Club Events

Club Members James Lewis and Harry Legge-Bourke are organising a special 127 Day at Penmyarth House on the Glanusk Estate, Powys, Wales. Members are asked to arrive in the afternoon/early evening when tea will be served. There will be drinks and canapés before a three-course dinner. The day will consist of four drives (possibly five!), elevenses, lunch and tea with members staying on Saturday night and leaving after breakfast on Sunday morning. All drinks are included. Total Cost Per Gun £ 1,200. There is a £150 supplement for members bringing spouses/partners/friends who are not shooting. For more information, please email membership@cavgdsclub.co.uk Cannot book online.

Barney is a club member and served in the Blues and Royals for six years. His first novel, Rain, inspired by his experiences in Afghanistan, was described by the Times as ‘the best book about the experience of soldiering since Robert Graves’ First World War classic Goodbye To All That’. The Fires of Gallipoli is a heartbreaking, sweeping portrayal of friendship and its fragility at the very limits of humanity. Edward Salter is a shy, reserved lawyer whose life is transformed by the outbreak of war in 1914. On his way to fight in the Gallipoli campaign, he befriends the charming and quietly courageous Theodore Thorne who becomes the crutch Edward relies on throughout the war. On leave, Theo invites Edward to his parents’ idyllic estate in Northamptonshire. Here Edward meets Thorne’s sister Miranda and becomes entranced by her. Edward escapes the broiling, fetid charnel-house of Gallipoli to work on the staff of Lord Kitchener, but an odd coolness has descended between him and Theo. Can their friendship survive at the end of the war when everything around them is corrupted and destroyed? ‘A fantastic writer’ Kate Saunders, THE TIMES ‘A wonderful, unsentimental novel about male friendship in wartime’ Antonia Senior, The Times

For members of our two racing syndicates. Should you wish to join the syndicate please contact the Membership Secretary

Please arrive by 1145 in order for the meeting to start at midday

Bar and Dining Room open. Only private events in the other rooms. Iced water available in the hallway!

If you would like to attend our marquee within the Royal Enclosure, please fill out the form via the QR codes below or contact the Membership Secretary who will send you the links: membership@cavgdsclub.co.uk 020 7659 0902

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This lovely annual dinner will take place in the Conservatory. During the evening you will drink a variety of Portuguese wines, which will be paired with a delicious three-course menu. You will end the dinner with a Montecristo No. 2 paired with a wonderful Croft Vintage 1975, served from a magnum. Black Tie 1930 for 2015 £130 Members £135 Guests

1230 Drinks followed by a two-course lunch. 1430 Finished. Price: £50 if you left army in last two years, £60 for all others

1800 Cash Bar. 1830 Talk followed by Q&A. Free to attend but please book. Should you wish to have supper afterwards, please email the Dining Room diningroomsupervisor@cavgdsclub.co.uk

Qualifying cadets will visit the Club for a tour and drinks. If you are around, please come and say hello

Club member Justin Packshaw will come and talk about his extraordinary venture across Antarctica. Free to attend by please book.

1200 Drinks at the Club followed by lunch at 1230. You will then be put into taxis and whisked off to the V&A for 1430.

Annual black tie dinner beautifully prepared by our Executive Chef, Paul Farmer

Head Sommelier Stefano Cucci will choose exceptional wines and the Chef will pair a first-class menu. 1930 for 2015. Black Tie. Price to follow.

More details to follow.

1830 to 2030. More details to follow.

1800 Cash Bar. 1830 Talk by Q&A. 1930ish finished. Free to attend but please book in.

Richard Hammond with be the guest speaker at the annual CGMC Dinner. 1930 for 2015. Price to be confirmed. Black tie with medals

Qualifying cadets will visit the Club for a tour and drinks. If you are around, please come and say hello.

1200 Drinks at the Club followed by lunch at 1230. You will then be put into taxis and whisked off to Tate Britain for 1430.

Our very special annual dinner where members can invite their sons and daughters but also parents, aunts or uncles, siblings and so on. 1930 for 2015. Black tie. Price to follow.

A chance for the Club to say thank you to our members. Free to attend but booking is required. 1230 for 1315

Current plans are that the Club will close at 5pm on Friday, 19 December and reopen on Monday, 5 January.