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After a classic game of Matchplay, Kevin was successful in beating Hugh by 2&1 in this year’s final. Commiserations to Hugh, congratulations to both for making the final and providing such a good match to referee. Hugh was giving Kevin two shots in the match and after 3 holes, Hugh was 3UP. By the turn Hugh was 1UP and the match turned on a couple of holes with Kevin making a great putt on 17th to halve the hole and win. Thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s competition. We raised 300 Euros to charity, with the prizes being donated by myself. Hope you see you all competing next year. Kind Regards Ken NAPIER Our lovely Captains, Beate and Juerg, provided some wonderful refreshments at the first tee for the players in the competition. Festive biscuits, stollen and warm sausage rolls were quickly devoured, washed down with a choice of gluwein or Prosecco. Wonderful! We had 41 players participating, most of whom were decked out in very colourful Christmas gear, some were a little more creative than others. We had a human Christmas tree, snow people and a number of elves, to name just a few outfits. Some chose to wear Christmas jumpers, which proved to be an ill-advised choice given the beautiful weather in the afternoon. Many were seen to be stripping off hats etc. once they completed the first hole! The buggies were equally colourful, with garlands of tinsel, ropes of lights and decorations and various creatures adorning some of the vehicles. Our festive display attracted the attention of many passing motorists and other golfers; I think we all appeared in a number of social media sites, judging by the photos being taken! The golf format was individual Stableford, using only 3 clubs and a putter for the game. Many of us agonised over which clubs to take, with an absolute certainty that if you didn't take your sand wedge then you would definitely need it! And of course, vice versa 😁 The prize winners are as follows: Best Buggy Theresa Russell and "Rusty" , winning a bottle of wine Best Outfit Lady's winner : Sue Mortimer, winning a bottle of wine Gent's winner : Bert Brett ( impressive snowman!) winning a bottle of wine Joint winner : Gavin Mortimer (chosen as the "coolest" outfit) winning a bottle of wine Golf competition winners 3rd place : Ian McMahon (on countback), 18 points, winning chocolate 2nd place : David Lightburn, 18 points, winning chocolate 1st place : Karen Stanton, 19 points, winning chocolates Karen felt she played so well in her reindeer costume that she might wear it more often. We look forward to that! Congratulations to all the winners and well done to Beate and Juerg for such an entertaining afternoon. A great time had by all. Alison McMahon Lady Vice Captain Today was the second of the major Christmas event, the Hampers Competition. 52 players were competing for 5 hampers beautifully prepared by Kris Van der Zee, our light hearted creative project member as she calls herself. Great title 👍 Our Captain Jurg thanked Sue Mortimer, our Deputy Competition Secretary who was in the background checking all the cards as they came as the prize presentation was made after the competition. Captain Jurg also thanked Kris for her wonderful help. But what about the prizes ? A lovely present was given to Jane Conyers for joining in and doing her best, although not a winning score ... And now 5th 36 points Richard Conyers 4th 37 points Gavin Mortimer 3rd 38 points Guy Norgrove 2nd 38 points on c/b Lorry Dearden 1st 38 points on c/b Steph O’Reilly Great day, great weather and tomorrow Fancy Dress 3 clubs and a putter 9 holes competition at Gramacho. Photos will display the imagination of players and dressed up buggies. So bye for now MP 65 players today took part in the first of the Christmas celebrations. 