If anyone is interested we have been invited to a "Ladies Golf Fashion Show" at the Weald of Kent Golf Club. On Thursday the 10th April 19.00 for 19.30. More details and poster on the ladies notice board.

Lady Captain's Report

Well what a difference in the weather as I write this report the sun is shining and no rain forecast. Golf now is beginning to pick up and the courses starting to dry out. Even getting a bit of roll on the ball. The Valentine fun comp as mentioned in the last report was eventually played a week later and many thanks to everyone who took part. I managed to raise £72 for my charity. The Cecil Leitch 5 club was played over the Tuesday and Saturday with out any delays and 35 ladies took part. Many thanks to all the Ladies that supported this competition . The winner of this event goes thought to the final later on in the year and represents the club. This year the final is at Parkwood and for the second year running the winner is Debbie Conder. Debbie won with 32pts on count back from Helen Venis and Leslie Shott.

This year my Vice captain Georgina has set me a series of challenges (please see the notice board for details) The first challenge was to climb the O2 dome and yesterday (Sunday 9^th march) I along with 8 other ladies (and Lee Venus) set out to complete this task. After playing 18 holes of golf we all set of for Greenwich. Georgina had organised the weather and the sun was shining. We had our obligatory health and safety briefing and proceeded to harness up in readiness. By this stage there were a few worried faces. Joe our guide set us on our way and before we knew it we had completed the ascent. What amazing views from the top with the sun just setting over the London Skyline. There were a lot of photo’s being taken and we hope to have some on the blog very soon. The decent was a little more nerve wracking but we all got down in one piece. My BIG thanks to Georgina for organising this challenge and to the other Ladies a BIG well done for completing it. I have to single out two ladies that overcame there fear of heights in order to support me on the day. To Caroline and Gill you were truly awesome. Very well done to you both, we are all so proud of you. Bring on the next challenge. Just before we completed this challenge we sent round the charity box at the golf club and I have to say the men were most generous in their donations. Many thanks guys. I will let you know how much money we raised.

Looking ahead in March we have the first of two Ladies v Vet matches. Come on Ladies we need to defend our title, also at the end of the month the Coronation 4 some’s. We have our first mixed comp early in April. This replaces the Douglas Bader charity event that this year is not being staged. Please sign up if you would like to take part. We can even find you a man!!

We are continually adding to the blog and more and more information is available on it. Please if you haven’t been able to access this yet, speak with a member of the committee. The information boards will still be updated as normal.

Let’s hope the sun continues to shine and we can start to enjoy and play some great golf.

 

Best Wishes Jane.

Lady Captain 2014.

Blog Details : www.wmladiessection.blogspot.co.uk

Bradley Cook Matches

Home match v Mid Kent confirmed as Sunday 30 March.  First tee time 11:08 on Spitfire with sandwiches and tea/coffee afterwards.
Team:
Sue
Jane
Lydia
Helen
Donna
Reserve: Jill

Let's hope the weather has improved by then!

Match away to Mid Kent confirmed as Sunday 18 May first tee 11:30.
Team:
Lindsay
Sue
Jane
Lydia
Helen
Reserve: Donna

Home match v Redlibbets Sunday 25 May, first tee 11:08
Team:
Lindsay
Sue
Jane
Lydia
Helen
Reserve: Donna

Match away to Redlibbets confirmed as Sunday 1 June first tee 12:00
Team:
Lindsay
Sue
Jane (not definite)
Lydia
Helen
Reserves: Donna, Jill

Good luck to everyone, let's enjoy all our matches and have fun!

Valentines Fun Competition

Ladies Section – West Malling Golf Club

 

As you may be aware the Valentines Fun Competition on Tuesday 11th Feb had to be postponed due to the horrible weather conditions. It will now take place on Tuesday 18th February. Fingers crossed the rain will have stopped by then! The format, draw and times for both the Saturday 15th Feb and Tuesday 18th competition are below:

Format: 3 Ball – 2 scores count on par 4’s & 5’s & 3 scores on par 3’s

Tuesday 18^nd February and Saturday 15^th February (if course open if not 22^nd February.

Course Tuesday - Hurricane.

Saturday course decide on day.

Tee Times Draw Tuesday See Below.

Saturday Roll up for a 9.30 Start.

Entry Fee: £6.00 per team (£2.00 per person) 

This is a fund raising event for my charity ‘The mid Kent Breast Cancer Research Appeal’. All monies will go to the charity. Prizes will be awarded on both days.

