Masters Cup 2010
With the success of years behind us at Foxhills we are pleased to announce that The Nkokonjeru Masters Cup 2010 once again wiill be held at the prestigious venue of Foxhills on the 8th September 2010The Golf Package includes the following:
- Breakfast
- Green Fee
- Half-Way House
- Drinks on the Course
- Reception from 4 pm onwards
- Three Course Dinner
- Wine with Dinner
- Excellent Trophies
- Excellent Venue
- Live Entertainment
Cost: £115 per person
About Us - UK Golf Masters Cup 2010
History of Nkokonjeru Masters Cup
The Nkokonjeru Masters Cup is a competitive golf tournament organised by the members of the Nkokonjeru Lodge No. 9284 in the Province of Middlesex on behalf of the reigning Master of the Lodge for his chosen charity and other worthy causes.
This is a different golf day than any other. We do not raise money from the participant golfers but rely on sponsorships from corporations who would prefer to network with our golfing friends and guests. For the first three years, the event was heavily subsidised by our sponsors and in 2008, the event remained subsidised although by a small amount.
The event is full of fun and very competitive. There are no raffles or auctions and we propose to keep it this way leaving the players with enough time to enjoy the champagne reception and the full hospitality of our Lodge.
The Masters Cup was launched in 2005 by the reigning Master of the Lodge by W.Bro Ashok Bhardwaj with 77 players at Batchworth Park golf Club, with a few more turning up in the evening for dinner with Barclays Bank treating everyone to the first drink.
The event was repeated in 2006 at the request of W. Bro Kanti Mistry reigning Master with nearly 100 golfers and 120 in total for dinner. The Golf Club could not take more diners due to lack of space.
In 2007, W. Bro Anup Shah as Master of the Lodge formally approved The Nkokonjeru Masters Cup as a Lodge event with the full backing of all the members of the Lodge with a committee having the power to take decisions.
In 2007, the Masters Cup attracted 288 golfers and the golfers were spread over four different courses with a joint reception at Venue 5 in Eastcote which was attended by well over 350 people, occupying the entire building from the forecourt to the beer garden with great success. The Nkokonjeru Masters Cup 2007 was the largest single golfing event of its kind in the UK.
In 2008, the committee decided to move to Foxhills, a more prestigious single venue and also reduced the numbers to 188 with a total for dinner of 200. According to the golfers and dinner guests, this was the most impressive of all – well organised, very enjoyable, champagne reception on the balcony of the 19th Hole with a Steel Band followed by a silver service dinner.
2008 will also be remembered as Barclays took pride in sponsoring our event for a large sum and our Chief Guest was District Grand Master W. Bro Virendra Talwar of East Africa who especially travelled to attend our event. We are indebted to him.
In 2009 the event was repeated with 204 golfers and another 22 guests in the evening for dinner. Amongst the golfers and guests included the major indusrialists and professionals and scratch players.
Many golfers have praised as this is being the Mother of all Events for amateurs golfers. From a Masonic point of view it was another successful year behind us. Our Chief Guest was Assistant Provincial Grand Master W.Bro Terry Baker who praised our success.
History of Nkokonjeru Lodge
The first Nkokonjeru Lodge No. 7631 was consecrated in 1959 in a small town called Mbale in Uganda. This town was named after a valley in a range of mountains and one of them was called Nkokonjeru and that’s where the name of the Lodge has come from. It was The Rippon Falls Lodge of Jinja No. 6221 which initiated the consecration of our old Lodge.
This Lodge used to meet in a primary school hall until they built a Masonic Temple in 1968. This, however, did not last for very long, soon after Idi Amin came to power, when the country was thrown into chaos. In 1971 when there was a rehearsal meeting in progress going on in the Temple, the soldiers raided the Temple, looted at the place and confiscated all Lodge regalia, records and furniture and a year later all Ugandan Asians were expelled from the county.
In 1987, many of these Asians now settled in the UK decided to re group the Nkokonjeru Lodge and the same was done in 1988 with the help of Boston Manor Lodge No. 7157 – the new Nkokonjeru Lodge No. 9284 was consecrated and now happily meets at the Harrow District Masonic Centre.
