Venue: Bonalba
Golf & Spa, 22nd February 2017
There were 39 members this morning who signed in to
compete in today’s Individual Stableford competition. In recent weeks we have been fully booked on
most Wednesdays and as our Captain pointed out, please book your space as soon
as possible to ensure your place in the competition.
In addition to the normal prizes, we also enjoyed the
monthly “Hidden Hole” prize which is now generously sponsored by John and Jan
who have taken over sponsorship from Gordon. They decided to award the prize
this month for the best score an all par 3’s.
There were 4 players who scored an excellent 11 points, therefore the
winner had to be based on the better score on the back 9. Chris, Guy and Brian Hines all had 5 points,
making Les Wilkinson the winner with 6 points.Congratulations to our Captain Gordon on winning today’s competition. It is good to see that his duties as Captain does not seem to distract him from playing a good round of golf. Keep up the good work, Gordon! Also congratulations to Richard, “the old man” Franco, Stan and Johnny G for being in the top five. Chris who also scored 34 points, narrowly missed out to John as he had a better back 9.
As announced last week, today we had the first coaching session from Juan-Alberto which was enjoyed by all the members who had subscribed to it. All we need to do now is to transfer the chipping skill from the practice ground to the course.
Before prize giving, the Captain mentioned the wine
tasting at the Bodega in Campello the previous evening which was well supported by nearly
40 members and guests and was enjoyed
greatly. We are now looking forward to the next venue in March which is the
Monthly Medal Meal at the restaurant El Foguers in Campello.
Summarising the results:
Nearest the pin: Hole 4 Chris van Bemmelen
Hole 8 Franco Fanti
Hole 11 Eddy Fagg
Hole 14 Gordon Burton
There were three twos today, on hole 4
from Ann Brook and on hole 11 from Michael Davison and Marie-Jo Lesot. They received the customary golf ball.
The main competition results were as
follows:
5th place with 34 points off 12
hcp – John Garnett4th place with 35 points off 20 hcp – Stan Tarabula
3rd place with 35 points off 18 hcp – Franco Fanti, beating Stan on the back 9
2nd place with 37 points off 10 hcp – Richard Davis
1st place with 38 points off 30 hcp – Gordon Burton
