Sheerin's Golf Society
Sponsoring
Ted Adams Trophy
1st December
Many thanks to Ted and Ann Adams for their sponsorship for the last seven years.
This was our last competition for 2021 and we had a good turnout for this time of year for our visit to Font Del Llop where the course was in excellent condition. The day started off cold but ended up perfect for golf with the sun shining making a pleasant 70o, the format for the day was full handicap Stableford split into two groups.
This is the first time in seven years that the Chairman Steve Day has won a singles competition, well done to me? so, winner of the Ted Adams Trophy on count back with Alan Freelove from group B was Chairman “Ave A Go Golfer” Steve Day, with an excellent score of 39 points, runner up was Alan Freelove also with 39 points. Winner of group A, was “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 38 points, runner up “The Wine Collector” Brian Court with 35 points, nearest the pin’s winners were hole 1 “Leave Me Alone” 5 Wood Chris Houghton, hole 3 Alan Freelove, hole 8 Martin Gadney, hole 12 “Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre, hole 16 “Wine Collector” Brian Court and hole 18 “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns, best front nine went to “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 22 points, best back nine went to “Fruit Man” Tom Goulden also with 22 points. The Two’s pot was shared between Peter Kelly and Alan Freelove winning €5.00 each.
The Singles Final was also played and was won by Martin Gadney beating Alan Boyden 1 up.
The Football card was won by “The Joker” Mick Billins with Swansea winning €40 and raising €40 for our chosen charities of 2021.
We would like to thank Antonio and staff at Imanyo’s for great food and great hospitality.
Photo shows Ted Adams presenting the trophy to winner Chairman Steve Day.
Dave Rotchell Salver
17th November
This is the seventh year the Dave Rotchell Salver has been played for; it was a very early start with breakfast in Imanyo’s at 7am before we travelled down to Altorreal in Murcia for a 9.20 tee time. As usual when we arrived everything was ready and waiting, for those in the UK it was once again perfect weather but the trousers were back on for most players, by 10.30 it was sunny and a very pleasant 70 degrees. Eighteen players took part and the format was full handicap stableford split into two groups.
Winner of the Dave Rotchell Birthday Salver was from group B, our HCP secretary will be having his pencil out again as “Flying Scotsman” Donald Main came in with a credible score of 42 points, runner up from group B on count back was “Ave ago Golfer” Steve Day with 31 points, third place group B went to “Youngest Player” (aged 84) Colin Pepperday also with 31 points. Group A winner was “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns with 34 points, runner up on a three way count back between Martin Gadney, Tom Goulden eventually went to “5 Wood” Chris Houghton with 32 points and third place went to “Fruit Man” Tom Goulden also with 32 points. Nearest the pin’s winners were holes 6, 12 &15 “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns, hole 3 “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness, hole 8 “5 Wood” Chris Houghton and hole 17 “Tricky” Rik Wood, best front 9 with 21 points went to “Youngest Player” Colin Pepperday and best back 9 with 21 points went to “Flying Scotsman” Donald Main. The two’s pot was shared €22.50 each between “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly hole 5 and “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns hole 8.
The football card was won by Alan Shields with Chelsea winning €40 and making €40 for our Charities 2021.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s bar, many thanks to Dave Rotchell for sponsoring the day and Antonio and his staff for looking after us.
Photo shows Dave Rotchell presenting the Salver to Donald Main.
José Domingo Garcia
Gallud Cup 20th October
This is our eighth year of the forming of the society and the first competition we played for was the José Domingo Garcia Gallud Memorial Cup in memory of Antonio’s (Imanyo’s owner) younger brother who sadly died in a car accident 23 years ago.
Eighteen players travelled to Bonalba where we were greeted by Richard and his staff. The course was in absolutely excellent condition from tee boxes to the greens, the weather was perfect for golf with temperature in the mid 70s.
The format was full handicap Stableford split into two groups. Winner of the José Domingo Garcia Gallud Memorial Cup was from group A, the unstoppable “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness with another handicap cutting 41 points, runner up in group A was Ken Waller also with another handicap cutting score of 40 points, group B winner with a handicap cutting score was Dave Goldsmith with 39 points, group B runner up was “Tricky” Rik Wood with 28 points. There were six nearest the pins which were won by, holes 4 and 8 “Fruit Man” Tom Goulden, holes 6 and 16 Ken Waller, hole 11 “fish Called Wanda” Mo Chaplin and hole 17 the unstoppable “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness, best front nine on count back went to “5 Wood” Chris Houghton beating Dave Goldsmith with 21 points, best back nine went to Guess who? “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness with 23 points, the Two’s pot of €25 was not won.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s where Antonio and his son José presented the prizes on behalf of his family. Afterwards we finished with the usual good food and drink, thank you to Antonio, and all the staff for looking after us. The football card was won by Moira with Hull raising €40 for our chosen charities of 2021.
