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Anne Goldsmith Remberence Rose Bowl 18th December at El Plantio
This was the third year we have played for this trophy, Anne sadly passed away suddenly three years ago and is missed by all, many thanks to her husband Harry, son and daughter, David and Nicola, for sponsoring the day in her name, David actually flew over Tuesday and returned to the UK on Thursday to play in this remembrance competition for his Mum.
We had a good turnout for the visit to El Plantio; 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 Singles full handicap Stableford split into two groups.
Winner of the Anne Goldsmith Remembrance Rose Bowl was won on count back between group A winner Peter List and group B winner Donald Main, both had 38 points but Peter managed to win it on the back nine 20 points to 18, runner up of group A on count back was Chris Houghton with 34 points beating Steve Ayre, runner up of group B was Alan Freelove 27 points. All of the nearest the pins were won, hole 3 Chris Houghton, hole 7 “Lady Champion 2019” Mo Chaplin, holes 9 and 18 “Lonely Trucker” Andy Godfrey, hole 14 Peter List and hole 16 “The wine Collector” Brian Court.
Two football cards were won, Steve Day with Hull City and Peter List with Manchester City both winning €40 and raising €80 for our charities of 2020.
We would like to say thank you to Imanyo’s Bar for their hospitality and of course great food.
Photo shows Harry and David Goldsmith presenting the Rose Bowl to Peter List.
Ted Adams Trophy 11th December at Altorreal
This outing had to be put back a week because of the heavy rain last week, many thanks to Ted and Ann Adams for sponsoring the day and well done to Ted for playing with us for the first time in three years and completing the course with a respectable 24 points.
We were a bit low on the turnout for our visit to Altorreal due to changing the date, the course was in excellent condition and the day was perfect for golf with the sun shining making a pleasant 70o. The format for the day was full handicap Stableford split into two groups.
Winner of the”Ted Adams Trophy” from group A was “Mr Twelve Trees” Steve Arye, now the handicap secretaries best mate, with an excellent score of 41 points, runner up on a three way count back between Andy Godfrey, Tom Goulden and Dave Martin was “Lonely Lorry Driver” Andy Godfrey with 37 points. Winner of group B, which took him four years to achieve, was Steve Day with an excellent 38 points, runner up was “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph with 31 points, nearest the pins winners were holes 4 and 17 “Lonely Lorry Driver” Andy Godfrey, holes 5 and 8 Chris Houghton, hole 10 “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph and hole 14 Tom Goulden.
The Football card was won by Kim Court with Celtic winning €40 and raising €40 for our chosen charities of 2019.
We would like to thank Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s for the fantastic food and great hospitality.
Photo shows Ted Adams presenting the trophy to winner Steve Ayre.
Dave Rotchell Birthday Salver 20th November at Altorreal
This is the fifth year the Dave Rotchell Salver has been played for, unfortunately Dave could not be with us this year. The format was singles Stableford full handicap, for those in the UK we had a cold start at 9am but when the sun got to work it was warm with bright sunshine in the afternoon. This time last year holiday players sported shorts but today all players wore their warmer trousers!
Winner of the Dave Rotchell Birthday Salver was “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph with a credible score of 40 points, runner up on count back was “Mr Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre with 31 points, third place was Alan Boyden also 31 points and fourth place went to Martin Gadney with 30 points. Nearest the pins winners were hole 5 Chris Houghton, hole 8 “The Wine Collector” Brian Court, hole 10 no winner and hole 17 “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s bar, many thanks to Dave Rotchell, who unfortunately was unable to attend, for sponsoring the prizes thanks also to Steve, standing in for Dave and Antonio, Norma and all staff for looking after us.
Photo shows Steve Day presenting the Salver to winner “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph
Remembrance Day Cup 6th November at Font Del Llop
Imanyo’s golf society have been supporting the Royal British Legion for the past four years, this is the first time we played for the Remembrance Day Cup sponsored by Mick The Grip and the Royal British Legion.
We were a bit short on players this year due to illness etc. but we still managed 16 which met 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 breeze in the morning but most players were still in shorts.
