Pearson Team through to Quarter Finals

West Malling have crossed the first hurdle in the defence of their Pearson Trophy title by coming top of their group in the qualifying rounds of this years competition.

Our defeat at Chart Hills last Thursday by 5 matches to 2 had little bearing as we had already won the group the previous week when we won 5 - 2 at a very windy St Augustine's.

In total we won 6 of our 8 matches allowing us to top the group ahead of Chart Hills and Sidcup who both won 5 matches.

We now go forward to play Shortlands in the quarter finals and the matches have been arranged as follows:

• Wednesday 8th May 2013 at Shortlands with a 2pm start
• Tuesday 28th May 2013 at West Malling with an 11am start.

The winners of this tie will go forward to Finals Day which this year is being held at Parkwood Golf Club on Wednesday 19th June 2013.

Congratulations go to all the ladies who took part in this years competition and we wish them good luck for their matches against Shortlands.

Quiz Night - Saturday 4th May!

If you haven't already purchased your tickets, they are available at the Office for tables of six at a cost of £6.00 per head which includes sausage & chips.

There will be a raffle on the night too!

Look forward to seeing you there.....................

Debbie xx

For those of you that were unable to attend the Spring Meeting I have attached the poem which I read out to the ladies on the day!

Spring Meeting

Today is the 9^th of April and we meet to tee a ball

The weather may be iffy it’s a real tough one to call

We head towards the first tee wrapped up in gloves and hats

And practice our first tee shot with our very trusty bats!

We hope to miss the bunkers as we do not like the sand

We much prefer to hit off grass with an iron in our hand

A perfect chip lands on the green and not far from the pin

So you grab your putter and punch the air as you watch your putt roll in!

The game is full of joy and pain as we near the eighteenth hole

The pond is pulling your golf ball as you’re aiming for the goal

As you tee your ball and swing your club determined for the green

You are glad you missed the water and your ball can still be seen.

The round now finished we lose our clubs and head towards the bar

With friends we chat about our golf, a birdie, bogey or par!

We wonder who scored well today and eagerly wait to hear

If isn’t us on this occasion we’ll be back again next year!

Lady Captains Report – March 2013

Spring was supposed to have ‘sprung’ on the 20^th March however the cold weather has continued at sub zero temperatures and more snow!

March started with the Cecil Leitch 5-club comp on 5^th and 9^th, Judith will update you with the result in her report.

On the 21^st March the Ladies played against the Vets and unfortunately lost the match 5/2! The day was good fun and the match played in fine sporting manner. There was the usual post match banter  that the men’s tees were only  about five yards behind ours and that a couple of men’s handicaps were somewhat ‘generous’, however  I reluctantly presented Mike Cockle (the Vets Captain) with the trophy and said that he had better make the most as we will be looking to win it back in September! 

The Coronation Foursomes was played on the 26^th and 30^th and again Judith will update you with the result in her report.

Easter was early this year and was followed by my Easter Fun Competition. The weather was extremely cold again but the sun was at least shining! Some of the ladies had put their ‘BluePeter’ hats on and produced some amazing Easter Bonnets and I have put the photographs on the Ladies blog for all to see. The winners on Tuesday were:

Joyce Paterson, Eunice Tasker and Margaret Barnard with 69 points

2^nd place was Sue Gofton, Carol Martin and Lisa Kiddie with 67 points

Judy Kaye won the prize for the best Easter Bonnet.

Saturday’s weather was much improved and reflected in the scores. Again the Easter Bonnets were great!

Winners were Molly Ball, Sandra Alexander and Lesley Shott with 82 points

2^nd Place was Pat West, Georgina Venus and Debbie Conder with 77 points

There was no individual Easter Bonnet winner, but those that had made them were awarded a pack of golf balls.

The two comps raised £90.00 for my charity so I am extremely grateful to the Ladies for taking part.

Sunday 7^th April saw the first of our Mixed Competitions for this year being the Douglas Bader. This was well represented and a great social event. I won’t give you the results as Julie Harris will cover this in her report.

I am really looking forward to the Spring Meeting tomorrow (9^th April) and to meeting up with our ladies, the results of which will be discussed at our next meeting.

Debbie Conder – Lady Captain

Easter Fun Comp - Take Two! - Saturday 6th April 2013

There were seven groups of Ladies that played in the Saturday competition. There were again some  Easter Bonnet masterpieces on show, some even managed to play in their hats for the whole round, I am amazed at your efforts Ladies!

