Mary Reid

Yesterday was our first big fundraiser for my Mayor's Charity. And given that I have never played golf in my life, it gave me plenty of opportunities to display my incompetence and ignorance.

Malden Golf Club had very generously offered us a full day, allowing 20 teams to compete under Stableford rules - there, I did learn something! 

The first two teams tee'd off at 9am, one from the first hole and the other from the tenth. I said hello to each team as it got to the first hole where we took team photos.

Fortunately for everyone, I didn't actually have to play - I just had to hit the first ball, which sort of dribbled along the ground.

We had teams from, amongst others, the local police, the Korean Emabassy, Kingston College, DC Leisure, RJ Dance, Oceana, Olympic South, the Korean Chamber of Commerce and local golf clubs, plus teams of councillors, council employees and friends.

Everyone seeemd to enjoy the golf - it stayed fine, if cloudy, all day - followed by a good lunch and then a raffle and prizegiving. 

The winning team, for the second year running, was from the You Me Korean restaurant in Burlington Road. Congratulations to them!

The winning team, captained by Mrs O Kyung Hur

I did comment that the teams captained by councillors filled the bottom three places, which was obviously because they were too busy caring for the citizens of the borough to find time to play golf. 

But the teams made up of RBK employees did suspiciously well....

We raised getting on for £3000, so it was worth a little ritual humiliation.