2025: Texas Scramble (19.3.)

Venue:  Bonalba Golf & Spa

 

Today we played a 4-ball Texas Scramble.

Fortunately, the weather had improved from the heavy rains the previous day. 

 

We had a full turn-out of 28 members making it 7 teams.  The results of the first five teams were extremely close with only 2 points between them.  

 

Congratulations to the two winning teams, and commiserations to the other teams for narrowly missing out on the prizes.

 

Next week we will play the Monthly Medal.  On this occasion, there will not be a lunch afterwards, as we had a lunch on St. Patrick’s Day.

 

The summary of today’s competition is as follows

Nearest the pin:

Hole 4            Richard Davis

Hole 8            Santi Hung

Hole 11          Francois Salardaine

Hole 14          not claimed

 

There were 2 twos today, from Bob Crow on hole 4 and Moe Farouky on hole 8.

 

Texas Scramble Competition:

2^nd place with 44 points on a combined hcp of 10 – Marko van den Berg, Santi Hung, Karen Cruickshank, Heidi Dewavrin

Winners with 44 points on a lower combined hcp of 9 – François Salardaine, James Hurley, Graham Sutton, Moe Farouky

2025: St. Patrick's Day (12.3.)

2025: St. Patrick's Day Stableford (12.3.)

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 32 members and 2 guests.  The format was a qualifying Individual Stableford.  There were lots of prizes.  The main competition counted for members only, but the other prizes were open to everyone.

Kate with 36 points came 2^nd in the Ladies’ competition, but as a sponsor, decided not to claim the prize.

 

The weather was reasonably kind to us. Although there was some wind, the temperatures stayed quite pleasant.

 

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

  

See photos in the blog Gallery.

 

The results of the day were as follows:

Best dressed for the occasion: Marko van den Berg and Karen Cruickshank

 

Nearest the pin:

Hole 4   (Ladies)                   Deidre Smyth-Brady

Hole 8   (all)                          Jean-Jaques Bourrier

Hole 11 (all)                          Karen Cruickshank

Hole 14 (all)                          Didier Quemper

 

There were 2 twos, from Derek Cruickshank on hole 4 and Patricia Salardaine on hole 14.

 

Nearest the pin in 3 on hole 3 Div. 2 – Jean-Paul Leroux

Nearest the pin in 3 on hole 15 Div. 1 – Michael Davison

 

Longest drive men - Ignace Boesmans

Longest drive ladies – Pascale Leroux

 

Best back 9 – Derek Cruickshank

 

The main competition:

Men Div.1:

2^nd place with 40 points off 24 hcp – Bob Crow

1^st place with 40 points off 17 hcp  – Michael Davison, on lower handicap

Men Div.2:

2^nd place with 34 points off 34 hcp – Tony Dewavrin

1^st place with 36 points off 31 hcp  – Graham Sutton

 

Ladies: 

3^rd place with 35 points off 35 hcp  – Karine Sienaert

2^nd place with 35 points off 20 hcp – Patricia Salardaine, on lower handicap

1^st place with 40 points off 32 hcp  – Doris Shearman-Earp

 

2025: 4 Ball Better Ball Stableford (19.2.)

Venue:  Bonalba Golf & Spa

This Wednesday we played a team game.  The format was Four Ball Better Ball Pairs, best Stableford score.  We had 10 teams taking part.

 

There were prizes for the best three teams.  It was very close at the top, with only 1 point between first and third place.  Eddy Fagg and Doris Shearman-Earp narrowly lost out with a total of 39 points.

The par 3’s seemed to be more difficult to reach today as only holes 4 and 8 were claimed.

Congratulations to all the winners.  

 

The summary of today’s competition is as follows

Nearest the pin:

Hole 4             Edi Rogers

Hole 8             nobody

Hole 11           nobody

Hole 14           Derek Cruickshank

 

Four Ball Better Ball:

3^rd place with 40 points – Jean-Jacques Bourrier and Graham Sutton

2^nd place with 40 points – Marko van den Berg and Heidi Dewavrin, on lower handicap

Winners with 41 points – Edi Rogers and Tony Dewavrin