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Anne Goldsmith Remembrance Rose Bowl 20th December at Altorreal
This was the first time we have played for this trophy, Anne sadly passed away fourteen months ago and will be missed by all, many thanks to her husband Harry also their son and daughter, David and Nicola, for sponsoring the day in her name, David actually flew over Tuesday, played golf Wednesday and returned to the UK Thursday especially to play in this remembrance competition.
We had a very good turnout for our visit to our favourite course Altorreal, the weather was a cold start but as soon as the sun got to work the day was perfect for golf at a pleasant 70o. We played pairs Texas scramble scoring Stableford points with a low handicapper pairing with a high handicapper.
Winner of the “Anne Goldsmith Remembrance Rose Bowl” was “I want my Handicap cut” Andy Godfrey with “The Flying Scotsman” Andy Ramage with an incredible 44 points, runners up were “player of the year 2017” Martin Gadney and “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph with a realistic 36 points, third place was taken by Alec Aspden and “Elvis is in the building” Dave Field with 35 points. Three of the four nearest the pins were won by our 2017 champion John Mcmillan on holes 5, 10, and 17, hole 8 was won by Terry Fitzgerald.
The Football card was won by “Super Ted” Adams with Hull City winning €20 and raising €20 for this year’s charity, Caritas Daya Nueva.
We would like to say a special thank you to Café Bar Hogar Parroquial with Juan and his family for making it a special day with their lovely welcome and fantastic hospitality, and of course great food.
Photo shows Harry and David Goldsmith presenting the Rose Bowl to Andy Godfrey and Andy Ramage.
IGS Annual Christmas Dinner and Presentation Night
First of all I hope all our golf members and supporters have a great Christmas and I wish you all a prosperous new year.
Imanyo Golf Society started in October 2014 and with the help and support of Antonio and Norma from Imanyo Pub in Daya Nueva has now reached a level of over 150 members.
This year our annual Christmas dinner and presentation night was held at Laurels Restaurant in Quesada, 70 people attended the dinner and a very good night was had by all, a big thanks to Julia and Martin and their staff for the excellent food, service and hospitality.
We announced the overall yearly awards as follows:- the most nearest the pins were third place, last year’s winner “The Wine Collector”, Brian Court with 7, runner up was Andy Godfrey with 9 and the winner was last year’s runner up, John Mcmillan with 10. The player of the year again went down to the last match and was calculated over the fifteen cup/ trophy competitions over the year on how many overall wins, group wins and group runners up all added together, third joint place was Alec Aspden and Tony Whyatt with 4, runner up was Andy Godfrey with 5, but the winner was Martin Gadney with 6. We also ran one football card on the evening raising €100.00 for Caritas Daya Nueva.
In 2017 we chose to raise money for Caritas Daya Nueva, a charity that helps the poor and vulnerable in the village. With various events, raffles, football cards and extremely kind donations we managed to raise a fantastic €1500 which you can see being presented to Daya Nueva’s priest, Juan Parroco, by Steve Day, the golf society captain and Dons Ralph, our charity queen.
All 2018 competitions are now on the web site but there are very few spaces left so check your dates when booking your flights.
Ted Adams Trophy 6th December at Bonalba
This was the third time we have played for this trophy, many thanks to Ted and Ann Adams for sponsoring the day, their son Neil flew over Tuesday, played golf Wednesday and returned to the UK Thursday specially to play in this competition and to try and regain the trophy which he just missed out last year on count back.
We had a very good turnout for our visit to Bonalba which was the first time for a number of players, the course was in reasonable condition considering we haven’t had rain for a long time but some of the bunkers were lacking sand. The day was perfect for golf with the sun out making a pleasant 70 degrees. We played full handicap stroke play split into three groups A for low handicappers, B for medium handicappers and C, for the higher handicappers.
Winner of the”Ted Adams Trophy” from group A was Alec Aspden, net score 78, runner up was Miguel Garcia, net score 86. Winner of group B was Neil Adams, net score 82, runner up was “The Joker” Mick Billins, net score 86 Group C winner was “One for the Road “ Wendy Ralph, net score 82, runner up was “Flying Scotsman” Andy Ramage, net score 88. Three of the four nearest the pins were won, hole 1 by “The Wine Collector” Brian Court, hole 8 by Martin Gadney, and hole 14 by “The Joker” Mick Billins.
