Saturday 24th November saw the St. Andrew's Golf fun day, start off with torrential rain. Fortunately the weather stabilised and the fun began.
Our hugely successful season reached an end at this years Finals Day held at Vila Sol. Our team certainly excelled again with a fine allround performance that saw us pipped at the post by one point, however second place out of 18 teams is a fabulous performance.
Congratulations to Palmares on their win.
Photos and Scores:
Visit to the Algarve Oncology Association
Friday, November 9th saw Wendy Emrich, Marja Chapman and Karen Huxtable heading to Faro to officially hand over a cheque of 4,000 Euros to the Algarve Oncology Association. The 4,000 Euros was raised at the Pink Ladies Golf Day held in August this year. Maria de Lurdes, from the AOA was the representative to take the cheque and to show us around.
Euan Pyper and myself were able to visit the site of our new clubhouse today. First impressions were very positive. The clubhouse is obviously bigger inside than it looks from the outside. A quick measure reveals it's about 3 times larger than our present one. We should have the capacity to seat approximately 120 people inside. With massive folding glass windows and very high ceiling the space will be light and airy. We will also have a log fire for those cold winter days.
The terrace will have a fantastic view of the final green, also there will be more views of the course to the side.
Last Friday saw our Presidents Dinner held at O Albatroz Restaurant in Carvoeiro. 80 members were treated to a fabulous meal with dancing to DJ Simon afterwards.
There were several presentations during the evening,The Presidents Trophy, Club Championships and the Knockouts.
The winners:
Presidents Trophy: Lez Jennings, Mick Girling, Bob Cutt and Bernard O'Reilly, Runners Up: Richard Emrich, Wendy Emrich, Gary Bristow and Peter Steward
Club Championships: Damir Babikov and Gill Edwards
Men's KO: Bob Coe, Runner Up: Les Smith
Ladies KO: Kerstin Staeck, Runner Up: Gillian Duplessis
Men's Pairs: Gunnar Eskisson and Glenn Pennington, Runners Up: Gary Edwards and Arthur Greenwood
Ladies Pairs: Gill Edwards and Judi Murphy, Runners Up: Kerstin Staeck and Jennie Kelly
Mixed Pairs: Gunnar Eskilsson and Ylva Eskilsson, Runners Up: Mick Caudle and Jennie Kelly
The Gloria Trophy was played on Thursday 18th October, 27 Ladies played on a lovely sunny day.
The results are as follows: