Spring Meeting at Kibworth GC on 24th April 2023
33 teams were booked to play in the Spring Meeting held on Monday 24th April at Kibworth GC. Unfortunately, due to the wet conditions prior to the event, buggies were not permitted on the course and three teams withdrew from the competition.
The course played very long after the rain the previous week but at least the weather was better than forecasted so players did not get wet on the day.
30 teams were able to participate in the 3-ball alliance competition for the Wendy Johnson Trophy and Kibworth GC were the perfect hosts for this event.
The winners of the Wendy Johnson Trophy were:
1st Place: Jo Pepper, Cathy Russell and Suzanne Smith of Cosby GC with 67 points
2nd Place: Sue Clarke, Sara Glover and Pam Hall of Rutland Water GC with 66 points
3rd Place: Lynda Bramley, Lynda Dunne and Sue Young of Beedles Lake GC with 65 points
4th Place: Julia Dunkley, Chris O'Neill and Ruth Palmer of Kibworth GC with 65 points (OCB)
5th Place: Helen Adams-Brown of Hinckley, Anne Knight and Judy Matharu of Lutterworth with 64 points
Nearest the pin on the 9th Loraine Washington of Scraptoft
Nearest the pin on the 15th Pam Hall of Rutland Water
Congratulations to all the winners and many thanks to everyone who supported this event.
Bridge Drive at Kirby Muxloe on 3rd November 2022
52 players attended the annual bridge drive held at Kirby Muxloe Golf Club.
The winner of the Bridge Trophy was June Green, who was a guest of a player from Beedles Lake
2nd Place - Pat Darke
First Slam was won by June Green and Janice Evans
Nearest to zero was Di Starforth
Thank you to everyone who supported us on the day.
Autumn Meeting at Rothley Park on 5th September 2022
88 ladies played in a four ball better ball competition at the Autumn Meeting for the Renee Shipman trophy at Rothley Park GC.
The winners were:
1st Place – Helen Lowe and Cathryn Hoyland of Scraptoft with 43 points
2nd Place – Sue Ayre and Helen Adams-Brown of Hinckley with 42 points (OCB)
3rd Place – Ann Knight and Andrena Porter of Lutterworth with 42 points (OCB)
4th Place Julia Dunkley and Ruth Palmer of Kibworth with 42 points (OCB)
5th Place Karen Docherty and Sue Rossiter of Lingdale with 40 points (OCB)
6th Place Jo Brown of Scraptoft and Rosie Black of The Leicestershire with 40 points (OCB)
Our thanks are sent to all the staff at Rothley Park for their warm welcome and assistance on the day.
Well played to all the winners and thank you to all the ladies for supporting our event, we hope that you all enjoyed your day.
President's Day at Ruddington Grange 23rd April 2022
56 ladies playing in 14 teams competed in the AM AM for the President's Quaiches (cups of friendship) at Ruddington Grange.
The winners of the were:
1st Place - Margaret Theakston and Yvonne Gilman of Luffenham Heath, Andrena Porter of Lutterworth and Sue Barker of Whetstone with 80 points
2nd Place - Jo Trouve of Charnwood Forest, Trish Formoy and Chris O'Neill of Kibworth and Jacqui Knight of Lutterworth with 79 points (OCB)
3rd Place - Rita Watts of Hinckley, Pam Fox and Lyneve McLoughlin of Lingdale and Doreen Brown of Scraptoft with 79 points (OCB)
Nearest the pins:
8th hole - Di Jaggard of Lingdale
16th hole - Jenny Piecha of Rothley Park
Our thanks to the all the staff and members at Ruddington Grange for their support and for the use of their course on the day.
Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to all the ladies who supported this event and made it a very special day.
Spring Meeting at Luffenham Heath 25th April 2022
Thirty-one teams played in the 3 Ball Alliance at Luffenham Heath for the Wendy Johnson trophy.
The winners were:
1st Place - Julie Dawson, Anna Taylor and Diane Wood of Kirby Muxloe with 84 points
2nd Place - Doreen Brown, Gail Neill and Loraine Washington of Scraptoft with 80 points
3rd Place - Suzanne Gee, Ross Hecks and Cheryl McGann of Kibworth with 79 points
4th Place - Fiona Johnson and Alison Seddon of Longcliffe and Jane Horwood of Stanton-on-the-Wolds with 79 points (OCB)
5th Place - Marion Overlunde, Sue Pallet and Sue Pritchard of Lingdale with 78 points
Nearest the pin on the 9th hole - Doreen Brown of Scraptoft
Nearest the pin on the 17th hole - Margaret Weston of Beedles Lake
Our thanks to the all the staff and members at Luffenham Heath for their support and for the use of their course on the day.
Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to all the ladies who played in this first event of 2022.
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Our annual Bridge Drive was held at Birstall Golf Club which 44 Ladies attended and it was wonderful to see friends meeting up and enjoying each other’s company after last year’s cancellation due to Covid.
The day started with coffee and Bridge commenced at 11am after our President, Helen Buckingham, had read out a brilliant poem she had written.
An excellent score of +3470 by Chris Massie of Kirby Muxloe won the trophy and 1st prize
2nd Janet Scarratt, a guest of Hinckley, +3030
3rd Jane Jennings a guest of Hinckley +2550
Nearest to zero Elaine Edwards of Hinckley -50
My thanks go to Jude Stevenson of Birstall Golf Club who was Director of Bridge, who helped us on the day.
The raffle raised an amazing £156 for the junior girls
Thank you to Birstall golf Club and their chef and his staff for producing an excellent lunch & service.
Finally on behalf of our Lady President, Helen and the committee thank you all the members and staff at Birstall for making us so welcome and to the ladies who attended.
We look forward to seeing you all next year.