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Ladies Golf


CAPTAIN OF THE LADIES BRENDA CROSS REFLECTS ON HER MEMORABLE YEAR IN OFFICE.


BEING CHOSEN AS CAPTAIN of the Ladies is both a privilege and an honour. When I was asked back in November 2017, I must admit to feeling somewhat daunted by what lay ahead, but I can now look back and reflect on what a marvellous time I have had and how lucky I have been. Over the past few years,


the Ladies’


section has undergone many changes brought about not internal


initiatives,


only by our own but


also driven


externally by the Equality Act. These have included the Ladies Academy, a move to teach beginners to play golf and learn the etiquette of the game with the hope that some will join us as members. Please find out more by reading Libby


Smith’s excellent article. This year has been an exceptionally busy one, due in large part to the hosting of the Women’s International Team Challenge for the first time at Hoylake. This is a competition between ten invited Clubs with teams of six members, five from the USA and Canada and five from Great Britain. You can learn what happened in Ali Grant’s fine report. We were determined to make it the best possible experience for our visitors and a big thank you goes to all of the many members who gave their support, particularly the hostesses, scorers and those who did “what was needed”. I have received many emails from the participating Clubs singing the praises of our fantastic course, welcoming staff and standard of hospitality. I felt very proud to be Captain for this event which will not return for another 10 years. A team of eight of us also travelled to


Ireland in April 2018 for a match against the Lahinch Ladies.


Lahinch is one


of the great Irish links with huge sand dunes, sweeping elevation changes and blind shots amongst the attractions. We were treated to blistering weather and a great sunset as we tucked into dinner at O’Looneys Bar on the eve of battle. Honour was served with a tied match the following day. More highlights for me were an to


invitation Left: Georgia Hall 48 ROYAL LIVERPOOL GOLF CLUB MAGAZINE 2019–2020 the Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham, the Ladies


Above: Lahinch a great links


Above right: With the WITC


competitors


Sustainability has been a theme for me during the year


Amateur Championship Open Championship. and Georgia the Hall’s


wonderful win at the Open was preceded by a great lunch with the Captain of the Ladies at Royal Lytham, so quite a day to remember. Presenting prizes at charity events, attending the ceremony of the blue plaque dedicated to our own John Ball, and invitations to many local Clubs to play their courses - all these and more will stay in my memory forever. In July a mixed team travelled


to


Etretat in Normandy for our biannual match. The wine flowed and even the snakes came out onto the fairway in the sunshine at the 18th to greet us! A scary sight and one our French hosts said had not been seen for many years!


ON THE HOME FRONT All of our teams have again had a successful season with the scratch team reaching the West Cheshire final and narrowly losing to Sandiway G.C. My Captain’s day out was at Lymm GC where


a record turnout enjoyed the


course hospitality and more warm weather. For the Captain’s Prize we were not so lucky and the planned barbecue


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