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The match was played on 4th April after being postponed on the original date due to poor weather. Unfortunately, the weather today was not much better and not very kind to all participants with a mixture of heavy rain, winds and some sunny spells. A big thank you to all those who played.
As expected, the home team Vila Sol performed well with the best score of the day of 199 points. CGCC scored 187 points, 3rd on the day. We are now in the overall standings in third place going into the last round at Pinta on Monday 21st April. Its going to be a tough task as we will need the leaders to have a bad day and for our team to score well. Fingers crossed. Ken Napier Gent’s Captain.
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What fabulous weather for Sunday Funday which was following the All Winners Bowl Competition which had been postponed due to the very heavy rain over the past few weeks. The All Winners Competition was won by our gents captain Ken Napier with 36 stableford points beating Hugh Duncan on countback. Derek Shewan was third with 34 points. It was not a very big field for Sunday Fun Day as those 20 All Winners were not involved ! Great format of “improve your front 9” and very welcome as we had lost 1 hour sleep !!! Our Lady Captain was running the competition with Ian, her helper for the day. 43 players enjoyed the challenge and here are the winners 3rd 51 points Anita Foster, Steph O’Reilly, Stephen Walker and Bob Bessell 2nd 51 points on c/b Jean Pledge, Bert Brett, Bryan Cummings and Robin Hadden 1st 55 points Karen Hadden, Jane Conyers, Pat O’Reilly and Mike Pledge Next week our Vice Captains will be running the show. What are they planning ? Well enter the competition and you will find out !!!! Apologies to our Captains but in my last blog I forgot to mention that on their Captains Drive In day, they had treated all players to pizza and chips. It was much appreciated, thank you, but, no, we do not expect that every week !!!! Bye for now MP       Our 2nd match of the 2025 campaign took place yesterday at Benamor GC near Tavira on a beautiful warm Spring Day. The Benamor course was in great condition even allowing for the recent non- stop rain with manicured tees band fairways and fast true greens. All 5 matches were fairly close but unfortunately the home team, Benamor, won 3 matches to 2 which is never a bad result away from home and on an unfamiliar course which only 3 out of the 10 CGCC players had played before. Special well done to Chris and Liz W and Gavin and Kevin C winning their matches. Next week sees us travelling to Pinheiros Altos for another away game and the update blog will follow soon after. Regards Dave Lightburn  Many brave players took part in the Vice Presidents Cup, battling the rain and the strong winds on Saturday at Gramacho. And in the evening at Pinta, 96 people got together for a nice dinner and great music ! And prize giving for many competitions took place. What an evening ! So what to start with ? 1. Attending winners of medals throughout the year were given a memento 2. Amigos Para Sempre - Friday 14th March 2025 winner David Lightburn 3. AGM Texas Scramble - Sunday 16th March 2025 3rd Jane Conyers, Ian Russell, Elaine & John Marshall 2nd Kevin Crowe, Sandra Northey, Guy & MP Norgrove 1st Steph & Pat O’Reilly and Sue & Gavin Mortimer Nearest the Pin Ladies (hole 10) Kerstin Alexus Nearest the Pin Gents (hole 7) Barry Harris Nearest the Pin in 2 (hole 13) Peter Hill 4. Vice President Cup - Saturday 22nd March 2025 Ladies 3rd Asa Baggstrom 2nd Liz Wallace 1st Sue Williamson Gents 3rd Lars Thoren 2nd Neil Stanton 1st John Marshall The evening then carried on with many dancers enjoying themselves on the dance floor, hiding from the heavy rain .... Bye for now                 Alison and Ken, our Captains for 2025, with the support of their Vice Captains, Sue Mortimer and Peter Hill were today leading a field of 60 players for their Captains Drive In. A fun competition of 2 scores to count with a joker, having to decide before playing, 1 hole on the front 9 and 1 on the back where the score would count double. … Many members were on the tee at 7.50 to watch the Captains taking their drive and hoping their bet was the right length of drive !!  And apart from a little shower, the weather was clement !!! May be at last the rain is not coming back !!! So which team won ? 5th (chocolates) 87 points (18 pts with the joker) Simon Martin, Kevin Ogden, Guy & MP Norgrove 4th (chocolates) 87 points on c/b (joker 22 pts) Olwyn Simpson, Simon Hobbs, Paavo Hannula and John Lucas 3rd 90 points (joker 18 points)) Jane Conyers, Marjory Forsyth, Jim Willens and Ian Wylie 2nd 91 points (joker 22 points) Liz & Chris Wallace and Libby & Phil Roberts (guests) 1st 92 points (joker 18 points) Lizee McGraw, Jean Pledge, Peter Cartwright and Neil Stanton Paul Daly guessed the Ladies Captain’s drive of 112 meters Anne Terry guessed the length of Men’s Captain Ken’s drive of 153 meters … in the left bunker … €510 was raised for the charity chosen by the Captains, Madrugada, and we will be given more information very soon. So brilliant start for a great year. Bye for now MP A lot of changing at the top of the Committee ! Some members who had worked very hard over the years have finally hung up their representative boots … and here is the new Board. From left to right Ken Napier - Gents Captain Alison McMahon - Ladies Captain Bob Beatson - President (taking over from Peter Cartwright) Rene Van der Zee - Ciub Secretary Jane Conyers - Social Secretary (taking over from Jill O’Connell) Jos de Raaij - Treasurer (taking over from Steph O’Reilly) Richard Conyers - Competitions Secretary Ian Wylie - Handicap & Membership Secretary  Jill O'Connell was made an Honorary Member in recognition for her many years of service to the Club.
During the meeting, the presentation of a special badge as Honorary Associate Member was given to Kris Van der Zee in thanks for all the support she gives to CGCC. Thank you to all who give their time to the Club for “love” and all for free 👍⛳🏌🏌 Bye for now MP |
