Venue: Bonalba
Golf & Spa, 1 November 2017
Today we played our Monthly Medal competition. In the absence of our
Captain, it was his Vice-Captain Greta who steered the ship. Greta remarked on the fact that she has had a
reasonably easy preparation time for today’s tee-off schedule as there were
“only” two cancellations and one additional member who wanted to play, so
making it an attendance of 34 members and one guest.
In addition to the normal prizes, we also looked forward to John and
Jan’s prize for their hidden holes which is awarded to a player who is not in
the main prizes. This time they nominated the lowest number of strokes on holes
8, 9, 17 and 18. The actual lowest strokes scored were 16 but the player who
was eligible for the prize scored a total of 18 strokes. Well done, Roger. The result of the main competition was very closely contested. There was a difference of only two strokes between the first five places with the second, third and fourth place having to be decided on the better back 9. Nino, today’s winner, also had the lowest gross score. Congratulations to him and the “chasing pack”!
Finally, we would like to congratulate Greta on one of her golfing
activities outside our Society . She again has been chosen by the Valencia Golf
Federation to play in their team against Andalucia. The match will be played at Bonalba Golf at
the beginning of December. Watch out for
the exact date. We will be there to cheer you on, Greta!
Summarising the results as follows:
Guest prize goes to Noel. He is now on the waiting list for membership.John and Jan's hidden holes: Roger Hunger
Nearest the pin:
Hole
4 John King (back to back)Hole 8 Eddy Fagg
Hole 11 Michael Davison
Hole 14 Edi Rogers, beating Pascale by inches.
There
were two birdies,both on hole 8 from Nino Andres and Eddy Fagg. They both received
the customary golf ball.
The
main competition results were as follows:
5th
place with a net 73 off 9 hcp – Greata
Biersteker4th place with a net 72 off 12 hcp – Eddy Fagg
3rd place with a net 72 off 9 hcp – Richard Davis, beating Eddy on the back 9
2nd place with a net 72 off 22 hcp – Jan Boultbee with a better back 9 than Eddy
1st place with a net 71 off 9 hcp – Nino Andres Aloras