The new Lodge has 65 members from all walks of life but substantially from the business and professional communities. You name a profession, we have it.
It is one of the most active Lodges in the Province of Middlesex.
For more information on our Lodge please contact W.Bro Mahesh Gandhi under contacts
The Nkokonjeru Masters Cup is a competitive golf tournament organised by the members of the Nkokonjeru Lodge No. 9284 in the Province of Middlesex on behalf of the reigning Master of the Lodge for his chosen charity and other worthy causes.
This is a different golf day than any other. We do not raise money from the participant golfers but rely on sponsorships from corporations who would prefer to network with our golfing friends and guests. For the first three years, the event was heavily subsidised by our sponsors and in 2008, the event remained subsidised although by a small amount.
The event is full of fun and very competitive. There are no raffles or auctions and we propose to keep it this way leaving the players with enough time to enjoy the champagne reception and the full hospitality of our Lodge.
The Masters Cup was launched in 2005 by the reigning Master of the Lodge by W.Bro Ashok Bhardwaj with 77 players at Batchworth Park golf Club, with a few more turning up in the evening for dinner with Barclays Bank treating everyone to the first drink.
The event was repeated in 2006 at the request of W. Bro Kanti Mistry reigning Master with nearly 100 golfers and 120 in total for dinner. The Golf Club could not take more diners due to lack of space.
In 2007, W. Bro Anup Shah as Master of the Lodge formally approved The Nkokonjeru Masters Cup as a Lodge event with the full backing of all the members of the Lodge with a committee having the power to take decisions.
In 2007, the Masters Cup attracted 288 golfers and the golfers were spread over four different courses with a joint reception at Venue 5 in Eastcote which was attended by well over 350 people, occupying the entire building from the forecourt to the beer garden with great success. The Nkokonjeru Masters Cup 2007 was the largest single golfing event of its kind in the UK.
In 2008, the committee decided to move to Foxhills, a more prestigious single venue and also reduced the numbers to 188 with a total for dinner of 200. According to the golfers and dinner guests, this was the most impressive of all – well organised, very enjoyable, champagne reception on the balcony of the 19th Hole with a Steel Band followed by a silver service dinner.
2008 will also be remembered as Barclays took pride in sponsoring our event for a large sum and our Chief Guest was District Grand Master W. Bro Virendra Talwar of East Africa who especially travelled to attend our event. We are indebted to him.
In 2009 the event was repeated with 204 golfers and another 22 guests in the evening for dinner. Amongst the golfers and guests included the major indusrialists and professionals and scratch players.
Many golfers have praised as this is being the Mother of all Events for amateurs golfers. From a Masonic point of view it was another successful year behind us. Our Chief Guest was Assistant Provincial Grand Master W.Bro Terry Baker who praised our success.
History of Nkokonjeru Lodge
The first Nkokonjeru Lodge No. 7631 was consecrated in 1959 in a small town called Mbale in Uganda. This town was named after a valley in a range of mountains and one of them was called Nkokonjeru and that’s where the name of the Lodge has come from. It was The Rippon Falls Lodge of Jinja No. 6221 which initiated the consecration of our old Lodge.
This Lodge used to meet in a primary school hall until they built a Masonic Temple in 1968. This, however, did not last for very long, soon after Idi Amin came to power, when the country was thrown into chaos. In 1971 when there was a rehearsal meeting in progress going on in the Temple, the soldiers raided the Temple, looted at the place and confiscated all Lodge regalia, records and furniture and a year later all Ugandan Asians were expelled from the county.
In 1987, many of these Asians now settled in the UK decided to re group the Nkokonjeru Lodge and the same was done in 1988 with the help of Boston Manor Lodge No. 7157 – the new Nkokonjeru Lodge No. 9284 was consecrated and now happily meets at the Harrow District Masonic Centre.
The new Lodge has 65 members from all walks of life but substantially from the business and professional communities. You name a profession, we have it.
It is one of the most active Lodges in the Province of Middlesex.
For more information on our Lodge please contact W.Bro Mahesh Gandhi under contacts
Total number of players : 574
