Hosted at the club on 17th April by Cavendish golf historian Richard Atherton. Richard enthralled members of the Club with a factual, interesting and entertaining History of Golf. A fabulous presentation which include the birth of the sport, some interesting attire, famous club houses, the railway posters advertising them and some personal memorabilia and snippets…
Cavendish Member, Jonathan Reynolds took part in the ‘Great Tommy Sleep Out’, swapping his bed for a sleeping bag to raise vital funds and awareness for over 6000 military veterans who are experiencing homelessness in the UK right now. Jonathan slept rough for 3 nights in a bivvie bag and a shelter (no tent) in atrocious…
Sadly, the British weather meant it was too wet for the Golf Competition to go ahead on Sunday Afternoon, but that didn’t stop the Leprechauns coming out to play in the evening!! Nearly 80 members and friends attended the 3 course Irish Dinner which included Leek & Potato Soup with Soda Bread, Irish Lamb Stew…
The Lady Captain’s Annual Coffee Morning marks the recognised start of the golfing season for Cavendish Ladies Section. There was a great turnout last week and Lady Captain, Wendy Goldstraw, was delighted with the fulsome support she received for this event There was great excitement as members, their family and friends turned up to support…
The drive and determination demonstrated by our amazing Cavendish staff and volunteers has been brutally tested over the winter months – February has been the wettest on record! The weather might have been wet and windy, but the specialist work teams have stuck to their agreed tasks to complete the course development work on schedule.…
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…