Results 2020 | sheerinsgolfsociety

Anne Goldsmith Remembrance Rose Bowl 16th December at El Plantio

This was the fourth year we have played for this trophy, Anne sadly passed away suddenly four years ago and is missed by all, many thanks to her husband Harry, son David and daughter Nicola, for sponsoring the day in her name, David could not join us this year due to the COVID-19 restrictions hopefully all will be back to normal for next year.

We had a good turnout for the visit to El Plantio; it 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 on count back was between group B winner “Keep it in The Family” Alan Ralph and “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly from group A, both had handicap cutting scores with 41 points but Pete managed to win it on the back nine 24 points to 20, runner up of group A with another handicap cutting score was “Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre with 40 points, third place went to HCP secretary Martin Gadney with 35 points, runner up of group B was “Cash Point” Alan Boyden with 36 points, third place was Alan Freelove with 35 points. All the nearest the pins were won, holes 4 and 18 “On Fire” Steve Burns, hole 7 “The Wine Collector” Brian Court, hole 9 Rik Wood, hole 11 Ken Waller and hole 15 “Mr Five Wood” Chris Houghton. Best front nine was won by “Keep it in The Family” Alan Ralph with 21 points and best back nine was won by “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 24 points.

Winner of the football card was Tom Goulden with Sheffield Wednesday winning €40 and raising €40 for our charities of 2021.

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 Kelly.

Ted Adams Trophy 2nd December at El Plantio

Many thanks to Ted and Ann Adams for their sponsorship for the last seven years.

Fifteen players turned out for our visit to El Plantio, 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 Amstel” Peter Kelly, with a score of 31 points, runner up was “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns with 30 points. Winner of group B, was Rik Wood with 31 points, runner up on count back was between “The Joker” Mick Billins and Steve Day once again it came down on the side of “The Joker” Mick Billins with 30 points, nearest the pins winners were holes 3 and 15 “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns, holes 7 and 9 “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly, hole 14 “The Wine Collector” Brian Court and hole 18 “Mr Five Wood” Chris Houghton, best front nine went to “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly on count back with Rik Wood with 19 points, best back nine went to “The Joker” Mick Billins with 19 points.

The Football card was won by Sean McGuinness with Tottenham winning €20 and raising €20 for our chosen charities of 2020.

We would like to thank Antonio and staff at Imanyo’s for the fantastic food and great hospitality.

Photo shows Ted Adams presenting the trophy to winner Peter Kelly.

Dave Rotchell Salver 18th November at Villamartin

This is the sixth year the Dave Rotchell Salver has been played for, the good news was that Dave was back in the fold not having played for a year and what an impact he made on the day. This was the society’s first time to play at Villamartin, the course was in excellent condition only that the tee boxes let it down a bit. For those in the UK it was once again perfect weather with golfers still wearing shorts with pleasant 70 degrees plus. Twenty players took part and the format was full handicap stableford split into two groups.

Winner of the Dave Rotchell Birthday Salver was from group A our HCP secretary Martin Gadney with a credible score of 35 points, runner up from group A was “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns with 30 points, third place group A went to “Mr 5 wood” Chris Houghton with 28 points. Group B winner was Jim Doyle with 32 points, runner up was “Watch My Ball” Dave Rotchell with 29 points and third place went to “A Fish Called Wander” Mo Chaplin with 27 points. Nearest the pin’s winners were hole 3 “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly, hole 6 “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns, hole 9 “The Joker” Mick Billins, hole 11 Martin Gadney, hole 13 Derry Quinlan and hole 17 “Mr 5 Wood” Chris Houghton, best Front 9 with 19 points went to Martin Gadney and best back nine with 18 points went to “Watch My Ball” Dave Rotchell.

The football card was won by Steve Burns with Crystal Place winning €40 and making €40 for our Charities 2020.

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 Martin Gadney.