The Football card was won by Dave Williams with Crystal Palace “At least they have won something Dave” winning €20 and raising €20 for this year’s charity, Caritas Daya Nueva.
We would like to thank Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo Bar for the fantastic food and great hospitality.
Photo shows Ted Adams presenting the trophy to winner Alec Aspden.
Dave Rotchell Birthday Trophy 22nd November at Font Del Llop
This is the first time this competition has been located at our base, Imanyo Pub, as they normally close in November. It was the fourth year this trophy has been played for.
Sixteen players met at Imanyo’s for the traditional English breakfast. The format was pairs Texas Scramble scoring Stableford points, for those in the UK the weather was wall to wall sunshine, the holiday players even played in shorts and T-shirt but the locals donned the more sensible trousers and T- shirt.
Winners of the ”Dave Rotchell Trophy” were “I Want My Handicap Cut” Andy Godfrey and Tony Whyatt with a credible 44 points, runners up were Ian Bell and “The Joker” Mick Billins with 39 points. There was a three way tie for third place but on count back with 34 points it was Judy Evans and “Mr St Patrick” Ronnie King beating Rick Wood and Terry Fitzgerald, and Martin Gadney and “Ave A Go Golfer” Steve Day. Only two nearest the pins were won, hole 2 in two shots by John Mcmillan and “Watch my Ball” Dave Rotchell and hole 7 in two shots by “The wine Collector” Brian Court and “A 10 From Ken” Ken Walker.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s bar, many thanks to Dave Rotchell for sponsoring and presenting the prizes, thanks to Antonio, Norma and staff for looking after us. The football card was won by “Miss Charity Collector” Dons Ralph with Manchester Utd winning €20 and raising €20 for our charity Caritas Daya Nueva.
Photo shows Dave Rotchell presenting the trophy to winners Andy Godfrey and Tony Whyatt.
Phil Ward Carers Cup & Poppy Appeal 2nd November at Alicante Golf
This is the fourth year this cup has been played for and the second year for raising funds for the always popular poppy appeal.
Twenty two players met at Imanyo’s for the traditional English breakfast. The format was pairs Texas Scramble scoring Stableford points, for those in the UK the weather was sunshine, and players were still in shorts and T-shirt.
Winner of the Phil Ward Carers Cup was the sponsor himself Phil “Minty” Ward and Alan Martin with a credible 37 points, runners up were “Mr Regular” Martin Gadney and Carol Murphy with 33 points, third place went to “Elvis is in the building” Dave Field and “10 from Ken” Ken Walker, with 31 points after a long count back against Eamon Murphy and Steve Day. Nearest the pins were won, hole 3 Peter McInerney, hole 6 Andy Godfrey, and holes 12 and 17, our new up and coming member Alan Martin.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s bar, many thanks to Phil and Margaret Ward for sponsoring and presenting the prizes, also thanks to Mick the Grip Reeves for sponsoring the poppy appeal. Thanks to Antonio, Norma and all staff for looking after us. The football card was won by Andy Godfrey with Manchester City winning €40 and raising €40 for the poppy appeal.
Photo Shows Margaret Ward presenting the cup to winners Phil Ward and Alan Martin.
José Domingo Garcia Gallud Cup 18th October at Altorreal - Abandoned
The day started with the traditional English breakfast at Imanyo's, 28 players took part with the format being full handicap stableford split into three groups with an overall winner.
For the first time since the society was formed we were called off the course due to a thunder storm, most players had completed the front nine holes before the heavens opened. The course management have kindly given each player a 50% discount the next time we are at Altorreal on 20th December. Players that are not there will get a cash refund after the New Year. The José Domingo Garcia Gallud Memorial Cup competition is now going to be played on 10th January 2018.
We still sold a football card when we returned to Imanyo’s in the afternoon, this was won by Ian Chetwynd with Sheffield Wednesday, €20 went to Ian and €20 to our charity for 2017, Caritas Daya Nueva
IGS Competition 4th October at Font Del Llop
The day started with the traditional English breakfast at Imanyo's, 24 players took part with the format being full handicap stroke play split into three groups with an overall winner.
The weather was perfect for golf with a comfortable 30 degrees. The course was in fantastic condition although some of the bunkers needed a bit of attention.
