Singles Winter Matchplay

14th October 2014 to April 2015

Spitfire Course      Handicap: Full Allowance
Entry: £3

To enter
 Please Pay and Sign Entry Sheet in Office.
Closing Date 1st October 2014.

Any questions please contact Judith  on 01634 353223.

Autumn Meeting

Tuesday 16th September
Course: Hurricane (This has changed as the Spitfire is due to be hollow tined on this day.)
Format: Stableford
Lunch Menu
Chilli or Cheese Baked Potato with salad and Tea or Coffee. Cost £7:50
Anyone wishing to change choice of food please contact Judith.

Order of Play
9:00 J. Woodward, J. Parkhurst & S. Gofton
9:08 G. Venus, D. Conder & V. Allen
9:16 P. Donovan, E. Tuson & S.Pitt
9:24 J. Blackburn, C. Eldridge & H. Cornwell
9:32 J. Alback, R. Jones & L. Doherty
9:40 J. Harris, S. Stickland & M. Barnard
9:48 M. Ball, S. Payne & D. Chuter
9:56 J. Aldridge, A. Jenner, L. Kiddie & P. West
10:04 E. Tasker, P. Honeybone, D. Scott & J. Johnson

Contact: Judith 01634 353223

Archer 5 Club

Sunday 7th September
Course: Spitfire    Format: Stableford
5 Clubs including Putter.
9:29 J. Woodward, G. Wilson & E. Tuson
9:38 E. Katter, V. Allen & S. Stickland
9:47 D. Scott, R. Jones & M. Ball
9:56 H. Cornwell, H. Venis & J. Harris
10:05 J. Parkhurst, C. Eldridge & C. Harrison
10:14 M. Barnard, G. Venus & D. Conder
10:23 S. Payne, D. Chuter & S. Miller

Any questions or if you wish to play please contact Judith on
01634 353223

LADY CAPTAINS AWAY DAY.

DATE – TUESDAY 2^ND SEPTEMBER 2014.

VENUE – WEALD OF KENT GOLF CLUB.

TIME -  8.30 FOR TEA/COFFEE AND BACON ROLLS.

FORMAT – SINGLE STABLEFORD. FUN WITH A TWIST.

COST - £35.00. Pay on Day.

One Course Meal : Twice Baked Pork Belly with Black Pudding, Apple Mashed Potato, Braised Red Cabbage and Pan Juice.

Vegetarian Option: Booked for 3 people: Penne Pasta Carbonara.

Order of Play.

Jane, Viv,

Joyce P, Eunice, Dell and Eileen.

Rena, Molly, Helen V and Judy Blackburn.

Georgina, Judith, Hazel and Helen Cornwell.

Julie, Carol Eldridge, Gill  H and Stella.

Caroline, Sue Gofton, Sue Stickland and Jennie A.

Margaret B, Carol Martin, Pat West and Yvonne.

ANY QUERIES OR QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT:

 JANE ON 01732 875385 OR 07801 334219

Apologies for the lateness of the away day draw it will be posted tonight, when I return from Badminton.

Many Thanks Jane.

Joe's Charity Day 14th September.

 

 

 

We are just trying to finalise numbers for the above event. Both Men and Ladies needed to play golf. Shotgun start on the Spitfire, Carvery Lunch and FUN and Games in the afternoon. Open to all. Husbands and Wives. Non golfing family members welcome to the carvery and games.

 

If anyone would like to join in please contact me on 07801 334219 or 01732 875385.

 

FUN FUN FUN. xxx



Killick Cup win!

Helen & Trevor Venis played in the Killick Cup yesterday - a mixed team event at Langley Park - and came away with first prize!  They played with friends Gillian and Dennis Soutar from Canterbury Golf Club.  Best Lady & Best Man to score on each hole.  3 teams scored 83 but Helen & Trevor won on count back with 44 on the back 9.  Trevor & Dennis celebrated in style (so what's new?!)

Ladies
What a lovely day we had on 19 August 2014.

As vice captain the job of organising the open was bestowed upon me. A pleasure from start to finish. Thankfully it is now off my desk so I can concentrate on the 2015 calendar.

Here is a round up of what made the west malling ladies open 2014......

Getting the entries in is a moment in itself -  we aim for 32 teams and maybe we get there maybe we don't. This year we made our target even if my personal target was 25! Then come July the entries came in thick and fast and at least one team was disappointed but we hope they get their entry in on time next year!

So after the draw was distributed we concentrated on getting the day right.

Our ladies are seasoned professionals.
  At 8am - We put the gazebo up near to the 8th only to discover we were missing a roof which was found and fitted in time for the start of the day.  PHEW!!

Judith and Carol E manned the reception desk and extended a warm welcome.

Carol M sold the raffle tickets and organised the sweep table - £346 goes in the lady captains charity pot. It seemed like the prizes where spread around too.

Rena ensured support for the 2's was covered and the 3 winners were very happy with the £24 prize money.

