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17th Annual
Ladies Varsity MatchCambridge vs. Oxford
Rye Golf Club
Dear All,
Welcome to the 17th Annual Ladies Varsity Golf Match at Rye Golf Club. We hope that you will have a great day following what looks to be a fantastic match, no matter the result.
This year, the Ladies’ Varsity Match returns to Rye Golf Club for the third time. We would like to take this opportunity to thank those who have been involved in making this match possible. Firstly, to Rye Golf Club and its members for hosting us at their beautiful course. Furthermore, we are grateful to those at the club who have helped to organise the match and for the time and effort they have put in to help make this match happen.
We are sure that the links will be an exciting and challenging test for all of us today.
Secondly, we would like to thank the Oxford and Cambridge Ladies Golfing Society for their support and guidance for both teams, under the leadership of Joan Weight. We are also very grateful for the support of the
Speed Trust whose generosity makes both this match and activities of the two golf teams possible.
Finally, our appreciation goes to those golf clubs who have participated in fierce but friendly matches and who have offered us their wonderful hospitality throughout our golfing season. It is an honour to have the
opportunity to play such fantastic courses. Only the kindness of these clubs and its members makes it possible.
Lise Lørup, OxfordCourtney Gill, Cambridge
Message from the ULGC Captains
Cambridge University Ladies 2014
Courtney GillCaptain
La Jolla Country ClubCalifornia, USPrevious Varsity Matches: 2012, 2013
Hannah Groom
Swaffham GCEngland, UKPrevious Varsity Matches: -
Iona Stevenson
Mount Juliet GCIrelandPrevious Varsity Matches: 2011, 2012, 2013
Emily Faldon
Broke Hill GCEngland, UKPrevious Varsity Matches: 2013
Francesca Bastianello
Venice GC, ItalyRye GC, England, UKPrevious Varsity Matches: 2013
Emily Wingrove
South Herts GCEngland, UKPrevious Varsity Matches: -
Katie Wingrove
South Herts GCEngland, UKPrevious Varsity Matches: -
Oxford University Ladies 2014
Lise LørupCaptain
Stavanger GCNorwayPrevious Varsity Matches: 2012, 2013
Sarah Johnson
Riviera Country ClubFlorida, USPrevious Varsity Matches: -
Tessa Sandberg
- The NetherlandsPrevious Varsity Matches: -
Marina Holden
Haywards Heath GCEngland, UKPrevious Varsity Matches: -
Audrey Davies
Huntercombe GCEngland, UKPrevious Varsity Matches: -
Sabrina Sayeed
Royal Mid Surrey GCEngland, UKPrevious Varsity Matches: 2013
Nicole du Plessis
Frilford Heath GCEngland, UKPrevious Varsity Matches: 2011, 2012, 2013
The history of Rye Golf Club dates back to 1893, when it was decided that ‘a Golf Club should be formed; links to be situated over the Camber sandhills’. The 18 holes were designed in 1895 by HS Colt, the first
Club Captain. The Club prospered in the early years and became well known as one of the leading golf clubs in the south of England. 120 years later, Rye still maintains this position today.
Although the course has seen small modifications since then, much of Colt’s original plan persists: The current links play mostly back and forth along a series of ridges and across the sort of rippling, heaving
ground. The variety of its daunting green sites, which seem simple but are severe, is matched only by the strength and diversity of its extreme driving challenges, the tight fairways routed through shallow valleys,
along sandy crests or angled across the steep hills.
The special relationship between Rye and Oxford and Cambridge dates back to 1899, when the newly created Oxford and Cambridge Golfing Society accepted an invitation to play their home matches at Rye.
The Varsity Match was first played at Rye in 1911. The Varsity Match returns to Rye every five years. Previous Ladies Varsity Matches have been won by Oxford (2004) and Cambridge (2009).
In his article about Rye, Darwin wrote: “The two great features of golf at Rye are the uniformly fiendish behaviour of the wind and the fascinating variety of stances”. He concludes that “Surely, there can nowhere
be anything appreciably better than the golf to be had at this truly divine spot”. We expect a tough, but beautiful challenge.
The Ladies at Oxford and Cambridge Universities are delighted to return to Rye for this year’s Varsity Match.
Rye Golf Club
17th March - Practice day9:38 - 10:27 am Tee-off practice round
8 x 2-balls, four for each team
18th March - Match day8:00 am Exchange of Team Orders for morning foursomes
8:15 am Team photosFirst tee
8:30 - 9:30 am Foursome matchesStarter: Gillian Webb-Wilson, Oxford and Cambridge Ladies Golfing Society
9:30 am Reserve match (singles)
12:30 pm LunchRye Club House
1:15 pm Exchange of Team Orders for afternoon singles
1:30 - 2:12 pm Singles matchesStarter: Rosanne Corben, Rye Golf Club Ladies Captain
5:30 pm Presentation of the Varsity Match TrophyRye Club House
7:00 pm Champagne receptionfor Varsity Match players and dinner guests at The Bistro at the Gallivant Hotel
7:30 pm Varsity Match dinnerDress code: Black-tie
Results of previous matches
Year
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
Venue
Royal Cinque Ports
Hunstanton
Royal Cinque Ports
Royal Portcawl
Rye
Royal Liverpool
Woodbridge
North Berwick
Aldeburgh
Rye
Walton Heath
The Berkshire
Hunstanton
Walton Heath
Aldeburgh
Walton Heath
Winner
Cambridge
Oxford
Oxford
Cambridge
Cambridge
Cambridge
Oxford
Oxford
Cambridge
Oxford
Oxford
Cambridge
Oxford
Oxford
Oxford
Oxford
Prepared byLise Lørup 2014