Sheerin's Golf Society
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Anne Goldsmith Rose
Bowl 13th July
This was the sixth year we have played for the Anne’s Rose Bowl; many thanks to Harry, son David and daughter Nicola for sponsoring the day in her name.
We had a good turnout for our first visit this year to La Finca; the weather was very hot at a soaring 40 degrees. The course was the best we have played on this year with everything in top condition from tee boxes to the flag, we played singles full handicap Stableford split into two groups.
Winner of the Anne Goldsmith Remembrance Rose Bowl came from group B on count back with Andy Neil was “I love Green” Brian Gordon with a handicap cutting score of 42 points, runner up was Andy Neil also 42 points, third place was “Sandy” Terry Burton with 37 points and fourth place was “Blackpool Rock” Ian Chetwynd with 36 points. Winner of group A was “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 41 points, runner up on count back with Alan Ralph was “Fruit Farmer” Tom Goulden with 32 points third place was “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph also with 32 points and fourth place was “Wine Collector” Brian Court with 31 points. There were 6 nearest the pins, group A hole 7 “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly, hole 11 “Flying Scotsman” Alan Martin, hole 16 “Tricky” Rik Wood, group B holes 13 and 17 “Hammer” Gary Smith, hole 3 Dave Goldsmith. Best front nine was won by Andy Neil with 24 points and best back nine went to “Sandy” Terry Burton with 21 points.
The two’s pot was won by Tom Goulden on hole 3 winning €15. Winner of the football card was Kim Court with Blackburn winning €40 and raising €40 for our charities of 2022.
The singles knock out first round winner was Allan Ralph beating Terry Burton 2up, he plays Tom Goulden in the quarter finals.
We would like to say thank you to Antonio and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for their hospitality and of course great food.
Photo shows David and Oliver Goldsmith presenting the Rose Bowl to Brian Gordon.
Vicky Heynes Memorial
Cup 3rd August
This was the sixth 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, a little low on numbers compared to our previous games mainly due to the 40 degrees temperature. 17 players took part and the format was full handicap Stableford split into two groups. After a tour round Murcia, where we found Hacienda Restaurant not golf course, Sat Nav and Tom Tom Steve and Brian eventually arrived 10 mins after the start tee time! the course was in better condition than the last time we played there but still a work in progress.
Winner of group B, and overall winner for the second time was “The Talker” Steve Mathers with another handicap cutting score of 41 points, runner up of group B was “I don’t play a lot” Alex Porteous with a handicap cutting score of 40 points. Winner of group A on count back with “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly was “Three Clubs” Sean McGuiness with 33 points, runner up was Peter Kelly also with 33 points. There were six nearest the pins, winners group A there was a tie-on hole 3 in 3 shots between Ken Waller and Chris Houghton, hole 11 “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness and hole 15 “Fruit Farmer” Tom Goulden, group B holes 4 and 10 “I don’t play a lot” Alex Porteous an hole 17 our own Miguel Garcia.
Back at Imanyo’s there was food and a drinks waiting, a huge thank you goes to Tony Heynes for sponsoring the day. The football card was won by Dons Ralph with Portsmouth winning €40 and raising €40 for our chosen charities for 2022.
Picture shows, Vice Chairman Brian Court (on behalf of Tony Heynes) presenting the cup to Steve Mathers.
Plane Parking Trophy
17th August
First of all, we would like to thank Plane Parking for sponsoring our golf day. Plane Parking are a large company in the region who take care of your vehicles whilst you are out of the country and have secure parking at Alicante and the new Corvera Murcia airport.
We started with a full English breakfast in Imanyo’s and the format for the day was singles full handicap Stableford played in two groups.
On arriving at Alicante, we received a friendly and organised greeting from all the staff. The course was in great condition considering we haven’t had rain since May. The weather was a very hot 38 degrees!
This was one of the closest competitions we have had since we changed over to the New World Handicap system, out of 24 competing players in the two groups there was only 5 points separating 11 players so a lot of counting back was in order. The overall winner of the Plane Parking Trophy eventually came from group “B” winning with 42 points was “Bob the Builder” John Fairbrass, runner up with 40 points was “Sandy” Terry Burton and third place was Paul Davison with 38 points. Winner from group A on count back with Alan Martin was “Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre with 37 points, runner up was “Flying Scotsman” Alan Martin also with 37 points and third place was “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph with 36 points. Winners of nearest the pins group A hole 10 Lee George, no winners on holes 8 and 18, group B hole 4 (Our Own) Miguel Garcia, hole 12 no winner hole 15 “Sat Nav” Steve Day, best front nine was won with 24 points Lozz Maslanka and best back nine on a three way count back between Peter Kelly, Paul Davison and Steve Day eventually went to “Sat Nav” Steve Day with 18 points, the two’s pot was won on holes 6 and 12 by the same player Alan Martin winning €25.
