2016: Monthly Medal (6.7.)

The first five and our guest

 Venue: Bonalba Golf & Spa, 6th July 2016

With the Captain and Vice-Captain out of the country, it was yours truly who was organising this weeks competition and, in fact, will also be organising the next two Wednesdays.  So if there are any requests or cancellations, please contact Doris, her details to be found under “Contacts”.

Being the first Wednesday in the month, 28 of us competed for the Monthly Medal.  We just reached the attendance quota for awarding 5 prizes as less than 28 players would cut the prizes down to the first three places.  Looking at the results, there was a noticeable gap of 5 strokes between the third and fourth place.  In fact, there were 6 scores of net 77 shots and the fourth to sixth place each were only separated by 0.5 shots, so Michael who was in sixth place, being 0.5 shots behind Angel, was beaten for a prize by the narrowest of margins.  Dennis had the lowest gross score of 78. Congratulations to all and especially to this month’s winner, Eddy Fagg who posted back-to-back wins. His handicap has been coming down steadily and this win means a further reduction.
There was also one singles match between Nino Andres Aloras and Eddie Rogers, our sponsor of the Consistency Chart.  Nino eventually came out on top and also secured second place in the Medal competition, despite, as he told me, a quadruple bogy on the 5^th.

The Happy Couple

 

 

 

Before prize giving we had the pleasure of welcoming Juan-Alberto of Bonalba Golf & Spa and his fiancee Eva to present them with a small gift and congratulate them on their forthcoming wedding and extend our very best wishes for a long and happy life together.

 

 

 

"The Beast" enjoying the Costillas

And after the prizes, some of us went to the Thai Restaurant Yaho where we enjoyed the Menu del Día.

 

 

Summarising the results:
Our French guest Eric received the guest prize which was well deserved scoring 33 points with a playing handicap of 11.

Nearest the pin:

Hole 4             Jeff Murten
Hole 8             Nino Andres Aloras
Hole 11           Richard Davis
Hole 14           Richard Davis
There were 2 twos today, Nino on hole 4 and Richard on hole 14. They received the customary golf ball.

The main competition results were as follows:

5^th place with a net 77 off 23 hcp – Angel Centenera
4^th place with a net 77 off 16 hcp – Jeff Murten, beating Angel on the back 9
3^rd place with a net 72 off 6 hcp – Dennis Pyman
2^nd place with a net 72 off 8 hcp – Nino Andres Aloras, with a better back 9
1^st place with a net 70 off 15 hcp – Eddie Fagg