Tuesday 18^th February 2014 Draw.

9.00 Sue, Jeanette, Helen S

9.08 Rena, Stella, Helen V.

9.16 Lesley, Alison, Denise.

9.24 Belinda, Viv, Helen C

9.32 Diana, Carol E, Lindsay.

9.40 Joyce P, Eunice, Margaret B.

9.48 Del, Sue S, Helen D.

9.56 Jenny A, Carol M, Anne J.

10.04 Peggy, Jay,

Saturday 15^th or 22nd February. 

Decide course on day.

Jane, Gill, Georgina.

Helen V, Caroline, Rena.

Donna, Sara, Sadie.

If anyone else wishes to play on Saturday please let me know as soon as possible

Thanks

Jane Woodward

Lady Captain

LADY CAPTAIN'S REPORT FEBRUARY 2014.

Well this month’s report will be short and sweet (just like your Lady Captain). Well the saying goes the lull before the storm so to speak. Well unfortunately we had the storm along with the devastation it has caused to the courses. I can’t believe the damage and the loss of so many beautiful trees. I’m sure you will all join me in wishing the management all the best in the clear up operation. A lot of work has already been completed and most of the foliage from the fallen trees has been removed just leaving the trunks and larger logs to be cleared. I know a lot of support and willing help has been forthcoming from the members. Unfortunately along with the storm and continued rain the courses have been closed and just on the odd occasion open for a short time. I did manage to get out and play the spitfire last Tuesday but it was very wet in places.

My first fun competition for the year to coincide with Valentine’s Day is due to be played this Tuesday and Saturday. I’m overwhelmed by the response from the Tuesday Ladies with over 30 ladies signing up to play. Let’s just hope it goes ahead however the signs are not looking good.

Looking ahead the signup sheets are now up for the Cecil Leitch 5 Club competition and we have the Ladies v Vets match to look forward to in March. More details to follow.

Lastly the new A3 diaries are available in the changing rooms, so please encourage everyone to take a copy. As mentioned at the AGM the first copy given out was a rough guide and obviously we had to fit our dates in and around the over sections schedules, so please check your diaries for changes.

Let hope for a drier February.

Best Wishes Jane.

Lady Captain 2014.

Bradley Cook

This year the format has changed and instead of a straight knockout there is a round robin group stage.  West Malling has drawn Redlibbetts and Mid Kent in the group stage.  The winners of the group go into the knockout stages of the Bradley Cook and the runners up in the group go into the knockout stages of the Plate.
Mid Kent have a strong team and we were beaten by Redlibbetts last year in the semis of the Plate, so we have a difficult task to get through but I know everyone will give it their best.
Good Luck Ladies!
Helen x

WEST MALLING GOLF CLUB LADIES SECTION

Gill Newson & Sue Gofton – the WM twins !

Would like to you play in our belated birthday celebration

Fun competition- ‘Twin’ Peaks

Saturday 15^th March

Lady pairs- Stableford- nearest the pin- longest drive.

Tee times to be booked from 1030am

£5 entry pp – all monies raised to be shared between

The Mid Kent Breast Cancer Appeal & Sport Relief

Please sign up on sheet in the club.

Should be fun and a great way to support two worthy charities.

See you then if not before 

Gill & Sue

LADY CAPTAINS REPORT JANUARY 2014.

LADY CAPTAINS REPORT JANUARY 2014.

Well I can’t believe it’s been well over a year since Debbie stood up at the AGM and announced me as being her Vice-Captain. Where has the time gone!!! What a fantastic year Debbie has had and I only hope I can carry on the great work. Debbie has worked tirelessly for the good and benefit of the Ladies section meeting every challenge head on. With such a positive attitude and a continued smile on her face. I have to say it’s been a pleasure to have been her Vice.

As you all know the Lady Captain starts her term of office at the AGM and this year that fell on the 1^st December. After a very successful AGM we proceeded to compete in a 12 hole Texas scramble. This event was well supported and from the comments afterwards thoroughly enjoyed. I would like to thank Judith for her support in organising this event.

The first event on the calendar for the new Captain is the Ladies Christmas lunch which followed very quickly after the AGM. We started off with the 12 hole stableford competition. There were some amazing scores over the 12 holes and the winner with 25pts was Anne Jenner on c/b from Julie Harris with Caroline Harrison in third with 24pts. Well done Anne. Again expertly organised by Judith many thanks again. 48 Ladies sat down to a Christmas carvery lunch complete with all the trimmings and the obligatory Christmas cracker.  A good time was had by all. Many thanks to Kate and her team for providing the food and service on the day.

