Lifeboats competition today

Thankyou to everyone who played today.
Thankyou to everyone who made a generous contribution to the RNLI when they were unable to play in today's competition.
Thankyou to Judith for organising the competition.
Thankyou to Pat Leadbetter for stepping in at the last minute and playing in extreme temperatures!!
Thanks to you all,  we raised an impressive £210.00 for the Lifeboats!!
The two Teddy Bears were won by Lindsay Hart and Carol Eldridge with an imressive 57 points!!
We all look forward  to hearing of the Teddies exploits this year and seeing the photos.
Thank you to Gill and Julie for looking after them in 2011 and completing the Teddy passports (originally created by Carol Eldridge and her Brother) , I know it was difficult giving them up!!
It was good today, thank you everyone, you are very generous.

Lady Captains Day

What a great day today. The weather was really kind to us and everyone seemed to enjoy the day. Unfortunately no one won the "hole in one" prizes but all had great fun trying.
The results were as follows:

1st Jenny Colquhoun 36 points
2nd Rena Jones 35 points
3rd Lydia Doherty 33 points

Best Front 9: Julie Harris 19 points
Best Back 9: Julia Martin-Harper 19 points

Nearest the Pin.....
7th Carrie Beech
11th Jenny Colquhoun
16th Jane Woodward

Longest Drive: Silver Div. Helen Stuart
Longest Drive: Bronze Div. Carrie Beech

Nearest the Pin on 18th for Charity (four ball at London Club) Gill Newson

My charity challenge raised £225 today. Fantastic.

Thank you to everyone who played and helped out on the day. The ladies of West Malling Golf Club are a fantastic group of people.

Caroline xx

Pearson trophy 4 counties final

The Pearson 4 county final is on Thursday 19th July and Peggy Baker is trying to organise a minibus for any spectators that wish to go and support the team on the day. If you are interested in going please could you contact Peggy ASAP on bakers.Pr@talk talk.net as she needs to book the minibus. The minibus would be for 16 people, leaving West Malling Golf Club at 9a.m. to go to Clandon Regis Golf Club in Surrey.

Caroline xx

Lady Captain's Day Draw

Please find below the draw for Lady Captain's Day on Sunday June 24th. It will be a shotgun start at 9am on the Spitfire.

Hole	Name	H/cap	Name	H/cap	Name	H/cap	Name	H/cap
1	Jane Woodward	14	Jennie Horn	26	Carol Martin	30
2	Viv Allen	20	Ann Jenner	24	Diana Scott	33
3	Judith Parkhurst	20	Eileen Tuson	22	Denise Farley	29
4	Lydia Doherty	12	Rena Jones	21	Sue Gofton	27
5	Helen Stuart	17	Carrie Beech	24	Gill Newson	31
6	Georgina Venus	18	Elaine Katter	24	Carol Eldridge	27
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9	Lindsay Hart	19	Pam Honeybone	24	Molly Ball	28
10	Toni Twort	19	Marion Stroud	25	Pat West	28
11	Jenny Colquhoun	8	Julie Harris	24	Hazel Reucroft	30
12	Helen Venis	13	Helen Cornwell	23	Caron Chambers	32
13	Belinda Evans	21	Eunice Tasker	23	Jean Alback	31
14	Joyce Patterson	16	Peggy Baker (in buggy)	21	Jay Brooks (in buggy)	23	Margaret Barnard	31
15	Debbie Conder	15	Christine Pearce	22	Lisa Kiddie	31
16	Julia Martin-Harper	16	Sally Payne	26	Jenny Aldridge	36
17	Sharon Taylor	16	Jeanette Johnson	25	Lesley Shott	27
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Kent Pearson Trophy Winners 2012

Look what we've won!!!

We now go through to the 4 Counties Final to be played at Clandon Regis on Thursday 19th July 2012.

Mixed Yard of String Results

We had a great turnout of 26 couples for the mixed yard of string competition and fortunately the weather was also kind to us. The results were: 1st Jennie Horn and Paul Junor 51pts 2nd Jane Woodward and Rob Twining 45pts (on c/b) 3rd Jane Watkins and Paul Watkins 45pts Front 9 - Julie and Joe Harris Back 9 - Lynne and Pete Skelton Well done to everyone who took part. Don't forget the next mixed competition is the Mixed Flag on Sunday July 1st.