The singles knockout quarter finale winner was Alan Ralph beating Tom Goulden 1up, he plays Steve Ayre in the semi-final.
Thank you to Plane Parking Directors Nick and Marianne Baker for providing and presenting all the prizes, also thank you to Antonio and staff at Imanyo’s for the great hospitality.
The football card was won by “She’s on Fire” Karen Burns with Portsmouth winning €40 and raising €40 for our charities 2022.
Photo shows Plane Parking Director Nick Baker presenting the trophy to winner John Fairbrass.
Collins Continental
Cup 31st August
It was a fantastic day for our first competition of the new Spanish golf season 2022/23 which was sponsored by Danny and Sharon Collins, Danny and his son Liam both played.
The day started with the traditional full English breakfast in Imanyo’s, thirty-one players took part and the format was full handicap Stableford playing in two groups with an overall winner.
On arrival at La Finca we received the usual friendly greeting with everything ready and waiting the course was in absolutely perfect condition from tee boxes to the slick greens. The weather was sunny once the early cloud cover had burnt away with a temperature of 36 degrees.
Between both groups this year all first four players had high handicapping cutting scores, the winner came from group A again this year with Chris Darling having a handicap cutting 44 points, runner up on count back was “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness with 40 points, third place, also with 40 points went to “Fruit Farmer” Tom Goulden, group B winner was “I Love Blue” Brian Gordon with 40 points, runner up was “Sandy” Terry Burton with 37 points and third place on count back with “Hammer” Gary Smith went to Paul Davison with 34 points. There were six nearest the pins three per group and a longest drive, group A hole 5 was shared between Liam Collins, Peter Kelly, Steve Gain, Steve Burns and Sean McGuinness, hole 16 “Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre, hole 18 “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness, group B hole 4 “Hammer” Gary Smith and holes 12 and 15 “l Love Blue” Brian Gordon, the Longest Drive trophy was on hole 4 and was won by Steve Gain. Best Front 9 was “Tricky” Rik Wood with 18 points and best back 9 was Kenny Dow with 20 points, Liam Collins won the two’s pot of €15.00.
Thank you to Danny and Sharon Collins for providing all the prizes, also thank you to Antonio, and staff at Imanyo’s for great hospitality.
We ran two football cards, Steve Mathers won with Blackpool and Lee George with Stoke City each winning €40 and raising €80 for our charities 2022.
Photo shows Danny Collins presenting the trophy to winner Chris Darling.
Wyn Evans Salver
21st September
The Wyn Evans Salver is one of the most popular competitions of our season. Our sponsor Judy Evans unfortunately could not make it over this year, putting that aside we had a great day’s golf with 28 players split into two groups.
Arriving at the course we found that everything was organised and ready, the course was in good condition, the weather was 30o but quite humid.
Winner of the Wyn Evans Salver came from group A, he definitely was on fire Steve Burns, with a great handicap cutting score of 41 points, runner up was Chris Darling with 39 points, third place on count back with Ken Waller eventually went to Dave Martin with 35 points, winner of group B again on count back with Chris Baillie was Jim Doyle with 40 points, runner up was Chris Baillie also with 40 points, third place also on count back with Sir Ronnie King went to “I Love Blue” Brian Gordon with 37 points. There were six nearest the pins, group A hole 5 “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly, holes 12 and 18 “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness, group B hole 6 Sir Ronnie King, hole 9 Brian Gordon, hole 15 Jim Doyle, best front nine went to Sir Ronnie King with 21 points and best back nine went to “Sat Nav” Steve Day with 20 points, the Endeavour award went to Alan Martin with 20 points and the Two’s pot was not won so carried over to our next game. The results from the semi-finals of the singles knockout were Steve Ayre beat Alan Ralph 5 & 4 and Steve Burns beat Sean McGuinness 5 & 3.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s, many thanks to Judy Evans for sponsoring the day and thank you to Antonio and all the staff for looking after us, the football card was won by Peter Kelly with West Bromwich Albion raising another €40 for our 2022 charities.
Photo shows Dons Ralph presenting the salver to winner Steve Burns on behalf of Judy Evans.
