MARTIN DEMPSTER, CHAIRMAN, ASSOCIATION OF GOLF WRITERS
Through covering golf, we are lucky to come across some special people and Kate – or “Wrighty” as she was called by many of us – was certainly in that category.
From the moment you first met her, you could just sense her passion for life but sport in particular and it was a sheer joy to be in her company in media centres on the European Tour.
Nothing was too much trouble for “Wrighty” if you needed some assistance and she always had a smile on her face.
Some of us also enjoyed her company on the golf course, where she loved showing her skills and, as my own driver can testify, she was a fine striker of the ball.
‘Wrighty’ has been taken way too early, but she will never be forgotten by her friends in the AGW.
GORDON SIMPSON, FORMER DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, EUROPEAN TOUR
From the moment I met Kate Wright, I was immediately intrigued and amused in equal measures. She was never disingenuous, and that’s what made her so special. What you saw was what you got.
She endeared herself to her colleagues on the European Tour and among the golfing media over a career in our sport cut tragically short by that cussed disease.
It began at the Ashes Test between England and Australia at Lord’s in 2005. Kate was then working under Colin Gibson, Director of Communications at the England and Wales Cricket Board. I had been invited by Colin to Day One and enjoyed lunch at the ECB’s Nursery End hospitality unit.
After being introduced to me by Colin, she then proceeded to display an expansive knowledge of cricket, golf, football, rugby union and just about every other sport in the firmament. Within no time she had ventured: “Any chance of a job?”
It just so happened that, not long afterwards, the Tour’s Media Department was, indeed, seeking someone to join the team. I invited her to apply for the role of Media Centre Manager and Kate duly appeared at Wentworth for the job interview. She was in shoo-in. The aforementioned Colin Gibson assured me she was a diamond to the core. He was right.
Kate was unflinchingly honest and loyal. She loved people and people loved her. I can remember sitting at home one night and answering the phone to hear ‘Wrighty’ yelling: “Oi, Simmo, are you watching the Premier League darts”? She seemed quite nonplussed to learn that no, I wasn’t glued to Sky Sports’ coverage.
Kate loved her sport and adored her parents, Brian and Sue, even more. She was unique. We will all miss her.
NORMAN DABELL
Absolutely stunned by the news about Kate. I had no idea she was so seriously ill. Desperately sad to hear. She was a delightful girl, full of fun and an absolute sport nut. She had a wonderful sense of humour and was kind and considerate throughout my time of working with her. Also very competent at her job. The tour must be devastated.Please pass on my sympathy to her parents and everyone associated with Kate. What a sad, sad day.Hope you are keeping safe.All the best. Norman.
ALEX MICELI
This is crushing.When I read the e-mail from Bernie I paused for a long time, its just incredibly sad.
I thought she was progressing, but I realize I haven’t seen her since the BMW PGA last year, that’s on me.
If you have an address for her parents, I’d like to send a card.
If we as AGW are doing anything please let me know how I can participate and donate.
Thanks for letting me know,
DAVID FACEY
Like everyone else I am so terribly sorry to hear about Kate, but I feel privileged to have known her as a friend, a golfing partner, and a temporary landlady! She was one of the bravest, kindest, most generous, fun-loving people I have known.
When I think of her, I will always picture her laughing loudly at some of the minor mishaps that have befallen me.
JOCK MACVICAR – PRESIDENT AGW
I’m just catching up with the news this morning as I’m down in Campbeltown, and I’m devastating by the news about Kate.
She is a tremendous girl, and no one was more helpful in the press centre. Nothing was ever too much for her if you asked for or about something. She was a great person in so many ways, and so friendly.
Nick and I had a couple of good pub sessions with her when we were down for the tournament not far from her home. She would drive along join us and have right good chat and a laugh. Won’t ever forget those evenings.
I am so desperately sorry that no matter the fine hospital she has been in they can’t do anything for her. At least she is at home with her family and not in a hospice. The only consolation.
As I don’t do texting, I would like to send some sort of message to her and her dad in some other way. If anyone can help with that it would be much appreciated.
A very sad day.
ISABEL TRILLO – AGW COMMITTEE
So so sad!! Go in peace with his family and with the love of everyone who knows her. Bye little darling!!! Thanks for your friendeship all this years!!