Winner of the Remembrance Day Cup from group A was Tom Goulden with 39 points, runner up was “Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre with 32 points, winner of group B was “The Joker” Mick Billins with 35 points, runner up on count back from “Nine Iron” Mo Chaplin was Graham Rumsey with 33 point. Nearest the pins winners were hole 3 “The Joker” Mick Billins, hole 7 in two shots Alec Aspden, hole 8 Simon Dakers,hole 12 no winner, hole 16 “Nine Iron” Mo Chaplin and hole 17 Tom Goulden.
The presentation was held back at Imanyo’s bar, thank you to Antonio, Norma 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 Ian Newton with Bolton raising €40, players were fined for lost balls which raised €45, our table top raffle raised €205 and our Knit and Natter group raised approximately €60 by crocheting poppy brooches which we sold, so a fantastic total of €350 and the charity tin for the poppy’s sold in the bar still has to be counted.
Photo shows Mick the Grip presenting the cup to winner Tom Goulden.
Vacation Cup 8th - 10th October at Hotel Envia
For the second year of the Annual Vacation Cup we once again took a trip to La Envia golf course and Hotel in Almería. This comprised of 20 golfers and their wives with the 20 golfers divided into 2 teams to play a Ryder Cup format, the team captains were Steve Day (Chairman) and Mick Billins (Vice Chairman).
On day one we were treated to a wonderful breakfast before gathering on the hotel patio for the day’s pairs to be given their tee and start times, day one was full of surprises with plenty of passion shown on both sides, even to the point of a head being dislodged from its shaft!
The first day went the way of the Vice Chairman with one match on each side being won comfortably while the other three matches were very close leaving the Vice Chairman with a slender 3-2 lead.
The evening was filled with lively discussion accompanied by a few drinks and a fantastic buffet dinner before some early nights in preparation for the singles on the second day.
Day two commenced with a early hearty breakfast followed by team photos on the hotel patio...then it got serious, ten singles matches to play with a shotgun start.
As the scores started to be posted the match was looking very close with the first matches going to the Vice Chairman followed by several going to the Chairman, finally, once all the match results had been submitted it was clear the second day had gone to the Vice Chairman with a 6-4 score line on the day and an overall match score of 9-6 to the Vice Chairman’s team over turning last year’s result.
We must thank the wives of all the players that accompanied us for their support and patience with the golf fanatics. The hotel put on a superb trip for the wives to a local fruit, meat and fish market, this was conducted by Robert, the caddy master, who offered a huge amount of information on the local produce, this was followed by a tapas tour of a couple of bars in Almería, this was a new experience for a few and was reported to be a great day out and gave the golf widows a chance to get to know each other.
Jane and Steve day did a tremendous job in organising the 3 days away with everything going like clockwork.
Rivalry begins again next October.
José Domingo Garcia Gallud Cup 16th October at El Plantio
This is our sixth year of the forming of the society and we started the year off by playing for the José Domingo Garcia Gallud Memorial Cup in memory of Antonio’s (Imanyo’s owner) younger brother who sadly died in a car accident 22 years ago.
Twenty players travelled to one of our favourite courses, El Plantio, the weather was absolutely perfect for golf.
The format was full handicap Stableford split into two groups. Winner of the José Domingo Garcia Gallud Memorial Cup was from group B, “Mr Twelve Trees” Steve Arye with 39 points, runner up in group B was “The Joker” Mick Billins with 35 points and third place went to Kenny Dow with 32 points. Group A winner was Ian Chetwynd with 37 points, runner up of group A was “Handicap Secretary” Martin Gadney with 35 points and third place on count back went to Ian Bell with 33 points. There were six nearest the pins which were won by, holes 3 and 16 Andy Godfrey, hole 7 “Nine Iron” Mo Chaplin, hole 9 “Mr Twelve Trees” Steve Arye, hole 14 Graham Rumsey and hole 18 “Handicap Secretary” Martin Gadney.
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, Norma and all the staff for looking after us. The football card was won by Kenny Dow with Swansea redonating £20 so raising €60 for our chosen charities of 2019.
Photo Shows Antonio and his son José presenting the cup to winner Steve Arye.
Keep It In The Family Cup 2nd October at Altorreal
This is the second year that we played singles for this competition which is sponsored by Alan and Wendy Ralph.