Remembrance Day Cup 11th November at La Finca

Imanyo’s golf society have been supporting the Royal British Legion for the past five years, this is the second time we played for the Remembrance Day Cup sponsored by Mick the Grip and 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.

This was our first ever visit to La Finca and the course was in fantastic condition from tee boxes, fairways, greens and bunkers everything was up to the highest standard, we were due to play at Altorreal but due to the borders being closed to Murcia we could not make the journey.

Nineteen 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 breeze in the morning but most players were still in shorts.

Winner of the Remembrance Day Cup from group B was “The Joker” Mick Billins with 36 points, runner up was Gary Smith with 33 points, winner of group A was “I’m on Fire” Steve Burns with 28 points, runner up was Sean McGuiness with 27 points. Nearest the pin’s winners were hole 3 Martin Gadney, hole 8 in two shots “The Joker” Mick Billins, hole 13 “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph, hole 16 Glynn Thomas, best front 9 on count back was between Steve Day and Mick Billins both with 19 points and it went to” The Joker “Mick Billins, best back 9 was Glynn Thomas with 18 points.

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 Glynn Thomas with Hibernian raising €40, players were fined for lost balls which raised €58, our table top raffle raised €140, we had a €10 donation, a portrait auction raised €48 and Jody Lee Baxter made and sold poppy face masks which raised another €355 making a fantastic total of €651, 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 Mick Billins.

José Domingo Garcia Gallud Cup 14th October at Altorreal

This is our seventh 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 23 years ago.

Eighteen players travelled to one of our favourite courses, Altorreal, as we were travelling into the Murcia region we were only allowed three in a 5 seater car to comply with the Murcia Covid rules, 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 A, “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 36 points, runner up in group A was HCP secretary Martin Gadney with 33 points, group B winner with another handicap cutting score was Alan Boyden with 34 points, group B runner up on count back from Graham Butterworth was Lozz Maslanka with 32 points. There were six nearest the pins which were won by, hole 1 “Sandy” Terry Burton, holes 7 and 10 “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly, holes 9 and 14 “On Fire” Steve Burns, hole 16 no winner, best front nine on count back went to “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly beating “Sandy” Terry Burton with 20 points, best back nine went to “Cash Point” Alan Boyden with 20 points, the Two’s pot €15 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, Norma and all the staff for looking after us. The football card was won by Alan Shields with Hibs raising €40 for our chosen charities of 2020.

Photo Shows António’s son José presenting the cup to winner Peter Kelly.

Ryder Cup 6th & 7th October at Alicante & El Plantio

This was the third year we played for the Vacation Cup but unfortunately, due to Covid, we had to cancel our trip to Vera Golf course and hotel and play the match locally at El Plantio (doubles) and Alicante (singles). This year there were 16 players divided into 2 teams of 8 (Chairman and Vice Chairman).

Day 1 started at Imanyo’s with a superb cooked breakfast before setting off for El Plantio where four double matches were played. The results saw Martin Gadney & Peter Kelly (VC), beat Tom Goulden & Chris Baillie (C) 4&2. Chris Houghton & Alan Boyden (VC) beat Steve Burns & Steve Day (C) 5&3. Sean McGuiness & Brian Court (C) beat Andy Godfrey & Mo Chaplin (VC) 1hole. Mick Billins & Terry Burton (VC) beat Gary Smith & Derry Quinlan (C) 7&5. So, at the end of Day 1 the Vice Chairman’s team was leading 3-1. In addition, there were 4 nearest the pins, hole 7 & 18, nearest in 2 shots, were both won by Martin Gadney, hole 9, in one shot, was won by Peter Kelly and hole 14, also in one shot, was won by Steve Burns, we also had a prize for the best score of the day which was won by Martin Gadney with 35 points.

