Manchester & District Lady Golfers Association
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Manchester & District Lady Golfers Association |
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TYTHERINGTON stalwart Frances
Sandeman (pictured) is the President for 2008 for the prestigious Manchester
and District Ladies Golf Association, which is now well into its second
century of providing top golf competitions for nearly 100 clubs in the area. Frances said: "I started playing golf in 1982 in Leicester then moved to Cheshire in 1985 a few months before I would have become Lady Captain - I have therefore never been a 'Lady Captain' !"I joined Tytherington in 1986 a few weeks after it opened and I helped to start the committee and was their first Handicap Secretary, and served on the Tytherington committee for a long time. "In 1994 I was made redundant and decided to do something for golf so I served on the Cheshire Ladies committee for three years and then joined M.D.L.G.A committee at the end of that stint. |
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Frances Sandeman |
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MDLGA President 2008 |
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"I took over as Bell Cup secretary
when Anne Hellawell became President and did this job for six years - the
highlight of which was when Tytherington won the Bell Cup. "I am now not playing so much because of my hip and I am having a hip replacement as soon as I finish my term of office." Frances certainly enjoyed her team’s success in the Bell Cup of 2006, when she was the competition organiser and she now sees them with a bye into round one of this season’s competition with a home tie against competition newcomers Marriott Worsley Park. The Bell Cup finals day is scheduled to be played at Tytherington on Friday September 5 when the last four teams from the original entry of 87 will play semi-finals and then the final with the holders Pleasington looking to retain their crown. They begin the defence of their title with a tough away match in the preliminary round at Prestbury. The other MDLGA competitions of the season begin with the Bunty Booth final for winners from the member clubs’ qualifying competitions will take place at Blackley Golf Club on June 6. Rossendale GC will host the Challenge Cup competition on July 4 and the team event will take place at Leyland on August 21. The season will conclude with the Greensome Stableford at Astbury on September 18. Entry forms will be available in all member clubs for players who wish to compete in the competitions
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