Lady Captains Report

June 2023  

The weather has been glorious with many days of sunshine and blue skies.It has been wonderful weather for golf and our courses are in excellent condition.

The Captain's Charity Day was very successful raising a subsyantialamoumt for Bowel Cancer thanks to the generosity of the members. My thanks go Rob and Debbie Satchel for all their hard work before, on the day and afterwards. I would also like to thank Penny Rowland, Rena Jones and Denise Cooper for their help and support. Julie for sorting out a golf problem. There were many others who contributed to make the day a success with help, raffle prizes and support, so my thanks go to everyone.

There have been external competitions this month  with some great scores to take players through to the next stages. We wish all our ladies good luck when they play.

Congratulations to all the Pearson Team and Rena Jones for reaching the Kent Finals Day at Sittingbourne. Although we lost in the morning Semi Final to Nizels the team had a great day, and our best result for many years. Good luck next year!

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 PEARSON TROPHY 

I’M ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED TO REPORT THAT OUR TEAM IS THROUGH TO THIS YEARS SEMI FINAL/ FINALS DAY TO BE HELD AT SITTINGBOURNE GOLF CLUB ON THURSDAY 16TH JUNE.

WE LOST OUR MATCH TODAY AT MID KENT, BUT WE HAD A GREAT WIN AT WEST MALLING EARLIER THIS MONTH, SO WE WON ON POINTS🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

COME ON WEST MALLING 

Bletchingley Away Day

We had a great day away, beautiful weather, a lovely course and a tasty meal to finish it.

The club made us very welcome taking care of us all day. The setting and clubhouse were well set up for an away day. A coffee hut close to the first, a patio overlooking 18th after play and the dining room nearby. 

The course was lovely though a bit long and the second nine my favoirite with lots of pretty holes. The 19th was especially welcome on a warm day!

There were a mix of scores. Congrats to all the winners!

1st Place Lesley Shott, Jacqueline Hunt &Helen Custy  81points

2nd Place Sue Stickland, Gill Newson & Eileen Tuson

3rd Place Debbie Tennanr, Sally Payne & Pat West.

Nearest the Pin Julie Harris

Thank you everyone for making it a lovely day.

Judith Parkhurst

Tappin Trophy

The team played really well today and won 3 nil.Congratulations everyone!!!

Bletchingley Draw and Tee Timed

10:58 Lorraine Cox

           Judith Parkhurst

           Jeannette Johnson

11:04  Jane Woodward

             Jill Leech

              Debbie Satchell

11:10   Helen Stuart

             Carol Martin

              Molly Ball

11:16    Sue Stickland

              Gill Newson

              Eileen Tuson

11:22     Lesley Shott

              Jacqueline Hunt

               Helen Custy

11:28     Debbie Tennant

               Sally Payne

               Pat West

11:34     Anne Smart

               Sadie Millgate

               Margaret Barnard

11:40     Kim Wellman

               Carol Eldridge

               Pat Keech

11:46      Caroline Harrison

                Rena Jones

                Penny Rowland

11:52      Julie Harris

                Stella Pitt

                Cathie Smith

Bletchingley Captain's Away

Bletchingley Away Day 

Tuesday 17th May

Information

The format format for the day is teams of 3 with 2 stableford scores counting on each hole.The teams have been drawn with a high, medium and low handicapper.The handicap will be 85% of your Playing Handicap at Bletchingley. The slope rating is 132.

There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd teams and a nearest the pin.

There is tea/coffee and biscuits on arrival and a meal of scampi, chips and salad with tartar sauce. 

Bletchingley is situated near Godstone close to Junction 6 of the M25. The club entrance is at the start of the small village and a sharp turn, so drive slowly.

The cost of the day is £44. Please pay by bank transfer if possible or cash if not. Please contact me for pay details. If you need a buggy, please contact Bletchingley GC on 01883 744848. 

Cecil Leitch Sunday 8thbMay

It was a beautiful day for golf with blue sky and sumshine. We hadva small field but a lovely atmosphere for the competition. There were some good scores whilst some of us struggled!

The winners were:

 Anne Smart    37 pts.

Ghislane Lloyd 36 pts

Lorraine Cox     36 pts ocb

Anne will go onto play in the finals day at Canterbury. Well done Anne and good luck at Canterbury.

We raised £45 towards the Kent Playing Schools Association.

Judith 

Quiz Night

The quiz night on Friday 6th May was good fun as ever. It was lovely to see so many tables and people joining in. There were some new categories which caused a lot of head scratching and furrowed brows, but also many laughs at our answers.

My thanks go to Jeanntte Johnson our quiz master for all her hard work, on the night and in  preparation. Thanks to to Helen Stuart her able assistant.

