Our next match is on Thursday 16th January 2014, away to Sidcup.
Courtesy rounds are available on Monday 6th or Wednesday 8th January.

We thought we could make it an away day, taking anyone who would like to play, whether you play Pearson or are just a supporter.  We know it's not the best of courses but thought it might be fun!
Please can you let me know before Monday 23rd December either by adding a comment to the blog, text or email, which date you can play.

The team for the 16th will be published on the blog on Thursday 9th January, please also let me know if you are available, by one of the methods above, thank you.

We played at Chestfield GC yesterday, in our third match, we needed to win this one, AND WE DID!!  Well done ladies.

Helen Venis lead the team out, she played very well against a tough opponent, all square after 18.  She played the 19th beautifully, to secure our first win.
Donna Chuter giving 3 shots, played in her usual determined style, she too was all square after 18 but fought hard to win on the 20th.
Caroline Harrison played two practice rounds at Chestfield and her dedication paid off, winning 2up.
The rookie of the team, Gina Wilson is loving every minute of this match play competition, playing well again to win 2up.
Unfortunately on this occasion Sue Gofton, Carol Eldridge and Diana Scott gave their all but to no avail.   So the final score was 4 - 3.
Come on WM!

This was our last match of 2013, our next is away to Sidcup GC on Thursday 16th January 2014.
I will be posting details of courtesy rounds, to be played early in January at Sidcup, so please keep checking the blog.

MERRY CHRISTMAS and  a HAPPY NEW YEAR

Our next match is away to Chestfield on Wednesday 4th December,  10 for 10.30

Helen Venis 

Donna Chuter

Caroline Harrison

Julie Harris

Sue Gofton

Gina Wilson

Diana Scott

Reserve : Carol Eldridge 

Please confirm you are still available to play.

Thank you

We played our first home match today against Sundridge Park.

Caroline lead the team out and won 4 and 3, Julie lost 2 and 1 against a very steady opponent.
Sue G, was 4 down, but then won the next 6 holes to take the match on the 18th.  Gina in her first Pearson match for WM, played well but was beaten 4 and 3, Gill battled hard and lost on the 18th but had more fun than us all!!  Carol E was down but came back as usual, only to lose on 18th.
Diana bringing up the rear in great style with a 4  and 3 win.
Lisa enjoyed her game as reserve.
Thank you Viv for your assistance, appreciated as always.
Thanks to the supporters, Judith, Helen V, Sue S, Lindsay, Jean A, Helen C, Debbbie C and anyone else who I may have forgotten.

I know you are disappointed with the result, BUT IT'S NOT OVER YET!!!!

COME ON WEST MALLING

Pearson match away to Chestfield on Wednesday 4th December.

The team will be chosen as soon as possible from the following ladies could you please indicate if you are available to play, Thank you.

Debbie Conder                 Pat Donovan
Donna Chuter.                  Gina Wilson
Helen Venis.                     Carol Eldridge
Caroline Harrison.            Diana Scott
Julie Harris.                      Lisa Kiddie
Sue Gofton                       Judith Parkhurst
Rena Jones

Our next match is against Sundridge Park at home on Tuesday 26th November, 9.30 for 10am
If you could all be there for 9.15 please.

The team is as follows:-

Caroline Harrison
Julie Harris
Sue Gofton
Gina Wilson
Gill Newson
Carol Eldridge
Diana Scott
Reserve: Lisa Kiddie

 Please let me know if you can not stay for tea.
Let's hope the weather is kind to us, Come on West Malling we can do this!!!

Courtesy round booked at Chestfield golf club, for Friday 22nd November.
1st tee time is 10.12, so if you could all be there for 9.45 please.

If you wish to travel together, the following ladies are going,

Rena Jones
Viv Allen
Deb Conder
Sue Gofton
Gina Wilson
Carol Eldridge
Judith Parkhurst
Julie Harris
Diana Scott

If there are any problems please contact me, thanks Rena

Not the best of weather for our first match of the season!!!
We always knew that Sundridge Park was going to be a tough match and it was.