I must admit the weather was somewhat improved by the saturday which reflected in the scores.
The winners were Sandra Alexander, Molly Ball and Lesley Shott with an amazing 82 points! Second was Pat West, Georgina Venus and yours truly with a score of 77 points!
Golf balls were awarded to the makers of the bonnets and I have attached some pictures from the day, so enjoy!

A total of £90.00 was raised over the two days, so hopefully you had fun whilst fundraising, a huge thank you to all of you.

Debbie xxxxxx

Here are Jill Gambing, Yvonne Gormley and Carol Eldridge with their beautifully designed bonnets! What a great effort ladies and well done for keeping them on for the whole of the round!

Mrs Rena Jones modelling a sun hat with a chick that looks as though it's about to lose its grip!

For those of you that cannot recognise this golfer, she is Georgina Venus and made her hat out of her Easter Egg box, peak and all!

Here we have Mrs Julie Harris with a great hat demonstrating everything that is Easter!

Finally here are our winners for the Saturday, Molly Ball, Lesley Shott and Sandra Alexander, well done Ladies!

Bader Cup Results April 2013

Well winter was caught napping so spring was able to make a surprise appearance at West Malling Golf club on Sunday 7th April -and not before time too! A large field of 32 pairs took part in this years Charity competition in aid of the Bader Foundation and it was great to see the competition so well supported. The result was as follows:

1st Julie & Joe Harris 42 pts
2nd Georgina & Lee Venus 40pts
3rd Carol Eldridge & Bob Appleby. 38 pts (on c/b)

Joe and Julie Harris will go on to the regional finals in August and if they are lucky enough to win this, they will be off to sunny Portugal. Watch this space.......!!

Easter Fun Competiton - Tuesday 2nd April 2013

What an interesting day! It was April 2nd, sunny but still so bitterly cold! I would in the first instance like to say a huge thank you to all the ladies who took part in Tuesday's competiton, you kindly raised £48.00 for my charity. Aside from this the ladies played in good spirits with their rosie red cheeks & noses!

The winners on the day were Joyce Paterson, Eunice Tasker and Margaret Barnard with a score of 69 points! Well done ladies!. In second place was Sue Gofton, Carol Martin and Lisa Kiddie with a score of 67 points. Well played and for holding onto your hats in the cold wind.

I am looking forward to playing in the competition on Saturday and hope to see some 'masterpieces' in Easter Bonnet design! Watch this space??????????

I thought I would share some of the Bonnets from Tuesday so enjoy!

Thanks again to all of you. Debbie xx

Lovely picture of Diana Scott and Jean Allback. Sorry Jean I caught you with your eyes closed! Perhaps you were dreaming of those chocolate Easter Eggs!

Here is a picci of our winning Easter Bonnet very nicely modelled by it's owner Judy Kaye, very nicely made Judy!

This Troublesome Trio, Lisa Kiddie, Carol Martin and Sue Gofton came second in the Easter Fun competition, well done Ladies! and they managed to wear their 'Easter Bonnet's for the whole round!

There was a great deal of effort made so here is a close up of the Ladies 'Beanies'!

2012/13 Winter Eclectic Competition Results

The winners of the 2012 / 13 Winter Eclectic Competition held on the Spitfire Course are:

1st - Pat Donovan - Net 61.50 points

2nd - Sue Stickland - Net 62.25 points

3rd - Jennifer Colquhoun - Net 64.00 points

A copy of the results sheet will be posted in the lady's changing room.

Please note that the entry form for the Summer Eclectic is now in the pro-shop.

Bader Cup Draw - Sunday 7th April 2013

MIXED GREENSOME - Hurricane Course

Order of Play:

8:57                 Phil Shott & Lesley Shott

                        Norman Kane & Elaine Katter

9:06                 Joe Harris & Julie Harris

                        John Harrison & Caroline Harrison

9:15                 Lew Evans & Rena Jones

                        Roger Harman & Gill Harman

9:24                 Terry Goodwin & Sally Payne

                        Andy Tapsell & Lorraine Cox

9:33                 Malcolm Roberts & Sue Stickland

                        Ken Newson & Gill Newson

9:42                 Kevin Conder & Debbie Conder

                        Bob Appleby & Carol Eldridge

9:51                 Colin Kiddie & Lisa Kiddie

                        Duncan Scott & Diana Scott

10:00               Roger Woodhams & Jane Woodward

                        Rob Twining & Lorraine Twining

10:09               Lee Venus & Georgina Venus

                        Ian Terry & Jeanette Johnson

10:18               Laurie Beech & Carrie Beech

                        Gerry Miller & Shirley Miller

10:27               Andy Martin & Carol Martin

                        Chas West & Pat West

10:36               Peter Burbridge & Sara Burbridge

                        Pete Skelton & Lynne Skelton

10:45               Steve McIntosh & Gina Wilson

                        Chris Wallace & Judith Parkhurst

10:54               Robert Gormley & Yvonne Gormley

                        Richard Hart & Lindsay Hart

11:03               Eric Doherty & Lydia Doherty

                        Trevor Venis & Helen Venis

11:12               John Suttling & Margaret Barnard

                        Tony Hall & Donna Chuter 

Mixed Betterball Results 16 December

Apologies for the late posting of these results but a hectic Christmas is my excuse – at least it’s still 2012 (just)!

Well what a beautiful crisp sunny winter’s day for our Christmas mixed Betterball competition – we couldn’t have wished for better and to think this competition was arranged last minute in place of the cancelled washed out event in November when the course had to be closed! Everyone really entered into the spirit of the day (some literally with multiple hip flasks filled with brandy and port) and there were even some festive hats and ear rings adorned by the players. And as for our lady captain Debbie Conder – I think we can all agree she makes a very cute little Elf!

The results on the day were as follows:

1^st Joe Harris and Jane Woodward  44 pts

2^nd Lee Venus and Lydia Doherty   43 pts (c/b)

3^rd Lew Evans and Brenda Wilson 43 pts

Nearest the Pin:

Ladies – Brenda Wilson

Men – Gerry Miller

I’d like to say a few thank yous - firstly to Caroline Harrison and Debbie Conder for all the support they have given me over the last year at the mixed competitions. Secondly, thanks to all the people that fill in at the last minute to make up the numbers which enables more people to join in (you know who you are!!) Finally, a huge Thank you to everyone who takes part and makes these events such good fun!! I look forward to seeing you all in 2013!!

Mixed Betterball Draw Sunday 16 Dec

           

DATE:                     SUNDAY 16 DECEMBER 2012

ENTRY:                   £4.00 PER PERSON (incl mince pies & coffee)

COURSE:               SPITFIRE

FORMAT:              STABLEFORD BETTERBALL

HANDICAP:           3/4

Draw

9:33                         Mrs D Conder & Mr J Suttling

                                Ms M Ball & Mr G Miller

9:42                         Ms S Miller & Mr J Harrison

                                Ms J Woodward & Mr J Harris

9:51                         Ms S Stickland & Mr Sam Durling

                                Mrs J Harris & Mr A Martin

10:00                       Mrs C Harrison & Mr J Durling

                                Mrs C Martin & Mr D Leadbetter

10:09                       Mrs B Wilson & Mr L. Evans

                                Mrs R Jones & Mr Steve Durling

10:18                       Mrs S Gofton & Mr K Conder

                                Ms J Martin Harper & Mr T Wilson

10:27                       Mrs L Skelton & Mr D Osbourne

                                Mrs J Johnson & Mr C Kiddie

10:36                       Mrs L Kiddie & Mr D Scott

                                Ms  J Parkhurst & Mr P Skelton

10:45                       Mrs L Doherty & Mr L Venus

                                Mrs J Colquhoun & Mr M Hoskins

10:54                       Mrs G Venus & Mr T Hall

                                Mrs P West & Mr K McKlean

11:03                       Mrs D Scott & Mr K Newson

                                Mrs S Payne & Mr E Doherty

                                               

11:12                       Mrs T Twort & Mr C West

                                Mrs G Newson & Mr T Goodwin

For the enjoyment of all other players, please ensure you keep up with the group in front and pick up if you can’t score - we don’t want to be finishing the competition in the dark!!

Competition Organiser: Julie Harris 07970 800 174

Ladies Christmas Lunch!! 4th December

Oh Ladies, What a day!!

For starters to have so many ladies attend this event was fantastic - 58 in all!

We played our twelve holes of golf with various santa hats, sparkling earrings and whatever else we could find that was Christmassy. What great spirits you all are.

Following the golf  & having changed into our 'glad rags' we headed for the lounge for a little tipple and some Christmas fun.

With the raffle and the 'Guess how many Items in a Jar' we managed to raise £277.00 for my charity so thank you sooooooo very much for your kindness.

More tipples later Judith & I presented the successful ladies who had won the various trophies since Lady Captains day, well done to all the winners and long may your successes continue!
The day was won by Sue Stickland with a grand 29 points, runner up was Debbie Tennant with 24 points and in third place was Brenda Wilson with 23 points. Nearest the pin was won by Sue Gofton and the Longest Drive was awarded to Lydia Doherty - Well done to all of you.