All players arrived early at Imanyo’s where the day started with the traditional full English breakfast, the format was full handicap Stroke play split into three groups. On arriving at the course we received the usual friendly greeting from Antonio and his staff, the course is still improving and getting back to normal after the Gota Fria we had three weeks ago.
Winner of the Keep It In The Family Cup was from group C, our second “Bandino” this year, was Terry Fitzgerald Snr with an amazing net score of 58.1, thirteen under par for the course so he has just become the Handicap Secretaries best friend, runner up was Dave Sanders with net score 69.1. Winner of group B was “Mr Twelve Trees” Steve Arye with net score 69.9, runner up was Graham Rumsey with net score 73.8. Winner of group A was “HCP” himself, Martin Gadney with net score 71, runner up was Chris Houghton with net score 76. There were six nearest the pins won by, hole 4 Chris Baillie, hole 7 Ian Chetwynd hole 9 Chris Houghton hole 10 Terry Fitzgerald, hole 15 Alan Martin and hole 17 Steve Ayre.
The presentation was held back at Imanyo’s bar, thank you to Antonio, Norma and all the staff for looking after us, the football card was won by Andy Ramage with Swansea raising another €40 for our charities of 2019.
Photo shows Wendy Ralph presenting the cup to winner Terry Fitzgerald.
Wyn Evans Salver 25th September at Altorreal
This competition was rearranged from the previous week as the Alicante region was hit by the worst Gota Fria in over one hundred years causing life threatening damage to people and properties. Our sponsor for that day had to cancel her flight for a week, even when we played today we still had players that could not get out of their property due to the severity of the flooding.
Arriving at the course we found that everything was nearly back to normal all though most of the bunkers needed repairing so we all thank Antonio and his ground staff for all their hard work. The format was full handicap Stableford, split into two groups.
Winner of the Wyn Evans Salver was our handicap secretary Martin Gadney with a nice handicap cutting 41 points, runner up on count back with Tom Goulden was Ian Chetwynd with 32 points. Winner of group B was our sponsor, Judy Evans, with an excellent 39 points, runner up was “The Joker” Mick Billins with 38 points. There were six nearest the pins, winners were, holes 2 and 5 “The wine Collector” Brian court, hole 8 Chris Houghton, hole 10 Martin Gadney, hole 15 Chris Baillie and hole 17 no winner.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s, many thanks to Judy Evans for sponsoring the day and presenting the prizes and thank you to Antonio, Norma and all the staff for looking after us, the football card was won by Margret Baillie with Rangers raising another €40 for our charities 2019.
Photo shows Judy Evans presenting the salver to winner Martin Gadney.
Collins Continental Cup 4th September at El Plantio
It was a fantastic day for our first competition of the new season which was sponsored by Danny and Sharon Collins from England.
The day started with the traditional full English breakfast in Imanyo’s, twenty players took part and the format was full handicap Stableford playing in two groups with an overall winner.
On arrival at El Plantio we received the usual friendly greeting with everything ready and waiting, the course was in its usual great condition, the tinning had been done a few weeks ago but the greens were still a bit unpredictable. The weather was blue sky, 30o but humid.
Playing in group A the winner of the Collins Continental Cup, and previous winner from 2017, was the sponsor’s son Liam Collins with his new name “EL BANDINO”, he came in with an incredible 54 points, runner up in group A, same as last year, was Miguel Garcia with 34 points, group B winner was “Mr Twelve Trees”, Steve Ayre with 36 points and runner up in group B was “Keep it in the Family”, Alan Ralph with 34 points. There were six nearest the pins and a longest drive, Liam Collins won hole 3 in three shots and hole 7, Alan Martin won holes 9 and 14 and Dave Martin won hole 16 in two shots, Alan Martin also won the Longest Drive trophy on hole 11.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s. 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 for the fantastic food and great hospitality.
Jill Martin won the football card with Everton raising another €40 for our charities 2019.
Photo shows Danny Collins presenting the trophy to his son Liam Collins.
