Team for West Malling V Mid Kent Friday 23rd November 2012

The team for this match is:

Lindsay Hart
Caroline Harrison
Julia Martin-Harper
Julie Harris
Rena Jones
Sue Gofton
Diana Scott

Reserve: Yvonne Gormley

Please confirm your availability asap.

Meeting at 10am for a 10.27am start.

Off to a Great Start!

Team West Malling began the 2012/2013 Pearson Trophy campaign in fine style today with an impressive win at Mid Kent.
Two close matches left Lindsay Hart and Caroline Harrison losing 1 down on the 18th and Debbie Conder, who was not feeling her best, lost 5&3.
Today however, the tail wagged! And how!
Julie Harris won 4&2, Rena Jones 3&2, Sue Gofton 2&1 and the Pearson rookie, Diana Scott with a very impressive 6&4.
Mid Kent were very generous with their welcome and congratulations.

Well done to all! And let's do it again on the 23rd!

Tomorrows Match

Unfortunately Julia is injured and unable to play so we have had to change the team for tomorrows match. It is now:
Lindsay Hart
Debbie Conder
Caroline Harrison
Julie Harris
Rena Jones
Sue Gofton
Diana Scott

Reserve: Judith Parkhurst

Please wear winners shirts if you have them if not white shirts with black trousers and Iris jumpers.

Unfortunately I am unable to be with you in the morning so I will take this opportunity to wish you all good luck. In particular Diana who is playing her very first Pearson match.

And remember ENJOY (if you can!!)

Helen xx

Team for Mid Kent V West Malling Friday 16th November 2012

The team for this match is:

Debbie Conder
Caroline Harrison
Julia Martin-Harper
Julie Harris
Rena Jones
Sue Gofton
Diana Scott

Could the following ladies be on standby to cover all handicaps just in case!! We will nominate a reserve for the day nearer the time.

Lindsay Hart
Judith Parkhurst
Pat West

Could everyone confirm their availability asap

Mid Kent have advised a start time of 11am with coffee available from 10.15am

Get Together Tuesday 30th October

Just to remind everyone of our Get Together on Tuesday 30th October 2012 starting at 8.30am.

Please add your name to this post if you can make it.

Look forward to seeing you all.

Helen

St Augustine's

A BIG THANK YOU to Jane who won a round of golf for four people at St Augustine's GC at yesterdays Quiz Night and donated it to the Pearson Team to help with the cost of our practice rounds there next year.

Sweetwoods Park Golf Club

Sweetwoods Park Golf Club has offered all those who played in the West Malling Pearson Trophy Winners 2012 Celebration Day on Thursday a round of golf for you and a guest at the Guest rate. If you would like a voucher which is valid until 18th April 2013 please let me know.

Thank You!

We had a wonderful day out at Sweetwoods today and want to say thank you to one and all and especially Kelly, for organizing such a great day!

We were transported door to door, by liveried chauffeuses (aka Julie and Rena); treated to breakfast, golf and lunch; presented with magnificent bouquets of flowers and immortalized in verse by Debbie! Truly memorable.

We are really lucky to be part of such a great group of ladies!

Helen and Brenda xx

Hi All

Just wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoyed today at Sweetwoods! A big thank you goes to Kelly for her fantastic organising.

Debbie C xx

PS Helen wanted me to post the poem on the blog so here it is............................


The Pearson Match Player


We don our Iris jumpers and head out on the road

To play in Pearson Trophy and get in match-play mode!

Arriving nice and early we attempt some jam on toast

But our tummies feel all jittery and our faces are white as ghosts!


Some of us may practise and some may sit and chill

Part of the team will be in the loo taking an Imodium pill!

Supporters try to calm us all smiles and chatty too

Trying to take our minds off the job we have to do.


Pearson Captain Helen arrives with a reassuring smile

Followed by trusty Brenda with her goodies in a pile

They pat us on our backs to make sure that we are ready

To take on our opponents whilst remaining nice & steady


We head out to the tee and take or give some shots

Tummies still so queasy and all tied up in knots

Bananas packed in golf bags and a bar of chocolate too

Some of us still needed a visit to the loo!!


With driver in our hands we take the very first hit

It’s heading on up the fairway and isn’t in the sh*t!

We breathe a sigh of pure relief as we finish off our swing

Today we love our drivers, Taylormade, Yonex & Ping!


Helen and Brenda are happy as they send us on our way

Good luck and all good wishes as we walk the first fairway

The players are all on the course and whacking their golf ball

Fingers crossed they win their match and don’t head for a fall


Mid-way through our battles the Captain will appear

To find out what the score is that’s all she wants to hear

Just at that perfect moment a putt wins us the hole

The management clap and cheer the shot as the player nears the goal!


A couple of hours later and the match comes to an end

We’ve been up and down and all square too and we’ve even made a friend

The result is in and looking good, our efforts not in vain

As we are Team West Malling and easily win again!!


Congratulations on being a fantastic Pearson Captain and Vice Captain!


