The Friends of Hospice’s fifth annual Ladies Golf Tournament took place over 18 holes at Turtle Bay last weekend.

The event, a celebration of women’s partnership and friendship is a major fundraiser for Friends of Hospice and has grown in popularity with 14 teams taking part this year.

‘Butterflies and Bees’ was the chosen theme for the latest event and the golfers embraced it with gusto, dressing in florals and bug-inspired outfits, while also decking out their golf carts.

Sponsored by Chubb, Everen, Markel, Lindo’s and Gosling’s, funds raised go towards Friends of Hospice’s programmes, which support those requiring hospice and palliative care along with their loved ones

The top-three teams were Markel’s Guardians of the Greens (Ebonie Cox, Dominique Richardson, Tiye Williams and Linda O’Brien), followed by Dolly’s B&B’s (Shirley Higgins, Caroline Svensen, Sandy Dyer and Michelle Quinlan), with Chubb’s Ms. Bee-Hiven (Sarah Walsh, Leigh Ann Hobday, Erin Cooney and Olivia Bachelet) finishing third.

The closest to the pin award went to Walsh on hole 2 and Cox on the 11th.

Outside of performance prizes, Arch Re’s Queen Bee Flutter Bies (Tanisha Taylor, Wolette Smith, Phillipa Jones and Shakira Jones) were dubbed the Best Dressed Team while the Markel’s Guardians of the Greens took home the award for Best Decorated Cart.

Argo’s Pollination Infiltration were recognised for their extraordinary team-building skills during a warm-up game of marshmallow tower. Walsh was the lucky winner of the Butterfly or Bee activity.

While the day was all about fun, Jennifer Mahoney, executive director of the friends of Hospice, was keen to point out the good generated by the event.

“We are so grateful to have had so many members of the community show up to support Friends of Hospice’s Fifth Annual Ladies’ Golf Tournament,” Mahoney said.

“This is a hugely fun event and an important fundraiser for our programmes supporting those in need of hospice or palliative care, as well as their loved ones. We also want to give a big thank you to our sponsors, who make these fundraising events possible.”