28/05/2026
What a fun night that was!!
Members of the Royal Wi******er Golf Club raised laughter and over £1,200 for local charity, Wi******er Bereavement Support, at its ‘Has RWGC Got Talent’ night as part of its fundraising efforts for this year’s Captains’ Charity.
Compère, Patrick Bevan, introduced the nine amateur acts to great hilarity and applause from an audience appreciative of his golfing gags. The band, Pitch Marks and Divots, opened the show followed by well-known local raconteur, Bob Sprague, who delighted everyone with his stories of Spike Milligan.
Wi******er Bereavement’s ‘Charity Belles’ joined in the fun with quick fire sketches of Cinderella and The Sound of Music to roars of laughter.
Sandra Gordon read her moving poetry about grief and childhood memories, and John Cole sang a stirring song from Les Miserable.
The evening was rounded off with club Captain, John Quinn’s own story of a baby left in a moving car to the ‘oohs’ and ‘ahs’ of the audience.
Tee Times, a script written by John and played by club members Ness Ashford & Paddy Mawhinney, had more golf gags for the audience to enjoy leading to the finale and the hilarious antics of the Capt’s Committee Choir.
Dressed as characters from ‘Old MacDonald’ they were mooing, quacking, neighing, baaing, oinking, clucking and singing with great gusto to the chorus refrain of “E I E I O” from the audience.
John Quinn said “It was a great fun night raising funds for this small but important local charity.
The capacity audience clearly enjoyed the evening, and my thanks go all to all the participants who gave their time to the event. The money raised is just part of our fundraising efforts this year and helps WBS in its ongoing work and training of Bereavement Visitors and Clinical Supervisors. These are the volunteers who make a real difference to people’s lives at a time of great sadness.”
Nikki Flannigan from WBS said “We are immensely grateful to everyone at Royal Wi******er Golf Club for putting on this fabulous event and for raising significant funds for our charity. We are so fortunate to be the Captains’ Charity of choice this year, which will enable us to make a difference to even more people’s lives.”
WBS is a free, confidential, one-to-one home visit or telephone service for anyone aged 18 or over finding the loss of a loved one difficult to bear. It serves a 10 mile radius across Wi******er including Romsey, Chandlers Ford, Sutton Scotney, Alresford and Bishops Waltham.
ID: a group of ladies, volunteers for WBS, dressed in black, one standing, four sitting, one wearing a crown, reading scripts as part of a performance at the event
