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Name: HOOPER, Richard Wallace

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Birth Date: 3 Feb 1906 Hong Kong

Death Date: 21 Dec 1971 Hailsham, Sussex

First Date: 1930

Profession: Accountant

Area: Kakamega

Book Reference: Golf, Sitrep 2, Karen 50

General Information:

Altered the Brackenhurst Golf Course considerably in 1930 to produce a sporting 7 holes with A. Mann. Secretary of Brackenhurst GC 1931
Made the Brackenhurst GC course record of 62 in 1938 (SSS 67).
Entered the Kenya Amateur Golf Championship for Brackenhurst in 1932, 1934 and 1952. Winner of Horne Cup, Nyeri Club Championship in 1936/37. .......... arrived at Kakamega in 1931 and started making a proper golf course. (description pp. 119/120). First Hon. Secretary and Treasurer of Kakamega GC: in 1932. ..... He left Kakamega in 1934. .... Won the Amateur Championship four times and was runner up three times. His last win was in 1952, twenty years after his first success. He has played in 16 Championships, starting in 1931 and not missing one since. Winner of Amateur Golf Championship of EA in 1932, 1934, 1936, 1952. Runner-up in Amateur Golf Championship of EA in 1933, 1935, 1937. Won the Coronation Trophy in 1938, 1946. Runner-up in the Coronation Trophy in 1949
Karen 50 - Hon. Secretary of Karen CC in 1947
Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 801)

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