Death of Former ELGA Secretary

Marian Carr, who resigned in August after 13 years as secretary of the English Ladies' Golf Association, has died at her home in Birmingham after a four-year battle with cancer, aged 53.

A former Midland women's champion and a Worcestershire county player, Miss Carr was the reigning lady captain at Royal St David's Golf Club in Harlech.

New man at Hanbury Manor Ian McInally has been appointed as the new director of golf at Marriott Hanbury Manor Hotel & Country Club.

McInally, who joins the Hertfordshire club from Royal Westmoreland in Barbados where he has been director of golf for the last three years, qualified as a professional in 1991 when he was PGA trainee of the year.

Born in Fife, Scotland, he worked as assistant head professional at The Wisley in Surrey before moving to Barbados.