The Cavendish clubhouse was rockin’ on the last Saturday of 2023. The entertainment started with a free quiz for everyone to see what they could remember of 2023 and prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams. Well done to Mr Captain and his lovely chums for coming first. The Karaoke followed and started with a…
It all started in the morning with Santa Hats and Christmas jumpers for a fun festive golf competition which saw a number of our members braving the mist and drizzle on the course. As you can see by the photos, they seemed to be enjoying themselves. Then 36 of our members gathered together for their…
Children’s Christmas Party Well what a popular event this was. Nearly 70 excited children attended the annual Christmas party at the golf club this year. They had loads of fun, winning copious amounts of chocolate and sweets on the Tombola, along with making their very own Christmas cards at the craft station, had fun dancing…
The new ‘raining’ Captains had a challenging start to their year with atrocious weather conditions for their ‘drive-in’ on Sunday 19 November. Stoically Cavendish members braved the elements and turned out to support their new captains for 2024 and a brilliant (if not a little damp) atmosphere was created! Mulled wine and mince pies were…
During the course of my 2023 Captaincy we have published photographs of the hundreds of pounds worth of donations made by Cavendish ladies to support Buxton Ladies and Girls Refuge. We have now received photographs showing Jean Hayward (a Cavendish and Soroptomist member) along with other ladies packing the handbags with all our donations in…
On Friday 17 November the clubhouse was full to bursting with family, friends and members to say farewell to Bob, Pam and Alex and to welcome Steve, Wendy and Harry. Speeches started with Alex who had been Junior Captain for two years. Alex introduced Harry the new 2024 Junior Captain, who expressed he was honoured to…
Cavendish Ladies prize night was held at the club on 19th October 2023. Lady Captain Pam Brindley invited representatives from her chosen charities to attend and presented cheques for money raised throughout 2023. Both charities received cheques for £645. Soroptomist Society & Crossroads Elaine and Elizabeth from the Soroptomist Society and Crossroads explained that they help…
For the fourth consecutive year Cavendish secured a convincing win in the 2023 Derbyshire County Henrique Memorial Trophy. They beat a strong Mickleover GC team by 5 points. Congratulations to the team members Pat & Chris Campbell, Phil & Anna Major and Neil & Fiona Flynn who came 2nd overall with 41 points..
18 Cavendish ladies spent a wonderful weekend at Oulton Hall near Leeds, travelling on Sunday 6 August. The event comprised dinner bed and breakfast with two rounds of golf leaving Monday. After all the recent rain the ladies were so lucky that the sun shone on them all the time! Oulton Hall has three nine…
Today we hosted our ‘any combination’ Texas Scramble open. The weather was kind to us for a change this week with no rain after an early flurry. The winners were D Oldfield, A Morris, L Kelsall and A Kennedy from Blackburn GC with a fantastic score of 52 nett, winning by 1 stroke from 4…