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Congratulations to our Ladies County Foursomes team
of Sally, Harriet, Pam and Jenny who won their
semi-final 10 up!! They now face Scraptoft in the
final on September 7th at Cosby Golf Club.
I
ended my last entry by advertising the Ladies’ Darts
Evening. Unfortunately I was not able to be there, but I
understand it was an excellent evening. Thank you Brenda
for your organisation and many thanks to the
well-dressed men who helped with the scoring (and
keeping the girls in order!). Well done to the new
Ladies’ Champion, Wendy Elsdon, who obviously has hidden
talents!
It
is now competition time on the golf course. The Sturton
Cup has been played, resulting in a draw.
Congratulations to Carole Richards and Pam Skidmore who
now have to play a refereed final.
The
Lady Captain’s Spring Competition ended with the ladies
creeping round the clubhouse trying not to disturb the
viewing of a rather important (and disastrous) match for
Leicester City. We did manage, quietly, to present some
outstanding prizes.
Ø
to
Jan Clark, Anne Straker, Helen Shaw and Sue Morris for the Winter
Eclectic
Ø
to
Sandra Powell for her win in the Winter League
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to
Carole Allsop and Alison Terrington and to Anne Fisher
and Sheila Aldwinckle who were joint winners of the
Captain’s Challenge (but I’m not telling you what their
score was!) Suffice to say that Jane and I enjoyed all
the matches and were more successful in some than
others. Thanks to all of you who entered, and apologies
to the people we didn’t manage to re-arrange.
Well
done to Sandra Powell and Barbara Wright who were the
winners of our Australian Spoons qualifying round. They
are at this moment waiting to hear if they are in the
regional round at Bury St. Edmonds in June.
On
14th May two intrepid ladies attacked the
storeroom at the top of the stairs. Four hours later the
room had been emptied, cleaned from top to bottom, all
the contents sorted, everything of value neatly boxed
and labelled and stowed back again. Two carloads of
rubbish were taken to the tip – after consultation. The
room was transformed. Woe betide any one who dares to
mess it up again! Very grateful thanks to June and
Jackie for all their efforts.
The
15th May should have been our Open, which we
had to cancel as it clashed with the County Club
Championships. We took advantage of a free day to have a
first run at the new 9 hole qualifier. Many of us set
off thinking this would be easy - after all, we already
had 18 points in the bag. Unfortunately it didn’t prove
as easy as we thought and many of us somehow managed to
add 0.1 to our handicaps!
After that disappointment, Carol Hinks and I set off for
Scraptoft to see how our ladies were getting on in the
Club championships. Val Bowler, Sandra Powell and June
Dobney (looking a trifle less dusty than she had when I
had last seen her the day before) all enjoyed
interesting rounds with ladies from other clubs in the
handicap division.
Moira Page, Jenny Cooper and Pam Skidmore represented us
in the Scratch division and took second place. WELL
DONE.
On
19th May, I was privileged to see the Ladies
County Foursomes team of Moira Page, Jenny Cooper, Helen
Shaw and Sue Morris win their match at Charnwood. They
now progress to the second round – at home on 9th
June to the winners of the Longcliffe/ Parkhill match.
Again well done Ladies.
The
Handicap and Scratch League matches are now underway.
Good luck to our teams.
I
personally had a disastrous journey over to Peterborough
Milton for our friendly match. I eventually arrived in
the car park with 2 minutes to spare. But what a team I
had. The pairings were all sorted and the first pair was
going out. Many thanks to you all for your support, and
my apologies. A dozen of us returned a few days later
for their Open and some of us even managed to scoop 2nd
prize. I got there in record time that day – avoiding
the AA scenic route!
The
end of May brings our Summer Ball – no not punting down
the river, but enjoying ourselves in the marquee at the
Bath at Shearsby. Don’t forget to be there early enough
to be photographed in all your finery. See the Captain’s
Blog 11 for the details.
The
2nd June is our Away Day at Erewash. Jane is
collecting final payments. The tee times and maps are in
the locker room as is the sheet to sign up for a bacon
cob if you should want one.
Dominic is running a series of 5 group lessons starting
on June 16th. Sign up for these in the locker
room. At a cost of £5, a minimum of 5 ladies is needed.
Don’t forget our Club Championships on 22nd
June.
And
finally, thank you to all of you who took the time and
trouble to fill in the questionnaire following the Away
Weekend. If you have not done so, there is still time.
Please put them in the card box in the locker room. Jane
will be analysing these soon and using them to help her
plan for next year.
Roni
Tucker
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