Wednesday 15th
June
Individual
Stableford 'Fun' Game
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Escaping, just for one day, from the pressure of
gaining enough Stableford points to satisfy or improve one's handicap, 37 CBGS
members and their 3 guests were able to consider instead how Mulligans could
help improve their score today.
It was a 'fun' idea, the suggestion of our captain
Jan Boultbee, to have a relaxed round which included decisions about when to
use Mulligans or not - the higher your handicap the more Mulligans you
received. Your correspondent can vouch for the fact that it wasn't always an
easy decision to 'spend' one!
The overall scores reflected the ability of our
winners to make wise decisions as well as play good golf. Indeed, the winning
scores were very high, as the table of results below will show. Jan herself
managed, temporarily, to post her name as nearest the pin on Hole 8 using a
Mulligan (unfortunately she was later usurped by an even closer shot by
Graham!)
Congratulations to the two out in front with their
41 points apiece, and especially to John Coubrough narrowly winning on
countback.
All in all, a lovely relaxed day's golf in glorious sunshine. However,
no Mulligans for the rest of the season!
Guest Prize: Malcolm, with 33
points off a handicap of 13.
Nearest the Pins: Hole 4
Moe Farouky
Hole 8
Graham Sutton
Hole 11 John
Coubrough
Hole 14 James
Burnet
Individual winners:
5th place Nino Andres Aloras, with 37
points off a handicap of 7
4th place James Burnet, with 37
points off a handicap of 19 (better back 9)
3rd place Angel Centenera, with 38
point off a handicap of 22
2nd place Graham Sutton, with 41
points off a handicap of 19
1st place, John Coubrough, with
41 points off a handicap of 14 (on countback)
The customary golf balls for a birdie two
were won by Graham, Klaudia and Nino.
Mention must also be made of the generosity of Jan
and John for providing all of today's prizes - the ones for our regular
competition reported above; but also for organising drinks (fizz!) and nibbles
with the help of our club because we had other things to celebrate.....
A brace of Trophies
Today's prize-giving was extended
to include two important, extra presentations.
We Won!
Firstly, it was only fitting that club members were
given the chance to honour and congratulate our League Team members who won
their divisional group this year. This meant, of course, automatic promotion
to Division One next season.
Team captain John Garnett can be seen in one
photograph accepting the trophy from our former long-serving president Manolo
Garay; the other shows several members of the team who were present
today.
A full list of the members who took part this year is
as follows:
John Garnett (captain), Jan Boultbee, Greta
Biersteker, Richard Davis, Edi Rogers, Michael Davison, Dennis Pyman, Gay
Brooks, Graham Sutton, Bob Crow and Roger Hunger.
Well done, all of you!
and that wasn't all!......
A second 'ceremony' followed in which Manolo
presented Richard Davis with a lovely statuette to thank him for ten years of
devotion and help with the organisation of the Garay League. Many thanks to him
for countless hours of time on behalf of our members.