Thanks to to Debbie and Rob Satchell for the prizes and help in orgsnising the evening. Thank you to all those attending and those who generously donated raffle prizes.We raised £230 towards our Charity.

All the best

Judith

Mixed Away Day

The Mixed Away Day at Boughton was enjoyable day  so thanks to everyone who helped to organise. Its great to have so many people joining in to help the day go smoothly. The score results were good with lots of high scores. The lunch was tasty as ever and the deserts went down very quickly with extras for some. Rob did a great job of announcing results and trying out a new game to raise funds for our Bowel Cancer Charity. Thank you everyone for your generous donations.

The full results are displayed on the board in the corridor outside the men's changing rooms.

1st Peter &Jacqueline Hunt  47 pts ocb

2nd Robert &Debbie Satchell 47 pts

3rd Albert Mantiziba & Anne Smart 44 pts

Thank you to everyone who joined in the day.

Judith Parlhurst

 PEARSON TROPHY

OUR TEAM IS THROUGH TO THE KNOCKOUT STAGE, WE HAVE TWO MATCHES TO PLAY!

WE ARE PLAYING MID KENT HOME AND AWAY,  ANY SUPPORT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED 

FIRST MATCH IS TUESDAY 10TH MAY AT WEST MALLING, THEN

WEDNESDAY 25TH MAY AT MID KENT

COME ON WEST MALLING

 RULES EVENT TO BE HELD AT WM ON TUESDAY 14TH JUNE, 2.30 FOR A 3PM START.

THERE WILL BE A TALK AND A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION.

TEA/COFFEE AND CAKE AT A COST OF £4.60 PER PERSON (THIS MAY BE COVERED BY THE  LADIES SECTION DEPENDING ON NUMBERS)

PLEASE MSG RENA JONES TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE

Lady Captain's Away Day

There is a golf away day on Tuesday 17th May at Bletchingley Golf Club near Redhill. There will be tea/coffee and biscuits on arrival and a meal after play.The meal is Scampi and chips with salad and tartar sauce. All for £44.

It will be a team drawn team comp and a nearest the pin so everyone has a chance of winning. There will be prizes and goodie bags for everyone.

It would be great to see lots of ladies coming along!

Judith

Quiz Night

There is a quiz night on Friday 6th May at West Malling Golf Club 7 pm for 7:30. Tables of 6. £8.50 per person including Sausage and chips. Raffle and Prizes. Book your table at the office. All proceeds to the Captains' Charity.

Book your table and have a fun night!

Judith

Mixed Away Day

The meal at Boughton will be chicken with all the trimmings and Eton Mess for desert. If anyone has any dietry needs please let me know. 

Judith Parkhurst

Quiz Night Friday 6th May

There will be a Quiz Night at the club on Friday 6th May. Bookings for tables can be made at the club office. Teams are of 6 people with tickets at £8.50 each, including Sausage and chips. It is in aid of the Captaim"s Charity. Please arrive at 7 for 7:30 pm. It would be great to see lots of you there ready to join in the fun .

Judith Parkhurst

Cecil Leitch Competition

We have decided to cancel the Cecil Leitch Competition on Sunday 17th April as there were only 7 entries. It has been changed to Sunday 8th May. I hope more ladies are able to join in on this date.

Judith

Elizabeth Budd

Time	Player	Player	Player
10:04	Lydia Doherty (12.4)	Deborah Tennant (13.1)	Jane Woodward (13.7)
10:12	Julie Harris (14.6)	Donna Chuter (15.7)	Kim Wellman (17.2)
10:20	Sue Stickland (18.0)	Georgina Venus (19.2)	Anne Smart (20.1)
10:28	Gina McIntosh (20.3)	Caroline Harrison (20.7)	Sue Gofton (21.3)
10:36	Sara Burbridge (21.7)	Judith Parkhurst (22.6)	Gill Newson (22.7)
10:44	Rena Jones (22.8) Can the first group move the blocks to the plates please.

Mixed Awayday – Save the date

The Mixed Awayday at Boughton Golf Club, nr Canterbury, is booked for Monday, 2 May.  Don’t forget to put this in your diary. 

Sign up is open online now, but keep an eye open for more details which should be available soon.

Competions Reminder

The summer is fast approaching with lots of golf competitions to enter and enjoy.

Please remember to sign.up for the Spring Meeting which is on Tuesday 29th March. We have missed this for last 2 years so I hope lots of you will join in and share a meal afterwards. You can sign up on IG or ask the office for help.

The matchplay competitions Shekylls, Mc Kean and Kip Pullen will start on 1st April so please sign up quickly to enter.

I hope to see lots of you enjoying golf and entering lots of competitions!