Day 2, once again, started at Imanyo’s for our superb cooked breakfast before making our way to Alicante for our day of singles matches. Match 1 finished with Martin Gadney (VC) beating Derry Quinlan (C) 3&2. Match 2, Chris Houghton (VC) beating Chris Baillie (C) 8&6, Match 3, Tom Goulden (C) finished all square with Mo Chaplin (VC). Match 4, Peter Kelly (VC) beat Steve Day (C) 4&2. Match 5, Sean McGuiness (C) beat Mick Billins (VC) 4&2. Match 6, Steve Burns (C) finished all square with Steve Ayre (VC). Match 7, Gary Smith (C) beat Terry Burton (VC) 3&2. Match 8, Brian Court (C) finished all square with Andy Godfrey (VC). The singles matches’ finished Chairman 3 ½ and Vice Chairman 4 ½. The overall winning team over the 2 days was Mick Billins Vice Chairman’s team 7 ½ to 4 ½. Nearest the pins were all in 2 shots and were as follows: hole 6, Terry Burton, hole 8, Chris Houghton, hole 15, Chris Baillie, hole 17, Peter Kelly, best score of the day was 35 points scored by (Fish Called Wanda) Mo Chaplin even after her unexpected swim in one of the lakes! The best score over the 2 days was 68 points shot by Martin Gadney. The Presentation took place at Imanyo’s with excellent food and a few well-earned drinks. Preparation now starts for the 2021 competition, hopefully at the Vera Hotel and Golf Complex.

Keep It In The Family Cup 30th September at Alicante

This is the third year that we played 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 stableford split into two groups. Alicante course had been closed since the outbreak of corona virus and only opened up on the 1st September, we found some areas of the course OK but found they still needed to put more attention to the greens and bunkers, on a good note we did notice work in process.

Winner of the Keep It in The Family Cup from group B was Peter Kelly with an amazing HCP cutting 41 points, runner up was Graham Butterworth also with a HCP cutting score of 40 points, third place went to Jim Doyle with 33 points. Winner of group A on count back was “Five Wood” again the HCP secretary’s best friend Chris Houghton with 34 points, runner up was “Wine Collector” Brian Court also with 34 points, third place was Jim Doyle with 33 points. There were six nearest the pins no winner on hole 3, hole 6 Graham Butterworth, holes 8 and 15 Sean McGuinness, hole 12 Alan Freelove and hole 17 “Wine Collector” Brian Court. Best front Nine went to Graham Butterworth with 23 points and best back Nine went to Peter Kelly 21 points.

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 Peter Kelly with Blackburn raising another €40 for our charities of 2020.

Photo shows Dons Ralph presenting the cup to winner Peter Kelly.

Wyn Evans Salver 16th September at Altorreal

The Wyn Evans Salver is normally one of the most popular competitions of our season but due to Covid our numbers were slightly down and most of you will remember last year we had to move the date due to the gota frea, even our sponsor Judy Evans could not make it this year, putting all that aside we had a great days golf with seventeen players.

Arriving at the course we found that everything was organised and ready, the course was in great condition, the weather was 30o but quite humid, the format for the day was full handicap Stableford, split into two groups.

Winner of the Wyn Evans Salver was “Five Wood” Chris Houghton with 35 points, runner up was “On Fire” Steve Burns with 30 points, third place on count back with Chris Darling was Sean McGuinness with 27 points, winner of group B was “Sandy” Terry Burton with 34 points, runner up was “Cash Point” Alan Boyden with 33 points and third place was “Nine Iron” Mo Chaplin with 31 points. There were six nearest the pins, winners were, holes 4, 6 and 17 “On Fire” Steve Burns, hole 8 “Blow and Go” Mo Chaplin, hole 10 Martin Gadney and hole 15 Sean McGuinness. Best front nine went to “Sandy” Terry Burton with 21 points and best back nine on a four way count back between Mo Chaplin, Steve Day, Andy Godfrey and the eventual winner was Sean McGuinness with 16 points.

The presentation was held at Imanyo’s, many thanks to Judy Evans for sponsoring the day. Thank you to Antonio, Norma and all the staff for looking after us, the football card was won by Tom Goulden with Derby County raising another €40 for our charities 2020.