Helen Venis played the opening shot for West Malling, giving  2 shots to a very steady opponent was not easy and Helen lost 2 down.
New to the team was Donna Chuter, a baptism of fire comes to mind, she had to give 6 shots!
Donna had never played the course before and at one point was 7 down, but rallied to lose 3 and 2.
Caroline Harrison also had a tough match giving 5 shots, taking the match to the 19th in pouring rain be not quite able to win.
Julie Harris had to give 2 shots but dug deep to win on the 18th.
Sue Gofton gave 3 shots and also took her match to the 19th, in heavy rain, unfortunately losing her ball, she had to play 3 off the tee, but a great effort.
Carol Eldridge lost 4 and 3, with Diana Scott last but no means least winning 4 and 3.

So we lost overall 5 - 2, but with a points difference of only 6.
Well done ladies!!

The return match is on Tuesday 26th November, 9.30 for 10am.

Team for our first match

Our first match for the 2013/2014 season is against Sundridge Park on Friday 8th November.

The team for this match is:-

Helen Venis
Donna Chuter
Caroline Harrison
Julie Harris
Sue Gofton
Carol Eldridge
Diana Scott

Reserve - Gina Wilson

 Please be at Sundridge Park no later than 9.45

Please confirm you are still able to play, by posting a comment on the blog or texting me.
ENJOY YOUR GOLF

DATE CHANGE

Our match at Sundridge Park can not be played on Wednesday 6th November, they have suggested Friday 8th November.  Could you all please confirm that you are available.
Thanks

1st Round Draw 2013/2014

THE WAITING IS OVER!! Debbie and myself went to Bearsted GC this morning for the Pearson Draw.
The other three teams in our group are Sidcup, Sundridge Park and Chestfield .
I have already arranged four matches, they are as follows:-

Wednesday 6th November away to Sundridge Park - TBC
Tuesday 26th November home to Sundridge Park - 9.30 for 10
Wednesday 4th December away to Chestfield - 10 for 10.30
Thursday 16th January away to Sidcup - 10 for 10.30

The team for our first match will be chosen from the following could you please confirm that you will definitely be available if  required.
Debbie Conder.           Gina Wilson       Diana Scott
Donna Chuter.             Sue Gofton.        Gill Newson
Caroline Harrison.       Julie Harris.        Judith Parkhurst
Pat Donovan.               Lisa Kiddie.        Carol Eldridge

GO WEST MALLING !!!!!

End of the Road!!

Despite a valiant effort Team West Malling failed in their attempt to get to this years Pearson Trophy Finals Day and have the opportunity to defend the title that we won last year.

Having to overcome a 5 - 2 loss from the match at Shortlands and also having the disappointment of our match last week being abandoned when we were on top our team then had to take on a Shortlands team who had had the opportunity to regroup and also take advantage of an additional practice round.

Early indications were that we were going to have to win 6 matches if we were going to progress to the next round and we sadly fell short winning only 5 matches and going out on points. Great credit must go to all the ladies who played in very challenging circumstances:

• Debbie Conder who recovered from 3 down to win her match 3 and 2
• Rena Jones who battled long and hard against dead eye dick and triumphed on the 17th
• Pat Donovan who despite not being well showed her normal determination but found her opponent too hot to handle going down 6 and 4
• Sue Gofton who saw her 3 hole lead disappear but stuck in to win on the 18th
• Gill Newson playing only her second Pearson match and displaying all her enthusiasm to win 4 and 3
• Lia Kiddie, thrown in at the deep end for her very first Pearson match, who showed her great potential to win 4 and 3
• Diana Scott who overcame her difficulties at Shortlands and battled hard in a very close match eventually losing on the 17th.

Ladies I know how disappointed you are but this match could have gone either way and unfortunately it was not to be our day. We have however had another successful season despite this result and you must remember that as Four County Champions we were the team that everyone was going to want to beat.

My thanks go to you all and also the other ladies that took part in this years matches, Lindsay Hart, Caroline Harrison, Kelly Hanson, Julie Harris, Julia Martin-Harper, Judith Parkhurst and Carol Eldridge. And to all those ladies that played out in front of the matches at West Malling and our supporters. And of course Brenda, Judith and Viv for their support this year.