BRIAN KEOGH
So very sorry to hear of the passing of the European Tour’s lovely Kate Wright at such a young age. She was such a breath of fresh air in the media centre, a lover of cricket and, of course, golf. My condolences to her family at this very sad time.
RIP Kate. A lovely person
V KRISHNASWAMY
Oh my god… may she rest in peace…what a wonderful person ….RIP
JEREMY CHAPMAN
Desperate sorry to read this. Being out of the loop, I had no idea Kate had been ill for a long time. Cancer is a wicked thing to get, even more wicked, more often than not, is the treatment for it. I should know.Gutted. Such a lovely human being.
STEVE NEWELL
That’s extraordinarily sad. Kate was a joy to deal with and talk to.
JOHN WHITBREAD
Thinking of our friends in the European Tour media department who must be hurting very badly at the awfulness of the most untimely passing of our lovely Kate Wright.
I knew she had been battling that horrible illness for some time but I had hoped, in vain it seems, that she had beaten, or at least subdued it.Kate was a joy to be around,at tournaments, as a very tolerant partner at AGW matches and also social events, so bubbly, with a sharp wit and full of life.
She was always really fair to me even though I was just the local man Even as I am writing this I can hardly believe that she has been taken from us so young. It can be a very cruel world.
DAVID RANDALL – SKY SPORTS
So sad, the last time I saw Kate I thought she was getting the better of her cancer but obviously that was short lived.
I’d like to contribute a short message to her parents as I respected Kate for her professionalism and enjoyed her no BS approach to get things done…..Maybe that’s was it! I will give it some thought and email you again.
Anyway, long time no see, takecare of yourself and hope to see you out on the golfing circus ride soon.
BRUCE CRITCHLEY
So sorry to hear of the very premature demise of Katie.. a lovely lady and one who had time for everyone who came past her desk, who always listened to concerns and requests – solving when and where she could – and above all made visiting an ETP media centre a pleasure.
My thoughts are much with her and with her family..
DAVE EDWARDS
So, so sorry to hear of Kate’s passing, far too young
Being out of the loop these days I was unaware of her long-time illness so this sad news is even more of a shock.
Kate was a lovely lady who was never happier than when she was being one of the boys, I will always cherish find memories of evenings in her company, especially at the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond, and the Scottish Challenge in Aviemore.
I well-remember playing a round with her at Castle Stuart, she really loved her golf.
If you get the opportunity please do pass on my heart-felt sympathy to Kate’s parents on their great loss.
KARIN HARDING, SECRETARY, AUSTRALIAN GOLF MEDIA ASSOCIATION
The President and members of the Australian Golf Media Association are much saddened by this news and offer our most sincere condolences to Kate’s family, colleagues and friends. This is such a loss, not just for them but for golf. Kate’s parents’ words are just beautiful and we wish them to know that their loss is shared around the world. We hope peace will be theirs in time.
PETER DIXON, FORMER AGW SECRETARY
I am so sad to hear this awful news. Thank you for letting us know.
GERALD SCOTT
Oh Blimey. This is so sad chaps. Thanks for letting us all know. I’m so sorry.
I feel so out of the loop from the golf circuit simply not knowing that Kate had been so ill. But then, I had probably sensed something was not right and didn’t dare ask.I hadn’t spoken to Kate for ages but I sensed something must be wrong when she didn’t answer my last text.We used to communicate pretty regularly at one time although pretty much only to talk about cricket, you won’t be surprised to learn.
What a genuinely lovely lass she was though. I know in the PR trade sometimes the people we deal with have to wear painted smiles. But I really do not recall any occasion in the decade or so that I knew Kate in which she didn’t look pleased to see me whenever I approached and with whatever request I was about to make, routine, bizarre or anything in between.
She will be very sadly missed.Please pass on my sincerest condolences to her family.
EOIN CLARKE
Very sad news indeed
ALISTAIR TAIT – Tribute appearing www.alistairtaitgolf.com
Kate Wright’s familiar, infectious cackle rang out as my 40-yard pitch shot travelled all of four yards. It’s not nice to laugh at the misfortune of others, but I wish Kate, or “Wrighty” as many fondly called her, was still around to do exactly that for many more years to come.
Arguably the European Tour’s most popular member of staff, Kate lost her battle with cancer yesterday. She was just 36. Another member of the European Tour family has gone to that great clubhouse in the sky.