IGS Competition 21st August at Altorreal
After the thunderstorms from the night before, which did not finish until the early hours of the morning, we all thought this day would be cancelled; well we were wrong as by the time we teed off the sun was out, the course was in excellent condition and the temperature a very pleasant 30o, well this is Spain!
The format was full handicap Stableford split into two groups, winner of group A, on count back with a score of 35 points, was Dave Martin, runner up was Martin Gadney also with 35 points, group B winner, also on count back, was “The Bookie” Dave Sanders with 35 points, runner up was the one and only Sir Ronnie King, also with 35 points. Nearest the pins winners were holes 3 and 6 “Happy Hacker” Alan Martin, holes 8, 11, and 13 “DJ” John Macmillan and hole 17 Dave Martin.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s where good food and a few drinks were waiting. The football card was won by Steve Day with Arsenal winning €40 and raising €40 to go to our charities for 2019. Thanks to Antonio, Norma and staff for their hospitality.
Photo shows Charity Queen Dons Ralph presenting the prizes to the winners and runners up.
IGS Competition 7th August at El Plantio
As usual the day started with breakfast at Imanyo's, we were a bit low on numbers with only 14 players taking part this was due mainly with players on holiday or the factor of the extreme heat. The format was full handicap Stableford split into two groups.
Winner group A, with a score of 34 points, was Alan Freelove runner up was Martin Gadney with 32 points, Group B, winner was Tony Whyatt with 34 points, runner up was Steve Arye with 33 points. Nearest the pins winners were, hole 3 Andy Godfrey, hole 7 Steve Ayre, hole 9 Alan Freelove, hole 12 “Nine Iron” Mo Chaplin, hole 16 John Mcmillan and hole 17 No winner.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s where good food and a few drinks were waiting. The football card was won by Phil (The Bookie) with Reading winning €40 and raising €40 to go to our charities for 2019. Thanks to Antonio, Norma and staff for their hospitality.
Photo shows Chairman Steve Day presenting the prizes to the winners and runners up.
IGS Competition 17th July at Bonalba
As usual the day started with breakfast at Imanyo's, 16 players took part with the format being Texas Scramble pair’s scoring Stableford points.
Winners, with an outstanding score of 43 points, were Mo Chaplin and Martin Gadney, runners up and only one point behind on 42 points were Steve Day and our own Miguel Garcia. Nearest the pins winners were, hole 4 Steve Ayre, hole 8 “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph, hole 11 Graham Rumsey and hole 14 Dave Martin.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s where good food and a few drinks were waiting. The football card was won by Dave Williams with Reading winning €40 and €40 raised from the card goes to our charities for 2019. Thanks to Antonio, Norma and staff for their hospitality.
Photo shows Vice Chairman Mick Billins presenting the prizes to the winners.
Plane Parking Plaque 3rd July at Font Del Llop
This was our last competition competing for the Plane Parking Trophy and what a great finish we had to our season, 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 categories.
On arriving at Font Del Llop we received a friendly and organised greeting from all the staff and the course was in fantastic condition. As we are in the middle of summer the temperature was in the mid 30’s!
Eight players came in with 36 or more points out of twenty four, but the overall winner of the Plane Parking Trophy was from group “B” with a block busting and handicap cutting 42 points was “Sandy” Terry Burton, runner up of group B was Donald Main with 39 points, third place went to Steve Ayre with 38 points. Group “A” winner, on count back, was Martin Gadney with 39 points, runner up was “Keep It in the Family” Alan Ralph with 39 points and third place was John Mcmillan on count back with 36 points. Nearest the pins were won by, hole 3 Ian Bell, hole 7 Alex Porteous, hole 8 Martin Gadney, hole12 Miguel Garcia, hole 16 Steve Ayre and hole 17 Alan Martin.
On the day we were raising money for A.E.C.C. Cancer Care which our sponsors, Plane Parking, said they would double whatever we raised and we managed €440.00 by selling a football card, charging fines for balls lost and in the water and a raffle, all the prizes were donated by golf members and friends and raffle tickets were sold by our Charity Queen, Dons Ralph who sold €333.00 worth of tickets. Plane Parking were so pleased that they said they would round this up to €1000.
The golf and raffle 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 Craig Justham with Celtic raising €40 for A.E.C.C.