Photo Shows António’s son José presenting the cup to winner Sean McGuinness.
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Remembrance Day Cup
3rd November
Imanyo’s golf society have been supporting the Royal British Legion for the past six years, this is the third time we played for the Remembrance Day Cup sponsored by Imanyo golf society and Mick the Grip on behalf of the Royal British Legion, all the money raised on this day stays in Spain to help ex-service men and women who have retired here.
Arriving at Altorreal we found everything ready and waiting, the course was in fantastic condition from tee boxes, fairways, greens and bunkers everything was up to the normal high standard.
Eighteen players took part with the day starting at Imanyo’s for the traditional English breakfast, the format was singles full handicap Stableford, for those in the UK the weather was sunshine and a pleasant 70 degrees with a light wind in the morning, all but one player was still in shorts except the Chairman (Wimp).
Winner of the Remembrance Day Cup from group A was yes guess who again? “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness with 35 points, runner up was “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 34 points, third place on count back between “Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre and ”5 Wood” Chris Houghton was eventually “The Wine Collector” Brian Court with 30 points, winner of group B was “I only need to play 10 holes” Kevin Taylor with 34 points, runner up on count back was our youngest player! Colin Pepperday with 31 points, third place went to “A Fish Called Wanda” Mo Chaplin, also with 31 Points. Nearest the pin’s winners were hole 3 “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns, hole 5 “Fruit Man” Tom Goulden, hole 7 “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph, hole 12 no winner, hole 17 “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness and hole 18 “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly, best front 9 went to “Fruit Man” Tom Goulden with 19 points best back 9 was “I only need to play 10 holes” Kevin Taylor with 19 points. The twos pot €35 was not won.
The presentation was held back at Imanyo’s bar, thank you to Antonio, and all the staff for looking after us, all money raised on the day was in aid of the Poppy Appeal for the Royal British Legion, the football card was won by Jim Wells with Hibernian raising €40, players were fined for lost balls which raised €27 and our table top raffle raised €188 making a total of €255 for the Royal British Legion.
Photo shows Mick the Grip presenting the cup to winner Sean McGuinness.
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Diabetes Cup 16th June
This is the second time we played for the Diabetes Cup which is sponsored by Dave Allison in memory of his wife Joyce Allison, last year’s competition was cancelled due to covid.
Nineteen players took part; the format was full handicap Stableford split into two groups with one overall winner. On arrival at Alicante, we were greeted by Erla and found everything organised and ready to go. The weather was very hot and humid, the course was recovering from hollow tinning but in very good condition all round due and with an excellent price of €35 for a day’s golf including a full breakfast at Imanyo’s.
Winner of the “Diabetes Cup” was group B winner, Gary Smith with a nice handicap cutting 40 points, runner up of group B was “Sandy” Terry Burton with 38 points. Group A winner on count back was “Mr Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre with 36 points, runner up was “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness also with 36 points. Nearest the pin’s winners were holes 2, 6, and 18 “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness, holes 12 and 14, new member Colin Deare and hole 4 Alan Freelove. Best front nine went to “Sandy” Terry Burton with 22 points and best back nine on a three-way count between Gary Smith, Tom Goulden eventually went to “Cash Point” Alan Boyden with 19 points, the Two’s pot was not won so it will be €40 in the next game.
The football card was won by Terry Burton with Sunderland winning €40 and raising €40 for our chosen charities of 2021.
We would like to thank Antonio, and staff at Imanyo’s for the good food and great hospitality.
Picture shows Granddaughter Dons Ralph presenting the Cup to Gary Smith.
9 Iron Cup 3rd March
First of all, we would like to thank Mo Chaplin for sponsoring the 9 Iron Cup, this was only our third competition of 2021 to be played due to covid and was the first time we have been back to Bonalba in over a year. Due to restrictions and courses only opening up on Monday there was no Club House open but we managed to find a bar with a nice outside terrace to have the presentation and pre-golf coffee or in the case of “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly a beer or two. The weather was a pleasant 70 degrees with a light wind, perfect for a day’s golf and the course was in reasonable condition due to the greens just been tined.
The format was full handicap Stableford split into two groups, A and B with a winner from each group, one being the overall winner.
