What mixed weather we are having!
I have been fortunate enough over the past month to have a
couple of mini breaks. A few days in
Bermuda playing golf with my husband Colin, although we took the thunder and
lightning with us! – Yes I won!!!
On my return, I was invited to join in the Past Lady
Captain's competition as Lady Captain, held on the 22nd of last month. Thank you Jane Woodward for organising such a
fun event. All Past Lady Captains had a
caddie each – the laughter started very early on in my 4 ball. My poor Caddie Pauline Steeden, thank you for
your patience. Having to deal with a
left handed player, with no logical housekeeping of clubs in my bag which meant Pauline had to borrow our playing
partner Jane’s ‘short’ clubs when having to take her shots. This made the task completely confusing for
the first few holes.
Well Done Past Lady Captain – Molly Ball and Caddie Debbie
Tenant winning the day.
The West Malling Masters took place the following weekend
and well done to all the ladies that took part especially all those who got
caught in the rain and thunder. I didn’t
make the cut – but I was there to see you come in and congratulations to Julie
Harris for a nearest the pin on the Hurricane and to Jill Gambling coming 4th
overall on the final day – fabulous result from our ladies section.
Thank you ladies who turned up for the ‘Meet and Greet’ on Saturday the 2nd and thank you Gill Newson
for stepping in and organising this event.
We will continue to try to encourage new ladies to join us.
Working around the Ladies Calendar I managed to fit in a
short trip to Portugal with 12 girlfriends.
We stayed in a villa backing onto a golf course. None of the girls played!!! Torture!!
Whilst I was away, my husband Colin organised a 72 hole golf
challenge in aid of this years chosen charity Spadework. Colin and 5 other members of the Breakfast Club
Society took part and have raised over a staggering £10,500.00 including gift
aid!!!
Such a substantial amount of money – well done Matt
Woodhams, Eric Doherty, Steve Mckintosh, Paul Hurd, Nathan and Colin
Kiddie. Malcolm and I would like to
extend our thanks to all friends, family, colleagues and neighbours who
supported the challenge as we are both completely overwhelmed with the amount you
have raised.
You still have time to Sponsor: Virgin Giving – Spadework –
72 hole golf challenge
Ladies Invitation Day last Tuesday was a new event last
year. It gives the ladies of West
Malling the opportunity to host a day for friends from other clubs. Personally I think the course is looking in
great condition and it was lovely to hear our guests thought the same.
We had a combined team competition – double points with the
pink ball. Congratulations to Shirley
Miller and guest Dawn. Paired with Jill
Harman and her guest Jean – a very impressive 62 points.
2nd Place went to last years champions Jill
Gambling and her partner Sandy on count back to 1st place Shirley
Miller and her partner Dawn – both pairs scoring 40 points.
Thank you West Malling ladies for inviting friends, to what
I consider a to be a great social day.
Forthcoming Events
Coming up this Friday is a new event ‘Captains 9 and Dine’. Malcolm and I will host 23 golfers for 9 holes followed by a presentation with
Fish and Chips at the Duke of Wellington Ryarsh.
Sunday 10th July is Club Captain's Day – one of
the big events of the year and we have a great turn out of 30 ladies. I am looking forward to seeing you all there
and making sure all your needs will be catered for – my 10 year old nephew
Louis will be helping Malcolm in a buggy – not sure who will have the most
amount of fun!
By special request from the swinging 60’s we have put two more
9 hole competitions in the calendar – Thursday 4th August and
Thursday 15th September.
Happy Golfing Ladies
Lisa Kiddie
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