Photo shows Plane Parking Director, Nick Baker, presenting the trophy to winner Terry Burton.
Vicky Heynes Memorial Cup 19th June at El Plantio
This was the fourth year of playing for the “Vicky Heynes Memorial Cup” sadly the sponsor, Tony Heynes, was unable to make it to Spain, for the competition.
The day started with the usual full English breakfast at Imanyo’s where the draw was held, 22 players took part and the format was full handicap Stableford play split into two groups. The venue was El Plantio and as usual everything was ready and waiting for our arrival, the weather was fantastic as expected for this time of year and the course was in excellent condition, many thanks to Darren and his ground staff.
Winner of group A, and overall winner was “The Wine Collector” Brian Court with 36 points, runner up of group A was the HCP secretary himself, Martin Gadney with 34 points, third place went to Alec Aspden with 33 points. Winner of group B was “Sandy “ Terry Burton with 34 points, runner up on count back, which went to the back three score was “The Joker” Mick Billins with 33 points and third place went to Alan Boyden also with 33 points. There were six nearest the pins, winners were hole 3 in 2 shots “The Joker” Mick Billins, hole 7 Ian Chetwynd, hole 9 Ray Hamilton, holes 14 and 18 Alec Aspden and hole 16 in 2 shots “The Wine Collector Brian Court.
Back at Imanyo’s there was food and a few drinks waiting, a huge thank you goes to our sponsor, Tony Heynes for donating all the excellent prizes. The football card was won by Steve Ayre and Alan Boyden with Birmingham City winning €40 and raising €40 for our chosen charities for 2019.
We would like to thank Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for the fantastic food and great hospitality.
Picture shows, Dons Ralph (on behalf of Tony Heynes) presenting the cup to “The Wine Collector” Brian Court.
Vincent Real Estate Plaque 5th June at Altorreal
A fantastic day for yet another major competition in 2019, many thanks go to our new sponsor for the day, Vincent Real Estate. The format was singles full handicap stroke play, there were three categories with prizes for winners and runners up from each group with the best Nett score being the overall winner.
On arrival at the course we received a friendly greeting from Antonio and staff at Altorreal, the course was in great condition although the greens were sandy as they had just been hollow tinned but that made no difference to the scores achieved, and the weather was fantastic at 30o and slightly overcast.
Winner of the Vincent Real Estate Plaque was group C winner, Tony Whyatt, with an incredible eight under par Nett score of 62.9, runner up from group C was Alan Boyden with a 3 under par Nett score of 68, winner of group B was Chris Darling, also with an incredible Nett score 7 under par of 63.9, runner up from group B was Miguel Garcia with 6 under par Nett score of 66, winner of group A was Alec Aspden with Nett score 68.7 and runner up from Group A was “The Wine Collector” Brian Court with Nett score of 70.1. The nearest the pins winners were hole 2 in two shots Martin Gadney, hole 5 Chris Darling, hole 8 Chris Houghton, hole 10 Simon Dakers, hole14 in three shots “Keep it in the family” Alan Ralph and hole 17 Chris Darling. Best front nine went to Tony Whyatt with a fantastic Nett score of 28.5 and best back nine went to Alan Boyden with an incredible Nett score of 31.
The presentation was held back at Imanyo’s, thank you to Vincent’s Real Estate for providing all the prizes and thank you to Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s for the great food and hospitality.
The football card winner was our Charity Queen Dons Ralph with Leicester City winning €40 and making €40 for our charities 2019.
Photo shows Mark Vincent presenting the plaque to winner Tony Whyatt.
Caritas Charity Trophy 22nd May at Bonalba
It was a fantastic day to play for the Caritas Trophy which is sponsored by all the members of the golf society.
The day started with 24 players and a full English breakfast in Imanyo’s, the format was full handicap Stableford split into two groups.
On arriving at the course we received a friendly greeting from Richard and staff at Bonalba, the course was in good condition although some of the bunkers needed a bit more sand.