Also a big thank you to Peggy baker who kindly donated the superb table decorations they really did add a splash of colour to the proceedings. These were presented to the Ladies with birthdays close to the Christmas diner.

This brings us too New year’s day when officially the Captains have their Drive in. It was great to see such support from friends and family on the day. As we braved the weather and went outside 11 previous ladies captains were present and the obligatory photos were taken before the drive in. Everything was calm until I teed the ball up and tried to grip the club. What had happened to my hands I couldn’t stop them from shaken.  At least my drive was straight down the middle at 138 yards. Lee Venus was the lucky winner of a very nice bottle of Moet.  Back inside into the dry for the speeches. I was able to announce my Charities for the year. Which are the “Mid Kent Breast Cancer Research Appeal” and a percentage to “Help for Heroes”. It’s also an opportunity to present my Vice-Captain for the year and I am delighted to announce that Georgina Venus has agreed to take up this role, and has already come up with some challenges for fund raising. So watch out for information on the notice boards.

I would like to take a moment to thanks everyone who has so generously supported me so far. For their time, advice and donations. And especially the unsung heroes on the committee who work tirelessly behind the scenes.

Here’s to a FUN golfing 2014.

Jane.

Lady Captain 2014.

Twin peaks ladies pairs fun comp

Hi everyone - for those of you who are not aware Gill Newson and I are actually unofficially twins!!
Having celebrated our birthdays last week we thought we would kick off the new year with a ladies pair fun comp.
ALL are welcome and the format is pretty simple as follows

Sat 18th Jan
Meet 845 for 9am tee - probably the Spitfire
Longest drive
Nearest the pins
Yummy cakes on the ninth
This will be a pairs stableford comp - nice and simple. So find a partner before Saturday !!
Weather is not looking that good but would appreciate a reply either way so that we can gauge numbers!

Hopefully see you on Saturday !

Update 14/1/14
Have had really positive response with approx. 24 ladies to date. 
Gill and I will lead off at 9 and we will all have to b on the tee as we can't book that early. -sorry- you will be partnered and cards ready in the changing room.
Worse case scenario is NO golf but brekkie or at least coffee at 9 - let's hope weather improves

Ladies in the pot to date
Gill & Sue
Caroline & Debbie
Rena & Pat Donavan
Sara & Sadie
Julie Harris & Helen Venus
 Lynn Skelton
Jill n Kim
Pat West
Debbie Satchell
Georgina
Sally Payne
Diana
Carol Martin Belinda Evans
Carol Eldridge  Lisa kiddie
Donna Chuter

Update 17th Jan
well ladies both course are closed and tomorrow is looking a bit iffy to say the least. Gill and i have agreed that its highly unlikely that we will play tomorrow so we are still going to the club for breakfast at 9- please join us if you wish for various options
The golf simulator -pool-darts-or snap!!
No seriously - deffo no golf so please come along if you would like a bit of girlie time!! We hope to reschedule this fun comp later - when WMGC dries out!!






Sue & Gill x

Mixed betterball 15th December results

Well what a great time we all had yesterday at the last mixed competition for 2013. The weather just about held out for us although it was quite a grey day day and as we had a field of 24 teams the last few fourballs definitely had a struggle with the diminishing light. Everyone entered into the Xmas spirit - Jane kindly provided us with mince pies and I know quite a few people had hip flasks and "special" coffees to help them along their way. There were also quite a few Xmas jumpers on display and I must commend the Kiddies in particular on their matching "His n Her" Santa Jumpers! Anyway to the results:

1st John Harrison & Jenny Junor 41 pts
2nd Jane Woodward & Kevin McLean 40 pts
3rd Debbie Conder & Joseph McDonagh Brown 39 pts (on c/b)

NP ladies - Lorraine Twining
NP men - David Leadbetter

The nearest the pin on the 18th was arranged at the last minute so my apologies if you weren't aware (I only found out about half way round!) but it was great to have this extra incentive at the end of the round. Thank you to Joe Harris who provided the prizes for this.

Thank you to Gill for all her help with the organising - you've been a great support and I wish you well for next year. Also a huge thank you to everyone who joined in at the last minute due to people pulling out - Molly,Clive, Lisa, Colin, Pat and Joseph. Apologies and well done to Gina who had to play on her own - what a star!

Rena what ARE you doing??