The winner of the 9 Iron Cup was “Mr Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre from group A with a score of 37 points, runner up in group A was “Mr Amstel “Peter Kelly with 34 points. Winner from group B was “Cash Point” Alan Boyden with 32 points, runner up in group B was “Keep it in the Family “Alan Ralph with 31 points. Only three nearest the pins were won, hole 4 “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns, hole 8 “The Joker” Mick Billins and hole 11” Mr Five Wood” Chris Houghton, best front 9 was won with 18 points on a 3 way count back between Peter Kelly, Alan Ralph and Alan Boyden and the eventual winner was “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly, best back 9 was won with 21 points by “Mr Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre. The Twos pot was not won so €30.00 will be in the pot next time.
Picture shows Steve Ayre with the 9 Iron Cup.
IGS Competition 20th January
A day out to our favourite course Altorreal had to be moved to El Plantio due to Covid restrictions preventing traveling into the Murcia region. We had to meet and do the presentation at the course instead of Imanyo’s as the opening times of the bar had been changed, the next day golf courses and the hospitality sector were closed down completely.
Fifteen players took part in this IGS competition, the format was singles full handicap stableford split into two groups.
On arrival at the course, we received the usual friendly greeting from Daniel and his staff, the course was in good condition from tee boxes to greens. The weather was chilly start but once the sun got to work it was a pleasant 70 degrees.
Winner from group A will be the HCP secretaries favourite player on the day Sean McGuinness with 43 points, runner up on a three way count back between Steve Ayre, Steve Burns and “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly went to “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 33 points, winner of group B, also on count back between Rik Wood and Alan Freelove went to Alan Freelove with 32 points, runner up was Rik Wood also with 32 points. The winners of the nearest the pins were hole 7 “Cashpoint” Alan Boyden, hole 9 Tom Goulden, hole 14 “Mr Twelve trees” Steve Ayre and hole 18 Sean McGuinness. The €10 in the two’s pot was not won so there’s €20.00 in the pot next time we play.
Lesley's Myeloma Shield
24th March
This is the third year we have played for the Lesley’s Myeloma Shield with the day being sponsored by Geoff Ham; unfortunately, Geoff couldn’t make it over from England this year but still supported the day.
We had eighteen players turnout this year compared to last year’s low numbers because of Covid. Due to travel restrictions, we moved courses to one of our favourable one, El Plantio; the weather was perfect for golf with sunshine from start to finish and temperatures in the mid-70s, for most shorts were the order of the day, even I introduced my little legs to the sun! Yet again the course was in very good condition, the format was singles full handicap Stableford split into two groups.
Winner of the Myeloma Shield was Alan Freelove who came from group B with a magnificent 40 points, runner up from group B was Derry Quinlan (HCP Secretary’s Friend) with 37 points. Winner of group A on count back was “Mr Amstel “Peter Kelly” with 35 points, runner up was “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness also on 35 points. Nearest the pins were won hole 4 and 18 “The Joker” Mick Billins, hole 8” Fish Called Wander” Mo Chaplin, hole 9 “Ave ago Golfer” Steve Day, hole 13 “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness and hole 14 “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly. Best front 9 was Derry Quinlan with 26 points and best back 9 was Alan Freelove with 26 points, the Two’s pot was not won so it will be €20 for next game.
Photo shows Chairman Steve Day, presenting the shield to Alan Freelove on Geoff’s behalf.
Los Amigos Cup 7th April
This is the third year we have played for this cup, sadly Tony Whyatt, passed away two years ago but fellow members and friends, Andy Godfrey and Alan Martin, have taken the sponsorship in Tony’s memory.
This was the first time in five years that we have played at Alenda and we found the course in very good condition; it was a very cold day (Spanish cold) for the five teams. We played Tony’s favourite format which had four players in a team changing partners every 6 holes scoring with the better ball Stableford points.
Winners of the Los Amigos Cup were Chris Houghton, Brian Court, Derry Quinlan and Tom Goulden with 91 points, runners up were Peter Kelly, Martin Gadney, Mo Chaplin, and Steve Day with 84 points. Only two out of the five nearest the pins were won, hole 12 in 4 shots was Tom Goulden and hole 16 in 2 shots was Alan Boyden, longest drive went to Chris Houghton and the two’s pot of €20 was won on hole 16 by Martin Gadney.
The football card was won by Steve Day with Sheffield Wednesday winning €20 and raising €20 for this year’s charities.
Photo shows Andy Godfrey and Alan Martin presenting the cup to Chris Houghton, Derry Quinlan, Tom Goulden and Brian Court.
IGS Competition 21st April
We started the day with Full English breakfast in Imanyo’s before we travelled up to Alicante golf course, we are still not allowed to travel outside the Valencian Region.
Sixteen players took part in this IGS competition, the format was singles full handicap stableford split into two groups, we also had a doubles first-round match and a singles second round match playing in our knock out 2021.