Winner of the Caritas Charity Trophy and group A on count back was another regular name, Chris Houghton, with a fantastic 39 points, runner up was Dave Martin with 39 points and third was Chris Darling with 35 points. Winner of group B on a three way count back and becoming a regular name as well, was Steve Day with 36 points, runner up was “The Joker” Mick Billins with 36 points, and third was Graham Butterworth also with 36 points. Best front nine went to Graham Butterworth with 21 points and best back nine went to Chris Houghton with 21 points, only three nearest the pins were won holes 4 and 11 to cap a great days golf Chris Houghton , and hole 8 Martin Gadney.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s where good 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.
A Football card was sold and the winner was Jane Day with Leicester City winning €40 and raising €40 for our charities for 2019.
Photo shows Keith Day on behalf of the Society presenting Chris Houghton with the Caritas Trophy.
Parkinson's Charity Vase 8th May at Font Del Llop
This is our fifth year for raising money for this popular competition the “Parkinson Vase” a special thanks goes to Geoff Ham, the sponsor of the day, who is a Parkinson’s sufferer and specially travelled from the UK for the competition.
The day started with the usual full English breakfast at Imanyo’s, the format was full handicap Stableford playing in two groups. As usual the Font Del Llop course was in excellent condition and the weather was perfect with light cloud and a slight breeze and 25o.
Winner of the “Parkinson’s Vase” and group B was “Keep it in the Family” Wendy Ralph with 36 points, runner up was Dave Sanders with 35 points. Group A winner was “The Wine collector” Brian Court with 35 points, runner up was Tom Goulden with 33 points. Nearest the pins were won by , hole 3 Martin Gadney, hole 8 “The Joker” Mick Billins, hole 12 Chris Houghton, hole 16 “Keep it in the Family” Wendy Ralph.
We raised a grand total on the day of €310, this was all in aid of Parkinson’s, the fund raising was made up of 1 football card with the winning team being Nottingham, this was won by Keith Day who redonated the prize money back to the charity making €80, players were charged €1 for every ball in the water making €34, a table top raffle raised €190 and Craig Justham gave €6 to round the money up, thank you to Don’s for her selling skills.
We would like to thank Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for the excellent food and great hospitality.
Picture shows Geoff Ham presenting the vase to Wendy Ralph.
Denise Tyrrell Memorial Plaque 22nd April at El Plantio
This is the fourth year the Denise Tyrrell Memorial Plaque has been played for, sadly Denise passed away in 2015, she was co-owner of Baybrooks Restaurant in Algorfa and we thank Baybrooks for sponsoring the plaque and the day’s golf in her memory.
The day started with the usual full English breakfast at Imanyo’s. We had just suffered four days of torrential rain causing floods and damage all around the area, it only stopped two days before our competition so we thought the course would be water logged and bunkers washed out etc. well we really have to compliment the ground staff at El Plantio as we have never played this course in such great condition from the tee boxes to the greens, absolutely fantastic, even all the bunkers were perfect...well done. The format was foursome’s doubles full handicap Stableford both scores added together.
Winners of the “Denise Tyrrell Memorial Plaque” were “Happy Hacker” Alan Martin and “Watching Your Handicap” Alan Freelove with 74 points, runners up on count back were Steve Day and Tom Goulden with 68 points, nearest the pins winners were hole 7 “The Wine Collector” Brian Court, hole 9 Donald Main, hole 14 “Happy Hacker” Alan Martin and hole 18 “The Joker” Mick Billins. Best front 9 went to Alan Freelove with an incredible 25 points and best back 9 went to Tom Goulden, also with an incredible score of 23 points.
Back at Imanyo’s there was food and a few drinks waiting, the football card was won by John Mcmillan with Rangers adding another €40 for our chosen charities for 2019.
We would like to thank Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for the great food and great hospitality.
Picture shows Jane Day presenting the plaque on Baybrooks behalf to Alan Freelove and Alan Martin.
St George's Day Plaque 10th April at Altorreal
This was the fourth year of playing for the St George’s Day Plaque, thank you to Imanyo’s for sponsoring the plaque and the golf day. The format was foursome’s pairs scoring Stableford points, as usual Altorreal course was in great condition and the weather was sunny but breezy.
