This Wednesday we played away from our home course Bonalba. We had a good turn-out of 29 members and one
guest. It was the 5th Away
Day which qualified for the Bill Williams Away Day Trophy. During the year there are 6 qualifying rounds
of Individual Stableford of which the best 4 will win the Trophy. The final Away Day will take place in
January.
It was a beautifully sunny morning but there was a chill in the air, so
the extra clothing did not come off until later when temperatures rose to a very
comfortable level.Font del Llop is not a very lengthy course. It has five par three’s, so there were five instead of the normal four Nearest the Pin prizes. In addition, the Captain struggled to find enough golf balls to award the “Two’s Club”. There was a total of 6 two’s covering 4 out of the 5 par three’s. Some of us had difficulties correctly managing the course and choosing the right clubs. However, this definitely did not apply in Gordon’s case. Our Captain did everything right and won, well ahead of the field, with 37 points. Well done, Gordon! Pascale, in second place, was one point ahead of the next four players all scoring 33 points who had to be separated by the results on the back 9. Unfortunately, based on that, Christiane came 6th.
Finally, the Captain mentioned that he is considering changing the date
of the Christmas Lunch from Wednesday, the 13th to the 20th
as there are some other functions on around the 13th. He will confirm the date as soon as possible.
Summarising the results as follows:
The guest prize went to Erik who scored 36 points off
13 hcp.
Nearest the pin:
Hole 3 Peter van der MeeHole 8 Nino Andres Aloras
Hole 12 Brian Wakely
Hole 16 Ricky Nelson
Hole 17 Luc Verhaegen
There
were six birdies: Rejane Le Borgne, Peter van der Meeon hole 3, Brian Wakely on
hole 12, Ricky Nelson on hole 16, Jean-Paul Leroux and Luc Verhaegen on hole 17.
The
main competition results were as follows:
5th
place with 33 points off 8 hcp – Greta
Biersteker4th place with 33 points off 25 hcp – Luc Vehaegen
3rd place with 33 points off 21 hcp – Brian Wakely
2nd place with 34 points off 21 hcp – Pascale Leroux
1st place with 37 off 29 hcp – our Captain, Gordon Burton