European Tour director of communications Scott Crockett spoke for everyone when he said:
“The European Tour is a sad place today. We celebrate the fact that we are one family here at Wentworth, but we lost a beloved member of that family this morning.
“Kate Wright was a unique individual. Unfazed by anything thrown at her, unbridled in her passion for all sport, but unequivocal in her love of golf. She absolutely loved Tour life and Tour life absolutely loved her. Our department meetings and media centres will never quite be the same again.
“While we all feel a sense of loss right now, it is incomparable to what her dad Brian and mum Sue are going through. It goes without saying our hearts go out to them and that the thoughts of everyone at the European Tour who knew Kate and worked with her over the years are with them now. RIP Wrighty.”
All you had to do was look at yesterday’s response on Twitter to realise the daughter Brian and Sue Wright brought up in Leighton Buzzard made many friends, commanded much respect in her 12 years as the European Tour’s Media Relations co-ordinator. The outpouring told you her death touched many hearts. Officials, journalists, players, and many others associated with the great travelling circus that is the European Tour sent their respects.
Tommy Fleetwood tweeted:
“So sad to hear that Kate has lost her battle with cancer. She was a huge supporter of golf, always quick witted and not shy on telling you what she thought. A strong character that will be sorely missed. Condolences to the Wright family. RIP Kate.”
Victorious 2018 Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn chipped in with:
“Heart breaking news. Can’t believe she has been taken at such a young age. Funny, brilliant and kind. RIP dear Kate.”
Paul McGinley tweeted:
“She fought so bravely and another kind soul leaves us #RIPKATE”
Many reading this won’t know Kate. She was another of those many people without whom golf tournaments couldn’t take place, those so important behind the scenes individuals who get very little credit for a tournament’s success.
Kate, who graduated from Staffordshire University with a BA Hons in Journalism, joined the European Tour in 2008 after two years as Media Relations Assistant for England & Wales Cricket Board. Anyone who met Kate knew they’d met a real diamond. No task was too big, no request turned down. European Tour media centres wouldn’t have worked half as efficiently if not for her dedication. She was often the first person you saw when you walked into a media centre, and the last person you said goodnight to as you left.
Kate’s sense of humour was infectious. Fellow journalists will miss her distinctive cackle. Oftentimes she was laughing at herself. Sometimes at the mishaps of the journalists in the room. All of us have been on the receiving end of Kate’s wit. She never missed the opportunity to lampoon the people she served, and revelled in others trying to take her down a peg too. All part of the brilliant banter that makes life on the road more bearable.
During the 2018 French Open at Le Golf National, I committed a wee mistake during an interview with a European Ryder Cup player. I told Kate of my gaffe. She told me not to worry about it, it was no big deal, that said player wouldn’t even have noticed my error.
We went back to the media centre and I excused myself to get a coffee. When I came back, the letters N.U.M.P.T.Y were written in huge red ink on my notepad. When I looked over towards the media desk, Kate had a huge smile on her face.
And so to Woburn’s Dukes course and my duffed 40-yard chip.
We’d spent an hour together on the Tavistock Short Game area working on 40-yard pitches after I told her I was struggling with that part of my game. After an hour of practice, I was feeling good about those shots. Kate didn’t have a problem in that department. As a five handicapper who’d grown up at Leighton Buzzard Golf Club, where she might have had the odd tip from a young assistant professional called Ian Poulter, Kate didn’t need to practice 40-yard wedge shots, or most other parts of her game.
So there I was hanging my head and trying to refrain from dropping an F-Bomb when Kate’s distinctive cackle rang out, followed by:
“Taity, you’re such a numpty! What have we just spent the last hour practising?”
Needless to say, I didn’t beat her that day. What else is new? I made the mistake the first match we played of telling her I’d play her straight up, no shots. She beat me 5&4, off the same tees on the Marquess course – hitting it 20 yards past me!
I did get my own back on her a little later. Kate turned up for a game around the Dukes course with a new trolley, supposedly electric. She was fuming at the company she’d bought the trolley from because it had no power. She pushed it for 15 holes before I noticed the letters L and R were marked on both wheels. Only Kate had put them on incorrectly. The L was on the right and vice versa.
I asked her if she knew her left hand from her right, and she gave me a puzzled look. I pointed out her error and suggested she might like to flip the wheels. Presto! Suddenly the electric trolley sprang into life and sped off down the fairway with Kate chasing after it.
“Now who’s the ‘Numpty?’” I asked. We both fell about laughing.
