
The Cambridges also met with a local 85-year-old resident named Len Gardner who Kate has been speaking with on the phone as a secret volunteer for the NHS Volunteer Responder Check In and Chat program. The volunteers have been taking care of the elderly by making phone calls, sending cards, and delivering groceries and other shopping items. When William and Kate arrived at Batley Community Centre in West Yorkshire, they met with volunteers who have supported elderly members of the community during the pandemic. Lush added that they can’t wait to start working with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge because “the potential is so exciting.” The Duchess of Cambridge secretly volunteered for the NHS during the pandemic “The involvement of Their Royal Highnesses will inspire the public to do even more to support the amazing NHS staff and volunteers who have done so much to keep us safe and well this year. “This is such an honour for our organization and for all the NHS charities across the UK,” Ian Lush, chair of NHS Charities Together, said. And, according to Hello! Magazine, this visit coincided with the announcement that William and Kate are now joint patrons of NHS Charities Together. The royal couple thanked the staff for the work they’ve put in during the pandemic. In Edinburgh, they met with frontline workers from the Sottish Ambulance Service in Newbridge. William and Kate met with frontline workers, volunteers, care home staff, teachers, schoolchildren, and young UK citizens to hear about their experiences in 2020.

Kate Middleton | Chris Jackson / POOL / AFP Prince William and Kate Middleton are now joint patrons of NHS Charities Together Even though she’s mostly known as the Duchess of Cambridge around the world – and she informally tells people to “call me Katherine” – there are actually places that know the duchess as Lady Carrickfergus. Their first port of call was in Edinburgh, Scotland, and they also made several stops in England and Wales. The Ladies of Carrickfergus Golf Club were Ulster Champions in the Ulster Bank Ladies Fourball in 2003, when the team was, Julia Wright, Liz Finley, Linda Armstrong, Carol McQuillan, Adrienne Williams, Rosie Lamont, Ruth Mawhinney and Ursula Lindsay, they were captained by Bernie Tolan.Ĭarrickfergus Golf Club won the All-Ireland Irish Junior Cup at Woodbrook in 1989, when the team was, Frank Hamill, Tom Mulholland, Stephen McLaughlin, Denis Stronge and Bill McAtamney Jnr., they were captained by Brian McGahan.Kate, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William set out on a royal train tour earlier this week. The writer states "now that links have been opened at Carrickfergus" The present club was founded in 1926. The Belfast Newsletter on 5th January 1892, reports on train fares for golfers.

It would appear golf has been played at as early as 1892. The most daunting hole is undoubtedly the 426 yards 6th played as a dogleg left with the second shot to a hidden green protected by that dam again, "more b language".Īs with the vast majority of golf clubs in Ireland the visitor is extended a very warm welcome and why not relax and enjoy a drink and savour the catering while playing the 19th in this famous golf club that has been in existence since 1926. The first at Carrickfergus is a formidable opening hole, measuring 418 yards with an Index 8 to match is played over the infamous day, where ber words than Dam are often used with that tentative first drive of the day.

This is in keeping with the trend that was very apparent while transecting the country research this publication, it would appear that almost every club in Ireland, no matter how humble are spending considerable sums of Pounds or Euros, upgrading their course and improving the facilities.

You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Ĭarrickfergus Golf Club has recently undergone an magnificent extension to its clubhouse, when the members decided to invest in excess of £1,000,000 on improving the facilities for visitors and members alike. This email address is being protected from spambots.