And in more ways than one it is the end of the road as Brenda and I stand down as your Captains. We have had an amazing 4 years helping you develop into the champions you have become. We have been to two County Finals and missed out on another 2 on points. and of course we have been so proud to be part of the team that became Four County Champions last year.

Our thanks go to everyone who has played in one of our teams, to our wonderful team of caddies and all our supporters. We could not have done it without you and we are just so grateful to you all for allowing us to be part of it.

Helen & Brenda xx

Wrotham Heath through to Finals Day

Wrotham Heath have made there way through to Finals Day after beating Sundridge Park 10-4 on aggregate over the home and away ties.

Having beaten Sundridge Park 5 -2 at home they travelled to Sundridge Park yesterday and also won 5 - 2. The match was extremely close with two matches going down the 19th and four being decided on the 18th.

Wrotham Heath will play the winners of our match against Shortlands in the semi finals

Team for West Malling v Shortlands Wednesday 5th June 2013

We have had to change the team slightly for next weeks re-arranged match against Shortlands as Carol is not available.

The team is now:

Debbie Conder
Rena Jones
Pat Donovan
Sue Gofton
Gill Newson
Lisa Kiddie
Diana Scott

Reserve: Julie Harris

We will be meeting from 1.15pm for a 2pm start.

Good luck ladies - just carry on doing what you were doing yesterday you had them on the run!!!!!

What a Fiasco!!

Well what a fiasco our match against Shortlands today turned out to be!!!

With rain steadily falling our ladies set out to overturn a 5 - 2 deficit from our earlier match at Shortlands. But as the match progressed the rain got heavier causing some of the greens to get a little waterlogged. So what we would say!! However with Team West Malling leading in 6 of the 7 matches the Shortlands captain decided that the course was unplayable and the match was halted.

Many of the ladies were keen to continue including many of the Shortlands team but eventually Chris Corke was called in to give an opinion. The club sent out green keepers to squeegee the greens and Chris asked that the match continue. However the rain also continued and as fast as the greens were cleared of water they filled up again and eventually the match was abandoned. We all returned to the clubhouse rather wet and more than a little fed up.

We have been allowed a weeks extension to get this match re-played and it will now go ahead next Wednesday 5th June with a 2pm start.

I am already praying for good weather!!!!!!!!!!!!

Team of Shortlands v. West Malling Tuesday 28th 2013

The team for this match at West Malling is

Debbie Conder

Rena Jones

Pat Donovan

Sue Gofton

Carol Eldridge

Diana Scott

Lisa Kiddie

Res. Julie Harris


Please confirm your availability ASAP.

Meet at West Malling at 1015 for 1100 start

GOOD LUCK!

Away Match v Shortlands

We entered the knock out phase of this year's Pearson Competition on Wednesday with a tough match against a Shortlands Team who play their home course very well and we came up short, losing 5 matches to 2 (19 points to 6).
Handicap differences were not the issue we feared they might be with no one giving more than 2 shots but it was not to be our day.
Caroline Harrison met a very strong Paulette Jasquith and lost 6&4. Debbie Conder was very unlucky to lose 1 down on the 18th. Rena Jones and Pat Donovan lost 5&3 and 4&2 respectively.
Sue Gofton and Carol Eldridge both had good wins of 3&2 and Diana Scott battled on feeling very unwell necessitating a trip to hospital later, thankfully feeling better the next day. Thanks also to Julie Harris who was the sub on day.

So well done ladies, it's only half time in the round and all to play for in the second half at West Malling on May 28th.

Team for Shortlands V West Malling Wednesday 8th May 2013

The team for this match is:

Caroline Harrison
Debbie Conder
Julie Harris
Rena Jones
Pat Donovan
Carol Eldridge
Diana Scott

Reserve: Sue Gofton

Please confirm your availability asap.

The match is scheduled to start at 2pm so please be at Shortlands by 1.15pm.