The winner from group A with net par score for the course of 72 was ”Mr Regular” Martin Gadney, runner up was Miguel Garcia net 74, winner of group B was John Cheadle with net 77, runner up was Ian Chetwynd net 78, group C winner two competitions on the trot “I would Like My Handicap Cut” was Helin Buckman net 76, runner up was “The Flying Scotsman” Andy Ramage net 83. Nearest the pins were the five par threes, hole 3 Tony Whyatt, hole 5 “Elvis Is In The Building” Dave Field, hole 12 Miguel Garcia, hole 16 “The wine collector” Brian Court and hole 17 Eamon Murphy.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s where great food and a few drinks were waiting. Two football cards were sold and both won by Andy Godfrey with Rangers and Sunderland winning €40 of which he donated €20 back, therefore raising €60 for our charity for 2017, Caritas Daya Nueva. Thanks to Antonio, Norma and staff for their hospitality.
Wyn Evans Salver 21st September at Altorreal
This was the society’s highest turn out with 28 players for our second competition of the new season.
All players arrived very early at Imanyo’s where the day started with the traditional full English breakfast, the format was full handicap Stableford split into three groups. On arriving at the course we received the usual friendly greeting from Antonio and staff, the course keeps on improving all the time and was in excellent condition from the tee boxes to the flags.
Winner of the Wyn Evans Salver was David Martin from group A with an excellent 37 points, second place, only one point behind, was “I want my handicap cut” Andy Godfrey with 36 points and third place, another point behind, was another regular name Martin Gadney with 35 points, winner of group B was Alec Aspden with 31 points, runner up was Chris Baillie with 26 points, winner of group C was Helin Buckman with 20 points, runner up was Dave Sanders with 18 points. Nearest the pins won were, hole 5 Martin Gadney, holes 8 & 10 “Nearly Bandit” Andy Godfrey and hole 17, just beating Andy Godfrey was Miguel Garcia.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s bar, many thanks to Judy Evans for sponsoring the day and presenting the prizes. Thank you to Antonio, Norma and all the staff for looking after us, also thanks to Harry the Lens, our in house photographer. The football card was won by Alec Aspden with Rangers, we also ran a raffle, many thanks to our “Charity Queen”, Dons Ralph, who sold all the tickets and football card raising €193.00 for our sponsored charity, Caritas Daya Nueva.
Collins Continental Cup 6th September at Alicante Golf
A fantastic day for the first competition of the new season sponsored by Danny and Sharon Collins from England.
The day started with the traditional full English breakfast in Imanyo’s, the format was full handicap stroke play net scores split into two groups, A low handicap and B high handicap, the eventual winner would be the highest score from either group.
On arriving at Alicante we received the usual friendly greeting with everything in order and waiting, the course was in good condition even though we had suffered thunder storms a few days before but on the day the weather was back to normal with temperatures back in the mid thirties and perfect for golf. Unfortunately the sponsor, Danny Collins, could not make it this year due to commitments in the UK so his son Liam stepped into his shoes and came over with his mum, Sharon and he ended up winning with a net 72 par for the course.
Winner of the Collins Continental Cup was Liam Collins from group B with net 72, runner up in group B was “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph on a three way count back with net 86 just beating Dave Sanders and Mick Billins, another regular winner was Martin Gadney in group A with net 76, runner up in group A was Ray Hamilton with net 79. There was six nearest the pins and a longest drive, “The Bandit” Alex Porteous won on holes 6, 8 and 12, hole 3 was won by Liam Collins, hole 17 was won by “Mr St Patrick” Ronnie King and the Longest Drive went to Chris Houghton.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s where good food and a few drinks were waiting. Thank you to Danny and Sharon Collins for providing and presenting all the prizes, also thank you to Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for the fantastic food and great hospitality.
Tracy won the football card with Derby County raising another €20 for our charity Caritas Daya Nueva.
Photo shows Sharon Collins presenting the trophy to her son and winner Liam Collins.
IGS Competition 17th August at Altorreal
The day started with breakfast at Imanyo's, 20 players took part with the format being pairs Texas scramble scoring Stableford points with each player taking 9 tee shots, one on the odd numbers and the other even numbers.
The weather was very hot and humid at a sweltering 40 degrees. The course was in fantastic condition although some of the bunkers needed a bit of attention.
