DDDDitRC 2025
The 2025 Deutsch Dish and Didsbury Driver incorporating the Rydder Cup
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The 3rd hole at West Lancs. Scene of a famous hole in one in 2002

2025: "Miracle on the Mersey"
EVENT SUMMARY

Wednesday 17th September 2025

11:30: Meet at Mottram Hall, Wilmslow Road, Mottram, SK10 4QT, for update on ailments, weigh in, handicap provision, Rydder team selection, beer, sandwiches and general banter.
13:00 Tee off, 18 holes stableford for Rydder 4 balls & individual Didsbury Points
(Dress code: Any previous DD golf shirt)
18:00 Depart for Pinewood Hotel, Handforth, Wilmslow SK9 3LF
18:15 arrive at hotel and check in.
18:20 to 19:55 pre-dinner drinks in hotel bar
19:55 Depart on foot for curry in Handforth
20:00 Curry at Dishad (not a joke), 140 Wilmslow Road, Handforth, SK9 3LQ
(Dress code: Red shirt)

Thursday 18th September 2025

08:30 Breakfast at the hotel
09:15 Depart for West Lancs Golf Club, Hall Rd, Blundellsands, Liverpool L23 8SZ
11:30 Tee off - Rydder 4 balls - DD 1st round & Didsbury points
(Dress code: Any previous DD golf shirt)
17:30 Depart for Waterfront Hotel, Marine Lake, Southport Pier, Southport PR9 0DZ
(Note: To get to the Waterfront car park, drive past the hotel on your left, down Promenade heading North. Turn 1st left after hotel (200 metres) down Lower Promenade, first left again and drive under the hotel where there is a large car park)

18:15 - 19:50 Check in at hotel, pre-dinner drinks
19:50 Depart on foot for Italian meal in Southport
20:00 Dinner at Mama Mia, 120 Lord Street, Southport, PR8 1AA
(Dress code: Free expression)

Friday 19th September 2025

09:00 leisurely breakfast in the hotel
10:00 depart for Hesketh Golf Club, Cockle Dick's Lane (not a joke), Southport PR9 9QQ
10:07 arrive at golf club
11:00 tee off - Rydder Singles, DD second round & Didsbury points
(Dress code: Rydder team shirts - Eurob = blue, USA = red)
15:00 snackette at golf club
16:00 depart at leisure back to Waterfront Hotel
20:00 dinner in private room in our hotel plus Rydder Singles
(Dress Code: Cat riding shark shirt)

Saturday 20th September 2025

Breakfast in hotel and depart

 

Hopefully we have time to visit Southport's lawnmower museum.
Above the derelict Toad Hall nightclub in Southport, now painted by artist Paul Curtis. Scene of several good late nights out in the early 1980s by HD, JA, Phil, Bobo, etc.