Photo shows on behalf of Judy Evans, Dons Ralph presenting the salver to winner Chris Houghton.

Collins Continental Cup 2nd September at El Plantio

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, unfortunately Danny, Sharon and their son Liam, who has won the cup twice and with a record breaking 54 points last year, could not be with us due to the present circumstances.

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 and the course was in its usual great condition. The weather was blue skies with 30o but much less humidity than the last two months.

The winner came from group B this year and was Alan Boyden with a handicap cutting 42 points, runner up was Gary Smith with 33 points and third place went to “Keep it in the Family “ Alan Ralph with 27 points, group A winner was “The Joker” Mick Billins with 37 points and runner up in group B was “on Fire” Steve Burns with 35 points, third place was Peter Kelly with 31 points. There were six nearest the pins and a longest drive, hole 4 in four shots was “The Joker” Mick Billins, hole 6 in three shots was Peter Kelly, hole 9 went to guest Jamie Moore, hole 11 in three shots was “Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre, hole 15 was “On Fire” Steve Burns, hole 18 went to Sean McGuinness and The Longest Drive trophy was on hole 1 and was won by Alan Martin.

The presentation was held at Imanyo’s. Thank you to Danny and Sharon Collins for providing all the prizes, also thank you to Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s for the fantastic food and great hospitality.

Mo Chaplin won the football card with Bolton Wanderers raising another €40 for our charities 2020.

Photo shows Don’s Ralph presenting the trophy to Alan Boyden on behalf of Danny and Sharon.

Jodie Lee Baxter Trophy 19th August at Font Del Llop

This was a one-off fund raiser trophy competition in aid of Jodie Lee Baxter. Through illness Jodie is currently reliant on a wheel chair, she is a young Mum of 3 and lives in a first floor apartment so is reliant on her husband (who works long hours) to carry her up and down stairs, despite this she remains positive and has helped many people with her constant information and help on the Daya Nueva Facebook page during the Covid situation and also during last Septembers floods, she has helped people get their passes to the village pool in the Town Hall and even put out an appeal for food for a family who were struggling. Currently Jodie’s husband is converting their garage (when he has time) to a living space so Jodie can come and go independently.

As a thank you for all her help Imanyo Golf Society and Imanyo Bar managed to raise a fantastic €750 through donations, fines for balls in the water, Imanyo’s sponsorship and a football card, this is going toward much needed help for Jodie.

We started with a full English breakfast in Imanyo’s, the format for the day was singles full handicap Stableford played in two groups.

On arrival at Font Del Llop we received a friendly and organised greeting from all the staff in a secure area where masks and sanitizer were in abundance, even sanitizer in the buggies. The course was in absolutely fantastic condition, the only difference to the competition under the new temporary rules is no rakes in the bunkers and you’re not allowed to touch the flags as they are fitted with a mechanism that stops the ball going all the way down the hole, as we are in the middle of summer the temperature was in the mid 30’s!

The overall winner of the Jodie Lee Baxter Trophy from group “B” with a block busting and handicap cutting 39 points was Gary Smith, runner up of group B was “Have ago Golfer” Steve Day with 32 points. Group “A” winner was the “On Fire” Steve Burns with a fantastic 38 points, runner up was “Twelve Trees“ Steve Ayre. Nearest the pins were won by hole 3 “On Fire” Steve Burns, hole 5 “Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre, holes 8 and 12 “The Joker” Mick Billins and hole13 Sean McGuinness, hole 17 New member Pete Kelly.

Thank you to everyone hopefully to make a big difference to Jodie’s life.

The football card was won by “Sandy” Terry Burton with Ipswich Town winning €20 and raising €60 for our charity for the day.

Photo shows Jodie Lee Baxter, presenting the trophy to winner Gary Smith.

