LADY CAPTAIN’S MESSAGE

SHEILA MCILROY

JUMEIRAH GOLF ESTATES LADY CAPTAIN

The New Year kicked off with the usual enthusiasm and energy that surrounds our ladies on a Wednesday morning. A pairs scramble eased us back into the swing of things. With cooler weather, great playing conditions on Earth and friendly faces, it was the perfect start to 2022.

Dear Members,

The Lounge Spa individual stableford winner was Evelyn Downham and collecting the Park Hyatt prizes for our Betterball competition were Anna Abbott & Shuang Sha.

January saw us participating in our first ICC event, massive congratulations to our JGE Ladies team, who as hosts used local knowledge wisely to secure the coveted points. Anna Abbott dominated from the 1st hole and was the overall individual winner on the day closely followed by the ever-reliable Mitsuko Emmerson. February started with a Coffee Morning with a different twist. Thanks to the encouragement and hard work of our Teaching Professionals at the Peter Cowen Academy, who helped organize the new ladies join our more established group for a relaxed 9 hole scramble. The unusually strong winds on Fire certainly didn’t spoil their introduction to golf and a very enjoyable morning was finished off by prize giving at the Sports Bar. Anneke Strobach & Joe O’Connor presented the winning prizes to Philippa Stumbles, Sara Chadwick, Stella Athanas and Biljan Toft. We look forward to inviting more ladies from PCAD to join us in April.

Our Lounge Spa individual stableford winner for February was Claudia Kilcullen, also worth mentioning was Gill Stevens in 2nd place with Lorraine Martensson hitting a superb shot to win NTP at hole 8. Wednesday 16th February is a date that our member Jacqui De Vries will not forget. Playing in the AHR Pro-Am she secured her 1st hole-in-one at the 2nd on Fire.

Wednesday the 23rd will see our ICC team travel to Saadiyat and then onto Emirates Faldo Course on the 9th March. With fingers crossed I look forward to updating you all in our next edition of Club Life.

Looking forward to seeing you out on the golf course soon.

Sheila McIlroy Lady Captain