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Karen and Neil Stanton hosted 32 players on Sunday. As a nod to their time in Naples, Florida, they ran a Florida Scramble format. All the players agreed that it was a fun, no stress format that allowed everyone to participate as the team moved through the course playing off the best shot made by a member who then stepped aside, playing with 3 shots at a time kept the round moving quickly. And, best of all....EVERYONE was a winner with 8 places being rewarded! The chocolate was received especially well! The good news is that there was no rain, for a change. The bad news is that the course conditions beared no resemblance to Florida, in so much as it was cool, muddy and overcast. However, everyone agreed that trudging through rough course conditions beat staying indoors. Winners: 1st: :Stephen Moore, Bruce Cooke, Michele Richardson 2nd: Gavin Mortimer,Brenda Manley, Beate Kernen, Paul Manley 3rd: Neil Stanton, Richard Turner, Sue Mortimer, Clive Mathews 4th: Peter Cartwright, Richard Conyers, Maren Barthel, Peter Hill 5th: Simon Martin, Rene Van Der Zee, Klaus Flakenber, Jurg Kernen 6th:Simone Morgan, Linda Cooke, Kevin Morgan, Asa Baggstrom 7th: Jim WIllens, Christian Barthel, Sara Mathews, Mike Pledge 8th: Gernot Macschmid, Juliet Smith, Heinz DIlle, Florian Dille Special thanks to Kris for managing the collections and to Richard Conyers and Peter Cartwright who stepped in at the 11th hour to round out our field. Hopefully better weather next week. Karen Stanton
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38 players registered for the 1st Sunday Funday organised by Gavin Mortimer. The format was a Sweet 16 with 3 scores to count on every hole with the worst 2 holes to be removed from the total. 1 member decided to withdraw at the last minute, maybe because of being afraid to be washed away by the rain? But we got lucky and managed to finish our round with only a tiny drizzle towards the end. Winners: Nearest to the pin: Gavin Mortimer (5rd) & Gernot Macschmidt (11th) Winning team with 105 points: Juerg, Robert Lench, Ally Bell and Christian Barthel (hidden partner) 2nd: Asa & Ulf Baggstrom, Bob Beatson and Shirley Turner 3rd: Beate, Bruce Cooke, Eddy Laden and yours truly 4th: Ann Terry, Sue Mortimer, Mike Pledge & Gernot 2-4th had to be decided on countback with 103 points each Hopefully better weather next week. Gramacho Cup on Saturday ! René. Results of the Sunday Funday, competently organised by our Gents Vice-Captain Peter Hill A challenging competition format (2 best scores on all holes but 4 scores to count on holes 4-8-12 and 16) played under equally challenging conditions: a wet course with occasional showers and strong winds. 43 players signed up with 4 cancelling after the the draw had been issued. Nearest to the pin on hole 7: Ann Terry Nearest to the pin in 2 on hole 3 : Gavin Mortimer Nearest to the pin on hole 17: Ken Napier The 4 winning teams all had 87 points so the winning team had to be decided on countback 4th : Christian Barthel Marjory Forsyth Jim Willens Beate Kernen 3rd: Sandi Beatson Ulf Baggstrom Anne Terry Christian Barthel (silent partner) 2nd: Jürg Kernen Klaus Falkenberg Theresa Russell Paul Barrow 1st: Peter Hill Marina Bessell Simon Martin Juliet Smith Results of the New Year Goblet competition (postponed from the 4th of January due to bad weather). 64 players were playing in chilly conditions and the following couples prevailed Winners: Bruce & Linda Cooke - 42 points Despite the beautiful, sunny weather, it was a chilly start to the morning 🥶. Of course that depends upon where you normally live! A few people did turn up in shorts! 😳 We had 46 players today, with a few cancellations due to nasty colds etc. And so 12 teams braved their way around the course, trying to dodge the remnants of the storms and tornado from last year. The format was Front nine versus Back nine, with the best 2 Stableford scores to count on each hole. Instead of the usual Nearest the Pins prizes today, I decided to award somewhat different prizes, in the spirit of "Funday". The results were as follows: The team Captain who completed the Neatest card: Steve Alexus ( winning a lovely big bar of Toblerone chocolate) The Team Spot prize (Random draw of non winning team to win bottles of red wine) Larry Simpson, Josi Simpson, Bruce Cooke, Simone Morgan And now for the other prizes: Consolation prize: Robin H/ Linda C/ Malcolm S/ Maren B 3rd place: Ian W/ Bert B/ Kerstin A/ Mike P - 48 points 2nd place: Ian McM/ Alison McM/ Jim H/ Michelle H - 49 points 1st place: Kevin M/ Steve M/ Liz Reid/ John Reid - 54 points Congratulations to all the winners, well done! Thank you to everyone who played today and a special thank you to Gina Beadle and Judy Lench, who kindly agreed to be Hidden Partners at late notice. It was good to see everyone out on the golf course again after all the Christmas and New Year festivities, and because of all the booze consumed over the last couple of weeks, the prizes today were all non-alcoholic! We played a front 9 versus back 9 format with 3 scores to count on each hole. Despite a little light rain, we were fortunate with the weather and saw a fair bit of winter sunshine too. After welcoming guests to the comp, prizes were awarded as follows: Nearest the Pin chocolates to Diane Swift & Sylvia Hammer on holes 5 & 15 Team Prizes: 1st: posh olive oil & chocs to John Lucas, Lizee McGraw, Ulf Baggström & Sue Mortimer 2nd: olive oil & chocs to Karen & Robin Hadden & their guests Kevin & Gill Fearon 3rd: box of chocs to Gernot MacSchmid, Jűrg Kernen, Robert & Sylvia Hammer 4th: tin of biccies to Kevin Crowe, Thomas Sattler, Athena Barrett & Michael Fienberg 5th: After 8 chocs to Gavin Mortimer, Ken Napier, Richard & Jane Conyers 6th: choc truffles to Keith Roberts, Michaela Krug, Robert & Judy Lench Perhaps not the best prizes for those of you with new year resolutions to lose weight, but no one can resist chocolates at the end of the day! So, the beginning of a new golfing year, wishing all our members a Happy & Healthy 2026 Sue Mortimer Ladies VC |
