Welcome

Back to 2023, we have 5 meetings scheduled for the year plus 4 Inter-County Matches.  In selecting the venues for our meetings I have tried to mix the courses throughout the County, including Clubs not visited recently by the Society.

Our 1^st event is the Golden Jubilee Claret Jug – a singles competition on 27^th April at the New Zealand Club; this course needs little introduction and I know players will delight in the challenge.

The Spring Meeting – 4BBB event sees us visit Purley Downs on 4^th May – This is a lovely course and the Club are delighted to host our society.  There are still places available.

Bletchingley is the venue for our Summer Meeting on 23^rd June another 4BBB.  I think this might be our 1^st visit to this course and I’m sure it’s one to enjoy.  Again there are still spaces available for this meeting; please do check your diaries maybe you can make the day.

Puttenham opens its doors to us for our 4BBB Autumn Meeting on 28^th September – another course not recently featured in our programme.  We would welcome more entries.

Tandridge is the setting for the Mixed Invitation – a fine course that never fails to challenge and the off-course hospitality is second to none.

Please can I encourage maximum support for all the meetings, we always hope for a full field and the selected Clubs this year are only too happy to entertain the Society.

Inter-County matches; we are hosting Hampshire and Kent this year at my Club Chipstead   and we travel ‘away’ to Dale Hill to play Sussex.   Berkshire after a necessary rearrangement following the closure of Winter Hill CG has now invited us to Temple Golf Club on the 11^th May.   Everyone is most welcome to play in any of the matches, please don’t hesitate to apply; full details can be found in your Society Handbook or on the Website.

In closing I should like to mention my chosen Charity for 2023, The Children’s Trust for children with brain injury; their National Specialist Centre is based at Tadworth in Surrey.   I supported the ‘Trust’ during my Club Captain year and I welcome the opportunity to raise a little money for them once again.  We will of course still be supporting our traditional charities; namely Surrey County Junior Girls and Battleback.

I very much look forward to meeting as many Society Members as possible during the year; in the meantime I wish you all good health, continued friendships and a great season of golf.

Pat McNeil

Captain – Surrey Lady Captains’ Society