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.