Oh, how I wish there were more laughs to come.
Sometimes life just isn’t fair. This is one of these times.
R.I.P Kate
#JustSaying: “We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.” Robert Burns
MARK GARROD – Past AGW Secretary (Email to Kate’s parents)
Dear Brian and Sue – at this time of terrible sadness I just wanted to add my own condolences to what I’m sure have been many, many messages. Prior to taking early retirement in 2014 I was golf correspondent of the Press Association news agency and for seven years honorary secretary of the Association of Golf Writers. The friendship we all developed with Kate once she joined the European Tour media staff was special and hers was a face we all looked to seeing on arrival at a tournament somewhere in the world. Not just because she often gave us a good laugh, but because she was so professional and so efficient. I said in a message to Martin Dempster earlier today that I can’t remember a time when she failed to answer whatever our query or request was. We shared a love of cricket too and after retirement I became a steward at Lord’s, where our paths would occasionally cross again. She’s been taken too soon, of course, but in a short time she left some wonderful memories and I hope that provides you with some comfort.
My best wishes to you both
Mark Garrod
DAVID CANNON
One line can really sum up Kate.
‘An infuriatingly cheeky, wonderfully helpful, and an absolutely lovely rough diamond’.
Kate was especially helpful to the photographers. We can be an irritating bunch, often a real thorn in the side of any media team. She did not suffer fools and always managed to deal with our issues with a smile and often with a hilariously funny parting word that summed up how nothing was actually too much trouble for her.
Her enthusiasm for sport as a whole oozed from every pore in her body. We could discuss any sporting story and she would always be able to tell a better story. I loved the way her independent soul was able to take her anywhere in the world to watch sport, especially cricket. I clearly recall at the end of the season in Dubai hearing how she was so excited to be heading to Australia for The Ashes over Christmas all on her own. I can only imagine the fun she would have had in amongst The Barmy Army!
I remember rather foolishly telling Kate how I was given a very succinct and rather unfair nickname by our receptionist at Allsport in the late 1980’s. A girl very similar to Kate in real life who would never suffer fools but always spotted the PITA’s (pain in the arse’s) who were actually very hard workers but just liked a good moan! One particular morning when I arrived at our offices in Collier’s Wood in South London to find the office as usual like a furnace with Jenny huddled over her own fan heater behind her desk, I quipped in my most ‘posh’ public school accent “I simply don’t believe how bloody hot it is in here” to which she replied “Come on Victor just get on with your work” beaming all over her cheeky face! From that day until early June this year when she finally departed from Getty Images she always called me Victor! I recounted this story to Kate one morning at one of the early DP World Tour Championships in Dubai and guess what, not surprisingly it stuck! I really looked forward to and will horribly miss hearing her cheery voice “morning Victor”. I was always Victor Meldrew in Kate’s mind and she will be giggling upstairs looking down saying “just get on with it, Victor’”!
So sad, RIP Katex
‘Victor’
MICHAEL MCEWAN
Desperately sad news.
Kate was one of a kind, a real gem. Nothing was too much trouble and she had one of the most infectious laughs you’ll ever hear. She completely understood the various requirements of each individual in the media centre and went out of her way to help. She was a great friend to everybody with a press pass. Ironically, I think I spoke to her more about rugby – the British & Irish Lions in particular – than golf.
Only 36, too. Taken far, far too soon. Just a devastating loss.
TOMMY FLEETWOOD – Former European Tour No. 1
So sad to hear that Kate has lost her battle with cancer. She was a huge supporter of golf, always quick witted and not shy on telling you what she thought. A strong character that will be sorely missed. Condolences to the Wright family. RIP Kate.
PAUL MCGIINLEY – Victorious 2014 European Ryder Cup Captain
“She fought so bravely and another kind soul leaves us #RIPKATE”
THOMAS BJORN – Victorious 2018 European Ryder Cup Captain
Heart breaking news. Can’t believe she has been taken at such a young age. Funny, brilliant and kind. RIP dear Kate.
NEIL MCLEMAN
Kate was a great friend as well as a colleague. She knew more about who should play fly-half or open the batting for England than anybody over an evening pint. And she carried her incompetent partners on the golf course with good grace and great skill when she made her guest appearances for the AGW golf team.