20 degrees for 1st day of December ! Phew! What a scorcher! All playing in a Dubai Stableford ie 1 score stroke index 1 to 6, 2 stroke index 7 to 12 and 3 scores stroke index 13 to 18. Turkey Trot ? Well unfortunately no turkey 🦃 , no chicken 🍗and no sausages (guessing what their fate would be) as they had all decided to do a runner ... luckily their friends wine 🍷 and chocolate were happy to take their place ... although winning teams 1, 2 and 3 did get some vouchers from the « German » butcher (€20, €15 and €10 respectively) as well as wine. So here are the winners on a very enjoyable day Nearest the pin (hole 10): Steve Moore Nearest the pin in 2 (hole 14): Mark Williamson 6th 84 points Tracy Brett, Anneka Edlund, Barry Ribchester and Guy Norgrove 5th 85 points Jean Pledge, Marilyn Lightburn, Dave Lightburn and Hugh Duncan 4th 85 points on c/b Sandra Northey, Judy Lench, Alison Hudson and Robert Lench 3rd 87 points Anne Terry, Juliet Smith, John Hudson and Pat O’Reilly 2nd 88 points Maren Barthel, Steph O’Reilly, Neil Stanton and John Reid 1st 94 points Lorry Dearden, Susan Cunningham, Chris Dearden and Shaun Cunningham Kris Van der Zee presented the Captains with €910 for their Charity, thanks to all her wonderful cards, and many creative projects done during the year which made up to €812. €98 was the amount donated by players on Tuesdays. Kris wishes to say a huge thank you to everyone. Also today Anne Terry was presented with her prize for winning the ladies eclectic at Pinta. And finally our Lady Captain had brought a few childrens items for auction. Rene Van der Zee bought a children’s book , Asa 2 cuddly toys, Neil Stanton a teddy bear all for €20 respectively and Sue Mortimer €30 a cuddly lamb. Tuesday is Christmas Hamper competition and Wednesday Christmas Fancy Dress followed in the evening by Christmas Dinner and Dance. So there will be much to report on the blog ! Bye for now MP           "This is like playing on a links course!" was heard quite frequently around Pinta during the Sunday Funday competition. Conditions were certainly very blustery, which made the 13th hole more of a challenge than usual! But the weather made no difference to one player, who had a hole in one on the 5th! See below for more. A total of 67 players battled their way around the course, including 5 guests; Roulf and Ingrid Hiddessen, Paul and Barbra Ramsden and Jozef Wiesel. Nearest the pin for all players was on hole 17 and nearest the pin in 2 was on hole 9. the format for the day was a Shambles, with 2 scores to count on par 4 holes, 3 to count on par 3 holes and 1 to count on par 5 holes. Despite the windy conditions, the prize-winning teams came in with some very good scores indeed. The team in 5th place won some lovely chocolates and the rest of the teams won some very nice wine. The results were: Nearest the pin on hole 17 : Simon Martin Nearest the pin on hole 14 : Mike Pledge 5th place : Bruno Levesque/Marjorie Forsyth/Jim Willens/John Reid - 101 points 4th place : Simon Martin/Michaela Krug/Jean Pledge/Bob Beatson - 103 points 3rd place : Kevin Crowe/Clive Mathews/Sue Mortimer/Tracy Brett - 103 points (countback) 2nd place : Rene van der Zee/Joanne Owen/Juliet Smith/Keith Roberts - 110 points 1st place : Lisa Henderson/Jozef Weiwel/Debbie Williamson/Mark Williamson - 112 points Joanne Owen scored a hole in one on the 5th. Well done, Joanne!! And thank you for buying everyone a celebratory drink, cheers! Well done to all the winners and thank you to all the participants. Look forward to seeing everyone again soon. Alison McMahon Lady Vice Captain Gents Thank you for your participation in today’s Gents away day - without you playing and participating in the event and evening meal it wouldn’t be the same. Espiche is a tough trek as we all found out today but an enjoyable escape from Carvoeiro. I must apologise to Ulf ( see the scores below ) for a great round of 36 today - he has a suitable reward for his great round. Many thanks to Kris behind the scenes and hopefully you enjoyed the chocolate. Many thanks to Barry for organising the transport tonight. I think we can all agree that Hexagon provided us with some great food and wines to round off our day. Congratulations to Jüerg for organising what is always a great day and especially from myself as last time I was stuck in hospital and missed out at O’conner, so it was a great escape today. Results Team game 1st place with 94 pts was Steve, Lars and David with a ghost of John ( Hudson ) 2nd place with 93 pts was Christian, Kevin and Juerg with a ghost of Peter ( Hill ) 3rd place with 91 pts was Hugh, Robert, Peter and Rene Individually the prizes were 1st Bert with 37 ( 19/18) 2nd Lars with 36 on count back ( 20/16 ) 3rd Ulf with 36 ( 20/16 ) 4th Peter with 35 ( 19/16 ) Looking forward to next years matches Kind Regards Ken NAPIER |
