CLUB CAPTAIN’S CHARITY DAY 2026 – WHAT A GREAT DAY!
On the 10th of July the Club hosted our annual Charity Day event as a part of our Festival of Golf – presented by our main event sponsor NFU Mutual and generously supported by local firms who kindly sponsored many of the tees around the course – all to support our local charity ‘The Hub’.
The Hub is the Tenterden Social Hub & Dementia Centre which has been supporting our local community and rural areas for over 60 years, providing a safe and welcoming environment for elderly, disabled and vulnerable adults from 18 to 100+ years of age as well as exemplary support for dementia sufferers and their carers.
They are unique in our community, and their mission is to prevent social isolation and loneliness, especially prevalent in rural communities like ours. They strive to ensure that individuals can continue to remain as independent as possible and at home where they want to be. They also provide much needed support for those caring for individuals with Dementia.
On the day, the sun shone, the course looked and played the best it ever has, and some 70 members, visitors and guests took part in a competitive game of golf.
Afterwards, all the players enjoyed a lovely 2-course buffet lunch in the clubhouse before checking raffle tickets and bidding on auction lots! Many donated raffle prizes of hampers, bottles, golf clubs and experiences were won and auction items as diverse as photographic studio time to a 4-ball Championship Golf Course voucher were bid on.
There were many winners and close seconds with nearest the pins and longest drives for ladies and men as well as a special award presented by Martello Auctions of a Queen Elizabeth Silver Crown coin in presentation case for the winner of the lowest gross score on the par 3 holes won by Keith Steele who also featured as the best player on the day with 43 points beating Graham Jordan on a count back!
Graham also featured in the winning team of Graham with Simon and Jacky Brown and Georgina Robertson who scored a very impressive 95 points!
The winning team of visitors was Charlotte Dodds ably supported by the Wilson Clan of Katie, James and Jane! Well done to all the winners on the day!
In truth the real winners of the day were The Hub as the day contributed hugely to the amazing £8,000 that has been raised so far this year!! Given that a few ££’s can provide a meal, or fund attendance for someone at an activity session or purchase supplies to support the many activities at The Hub this money will make a huge difference to a lot of local people in need! Thank you to all who took part or supported the event – you have really made a difference!
Thanks then to all of our sponsors and the kind donors of prizes, gifts and money all to help us raise funds for The Hub! Our supporters include:
The Vine Hythe Golf Club
Anasa Greek Restaurant Walmer & Kingsdown Golf Club
Montalbano Bexleyheath Golf Club
Ozgurs Restaurant Canterbury Golf Club
Bell & Jurrocks Dale Hill Golf Club
Martello Auctions Faversham Golf Club
The Grapevine Littlestone Golf Club
The Woolpack St Augustines Golf Club
Majestics Ashford Golf Club
The Hub Waterstones
Gusbourne Estate Between the Lines
Chapel Down County Clothes
Ace Performance Golf Mel Smith Photography
Tenterden Leisure Nigel Dixon
Webbs of Tenterden NFU Mutual
Benenden Hospital Bourne Amenity
Turtle Waste Management Whitehead Monckton
Blosson Ethel Loves Me
Amy's Nail Salon Paydens
Tenterden Home Interiors Woodcocks
Grovewell Nursey The Forge
Baroness Stedman-Scott Morghews
Tesco Waitrose
Roy Allan Growing Golf
The Little Silver Country Hotel Tenterden Tiling
Love Ventures
