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Leysdown (Shellbeach) Golf Club, Isle of Sheppey. (1904 - 1930s)
The club was founded in 1904.
The earlier club did not appear following WW1.
The club was revived in 1934 and continued to the late 1930s.
Report on the course and the visit of J H Taylor in 1904.
Sheerness Times Guardian Saturday 13 February 1904. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
In 1904/5 it was listed has having an eighteen-hole course with a club membership of 100. The secretary was P Garratt, 28 Chancery Avenue, and the captain J A Atherton. There was no entry fee and subs were £2/2s. Visitors fees’ were; 1/6 a day and 5/- a week.
The following description of the club and course is from the 1905 Nisbet’s Golf Yearbook. “An old fashioned and comfortable clubhouse adjoins the links were members can stay “en pension” at 8/- per diem (each day). The links comprise 200 acres of good grass land with undulating surface and plenty of natural hazards. Ladies can join as members and it is proposed to prepare a ladies’ course for which there is plenty of room.”
Advert from 1905.
The Field Saturday 11 March 1905. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
King and his Army and Navy Saturday 14 October 1905.Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
By 1912 the club had changed its name to Shellbeach Golf Club. The secretary was J D F Andrews, 47 Victoria Street, London, S.W.
The club did not appear following WW1.
Above is Mussell House home of the Leysdown Golf Club.
Above is the location of the course in 1907 with Mussell House to the north and the Golf Links to the south. Reproduced from the {1907} Ordnance Survey Map.
Report from the Sheerness Times Guardian Thursday 17 July 1924 - "Leysdown-on-Sea had a 18-hole golf course, with over 200 members, before the war, and as soon as the demand arises it can again be started."
The club was revived in 1934.
Reports on the new golf course in September 1934.
Sheerness Guardian and East Kent Advertiser Saturday 9 June 1934. Image © KM Group. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Sheerness Times Guardian Thursday 30 August 1934. Image © KM Group. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Sheerness Times Guardian Thursday 6 September 1934. Image © KM Group. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
The club was still in existence in 1936 but it did not survive WW2.
The Google Map Below pinpoints the location of the course.