Kent Pearson Trophy Winners - 2012

Four Counties Pearson Trophy Winners -2012

MID KENT PRACTICE ROUND

We are meeting at Mid Kent Golf Club, Gravesend on Tuesday 6th November. Mid Kent don't have tee times as such but we are booked to go out from 1000.

We will have eight courtesy rounds and six on County Cards and as before we will share that cost between all fourteen which, if I remember correctly will be £9 each.

Helen will arrange the pairings on the day

List of Players

Helen Stuart
Caroline Harrison
Debbie Conder
Carol Eldridge
Diana Scott
Lindsay Hart
Rena Jones
Pat West
Lisa Kiddie
Julie Harris
Sue Gofton
Julia Martin Harper
Georgina Venus
Brenda Wilson
Judith Parkhurst
Carol Martin


If there is any change in your availability, please let us know.

We should meet for coffee before and the kitchen will get in some rolls specially for us if you'd like a bacon roll!

Please bring your County Cards, if you have one as they may want to see them.

Round Robin Groups

Here are the details of the round robin practice groups.

The idea behind them is to help focus us back onto matchplay and to get us match fit before our matches in November start.

Please try to play as many as you can and the winner of each match should text me with the result.

Have FUN.

We have four groups as follows:

Name	Contact Numbers
Kelly Hanson	07769 697993 or 01732 847809
Jane Woodward	07801 334219 or 01732 875385
Debbie Tennant	07931 487161 or 01732 846973
Brenda Wilson	07799 670693 or 01622 752367
Helen Stuart	07974 345776 or 01634 378427
Lindsay Hart	07910 340982 or 01892 833029
Julie Harris	07970 800174
Sue Stickland	07922 166381 or 01634 244103

Name	Contact Numbers
Pat West	07507 641213 or 01622 710328
Lisa Kiddie	07525 935640 or 01732 882328
Jean Alback	07805 261874 or 01732 842555
Diana Scott	07970 382616 or 01732 823528
Carol Martin	07930 422872
Carol Eldridge	07747 685688 or 01732 848139
Jeannette Johnson	07905 408335 or 01474 832026
Val Freeman	07985 134290 or 01233 713743

Name	Contact Numbers
Caroline Harrison	07976 364534 or 01732 874532
Debbie Conder	07784 723753 or 01732 845604
Julia Martin-Harper	07970 015395 or 01622 880196
Yvonne Gormley	07790 336842
Kim Wellman	07850 922750
Jill Gambling	07748 107828
Georgina Venus	07801 261876 or 01322 669973
Gill Newson	07891 959590

Name	Contact Numbers
Pat Donovan	07769 687737 or 01622 675409
Viv Allen	07912 793409 or 01474 812470
Rena Jones	07929119315 or 01732 842995
Gill Harman	07956 675678
Sue Gofton	07803 050645 or 01474 812153
Stella Pitt	07989 993331 or 01732 873830
Judith Parkhurst	07939 240391 or 01634 353223
Helen Cornwell	07985 250687 or 01474 812172
Marion Stroud	01732 843283

Updates

A BIG Thank You to everyone who attended yesterdays Get Together. We were lucky enough to have dry weather to play golf and were also joined by a number of ladies for lunch.

We were able to set out many of the arrangement for this years competition as follows:

• Viv Allen is joining Helen & Brenda to help in the running of the team. In particular she will be covering for Brenda who is planning a longish holiday which may clash with this years fixtures!
• The full list of this years fixtures is as follows:

Date	Time	Club	Home/Away
Friday 16th November 2012	10.30am for 11am	Mid Kent	AWAY
Friday 23rd November 2012	10am for 10.30am	Mid Kent	HOME
Thursday 6th December 2012	10am for 10.30am	Sidcup	HOME
Friday 8th February 2013*	10am for 10.30am	St Augustine's	AWAY
Thursday 14th February 2013*	10am for 10.30am	Sidcup	AWAY
Friday 1st March 2013	10am for 10.30am	St Augustine's	HOME
Thursday 7th March 2013	10am for 10.30am	Chart Hills	HOME
Thursday 18th April 2013	9am for 9.40am	Chart Hills	AWAY

*The Away matches at St Augustine's and Sidcup have not yet been confirmed.

• A Practice round at Mid Kent is being arranged and a possible date is Tuesday 6th November. More details will be available shortly.
• Round Robin Groups will be posted shortly and this year a number of additional Ladies will be joining us giving you more opportunities to practice. My Thanks go to those Ladies who have offered their time in this way.
• This year we will be wearing the shirts we had made up for the Four Counties Finals and our Iris jumpers (although we may switch to black shirts when the weather turns cold). For those of you who do not have shirts and jumpers please watch the noticeboard in the Ladies Changing Rooms as Caroline will shortly be putting up details of how these can be purchased.
• And finally we now have a certificate to confirm we are Four Counties Champions!  It's currently in the Lounge at the Club so make sure you look out for it.

Our next Get Together is Tuesday 30th October and I hope to see many of you then.