On arrival at the course, we received the usual friendly greeting from Eria and staff, the course was in excellent condition from tee boxes to greens and the weather was absolutely perfect for golf with a temperature of 75 degrees.
Overall winner on the day came from group B was “The Joker” Mick Billins ending up with an excellent overall score of 39 points, runner up was “Cash Point” Alan Boyden with 38 points. Winner of group A, was “Lonely Lorry Driver” Andy Godfrey with 37 points, runner up was “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 36 points. The winners of the nearest the pins were hole 8 “Five Wood” Chris Houghton, hole 12 “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly, hole 17 his favourite hole it seems? “Mr Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre. Best Front 9 on count back was Peter Kelly with 22 points and best back 9 was Andy Godfrey with 22 points. The €10 in the two’s pot was not won so there will be €20.00 in the pot next time we play.
The football card was won by Karen Burns with Everton winning €20 and raising €20 for our charities 2021.
Denise Tyrrell Memorial
Plaque 5th May
This is our fifth time of playing for the Denise Tyrrell Memorial Plaque, we had to cancel last years competition because of Covid travel restrictions. Denise sadly passed away in 2015 aged 47, she was co-owner with Nikki Large of Baybrooks Restaurant in Algorfa and we thank Baybrooks for their continuing support in sponsoring the plaque and the day’s golf in her memory.
The day started with the usual full English breakfast at Imanyo’s. The weather was fantastic for a day’s golf, pure blue skies and a nice temperature of 80 degrees. We have to compliment the ground staff at El Plantio as the course was in excellent condition from the tee boxes to the greens. The format was foursome’s doubles full handicap Stableford both scores added together.
Winners of the “Denise Tyrrell Memorial Plaque” were “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns and “Fish Called Wanda” Mo Chaplin with 69 points, runners up were “5 wood” Chris Houghton and “Cash Point” Alan Boyden with 68 points, nearest the pins winners were hole 7 “Fish Called Wanda” Mo Chaplin, holes 9 and 18 “5 Wood” Chris Houghton and hole 14 “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns, best front 9 went to “3 Clubs” Sean McGuiness with 22 points and best back 9 went to “Cash Point” Alan Boyden with 21 points. The €20 twos pot was won and shared between Mo Chaplin and Chris Houghton on holes 7 and 9 respectfully.
Presentation was back at Imanyo’s where there was food and a few drinks waiting, the football card was won by Karen Burns with Cardiff adding another €20 for our chosen charities for 2021.
We would like to thank Antonio, and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for the great food and great hospitality.
Picture shows Jane Day presenting the plaque on Baybrooks behalf to Steve Burns and Mo Chaplin.
Charity Queen Vase
19th May
This is the first time we played for the re-named Charity Queen Vase which used to be the Parkinson’s vase sponsored by Geoff Ham who handed the reigns to Dons Ralph to continue to raise money for our charities. This was our first visit to Roda as the border to Murcia only opened up last week.
The early day started with the usual full English breakfast at Imanyo’s. The weather was very sunny and breezy with a nice temperature of 80 degrees. We have to compliment the ground staff at Roda as the course was in excellent condition from the tee boxes to the greens. The only thing missing was the Club house which was closed due to refurbishment. The format was singles full handicap Stableford split into two groups.
Winner of the “Charity Queen Vase” from group B was “Cash Point” Alan Boyden with a great handicap cutting score of 43 points, runner up of group B on count back with Gary Smith was Tom Goulden with 31 points. Winner of group A on count back with “HCP secretary” Martin Gadney was “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness with 38-points, runner up was Martin Gadney with 38 points. Nearest the pin’s winners were hole 5 in 4 shots “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph, holes 8 in 3 shots “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns, hole 11 in 2 shots “Three Clubs” Sean McGuiness hole 13 in 1 shot Rik Wood, hole 15 in 3 shots Gary Smith, hole 18 in 4 shots Tom Goulden, best front 9 went to “HCP Secretary” Martin Gadney with 20 points and best back 9 went to “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness with 24 points. The €10 twos pot was not won.
Presentation was back at Imanyo’s where we held a raffle, players were fined for lost balls and balls in the water and a football card was sold at breakfast, overall we raised €200 for our chosen charities for 2021.
We would like to thank Antonio and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for the great food and great hospitality.
Picture shows Dons Ralph presenting the vase to Alan Boyden.
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IGS Competition 2nd June
We started the day with Full English breakfast in Imanyo’s before we travelled up to Font Del Llop golf course.
Seventeen players took part in this IGS competition, the format was singles full handicap stableford split into two groups, we also had a singles second round match playing in our knock out 2021 between Mick Billins and Chris Houghton, Mick won with the score of 2 & 1.