Dates for Shortlands Matches Confirmed

Thanks Ladies for your patience with this - we have now agreed the following dates for our matches against Shortlands:

Wednesday 8th May 2013 at Shortlands with a 2pm start

Tuesday 28th May 2013 at West Malling with an 11am start.

Shortlands Practice Rounds

It's quite difficult to get hold of anyone at Shortlands so I have emailed the Manager there with our dates as follows and will keep checking to make sure they know you're all coming!

Tuesday 23rd after 2pm. Rena Jones, Julie Harris, Diana Chuter and Helen Venis (self funding)

Friday 26th Morning Pat Donovan, Carol Eldridge, Lindsay Hart and Helen Stuart

Monday 29th anytime Sue Gofton and Diana Scott

Debbie Conder and Caroline Harrison will make their own arrangements

Helen will pay the fees for the extras when she goes on Friday and you can then reimburse her.

Hope that's ok and have fun!

Blown Away!!

Well we literally did get blown away today at Chart Hills!! In some places it was difficult to stand up in the howling winds so playing golf was extremely challenging. Chart Hills however overcame the conditions and whilst Team West Malling battled hard we went down to our second defeat of the season losing 5 - 2.

Sue Gofton (3 & 2) and Julie Harris (1up) were our winners today whilst Carol Eldridge was disappointed to lose on the 18th. Caroline Harrison (6 & 5), Debbie Conder (5 & 4), Rena Jones and Pat Donovan (both 4 & 3) also lost.

Unlucky ladies but Chart Hills was always going to be a difficult place to go and win. You have however already done the hard work to win the group and we now move forward to the challenge of Shortlands in the next round.

Shortlands Practice Rounds

I have spoken to Shortlands Club Secretary and have a list of the possible days we could go there for our courtesy rounds. They don't have tee times and he is happy for us to come in smaller groups so....

Monday 22nd April. Anytime
Tuesday 23rd April. After 2pm
Wednesday 24th April. Afternoon
Friday 26th April. Morning

Monday 29th April. All day
Tuesday 30th April. Afternoon

Have a look at these times and see what suits you and maybe discuss with others tomorrow at Chart Hills who can go with whom.
We can also take extra players on County Cards at £11.25pp.

Matches against Shortlands

We need to start planning for our practice round and matches against Shortlands which need to be completed by 30th May 2013.

I am aware that many of you have holidays booked in May so can I ask you all to let me know any dates from 22nd April through to 30th May that you are NOT available.

Please either add the details to this post or text me with the dates. If you could all let me have this information as soon as possible it will help enormously with the planning process.

Helen xx

Team for Chart Hills V West Malling Thursday 18th April 2013

The team for this match is:

Caroline Harrison
Debbie Conder
Julie Harris
Rena Jones
Pat Donovan
Sue Gofton
Carol Eldridge

Reserve: Diana Scott

We are meeting at 9.15am for a 10am start.

Please confirm your availability ASAP.

Thanks

Through to the Quarter Finals!!

A 5 - 2 win at St Augustine's yesterday sees Team West Malling through to the quarter finals of this years competition.

But having blitzed St Augustine's at home last month we certainly didn't have it all our own way!! The home team appeared very comfortable with both their own course and the windy conditions and competed all the way to give some of our ladies an anxious time. Four matches were won on the 17th or 18th holes with Rena Jones and Debbie Conder winning on the 17th and Lindsay Hart and Sue Gofton both going to the 18th before overcoming their opponents. Pat Donovan was the only one to have a runaway victory overcoming her opponent 7 & 6 while Carol Eldridge and Diana Scott both lost.

But the win secures our place in the next round with a game to spare so congratulations ladies, another impressive season.

We now take on Shortlands with the winners of this tie going through to Finals Day in June.

When is it going to warm up!!!

Well our season continued to have its ups and downs with the practice round at Chart Hills being the latest casualty!

We all arrived nice and early for  breakfast only to find freezing temperatures, windy conditions and .......SNOW again!

Needless to say we didn't fancy going out to play golf so ate our breakfast and came home in sleet, snow and -1 degree temperatures.  Is it really April????