IGS Competition 5th August at Altorreal

A great day out to our favourite course Altorreal, 15 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 Antonio and his staff, the course was in fantastic condition from the tee boxes to the greens even all the bunkers were pre raked, the only differences to a normal days golf was that there were no rakes in bunkers, you were not allowed to touch the flag which had a simple mechanism on it to retrieve your ball from the hole. I’m afraid to say it was a Mad Dogs and Englishmen day to play golf with temperature at 40o and bright sunshine.

Winner from group A on count back was the HCP secretaries favourite player at the moment Sean McGuinness with 36 points, runner up was “Sick Note” Andy Godfrey, also with 36 points, winner of group B, also on count back the in-form “Joker” Mick Billins with 32 points, runner up was “Cash Point” Alan Boyden also with 32 points. The winners of the nearest the pins were holes 2 and 5 “Sick Note” Andy Godfrey, holes 8 and 14 Sean McGuinness, hole 10 Martin Gadney, hole 17 no winner, the Two´s Pot was won by Sean McGuinness collecting €25.00.

The football card winner was Clair with Ipswich winning €20 and €20 to our charities 2020.

The presentation was held back at Imanyo’s, thank you to Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s for the great food and hospitality.

Plane Parking Trophy 15th July at Font Del Llop

First of all we would like to thank Plane Parking for sponsoring our first competition golf day since the Covid lockdown in March. 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 Font Del Llop we received a friendly and organised greeting from all the staff in a secure area where masks and sanitizer were in abundance, even sanitizer in the buggies. The course was in absolutely fantastic condition, the only difference to the competition under the new temporary rules is no rakes in the bunkers and you’re not allowed to touch the flags as there fitted with a mechanism that stops the ball going all the way down the hole, as we are in the middle of summer the temperature was in the mid 30’s!

The overall winner of the Plane Parking Trophy from group “B” with a block busting and handicap cutting 39 points was Sean McGuinness, runner up of group B was again the in-form Mick Billins with 35 points, third place went to “Ladies Champion 2019” Mo Chaplin with 32 points. Group “A” winner was Sick Note” Andy Godfrey with 36 points, runner up was Steve Burns with 33 points and third place was Tom Goulden with 32 points. Nearest the pins were won by hole 3” Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph, hole 7 ”Sick Note” Andy Godfrey, hole 8 Martin Gadney, hole12 “Flying Scotsman” Alex Porteous, hole 14 Steve Ayre and hole 16 Steve Burns, best front nine was won with 20 points by “Sick Note” Andy Godfrey and best back nine went to Sean McGuinness with a fantastic 24 points.

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 for the fantastic food and great hospitality.

The football card was won by “The Wine Collector” Brian Court with Blackburn Rovers winning €40 and raising €40 for our charities 2020.

Photo shows Plane Parking Director, Nick Baker, presenting the trophy to winner Sean McGuinness

IGS Competition 1st July at Altorreal

A fantastic day for our first time back to our favourite course, Altorreal, since the corona virus lockdown. We were a low turnout of 11 players for this IGS competition, the format was singles full handicap stableford.

Winner was “Cash Point” Alan Boyden with a well-deserved 39 points, runner up, guess who again playing in form “The Joker” Mick Billins with 33 points, third place was on count back between Brian Court, Tom Goulden, Steve Burns but eventually went to “Ave A Go Golfer” Steve Day with 32 points. The nearest the pins winners were holes 2 and 5 “The Joker” Mick Billins, hole 8 Tom Goulden, hole 10 Martin Gadney, hole 14 Sean McGuinness, hole 17 “9 Iron“ Mo Chaplin. The Two´s pot was not won again so carried over to next day out.

Two football cards were won first one from previous game was Dons Ralph with Notts Forest winning €40 and €40 to our charities 2020, This week’s card was won by Martin Gadney winning €20 and raising €20 to our charities 2020

The presentation was held back at Imanyo’s, thank you to Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s for the great food and hospitality.