On arrival at the course, we received the usual friendly greeting from the staff at Font Del Llop, the course was in excellent condition from tee boxes to greens and the weather was absolutely perfect for golf with a temperature of 75 degrees.
Well, it looks like the Handicap Secretary is going to be very busy with his pencil, adjusting all these handicaps. Overall winner on the day came from group A “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness with a score of 45 points, runner up was Handicap Secretary himself Martin Gadney with a score of 40 points. Winner of group B, was once again “Cash Point” Alan Boyden with a score of 43 points, runner up was “The Joker” Mick Billins with a score of 41 points. Winners of the nearest the pins were hole 3 in 1 shot Tom Goulden, hole 11 in 4 shots “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness, hole 12 in 1 shot “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly, hole 13 in 3 shots HCP Secretary Martin Gadney, hole 15 in 4 shots “The Joker “Mick Billins and hole 17 in 1 shot, new member, Colin Pepperday. Best front 9 was Sean McGuinness with 25 points and best back 9 was Mick Billins also with 25 points. The €20 in the two’s pot was not won so there will be €30.00 in the pot next time we play.
The football card was won by Charity Queen Dons Ralph with Man Utd winning €20 and raising €20 for our charities 2021.
Vincent Real Estate Palque
30th June
A fantastic day for yet another major competition in 2021, many thanks go to our sponsor for the day, Vincent Real Estate. The format was singles full handicap stableford, there were two categories with prizes for winners and runners up from each group with the best points scored being the overall winner.
On arrival at the course, we received a friendly greeting from the Erla, the course was in great condition from tee boxes to greens and the weather was fantastic at 35 degrees, plenty of liquid was the order of the day!
Winner of the Vincent Real Estate Plaque was player of the day, group A winner, “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness, with 36 points, eventual runner up from group A on count back was “The Joker” Mick Billins beating “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 32 points. Winner of group B on count back was Rik Wood with 33 points, runner up from group B was Alan Freelove also with 33 points. The nearest the pin’s winners were hole 4 in 4 shots “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness, hole 9 in 1 shot “Cash Point” Allan Boyden, hole 11 in 3 shots Rik Wood, hole 14 in 1 shot “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns, hole 16 in 2 shots no winner, hole 18 in 2 shots “Mr Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre. Best front nine went to “Three Clubs “Sean McGuinness with 18 points, and best back nine on count back went to “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness with 18 point beating Rik Wood. The twos pot was won by Rik Wood on hole 7 winning €40.
The presentation was held back at Imanyo’s, thank you to Managing Director Mark Vincent for providing and presenting all the prizes and thank you to Antonio, and staff at Imanyo’s for the great food and hospitality.
The football card winner was our Peter Kelly with Southampton winning €40 and making €40 for our charities 2021.
Photo shows Mark Vincent presenting the plaque to winner Sean McGuinness.
Plane Parking Trophy
14th July
First of all, we would like to thank Plane Parking for sponsoring our golf day. Plane Parking are a large company in the region who take care of your vehicles whilst you are out of the country and have secure parking at Alicante and the new Corvera Murcia airport.
We started with a full English breakfast in Imanyo’s and the format for the day was singles full handicap Stableford played in two groups.
On arriving at El Plantio we received a friendly and organised greeting from all the staff. The course was in absolutely fantastic condition from tee boxes to the greens. The weather, believe it or not, was sunny and a comfortable 30 degrees different to the previous 48 hours when it was 44 degrees!
This was the closest competition we have had since we changed over to the New World Handicap system, out of 19 competing players in the two groups there was only 5 points separating 13 payers so a lot of counting back was in order. The overall winner of the Plane Parking Trophy eventually came from group “A” winning with 35 points was “The Joker” Mick Billins after a three way count back between group “B” winner “Sandy” Terry Burton and group “A” player “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph. Runner up from group A was “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph with 35 points, third place was “Three Clubs” Sean McGuiness with 34 points. Winner from group B was “Sandy” Terry Burton with 35 points, runner up was “Cash Point” Alan Boyden with 33 points and third place was Gary Smith with 32 points. Winners of nearest the pins were hole 2 Ken Waller, hole 5 “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly, hole 7 ”Sandy” Terry Burton, hole 13 “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns, hole 15 “Three Clubs” Sean McGuiness and hole 18 “Cash Point” Alan Boyden, best front nine was won with 18 points by “Keep it in the family” Alan Ralph and best back nine went to “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness with 20 points, the Two’s pot was not won so with be €20 in the pot next time.
The Doubles knock semi finale winners were Steve Day and Mick Billins beating Peter Kelly and Derry Quinlan 3-1, they play Martin Gadney and Chris Houghton in the final.
