14 Nov 2025

2025: Away Trip La Sella (10-12 November)

2025: Away Trip La Sella Golf Resort (10-12 November)



Venue:  La Sella Golf Resort

 

After the initial trip to La Sella in September had to be cancelled because of extreme rain, we arrived at La Sella to lovely sunny weather.

 

La Sella has three 9-hole courses, which gave us a good variation for our three rounds of golf.

 

On the first day we played Individual Stableford.  The winners were

3rd place Jean-Jaques Bourrier with 29 points,

2nd place Derek Cruickshank with 29 points,

1st place Jean-Claude Martinez with 31 points.

 

On the second day we had a Texas Scramble.  The winners were

2nd place Richard Davis, Jean-Jacques Bourrier with 40 points

1st place Derek and Karen Cruickshank, Klaudia Martinez, Doris Shearman-Earp with 44 points.

 

On the third day we had another Individual Stableford, with a different variation of courses. The winners were

Derek Cruickshank, Richard Davis and Jim Hurley, all with 31 points

 

The best combined Stableford scores were 

2nd place Jean-Jacque Bourrier with 58 points

1st place Derek Cruickshank with 60 points

 

A big thank you goes to our Captain Karen, together with her two helpers Derek and Richard for their hard work and great efforts to make this a most enjoyable and memorable trip.  We all had a great time on and off the golf course.

 

See photos on the Website Gallery

 

6 Nov 2025

2025: Monthly Medal (5.11.)



Venues:  Bonalba Golf & Spa, 5.11.2025

 

This Wednesday we played our May Monthly Medal.  The format was maximum double par per hole and qualified for handicap purposes.

 

For this competition, we had an attendance of 24 members.  The outstanding score came from our Belgian friend Ignace, playing 5 under par.  Well done, Ignace and congratulations to him and, indeed, everyone on the winners’ podium.

 

Next week we will be on our Away Trip to La Sella, which was re-scheduled from September, because of severe weather conditions.

 

The summary of today’s competition was as follows:

Hole 4   (Div. 2)                   nobody

Hole 8    (Ladies)                  nobody

Hole 11  (Div.1)                    nobody

Hole 14  (Men)                     Derek Cruickshank

 

Today there were no twos recorded.  

 

Medal Competition

1st Division:

3rd place with a net 73 off 18 hcp – Donal Cregan

2nd place with a net 72 off 15 hcp – Richard Davis

Winner with a net 67 off 23 hcp – Ignace Boesmans

 

2nd Division:

3rd place with a net 75 off 26 hcp – Stan Tarabula, beating our Captain Karen Cruickshank on lower handicap

2nd place with a net 73 off 34 hcp – Karine Sienaert

Winner with a net 71 off 28 hcp  – Patricia Salardaine

 

 

2 Nov 2025

2025: Texas Scramble (29.10.)



Venue:  Bonalba Golf & Spa

 

Today we played Texas Scramble.  We had 3 teams of three and 4 teams of 4, who had to take 5 drives and 4 drives respectively. There were also 4 nearest to the pin prizes, open to all.

 

There were some great results, the winning team playing 10 under.  Congratulations to everyone.

 

The summary of today’s competition is as follows.

Nearest the pin:

Hole 4            Pascale Leroux

Hole 8            Jean-Paul Leroux

Hole 11          Jean-Paul Leroux

Hole 14          Moe Farouky

 

Texas Scramble Competition:

Runners-up with a net 65 – Marko van den Berg, Marcel Barink, Karine Sienaert. They beat Pascale Leroux, Kate Hurley, Richard Davis and Santi Hung on better handicap.

Winnners with a net 62 - Derek and Karen Cruickshank, Joe Khan (guest)