Time has whizzed by since the 30th November and becoming
lady captain and my thanks go to everyone for their support and good wishes on
the day and since and for the great turn out afterwards in the 3 ball Texas on
what turned out to be a lovely day when the sun shone.
I then had 12 days of Christmas events spaced out from
the 2nd – 14th December before going off on my annual
Christmas holiday These days were filled with 3 key events when Christmas
spirit was In abundance.
On 2nd December, the first event which I was able to
host was held. 47 brave ladies played on a very cold wet December day -
thankfully it was 12 holes and the clubhouse was a welcome retreat at the end. Some
ladies conquered the course on the day and our winners were Gina Wilson winning
her first golf trophy with Diana Scott in 2nd and Lindsay Hart in 3rd.
Well done ladies!
Russ Berryman the club captain for 2015 came along to
start the comp on the day and he showed us his sense of fun by dressing in a
santa romper suit My thanks go to Russ - and it only cost me a
pint! Lunch followed with xmas earings,
jumpers and badges being worn. More
ladies joined the lunch which brought our number to 52 and everyone took part in the my sweet tooth
quiz and the winner was a very proud Eunice and her gang of helpers who donated
the tin of roses to another worthy cause.
We were able to subsidise the lunch this year
substantially as we had some reserves in our well managed accounts so thanks go
to all the committee for 2014 and for them agreeing to ensuring we were able to
give something back to our ladies section.
I hope ladies this can continue and we will keep an eye of how this can
be done in future.
On the 4th December Lisa and I popped into say hi to our Swinging
60s ladies lunch – getting an invite was lovely and I am glad I was able to
join to see the ladies enjoy their festive meal even if I didn’t have time to stay
for long. The glass of red wine I enjoyed
certainly brightened my day along with the hunks calendar which was a very
popular secret santa present.
My husband’s favourite events during the year are the
mixed comps and the 14th December was no exception. We were drawn with a new man / lady and
attacked the spitfire best we could on a day when the frost arrived to provide
pretty views but impossible to stop the ball on the green! Gill wrote a report regarding the day and
this was posted on the blog a few days after the event. My favourite bit was the clap o meter to judge
the Christmas jumpers which were worn. There was certainly a lot of noise.
Fundraising began almost right away and pre the charity
starting I was picking up donations to get the year underway. Thank you to everyone. It is the opportunity
I really do feel extremely lucky to do.
The Diabetes Centre at Darenth Valley Hospital who look after Lee are
looking forward to meeting and joining some events at the club this year and
will be very grateful for any monies they receive. West Malling Ladies Section
will be on their literature I am sure in 2016.
The Captains drive in sweep was well supported and won
by Toni Twort who obviously had faith in me not duffing the ball off the tee on
new years day – thank you to everyone as we raised just over £120 and to Lisa for
beginning her year as our fabulous lady vice captain in a lovely way by selling
– a natural talent I am sure we will see more off!!
Sponsoring a Christmas bauble was another idea in
December and Kate enjoyed decorating the tree and the bar staff pushed the
baubles to different groups across the club to ensure the total raised was
£190. – Lisa donated the balls and had fun buying them as she really does do
Christmas unlike me – so another big thank you.
On the same theme the ladies changing room had a new
feature this year. Lesley Shott had the
idea to recognise the
generous donations from across the section instead of sending Christmas cards
and it is a tradition I am sure will continue.
Lesley gets a bottle of wine for the committee idea of the month which I have started as much to
recognise this is a team effort and to ensure the ideas keep coming.
The Drive in
on New Years Day was a crazy day. After celebrating my first new year in 20
years in the UK I had to ensure I turned up in my lady captain uniform and did
the drive in – I didn’t quite outdrive
Russ but got a respectable 171 yards on the hurricane. Support from across the
club was amazing and there was standing room only in the bar so again thank you
for coming to support this great West Malling Tradition to get 2015 off to a
great start.
My hopes for
the year is as I have said that everyone feels included and that everyone is
recognised for the work that goes into ensuring administering and running the
competitions and managing the ladies funds is done correctly and fairly.
The
committee has changed and in this, my first report of the year I introduce
everyone formally into their new role and hope that you know and appreciate the
time given up to complete these essential roles for the section.
|
Role
|
Who
|
Lady
Captain
|
Georgina Venus
|
Hon.
Secretary
|
Pat West
|
Vice
Captain
|
Lisa Kiddie
|
Kent Delegate
|
Debbie Conder
|
Hon.
Treasurer
|
Lesley Shott
|
Handicap
Secretary
|
Jane Woodward
|
Past Lady
Captain
|
Jane Woodward
|
(Ladies) Competitions
Secretary
|
Carol Eldridge
|
|
(Ladies)Comp
Sec Assist /Eclectic
|
Sue Gofton
|
(Mixed)Competitions
Secretary
|
Gill Newson
|
|
(Mixed) Comp
Sec Assist
|
Shirley Miller
|
and finally,
I wish everyone a great 2015 and look forward to inclusion and a year which
will be what we all make it
Regards g
Georgina Venus - Lady Captain 2015
