Golf break wife killed by billion-volt lightning bolt
Mr Oldham, 36, said: “We heard a crack of thunder but it was a long way off. It then really started to rain hard.
“Sarah went to one side of the fairway, which is surrounded by thousands of really tall trees, and I went to the other, we both crouched down and put our umbrellas up.
“There was an almighty crack of thunder, I turned around and couldn’t see Sarah’s umbrella.
“I ran over to her and realised she had been struck.”
Mrs Oldham was later flown home in a private jet but died at Peterborough City Hospital on December 2.
Her husband said: “I knew there was not much hope but we didn’t want to give up while there was a even a glimmer of a chance.
“Once we got to Peterborough I was told she only had a few hours left, so her mum and Turkish resort where the couple were playing when the storm hit I sat with goodbyes.
“What I loved about her was the fact we could play sports together. We enjoyed playing tennis and table tennis as well as golf and she really went all out to be the best she could be.
“In recent she years she really improved to such an extent I had to up my own game to beat her.”
The couple, from March, Cambridgeshire, flew to Belek on November 17.
Mrs Oldham was a qualified netball coach and members of the Wisbech Netball League paid tribute with a minute’s her and said our silence before the start of matches on Wednesday night.
Her team-mates said: “Sarah loved a challenge and thrived on making people smile, she would always be the first one on the dance floor on a night out and the last to leave.
“She was very competitive and worked hard at improving herself in anything she took part in.
“Sarah was simply the best company and the most loyal friend you could ask for.”
Her boss Malcolm George said: “Sarah was loved and respected by all who knew her and will be greatly missed.”