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Tuesday 19 March 2024

 

Club House at Villarceaux
Clubhouse at the Golf de Villarceaux - le Chateau du Couvent

 

Golf Section members participate in various golfing and social activities:

  • Two weekends away each year (one in the Spring and another in the Autumn), the next ones will be at Tours Ardée in April and Roncemay towards the end of September.
  • Various competitions during the year at Villarceaux for Section Members: monthly competitions in various formats, an annual matchplay knockout competition over the summer, and also and 'eclectic' competition - the players recording their best scores for each hole over a maximum of 6 rounds, the President's cup and monthly competitions  The Section also sponsors two 'open' tournaments at Villarceaux, the Spring Cup in May and the Autumn Vase in September/October.

See below for the Section membership fees.

The section has negotiated with the Villarceaux committee an attractive membership package, which gives us essentially all the benefits of full-time membership for the price of a normal weekday only membership rate (see below). There is currently no joining fee in order to join Villarceaux as a SAC member. For information more information, please email . We can also arrange for you to visit and play at Villarceaux so you can discover its delights for yourself.

For more information about the life of the Golf Section, please visit the SACGolf Web site.

Head of Golf Section: James Moore

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Special offer at Golf de Villarceaux
for members of the Standard Athletic Club

Members of the S.A.C. can take advantage of special arrangements at Villarceaux, i.e. 7-day membership for the cost of a 5-day membership.

There are also reduced rates for under 25’s and under 35’s

NB All golfers should have an FFG licence
Ask any Golf Section Committee Member for further details

Children - Free for Members

Children under the age of 18 play for free providing one of their parents is a full-time member of Golf de Villarceaux

Golf School - Free for Members

Villarceaux Children

The junior golf school welcomes children from the age of 3. Depending on the age and level, children can participate in free hour-lessons on Wednesdays/Saturdays/Sundays. The Villarceaux pros, Damien & Franck ensure that this is a fun and popular activity for all the kids.

Junior Club - Free for Members

Villarceaux children's clubroom

Welcomes children between the ages of 3 to 12 from September 1st to July 14th every Saturday and/or Sunday. It is located under the eaves of the clubhouse where 1 or 2 activity leaders take care of the children from 10h30 to 18h00. Activities include arts and crafts, storytelling, nature walks as well as playing on the pitch and putt. Kids can go along to the junior club at any time of day and also have the option of lunching together for just €10 each.

 

Bar and Restaurant

Villarceaux Bar & Restaurant

The restaurant offers a wide variety of food and wine.  A set menu and a large choice of dishes from the “à la carte” menu ensure that there is something for everybody, from snacks at the bar to a three-course meal at the restaurant.  Hot food is available until 3 pm.  The restaurant also boasts an outside terrace with a scenic view over the 9th and 18th greens. 

 

What SAC members say about the Golf de Villarceaux:

"A great opportunity for all the family to get involved in golf, and at a very good price."

"We look forward to our Sundays at Villarceaux – as a couple, we can enjoy a game of golf followed by a leisurely lunch while our daughter plays and lunches with her new friends at the junior club and enjoys her golf lessons with the golf pro."

"Villarceaux has been very welcoming to us as SAC members. The tournaments and social activities are great fun and we always look forward to the next event."

 

Section Membership

Golf Section Membership including Villarceaux: 60 Euros (plus the Villarceaux Subscription)

Ordinary Membership of the Golf Section is just 30€ a year (over 18, under 18s pay a nominal 10€). Section members can participate in our:

  • Golf weekends
  • Flagship competitions (Spring Cup & Autumn Vase) at a reduced green fee (25€)
  • Annual matchplay competition
  • Monthly section competitions
  • Dinners and other events

More information

Please contact one of the Golf Committee members for more information (James Moore, John Greenwood, Claude Jacques, Joan Cosgrove, John McCallum, Bertrand Delacroix) or email .

We can also arrange for you to visit and play at Villarceaux so you can discover its delights for yourself.

Golf Weekends

Section members and their guests and friends have two golfing weekends a year, one in the Spring and another in the Autumn. Normally they are about a two-hour drive from Paris, with accommodations arranged in the nearest available hotel, often on the course itself. For Friday arrivals there's usually time for a friendly round (and course reconnaissance)  before dinner and Saturday's competitions - the net Stableford Kiwi Cup (presented by Judy and Alan Kerr in about 1985), and the Dean Scratch Trophy presented by Andrew Dean. On Sunday there is usually a friendly scramble, or one can participate in the local Club's Sunday competition.) the next one will be (we hope) Roncemay towards the end of September.

 

 

Golf News

Golf News: Summer 2023 Eclectic Results

7 players participated in this year's Summer Eclectic which took place over July and August, putting in 1 to 5 cards! (of a maximum of 6)
Sue Hall had the Best Gross score, 74, from her 5 cards. Best Net was David Colson with a 56 from 4 cards. The best Stableford points score of 51 points was shared between Jeanne Delacroix (3 cards) and David Colson.

Golf News: Belle Dune Weekend Results: 21-23 September

An occasionally damp or very damp weekend at Belle Dune golf course (Baie de Somme) was much enjoyed by 21 golfers and some 7 non-golfers.  The course proved very difficult, as some of us already knew, but some at least of the usual suspects came good on the day, as the results below show.
The Irish Trophy for the best Gross was won by John McCallum with 16 Stableford points and the Kiwi Cup for the best Net went to Ian Jones with 34 points.
The Men had 2 Series: the 2nd Series was led by Ian Jones (34) and David Colson (29) and the 3rd Series featured Claude Jacques and Jean-Charles Saden.
For the Ladies, Muriel Jones won with 33 points, followed by Monica Greenwood, Corine Balleyguier and Grainne Keating tied for 2nd place with 26.
On Saturday there was a 3-person Scramble won by  Corine Balleyguier, F.Thiriet, J. McCallum with a gross 74 (45 stableford), closely followed by Pearse Keating, David Colson, J.Greenwood with 74 gross, and 43.

Golf News: Roncemay Weekend Results: 5-7 May

Golfers went off to Roncemay to escape the Coronation from Friday the 5th to the 7th of May.
The two main prizes for Saturday's Stableford competition are the Kiwi Cup (donated by Alan Kerr) for the best Net score won by Ian Jones (37) and the Irish Trophy for the best Gross score won by John McCallum (19).
On Sunday there was a Scramble à la Française won by the team consisting of Muriel+James+Frédéric+Simon with 42 points.

Golf News - AGM nominates a new Head of Section - James Moore

At the AGM on 30 March a new Head of section, James Moore was nominated to replace Frédéric Thiriet, who had resigned. Bertrand Delacroix joined the existing committee - John Greenwood, Claude Jacques, Joan Cosgrove, and John McCallum.