.... and then we were out on the course.....

John A our club captain started the ladies on the first and John H started the 13th tee.
We are not sure how much flirting went on but there was much laughter. It was lucky as the wind was cold at the beginning of the day. The rain stayed away too and thankfully it warmed up a little.

We had an army of ball spotters - Gill H / Denise /Diana / Margaret /Stella /Anne J/Jennie / Debbie C/ Sue S/Helen V/ Helen C -
 Carol E, Judith & Rena even ventured out after the clubhouse was empty and spotted for a while.  Emails received since have praised you all, it is certainly a points saver having someone around. I personally would love it in a medal round!

More men also helped out too which really showed our club off - Steve Mc/ Eric /Steve D/Lee/

 Joe also drove our lady captain around for a bit.

The field moved well around the course with most ladies complaining about the 14th and by how hard our par 3s are. Scoring was as expected. The winners had a great score of 91pts and defended the title they won last year - the team who won : the three degrees from Stonelees.

Along the way Viv and Wendy ensured all our guests were given a welcome break at a very inviting halfway hut. Pimms o'clock arrived on the spitfire and continued for a few hours.

Our ladies began finishing at 130pm and the buffet opened at 2. There was much laughter and talk of the rounds had by everyone. The shop was again busy and the sale popular.
The shop with Ashley and the team did us proud again this year along with the management team at west malling ensuring our open prizes are the ones to win.
 We had some very happy ladies who hit the shop after the prize presentation and some ladies who will return to try the course out again as they won a complimentary 3ball.

Thanks to Julie for ensuring the score cards added up even if some needed recalculating to ensure everything was fair and right! There was certainly some creative accounting handed in.

And an end to a day and the open for 2014. We have received thanks for our hospitality ...
 ...and we thank everyone involved for the time and effort to make sure west malling was shown at its best.

All that remains to do is to pay the bill and give everyone involved Big pats on the back  .....it must be time for a well earned drink?  so I will sign off by saying CHEERS one and all.

Georgina

MIXED FRIENDSHIP CUP

DATE:                       SUNDAY 31^st AUGUST 2014

ENTRY:                    £6.00 PER PAIR

COURSE:                  SPITFIRE

FORMAT:                 GREENSOME STABLEFORD

HANDICAP:`            GREENSOME CHART (higher *0.4 + lower *0.6)

9:38            Jane Woodward & Roger Woodhams             

                   Helen Venis & Trevor Venis  

9:47            Finella & Martin Una

                   Jill Gambling & Eric Doherty

9:56            Caroline & John Harrison

                   Julie & Joe Harris

10:05          Gina Wilson & Steve McIntosh

                   Sally Payne & Mark Miller

10:14          Sadie & Clive Millgate

Helen & Robert Cornwell

10:23          Georgina & Lee Venus

                   Sara & Peter Burbridge

10:32          Sue Stickland & Steve Deacon

                   Rena Jones & Lew Evans

10:41          Shirley & Gerry Miller

                   Debbie & Robert Satchell

10:50          Eileen & Ken Tuson

                   Judith Parkhurst & John Suttling

10:59          Jennie & Paul Junor

                   Carol Eldridge & Bob Appleby  

                   

Competition Organiser: Julie Harris 07970 800 174  (Gill is on holiday!)

Ladies v Wednesday Boys Draw.

Wednesday 20th August. 9.30 for 10.00

Order of play.

1.    Rena and Sue S.

2.    Hazel and Judy.

3.    Margaret and Shirley.

4.     Carol E and Helen C.

5.    Carol M and Judith.

6.    Sadie and Viv.

Thanks ladies for agreeing to play and hope you have FUN.

Mixed Tunisian results!

Sunday 10^th August saw the Mixed Greensome Tunisian competition, 26 couples entered – a great turnout, what could possibly go wrong !!!. Well we started off and it was light rain, by the time the first group were at the 5^th it was pouring- then by the 8^th it was thunder and lightening.  So match abandoned.  Thank you to everyone for at least turning up and the ones that played. So we all headed for the bar, hot drinks all round and then as our VC- Georgina had got a brilliant Hole In One on the 3rd (spitfire and in her Kip Pullin Match to boot)  the drinks were on her…Great job George.

A special thank you to all of you that donated your entry fee to Jane’s charity, so generous.

The next competition is the Friendship cup and that is 31^st August and don’t forget to sign up for Joe’s Raiders 14^th September. Fun, Fun, Fun

Thanks for all the support

Gill

HELP.

Need more Ladies to take on the challenge of beating the Wednesday boys. This Wednesday 20th August. If you could help out please contact me on 07801 334219.

Cheers Jane.