All the best

Judith Parkhurst

 VETS V LADIES MATCH, THURSDAY 3RD MARCH

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CHANGE OF CLOTHES FOR LUNCH OPTIONAL 

Summer Knock Out Competitions

 Following some wise advice from Julie Harris all the knockout competitions are open for sign up today, I have also brought the date it closes forward and it will now close on Sunday 27th March, to allow time to organise the games in the first round. Please let others know if they are unlikely to read this blog or the girlie golf app.

Valentines comp

All okay for competition today.

Judith

Valentines Competition

Please remember there are no booked tee times on a Saturday morning and we will need to que up. Please come in plenty of time.

The weather forecast is not good for later in the morning so we may make the competition a 9 or 12 hole to help us stay dry.

Lastly lets hope the course is open after today.

See you all in the moning🤞

Last chance to sign in for Kent competitions

 

Don't forget to enter women's knockouts! Entries close on 14 February  and we cannot accept any late entries ⛳

Women’s Individual Knockout

Three Feathers Gold Division (Women) - https://www.kentgolf.org/competition.php?compid=1212

Three Feathers Silver Division (Women) - https://www.kentgolf.org/competition.php?compid=1213

Three Feathers Bronze Division (Women) - https://www.kentgolf.org/competition.php?compid=1214

Women’s Club Knockouts (Pairs & Teams)

Holland Trophy (Women) - https://www.kentgolf.org/competition.php?compid=1215

Coombe Cup (Senior Women) - https://www.kentgolf.org/competition.php?compid=1216

Tappin Trophy (Women) - https://www.kentgolf.org/competition.php?compid=1269

Bradley Cook (Women) - https://www.kentgolf.org/competition.php?compid=1258

Lohan Trophy (Women/Junior Girls)

https://www.kentgolf.org/competition.php?compid=1267

Mixed Club Knockout

Captains Cup (Men/Women) - https://www.kentgolf.org/competition.php?compid=1270

#golfcompetition #womensgolf #golfknockout #KentGolf#

Daily Mail Foursomes, urgent response required

Ladies

I have been contacted by the Daily Mail regarding The Women’s Daily Mail Foursomes (this is a Foursomes competition which means that ladies will play alternate shots, alternating tee shots). It would seem that despite not holding a qualifying round we are able to enter a pair for the knockout rounds this year. 

We have been drawn with home advantage against Wrotham Heath for the first round. Unfortunately the pair of ladies who will represent West Malling will have to make contact with Wrotham Heath on or before Friday 11th February in order to retain home advantage and the match will have to be played by Sunday 20th March 2022. 

This of course means that we cannot organise any kind of qualifying game in time decide who will represent West Malling. Therefore we are going to ask any pair of ladies who would like to take this opportunity to contact me by text on 07793 653381 by 14.00 hours on Tuesday 8th February at the latest and a pair will be drawn at the club on Tuesday afternoon to go forward. The final this year will be held  between 2^nd-4^th October 2022 at Marriott St Pierre, Chepstow so please only put yourselves forward if you can make both the initial deadline and this date as once a pair is entered there cannot be any substitutions. 

Whilst this is not an ideal situation, we would like a pair from West Malling to have this opportunity so please put yourselves forward if you would like to take part. I will give the pair who are picked all the information required by Tuesday evening. 

Debbie Satchell

Ladies Competition Secretary  

Prostate Cancer Charity

 Good evening ladies, on Saturday 29th January at 3 o’clock Bill and I will be presenting the cheque of £16,441.57 to the Prostate Cancer Support Association Kent. It would be lovely to see as many ladies there as possible as without your support we would never have been able to raise these monies. I believe that photos will be taken, if possible could you wear WM purple jumpers. Looking forward to seeing you.

Carol,  Past Lady Captain 

Helen Dingle

Sadly, our friend and a long term member Helen Dingle has died this week.Helen was a delightful lady, gentle, kind and friendly. We all have good memories and stories to share. She had been unwell for sometime and in care near Gravesend.I will put the date and time of her funeral on the blog as soon as possible incase you wish to attend.

Our sympathies go to her family and other friends at this sad time. 

 Good evening ladies and a very happy New Year to you all.

I just wanted to ensure that you are aware that online signup is now activated and there are quite a few competitions that you can enter by yourself, as a pair or even mixed during the course of the year . As long as you have an active handicap and a CDH number you will be eligible -can I encourage you to have a look and have a go !

It’s a great way to play new courses at discounted rates and meet new people.

The three feathers competition is always popular and this goes into various categories relevant to your handicap.
It would be really nice if the West Malling ladies could really get behind these competitions as there are particular clubs in Kent that seem to dominate (not that I’m competitive ) and we are all very capable of winning this it’s how you play on the day.

Go get em ladies !
Warm regards
Sue gofton
Kent Rep
07803050645

https://www.kentgolf.org/kent_women