Pearson Trophy Draw 2012/2013

This year we have been drawn against:

Chart Hills
St Augustine's
Mid Kent
Sidcup

We are in the process of confirming the dates for our matches but we hope to play the following matches in November/December:

Friday 16th November AWAY Mid Kent (10.30am for 11am start)

Friday 23rd November HOME Mid Kent (10am for 10.30am start)

Thursday 6th December HOME Sidcup (10am for 10.30am start)

Our first match is just 6 weeks away so we need to get practicing for matchplay. I am looking forward to catching up with many of you at tomorrows Get Together when I will have details of the round robin groups and if anyone has not yet confirmed that they would like to be included in this years squad can they please let me know asap.

Helen

It's Pearson Time Again

OK Ladies I have held off long enough but it is time to get back into Pearson mode!!

The Fixtures meeting for this years competition is being held on Monday 1st October when we will find out who we have to play this year. So that we can update you with this information I would like to have a Get Together on:

Tuesday 2nd October with an 8.30am start.

I know some of you will be playing the Medal that day so 1 hope you will be able to join us for lunch.

I hope you will all want to take part again in this years competition especially as we will be defending our title of Four County Champions. We are now the team to beat and will need to be ready for matchplay when our games start in November.

So please can you confirm you wish to be included in this years squad by either adding your name to this post or the Sign Up List which is in the Ladies Changing Rooms.

Can you also please let me know whether you can make the Get Together on the 2nd October or if you intend to play the medal whether you will be joining us for lunch.

We will be arranging the normal round robin groups and details should be available at the Get Together.

Our Next Get Together will be on Tuesday 30th October.

Look forward to seeing you all soon.

A day in the Life of a Pearson Captain!

After three years of looking after West Malling's Pearson team I woke up at 4pm on Thursday 19th July wondering what the day had in store. I was taking the team to Clandon Regis to represent Kent in the Four Counties Final against Surrey, Hertfordshire and Middlesex, something I had only ever dreamed might be possible. And I was going without Brenda who was in Finland on holiday.

 I had had such a great day at North Foreland in June when the ladies won the coveted Kent Pearson trophy but the Four Counties Final was definitely unchartered waters. Could we do it again, did I dare dream!!  We had certainly done all the planning - the ladies had gone for their practice rounds, Judith had stepped in for Brenda and organised all the food, we had our new shirts proudly stating that we were Kent champions and we had our transport arranged to take us to Surrey. And I also knew that  the ladies would be up for the challenge.

I arrived at West Malling at 5.45am to find everyone there and loading their kit onto the coach. We left the club about 6am but soon we were shouting at the coach driver that he was going the wrong way. We had the M25 to contend with and could do without the driver not knowing the way! As it was the M25 and the driver behaved themselves and we pulled into Clandon Regis just after 7am. The kit was unloaded (including a number of bottles of champagne!) and we found our way into the men's changing room which we were sharing with 2 other teams.

Breakfast followed, coffee and bacon baguettes and then many of the early starters went out to the putting green whilst I sorted out the cards with our semi-final opponents Hanbury Manor of Hertfordshire. Our team for this match was Debbie Conder, Kelly Hanson, Caroline Harrison, Rena Jones, Julie Harris, Stella Pitt and Carol Eldridge.

The matches started at 8.30am and ran alternately with the other semi-final between Ealing and Wimbledon Park and it was nearly two hours before all the matches were on the course. Just as Carol teed off on the 1st Debbie was coming up the 9th. A quick word with caddy Kevin nearly gave me a heart attack as I was told she was 5 down. A wind up (that was naughty Kevin) as Debbie won the 9th to go 6 up - looking good and running out a comfortable winner. As it was all the remaining matches were close with Kelly and Caroline coming out on top in closely contested matches giving us a 3 - 0 lead. Hanbury Manor however showed why they are the Herts champions with wins against Rena, Stella and Carol levelling the match at 3 - 3 and we found ourselves once again following Julie down the 19th. And we should have had no doubt what the outcome was to be as yet again Julie triumphed playing the hole perfectly. We were through to the final -wow!!

Our final opponents were to be Ealing and suddenly the Four Counties trophy was in our reach. And we still had some secret weapons to unleash namely Lindsay Hart and Pat Donovan who were both unlucky not to have played in the mornings matches. And they both rose to the challenge winning their matches on the 16th levelling the match score at 2 - 2 after both Debbie and Kelly lost their matches on the 14th. Rena then won her match putting us 3 -2 up and we needed just one more win from either Caroline or Julie. And Caroline got there first winning her match on the 18th and West Malling were the Four Counties Champions. On this occasion Julie could relax as it wasn't down to her but even then she was still doing the business being 2up when she was called off the course to join in the celebrations.

And celebrate we did both on the course and later in the bar with all our fabulous supporters before we were presented with the magnificent Pearson Trophy. Then the official photos before we piled back onto our coach. The return journey seemed to go pretty quickly as we continued our celebrations demolishing the champagne we had cheekily brought with us in the morning. When we got back to the club both Kevin and Katie joined in our celebrations with more champagne and drinks until eventually we all drifted off home to enjoy a well earned rest.  

I don't think I told you ladies on the day how proud I was of you all, players, caddies and supporters. It has been such a terrific year and you have given your all to the Pearson cause and you should be so proud to call yourselves Four Counties Champions.

And now I am dreaming of defending our title...........