Inter Club Knockout Competitions

Cavendish Teams have played in the next stages of 4 inter club knockout competitions in the past couple of weeks. On Saturday 31st May at home, the Taskers Team of Alan Webster, Neil Bolton, Al Dean, Matt Kirk, Steve Whalley, Des Coleman & Mike Oakes took on an extremely strong, and past Taskers Trophy winning…

Christie Charity Sleepover

Club members Jonathan Reynolds & Chris Meachem completed a sleep out over the Centenary weekend raising over £1600 for the Christie Cancer Charity.  JR slept out for 4 nights and was joined by Captain Phil Major for one night.  JR is quoted as saying Phil was definitely outside his comfort zone but he pulled through.…

Spring Prize Presentation

On Friday the 23rd May the Club ran a 9 hole MacKenzie route golf competition which was followed by both the Men’s & Ladies Sections presenting their main Spring Competition Winners and Runners Ups with their Trophies and/or Centenary Glassware. Many thanks to Jeff Haddon (Men’s Section M&H Chairman) who announced the results to a…

Centenary Weekend

The club celebrated its 100 years with a fabulous Centenary Family Fun Weekend on the 17th & 18th May, once again we were blessed with amazing weather on both days. The clubhouse looked fantastic as it was decorated with the Cavendish colours of green & gold with balloons, bunting & an illuminated “100” sign. Golf…

Successive Sunday Successes !!

The last 2 Sundays have seen Cavendish GC Teams progress into the next round of 3 separate inter-club competitions. Sunday 27th April Cavendish played Cheadle @ Home in the MDGA City Glass Foursomes, the team represented by Matt Kirk & Dan Taylor, Mr Captain & Steve Whalley, Nick Whyte & Adam Bradley, Mike Collinge &…

Chipping & Chips

As a follow on from our Prosecco & Putting evening, we held a Chipping & Chips event. On another glorious evening,g Liam, our assistant Pro, gave a demonstration & explanation on how to successfully chip around the greens. After all having a try, which proved to be a bit more difficult than putting, we had…

Centenary Bridge Opening

On a glorious Friday evening (11th April), Members gathered by the Centenary Bridge to witness the unveiling and official opening by our wonderful Honorary Member Eddie Birchenhough. Eddie was born and bred in Buxton, first caddying at the club in the 1950’s, he went on to become a golf professional for some 65yrs and was…

Prosecco & Putting

On a glorious evening this week we held a Prosecco & Putting event to try and attract potential new women members to join our section, and to try out their putting skills. Our assistant Pro, Liam, gave a demonstration, before we held a putting competition, where some proved to be more skilful than others! We…

Taskers Trophy R1 Triumph

Cavendish GC were fortunate to be drawn at home in round 1 of the Men’s over 50s Taskers Trophy. On Sunday 6th April seven singles matches were played against last years semi finalists  from Lees Hall GC, Sheffield. Cavendish players (see photo) Neil Bolton, Alan Webster, Mick Gould, Richard Preston, Mike Oakes, Jonathan Reynolds and…