The winners were “I want my handicap cut” Andy Godfrey and “Mr St Patrick” Ronnie King with 37 points, second place went to “The Wine Collector” Brian Court and the 2016 player of the year Donald Main with 36 points, third place went to “Mick the Grip” Mick Reeves and our new member Jamie Kilpatrick with 34 points. The nearest the pins were the four Par threes of which three were won and two by the same player, holes 8 and 17 by Miguel Garcia and hole 5 by “Mick the Grip” Mick Reeves.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s where great food and a few drinks were waiting. The football card was won by “The Favourite” Terry Burton with Manchester City winning €20 which he donated back to our charity therefore raising €40 for our charity for 2017, Caritas Daya Nueva. Thanks to Antonio, Norma and staff for their hospitality.
IGS Competition 2nd August at Alicante Golf
The day started with breakfast at Imanyo's where the draw was made, 15 players took part with the format being stroke play split into two groups, group A, 14–20 hcp, group B, 22-29 hcp.
The weather, as I keep saying this time of year, was very hot and humid. The course was in fantastic condition although the greens were a bit fluffy but this prevents them from burning brown.
Group A winner again was new member Dave Martin with net 75, runner up was Dave Moore with net 77. Back in Group B and winner was “Keep it in the Family “Alan Ralph with net 78, runner up was new member Ashton Keating with net 80. There were 6 nearest the pins, holes 3 one shot Miguel Garcia, holes 6 and 17 in one shot “Mr Regular” John Macmillan, hole 8 in two shots Andy Godfrey, hole 12 in one shot Dave Martin, and hole 15 in two shots Martin Gadney.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s where great food and a few drinks were waiting. The football card was won by Kim Court with Rangers winning €20, and raising €20 for our charity for 2017, Caritas Daya Nueva. Thanks to Antonio, Norma and staff for their hospitality.
IGS Competition 19th July at Font Del Llop
The day started with breakfast at Imanyo's where the draw was made, 15 players took part with the format being stroke play split into two groups, group A, 14–23 hcp, group B, 24-32 hcp.
Group A winner was new member Dave Martin with net 73, runner up was “The Wine Collector” Brian Court with net 74. Group B winner was “I want My Handicap Cut” Mo Chaplin with net 82, runner up was “One For The Road” Wendy Ralph with net 87. Nearest the pins winners were, holes 3 and 8, “On The Radar” Andy Godfrey, hole 12, “I Want my Handicap Cut” Mo Chaplin, and hole 14, “The Joker” Mick Billins.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s where great food and a few drinks were waiting. The football card was won by “Keep It In The Family” Alan Ralph with Stoke City winning €20, and €20 raised from the card goes to our charity for 2017 Caritas Daya Nueva. Thanks to Antonio, Norma and staff for their hospitality.
Plane Parking Trophy 6th July at Altorreal
A great turnout of players for the third year of competing for the Plane parking trophy, 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 Murcia airports.
The day started with a full English breakfast in Imanyo’s, the format was singles full handicap Stableford played in three categories, with an overall winner with the best score on the day and that winner came from group B.
On arriving at Altorreal we received a friendly and organised greeting from Antonio and his staff. The course was in fantastic condition; the only thing that was noticed was that the bunkers needed edges cutting back. As you know we are in the middle of summer and the temperature was in the mid 30’s, so hard going for some of us but the eventual winner, Alan Ralph, just missed paring the course.
Winner of the Plane Parking Trophy from category “B” was “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph with 34 points, runner up was “The Wine Collector” Brian Court with 27 points. Group “A” winner was “Mr Regular” John Mcmillan with 30 points, runner up was Martin Gadney with 29 points. Group “C” winner was also “Keep it in the Family” Wendy Ralph with 23 points, runner up was “Mr Endeavour” Wally Donovan with 17 points. There were seven nearest the pins, hole 2 in two shots “Mr Regular” John Mcmillan, hole 5 in one shot “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph, hole 8 no winner, hole 10 in one shot Graham Rumsey, hole 13 in three shots “Mr Regular” John Mcmillan, hole 17 in one shot “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s where good food and a few drinks were waiting. Thank you to Plane Parking Directors Nick and Marianne Baker for providing and presenting all the prizes, also thank you to Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for the fantastic food and great hospitality.
The football card was won by “Keep it in the Family” Wendy Ralph with Southampton raising €20 for our charity, Caritas Daya Nueva.
Photo shows Plane Parking Director Nick Baker presenting the trophy to winner Alan Ralph.
IGS Competition 21st June at Bonalba
The day started with breakfast at Imanyo's where the draw was made, 20 players took part with the format being full handicap Stableford split into two groups, group A, 15–23 hcp, group B, 23–32 hcp with four blind holes being drawn after the game for double points on those holes.
