Whalley Golf Club lady captain tees off fundraising with a festive wreath making competition for Rosemere Cancer Foundation

The club house event was the idea of new Lady Captain Carol Fletcher, who took up her role at the beginning of November. Both Carol and her husband Mike, who became Club Captain at the same time, will support Rosemere Cancer Foundation throughout their year-long terms in office.

Carol, who arranged for Myerscough College floristry lecturer Sam Cook to lead the workshop, said: “Rosemere is a charity close to both our hearts.

“The wreath-making workshop was my first fundraising event. Sam was wonderful. She brought all the materials we needed with her and broke the wreath-making process down into four steps. We all managed to create door-worthy wreaths. It was really good fun.”

The funds raised by the event will be carried forward to be put towards a final total donation to be revealed when Carol’s captaincy ends. Carol’s next fundraiser is a coffee morning at the club on Thursday, February 9th. Tickets are on sale now at £3 each inclusive of a hot drink and cake. There will also be an accessories stall, good as new stall, raffle and tombola.

Rosemere Cancer Foundation works to bring world class cancer treatments and services to cancer patients from throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria being treated at Rosemere Cancer Centre, which is the region’s specialist cancer treatment and radiotherapy centre at the Royal PrestonHospital, and also at another eight local hospital cancer units across the two counties. The charity funds cutting-edge equipment, clinical research, staff training and innovative services and initiatives that the NHS cannot afford in order to make patients’ cancer journey more effective, comfortable and stress-free.