2023: Away Trip Valle del Este (29.-31.5.)

We had to wait for 3 years, but this year we finally were able to arrange our much loved Annual Away Trip which took place from 29 to 31 May.  

 

Our destination was Valle del Este where we played the first and third round and Aguilon Golf Course on day 2.  

 

The week before, Spain experienced a lot of rain and we were worried that our trip would be “washed out”, but as they say “when angels travel…..” became true and, although there were threatening black clouds around us, we were very lucky as the weather turned out to be ideal for golf, nice temperatures, quite sunny, no wind and no rain.

 

We started with 16 players, but unfortunately Brian and Wendy Wakely’s trip ended on day one.  Their buggy turned over and Brian’s injuries meant that he could not continue.  However, the good news was that both of them had escaped without broken bones.

 

Many thanks to the sponsors of wine, Stan and Christiane, Jean-Paul and Pascale and the CBGS.  And a big thanks to Stan for organising the competitions, the buggies and the prize giving each evening, making it a very enjoyable and memorable trip for us all.

See photos in the Gallery.

 

And here are the results :

 

29TH MAY – VALLE DEL ESTE

TEAM GAME (BEST 3 SCORES PER HOLE)

WINNERS 97 POINTS – MICHAEL, JEAN PAUL, JAN AND DORIS

INDIVIDUAL

WINNER – MICHAEL 33 POINTS

2^ND – JIM 32 POINTS (ON BETTER BACK 9 FROM SANTI)

BEST LADY – KATE 32 POINTS

NEAREST THE PINS

HOLE 2 – JOHN

HOLE 6 – JAN

HOLE 12 – STAN

HOLE 14 – JIM

30^TH MAY – AGUILLON

TEAM GAME (4 SCORES PAR 3´S, 3 X PAR 4´S, 2 X PAR5´S)

WINNERS 91 POINTS – JOHN, JEAN PAUL, DORIS AND GHOST STAN

INDIVIDUAL 

WINNER – JIM 30 POINTS

2^ND – JOHN 28 POINTS

BEST LADY – JAN 25 POINTS

NEAREST THE PINS

HOLE 3 – MICHAEL

HOLE 8 – SANTI

HOLE 12 – RICHARD

HOLE 14 – DORIS

HOLE 17 – STAN

LONGEST DRIVES

MEN – RICHARD

LADIES – PASCALE

31^ST MAY – VALLE DEL ESTE

TEAM GAME – COPA CANADA (BEST 3 TOTAL SCORES)

WINNERS 85 POINTS – JIM, KATE AND SANTI

INDIVIDUAL

WINNER AND BEST LADY – KATE 34 POINTS

2^ND – RICHARD 32 POINTS (COUNTBACK ON BACK 9 FROM JEAN PAUL)

NEAREST THE PINS

HOLE 2 – JOHN

HOLE 6 – JEAN PAUL

HOLE 12 – RICHARD

HOLE 14 – CHRISTIANE

OVERALL INDIVIDUAL WINNERS

1^ST – 89 POINTS - MICHAEL

2^ND – 88 POINTS – JIM

3^RD – 84 POINTS – SANTI

POOL CHAMPION – RICHARD (ALSO RANS MICHAEL AND SANTI)

 

LAST TO LEAVE THE BAR (BY A COUNTRY MILE) – DORIS AND RAY

 

WORST BUGGY DRIVERS – BRIAN AND WENDY

 

BIGGEST BUFFET EATER – SANTI

 

BEST PLAYER WITH THE WIND – JOHN GARNETT (MOSTLY FROM BEHIND)