Keep It In The Family Cup
5th October
This is the sixth year that we have played this competition which is sponsored by Alan and Wendy Ralph.
All players arrived early at Imanyo’s for breakfast due to 10.15 tee time, the format was full handicap stableford split into two groups. Altorreal was in excellent condition being that the course has been closed since end of May so that they could re-place all the front greens and approaches and some new bunkers.
Winner of the Keep It in The Family Cup was from group A on count back which eventually went to “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness with 38 points, runner up was Lawrence Leitch with 38 points and third place on count back with Colin Deare went to “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 37 points. Winner of group B was Graham Rumsey with 36 points, runner up was Paul Davison with 35 points and third place was Donald Main with 33 points. The six nearest the pins were won by group A hole 3 “Mr Celtic” Brian Gordon, hole 9 Ken Waller, hole 18 “Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre, group B holes 8 & 17 “Flying Scotsman” Chris Baillie and hole 14 Paul Davison. Best front Nine went to “Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre with 18 points and best back Nine went to Steve Hopkins with 20 points. The two’s pot of €30 was won by Colin Deare.
The presentation was held back at Imanyo’s bar, thank you to Antonio, and all the staff for looking after us, the football card was won by John Collins with Hearts raising another €40 for our charities of 2022.
Photo shows Alan Ralph presenting the cup to winner Sean McGuinness.
José Domingo Garcia
Gallud Cup 19th October
This is our nineth year of the forming of the society and the first competition we played for was the José Domingo Garcia Gallud Memorial Cup in memory of Antonio’s (Imanyo’s owner) younger brother who sadly died in a car accident 24 years ago.
Twenty-six players travelled to Bonalba where we were greeted by Richard and his staff. The course was in was in good condition although most of the tee boxes needed attention, the weather was perfect for golf with temperature in the low 80s.
The format was full handicap Stableford split into two groups the scores on the day were very close between both groups. Winner of the José Domingo Garcia Gallud Memorial Cup was from group A Steve Hopkins with a respectable 39 points, runner up in group A was Lee George with 36 points, third place on count back with “You’re Playing Well” Tom Gordon went to “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns with 31 points. Group B winner was “Tricky” Rik Wood with 37 points, runner up was Paul Davison with 35 points and third place went to Graham Rumsey with 34 points. There were six nearest the pins group A hole 6 “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly, hole 11 “Cheeky Chappy” John Fairbrass, hole 5 “Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre, group B hole 4 “Mr Celtic” Brian Gordon, hole 10 Paul Davison, hole 15 “Lord Freelove” Alan Freelove, best front nine on count back went to Simon Dakers beating “You’re Playing Well” Tom Goulden with 19 points, best back nine went to “Cheeky Chappy” John Fairbrass with 19 points, the Two’s pot of €15 was not won. The Match play singles final was played between Steve Ayre and Steve Burns and eventually went to Steve Burns winning 2 & 1.
The presentation was held at Imanyo’s where Antonio and his son José presented the prizes on behalf of his family. Thank you to Antonio, and all the staff for looking after us and sponsoring the day. The football card was won by Lee George with Norwich City raising €40 for our chosen charities of 2022.
Photo Shows António’s son José presenting the cup to winner Steve Hopkins.
Remembrance Day Cup
2nd November
Imanyo’s golf society have been supporting the Royal British Legion for the past seven years, this is the third time we played for the Remembrance Day Cup sponsored by Imanyo golf society and Mick the Grip on behalf of the Royal British Legion, all the money raised on this day stays in Spain to help ex-service men and women who have retired here.
Arriving at Altorreal we found everything ready and waiting, the course was in fantastic condition from tee boxes, fairways, greens and bunkers everything was up to the normal high standard.
Twenty-seven players took part with an extra early start to 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 80 degrees, all players were still in shorts. Again, all the scores between groups A and B were very close with the winner eventually coming from group B.
Winner of the Remembrance Day Cup from group B was Nick Chambers with an HCP cutting 43 points, runner up on count back was “Templegate” Dave Sanders with 35 points, third place was the “Flying Scotsman” Andy Ramage also with 35 points. Winner of group A was Paul Davison with 42 points, runner up “Tom Tom” Brian Court with 36 points and third place went to “Fruit Farmer” Tom Goulden, with 35 Points. Nearest the pin’s winners’ group A were hole 6 “Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre, hole 8 “Blackpool Rock” Ian Chetwynd, hole 13 “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness, group B hole 4 Simon Dakers, hole 10 no winner and hole 15 “Paw” Derry Quinlan, best front 9 went to Lee George with 18 points best back 9 was Lozz Maslanka with 20 points. The two’s pot €30 was not won.