The weather was pure blue skies and a temperature of 32o, which made it testing for a few players. The course was in first class condition with all the greens running true so credit to Richard and his ground staff.
Group A winner was “Back On The Radar” Andy Godfrey with 33 points and 5 bonus points total 38, runner up “The Wine Collector” Brian Court with 32 points and 6 bonus points total 38. Group B winner was two matches on the trot “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph with 18 points and 6 bonus points total 24, runner up was Tony Whyatt with 19 points and 3 bonus points total 22. Only three of the four nearest the pins were won, hole 4, John Buckman, hole 8, “I’m back” Alan Rodger and hole 14, “Mr Regular” John Mcmillan.
Back at Imanyo’s for the presentation food and drinks were waiting. Two football cards were sold and the first card winner was Mick Billins with Leicester city winning €20.00, the second card was won by Ian Bell with Celtic also winning €20.00, the money raised from the cards, €40.00, goes to our charity for 2017 Caritas Daya Nueva. Thanks to Antonio, Norma and staff for their hospitality.
Tony Firth Auctions Plaque 7th June at Alicante Golf
A fantastic day for another major competition in 2017, many thanks to Tony Firth Auctions for sponsoring the days golf and putting up some great prizes. The format was singles full handicap Stableford playing in three categories with prizes for winners and runners up from each group and the overall highest score was the winner.
On arrival at the course we received a friendly greeting from Marifé and staff at Alicante Golf, the course was in great condition the heat has gone up a bit on the temperature gauge and a few players found the going was a bit hard so reflected in the scores.
Winner of the Tony Firth Auctions Plaque was Group A winner Graeme Forrest, two competitions on the trot now with 29 points, runner up Group A “Back on the Radar” Alan Rodger with 28 points, winner of Group B “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph with 24 points, runner up Group B Dave Moore with 23 points, winner Group C, on count back, Tony Whyatt with 23 points, runner up Group C Terry Fitzgerald with 23 points. The nearest the pins winners sponsored by Tony Firth Auctions were hole 3 “The Joker” Mick Billins, hole 6 regular name John Macmillan, hole 12 Graeme Forrest, hole 17 “Mr St Patrick” Ronnie King.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s where good food and a few drinks were waiting. Thank you to Tony Firth Auctions in Montesinos for providing and presenting all the prizes especially their daughter, Jess, who came along for the presentation as her Dad was busy at work, finally thank you to Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for the fantastic food and great hospitality.
Two football cards were sold, Kim Court won with Sheffield Utd, Harry Goldsmith won with Newcastle Utd and kindly donated the €20 back making €60 raised more for our charity Caritas Daya Nueva.
Photo shows Jess Firth presenting the Plaque to winner Graeme Forrest.
Caritas Charity Trophy 24th May at Font Del Llop
A fantastic day for our local charity, Caritas Daya Nueva, this day is sponsored by all the members of the golf society.
The day started with a full English breakfast in Imanyo’s, the format would be Texas scramble pairs scoring Stableford points which is becoming a favourable format amongst our players. The scores were very close with all teams nearly playing to Par, except for the eventual winners.
On arriving at the course we received a friendly greeting from the staff at Font Del Llop, the course was in fantastic condition, summer has arrived so a bit hard going for some of us!
Winners of the Caritas Charity Trophy were Mo Chaplin and Graeme Forrest with a fantastic 47 points; runners up with another great score were Eamon Murphy and Tony Whyatt with 39 points. Nearest the pins winners were, hole 3 “Regular name” Carol Murphy, hole’s 8 and 12 Kenny Dow, hole 16 Ronnie King and hole 17, the man inform, Super Ted Adams.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s where great food and a few drinks were waiting. Thank you to all the golf members for making the day possible, also thank you to Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s for their hospitality.
Two football cards were sold Patrick won the first card with Newcastle Utd raising €20 for our charity Caritas Daya Nueva and Ian Chetwynd won the second card, also with Newcastle Utd, Ian re-donated half his winnings back making €30.00. Total raised was €50.00 for our charity Caritas Daya Nueva.
Photo shows Mo Chaplin and Graeme Forrest with the Caritas Trophy.
Parkinson's Charity Vase 10th May at Bonalba
This was the third time the “Parkinson Vase” was played for and a special thanks to Geoff Ham who this year specially travelled from the UK for the competition.