Tappin Trophy Match at Woodlands Manor

The Tappin Trophy team, Sharon Taylor, Kim Wellman and Margaret Barnard played at Woodlands Manor today.  Sadly, the team lost in a closely contested match 2 and 1.   Two of the games went to the 18th hole and the other to the 15th.  Everyone enjoyed their games and the course.   With hindsight, perhaps, I was rather unfair to Margaret asking her to play Woodlands Manor with its infamous Eiger holes following her recent bout of pleurisy!!  In spite of this, Margaret put up a valiant fight, only losing out on the fianl putt. Sharon maintained her unbroken record of wins and Kim shone in her first outings for West |Malling. Well done to all the team (inluding Carol Martin, currently on holiday) and thank you all for playing in the Tappin Trophy team this year.

Mixed Yard of String Draw - Sunday 10 June

MIXED GREENSOME YARD OF STRING

Date: Sunday 10th June 2012

Course: Spitfire

Format: Greensome Stableford

Handicap: Calculated from Greensomes Chart

Entry: £6.00 per pair

YARD OF STRING

One yard of string given to each pair to be used to save a shot on any part of the course, so don’t forget your scissors

09.30                       Mrs C Harrison  and Mr J Harrison

                                Ms J Horn and Mr P Junor

09.38                       Mrs C Beech and Mr L Beech

                                Mrs G Venus and Mrs L Venus

09.46                       Ms E Katter and Mr J Foy

                                Ms C Eldridge and Mr R Appleby

09.54                       Mrs L Skelton and Mr P Skelton                           

                                Ms J Woodward and Mr R Twining

                                                             

10.02                       Mrs L Morris and Mr J Morris

Mrs S Alexander and Mr P Alexander

10.10                       Mrs J Harris and Mr J Harris

                                Mrs J Watkins and Mr P Watkins

10.18                       Ms J Parkhurst and Mr A Fell                              

                                Mrs L Shott and Mr P Shott

10.26                       Ms S Payne and Mr A Hall                    

                                Mrs J Aldridge and Mr J Aldridge

10.34                       Mrs L Hart and Mr R Hart

                                Mrs G Newson and Mr K Newson                         

10.42                       Ms S Stickland and Mr A Watson

                                Ms J Johnson and Mr I Terry

10:50                       Mrs H Reucroft and Mr S Reucroft

                                Mrs P Donovan and Mr J Cross                            

10:58                       Mrs H Venis and Mr T Venis

                                Mrs R Jones and Mr L Evans

11:06                       Mrs G Harman and Mr R Harman

                                Mrs P Baker and Mr R Baker

MASTERS WEEKEND

The weekend started for me with my attendance at The Masters Dinner on Friday evening! This is the first time the Lady Captain has been invited to the dinner and it was a lovely evening. I hope the Lady Captain gets an invite again next year. I managed to encourage the previous Masters winners into a bit of support for my charity. They each contributed £10 to my challenge that a lady would finish above them all in the Masters. I am pleased to say that we won that challenge and my Charity is £90 better off! Due to some other side bets on my ability to beat Alan Wesson, which I luckily did, my charity gained a total of £130 which is lovely.

A fantastic weekend for the ladies. 20 ladies played in the Masters and by the end of Day 1 we had a lady out in each of the last groups on Sunday! Gill Newson (net 65 on the Spitfire on Saturday) and Jennie Horn (net 63 on the Hurricane on Saturday). Unfortunately a lady did not manage to win the Masters but some great golf was played. Congratulations to all the ladies who took part and especially to Jennie Horn, Jane Woodward, Julie Harris and Gill Newson for fantastic performances over the weekend.

Well done again ladies, it was a great atmosphere and fantastic to be a part of.

Caroline xx

Tappin Trophy match at Woodlands Manor

Sharon Taylor
Kim Wellman
Margaret Barnard
will play the next round of the Tappin Trophy competition at Woodlands Manor on Saturday 9th June

West Malling reach Pearson Finals

A 5 - 2 win against Sundridge Park today saw West Malling reach the Kent Pearson Finals for the second time in 3 years. With the tie level at 7 games each it came down to points and West Malling edged it 22 points to 19.

It was a fantastic team performance that won the day and congratulations go to Kelly Hanson, Debbie Conder, Caroline Harrison, Lindsay Hart, Rena Jones, Julie Harris and Carol Eldridge for a fantastic win.

We now turn our attention to Finals Day which this year is at North Foreland on Wednesday 13th June where we will play Shooters Hill in the semi-finals.

