2025: Indiv. Stableford (6.8.)

Venue:  Bonalba Golf & Spa

 

Today we played conventional Individual Stableford.  It was a relaxed competition as it was a non-qualifier, like all the games during August.

 

We had 17 players and there were some excellent scores.  Congratulations to all the winners.

 

After prize giving, Stan treated us to some “bubbly” to celebrate his birthday.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STAN

The summary of today’s competition was as follows:

Nearest the pin:

Hole 4            Derek Cruickshank

Hole 11          Pascale Leroux

Hole 14          Derek Cruickank

 

There were 3 twos today.  Derek putted in on holes 4 and 14 and Tony scored a two on hole 8.

 

Individual Stableford:

Division 1:

3^rd place with 34 points off 13 hcp – Marko van den Berg

2^nd place with 40 points off 20 hcp – Marcel Barink

Winner with 43 points off 17 hcp – Derek Cruickshank

 

Division 2:

3^rd place with 33 points off 26 hcp – Tony Dewavrin

2^nd place with 40 points off 30 hcp – Karen Cruickshank

Winner with 40 points off 28 hcp – Pascale Leroux, on lower handicap

 

 

2025: Match Play President/Captain (30.7.)

Venue:  Bonalba Golf & Spa

 

This Wednesday we played doubles match play.  It was the President’s team against the Captain’s team.  The 4 matches were tightly fought, but the Captain’s team were the overall winner.

 

Congratulation to the Captain’s team:

Karen Cruickshank/Derek Cruickshank v. Michael Davision/Santi Hung

Marko van den Berg/Stan Tarabula v. Marcel Barink/Helmut Treiber

Luc Verhaegen/Doris Shearman-Earp v. Graham Sutton/Moe Farouky

Jean-Paul Leroux/Heidi Dewavrin v. Tony Dewavrin/Pascale Leroux

 

Nearest the pin:

Hole 4            Karen Cruickshank

Hole 11          Derek Cruickshank

Hole 14          None

2025: Texas Scramble (23.7.)

Venue:  Bonalba Golf & Spa

 

Today we played Texas Scramble.  We had 3 teams of three and 2 teams of 4, who had to take 5 drives and 4 drives respectively. There were also 3 nearest to the pin prizes, open to all.  On the front 9, there were 7 temporary greens, so the maximum putting strokes on these were two.

 

The two best scores were both net 66, so both were declared winners by the Captain.

Well played and congratulations to both teams.

Note the members in the light blue shirts, which are our new Society shirts.

 

The summary of today’s competition is as follows.

 

Nearest the pin:

Hole 4            Luc Sienaert

Hole 11          Jean-Paul Leroux

Hole 14          Pascale Leroux

 

Texas Scramble Competition:

Net 66  –  Marko van den Berg, Jean-Paul Leroux, Luc Sienaert

Net 66 – Richard Davis, Edi Rogers, Moe Faroky, Stan Tarabula

2025: Blue Tees - Indiv. Stableford (16.7.)

Venue:  Bonalba Golf & Spa, 16.7.25

 

Today everyone played from the blue tees.  The format was Individual Stableford, with prizes for the best three places, irrespective of Divisions.

 

There were 16 players.  Congratulations to all the winners, especially to Marko who was 6 points ahead of second place.

 

The summary of today’s competition was as follows:

Nearest the pin:

Hole 4             Michael Davison

Hole 14          nobody

 

There were no twos today.

 

Individual Stableford:

3^rd place with 29 points off 31 hcp – Karen Cruickshank, beating Karine and Tony on lower handicap.

2^nd place with 30 points off 29 hcp – Pascale Leroux

Winner with 36 points off 10 hcp – Marko van den Berg