Having Fun!!

Ahhhhhh!!!!

Draw - Christmas Mixed Betterball 15th Dec

                            

                

DATE:                   SUNDAY 15 DECEMBER 2013

ENTRY:                £3.00 PER PERSON

COURSE:             SPITFIRE

FORMAT:            STABLEFORD BETTERBALL

HANDICAP:        3/4

Draw

9:15 Jane Woodward & Kevin McLean

          Shirley Miller & Bob Appleby

9:24 Lynne Skelton & Gerry Miller

         Caroline Harrison & Joe Harris

9:33 Julie Harris & Pete Skelton

         Carol Eldridge & Ian Terry

9:42 Molly Ball & Ken Newson

         Jenny Junor & John Harrison

9:51 Gill Newson & David Leadbetter

         Debbie Conder & Joseph McDonagh Brown

10:00 Rena Jones & Kevin Conder

            Helen Venis & Steve Deacon

10:09 Lydia Doherty & Lew Evans

           Belinda Evans & Trevor Venis

10:18 Diana Scott & Mark Miller

            Judith Parkhurst & Eric Doherty

10:27 Carol Martin & Duncan Scott

            Sue Stickland & Peter Burbridge

10:36 Carrie Beech & Steve McIntosh

            Sara Burbridge & Andy Martin

10:45 Sally Payne & Rob Twining

           Gina Wilson & John Suttling

10:54 Lorraine Twining & Tony Hall

           Sadie Millgate & Laurie Beech

Competition Organiser: Julie Harris 07970 800 174 and Gill Newson 07891 95 95 90

Kip Pulling Summer Mixed Matchplay Results

The Kip Pulling is the summer mixed matchplay competition. This year 19 teams took part and there were some extremely well contested matches.

The winners of the trophy were Sue Stickland & Kevin McLean. The runners up were Rob & Lorraine Twining.

Congratulations to the winners Sue & Kev  who were able to put their disappointment of  being runners up the previous year behind them. A big thank you from me to everyone who took part and made this such a good competition.

Results - St Anrdews Greensomes 3rd November

It was good to see 12 teams of 4 take part especially as it was the day after the Captains Dinner Dance and I'm sure there were a few pairs feeling worse for wear. Eventually everyone got their heads around the format and a good time was had by all on what was a very fresh autumnal day fortunately without any rain. This was a team event with the pairs being drawn together. Prizes were awarded to the 1^st and 2^nd placed teams and the best pair. The results were as follows:

1^st John & Caroline Harrison, Sue Stickland and Kevin McLean      77 pts

2^nd Diana & Duncan Scott, Elaine Katter & Norman Kane                 73pts

Best Pair was awarded to Carrie & Laurie Beech with 41 pts (Caroline & John Harrison had 42 pts but were part of the winning team)

Huge thank you to Gill Newson for doing most of the preparation for today’s competition as I was on holiday leading up to the event. Also thank you Jane for her support on the day.

Draw - St Andrews Greensomes Sunday 3rd November

DATE:                       Sunday 3^rd November 2013

ENTRY:                    £6.00 per pair

COURSE:                  Spitfire

FORMAT:                 Greensome Stableford St Andrew Aggregate Score

HANDICAP:             Greensome Chart (lowest*0.6 + highest *0.4)

This is a team game consisting of 4 people. Enter as a pair but the 2 pairs that make up the team will be drawn.

Draw

9:42                 Debbie Conder& Paul Uden                  - Sara Burbridge & Peter Burbridge

9:51                 Diana & Duncan Scott                            – Elaine Katter & Norman Kane

10:00               Sue & Malcolm Gofton                           – Gina Wilson & David Leadbetter

10:09               Gill & Ken Newson                                 – Donna & Martin Chuter

10:18               Carol & Andy Martin                              – Georgina & Lee Venus

10:27               Debbie & Rob Satchell                            – Sally Payne & Mark Miller

10:36               Carrie & Laurie Beech                            – Julie & Joe Harris

10:45               Sue Stickland & Kevin McLean             – John & Caroline Harrison

10:54               Gill & Roger Harman                              – Helen & Trevor Venis

11:03               Jeanette Johnson & Eric Hucker           – Carol Eldridge & Bob Appleby

11:12               Rena Jones & Lew Evans                       – Lorraine & Rob Twining

11:21               Jean & Jeff Alback                                  – Judith Parkhurst & John Suttling

Competition Organiser: Julie Harris 07970 800 174  or Gill Newson 07891 959590

County Cards

Ladies

If you require a 'County Card' for 2014 then please put your details on the list in the Pro-Shop and pay the £3.00 fee for the card to the guys in the shop!