Pearson Trophy

West Malling are playing Sundridge Park in the quarter finals of this years competition on Tuesday 29th May 2012 with a 1pm start.

Please come along and support us.

Tappin Trophy

Sharon Taylor
Kim Wellman
Carol Martin
had a fantastic win at Littlestone on Sunday 6th May.
They will now play Woodlands Manor GC in the next round 

Mixed betterball results Sunday 13th May

13th may saw the second mixed competition of the year and once again we had a good turnout with 25 couples taking part. It was a very successful and enjoyable day and great to see that the weather was kind to us at last. The results were: 1st Gill Newson and Ian Terry 46 pts 2nd Julia Martin-harper and Steve Durling 42pts 3rd Carrie and Laurier Beech 40 pts

Captain vs Secretary (Saturday)

Well today was a Draw! 2.5 matches each and 7 points each! After a slight amendment to the score on Tuesday there ended up with only 3 points difference between the teams over the two days, so a very well fought battle! Thank you to everyone who took part, it was a lot of fun!! Caroline xx

Defeat for West Malling in Pearson Trophy

West Malling lost their unbeaten record In this years Pearson Trophy competition when we lost 5 - 2 at Sundridge Park today.

The first leg of this third round tie was closely contested by two evenly matched teams but wins for Lindsay Hart (4 & 3) and Carol Eldridge (3 & 2) were not enough as Sundridge Park won the 5 remaining matches taking 13 points to West Malling's 7 points.

Debbie Conder and Stella Pitt both lost 2 & 1, Rena Jones lost 2up, Kelly Hanson went down 3 & 1 whilst Debbie Tennant lost 4 & 3.

Our ladies fought valiantly but came up against a very experienced Sundridge Park team but we will look forward to the return match at West Malling on Tuesday 29th May where we will hope to take our revenge and secure our place in this years Finals Day.

Capt v Sec

Well done to Caroline for beating me yesterday. Roll on Saturday. Hope all the Ladies enjoyed themselves.

BRADLEY COOK

Well done to the ladies that played in the recent matches against West Kent in the first round of the knockout competition. After a superb 4 to 1 win at West Malling on one of the sunniest days of the year so far, we had to play the return match (after it was rearranged due to a waterlogged course) on Sunday in wind and rain. Typical English weather, unfortunately they put out the big guns and we lost 5 nil. Never mind at least we get to play in the Plate, which last year we did extremely well in by getting to the semi-finals. Come on Ladies this year the final.

Captain vs Secretary (Tuesday)

Today's Captain vs Secretary match was played and resulted in 3 games each, so we had to decide the outcome on points!! Captain won 13 points to 7!! Thank you to everyone who played today.....roll on Saturday! Caroline Xx

Mixed Competition Sun May 13th - Order of Play

The draw for the Mixed Betterball competition on Sunday 13th May has taken place and is as follows:

ENTRY: £3.00 PER PERSON

FORMAT:  BETTERBALL STABLEFORD

HANDICAP ALLOWANCE: ¾

COURSE: SPITFIRE

09.30                       Mrs D Conder and Mr. J Harrison

                                Mrs J Alback and Mr J Alback

09.38                       Mrs S Alexander and Mr P Alexander

                                Mrs P West and Mr A Farr

09.46                       Ms J Martin Harper and Mr S Durling

                                Mrs C Beech and Mr L Beech

09.54                       Mrs G Newson and Mr I Terry                               

                                Mrs S Gofton and Mr S Gofton

10.02                       Mrs J Harris and Mr K McKlean

                                Ms S Payne and Mr T Hall

10.10                       Mrs G Harman and Mr R Harman

Mrs L Twining and Mr R Twining

                               

10.18                       Mrs S Stickland and Mr M Roberts

                                Mrs H Reucroft and Mr S Reucroft

10.26                       Mrs H Venis and Mr T Venis

                                Mrs M Alexander and Mr S Alexander

10.34                       Mrs G Venus and Mr L Venus

                                Mrs C Martin and Mr A Martin

10.42                       Ms C Eldridge and Mr R Appleby

                                Ms J Woolen and Mr M Crouch              

10:50                       Mrs P Donovan and Mr J Cross

                                Mrs L Hart and Mr R Hart

10:58                       Mrs Y Gormley and Mr R Gormley

                                Mrs J Watkins and Mr Mr P Watkins

11:06                       Mrs L Doherty and Mr E Doherty                          

                                Ms J Woodward and Mr R Woodhams