Just to confirm we will try again next Thursday 11th April with a start time of 1pm. I have the following ladies for this day:

Lindsay Hart
Debbie Conder
Caroline Harrison
Rena Jones
Julie Harris
Pat Donovan
Helen Stuart
Diana Scott
Carol Eldridge
Judith Parkhurst

Whilst we were at Chart Hills we did meet a large group of ladies from Shortlands who will be our next opponents if we get through the group stages. When planning their day out it did apparently cross their minds that Chart Hills might be their next opponents but now they are hoping it will be us and not Sidcup!!!!

See you next Thursday - weather permitting!

Time confirmed for St Augustine's Match 12th April 2013

This match has been confirmed with an 11.30am start.

The St Augustine's captain has also sent the following information:

"The course is in a slightly better state than earlier in the year but will take many more weeks to recover fully."

We will have to wait and see!!!!

See you all next week.

Update

Well the sun has at last started to shine but for how long! The forecast I have seen says we are in for a cold April but lets hope they are wrong and it starts to warm up!

It will soon be time to put our Pearson hats back on as we attempt to win our group and qualify for the knockout stages of this years competition. As Easter is currently taking our focus I thought I would set out the arrangements for the next two weeks so that everyone knows what is happening.

Chart Hills Practice Round Thursday 4th April 2013

We are taking the following ladies:

Pat Donovan
Sue Gofton
Rena Jones
Carol Eldridge
Carolina Harrison
Julie Harris
Judith Parkhurst
Diana Scott
Helen Stuart
Debbie Conder
Lindsay Hart
Brenda Wilson

Our first tee time is booked for 10am so we will aim to meet from 9.15am or earlier if anyone wants breakfast. Please remember that we have to pay £35 green fee.

Please note that Chart Hils have told us to check their website to see if trolleys are allowed. It is apparently updated daily with this information. We will check Wednesday and update the blog but please be prepared to carry if necessary.

Match V St Augustines Friday 12th April 2013

I thought I would confirm the team for this match now so that everyone knows whether they are playing and can arrange practice rounds if they want one. So the team is:

Lindsay Hart
Debbie Conder
Rena Jones
Pat Donovan
Sue Gofton
Carol Eldridge
Diana Scott

Reserve: Donna Chuter (can Judith Parkhurst and Lisa Kiddie also be on standby just in case!)

If anyone has a problem with this date can they let know as quickly as possible.

The start time for the match still has to be confirmed but the last time I spoke to the St Augustines captain we were looking at an 11.30am start. I will confirm this as soon as I can.

Thats all for now. Happy Easter.

Great Result!!

Team West Malling produced another great performance yesterday to defeat a very competitive Chart Hills team 5 - 2.

Lindsay Hart lead the way with a 4 & 3 win but 4 matches finished on the 17th hole showing how close the match was. Debbie Conder notched up a 3 & 1 win with Rena Jones, Diana Scott and Caroline Harrison all winning 2 & 1. Pat Donovan battled to the end but lost on the 18th and Sue Gofton also lost. We claimed 13 points to Chart Hills 9.

Another great performance ladies. Chart Hills were very determined to get a good result and you battled well to get the win.

This performance puts us in a good position in the group table with us needing one win from our last two matches to move through to the next round.

A BIG thank you to all the ladies that played in front of the match i.e. Sue S, Denise, Kelly, Belinda, Julie and Helen C - we appreciate your help very much. Also thanks to Judith who stood in for Viv and organised the snacks/bananas.

Our next match is now over a month away - St Augustine's away on the 12th April when hopefully we will have better playing conditions than those we experienced on our practice round.  If any one would like to go to St Augustine's for another practice round before the match can they please let me know.

Once again WELL DONE ladies a great win!

Team for Match against Chart Hills Thursday 7th March 2013

The team for this match is:

Lindsay Hart
Caroline Harrison
Debbie Conder
Rena Jones
Pat Donovan
Sue Gofton
Diana Scott

Reserve: Julie Harris

Meeting at 9.45am for 10.27am tee time.