The presentation and raffle were held back at Imanyo’s bar, thank you to Antonio, and all the staff for looking after us, all money raised on the day was in aid of the Poppy Appeal for the Royal British Legion, the football card was won by Lozz Maslanka with Hearts raising €40, players were fined for lost balls which raised €50 and our table top raffle raised €135 making a total of €225 for the Royal British Legion.
Photo shows Dons Ralph on behalf of Mick the Grip presenting the cup to winner Nick Chambers.
Dave Rotchell Salver
16th November
Twenty-eight players took part in this the eigth year of the Dave Rotchell Salver; unfortunately, Dave could not be with us this year. As usual we started with the traditional English breakfast in Imanyo’s before we had the draw, the format was Stableford split into two groups. On arriving at Alicante golf we found the course in excellent condition from tee boxes to the flag, for those in the UK it was once again perfect weather and all players still in shorts, by 10.30 it was sunny and a very pleasant 75 degrees.
Winner of the Dave Rotchell Salver was from group B, our HCP secretary will be having his pencil out again as “Templegate” Dave Sanders came in with an incredible score of 43 points, runner up from group B was Nick Chambers, again another HCP cutting score of 42 points, third place went to “Blackpool Rock” Ian Chetwynd with 40 points. Group A winner was “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns with 40 points, runner up on count back with Lee George eventually went to “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph with 39 points and third place went to Lee George also with 39 points. Nearest the pin’s winners were group A holes 5 &17 “Tom Tom” Brian Court, hole 14 was a tie as both players downed the ball in 5 shots on a par 5 so “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness and “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly shared, group B hole 2 “Sir” Ronnie King, hole 9 “Lost and Found” Chris Russell and hole 12 Nick Chambers, best front 9 with 22 points went to “I don’t play much” Donald Main and best back 9 with 20 points went to Steve Hopkins. The two’s pot was not won so €60.00 will be played for next game. The doubles knockout final was also played and the eventual winners were Steve Day and Brian Court beating Tom Goulden and Derry Quinlan 3 & 1.
The football card was won by “Fish Called Wanda” Mo Chaplin with West Bromwich Albion winning €40 and making €40 for our Charities 2022.
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, on behalf of Dave Rotchell, Vice Chairman Brian Court presenting the Salver to Dave Sanders.
Ted Adams Trophy
30th November
Many thanks to Ted and Ann Adams for their sponsorship for the last eight years.
This was our last competition for 2022 with player of the year still to be decided? We had a good turnout with 26 players, not bad for this time of year for our visit to Altorreal where the course was in excellent condition. The day started off chilly but ended up perfect for golf with the sun shining making a pleasant 73 degrees with most players still in shorts, the format for the day was full handicap Stableford split into two groups.
Winner of the Ted Adams Trophy was the “Irish Invader” Phillip Naughton from group A with a handicap cutting score of 44 points, runner up was Lee George, also with a handicap cutting score of 41 points, third place went to “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns with 35 points. Winner of group B was “Mr Blackpool Rock” Ian Chetwynd with 40 points, runner up was “Sat Nav” Steve Day with 38 points and third place was on count back with “Hammer” Gary Smith and went to Chris Russell with 33 points. Nearest the pin’s winners were group A hole 8 Steve Hopkins, hole 15 Lee George, hole 18 Paul Crump, group B hole 4 “young Man” Colin Pepperday, hole 12 “Mr Blackpool Rock” Ian Chetwynd, hole 17 Chris Russell. Best front nine went to Steve Hopkins with 20 points and best back nine went to “Hammer” Gary Smith also with 20 points. The Two’s pot was shared between “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns and “Irish Invader” Phillip Naughton both on hole 17 winning €30.00 each.
The Football card was won by “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with Swansea winning €40 and raising €40 for our chosen charities of 2022.
We would like to thank Antonio and staff at Imanyo’s for great food and hospitality.
Photo shows Ted and Ann Adams presenting the trophy to winner Phillip Naughton.
Frutas ASPAS Cup
30th March
This was the first competition for our new sponsor Frutas ASPAS from Daya Nueva. We had to cancel our last game due to bad weather but although we knew bad weather was around again, we decided to go ahead and make the trip to Altorreal in Murcia. 18 players out of 22 managed to stay dry, unfortunately the last 4 players took the full brunt of the heavy downpour on the 18th, apart from that the day was overcast with a very pleasant 70 degrees.
