A Brief History
Arrowe Park Golf Club was founded Circa 1932, A preliminary meeting was held on 28th February 1932.
The
first General meeting was held in the New Club Room in
Arrowe Hall on 13th March 1932, at this meeting of about
Forty members, the foundations of a great club was
established. The first Captain and other officials to be
elected where. Mr J. A. Malcolm (Captain). Mr C. H
Bembridge (Vice Captain). Mr G. H. Cowie (Hon
Secretary).Mr E. S. A. Reeves (Hon Treasurer ).Alderman
Mr Chas. Mcvey was invited to become the first President
of the Club, which he duly accepted, A Proposal that
Lord Baden Powell be asked to become president was
withdrawn.
Possibly on the grounds that if he was to accept he may want to hold another Jamboree, and Fifty Thousand kid's singing Ging Gang gooly on a Golf course could cause slow play.
Also at this time, the following Vice Presidents where elected. Mr E. W. Tame. Mr. Colland. And Two Members of Parliament for Birkenhead Mr Graham White Esq. and Colonel J Sandeman Allen.
A proposal that the Mayor of Birkenhead be invited to become a Vice President was withdrawn, and a second proposal that he be made an Honorary member was accepted A Ballot was then taken to elect a further Ten members to make up the First Committee of Arrowe Park Golf Club.
One of
the clubs Highlights happened in 1947 when Arrowe Park
Golf Course was chosen as a venue for The British Open
Championship Qualifier, reading through the minutes from
the committee meeting at the time, all went smoothly on
the day, the only problems that arose where the nearest
public car park was Ten minutes walk to the Course, so a
special bus service had to be laid on, and the Caterers
had forgotten to apply for a licence to sell
Intoxicants, So Arrowe Park Golf Club made an
application to the Parks & Cemeteries Committee for
permission to apply for their own licence for the Club
Room. We still hold a licence to this day, but most
members refrain from Intoxicants, and just settle for a
couple of Pint's.
Arrowe Park Golf Course itself is a challenging 18 hole parkland course rolling through the 450 acres of Arrowe country park. Measuring a little over 6000 yards from the championship tees, the course is not overly long; however, a look at the standard scratch of 72 against a par of 71 indicates a good test awaits when you come to play! Practise facilities include a putting green, a 200 yard practise fairway and a nine hole pitch and putt course.