Earlier in the year I was approached by the Ladies Section at Olton Golf Club who asked if I was interested in helping them put together a charity calendar.  It sounded like a good excuse to do something a little bit different and get creative, so I thought it would be fun to get involved and after all it was for charity!

So I met with them and after scratching our heads for a bit we decided that the ‘WI thing’ had been done to death and came up with the idea to try and convey some golf humour through photos with appropriately placed captions (sorry to disappoint but all the ladies got to keep their clothes on)!

The ladies were extremely good sports and had come up with some rather funny ideas that worked really well through pictures, I even surprised myself and came up with a few which is pretty shocking considering how little I know about golf (I have a feeling mine were so bad they were good)!

Well after a lot of hard work by many people throughout the year putting the calendar together, it is now in print and I managed to get my hands on a copy recently when the ladies invited me to their Christmas do. 

Whilst there I got a chance to have a chat with Emily for the RNIB Pears Centre, which is the charity the fundraising is for, and got to know a bit more about the charity and the work they do.  The Pears Centre is a school and children’s home for young people who are blind or partially sighted who also have multiple disabilities or complex needs.  The work they do there is truly amazing and makes such a difference to these children’s lives.  With the money the club is raising, they plan to build a hydrotherapy pool which will mean that all the children there will be able to benefit from this therapy.

If you could use a bit of golf humour in your life and you would like to help support this very worthy cause, then a copy of the calendar can be purchased for £10 from the club or via myself.