April committee meeting is cancelled and we will all communicate by e mail. The meeting in May will be decided later.

Friendly matches, county matches, ladies alliance and all ladies competitions on Tuesdays and some Thursdays are all cancelled in April and May. Friendly social games are allowed and should now be booked online. Shoes can be changed on the car park. I will also postpone my fashion show in May.

Finally it is with sadness I have to tell you that Margaret Yeomans has resigned from our committee by email.

Lady Captain

In 2020 you will be able to enter competitions on line for the following competitions:

Sue Turner Monday 6 April Trentham

Staffordshire Girls County Championship Thursday 16 April Leek

Spring foursomes Monday 27 April Bloxwich

County Championship Sunday10 May Sandwell Park

Bronze Alliance Monday 13 July Trentham Park

Bronze Div competitions (individual & team) Monday 10 August Barlaston

Silver Div competitions (individual & team) Monday 10 August Barlaston

Autumn Greensomes Monday 14 September Branston

Centenary 4BBB Monday 28 September Sandwell

County am am Monday 12 October Great Barr

All competitions should be open to enter from 31 January 2020. Closing dates and details of individual competitions/rules are on the website. If you need any help then contact County Rep (Karen Wilshaw). Occasionally a competition may be oversubscribed (and subject to a ballot eg Sue Turner). Monies will be returned directly to individuals if this happens.

All entries will be via the website www.staffsgolf.co.uk

You will need to go to Ladies Section of website. Click tab marked “competition”; click on on line entry drop down; click competition you would to enter and follow instructions through to payment (this is just like booking opens or tee times at other clubs).

When the closing date has passed you will no longer be able to enter on line. You will receive your tee time by email or text sent to you directly (whatever you requested at time of booking). The start sheet will be published on the website. The Mactier Cup Final (Monday 24 August Aston Wood) will be subject to an LGC qualifying competition and LGC will be pay entry fee.

I am pleased to announce that I am Lady Captain for 2020. I didn’t hesitate when I was invited once again for this honour. I was Lady Captain before in 2007.

My charity will be UK Sepsis. I chose this because a friend Sarah Day lost her young son Dylan to sepsis last year. The family live locally and I was touched by their plight.

On December 3rd the ladies had their Xmas dinner and prize presentation. Over 50 ladies thoroughly enjoyed the Xmas dinner. Compliments to our chef! Also thanks to Helen Charles and Chris for looking after us so well. Well done to all the ladies who won their trophies this year.

On December 10th I held the Lady Captains Xmas 10 hole competition. Afterwards I served the ladies with mince pies, Sherry and Baileys. Thanks to the 24 ladies who battled the wintry weather with some good scores. The winners were:

Silver Division:

1st Angela Broadhurst

2nd Karen Wilshaw

Bronze Division:

1st Gill Armstrong

2nd Janet Gilbert

Gill also won the Birdie prize

Lesley Powell won the prize for the best Xmas outfit

The presentation was followed with a talk by Sarah Day. She bravely told the members of her tragic experience of sepsis. She hopes this raised awareness of sepsis and how it is affecting so many families. She does this daily with her formation of Dylan’s Army to raise this awareness.

She then went on to draw the winning ticket for the Xmas hamper I had made to raise funds for sepsis. Sheila Hollins from our ladies section won this. Thanks so much to Leek golf club members, my family and friends for donating and raising the amazing sum of £353. Thanks also to our new captain Arthur Doherty for 2020 in accepting my invitation to introduce himself to our ladies section and help with the presentation.

There was a lovely atmosphere in the clubhouse which was well attended. Some sadness too after Sarah’s talk. Many thanks to her for making the effort to support my charity.

I would like to wish you all a Happy Xmas and a successful golfing New Year.

Nora Boulton - Lady Captain 2020

The Ladies section gathered to celebrate the end of the 2019 season with their Christmas meal and Presentation evening on Tuesday 3rd Dec. Lady Captain for 2020, Mrs Nora Boulton, greeted the ladies and wished them well for Christmas and the coming season’s golf. The outgoing Captain, Mrs Janet Wood, presented the trophies to the successful ladies, who were:

Hay Bowl Plate – Miss J Flavell

2010 Trophy – Mrs J Cordon

Kath Balay Trophy (4BBB) – Mrs M Wootton/Miss L Nixon

Winter League – Mrs J Wood

Stableford Trophy - Mrs G Taylor

Bayley Trophy – Mrs P J Nadin

Kathleen Dean Trophy (36H) – Mrs J Peacock

Centenary Trophy – Mrs S Hollins

Past Captains’ Trophy – Mrs W Marriott

Mary Freeman Seniors’ Trophy – Mrs A Cockersole

Nancy Close Trophy – Mrs J Peacock

Medal Final – Mrs M Lilley

Miller Trophy – Mrs L Ball

Rushton Trophy – Mrs J Cordon

Nicholson Trophy (pair’s knockout) – Mrs G Taylor/Mrs P J Nadin

Haybowl (singles knockout) – Mrs J Hardern

At the NS&D Ladies Alliance AGM on Monday 11 November the results of the 2019 competitions were announced and prizes awarded.

Well done to two Leek ladies – Hazel McCrady and Sheila Hollins. Hazel McCrady was top of Div 2 (40 points) in the Captain’s Day competition at Wolstanton narrowly missing the top prize (Captain’s Trophy) on countback. Sheila Hollins was runner up for the Coronation Trophy with 64 points again narrowly missing out on the top prize by one point! This trophy is awarded for the best scores in the individual stableford competitions (Leek and Market Drayton).