Monday, 7 November 2011

Team for West Malling V Knole Park Thursday 24th November 2011

The team for this match is:

Kelly Hanson
Debbie Conder
Caroline Harrison
Lindsay Hart
Stella Pitt
Julie Harris
Carol Eldridge

Reserve: Christine Pearce

Meeting at 10am for a 10.30am start

Good luck ladies.

Match against the Vets Tuesday 15th November 2011

We have arranged a match against the vets on Tuesday 15th November 2011 with an 8.30am start.

Our team is:
Helen Venis
Debbie Tennant
Sue Stickland
Caroline Harrison
Pat Donovan
Judith Parkhurst
Lindsay Hart
Rena Jones
Marion Stroud
Christine Pearce
Carol Eldridge
Sue Gofton

Reserves: Jean Alback & Diana Scott

Hope you can all make it but if you do need to drop out please let me know asap.

Friday, 4 November 2011

Get Together Tuesday 1st November 2011

Sixteen ladies turned out for our second Get Together of this Pearson season and took on a very strong opponent, the course! There were some excellent scores on the day, Julie, Lindsay and Rena all matching the course at all square with Carol Eldridge going one better beating the course by one hole. But the performance of the day was from Christine Pearce who beat the course 3 up. Well done Chris.

Our matches start in just three weeks and today's results show that we have a number of ladies in good form.

Thank you ladies for your continued enthusiasm for the Pearson competition and for turning out despite the pouring rain just before our start time! Everyone enjoyed the format and it is definitely something we will do again.

Helen

Saturday, 29 October 2011

Get Together Tuesday 1st November 2011

Our next Get Together is on Tuesday 1st November 2011 when we will be playing against the course in Copper Beech fashion. For those of you who don't know what that is I will explain it to you on the day.

We will be meeting at 8.30am and I would ask you to add your name to this post if you are able to make it.

Am looking forward to seeing you and catching up with all your round robin results.
Helen

Friday, 14 October 2011

Yesterday's Get Together

Fourteen ladies turned out for our first Get Together yesterday and it was good to see everyone for our first official practice day. In particular it was good to welcome Marion to her first Pearson event.

Playing matchplay on the Hurricane there were wins for Brenda, Kelly, Lindsay, Judith, Marion, Jean and Carol. Well done to you all.

Items discussed yesterday:

As our first match is not until the end of November we have changed our plans for the next get together on Tuesday 1st November. We will not approach the vets for a game that day but instead will play matchplay against the course (the copper beech format) and hopefully many of you will be able to make that day.

We will approach the vets for a possible match the following week.

We will also be sorting out possible dates for a practice round at Ashford.

Please continue with the Round Robin matches and remember to text me the results. I have put contact details on the blog to make arranging these easier for you.

Once again thanks to all those ladies taking part in yesterday's get together, it was good to see you all.

Helen

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

Get Together Thursday 13th October 2011

Our first Get Together is on Thursday 13th October 2011 at 9am.

Our plans for the day are slightly hampered by the fact that there is a big vets match on the Spitfire course on the same day starting at 7.45am. It would therefore seem sensible for us to play on the Hurricane on Thursday.

I hope many of you will be able to join us on the day and would ask you to add your name to this post if you are attending. If you have also arranged to play a round robin match on the day can you also add this as well.

Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday.
Helen

Monday, 3 October 2011

PEARSON NEWS

The draw for this season's Pearson was carried out this morning at Bearsted Golf Club.

West Malling is in a group of four, drawn against Ashford, Knole Park and Cherry Lodge.

We have arranged some matches so please make a note of the details in your diaries.

Thursday, November 24th 1000/1030 Home to Knole Park

Friday, December 2nd 1000/1030 Away to Ashford

Tuesday, February 7th 1000/1030 Away to Knole Park

Thursday, February 16th 1000/1030 Home to Ashford

Thursday, March 1st 1000/1030 Home to Cherry Lodge

Friday, March 16th 1000/1030 Away to Cherry Lodge

Best of luck and keep practicing!