The format was full handicap Stableford split into two groups with a winner from each group, one being the overall winner.
The winner of the Frutas ASPAS Cup, again following his last win, was Craig Justham from group A with a handicap cutting score of 45 points, runner up in group A was “He’s on Fire “Steve Burns with 33 points and third place went to “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness with 31 points. Winner from group B, after a three way count back all the way to the 18th hole for the second and third places, eventually went to “Ave A Go Golfer” Steve Day with 30 points, runner up was Andy Neil also with 30 points and third place went to “Bob the Builder” John Fairbrass, again with 30 points. All 6 nearest the pins were won, group A hole 5 “He’s Back” Chris Darling, hole 9 “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns and hole 12 “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness, group B, hole 7 Kenny Dow, hole 13 “Bob the Builder” John Fairbrass and hole 17 also claiming the two’s pot of €30 “Tricky” Rik Wood. Best Front 9 was won by Kenny Dow with 17 points and best back 9 was won by Steve Burns with 18 points.
The football card was won by “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with Southampton winning €40, and making €40 for this year’s chosen charities.
We would like to thank Antonio, and staff at Imanyo’s for the good food and great hospitality.
Picture shows Frutas ASPAS owner Vicente, presenting the cup to winner Craig Justham
St George's Day Plaque
13th April
This was the sixth year playing for the St George’s Day Plaque, this year it was sponsored by the Golf Society. The format was foursome’s blind pairs scoring Stableford points, as usual Bonalba course was in great condition from tee boxes to the greens, the weather forecast was a bit of a hit and miss day and the rain did eventually arrive at lunch time and stayed for around an hour, it was still a pleasant day with temperatures around 21 degrees.
Winners of the St George’s Day Plaque was Ken Waller and Colin Pepperday with 70 points, runners up were “Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre and “Bob the Builder” John Fairbrass with 64 points, third place went to “Wine Collector” Brian Court and “Tricky” Rik Wood with 63 points. Best front nine was won by “Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre with 20 points and best back nine went to Ken Waller, also with 20 points. Nearest the pins were holes 7 and 11 “Wine Collector” Brian Court, hole 5 was a par 5 but guest Paul Johnstonne downed the ball in 4 shots, hole 10 “Fish Called Wander” Mo Chaplin and hole 15 “Cash Point” Allan Boyden, the Two’s pot of €15 was won by Steve Ayre on hole 4.
Back at Imanyo’s there was food and drinks waiting, the football card was won second on the trot by “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with Chelsea adding another €40 to our charities for 2022.
Photo show winners Ken Waller and Colin Pepperday with the St Georges day Plaque.
Denise Tyrrell Memorial
Plaque 27th April
This is the sixth year playing for the Denise Tyrrell Memorial Plaque. Denise sadly passed away in 2015 aged 47, she was co-owner with Nikki Large of Baybrooks Restaurant in Algorfa and we thank Baybrooks for their continuing support in sponsoring the plaque and the day’s golf in her memory.
The day started with the usual full English breakfast at Imanyo’s. The weather was, I’m afraid to say, rain all day but only a continuous drizzle which didn’t affect the golf. We have to thank Antonio and his ground staff at Altorreal as the course was in excellent condition from the tee boxes to the greens. The format was foursome’s blind draw doubles full handicap Stableford both scores added together.
Winners of the “Denise Tyrrell Memorial Plaque” were “Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre and “Bob the Builder” John Fairbrass with 70 points, runners up were “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness and Andy Neil with 69 points, third place was “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly and “Lord Freelove” Alan Freelove with 67 points. Nearest the pins winners were group A holes 6 and 10 “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness and hole 18 “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns, group B hole 4, which both players downed in 3 shots, was “The Hammer” Gary Smith and “Bob the Builder” John Fairbrass there was no winner on hole 17, best front 9 went to Ken Waller with 21 points and best back 9 went to “Lord Freelove” Alan Freelove with 20 points. The €15 twos pot was won by “Fruit Farmer” Tom Goulden. There Were three singles knockout competitions played as well, Chris Houghton beat Alan Boyden 9 & 8, Mick Billins beat Steve Day 4 & 3 and Alan Freelove and Gary Smith match was a draw so a rematch is needed.
The football card was won by Jane Day with Bristol City adding another €40 for our chosen charities for 2022.
