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…

Winter League Final

Saturday 22nd March saw the Men’s Section play the Winter League Final, the first Board Competition of the new season. Congratulations to the 33 players that made it through the qualification competitions. Scoring in both divisions was remarkable given that this was the first time the course had been played from the white tees and…

Heidlelburgers Bavarian Night

The club was buzzing with sound on 28th December when we welcomed the Heidleburgers to entertain us for the evening, and they were brilliant. The 10 piece band and their lead, our very own Dave Jones, all dressed in Lederhosen, did a fabulous job performing various ‘Beer Keller’ songs and a number of other popular singalong melodies. YMCA…

Santa Claus has been to Cavendish

The annual Children’s Christmas Party was held at the golf club on Sunday 8th December. The children were fully entertained by Hannah Banana, Craft Tables and a Chocolate Tombola. Following the Meal and a dance at Paul Jenners disco, there was mass excitement as Santa was spotted travelling down Watford Farm track on his improvised…

Ladies Christmas Lunch

Santa Hats & Christmas jumpers began the day, with some Ladies braving the fog, damp & cold playing 9 holes before lunch. 31 Ladies gathered for a glass of Prosecco before a fabulous lunch in the dining room courtesy of Riccardo. Then the fun began – a “Guess Who” photo guessing game were Ladies had…

Captains Farewell & Hello

The club house was buzzing with members, friends and families of the club and The Captains, those retiring, the newly appointed ones and those announced as Vice Captains. Retiring Junior Captain, Harry Balfe, was first to say his farewells commenting that he’d had a great year and it had been an honour.  He welcomed the…