Venue: Bonalba
Golf & Spa, 8th February 2017
Today we played the first Monthly Medal competition in
the new Society year. We had a turn-out
of 35 members and 2 guests. We were all
hoping that the strong winds which were predicted for today would not
happen. Unfortunately, the weather
forecast proved to be correct and although it was a sunny day, the golf
suffered as we were battling against the strong winds making it a difficult and
exhausting round of golf. This was reflected in the results where nobody
managed to play to net par.
Congratulations to the winner Eddy, our newest member, who is consistently
coming in with good scores. He has now started
off as the leader of the Consistency Chart 2017. So no pressure ….
The flag on hole 4, the first of the par 3’s, seemed
to be in a favourable position, as there were three birdies recorded. The par 3’s on the back 9 were more difficult
to reach in today’s conditions. Richard
was the only player who reached hole 11 and nobody managed to get on to the
green of hole 14, so the prize for this nearest the pin went into the raffle.The allocation of the prizes was somewhat complicated as two players of the first five were not present at prize-giving so, according to the rules of the Society, they were not eligible for a prize. The “lucky loosers” were Chris van Bemmelen in 6th place who, incidentally, also had a net 76, and Roger Hunger in 7th place with a net 77.
Before prize-giving, the Captain remembered Neville,
David Davis and Dennis who have been absent due to illness and gave us the good
news that everyone is on the way to recovery.
He also reminded everyone of the forthcoming social
events which are detailed on the website and the appropriate attendance lists
can be found on the Notice Board.
Summarising the results:
The guest pize was won by Heidi who beat her husband
Tony, so the bottle of wine is staying in the family.
Nearest the pin par 3’s:
Hole
4 Pascale LerouxHole 8 John Brook
Hole 11 Richard Davis
Hole 14 nobody
There were four twos today, on hole 4 from
Nino, Richard and Brian Hines and from Greta on hole 8. They received the customary golf ball.
The main competition results were as
follows:
5th place with a net 76 off 20
hcp – Stan Tarabula4th place with a net 76 off 16 hcp – Edi Rogers with a better back 9
3rd place with a net 76 off 24 hcp – Maureen Fanti again with a better back 9
2nd place with a net 75 off 25 hcp – Santi Hung
1st place with a net 73 off 15 hcp – Eddy Fagg