Winners of the St George’s Day Plaque were Tom Goulden and Alec Aspden with 69 points, runners up were Steve Day and Martin Gadney with 68 points; best front nine was “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph with a good 20 points, best back nine was Tom Goulden with an incredible, handicap cutting, 42 points. Only three nearest the pins were won, hole 8 Chris Houghton, hole 10 “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph and hole 17 Martin Gadney.
Back at Imanyo’s there was a few drinks and food waiting, the football card was won by John Mcmillan with Queens Park Rangers adding another €40 to our charities for 2019.
We would like to thank Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s for the good food and great hospitality.
Photo shows Vice Captain Mick Billins presenting the plaque to the winners Alec Aspden and Tom Goulden.
Diabetes Cup 27th March at Bonalba
This is the first time we played for the Diabetes Cup in memory of Joyce Allison who sadly passed away last year, Joyce was the wife of our in house photographer Dave Allison, mother to daughter Wendy Ralph and mother in law to Alan Ralph who are both regular players in our society and they were both hoping to be this first to get their names on the cup...well the wish came true with Alan winning group A and Wendy winning group B and was the overall winner.
Twenty one players took part; the format was full handicap Stableford split into two groups with one overall winner. The venue was Bonalba where we were greeted by Richard Davis and his staff, as usual everything was ready and waiting for us, the course was in excellent condition and the weather was sunny but very breezy which affected some of the scores.
Winner of the “Diabetes Cup” was group B winner, “Keep it in the Family” Wendy Ralph with 38 points, runner up of group B was Steve Ayre with 37 points, and third place was “Sandy” Terry Burton with 35 points. Group A winner was “Keep it in The Family” Alan Ralph with 34 points, runner up was Andy Godfrey with 33 points and third place was Chris Baillie with 30 points. Nearest the pins winners were hole 4 Alec Aspden, hole 6 and 16 Andy Godfrey, hole 8 “Happy Hacker” Alan Martin, hole 11 Mo Chaplin and hole14 “The Joker” Mick Billins.
The football card was won by Lozz Maslanka with Newcastle United winning €40 and raising €40 for our chosen charities of 2019.
We would like to thank Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s for the good food and great hospitality.
Picture shows Dave Allison presenting the Cup to his daughter Wendy Ralph.
St Patrick's Shield 13th March at Font Del Llop
This was the fourth time the St Patrick’s Shield has been played for, 29 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. The venue was Font Del Llop where we were greeted by David and his staff, as usual everything was ready and waiting for us, the course was in excellent condition and the weather was sunny but very breezy which affected some of the scores.
Winner of the “St Patrick’s Shield” was group A winner, John Palmer with 39 points, runner up of group A was Dave Martin with 34 points. Group B winner was last year’s winner Ian Bell with 37 points, runner up was Alan Byrne with 35 points. Group C winner was Mo Chaplin with 29 points; runner up was Terry Fitzgerald with 27 points. Nearest the pins winners were hole 3 Tom Goulden, hole 7 Martin Gadney, hole 8 Annemie Verhaeghe, hole 12 Chris Baillie,hole14 Chris Houghton, hole16 “Keep it in the Family” Wendy Ralph and hole 17 Alan Martin.
The football card was won by Allan Boyden with Sheffield Wednesday winning €40 and raising €40, we also raised €45 by fining players for balls in the water making a total raised of €85 for our chosen charities 2019.
We would like to thank Ronnie King for sponsoring the day with some great prizes and Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s for the good food and great hospitality.
Picture shows Ronnie King presenting the shield to John Palmer.
Captains Cup 20th February at El Plantio
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. It was our first visit to El Plantio for over seven months and it was as if we hadn’t been away with the usual organised set up, the course was in good condition but some of the greens looked a bit tired on the front nine this let the course down especially when playing in high season? The weather was perfect for golf especially when the sun got to work.
The format was full handicap Stableford; we split into two groups, A and B, with a winner from each group and one being the overall winner.
The winner of the Captains Cup was Tom Goulden from group B with a fantastic handicap cutting score of 44 points, runner up in group B was “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph with 37 points. Winner from group A, also on a fantastic handicap cutting score, was another regular name John Mcmillan with 43 points, runner up in group A was Chris Houghton with 39 points. All six nearest the pins were won, hole 3 Chris Darling, hole 7 Andy Godfrey, hole 9 Chris Houghton, holes 14 and 16 Steven Ayre and hole 18 “The Joker” Mick Billins.
