Costa Blanca Golf Society

Sponsored by Friends of the CBGS: Manolo Garay, Bill Williams, Bonalba Golf Club, Edi Rent-a-Car, Bodega Seleccion (El Campello)

Venue: Bonalba Golf & Spa, January 16

Today we played Individual stableford which was a qualifying competition for handicap adjustments. The warm and sunny weather was still with us and 42 members plus one guest went out to enjoy these wonderful conditions, comparable to a nice spring day in the Northern hemisphere.

It was one of those days when the results were above average and quite a few players might have thought that, when handing in their scorecard, it was good enough to be in the prizes. But playing to your handicap with 36 points only put you into 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th place. Well played, Edi, Richard, Maureen and Pascal, but unfortunately today not good enough to be on the winners’ list.

There were three players with 37 points who all competed for 5th place. Again an excellent result, but unfortunately Jan Boultbee and JeanJacques Lavergne narrowly missed out by taking account of the scores on the back 9. 38 points were still not enough for top spot, so placings 2 to 4 also had to be decided on countback of the back 9.

However, our Captain Greta surpassed all of us with a top result of 42 points. Congratulations, Greta. Your lesson on the previous day had obviously paid off !

There was some extra sponsorship today, so our Captain decided to increase the prizes for nearest the pin. There were two prizes on all four par 3’s, one for players with a handicap 22 and 1 for players with a handicap of 22 and the latter was for nearest the pin in two. Hole 8 saw Chris and Santi both putting in for two and therefore sharing that prize.

Next week sees our last away day for the year and Richard reminded everyone that, if you need to cancel, to do so in good time as otherwise you will have to be charged your green fee.

Summarising the results:

Nearest the Pin (hcp 22 and 22):

Hole 4: Brian Wakely and Pascale Leroux

Hole 8: John Garnett and Chris van Bemmelen/SantiHung

Hole 11: Michael Davison and Peter van der Mee

Hole 14: Gay Brooks and Peter van der Mee

There were 2 twos today from Chris and Santi on hole 8. They received the customary golf ball.

The results of the main competition were:

5th place with 37 points off 19 hcp – Gay Brooks

4th place with 38 points off 25 hcp – Ricky Nelson

3rd place with 38 points off 23 hcp – Graham Sutton, with a better back 9

2nd place with 38 points off 21 hcp – Elwyn Price, again with a better back 9

1st place with 42 points off 10 hcp – Greta Biersteker

New members are very welcome, subject to availability. For membership details contact Doris ShearmanEarp, Secretary: 96 595 9678.