Twenty players turned out with over 25% of these making the trip from the UK to play in the competition. The day started with the usual full English breakfast at Imanyo’s, the format was full handicap Stableford playing in two groups with the eventual winner coming from group A. The venue was Bonalba where we were greeted by Richards and his friendly staff, as usual everything was ready and waiting and the course was in very good condition, the greens were fantastic and quick which caught a lot of players out on the front nine. The weather conditions were perfect for golf with light cloud, slight breeze and 25o.
Winner of the “Parkinson’s Vase” and group “A” was Neil Adams with 35 points, runner up and winner of group “B” (for the third time, SORRY but you will have to come back next year) Stuart Barclay with 32 points, runner up of group “A” was Ian Chetwynd with 26 points, runner up of group “B” was “Elvis Is In The Building” Dave Field with 20 points. Out of six nearest the pins five were won, hole 4 Carol Murphy, hole 8 “The Wine Collector” Brian Court, hole 11 “I will be back” Stuart Barclay, hole 14 Neil Adams and hole 15 in three shots “I will be back” Stuart Barclay, the Longest Drive was won by John Mcmillan.
Back at Imanyo’s there was food and a few drinks waiting, we held a bottle raffle in aid of Parkinson’s and raised €155, thank you Don’s for your hard selling skills. Two football cards were sold, the first card was won by Danny Collins with Southampton, Danny re-donated his €20 to the charity making €40, the second card was also won by Danny Collins with Stoke City making another €20 for the charity Parkinson’s, total raised on the day €215.
We would like to thank Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for the fantastic food and great hospitality.
Picture shows Geoff Ham presenting the vase to Neil Adams.
Denise Tyrrell Memorial Plaque 28th April at Altorreal
This was the second time the Denise Tyrrell Memorial Plaque has been played for, Denise was a very popular and well loved lady around the village but sadly passed away on this date two years ago at the tender age of 47, she was Co-owner of Baybrooks Restaurant in Algorfa and we thank Baybrooks for sponsoring the plaque and the days golf.
The day started with the usual full English breakfast at Imanyo’s. We had the winners from last year, Ian Chetwynd and Andy Ramage, trying to defend their title but unfortunately they only achieved runners up. The format was twosomes better ball Stableford scoring, the venue was Altorreal where we were greeted by Antonio and his staff and as usual everything was ready and waiting, the course was in good condition although they had just started hollow tinning the greens, weather conditions were damp and miserable with showers around all day so wet weather gear was the order of the day.
Winners of the “Denise Tyrrell Memorial Plaque” were Helin Buckman and Andy Speck with 41 points, runners up were last year’s winners Ian Chetwynd and Andy Ramage with 37 points, nearest the pins winners were hole 5 “The Joker” Mick Billins, hole 8 “The Wine Collector” Brian Court, hole 10 “The Joker” Mick Billins, and hole 17 regular name John Mcmillan.
Back at Imanyo’s there was great food and a few drinks waiting, the football card was won by Ray Denyer with Hearts adding another €20 for our charity this year, Caritas Daya Nueva.
We would like to thank Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for the fantastic food and great hospitality.
Picture shows Nikki (Denise’s business partner) presenting the plaque.
St George's Day Plaque 12th April at Font Del llop
This was the second time the St George’s Day Plaque has been played for, thank you to Imanyo’s for sponsoring the plaque and the golf day. All the players met at Imanyo’s where the day started with the usual full English breakfast.
We had some great pairs playing along with returning winners from last year, Chris Baillie and John Kemp trying to defend the plaque. The format was Pairs Texas Scramble Stableford scoring and the venue was Font Del Llop where we were greeted by Vanesa and her staff, as usual everything was ready and waiting for us on arrival, the course is one of the best in the Alicante region to play and was in excellent condition, so credit to the ground staff.
Winners of the St George’s Day Plaque were “Super Ted” Adams, “Watch My Ball” Dave Rotchell with Coach, Brian Court with 41 points, runners up were player of the year 2016, Donald Main and Ian Chetwynd with 39 points. All nearest the pins were won, hole 3, nearly a hole in one “Watch My Ball” Dave Rotchell, holes 8 and 17, Chris Baillie, hole 12, Ian Chetwynd and hole 16, another regular name, John Mcmillan.
Back at Imanyo’s there was a few drinks and BBQ waiting, the football card was won by Ian Chetwynd with Hearts adding another €20 to our charity Caritas Daya Nueva.
We would like to thank Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s for the fantastic food and great hospitality, also thanks to Karaoke Carol for providing the music.
