2025: Monthly Medal (7.5.)

Venue:  Bonalba Golf & Spa

 

This Wednesday we played our May Monthly Medal Competition.  The format was maximum double par per hole and qualified for handicap purposes.

 

For this competition, we had an attendance of 23 members and one guest.  There were some excellent results in Division 1.  Marco narrowly missed out on the prizes to Richard who played a better back 9.

 

Congratulations to all the winners.  

  

After prize giving, some of us stayed behind for a very enjoyable lunch at the Club.  Thank you Heidi for organising this.

 

The summary of today’s competition was as follows:

Hole 4   (Div.2)         nobody

Hole 8    (Ladies)      Karen Cruickshank

Hole 11  (Div.1)        nobody

Hole 14  (Men)         Derek Cruickshank

 

Today there were no twos recorded.  

 

Medal Competition

1^st Division:

3^rd place with a net 71 off 14 hcp – Richard Davis

2^nd place with a net 68 off 24 hcp – Ignace Boesmans

Winner with a net 64 off 21 hcp – Albert Bouchoucha

 

2^nd Division:

3^rd place with a net 74 off 30 hcp – Jean-Paul Leroux

2^nd place with a net 74 off 29 hcp – Karen Cruickshank, on lower handicap

Winner with a net 73 off 27 hcp  – Luc Sienaert

 

Koningsdag 30.4.2025

2025: Koningsdag - Last Man Standing (30.4.)

Venue:  Bonalba Golf & Spa, 30.4.25

 

Today’s competition was sponsored by our Dutch friends Marcel Barink and Marko van den Berg, to celebrate “Koningsdag” (King’s Day) which is an important festivity in Holland.  27 players took part in this fun format of “Last Man (or Woman) Standing” where everybody played off scratch and indicated how far they got on the course by marking it with their orange flag.  

 

The first flag was put down on the tee of the 15^th hole and the majority of the flags were placed on the 17^thhole.  Karen, the overall winner, was on the 18^th green, one short putt away from the hole.

 

Everybody entered into the spirit of the day by wearing the Dutch national colour of orange and we all enjoyed the magnificent orange decorations on the club terrace.

We were also treated to a Half Way House, thanks to Andrea and Ellen, the wives of Marcel and Marko.

 

Prior to prize giving we were treated to a celebratory sparkling cocktail.  There were plenty of prizes and also a raffle of popular Dutch goodies.

 

We toasted and gave a vote of thanks to Marcel and Marko for their great effort and generosity in making this a truly memorable competition.

See many more photos in the Gallery.

 

The summary of today’s competition is as follows:

Nearest the pin:

Hole 4             Heidi Dewavrin

Hole 8            Michael Davison

Hole 11          Marcel Barink

Hole 14          Pascale Leroux

 

Main competition:

Helmut Treiber had the honour of being the first to mark his flag.

 

3^rd place – Richard Davis

2^nd place – Pascale Leroux

Winner  – Karen Cruickshank

2025: 4 Clubs & the Putter (23.4.)

Venue:  Bonalba Golf & Spa

 

For today’s competition, our Captain had decided to do something different.  The format was Individual Stableford, but the choice of clubs was restricted to 4, plus the putter.

We had 16 members and one guest competing.  The men were playing off the blue tees, with adjusted handicap.  On this occasion, there were prizes for the best 4 scores, irrespective of Divisions.

 

This format certainly was a challenge, especially when it came to the approach shots or if you had to play out of a bunker.  Consequently, the scores posted were a little lower than usual.  

 

Congratulations to the winners, and especially to Heidi, whose club selections obviously worked well for her, achieving top spot.

 

The summary of today’s competition is as follows:

Nearest the pin:

Hole 4            Trish Kelleher

Hole 8            Derek Cruickshank

Hole 11          Tony Dewavrin

Hole 14          Albert Bouchoucha

 

Main competition:

4^th place with 33 points off 16 handicap – Albert Bouchoucha

3^rd place with 33 points off 13 handicap – Michael Davison

Runner-up with 34 points off 14 hcp – Derek Cruickshank

Winner with 35 points off 35 hcp – Heidi Dewavrin