The football card was won by “Sandy” Terry Burton with Wolverhampton Wonderers winning €40, Terry kindly donated €20 back making £60 for this year’s charities.
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 good food and great hospitality.
Picture shows “Mick the Grip” presenting the vegetable hamper to Tom Goulden.
Lesley's Myeloma Shield 6th February at Altorreal
This was the first time we have played for the Lesley’s Myeloma Shield with the day sponsored by Geoff Ham; unfortunately Geoff couldn’t make it over from the UK this year due to commitments.
We had a good turnout for the trip to our favourite course Altorreal; the weather was cold to start but as soon as the sun got to work the day it was perfect for golf warming to a pleasant 70o, the format was singles full handicap Stableford split into two groups.
Winner of the Myeloma Shield came from group B and it was the flying Scotsman Andy Ramage with a very good handicap cutting 44 points, runner up from group B was Tom Goulden with 36 points. Winner of group A was “The Happy Hacker “Alan Martin with 39 points, runner up was John Macmillan with 36 points. Nearest the pins were won, hole 2 Steve Ayre, holes 5 and 17 Tom Goulden, hole 8 “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph, hole 10 “Happy Hacker” Alan Martin and hole 14 Andy Godfrey.
The football card was won by “Minty” Phil Ward with Everton winning €40, Phil kindly donated €20 back making £60 for this year’s charities.
We would like to thank Antonio and staff at Imanyo’s for the great hospitality and of course great food.
Photo shows Ted Adams, presenting the shied to Andy Ramage on Geoff Ham’s behalf.
Scottish Cup 23rd January at Bonalba
The Scottish Cup (Quaich) is sponsored by our Scottish friends Chris Baillie, Graeme Forrest, Alex Porteous, Donald Main and Andy Ramage, for the first time in five years Alex, Donald, and Andy could not make the competition. Bonalba was our destination for the 22 players, on arrival we were welcomed by friendly staff, the course was in good condition although there was still ongoing work being carried for improvements and the weather was chilly with very strong winds so trousers and sweaters were the order of the day.
The format was pairs playing individual Stableford with both players points scored added together.
Winners of “The Scottish Cup” (Quaich) was one of the sponsors who scored a magnificent 44 points therefore handicap cutting, Chris Baillie with partner Andy Godfrey with a total of 73 points, runners up were Steve Day and John Mcmillan with 69 points and third place was “The joker” Mick Billins and the “Happy Hacker” Alan Martin with 64 points. Only three of the nearest the pins were won, hole 2 “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph, hole 8 Steve Day, and hole 14 “The Joker” Mick Billins.
The winner of the football card was Harry Goldsmith with Everton winning €40, Harry kindly donated €20 back making £60 for this year’s charities.
We would like to thank Antonio, Norma and staff for the great food and hospitality.
Los Amigos Cup 9th January at Font Del Llop
This was the first time we have played for this cup with the day sponsored by Tony Whyatt.
We had a great turnout for the first competition in 2019 at Font Del Llop; we had a very cold start but as soon as the sun got to work the day was perfect for golf at a pleasant 70o. We played a new format which had four players in a team scoring with the better ball Stableford points.
Winners of the Los Amigos cup was Martin Gadney, Steve Day, Mo Chaplin and Alan Ralph with 89 points, runners up were Chris Baillie, Dave Sanders, Phil Ward, and Tom Goulden with 87 points. Nearest the pins were won, hole 3, Chris Baillie, hole 8, Andy Godfrey, holes 12 and 17 “Happy Hacker” Alan Martin and the Longest Drive on hole 4 went to “Player of the Year 2018” Martin Gadney.
The football card was won by “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph with Leicester City winning €40 and raising €40 for this year’s charities.
We would like to say a special thank you to Café Bar Hogar Parroquial with Juan and his family making it a special day with their lovely welcome, fantastic hospitality and of course great food.
Photo shows Tony Whyatt presenting the Cup to Martin Gadney, Steve Day, Mo Chaplin and Alan Ralph.
