Venue: Villaitana Golf, 18 March 2015
Today we had our first Away-Day qualifier for the 2015
Bill Williams Away-Day Trophy. 20 members and guests were ready to play on this
ever popular course. The slope of
Villaitana is much lower than that of our home course Bonalba, resulting in a
cut of everybodies playing handicap, especially the ladies’ handicap as the tee
positions are very much forward. Although
the course is supposed to be easier than Bonalba, on this occasion we all
struggled to conquer it. In fact, it
played 4 over par. Why was it so
difficult? Well, our excuse was the weather. We had expected rain. Fortunately, that did
not materialise. However we found out
that the saying “beware the ides of March” also applies to the weather in
Spain. We did not get the rain but
biting winds instead which were keeping the temperatures low and we were all
frozen through.
However, all this did not deter Stephen Grey. He braved the cold and came in with a great
score. Well done, Stephen, and how did
you manage to sink these long putts time and time again?
The photo shows the winners and our sponsor Bill Williams.
Today`s guest prize was won by John Rigby’s
son-in-law, Russel Turner.
Nearest the pins:
Hole 3 Michael DavisonHole 7 Gordon Burton
Hole 12 Greta Biersteker
Hole 14 John Rigby
We had also one two today by Greta on hole 8. She
received the customary golf balls.
The main competition results were:
3rd place with 30 points off 9 hcp, John
Garnett2nd place with 31 points off 13 hcp, Roger Hunger
1st place with 36 points off 21 hcp, Stephen Grey
