A Brief History
Nottinghamshire
County Ladies Golf Association was formed at a meeting held on December 5th
1908. The main reason for this
formation was to produce a County Team. By
1913 the County consisted of 9 Clubs, Notts Ladies, Bulwell Forest, Newark, Radcliffe, Stanton,
Bulwell Hall, Rushcliffe Sherwood Forest, and Chilwell. By 1959 the number had risen to 15, by 1994 to 24 and
at the present time there are 29 Affiliated Clubs.
Since
the formation of the County we have had 14 Presidents and 5 Secretaries!
The longest serving Presidents were Mrs John Player and the Duchess of
Portland who both served consecutively for 21 years. (This position is now held
for a maximum of 5 years). The longest serving Secretary/Treasurer was Miss J A
Bright from 1912-1950, followed by Mrs J H Payne from 1951-1986.
The
County presently run the County Championship and 4 further competitions during
the summer. We also have Inter-Club
matches and Inter League matches, and up until 2007 County Matches against
Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire. In 2008 with the formation of EWGA, our region changed to
become the Midlands North consisting of Notts, Derbyshire, Leicestershire,
Lincolnshire, Shropshire & Staffordshire. Our County Week changed to 5 days
of competition with the winners going forward to the EWGA County Finals.