Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I didn't realise that the Royal St George golf club in Sandwich still have a ban on women members. I say...ding dong a bit old fashioned isn't it?.
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i thought it was against the law, working mens clubs have to admit female persons.
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Apparently according to the BBC news the ban is not breaking any EU regulations
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
There are some groups where gender is specific - the Womens Institute for example. I don't think anyone misunderstands the target audience there as the clue is in the title. But Golf is not, when I last looked, gender specific............
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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terrible weather at the golf yet bone dry here all day.
could we have another golf champion from the six counties?
Hurrah!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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heartiest congratulations to darren clarke on winning the open, a man from a humble background in northern ireland.
what an example that he, rory mcilroy and graham mcdowell set to the handful of numbskulls that want to drag the place down.
Guest 708- Registered: 22 Dec 2010
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Yes. congratulations to Darren Clarke The 2011 Open Champion, not an easy four days of golf.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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yes it was good to see even better when the weather is not good,just shows you how good they are,also i think a vote of thanks should go out to the D,D,C, for their roll in it,I was told that there was not many hold ups,around the roads to the club and Sandwich and Deal.
Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Was great to see Darren Clarke winning the Open, some great golf for sure
Not happy at all, at all, about this women golfer banned rule at Royal St George, honestly, in this day and age!
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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That is easy why women aren't allowed Colette,the Men don't want you women standing around gossiping while holding up the men,and they don't want the greens dug up,I have seen women on a snooker table and they go at it like a navvy in a trench.
lol
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Don't cry Colette, women aren't banned from playing, just from membership. So if you play as a lady guest, honour demands that the gentleman picks up the green fees. And the bill for gin and tonics at the 19th hole. And lunch. Need I go on?
Even Germaine Greer doesn't have a problem with that, according to her article in the Torygraph the other day.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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mr foley of the thanet chamber of commerce on the box earlier praising the tournament and extolling the virtues of the knock on effects to east kent.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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Hotels and B&Bs as well as pubs and restaurants should have done well I wonder if any of our other local business benefited.
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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yep stagecoach and southeastern railways along with that cruise ship that was tied up for over a week and dover harbour board of course.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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Lots of extra meals at the Plough & Harrow, Tilmanstone (not far from the golf park and ride) were served.
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