Please confirm your availability as soon as possible.

Back on Track!!

Team West Malling bounced back from the recent defeat at Sidcup with a massive 7 - 0 win at home against St. Augustine's. And what a win it was!

Kelly Hanson lead the way with a 9 & 8 trouncing of her opponent and Caroline Harrsion and Sue Gofton followed closely with 8 & 7 wins. Pat Donovan also convincingly won her match 8 & 6 and Diana Scott finished off her opponent on the 14th winning 5 & 4. Two closer matches saw Rena Jones winning on the 17th 3 & 1 and Carol Eldridge stuck in against her opponent to win 2 up on the 18th.

Our win notched up a massive 43 points and should put us back on top of the group table.

A fabulous win Ladies showing a real ruthlessness against a team that didn't really look up for the fight!

Our next match against Chart Hills next Thursday will be more challenging and I will announce the team for this match on Monday. Chart Hills have recently lost their second match of the season losing 4-3 at Mid Kent so if we could notch up another win this will put us in a good position in the group standings.

Team for West Malling V St Augustine's Friday 1st March 2013

Sorry i missed most of you today. I arrived at the club about 9.45am having taken nearly 2 hours to get there and went out to play a few holes. By the time I got in most of you had gone home so disappointed I didn't get to see you all. Hope you all enjoyed your golf!!

The team for Friday's match is:

Kelly Hanson
Caroline Harrison
Rena Jones
Pat Donovan
Sue Gofton
Carol Eldridge
Diana Scott

Reserve: Julie Harris


Can you confirm your availability asap if I haven't already spoken to you.

We will be meeting from 9.45am and our first tee time is 10.27am.

Helen 

Get Together Tuesday 26th February 2013

We will be starting from 8.57.

8.57 Pat Donovan, Stella Pitt, Sue Stickland & Lisa Kiddie

9.06 Gill Harman, Jean Alback, Judith Parkhurst & Diana Scott

9.15 Helen Stuart, Margaret Barnard, Sue Gofton & Jeannette Johnson

9.24 Lindsay Hart, Carol Eldridge, Rena Jones & Carol Martin

On this occasion it is just about getting everyone playing golf together so it is an individual Stableford. No prizes.

See you all in the morning.

Helen

Get Together Tuesday 26th February 2013

As we move into the second part of our season I have arranged a Get Together for Tuesday 26th February and hope many of you will be able to join us.

I will of course need to arrange tee times so can you please add your name to this post to confirm whether you can make it.

Further details including start times will follow in due course.

Look forward to seeing you all soon.

Helen xx

We Knew it Wasn't Going to be Easy!!!

Our match at Sidcup turned out to be as challenging as we expected and despite a fighting performance by our Ladies we lost our first match of the season going down 4 - 3.

Lindsay Hart (giving 4 shots) showed her determination and desire to win taking her opponent down the 20th hole before notching up another win and this was followed by Rena Jones who secured her win on the 18th. Our third winner was newbie Gill Newson who also showed great determination to see off her opponent on the 19th. These three hard fought wins gained us just 3 points.

Caroline Harrison was unlucky to lose out on the 18th especially as she was giving 5 shots to her opponent and Pat Donovan went down 3 & 2 coming back from 6 down after 9 holes. Julie Harris and Carol Eldridge both had difficult opponents and went down 7 & 5 and 7 & 6 respectively.

Unlucky ladies we nearly pulled it off. We always knew it was going to be difficult to get a win at Sidcup and we did much better than Chart Hills who lost 7 - 0 earlier in the year.

We now move into the second half of our season and in particular need to be ready for our home matches against St Augustine's and Chart Hills at the beginning of March. I will shortly be posting details of a Get Together on Tuesday 26th February  and will look forward to seeing many of you then.

Message from Brenda!

Best of luck to all the girls on Thursday!

Give them my love and best wishes

I'll be waiting for the match report!,,

 B xxx

Team for Sidcup V West Malling Thursday 14th February 2013

The team for this match is:

Lindsay Hart
Caroline Harrison
Julie Harris
Rena Jones
Pat Donovan
Carol Eldridge
Gill Newson

Can you please confirm your availability ASAP.

