2026: Texas Scramble (10.06.)

Venue:  Bonalba Golf & Spa, 10.06.26

 

Today we played Texas Scramble.  We had 7 teams of 4, and everyone had to take 4 drives. There were also 4 nearest to the pin prizes, open to all.

All men were playing off the blue tees.

 

As the front nine greens had been hollow-tined, a maximum of 2 putts were given on those tees, the putts on the back nine greens were counted as normal.

 

There were some great results, the first three teams all came in with minus 11. Congratulations to everyone.

 

The summary of today’s competition is as follows.

Nearest the pin:

Hole 4            Peter Grondel

Hole 8            Marko van den Berg

Hole 11          Alle van der Haag

Hole 14          Richard Davis

 

Texas Scramble Competition:

3^rd place with a net 61 – Marcel Barink, Celia Tuijman, Pascale Leroux, Alle van der Haag

2nd place with a net 61 – Patrick Lemee, Luc Sienaert, Robert Florin, Peter Grondel

Winnners also with a net 61and better handicap -  Marko van den Berg, Vincent Severins, Jean-Paul Leroux, Agnes Lemee

2026: Four Ball Better Ball Stableford (27.5.)

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 and prizes for the best three teams plus the 4 nerarest the pin, all of which were open to all players.  Surprisingly, nobody managed to hit the green on hole 4.

 

There were some excellent scores, especially from the two ladies at the top, and Tony came away with three prizes.

Congratulations to all the winners.  

 

The summary of today’s competition is as follows

Nearest the pin:

Hole 4            nobody

Hole 8            Tony Dewavrin

Hole 11          Tony Dewavrin

Hole 14          Edi Rogers

 

Four Ball Better Ball:

3^rd place with 45 points – Jean-Paul Leroux and Guang Hui Tan (guest)

2^nd place with 47 points – Tony Dewavrin and Luc Verhaegen

Winners with 50 points – Karen Cruickshank and Pascale Leroux

 

 

2026: Away Day Poniente (13.5.) and Bonalba (20.5.)

Venues:  Villaitana Poniente Golf, 13.5.26 and

                                                               Bonalba Golf, 20.5.26

 

These are the results for our Away Day at Villaitana Poniente, the shorter course, and our home game the following week, when prizes were awarded for both competitions.

Both competitions were individual Stableford.

 

The results of the Away Day were as follows:

Nearest the pins not recorded, but there were a few Twos:

Hole 4      Marko van den Berg

Hole 9      Karen Cruickshank

Hole 11    Derek Cruickshank

Hole 15    Edi Rogers

 

Individual Stableford:

Division 1:

3^rd place with 34 points off 7 hcp – Marko van den Berg

2^nd place with 37 points off 16 hcp – Santi Hung

Winner with 39 off 10 hcp – Derek Cruickshank

 

Division 2:

3^rd place with 31 points off 27 hcp – Luc Verhaegen

2^nd place with 31 points off 16 hcp – Heidi Dewavrin, beating Luc on lower handicap

Winner with 34 points off 13 hcp – Karen Cruickshank

 

The results of the home competition on 20 May were:

Nearest the pin:

Hole 4             Heidi Dewavrin

Hole 8            Ignace Boesmans

Hole 11          Karen Cruickshank

Hole 14          Marcel Barink

 

Again, there was an abundance of Twos today, hole 4 from Heidi and Pascale Leroux, hole 8 from Tony Dewavrin and hole 14 from Marcel Barink.

 

Individual Stableford:

Division 1:

3^rd place with 37 points off 17 hcp – Michael Davision

2^nd place with 38 points off 24 hcp – Robert Florin

Winner with 39 off 18 hcp – Mark Knibbs

 

Division 2:

3^rd place with 37 points off 28 hcp – Pascale Leroux

2^nd place with 38 points off 34 hcp – Heidi Dewavrin

Winner with 39 points off 30 hcp – Jean Paul Leroux

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2026: Stableford Waltz (15.4.)

Some of the happy winners

Venue:  Bonalba Golf & Spa

 

Today 20 of us, in teams of four, were “waltzing” down the golf course, 123, 123 ……

 

The format was Individual Stableford, where you counted the teams’ 1 best score on the 1^st hole, 2 best scores on the 2^nd hole, 3 best scores on the 3^rd hole, starting again with 1 score on the 4^th, etc. 

 

Par for the Waltz was 72 points and all teams came in with results well over par. There was only 1 point between the winning team and the runners up.

Congratulations to everyone.

 

The weather contributed to a very enjoyable day with nice sunshine and no wind.

We finished prize giving with a glass of champagne, presented by Pascale Leroux in honour of her birthday. It was good to see her play golf again after her recent operation.

 

The summary of today’s competition is as follows

Nearest the pin:                    

Hole 4                        Marcel Baring

Hole 8                        Richard Davis

Hole 11                      Marko van den Berg

Hole 14                      Luc Sienaert

 

Team Competition:

Runner up with 90 points – Michael Davison, Tony Dewavrin, Karen Cruickshank, Luc Verhaegen

1^st place with 91 points – Marko van den Berg, Richard Davis, Jean-Paul Leroux, Pascale Leroux