The afternoon was great fun and I cannot believe how much noise we make, but we certainly made ourselves heard!

I finally left the Golf Club at 8:30 pm and as you can imagine had kicked my shoes off by then. My Vice Captain Jane was a little worse for wear but was a great support on the day! Our Past Lady Captain Caroline, after having an extremely successful year was winding down, a good day was had by all!

I hope you all enjoyed yourselves and I am really looking forward to sharing some other great days with all of you, the Ladies Section is truly amazing, so thank you for making it a memorable day.

I hope some of you can make it for my 'Drive In' on New Years Day as I will need all the support I can get but if not Merry Christmas & Happy New Year and Happy Golfing in 2013.

Debbie xxxxx

Mixed Betterball Draw Nov 4th

MIXED BETTERBALL

DATE:                   SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012

ENTRY:                £3.00 PER PERSON

COURSE:             SPITFIRE

FORMAT:            STABLEFORD BETTERBALL

HANDICAP:        3/4

Draw

9:45        Mrs C Harrison & Mr J Suttling

                Ms M Ball & Mr K Conder

9:54        Ms K Wellman & Mr J Harrison

                Ms J Woodward & Mr J Harris

10:02     Ms J Gambling & Mr Sam Durling

                Mrs J Harris & Mr A Martin

10:10     Mrs D Conder & Mr J Durling

                Mrs C Martin & Mr D Leadbetter

10:18     Mrs B Wilson & Mr L. Evans

                Mrs R Jones & Mr Steve Durling

10:26     Mrs S Gofton & Mr R Appleby

                Ms J Martin Harper & Mr T Wilson

10:34     Mrs C Eldridge & Mr C Wallace

                Mrs S Miller & Mr C Kiddie

10:42     Mrs L Kiddie & Mr D Scott

                Ms  J Parkhurst & Mr G Miller

10:50     Mrs D Scott & Mr K Newson

                Mrs S Payne & Mr G Norrington

                                               

10:58     Mrs T Twort & Mr T Venis

                Mrs G Newson & Mr T Goodwin

Competition Organiser: Julie Harris 07970 800 174

Mixed Betterball Results Oct 21st

26 couples took part in the mixed competition on Sunday 21st October. The early starters definitely had the best of the weather whereas the last players out had to put up with the miserable rain. Despite this it was a great turnout and a good day was had by all. The results were as follows:

1st Lynne and Pete Skelton 43 pts
2nd Rena Jones  & Lew Evans 39 pts
3rd Lisa Kiddie & Steve Wright 37 pts

Front 9 - Caroline & John Harrison 19 pts (on c/b with 6 couples!)
Back 9 - Kim Wollen & Kevin Swaisland 20pts

We were also very lucky to have Lawrence Dallaglio with us courtesy of the Skeltons- well Ok it was only a life size cardboard cut out of him but he still looked great!

Well done to all the winners and I look forward to seeing you all at the next mixed on November 4th

Charity Challenge - Saturday 20th October 2012

Today we had our Charity Challenge Match..this was a match between the Club Captain, Chris Wallace and his Vice Captain, Goff Norrington vs myself (Lady Captain) and Debbie Conder (Lady Vice Captain)...

It was a great battle...The handicaps were well balanced resulting in Debbie, Goff and I all getting 2 shots....Following a lot of ridicule on the 1st Tee from the "Merlins" poor Chris didn't get off to a good start down the 1st hole, but came back fighting. Debbie and I went 2 down after 3 holes and were still 2 down after 7 holes....
 We battled back to "All Square" by the time we were standing on the 13th Tee....We won the 14th hole and were doing well until we got to the 15th green...Goff sank a monster sized putt for a 3 and we were then back level on the 16th tee....the 16th was not a good hole for us..we both hit the tree and walked off the green 1 down....after a tense battle we managed to halve the 17th with a par and then stood on the 18th tee needing to win the hole to square the match...and that's what we did..a 3 was good enough..thank goodness...the stress and concentration was unbelievable!
What a great match..and the end result was that we raised a fantastic £135 for each of the two charities and Graham West and Keith Root were the winners of "Guess the Score".

Caroline, Lady Captain.

QUIZ NIGHT

We held the second Quiz night of the year this Friday night, 19th October.
it was another great night..90 people took part and we all had fun.
We raised £440 for my charity, Teenage Cancer Trust, and as usual Jeanette and Bernie did a Great job of running the evening...thank you so much to them and to all of you who supported the evening.

Caroline, Lady Captain.