Photo´s shows Charity Queen Dons Ralph presenting the prize to winner Alan Boyden.

IGS Competition 17th June at El Plantio

A fantastic day for our second game back due to corona virus. We had a good turnout of 16 players for this IGS competition considering many players were stuck back in the UK, the format was doubles full handicap stableford with both single scores added together.

On arrival at the course we received a friendly greeting from the staff at El Plantio, the course was in great condition, the only differences to a normal days golf was that there were no rakes in bunkers, you were not allowed to touch the flag and the hole was filled with foam so the ball did not drop to the bottom, the weather was fantastic at 30o and bright sunshine.

Winners were “The Joker” Mick Billins and Terry Fitzgerald with 57 points, runners up were “Sir” Ronnie King and Steve Burns 56 points. The nearest the pins winners were hole 4 in four shots Tom Goulden, holes 6 and 8 in three shots Martin Gadney, hole 15 in four shots “Five Wood” Chris Houghton, hole 18 “The Joker” Mick Billins, best front nine went to Mo Chaplin with 18 points beating Steve Day on count back, best back nine went to “The Joker” Mick Billins with 23 points. The Two´s pot was not won so carried over to next day out.

The presentation was held back at Imanyo’s, thank you to Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s for the great food and hospitality.

Photo´s shows Dons Ralph presenting the prizes to winners “The Joker” Mick Billins and Terry Fitzgerald.

IGS Competition 3rd June at El Plantio

A fantastic day to start back after lock down over the last eleven weeks due to corona virus. We had an excellent turn out of twenty players for this IGS competition considering many players were stuck back in the UK, the format was singles full handicap stableford, there were two groups with prizes for winners, runners up and 3rd place from each group.

Winner of group A on count back was Terry Fitzgerald with 31 points, runner up was Tom Goulden also with 31 points, 3rd place went to the “Wine Collector” Brian court also on a three way count back with Gary Smith and Steve Burns with 27 points. Winner of group B, with an excellent HCP cutting score, was our Birthday Lady Mo Chaplin with 42 points, runner up was Loz Maslanka also with HCP cutting score of 40 points, 3rd place, again on count back with Alan Freelove, went to “The Joker” Mick Billins with 33 points. The nearest the pins winners were hole 3 in three shots Martin Gadney, hole 7 Mo Chaplin, hole 9 Tom Goulden, hole 14 “Wine Collector” Brian Court, hole16 in two shots Sean McGuinness and hole 18 Terry Fitzgerald. The Two´s pot was won by the Birthday Lady Mo Chaplin who had an excellent day all round.

The presentation was held back at Imanyo’s, thank you to Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s for the great food and hospitality.

The football card winner was Chris Billins with Nottingham Forest winning €40 and making €40 for our charities 2020.

Photo´s shows Dons Ralph presenting the prizes to group winners Terry Fitzgerald and Mo Chaplin.

St Patricks Shield 11th March at Altorreal

This was our fifth year of playing for the St Patrick’s Shield, 24 players took part and the format was full handicap Stableford split into two groups with one overall winner. 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 sunny 18 degrees at 9 o’clock and the afternoon temperature reached an amazing 31 degrees phew?

Winner of the “St Patrick’s Shield” was group B winner, Kenny Dow with a handicap cutting 40 points, runner up of group B was “The Flying Scotsman” Andy Ramage with 38 points. Group A winner was HCP secretary Martin Gadney with 36 points, runner up was Dave Martin with 35 points. Nearest the pins winners were holes 4 and 7 Donald Main, hole 9 Dave Martin, hole 10 “The Wine Collector” Brian Court, hole 14 Martin Gadney and hole 16 Chris Houghton.

Two football cards were won, Tom Goulden with Sheffield Wednesday and Jane Day with Liverpool both winning €40 and raising €80 for our chosen charities for 2020.

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 Kenny Dow.

