25 Mar 2024

Club de Golf Bonalba Competition Start Sheet - Costa Blanca Individual Stableford 2024 Wednesday 27 March 2024 at Bonalba

 Ladies and Gentlemen, Please find the start schedule for this Wednesday. It will be windy but for us professionals that's not an issue.

We have a ¨normal¨ Qualifying Stableford game with prizes for the nearest to the Pin on all Par 3, Bob's ball on a birdie at a par 3 and for the runner up and winner in each division. (I hope my translator agrees with it 😎)








Singles, Stableford competition. Handicap allowance: Full allowance.

Play from Yellow Tees (Men) and Red Tees (Ladies)."

23 Mar 2024

2024: Texas Scramble (20.3.)



Venue:  Bonalba Golf & Spa

 

Today we played a Texas Scramble, with 4 drives to be taken by each player.

After last week’s big turn-out for the St. Patrick’s competition, we had another big turn-out today of 34 players which gave us two 3-ball teams who had to make 6 drives each.

 

We were pleased to welcome two new members from France, Franćois and Patricia Salardaine, who have played with us as guests a few times in the past.  We hope, they will have many more enjoyable games in our Society.

 

Congratulations to the winning teams for some outstanding results.

 

The summary of today’s competition is as follows

Nearest the pin:

Hole 4            Marko van den Berg

Hole 8            Derek Cruickshank

Hole 11          Karen Cruickshank  

Hole 14          Santi Hung

 

There was one two which came from Marko on hole 4.  He received the customary Bob’s ball.

 

Texas Scramble Competition:

3rd place with a net 64 – Marcel Barink, Bob Crow, Gay Brooks, Lief Heyens

2nd place with a net 62 – Derek Cruickshank, Karen Cruickshank, Maurice Buol, Pascale Leroux

Winners with a net 62 and a better back 9 – Michael Davison, François Salardaine, Pascale Guy

 

 

17 Mar 2024

2024: St. Patrick's Day (13.3.)


Venue:  Bonalba Golf & Spa

 

This Wednesday we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day, a yearly competition sponsored very generously by our Irish friends, Jim and Kate Hurley. 

 

As always, it was a fun day enjoyed by 35 members and 6 guests.  The format was a non-qualifying Individual Stableford.  There were lots of prizes.  The main competition counted for members only, but the other prizes were open to everyone.

Playing his first game as a member was Pascal Guy, who is also the President of the French-European Amigos Golf Society.  We hope, he will have many enjoyable games in our Society, starting with today’s win.

 

The weather played its part to making it a very enjoyable round of golf.  Luckily, the recent strong winds had finally changed into a light brise.

 

After golf, 47 members and guests attended an Irish themed lunch in the Club restaurant, during which the prizes were presented.

For the main course, we enjoyed a tasty Irish Stew or Fish and Chips and finished, for those who wanted it, with an Irish Coffee, also generally sponsored by Jim and Kate.

The Irish music during lunch, later encouraged some members to try out Irish dancing, expertly taught by Kate.  And, as on many previous occasions, we persuaded our resident singer, Graham, to give us his rendition of “Danny Boy” and encouraged us to all join in.

 

We were delighted to welcome to the lunch Keith and Pauline Preston, two of the founder members of our Society.  Keith, now in his nineties and still going strong, had only recently stopped playing golf.

  

See photos in the blog Gallery.

 

The results of the day were as follows:

Best dressed for the occasion: Derek Cruickshank and Pascale Leroux

 

Nearest the pin:

Hole 4 (Ladies)                     Karen Cruickshank

Hole 4 (Men)                         Derek Cruickshank

Hole 8 (Men 22+ hc)            Brian Wakely

Hole 8 (all others)                Karine Sienaert

Hole 11 (all players)             Marko van den Berg

Hole 14 (all players)             Karine Sienaert

 

There was one two, from Marko on hole 11.

 

Best back 9 – Maurice Buol with 19 points off 22 hcp

Best guests – Ingrid Boesmans with 30 points and Chantal Guy with 29 points.

Most accurate drive hole 10:

Men -  John Webber

Ladies -  Lief Heyens

 

The main competition:

Men Div.1:

2nd place with 34 points off 19 hcp – Derek Cruickshank

1st place with 35 points off 13 hcp  – Michael Davison

Men Div.2:

2nd place with 35 points off 25 hcp – Ignace Boesmans

1st place with 38 points off 27 hcp  – Pascal Guy

 


Ladies: 

3rd place with 34 points off 29 hcp  – Karen Cruickshank

2nd place with 38 points off 35 hcp – Deirdre Smyth-Brady

1st place with 38 points off 31 hcp  – Doris Shearman-Earp, with a better back 9.

 

St. Patrick's Day 2024