Thank you to Plane Parking Directors Nick and Marianne Baker for providing and presenting all the prizes, also thank you to Antonio and staff at Imanyo’s for the fantastic food and great hospitality.
The football card was won by Keith Thomas with Cardiff winning €40 and raising €40 for our charities 2021.
Photo shows Plane Parking Director Nick Baker presenting the trophy to winner Mick Billins.
Plane Parking details are www.planeparking.com or call 0034 966840289 or 0034 656532490
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Anne Goldsmith Rose
Bowl 28th July
This was the fifth year we have played for this trophy; Anne sadly passed away suddenly five years ago and is missed by all that knew her, many thanks to her husband Harry, son David and daughter Nicola for sponsoring the day in her name, David managed to join us and play this year due to travel restrictions being lifted to Spain.
We had a good turnout for our visit to Alenda; the weather was fantastic for golf a pleasant 31 degrees with a light breeze. The course was in excellent condition from tee boxes to greens but the bunkers needed a little more sand. We played singles full handicap Stableford split into two groups, the overall scores between the groups were yet again very close.
Winner of the Anne Goldsmith Remembrance Rose Bowl came from group A and was “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness with another excellent score of 40 points, runner up was “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 38 points and third was “Keep It in The Family” Alan Ralph with 30 points. Winner of group B was Derry Quinlan with 36 points, runner up was “Cash Point” Alan Boyden with 35 points and third place went to Colin Pepperday with 34 points. There were 6 nearest the pins, three were won by “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness on holes 3,7 and 18, there was no winner on hole 5, hole 12 went to “Keep It in The Family” Alan Ralph and hole 15 was won by “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly. Best front nine was won by “Three Clubs” Sean McGuiness with 23 points and best back nine went to Colin Pepperday with 20 points.
The twos pot was won and shared, both players holed hole 13 in two shots and shared the pot of €20 and they were “The Wine Collector” Brian Court and “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly.
Winner of the football card was Dons Ralph with Man Utd winning €40 and raising €40 for our charities of 2021.
The singles knock out semi-final winner was Allan Boyden beating Mick Billins 5-4, he plays the winner of Gary Smith, Steve Day or Martin Gadney in the final.
We would like to say thank you to Antonio and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for their hospitality and of course great food.
Photo shows David and Oliver Goldsmith presenting the Rose Bowl to Sean McGuinness.
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St George's Day Plaque
4th August
This was a rearranged competition as we had to cancel the original day in April due to catching up with all our sponsored matches. It was the fifth time of playing for the St George’s Day Plaque, thank you to Imanyo’s for sponsoring the day. The format was foursome’s pairs scoring Stableford points, as usual Alicante course was in great condition from tee boxes to the greens, although the bunkers required a little more sand, the weather was very hot and humid with temperature touching 37 degrees.
Winners of the St George’s Day Plaque on count back were “Three Clubs “Sean McGuiness and Kenny Dow with 72 points, runners up were “Cash Point” Allan Boyden and guest Luke Crutcher also with 72 points; best front nine was “Cash Point” Alan Boyden with a great 26 points, best back nine was “Fish Called Wander” Mo Chaplin, also with a great score of 24 points and a nice dry round of golf! Nearest the pins were won, holes 9, 15 and 18 by “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness, hole 3 “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly, hole 5 Dave Martin and hole 12 by “Fish Called Wander” Mo Chaplin.
Back at Imanyo’s there was food and drinks waiting, the football card was won by Alex Porteous with Sheffield Utd adding another €40 to our charities for 2021.
We would like to thank Antonio, and staff at Imanyo’s for the great food and hospitality.
Photo shows José (António’s son) presenting the plaque to the winners Sean McGuiness and Kenny Dow.
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Keep It In The Family Cup
18th August
This is the fourth year in the past five-year period (due to Covid) that we played this competition which is sponsored by Alan and Wendy Ralph.
All players arrived very early at Imanyo’s for breakfast due to 9.20 tee time, the format was full handicap stableford split into two groups. Roda was in excellent condition from the welcome from the caddy master to the greens.
Winner of the Keep It in The Family Cup from group B was Derry Quinlan with 36 points, runner up was “Av A Go Golfer” Steve Day with 33points, third place on count back with “Sandy” Terry Burton went to our “Spanish Professional” Miguel Garcia with 32 points. Winner of group A on count back was “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 35 points, runner up was “Wine Collector” Brian Court also with 35 points, third place, again on count back was” He’s on Fire” Steve Burns beating “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness with 34 points. The six nearest the pins were won by, hole 2 “Spanish Professional” Miguel Garcia, holes 6 and 18 Dave Martin, hole 8 “Av A Go Golfer” Steve Day, hole 11 “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns, and hole 13 “Fruit Man” Tom Goulden. Best front Nine on count back went to “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness beating “The Wine Collector” Brian Court with 19 points, and best back Nine went to “Av A Go Golfer” Steve Day with 20 points.
