Venue: Bonalba
Golf & Spa, 13th July 2016
Black clouds were threatening rain as we started our
round today. There were 31 of us playing
Individual Stableford but not all of us finished the 18 holes as the rain came
down halfway during the round. Lucky for
the playes who had rain gear in their bag but the optimists of us did not even
think it could rain. They bravely
soldiered on and when they were at a point where they did consider going in,
the rain stopped.
The scores today reflected the difficult conditions
where 30 points saw you in the prizes. The outstanding score was posted by last
weeks “Beast” (see photo in last week’s report) turned into “Rainman” this
week. We talk about Michael who scored 36 points, and he did not even score on
the 18th hole! His score was
good enough for the handicap computer to say “yes” and cut him by 0.4. The rest of us remained with the same
handicap as the course was playing two over par which meant handicap reductions
only. Very well played, Michael !A special mention also to Guy, who has returned from France after a long absence due to illness and who had not lost his golfing touch as he came in with the second highest score today.
Before prize giving, we had the pleasure of wishing
Eddie Rogers a very happy birthday and many happy returns. It was good to see
him back to good health after his life-threatening illness. Eddie, generous as ever, treated us all to a
drink from the bar which was very much appreciated.
Summarising the results:
Our French guest Eric received the guest prize. Our second guest Simon unfortunately was
delayed and was only able to play the back 9.
Nearest the pin:
Hole
4 (hcp 21+ only) Moe FaroukiHole 8 (all players) Michael Davison
Hole 11 (all players) Graham Sutton
Hole 14 (hcp 21+ only) Guy Letort
There
were 1 two today. It came from Pascale Leroux who had a magnificent long putt
on hole 8. She received the customary golf ball.
The main competition results were as
follows:
5th place with 30 points off 6
hcp – Dennis Pyman4th place with 30 points off 9 hcp – Richard Davis, narrowly beating Dennis on the back 6
3rd place with 32 points off 23 hcp – Stephen Grey
2nd place with 33 points off 23 hcp – Guy Letort
1st place with 36 points off 12 hcp – Michael Davison