Men vs Ladies - Sunday 14th October 2012

What a great day..24 Men and 24 Ladies turned up to play in this re match....
The result was 7 games to 5 to the Men - good effort ladies. The ladies lost the last match on the 18th hole otherwise it would have been 6 games each!
Thank you to Joe Harris for organising his team again and for fining everyone in aid of my charity..
we raised £642 - absolutely fantastic.

Caroline, Lady Captain.

Mixed betterball Draw Oct 21st

DATE:                   SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER 2012

ENTRY:                 £3.00 PER PERSON

COURSE:              HURRICANE

FORMAT:             STABLEFORD BETTERBALL

HANDICAP:         3/4

Draw

9:45                         Mrs C Harrison & Mr J Harrison

                                Mrs B Wilson & Mr T Wilson

9:54                         Mrs J Aldridge & Mr J Aldridge

                                Mrs G Newson & Mr K Newson

10:02                       Mrs J Harris & Mr J Harris

                                Mrs J Parkhurst & Mr T Goodwin

10:10                       Ms C Eldridge & Mr R Appleby

                                Mrs L Skelton & Mr P Skelton

10:18                       Ms S Stickland & Mr

                                Mrs S Gofton & Mr M Gofton

10:26                       Mrs S Payne & Mr J Williams

                                Mrs J Watkins & Mr P Watkins

10:34                       Mrs J Woolen & Mr M Crouch

                                Mrs J Martin-Harper & Mr S Durling

10:42                       Mrs C Chambers & Mr C Wallace

                                Mrs L Morris & Mr J Morris

10:50                       Mrs C Martin & Mr A Martin

                                Mrs G Harman & Mr R Harman

10:58                       Mrs D Conder & Mr K Conder

                                Mrs C Beech & Mr L Beech

11:06                       Mrs K Woolen & Mr K Swaisland

                                Mrs R Jones & Mr L Evans

11:14                       Mrs L Kiddie & Mr S Wright

                                Ms J Woodward & Mr R Woodhams

11:22                       Mrs E Katter & Mr J Suttling

                                Mrs T Twort & Mr G West

Mixed Team Results

14 teams took part on the Spitfire course. The competition had a new format this year with drawn teams of 2 men and 2 ladies with 2 scores counting holes 1-6, 3 on holes 7-12 and all 4 scores on holes 13-18. We received very positive feedback with many members enjoying playing with people they hadn't played with before. We also had quite a few people playing for the first time and it was great to see the competition so well supported with a really good atmosphere in the club house afterwards.

The prizes on the day were awarded as:

1st Jane Watkins, Sue Stickland, John Suttling and Richard Hart 117 pts

2nd Caroline Harrison, Debbie Conder, Roger Woodhams and John Williams 115

3rd Pat West, Gill Newson, Tony Hall and Terry Fogarty (113 pts on c/b)

Unfortunately after the presentation of the prizes, the cards were rechecked and although all individual hole's stableford points and total front and back 9 scores had been correctly recorded and checked, I had not spotted an error on one of the cards in the adding up of the front and back 9 scores. This meant that the team in 3rd place with 113 pts had in fact got a magnificent winning score of 118 points. My apologies to Pat, Gill, Tony and Terry for this oversight and I thank them for their patience whilst the situation was rectified. They have now been compensated so that their prizes reflect their winning score with all other prizes remaining unchanged. Congratulations to all the winners and a big thank you to everyone who took part.

As an added incentive during the competition we also had a nearest the pin challenge on the 18th which was won by Laurie Beech with a fabulous hole in one! Well done to Laurie who had an expensive day at the bar as a result! This also raised £28 for Carolines charity - The Teenage Cancer Trust

The next mixed takes place on Sunday 21st October and is a Mixed Betterball. The sign up sheet is already up in the corridor so please put your names down if you are interested. We've been so lucky with the weather this year - lets hope we manage to complete the last 2 mixed competitions without any rain!

Summer 2012 - Eclectic Competition Results

Spitfire Course

1st - Lindsey Hart - Net 52.75 points
2nd - Lydia Doherty - Net 58.88 points
3rd - Joyce Paterson - Net 59.00 points

Hurricane Course

1st - Lindsey Hart - Net 56.75 points
2nd - Sue Stickland - Net 58.25 points
3rd - Jane Woodward - Net 61.88 points

If you wish to look at all of the individual score results, a copy of the sheet is posted on the noticeboard in the lady's changing room.
Also, I've put the new entry sheet for the winter season eclectic competition for the Spitfire course in the pro-shop.