It was lovely to see so many people at the Turkey Trot all enjoying themselves. Many thanks to Maggie and Pat for organising everything and making sure that everyone got their Festive Season off to a great start.

Don't forget that we will be teeing off from 12 noon next week for the Turkey Trot. Please make sure you arrive early to allow time for a festive drink before your game. Remember to wear your Christmas jumper. In the event that the course is closed we will meet in the clubhouse at about 14:30 in time for the meal which is being served at 15:00.

Pat receives the Anderson Division 4 Shield from County Captain Anne Dunn at the County AGM.

Please note that the date of the AGM has been changed. It will now be held on Friday before Presentation Evening. Please arrive for 18:15 and the meeting will start promptly at 18:30. We should then be finished in time for the meal to be served at 19:30 and the presentation of prizes will follow.

The magnificent sum of £520 was raised at Kay's funeral for Cancer Research UK.

Notices for the Turkey Trot are in the locker room (for more details see here). Please sign up in good time and give your cheques for both the carvery and the Presentation Evening meal to Liz.

Many thanks to Linda Luke for organising a great Woodham Waywards trip to Rudding Park. She had to put up with Pat and I dithering about whether we could go or not, and if so, for how long and never let it upset the arrangements she had carefully planned. Maggie assisted her throughout the stay ensuring that all the finishing touches were made.

The weather on day 1 was rather blustery making scoring difficult on what was already a very long course. The results of the day are as follows:-

Of course there was the normal "dancing" after the meal which meant that some were more tired than others on day 2! Unfortunately the weather was not as kind on Friday with a few showers. However, it did not spoil the overall enjoyment of what was a lovely break in a beautiful setting. The photographs can be found here.

Margaret Russell and Barbara Robinson won their 2nd round match of the Thomlinsons Cups 6&4 against South Shields on Wednesday. They then had go out almost straight away to play Seaham in the afternoon. Unfortunately they run out of steam and were beaten 4&2, but they did very well to reach the quarter finals.

Liz Nelson and Steph Storry won second prize in the Durham County Autumn Team event played at Blackwell Grange. They were playing with some ladies from Ramside who they had not even met before. Liz said she was still jetlagged from her holiday, but it obviously did her golf no harm!

Congratulations to the Bronze Thomlinson team of Margaret Russell and Barbara Robinson who won their first round match against Ryton 3&2, they will now play South Shields. Unfortunately the Silver Team of Tracey Hahn and Janice Blakey lost a very close match against South Moor 2&1.

Good luck to Linda Knight and Linda Luke who play in the regional final of the Coronation Foursomes at Gosforth on Wednesday.

Many congratulations to Flo who celebrated a "Big Birthday" yesterday and brought cake for after our game today - scrummy!!

Remember that there is no Wednesday game this week as there is a big event going out at our normal time.

The Woodham Waywards balance of £95 for those sharing and £179 for single rooms is required by 12th August 2018.
Please make cheques payable to Woodham Golf Club Ladies Section and give them to Linda Luke (as Liz Nelson will be on holiday).

Pictures from Lady Captain's Day can be found here

More cake today to continue with the celebrations of Liz's 70th birthday - scrummy.

Congratulations to the Anderson Afternoon League Team who managed a draw away at Durham City. There is only one more match to go which is the return game at home against Durham City. Let's hope we can finish the season on a positive note.

Don't forget to bring a bottle (or £5) in lieu of the entry fee for next week's competition. These will be used as raffle prizes in the Mixed and Ladies Opens taking place soon to help raise funds for the club to cover running costs.

Many congratulations to Liz who celebrates a "big birthday" on Tuesday, apparently she is not sure what's happening on the actual day as her family have just told her to "keep it free". Many Happy Returns Liz, we all hope you have a wonderful day.

The Afternoon League Team had a great win this week 4-3 away at Consett, there are only two matches left to play now (home and away to Durham City).

Don't forget that next Sunday is Lady Captain's day and we shall be meting in the hut at 11am for food and drink before going out to play from approximately 12 noon. I'm sure that everyone will be busy baking on Saturday so there will be a fantastic spread and coupled with the birthday cake we had after golf today all plans for diets will have to go out of the window for the next couple of weeks!

£102 was raised from the raffle for fourballs at Billingham and Sharpley. Lucinda Hall and Ken Dye were the lucky winners. Many thanks to Maggie for all her efforts in selling the tickets.

Well done to Norma on winning the Kath Golightly Salver - the first trophy of the summer season that we have managed to play. Here's hoping that the weather has now done its worst so that we can have some dry days for golfing.