Report by Malcolm Naish
The 50th anniversary of the Fence Club golf day could not have wished for better weather, that saw over 60 industry golfers taking part.
It was a fantastic day’s golf for Jacqueline Taylor-Foo, armed with a new driver, Jacky won the Fence Club’s best individual Stableford score with 37 points and her four-ball team captained by Martin Whitaker playing off 6 and included Michele Bates and new Fence Club member Dawn Lavett led the way with a team score of 113 points.
Jacqueline complimented Martin on his patience in keeping the team fully informed on distances and best club usage – it obviously did the trick! She also won the Ladies longest drive.
Winner of the best individual score on the day was John White, playing off 13.6 John’s score of 44 points was outstanding.
Longest drive was won by Craig Kidd.
£32,000 raised for Fence Club’s charities
This was the biggest amount raised for the golf day and fitting that it was our 50th anniversary of the golf day. With Jon Gregory organizing the fines, Chairman Simon Anslow organizing the raffle and Steve Wells most expertly handling the auction, this amazing amount was the result.
Our thanks to all those generous souls for giving the various auction prizes, although as Joe Kissane said “They weren’t really prizes, as people paid for them”.
For my part, a pathetic round of golf including something of a hang-over saw me winning the Fence Club ‘Don’t give up the day job’ trophy, but thanks to my team of captain Collin Farrow, Paul Reader and James Waddelove for keeping me going. A special word of praise for Paul Reader. His score of 27 was his best score ever and I marked his card. Given that Paul only plays twice a year, his was a great result.
Special thanks should be given to Fence Club Chairman Simon Anslow who headed up the sub-committee for organising a fantastic day.
It’s for the Children and yesterday proved what a great club the Fence Club is.
