Jewish Care

Second win for Potters Bar team at Jewish Care’s Ladies’ Golf Day

Four Potters Bar Golf Club members have won the Potters Bar Ladies’ Golf Day in aid of Jewish Care for the second year running. Doreen Rind, Hilary Abrahams, Penny White and Ta Cox achieved 89 points at the tournament on Monday 30th April, which raised £12,500 for community centre services.

This was the tournament’s 24th year, organised for the fourth time by tournament chair Shirley Jacobs, Peta Simmons and Barry Boas. It attracted 104 participants from the women’s sections of Abridge, Aldenham, Batchworth Park, Coombe Hill, Dyrham Park, Finchley, Hartsbourne, Pinner Hill, Potters Bar and Stanmore

The runners up were Hartsbourne members Gillian Collins and Maxine Collins who teamed up with Dyrham Park members Shuli Curtis and Bonita Lawson, scoring 83 points. In third place were Potters Bar members Sheila Brenner, Bette Goldstein, Sandra Stone and Sylvia Weber with 82 points.

Declining to talk about her victory, team member Penny White, described the golf day as being “thoroughly enjoyable” and the course “great.” Hilary Abrahams added: “It was truly wonderful, we’ve had such fun.”

During lunch, volunteer Debbie Fox, spoke of Jewish Care’s connect@ centres in Hendon, Kenton, Southgate and St John’s Wood, run in partnerships with synagogues and organisations such as the London Jewish Cultural Centre. Aimed at active old people, they were “a new, more modern approach” to providing community centre services, offering a programme of social activities to promote choice and wellbeing.

The day was pronounced “a great success” by tournament chair Shirley Jacobs, who paid tribute to the volunteers who had helped with the organisation and those who had taken part or given financial support. She added: “It’s been fantastic.”