2019: Team Game (24.4.)

Venue:  Bonalba Golf & Spa, 24 April 2019

Today we played a team game.  The best three Stableford results on each hole counted for the team and to spurn everyone on, there was also a prize for the best individual score.   We had 31 members and one guest.  It was good to see that Rob was able to play with us today and welcomed his brother Peter, our guest player.

It was a relief that the bad weather over Easter had finally passed us by.  We had experienced a mini “gota fria” over the whole of the Easter holiday, which caused the course to be closed all of Saturday and part of Sunday.  Although the rain somewhat spoiled everyone’s holiday, it was good for the vegetation and helped the grass grow to a lush green. To further aid with the recovery of the course, buggies today were only allowed on the pathways.  The greens were softer than usual which made it difficult to judge the speed of the ball and many of us short-putted.  However, this did not always seem the case, especially on the par three’s, as 5 players had birdie twos. Interestingly, Eddy was the only one who was nearest to the pin and then converted this into a birdie.
The team par was a net 108 points.  Special congratulations goes to the winning team who played 5 shots better than par and were 7 shots ahead of the team in second place.  This very good result was helped by Michael scoring 39 points, which also made him the winner of the Individual Stableford.  Well done, Michael.

Our thanks go to John and Jan for organising today’s competition, dealing with the scorecards and presenting the prizes, with the help of Neville, our ex President.

Summarizing the prizes:

Nearest the pins:

Hole 4                Eddy Fagg

Hole 8                Greta Biersteker

Hole 11              John Garnett

Hole 14              Pascale Leroux                                                  

The 5 twos were: Eddy Fagg on holes 4 and 11, John Garnett and Michael Davison on hole 8 and Nino on hole 4. They were rewarded with the customary golf ball.

The results of the main competition were:

3^rd place with a net score of 104 – Erik Paesmans, Jean-Louis Moucheboeuf, Jan Boultbee, Mo 
2^nd place with a net score of 106  – Rob and Peter Ritchie, Pascale Leroux, Marie-Jo Lesot

1^st place with a net score 0f 113 – Michael Davison, John Rigby, Brian Hines, Doris Shearman-Earp