Monday, 26 September 2011

Round Robin Groups

October will soon be with us and the Pearson season just one month away.
We will be aiming to play at least 3 matches before Christmas especially with the forecast of heavy snow again this winter.
We need to start practicing NOW so here are the promised round robin groups:

Group 1
Debbie Tennant 01732 846973
Helen Venis 07843 375871
Sue Stickland 07922 166381
Brenda Wilson 07799 670693
Kelly Hanson 07769 697993
Jane Woodward 07801 334219

Group 2
Rena Jones 07929 119315
Pat Donovan 07769 687737
Lindsay Hart 07910340982
Stella Pitt 07899 993331
Christine Pearce 07809 559752
Helen Cornwell 07985 250687

Group 3
Sue Gofton 07803 050645
Julie Harris 07970 800174
Carol Eldridge 01732 848139
Carol Martin 07930 422872
Jean Alback 01732 842555
Diana Scott 07970 382616
Pat West 07507 641213
Marion Stroud 01732 843283

Group 4
Jill Gambling 07748 107828
Debbie Conder 07784 723753
Caroline Harrison 07976 364534
Lydia Doherty 07831 249537
Carrie Beech 07921 910226
Judith Parkhurst 01634 353223

Please play your matches on the Spitfire course wherever possible. They should be matchplay with full allowance and if the winner could text me the result that would be great.

Remember these matches do have a serious side to them as they are intended to find the players in form but the bottom line is ENJOY.

Any queries let me know.

Helen xx

Helen Stuart - New Email Address

Just in case anyone wants to get in touch with me by email I have changed it.
It is now:
helenstuart123@btinternet.com

Friday, 23 September 2011

Tappin Trophy Runners Up

Congratulations to Pat, Stella and Carol and or course captain Kelly on being runners up in the Tappin Trophy yesterday. It was a very tense match and I thought you all handled it very well.

There was a rules dispute yesterday so I thought I would see how many of us know the correct answer

Rules Question
when taking a penalty drop you measure 2 club lengths from your ball no nearer the hole. Do you
a) use the club you intend to play the shot with
b) use any club in your bag

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Hever Away Day 20th September 2011

What a great day we had at Hever yesterday to kick off our 2011/2012 Pearson season.

It was good to see many of last years squad together with a number of new faces as we enjoyed our first get together that had been expertly arranged by Brenda. Arriving for coffee and bacon rolls we then tackled the Kings & Queens course for some betterball before arriving back for a lasagne lunch.

We had some great scores on the day but the runaway winners were Carol Eldridge and "newie" Gill Gambling with Diana Scott and Helen Stuart coming second on countback from Sue Stickland and Rena Jones. Nearest the pins went to Sue and Viv Allen.

After lunch we were able to discuss some of the arrangements for this years competition with the main points being:

Round robin groups to start asap to get ourselves focused on matchplay and to see who is on form going into the new season. Details will be on the BLOG shortly.

The Fixtures meeting is on Monday 3rd October when we will find out who we have to play this year. Matches to start in November and will be on the Spitfire.

Two Get Togethers have been planned:
Thursday 13th October and Tuesday 1st November. We will approach the vets to see if they are available for a match on the latter date.

As many of last years team have cut their handicaps we will need to introduce new ladies to this years competition and everyone is encouraged to let Helen & Brenda know of anyone they think could be an asset to the squad. We have already received a number of names and are following these up to see if we can get more people involved in the round robin practice matches.

Watch the Blog for further information.

I really enjoyed yesterday and hope everyone did too. Thanks to Brenda for arranging the day and also donating the nearest the pin prizes. Thanks to everyone for joining us in particular Belinda and Diana who filled in at the last minute. And here's wishing everyone a successful 2011/2012 season.

Helen xx

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Forgot to say.............

There will be no need to change after our golf at Hever. Hooray!

Monday, 12 September 2011

HEVER AWAY DAY Tuesday 20th September 2011

Hopefully you will all be able to access this information regarding our day at Hever.
Please arrive at 9.30 when we will have coffee and bacon rolls (Fried egg bap for Sue S and poached egg bap for Sandra A.)
First tee time is 10.36. We are playing four ball better ball, going out at 9 minute intervals. Helen will advise us of the pairings on the day
There will be prizes!
Lunch at about 4.30 will be Hever Lasagne with salad and garlic bread with two vegetarian lasagne which contain no quorn.
The cost is £31 (with county cards) Pay on the day
Hope you are looking forward to it as much as I am!

Friday, 9 September 2011

Problems with Blog

If you have been having problems with the blog this may help. I have been unable to comment on posts, but could add new posts.

The simple solution is this

click Sign In at the top right of the blog page
sign OUT
when you sign in again untick the "Stay signed in" check box

this solved my problem!

Monday, 5 September 2011

Hever

Definite for Hever
I seem to have lost the ability to comment but can still add new posts - is it just me?