Remember you can get some decent discounts at certain courses using the County Card and you will also learn about some of the Open competitions that will be taking place in 2014!

Debbie

Lady Captain

Mixed Betterball Results - Sunday 20 October

Another successful mixed event with 22 couples taking part. It looked at one point as though the competition was going to be called off due to the torrential rain but as the first group stood on the tee, the sun decided to put in an appearance. Most of us managed to play the round with just the odd shower here and there throughout. My heart did go out to the last few groups who had to play the last 3 or 4 holes during a downpour although I know some members (mentioning no names) found this highly amusing! You really do have to lovethe banter on a Sunday during these competitions!! Anyway despite the weather there were some great scores in and the results were:

1st Sara & Peter Burbridge                    43 pts
2nd Georgina Venus & Steve Deacon     40pts
3rd Donna & Martin Chuter                   39pts

A huge thank you from me to everyone who turned up and played on the day. I'm sure it was very tempting to call off looking at the weather first thing Sunday morning but we only had 2 people pull out and one was because buggies were not permitted which is totally understandable.It was lovely to see Jeff Alback go out with Jean despite not being able to use a buggy and really good to see them back playing in the mixed competitions.

Results - Mixed Team 29th September

Apologies for the late posting of these results!

11 teams of 4 took part in this competition. It was lovely to see everyone playing with different people from usual and the banter both on the course and in the clubhouse afterwards was great. The result was as follows:

1^st Sally Payne, Carrie Beech, Pete Skelton and Peter Burbridge                 117 pts

2^nd Jane Woodward, Donna Chuter, Lew Evans and Steve McIntosh         110 pts

3^rd Sara Burbridge, Caroline Harrison, Gerry Miller and Ken Newson         104 pts

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone who took part. 

Julie

x

AGM Proposals & Committee Volunteers

Dear Ladies

The AGM will take place on Sunday 1st December 2013.

The proposal form has been placed in the Ladies Changing room along with the form for volunteering to be part of the Committee. Being part of the committee is a great way of learning everything that happens at the club, Ladies Section and improves your knowledge of the rules and the game itself!

The minutes of last year's meeting will be available at the beginning of November. If we have an email address then these will be emailed to you, if we do not have an email address then we will envelope the minutes and agenda and leave the envelopes in a box in the changing room so that you can collect them at your leisure.

Hope to see you on the day.

Debbie
Lady Captain

Thank you!

I just wanted to say a big thank you to those of you that managed to join me for golf, tea and cake to celebrate my birthday.
No it wasn't a birthday with an '0' on the end but I had been planning to hold a coffee morning at some stage, and thought that this was an ideal opportunity to do just that!

We managed 9 holes of golf on the Thursday as it was rather windy and chilly, however, Saturday's weather was much improved so we got a full round in.

I received some lovely birthday cards, thank you and you also managed to raise £52.00 for my charity!

Thanks again!

Debbie

Draw - Mixed Betterball Sunday 20 October

DATE:                     SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013

ENTRY:                  £3.00 PER PERSON

COURSE:               SPITFIRE

FORMAT:              STABLEFORD BETTERBALL

HANDICAP:           ¾

                  Draw

10:00                       Debbie & Kevin Conder

                                Gina Wilson & Steve McIntosh

10:09                       Helen & Trevor Venis

                                Carol Eldridge & Bob Appleby

10:18                       Julie & Joe Harris

                                Sue Stickland & Den Hughes

10:27                       Lydia & Eric Doherty

                                Gill & Ken Newson

10:36                       Sally Payne & John Suttling

                                Gill & Roger Harman

10:45                       Donna & Martin Chuter

                                Elaine Katter & Gareth Pendleton

10:54                       Molly Ball & Mark Miller

                                Lorraine & Rob Twining

11:03                       Lynne & Pete Skelton

                                Sara & Peter Burbridge

11:12                       Georgina Venus & Steve Deacon

                                Rena Jones & Paul Uden

11:21                       Carol & Andy Martin

                                Jean & Jeff Alback

11:30                       Caroline & John Harrison

                                Yvonne & Rob Gormley

11:39                       Shirley & Gerry Miller

                                Carrie & Lawrie Beech

Competition Organiser: Julie Harris 07970 800 174 or Gill Newson 07891 959590