Bradley Cook Semi Final 1st Leg

We went to Wrotham today for the first leg of the semi final in the Bradley Cook Plate competition.  We lost 3-2 but all the games were close.  Finella, Lindsay and Debbie narrowly lost, Sue won 1-up Helen won 2&1.
Wrotham put out a very strong team and we did amazingly well to keep it close away from home.  It augurs well for the home match - remember we are unbeaten at home this season!
A BIG thank you to all the team, but especially Finella for stepping in at the last minute and Debbie for re-arranging work to give me a full team.  I REALLY appreciate it.
Home match Tuesday 26 August first tee time 11am, so if you are around please feel free to wear your purple jumpers and support the team!!
Well Done Girls :)
Helen x
p.s. thanks to Jane for coming to support - I think she had heard there was cake on offer (it was yummy) !

Sundridge Park Ladies Open

Your Lady Captain and her team won 2nd prize at Sundridge Park Ladies Open today, congratulations Jane, Helen & Lisa.
selfie ->

and - yes - the bottles are Prosecco! Happy Days!!

Lady Captains Report August 2014.      

Well yet again another FUN packed month of golf, helped enormously by the great British summer.  Long may it continue. Last month saw yet again another two friendlies, a mixed flag, Club championship, Pro shop charity evening and the ladies challenge v the Pegasus boys. Reports from all the above can be viewed on the blog.

The Club championship is  a 36 hole medal competition played over the same weekend on both courses. This year we had the courses to ourselves which allowed us to relax and enjoy the end of the men’s competition. My thanks go to all the ladies that participated and supported this event. My congratulation go also to the prize winners and to our new ladies champion this year Donna Chuter. It’s nice to see a new name on the trophy. Well done Donna.

On the Monday night following the Club Championship the Pro shop boys ran there fun team charity event with all proceeds split between the Men’s and Ladies charities. A fun night was had by all. Great turn out from the Ladies and what a result two ladies teams walking off with first and second places.  Well done. A big thanks to Duncan and the boys for sponsoring this event. Final amount raised will be posted on the blog.

Last month was to see two of our inter club challenges being played unfortunately we had to postpone the Ladies v Wednesday boys match but that has now been moved to Wednesday the 20^th August. So I’m hoping that all the ladies that are giving up there Tuesday that week to help at the Ladies open will support this event. As ever sign-up sheets are in the usual place.

The second Ladies v Men’s challenge event verses the Pegasus boys took place last Saturday and what a great sporting event this turned out to be. As we were defending our title it was all to play for. Everybody entering into the spirit of the day and some great fun golf was played. Lots of banter, fun and laughter. Resulting in a very narrow win for the boys 5 ½ games to 4 ½ . It all game down to the last match and a valiant effort from Sally and Shirley, who’s superb putt on the 18^th resulted in the drawn match. Again a big thanks to Bob Appleby for arranging this comp and to Sally, Fenella and Martin aka Martina for standing in at the last minute.

This month we host out ladies Open and it’s our chance to welcome Ladies from other clubs to West Malling. We have had another great response this year and 31 teams will be transcending on us. A lot of hard work has already been put in to ensuring the day runs smoothly and I’m asking everyone to please support us on the day. We all benefit from this as a section. Even if you can only spare an hour or two ball spotting every little helps. Again please look at the notice boards for more details. As previously mentioned we do have the Wednesday boy’s match the next day so you won’t miss out on your golf.

As you will have noticed the work to the 1^st and 2^nd holes on the Spitfire has now commenced and all I ask is for your patience whilst this is being completed.

 

Good Luck with your golf in August.

 

Best Wishes Jane.

Lady Captain 2014.

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

Today was the day we were to thrash the Pegasus , unfortunately after a valiant effort from all the ladies involved we lost on the 18th green. Despite an amazing putt from Shirley to half the final match. Final score 5 and a half to the men and 4 and a half to the ladies. Well played to everyone. My thanks to Bob Appleby and the gents from the Pegasus for a fun filled day. Great golf and brilliant banter. Roll on next year.

Ladies Championship & Handicap Cup

Congratulations to our new Ladies Champion, Donna Chuter !
Donna had a fantastic weekend  scoring a gross 168 over the two days. I am pleased to say that she celebrated with not a few bottles of the bubbly stuff !

The runner up was Sue Stickland and in third place Sharon Taylor.
Well done ladies !

The Handicap Cup was won by Sara Burbridge who had a great weekend coming 5th in the Championship too. The other winners were Sue Gofton in second place and Jennie Junor third.

The winner from Saturday on the Hurricane was Sadie Millgate and on Sunday on the Spitfire was Elaine Katter.

Many congratulations go to all these ladies who played great golf over the weekend.

Thanks to our sponsors Stella Pitt and Lisa Kiddie for their support!

Thanks to all the ladies who played! I hope you enjoyed your weekend. 

New date for your diaries Wednesday 20th August rearrange match v the Wednesday boys. Sign up sheet in Ladies changing room.

HELP ONE OF OUR LADIES HAS AN INJURY AND I NEED A STAND IN FOR THE PEGASUS MATCH TOM. CAN ANYONE STEP IN.
PLEASE CONTACT ME ON 07801 334219.