Meeting at 10am for a 10.30am start.

Can the following ladies be on standby just in case although I will need one to be the reserve on Thursday:

Debbie Conder
Judith Parkhurst
Carol Martin

This has been a difficult team to pick due to the likely handicaps of the Sidcup team and I hope that those who have not made the team on this occasion will not be offended or upset. There are still lots of matches to be played and lots of opportunities to make the team.

Re-arranged Match at St Augustine's

This match hopefully will now take place on Friday 12th April.
Time still to be confirmed but it may be an afternoon match.
Will let you have the full details in due course but please put this date in your diaries.

St Augustine's Match Friday 8th February 2013

Match has been CANCELLED!!!!

Will be re-arranged for April - dates to be agreed shortly.

Mud Glorious Mud!!

31st January 2013 wake up to pouring rain and howling winds!!
Um........... its the St Augustine's practice round.
Quick call to St Augustine's "is the course open just checking due to the pouring rain". Yes madam the course is open.

Switch phone on to check how many ladies have baled out - impressed NO-ONE.This lot are keen!!
Jump in car still pouring and blowing a gale - am sure they won't all turn up!!  Off I go.
St Augustine's have already told us no trollies and some temporary greens so with this rain think its going to be a right old mess.
Get to St Augustine's rain eased off so looks promising. Into clubhouse wow all the ladies have turned up. Fantastic lot these Ladies.
Into pro shop to meet Brenda's friend - he really is a right misery but we are all set to go!!
Onto course - whats all these signs!!!
7 Temporary greens (apparently just reduced from 18!!)
Teeing up on fairway (what fairway cant see one!!)
Bunkers all full of water so GUR!!
Water and mud coming up over our shoes!!
Are they SERIOUS!!!!!!

Well we survived and most played 12 holes but well done to Lisa and Pat who did all 18.

The course is in such bad condition I can't believe they will be expecting us to play our match next week but I will be contacting the St Augustine Pearson Captain to discuss so please watch this space.
In the meantime WELL DONE to the 12 who turned up today including VIV who left her squirrels behind.
It was FUN!!

St Augustine's Practice Round Thursday 31st January 2013

As most of you will know by now there has been a slight hiccup with our arrangements for Thursdays practice round at St Augustine's.

First off St Augustine's have not allowed trollies for the last 5 - 6 weeks and it is unlikely that we will be able to use them on Thursday or for the match next Friday. So you will need a carry bag. You should bring trollies with you just in case but I think this sounds pretty doubtful.

Secondly the start time has had to be changed and we will be teeing off from 8.56am.

I hope you will all still be able to make it and just to confirm its;

Lindsay Hart
Debbie Conder
Julie Harris
Rena Jones
Judith Parkhurst
Pat Donovan
Viv Allen
Carol Martin
Carol Eldridge
Lisa Kiddie
Stella Pitt
Helen Stuart

See you Thursday

Practice Rounds

Just a reminder that the twelve going to both St Augustine's and Sidcup are

Helen Stuart
Viv Allen
Debbie Conder
Caroline Harrison
Judith Parkhurst
Rena Jones
Lindsay Hart
Julie Harris
Pat Donovan
Carol Martin
Carol Eldridge
Stella Pitt

Please bring your County Cards (even the old ones) to Sidcup.

I will confirm the details a week before each round and will let you know if there are any changes.

Get Together Tuesday 8th January 2013

We will be playing a Team Stableford competition.
Teams of 4 with 3 scores to count.
£1 entry fee - winning team takes the money!

Teams as follows:

8.48am Sue Stickland, Pat Donovan, Carol Eldridge & Diana Scott

8.57am Lindsay Hart, Rena Jones, Judith Parkhurst & Jean Alback

9.06am Helen Stuart, Julie Harris, Helen Cornwell & Lisa Kiddie

9.15am Viv Allen, Sue Gofton, Stella Pitt & Carol Martin

Look forward to seeing you all Tuesday.

Helen xx