Captains Cup 19th February at Alicante

Imanyo golf society Captains Cup was sponsored by The Vegetable Garden and IGS, they both made sure we had a great days golf with an excellent presentation back at Imanyo’s. This was our second visit to Alicante this year and it was as if we hadn’t been away with the usual organised set up, the course was in fair condition but some of the tee boxes and greens looked a bit tired, 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, one being the overall winner.

The winner of the Captains Cup was “Mr Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre from group A with a score of 37 points, runner up in group A on count back beating “The Lonely Trucker“ Andy Godfrey was “Five Wood” Chris Houghton with 35 points. Winner from group B was “Have A Go Golfer” Steve Day with 35 points, runner up in group B on count back beating Alan Boyden was “The Joker” Mick Billins with 34 points. All six nearest the pins were won, holes 6,15 and 17 “The Wine Collector” Brian Court, hole 3 “The Lonely Trucker” Andy Godfrey, hole 8 “Five Wood” Chris Houghton and hole 12 “The Joker” Mick Billins.

The football card was won by Alex Porteous with Liverpool winning €40, and making £40 for this year’s charities.

We would like to thank The Vegetable Garden for sponsoring the day along with IGS and Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for the good food and great hospitality.

Picture shows Handicap Secretary, Martin Gadney, presenting The Vegetable Gardens hamper to winner Steve Ayre.

Lesley's Myeloma Shield 5th February at Altorreal

This was the second 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 England this year due to commitments.

We had a low turnout compared to last year but the competition was still very close all round. We played at our favourite course Altorreal; the weather was light rain on arrival but by the time we teed off it had stopped but remained cloudy, yet again the course was in perfect condition, the format was singles full handicap Stableford split into two groups.

Winner of the Myeloma Shield came from group B and was won on count back, this is the first time he has won a singles competition since the society started and the winner was “The Joker” Mick Billins with 36 points, runner up from group B was “Golf Simulator” Donald Main also 36 points. Winner of group A also on count back was “Mr Twelve Trees“ Steve Ayre with 28 points, runner up was “The Wine Collector” Brian Court also on 28 points. Nearest the pins were won, hole 2 in two shots “Golf Simulator” Donald Main, hole 8 ”The Wine Collector” Brian Court, hole 10 “Sandy” Terry Burton, hole 14 in Tree Shots! “Mr Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre, and hole 17 Tom Goulden.

We would like to thank Antonio and staff at Imanyo’s for the great hospitality and of course great food.

Photo shows Our “Charity Queen” Dons Ralph, presenting the shield to Mick Billins on Geoff Ham’s behalf.

Los Amigos Cup 8th January at Alicante

This is the second year we have played for this cup with the day sponsored by Tony Whyatt, unfortunately Tony could not be with us so he sent his best mate Rupert Bear to do the presentation on his behalf.

We had a good turnout for our first competition of 2020 and on returning to Alicante golf after a twelve month gap we found the course in exceptional condition; it was a very cold start for the four teams with an hour delay due to the course being frosty, but as soon as the sun got to work the day was perfect for golf at a pleasant 70o. We played Tony’s favourite format which had four players in a team scoring with the better ball Stableford points.

Winners of the Los Amigos Cup were Martin Gadney, Steve Ayre, Mick Billins and Dave Sanders with 91 points, runners up were Alan Martin, Kenny Dow, Chris Baillie, and Tom Goulden with 76 points. Nearest the pins and longest drives, we called this the Alan Martin and Chris Houghton Show, with Alan Martin winning longest drives on holes 5 and 10 and nearest the pins holes 6 and 15 and Chris Houghton winning two nearest the pins on holes 3 and 12, winning the only other nearest the pin hole 8 was “The Wine Collector” Brian Court.

The football card was won by “Daya Nueva Mascot” Billy Jones with Leeds 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 and of course thanks to Tony for supplying some fantastic prizes.

Photo shows Rupert Bear presenting the Cup to Martin Gadney, Steve Ayre, Mick Billins and Dave Sanders.

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