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From hole-in-ones to club championship victories, open days to centenaries, scroll through our good news stories from around the world.

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Banchory Ladies charity donation

19th November

Here is Lady Captain Margaret Christie and some of the Banchory Ladies, presenting a cheque for £700 to Gillian Donald a trustee from CHAS, (Children’s Hospice Across Scotland). For over thirty years CHAS has been offering a full family support service for babies, children and young people with life-shortening conditions. This is in the form of palliative care, family respite and support.

Gillian was absolutely delighted and humbled that the ladies of Banchory Golf Club were so generous towards a charity that is close to her heart, having gone through the loss of her own son and having first hand experience of the work that CHAS does. 

This year, Banchory Ladies have also donated £200 to Breast Cancer Research and £100 to the Golf Foundation. A big thank you goes to all the ladies efforts at our Bake Sales and for their continued support. 

Carol Dawson, Secretary.

Well done to everyone involved at Banchory Golf Club, a fantastic effort 👏

The icing on the cake for Walsall Golf Club's outgoing Lady Captain

13th November

It’s been an honour and a pleasure to represent Walsall Golf Club as Lady Captain 2022-October 2023. My chosen charity was St Giles Hospice. This charity is close to the hearts of lots of members at WGC. I also wanted to choose a local charity. St Giles Hospice help you if you are living with an incurable illness, caring for someone, or grieving over the death of a loved one. 80% of their care is delivered in the community and like other charities, rely on the generosity of local people raising money for them.

I started my charity ideas with a calendar girls style calendar. I had 51 ladies who offered to be in the calendar. I followed this with a pamper evening, and wreath-making workshop. All were well supported. 

January I arranged a bring-and-buy sale, followed by a social evening Beatles night, with an auction of golfing four balls and sporting memorabilia. We also had three pop up boutique sales, name the bear, and a Peaky Blinder evening with a raffle.

I even sold my car spot to another member for weekend use only for £500.00.

We've also had lots of other fun celebrations and competitions along the way, including out two-day Solheim Cup event.

I’ve loved every minute of being Lady Captain but raising this much money for charity has been the icing on the cake. 

I gave Alison Tumelty their regional fundraiser the cheque today for £7000. 

Steph Haynes - Walsall Golf Club

I've loved hearing updates from Steph over her year as Lady Captain, the calendar girls was a particular highlight! What an amazing achievement and it sounds like, even though it has been a lot of hard work, it's been a very rewarding and fun experience.

Celebrating the Solheim Cup at Walsall Golf Club

19th September

A two day event came to Walsall Golf Club in September to celebrate the Solheim Cup. To make sure all the ladies could get involved the fun 9-hole competition took place on Sunday 17th and Tuesday 19th September.

Ahead of the match play competition, partners were drawn and players were put into Team Europe or Team USA. Everyone dressed up in appropriate team colours.

Steph Haynes, Lady Captain at Walsall was Captain of USA and Vice Captain Estelle Thomas was Captain of Europe.

In the end, it was Team Europe who came out on top! All were presented with prizes with Solheim Cup stickers on and "Solheim Cup" vase was given to the winning team.

A special mention must go to Judith Sanders who made everyone a delicious fairy cake with either a Europe or a USA flag on them for after the game with coffee.

We had such a fun couple of days!

Thanks to Steph Haynes, Lady Captain at Walsall Golf Club for sharing this Solheim Cup event story. It looks like you predicted who would be holding the Solheim Cup trophy at the end of a hard-fought match at Finca Cortesin!

Centenary celebrations for Berkshire County Ladies Golf Association

19th July 2023

Berkshire County Ladies Golf Association (BCLGA) held their Centenary day at Temple Golf Club on Wednesday 19 July.

There were 126 ladies with 21 Berkshire golf clubs represented, who took part in the day, with two separate competitions, one held in the morning and one in the afternoon at Temple Golf Club.

As well as having prizes that were sponsored by Mizuno (Reading) and a £10,000 hole-in-one prize - there was plenty to play for!

A super day was had by all, the weather held beautifully and Temple Golf Club staff and volunteers were fabulous.

For those interested you can find out a little history on the BCGA here BCLGA | Brief History of The Association | 1922 - 2020. Temple Golf Club was one of four clubs who originally founded the organization in 1923 – East Berkshire, Sonning and Maidenhead being the other three.

Thanks to Donna Hunt, Berkshire second team captain and Centenary organiser, for sharing the news. How fabulous to have so many women coming together to celebrate such a significant event for the county.

Northumberland Ladies in the pink

14th July 2023

Northumberland Ladies County Golf Association held their annual Durnell trophy competition on July 14, where the County Captain raises money for her chosen charity.

"What a fantastic day we had at Longhirst Hall GC - the sun shone for most of the day - 140 ladies came out to play in 50 shades of pink and we raised over £636 for the Captains Charity Breast Cancer Now.

"Winners of the team event were the last team out catching the rain and playing on their home course with a fantastic score of 125 team points - Sue Kelly, Janet Cornhill, Lesley Dennis, Eileen Gow.

"Nearest the pin - Corrie Murphy from Newbiggin had a great shot on the 10th and secured some pink fizz for her team mates.

"Best Dressed - So many great teams to choose from but winners with their wigs & tutus were Tynemouth ladies Jane Henderson, Bernadette Thompson,Carol Brodie & Caroline Combe.

"So many thank yous for such a great day - Longhirst Hall GC, the ladies section, the greenkeepers & their hospitality team. Myra Robinson our Competition Secretary for her pink Brest Cancer magic and all of her helpers throughout the day.

"A special thank you to Steve Cubbins for the fantastic photos."

Thanks to Anne Moyle, NLCGA County Captain, for sharing the news on the county comp in the pink! Great fun and money raised for a fantastic cause.

Burgham Park Ladies 'Dress to Clash, Raise some Cash'

3rd June 2023

At Burgham Park, all three Captains’ are raising funds for Cancer Research UK, and as part of that the Ladies Section had a ‘Dress to Clash, Raise some Cash’ theme to our charity day.

We know how we all love our golf fashion, but for just one day we thought we’d go against the grain and dress in as many different and clashing colours as we could. We even had one Lady doing her own tie-dye clothing at home! There were trips to charity shops, raiding of wardrobes and borrowing of items from friends and relatives. The Ladies really embraced the challenge and looked great. There was a lot of laughter and a number of photographs taken.

We went on to have a lovely day and some great golf was played too – the winning score being an amazing 46 points from Mandy Scott. Relaxed golf in a fun atmosphere, can bring out the best in your game! We had a lot of fun prizes too, with a ‘best dressed’ along with the usual Nearest the Pin and Nearest the Line.

We raised an amazing £235 for Cancer Research, from a small section – a really fabulous effort.

Here are a few photos from the day (there are more!). I’m the one with the flowery cut-offs and the red and orange overtop – oh and the big yellow sunglasses. 😊

Thanks to Gill Smith, Lady Captain at Burgham Park for sharing and congratulations on your fundraising efforts. We love the idea of relaxed golf in a fun atmosphere!

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