The presentation was held back at Imanyo’s bar, thank you to Antonio, and all the staff for looking after us, the football card was won by Colin Pepperday with Birmingham City raising another €40 for our charities of 2021.
Photo shows Dons Ralph presenting the cup to winner Derry Quinlan.
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Collins Continental Cup
1st September
It was a fantastic day for our first competition of the new Spanish golf season which was sponsored by Danny and Sharon Collins from England, Danny, Sharon and their son Liam actually made it over this year so was this going to be the third time that Liam could win the family trophy, the answer is a simple yes with another remarkable score of 47 points but down on his previous record of 54 points.
The day started with the traditional full English breakfast in Imanyo’s, twenty-four players took part and the format was full handicap Stableford playing in two groups with an overall winner.
On arrival at Font Del Llop we received the usual friendly greeting with everything ready and waiting the course was OK but it was the tinning of the greens that let it down. The weather was cloud cover and very humid and a temperature of 32 degrees.
In both groups this year all first three players had high handicapping cutting scores. The winner came from group A this year with Liam Collins again with a handicap cutting 47 points, runner up was “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns with 42 points and third place went to “Mr Twelve Trees “Steve Ayre with 41 points, group B winner was “Tricky” Rik Wood with 43 points, runner up was Derry Quinlan with 40 points and third place on count back beating Danny Collins was “Our Professional” Miguel Garcia with 39 points. There were six nearest the pins and a longest drive, hole 3 was “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly, hole 7 “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness, hole 8 “The Joker” Mick Billins, holes 12 and 16 was guest “Cash Point 2” Derek Boyden and hole 17 Colin Deare, the Longest Drive trophy was on hole 14 and was won by Liam Collins. Best Front 9 was “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness, best back 9 was Liam Collins and to top it all for a great day out Liam Collins won the twos pot of €37.00.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s. Thank you to Danny and Sharon Collins for providing all the prizes, also thank you to Antonio, and staff at Imanyo’s for the fantastic food and great hospitality.
We ran two football cards and fines for lost and in the water golf balls. Sean McGuinness won the 1st football card with Middlesbrough raising €20, Peter Whitelaw won the 2nd football card with Leeds raising €40 and the fines for balls that were lost or in the water raised €60… total raised €120 for our charities 2021.
Photo shows Danny Collins presenting the trophy to his son Liam Collins.
Wyn Evans Salver
22nd September
The Wyn Evans Salver is one of the most popular competitions of our season. Our sponsor Judy Evans unfortunately could not make it over this year, putting that aside we had a great day’s golf with twenty-four players.
Arriving at the course we found that everything was organised and ready, the course was in great condition after 10 greens were reconstructed and there has been an upgrade of the club house, the weather was 30o but quite humid, the format for the day was full handicap Stableford, split into three groups.
Winner of the Wyn Evans Salver came from group B, Ken Waller, with a great handicap cutting score of 41 points, runner up was our own professional Miguel Garcia with 36 points, winner of group A was “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness, again with handicap cutting score of 39 points, runner up was The Irish Invader Ray Hamilton with 34 points, winner of group C was Graham Rumsey with 27 points and runner up was “Fish Called Wander” Mo Chaplin with 25 points. There were six nearest the pins, winners were, holes 7 and 12 “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness, hole 5 Irish Invader Ray Hamilton, hole 9 Ken Waller, hole 14 Colin Deare and Hole 17 Andy Godfrey, best front nine went to Ken Waller with 21 points and best back nine on a very long count back and only decided with the points added together on the 17th 18th holes between Irish Invader Ray Hamilton and “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness eventually went to Sean McGuinness winning 5 – 4 with a total of 20 points.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s, many thanks to Judy Evans for sponsoring the day and thank you to Antonio and all the staff for looking after us, the football card was won by Chris Baillie with Middlesbrough raising another €20 for our charities 2021.
Photo shows Dons Ralph presenting the salver to winner Ken Waller on behalf of Judy Evans
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Ryder Cup 2021
14th & 15th September
This year’s competition was held on the 14th and 15th September and 24 players turned out to participate in this now popular competition. The players were drawn into 2 teams with the chairman leading one team and the vice chairman the other.
On day 1 we met for breakfast at Imanyo’s where the order of play was announced, six double matches took place at Las Colinas golf course and at the end of the day the score flattered the vice chairman’s team with a 4½ to 1½ lead.