Photo shows Antonio (Assistant Manger) presenting the plaque to the winners.
IGS Competition 29th March at Altorreal
The day started with breakfast at Imanyo's where the draw was made, 15 players took part with the format being full handicap Stableford split into two groups, A, 12–22 hcp, B, 23–28 hcp.
The weather was pure blue skies and a temperature of 24o, perfect for golf. As usual Antonio and his staff had everything organised and waiting, the course was in first class condition so credit to his ground staff. This day was about “Super Ted Adams” who’s form had dipped but over the last few games has improved, he predicted before we played that this would be his day and it was as he came in as group B winner with one of our highest scores this year, 29 points, he would have been overall winner but winner of group A “Definitely On The Radar” Andy Godfrey, pipped him on count back.
Group A winner was “Definitely On The Radar” Andy Godfrey with 29 points, runner up “I’m Back” John Macmillan with 28 points. Group B winner was “Super Ted” with 29 points, runner up was Tony Whyatt with 27 points. Only three of the nearest the pins were won, hole 2, “Mr Endeavour” Wally Donovan, hole 10 “Elvis Is InThe Building” Dave Field and hole 17, guest player Patrick McInerney.
Back at Imanyo’s there were a few drinks and a lovely meal waiting. The football card was won by Mick Billins with Stoke City winning €20.00,the money raised from the card, €20.00, goes to our charity for 2017 Caritas Daya Nueva. Thanks to Antonio, Norma and staff for their hospitality.
St Patrick's Shield 17th March at Bonalba
This was the second time the St Patrick’s Shield has been played for, thank you to Ronnie King for sponsoring the shield and days golf. We had last year’s winner, Carol Murphy, over from Ireland to defend her title but playing at a lower handicap this year.
Twenty two players met at Imanyo’s where the day started with the usual full English breakfast, the format was full handicap Stableford split into three groups with one overall winner and runner up. The venue was Bonalba where we were greeted by Richard and his staff, everything was ready and waiting the course was in very good condition apart from a few bunkers which were washed out due to the storms a few days before and two tee boxes were being repaired. The par 3’s were set well back and the wind made them difficult, overall the weather was sunny but breezy especially on the back nine.
Winner of the “St Patrick’s Shield” (this year from England) was group B winner, Alec Aspden on count back with 27 points, runner up was group A winner, Alan Martin with 27 points. Group A winner was Alan Martin with 27 points and runner up was “He’s Back” John Macmillan with 26 points, group B winner was Alec Aspden with 27 points and runner up was “On the Radar” Andy Godfrey with 23points, group C winner was Tony Whyatt with 20 points and runner up was Andy Ramage with 16 points. Only two of the four nearest the pins were won, hole 4, representing Ireland, Francis Murphy and hole 8 “On The Radar” Andy Godfrey.
We sold two football cards, one was won by Francis Murphy with Blackburn and the other card was won by Jane Day with Middlesborough both winning €20 each and raising €40 for our chosen charity Caritas Daya Nueva.
We would like to thank Ronnie King for sponsoring the day with some great prizes and novelty gifts, also Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for the fantastic food and great hospitality.
Picture shows Ronnie King presenting the shield to Alec Aspden.
Captains Cup 23rd February at Alicante Golf
Imanyo golf society Captains Cup was sponsored by The Vegetable Garden and Mick The Grip, they both made sure we had a great days golf with an excellent presentation back at Imanyo’s. We played at Alicante Golf where we were greeted with the usual organised set up and the course was in great condition.
Eighteen players took part and the format we played was full handicap Stableford, we split into two groups with a winner from each group and one being the overall winner. Upon return to Imanyo’s four holes were drawn for double point’s which made it more interesting.
Winner of the Captains cup from group A was Andy Godfrey with 35 points which included 9 bonus points, runner up in group A was Danny Collins with 31 points which included 7 bonus points. Winner from group B was Mick Billins with 22 points which included 4 bonus points and runner up in group B was Alec Aspen with 21 points which included 3 bonus points. Only four of the six nearest the pins were won, hole 3 in one shot by Danny Collins, hole 8 in two shots by Andy Speck, hole 12 in one shot was Andy Godfrey and hole 15 in two shots by Eamon Murphy.
The football card was won by Terry Fitzgerald with Blackburn winning €20 and raising €20 for this year’s charity, Caritas Daya Nueva.
