Two years later in 1966, it was decided to build a new Clubhouse. This project was initially introduced by the captain Bill Stubbles and put to the members at a special meeting on the 23rd of November 1966. Acceptance of the project was unanimous and produced a hearty round of applause! John Roe drove the development forward during his Captaincy year. In order to finance this project, a levy of £10 (equal to almost a full years subscription) was imposed on each full member, and the balance was raised from loans given by members and grants obtained. The cost of the construction of the Clubhouse, as we know it today, was £5022, and it was officially opened on the 28th of October 1967
(The Clubhouse and the 9th green)
Membership continued to grow, and improvements to the course meant that one person could no longer cover the job of Steward and GreenKeeper, and so in 1970 the job was split and a specialist greenkeeper was engaged.
(The 6th hole and a closer look of the drivable pond)
Throughout the years, Harwich and Dovercourt continued to grow as well as the surrounding villages and the population outgrew the available facilities. Accordingly, a new sewage treatment works had to be built, and the site for this was about one mile to the west of the extreme end of the course. The Main tunnel to take the sewer passed right under our car park and all along the length of the par five 3rd fairway. This was a massive civil engineering undertaking, and caused no little disruption to the course and its players. The survey for the tunnel had not shown that there were large sandstone boulders along the line of the mining. This resulted in one of the mining moles, nick named "Adrian" being diverted downwards. "Adrian" proved to be irrecoverable, and is still down there, near the third tee. Subsequently most of the mining was done by shot blasting. The work by Anglian Water was completed in the Autumn of 1996, and the course was once again restored.
(The 8th hole)
After many years of negotiations with our neighbours, in October 2001, forty acres of land were purchased. This made our boundaries unassailable, and also gave the club the opportunity to create a practice ground, to not only increase the facilities for the members, but to also be able to be used as a means of introduction to golf for those who would like to take up the game