Kate genuinely enjoyed the company of journalists – and the feeling was mutual. She also had a wicked sense of fun. Each year at the BMW PGA at Wentworth, she drew up a top five “list of shame” for at the front of the queue for the free tee-shirt “bung” at the end of the sponsor’s champagne reception. You know who you are. And so did she.
RIP Kate. You are already desperately missed.
COLIN MONTGOMERIE – Eight-time European No. 1 & Ryder Cup Captain
Desperately sad news. Kate was a very friendly face in the media centres on the European Tour. My thoughts are with her parents and family.Quote Tweet
JAMES CORRIGAN
Farewell, Wrighty. The media centre simply will not be the same without you and your laugh, your enthusiasm and your wicked sense of humour. You were a joy to be around. RIP
LEWINE MAIR – Past AGW Chairman
Kate was always a reassuring sight at tournaments. She never minded helping, even when the answer to whatever problem one was having had probably been given a hundred times over.
I’ll never forget how, when I broke my ankle in Dubai some seven or eight years ago, Kate was so much more on top of the situation than I was. Where I was pretending that I could carry on as per normal and asked if she would be kind enough to ferry me out to see one of the leaders, she said, very nicely, that it would probably be a good idea if we dropped in on the European Tour doctor first. Then, when the doctor insisted that I had broken the ankle and would need to go to the hospital, she came with me. She waited while I was there and took me back at the end of it all.
Though it can only have been an appalling inconvenience for her and sundry other members of the European Tour staff, she never complained. In fact, she turned the afternoon into something altogether more entertaining than grim and it did not surprise me one bit but when she told me, afterwards, that she had added to her qualifications with a first-aid course.
Good for her – and so typical. Kate loved her sport, she loved her work and she had the proverbial heart of gold. Of course she didn’t deserve to die as early as she did but how wonderful that her short life was such an inspiration to everyone who knew her.
DERMOT GILLEECE
I can remember her quiet delight in Killarney, after she had mopped up the male opposition in a pre-Irish Open competition. Jock McVicar said it for me in highlighting her willingness to help, whatever the problem. I can’t imagine anyone who was more suited to her role in the media centre. As we say in Ireland, Ar dheis De go raibh a h-anam.
JOHN HOPKINS – Past AGW Chairman (Tribute appearing in Global Golf Post)
You probably hadn’t heard of her until messages flooded social media at the announcement of her death last week, aged 36, almost two years to the day after she was first diagnosed with cancer. Her name didn’t resound throughout golf. She was not a leading player nor a famous administrator nor a well-known spectator. But to some people Kate Wright was important, really important, more important even than Keith Pelley, the European Tour’s chief executive.
Her constituency was the press tent at golf tournaments, a noisy, sometimes argumentative place. In her constituency were the journalists, the tardy and the titanic, the scruffy and the scrupulous, the garrulous and the mute, a disparate and at times desperate band if ever there was one. She looked after us with brusque affection, a wry humour, an acerbic wit and, above all, a love for her work. She gave as good as she got. “She’d do anything to help you out and then she’d take the piss out of you for what you had done” Neil Squires of the Daily Express said.
Above all, and day after day, she kept the wheels turning, making life easier for her constituents, be they writers, photographers or broadcasters. It was for this reason that men like Jamie Corrigan, golf correspondent of The Telegraph tweeted this heartfelt message on hearing about her death: “The media centre simply will not be the same without you and your laugh, your enthusiasm and your wicked sense of humour. You were a joy to be around.” And the photographer Dave Cannon said this of her: “An infuriatingly cheeky, wonderfully helpful and an absolutely lovely rough diamond.”
Golf bodies on either side of the Atlantic have benefited significantly from the presence of women like Kate down the years. At the USGA there was Suzanne Colson. The PGA of America had Una Jones, the PGA Tour Denise Taylor. They were names that were hardly known outside their organisations but these ladies shared a number of things in common. Despite having very mundane titles, they were very good, very hard-working and if you crossed them, then more fool you. They were the ones you turned to in moments of desperation and on the Europe Tour, none more so than Kate, the ET’s media relations coordinator.
For example:
“Kate, The wi-fi’s gone down.”
“Kate, I left my accreditation in my hotel. May I have a new one please?”
“Kate, Can I have a couple of free tickets for Sunday?”
“Kate, Where’s the McIlroy transcript?”
“Kate, what’s the Test score?”
“Kate, the coffee’s rubbish.”
