-hosted by Geoff Cousins of Jaguar, who organised for a magnificent display of cars, old and new, to grace the day.
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The annual SJdB & Partners Shooting Championships was this year held at West Wycombe Park, the home of Edward Dashwood (a member of SJdB & Partners). West Wycombe is one of the most theatrical and Italianate of all English country houses and provided a stunning backdrop to the day’s shooting. Guests were chauffeured across the estate in brand new Range Rovers to five different drives created by EJ Churchill to simulate a day’s shooting in the country.