Day 1 saw 4 nearest the pins played for all in 1 shot, hole 5 was not won, hole 8 was won by Mo Chaplin, hole 10 by Colin Deare and hole 14 by Tom Goulden. The final prize was the highest points total on the day which went to Mo Chaplin on 36 points.
Day 2 also started with breakfast in Imanyo’s before we travelled to our favourite course, Altorreal in Murcia, again, the order of play was announced and also the previous days results. We played 12 singles which proved to be a very tight affair with the chairman’s team coming out on top by 7 matches to 5. Nearest the pins on day 2 were, hole 4 in 2 shots Alan Boyden, hole 7 in 3 shots Colin Deare, hole 15 in 3 shots Brian Court and hole 17 in 1 shot Chris Houghton. There was a mystery holes prize on holes 3, 7, 11, 17 which produced 4 on the same total with a tie breaker hole on hole 2 giving the prize to Martin Gadney. The highest points scorer on the day was Colin Deare with 36 points he was also the overall points winner over the 2 days with a total of 69 points.
The overall score over the 2 days finished Chairman’s team 8½ vice chairman’s team 9½ making it the third time in a row the vice chairman has won the cup
Once again, the turnout was fantastic under the current conditions. Both courses made us very welcome and went out of their way to make the days special and the courses were in excellent condition.
We must also thank Antonio and his staff for the excellent food they served and their welcoming and friendly staff. Next year’s competition will be held at Alicante and Las Colinas, see you there.
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St Patrick's Shield
6th October
This was our sixth year of playing for the St Patrick’s Shield unfortunately it was six months later than the original date due to covid, we thank “Sir” Ronnie King for sponsoring the day on behalf of the Irish. 26 players took part the highest turn out this year and the format was full handicap Stableford split into three groups with one overall winner, there was also the quarter final of the singles match play between Steve Day and Gary Smith, Gary eventually won by one hole and meets Martin Gadney in the semi-final. The venue was our favourite course Altorreal where we were greeted by Antonio and his staff, as usual everything was ready and waiting for us, the course was in excellent condition and the weather was a sunny 25 degrees with light winds, perfect for golf.
Winner of the “St Patrick’s Shield” was group C winner, our eldest player in the society at the young age of 84 years, Colin Pepperday with a handicap cutting 39 points, runner up of group C was “Paw” Derry Quinlan with 37 points, group B winner was Lawrence Leitch with 37 points, runner up was “Fruit Man” Tom Goulden with 33 points, winner of group A was “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns with 36 points, runner up was on a three way count back between “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness,”5 wood” Chris Houghton but the eventual winner was HCP secretary Martin Gadney with 30 points. Nearest the pins winners were holes 6 and 11 “He’s on fire “Steve Burns, hole 4 “5 Wood” Chris Houghton, hole 8 “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness, hole 16 Peter Kelly and hole 17 “The Wine Collector” Brian Court, best front 9 went to “Paw” Derry Quinlan and beast back 9 was Colin Pepperday with 22 points, the 2s pot was not won so carried over to our next match at Bonalba.
The football card was won by “Karaoke” Carol with Sheffield Wednesday winning €40 and raising €40 for our chosen charities for 2021.
We would like to thank Ronnie King for sponsoring the day with some great prizes and Antonio and staff at Imanyo’s for the good food and great hospitality.
Picture shows Ronnie King presenting the shield to Colin Pepperday.
Captain's Cup 6th January
This was our first competition of 2021 which we played at Font Del Llop, the course was in great condition from tee boxes to greens and the weather was perfect for golf especially when the sun got to work after a below freezing start.
The format was full handicap Stableford split into two groups, A and B with a winner from each group, one being the overall winner.
The winner of the Captains Cup was Derry Quinlan from group B with a handicap cutting score of 42 points, runner up in group B was “Cash Point “Alan Boyden with 38 points. Winner from group A was “The Wine Collector” Brian Court, also with a handicap cutting 40 points, runner up in group A was “Mr Twelve Trees “Steve Ayre with 36 points. All five nearest the pins were won, hole 3 “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns, hole 8 Rik Wood, hole 12 “The Wine Collect” Brian Court, hole 16 Gary Smith and hole 17 “The Joker” Mick Billins. Best Front 9 was won by Alan Boyden with 22 points beating Brian Court on count back, best back 9 was won by Steve Burns also with 22 points. The Twos pot was shared between Brian Court and Mick Billins winning €5.00 each.
The football card was won by Jo Shaugnessy with West Ham Utd winning €30, and making £30 for this year’s charities.
We would like to thank Antonio, and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for the good food and great hospitality.
Picture shows Charities Secretary, Dons Ralph, presenting The Captains Cup to winner Derry Quinlan.