We would like to thank The Vegetable Garden and Mick the Grip for sponsoring the day, also Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for the fantastic food and great hospitality.
IGS Competition 8th February at Font Del Llop
The day started with breakfast at Imanyo's where the draw was made, 20 players took part with the format being full handicap Stableford split into three groups, A, 11-17 hcp, B, 18-22 hcp and C, 23-28 hcp.
The weather was pure blue skies but that was about as far as the Spanish weather went...there was a cold howling wind so the attire of the day for 90% of us was winter gear, coats, hats and gloves, we did have two players who braved it in shorts. The course was in its usual good condition and our normal warm welcome was there from the staff.
Group A winner was new member Chris Houghton with 25 points, runner up “I’m wearing shorts” was John Kemp with 23 points. Group B winner, with handicap cut again was Dave Moore with 34 points, runner up “Your On The Radar” was Andy Godfrey with 31 points. Group C winner was Carol Murphy with 25 points, runner up was new member Jim Wells with 17 points. Three nearest the pins were won, back from the UK to defend his title hole 3 “The Wine Collector” Brian Court, hole 8 Andy Godfrey and hole 16 Dave Field.
Back at Imanyo’s there were a few drinks and a lovely meal waiting. The football card, which was carried over from Burns night with a prize of €100, was won by Phil “Minty” Ward with Blackpool, the money raised from the card, €100.00, goes to our charity for 2017 Caritas Daya Nueva. Thanks to Antonio, Norma and staff for their hospitality.
Scottish Cup 25th January at Alicante Golf
This is our major fund raising competition of the year, The Scottish Cup which is followed by our Burns Night event. The golf day is sponsored by our Scottish friends Andy Ramage, Alex Porteous, Chris Baillie and Donald Main, who unfortunately could not make it this year. Alicante golf was our destination for the 18 players and upon arrival, as per usual, we were welcomed by the friendly staff and received our complimentary coffee and tostada, the weather and course were perfect for golf as was reflected in the scores.
The format was pairs Texas Scramble scoring Stableford points, players were paired up into nine teams with a lower handicap player pairing with a higher handicap player, there were only two shots between the highest and lowest.
Winners of “The Scottish Cup” (Quaich) on count back were Chris Baillie and John Fullicks with 39 points, runners up were Andy Ramage and inform partner Martin Gadney, also on 39 points, third place was Alec Aspden and our favourite lady winner Carol Murphy on 38 points. Four out of the six nearest the pins were won, hole 3 Chris Baillie, hole 6 Eamon Murphy, hole 8 John Fullicks and hole 17 Alec Aspden, hole 15, the longest drive with a putter, was won by Ken Walker.
Special thanks to Dons Ralph from all society members for selling raffle tickets and football cards throughout the year, one football card was sold on the night and the winner with Blackpool was Ken Walker winning €100 and raising €100 for this year’s charity, we also ran a raffle which raised €673 with all the money (€873) going to our sponsored charity for 2017, Caritas Daya Nueva.
We would like to thank all the businesses, golf courses and people who donated prizes to the raffle, also Jane Day and team along with the staff at Imanyo Bar, Antonio and Chef Vanessa for the fantastic food and great hospitality.
Vicky Heynes Memorial Cup 11th January at Altorreal
This was the second time we played for the “Vicky Heynes Memorial cup” sadly the sponsor, Tony Heynes, was unable to make it back to Spain in time for the competition.
The day started with the usual full English breakfast at Imanyo’s where we did the draw, fifteen players took part and the format was full handicap Stableford split into two groups A and B. The venue was Altorreal and as usual everything was ready and waiting for our arrival and the course was in very good condition.
Winner of group A and overall winner was “I Want My Handicap Cut” Martin Gadney with 31 points, runner up of group A was Andy Godfrey 30 points. Group B winner was Dave Moore with 27 points, runner up of group B on count back was Chris Baillie 25 points. Out of the four nearest the pins it looks like we might have a new wine collector for 2017 as Graeme Forrest won three out of the four on holes 8, 10 and 17, he was only just beaten on hole 5 which was won by Martin Gadney.
Back at Imanyo’s there was food and a few drinks waiting, a huge thank you goes to our Sponsor, Tony Heynes, who paid for all the golfers to eat. The football card was won by Super Ted with Blackburn Rovers adding another €20 for Caritas Daya Nueva.
We would like to thank Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for the fantastic food and great hospitality.
Picture shows Steve Day presenting the cup to Martin Gadney.
