Update on Tomorrows Match

The Spitfire course is closed today but the Hurricane is open with temporary greens (they weren't sure how many!). No decision can be made about tomorrow's match until 8am tomorrow morning when we know about the state of the courses but it looks like we may be able to play the match on the Hurricane. I will post details on the BLOG tomorrow morning as soon as I have contacted the club.
Please bear with me - I know some are not keen to play on the Hurricane but it is imperative that we try to play this match tomorrow if at all possible as it will be a nightmare trying to re-arrange it by the end of April what with all our other commitments.
Hope to see you all tomorrow.

P.s following requests from many of you I have cancelled the food arrangements for tomorrow so that we will all be starving by the time we get to the Imperial Dynasty. We will however have to ensure our visitors are fed so please can you get them (and yourself if you want) a sandwich and drink when you get into the club house after your match.

The Nightmare goes on.....

As some of you may know the courses at West Malling were closed this morning due to the rain although they had opened by lunchtime. It is now raining again.
The club have suggested that we switch Thursdays match to the Hurricane course as the Spitfire greens are saturated and they believe there will be too many temporary greens for our match to go ahead.
The Chart Hills captain has agreed to play the match on the Hurricane if necessary and I am currently waiting a call back from the Pearson Organiser Chris Corke to confirm whether it is Ok to switch courses and I will let you know the outcome as soon as possible.
We will of course play the match on the Spitfire if it is playable.

A note to all those ladies who like to play a few holes before a match - please make sure you know where the match is being played before going out on the course. You must not practice on the same course the match is to be played.

Team for Match V Chart Hills Thursday 1st April

The team for this match is:
Debbie Tennant
Kelly Hanson
Sue Stickland or Brenda Wilson
Caroline Harrison
Debbie Conder
Judith Parkhurst
Helen Venis

Reserve: Rena Jones/Sue Stickland or Brenda Wilson

Please can you confirm your availability as soon as possible.

Absolutely Fantastic

What an absolutely fantastic result today beating Parkwood 6 - 1.
We had a difficult start to the day with Sue hurting her back and withdrawing from the team at the last minute but Brenda took up the challenge and what a determined performance to come back from 4 down to eventually lose on the 18th giving Parkwood their only point of the day.
Great wins for both Rena (2 & 1) and Pat West (4 & 2) were huge confidence boosters and they were joined by Debbie Tennant (4 & 3), Kelly Hanson (2 & 1), Judith Parkhurst and Helen Venis (both 6 & 5) to give us a comprehensive win.
Well done team - I am so proud of you all.

Fingers crossed everyone, will be thinking of you and eagerly await a text from someone to let me know the score. Debbie C xxx

Red Jumper needed

Sue Stickland needs a red jumper for thursday's match - I am not sure who has the spare's but if you have one available that you can lend to Sue can you please contact her.
Thanks

Team for Match V Parkwood Thursday 25th Match

The team is:
Debbie Tennant
Kelly Hanson
Sue Stickland
Rena Jones
Judith Parkhurst
Helen Venis
Pat West

Reserves: Brenda Wilson & Stella Pitt

Please confirm your availability as soon as possible.

Further Update!

Debbie T cant make it after all so thanks Viv you will be the eighth! I think?
So................Helen S, Kelly, Rena, Judith, Sue, Stella, Viv and me.
Is that right?

Littlestone Friday 26th March

Helen Cornwell thought she was included for Friday at Littlestone but cant make it and asked me to stand in. See you have 8 going on Friday without her, so am happy to be a standin if necesssary. Viv.

Update on Littlestone Practice Rounds

Debbie C and Caroline have arranged their practice round at Littlestone on Saturday 27th for the knock down price of £40 each! As the rounds on Friday are just £10 each, I suggest we pool the cost and divide it between all those going on both days. Hope that is ok with everyone?

Thanks for responding to the last posting. So far on the 26th I have Helen S, Kelly, Rena and myself.
Anybody else?

Littlestone Practice Round

We have arranged a practice round at Littlestone for Friday 26th March, prior to our match there on the 9th April. We have to play in twos and start at 1015. Six tee times are booked at a cost of £10 a head. Littlestone don't allow courtesy rounds.
Can you add a post to let us know your availability for both dates?

Todays Match V Faversham

At long last we have got to play a home match and what a great day we have had beating Faversham 5 -2. Convincing wins for Caroline (7 & 5), Debbie Tennant (5 & 4), Kelly and Helen Venis (both 4 & 3) and Debbie Conder (with her marathon match winning on the 20th hole) gave us good points against a competitive Faversham side. Rena & Judith both had difficult opposition losing 5 & 3 and 4 & 2 respectively.
Well done ladies you were all terrific today.
Thanks also to Sue, Brenda and Pat for being the reserves and supporting on the day.

Yesterdays Get Together

A big thank you to all the ladies that turned up for yesterdays get together. Eight ladies battled the freezing cold to play some competitive match play and then enjoy a few drinks in the bar afterwards. It is good to see the continued enthusiasm we have within the squad despite the problems with our fixtures and I am looking forward to Thursday and our match against Faversham.

Team for Match V Faversham at Home Thursday 11th March 2010

The team for this match is:
Debbie Tennant
Kelly Hanson
Debbie Conder
Caroline Harrison
Rena Jones
Judith Parkhurst
Helen Venis

Reserves: Brenda Wilson & Sue Stickland

Meet 10am for 10.30am start

Nearly....

I have just arrived back from Parkwood slightly disappointed that we lost 4 - 3 as we were so close to getting a 5 - 2 win with Rena losing down the 19th and Pat West losing on the 18th. Parkwood are a difficult team to beat at home as Littlestone and Faversham have already found this season and we took them all the way losing on the last hole of the day.
Congratulations to Debbie Tennant, Judith & Helen Venis for their convincing 5 & 4 wins giving as valuable points from the match and commiserations to the other team members who all played well.
Thanks also to our supporters Kelly, Brenda, Caroline, Sue and Helen C - it's been another great day out!!

Tomorrows Match at Parkwood

Just to confirm the arrangements for tomorrows match:
Meet at 10am for a 10.30am start.
Team is: Debbie Tennant, Rena, Pat Donovan, Judith, Helen V, Stella & Pat West. Reserve: Marie.
All supporters welcome.

Dare I say - I can't believe we might be playing a match. Good luck to all those playing and remember: ENJOY.

Thursday Match

I truly hope that you can manage to play this one girls. Each time I have looked at the weather on a planned match day my heart has sunk so heaven knows how you must all be feeling. As they say, things can only get better. I'll be thinking of you. Good luck. Ray x

Feeling Good!

It's the 1st March, the sun is shining and I am feeling good!
But..... both courses at West Malling are closed today and looking at this picture that Stella sent to me yesterday I am not surprised....
Lets just hope we get no more rain and we can play our match on Thursday!!


Picture is the men's 13th tee on the Hurricane.

Tuesday 2 March

as I didn't get to play at the weekend I am sneaking off for a game Tuesday, but would like to play early (8 ish) if any of you are around, thanks