And she would step forward calmly and find the missing document, the lost key, the parking pass, and another crisis among her constituents would pass. As a teenager she had done a week’s work experience on the sports desk of the Sunday Telegraph. She had a BA in journalism and when you talked to her about sport you realised quickly that her breadth of knowledge was greater than yours. She took up golf at Leighton Buzzard golf club when Ian Poulter was an assistant pro there and later got down to five handicap. She played junior golf, cricket and hockey for Bedfordshire and senior hockey for the county as well.
“The trouble with Kate was she was a natural at sport” Brian Wright, her father, said. “She had good hand-eye coordination and the result was she gave the ball a helluva smack.” This fact wasn’t always appreciated by her male opponents when one of her drives bounded down a fairway yards past theirs, both having played from the same tee. She was a friend of Alistair Cook, the former England cricket captain, who lived nearby.
Few people seem as happy in their own skin as Kate Wright was. Her obvious contentment at her lot was only improved when Northampton Saints, her rugby team where she had a season ticket, were on a winning streak or when she could visit another country. She loved travelling and when that was combined with sport then she was on cloud nine. “She was unfazed by anything thrown at her, unbridled in her passion for all sport, but unequivocal in her love of golf” Scott Crockett, director of communications at the ET, said. “She absolutely loved Tour life and Tour life absolutely loved her.”
Alistair Tait, the golf writer, tells this story. “Fellow journalists will miss her distinctive cackle. Often times she was laughing at herself. Sometimes at the mishaps of the journalists in the room. All of us have been on the receiving end of Kate’s wit. She never missed the opportunity to lampoon the people she served, and revelled in others trying to take her down a peg too. All part of the brilliant banter that makes life on the road more bearable. “During the 2018 French Open at Le Golf National, I committed a wee mistake during an interview with a European Ryder Cup player. I told Kate of my gaffe. She told me not to worry about it, it was no big deal. “We went back to the media centre and I excused myself to get a coffee. When I came back, the letters NUMPTY were written in huge red ink on my notepad. When I looked over towards the media desk, Kate had a huge smile on her face.”
This is what Tommy Fleetwood said on hearing of Wright’s death: “…She was a huge supporter of golf, always quick-witted and not shy in telling you what she thought.” Thomas Bjorn, captain of the Europe team at the 2018 Ryder Cup, said: “…she was funny, brilliant and kind. RIP dear Kate.” Paul McGinley, Europe’s captain at the 2014 Ryder Cup, said: “[Kate] fought so bravely and another kind soul leaves us.”
Maya Angelou, the poet and writer, said: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. On that score Kate Wright could hardly have done better. The tributes to her haven’t stopped ringing out, louder than church bells and coming from around the world. Those of us who knew Kate Wright were aware of that characteristic of hers. We appreciated the work she did on our behalf and have come together to say this: “Wrighty, you made us feel happy and the better for having known you. Farewell, God bless and rest in peace.”
A FOND FAREWELL TO WRIGHTY – David Facey
I thought members would be interested to hear about the ‘celebration of Kate’s life’ held at Great Brickhill Cricket Club, immediately after the funeral of the much loved and sadly-missed colleague, Kate Wright.
Kate’s parents, Brian and Sue, organised in such a way that the sombre mood of the occasion was lifted by countless tales of Kate’s love of fun, banter, travel, mickey-taking, life in general – and Nando’s! They should have catered for the occasion, free of charge, after the business she put their way.
Her parents are rightly proud of how much Kate accomplished and how many people she made a lasting impression on during her all too brief time with us. There was a lot of sadness and head-shaking over the injustice of her death, but also plenty of smiles as we recalled our most treasured memories of Wrighty.
After Brian and Sue’s tribute was read out, Scott Crockett delivered a wonderful tribute of his own to Kate, as did members of the golf and cricket teams that were a big part of her life. And it ended with a rousing rendition of a song close to her heart, Sweet Caroline. She would have loved the way we destroyed that classic!
There were several hundred people present – to hell with social distancing for once, although using the entire cricket field did allow everyone to adhere to the two-metre rule – and there was a terrific turnout from the European Tour.
The one disappointment was the fact the only three members of the AGW were present – myself, Neil McLeman, and Paul Mahoney. I know several members were prevented from coming because of family illnesses and work commitments, and the difficulties in travelling long distances to Great Brickhill, in the East Midlands. But it was still a shame we were not better represented.
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