We would like to thank Antonio, and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for the great food and great hospitality.
Picture shows Steve Ayre and John Fairbrass with the Denise Tyrrell Plaque.
Charity Queen Vase
18th May
This is the second time we played for the re-named Charity Queen Vase, it used to be the Parkinson’s Vase sponsored by Geoff Ham but he handed the reigns to Don’s Ralph to continue to raise money for our charities.
The day started with the usual full English breakfast at Imanyo’s. The weather was very sunny with a light breeze and a nice temperature of 80 degrees. We have to compliment Daniel and his ground staff at El Plantio as the course was in excellent condition from the tee boxes to the greens. The format was singles full handicap Stableford split into two groups.
Winner of the “Charity Queen Vase” from group B was handicap secretary’s new friend Andy Neil with a great handicap cutting score of 41 points, runner up of group B on count back with Graham Rumsey was “The Talker” Steve Mathers with 38 points with Graham Rumsey taking third place. Winner of group A was “The Wine Collector” Brian Court with 39 points, runner up was Alan Martin with 36 points and third place went to John Fairbrass with 31 points. Nearest the pin’s winners were group A hole 3 “The Farmer” Tom Goulden, hole 15 “Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre Group B were hole 4 “Love Blue” Brian Gordon, hole 14 “The Talker” Steve Mathers and hole 16 “The Hammer” Gary Smith, best front 9 went to Graham Rumsey with 22 points and best back 9 went to “The Talker” Steve Mathers with 25 points. The €15 two’s pot was won by Alan Martin on hole 14 and the football card was won by Alan Ralph with Newcastle Utd raising winning €40 and raising €40 for our 2022 Charites.
We would like to thank Antonio and staff at Imanyo’s Bar for the great food and great hospitality.
Picture shows Dons Ralph presenting the vase to Andy Neil.
Vincent Real Estate
Plaque 1st June
A fantastic day for yet another major competition in 2022, many thanks go to our sponsor for the day, Vincent Real Estate. The format was singles full handicap stableford, there were two categories with prizes for winners and runners up and third place from each group with the best points scored being the overall winner.
On arrival at the course, we received a friendly greeting from Chris and his staff, the course was in great condition from tee boxes to greens, the weather was fantastic at 35 degrees, plenty of liquid was the order of the day!
Winner of the Vincent Real Estate Plaque was from group B, player of the day, “Dos Fairways” Chris Darling with a great handicap cutting score, especially at this course, of 45 points, not far behind runner up from group B was Graham Rumsey on with 42 points and third place went to “Blackpool Rock” Ian Chetwynd with 38 points. Winner of group A was “Wine Collector” Brian Court with 36 points, runner up was “Fruit Farmer” Tom Goulden with 35 points and third place went “Flying Scotsman” Alan Martin with 33 points. The nearest the pin’s winners were group A hole 7 “Flying Scotsman” Alan Martin, hole 10 “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness and hole 17 “Wine Collector” Brian Court, group B hole 6 “Cash Point” Alan Boyden, hole 13 “Blackpool Rock” Ian Chetwynd and hole 15 was no winner. Best front nine, after a five way count back, went to “Cash Point “Alan Boyden with 19 points and best back nine with an incredible score went to “Dos Fairways” Chris Darling with 27 points. The two’s pot was won by Graham Rumsey on hole 5 winning €15 which he kindly donated back to our charities.
The presentation was held back at Imanyo’s, thank you to Vincent’s Real Estate Managing Director Mark Vincent for providing and presenting all the prizes and thank you to Antonio, and staff at Imanyo’s for the great food and hospitality.
The football card winner was Ian Chetwynd with Newcastle winning €40, Ian kindly donated €20 back to our charities and a further €10 from Mark Vincent so the total raised for our charities 2022 was €85.
Photo shows Mark Vincent presenting the plaque to winner Chris Darling.
Lesley's Myeloma
Shield 15th June
This is the fourth year we have played for the Lesley’s Myeloma Shield with the day being sponsored by Steve and Jane Day on behalf of Geoff Ham.
Twenty-five players turned out this year to play this tough course where no one scored or broke par! The weather was very hot with a temperature of over 40 degrees and very humid. The course was ok but you can see it is a work in progress with the course slowly recovering from being closed down due to covid. The format for the day was singles full handicap Stableford split into two groups.
The eventual winner after a four-way count back was “I Only Need to Play Nine Holes” Kevin Taylor who came from group B with 33 points, runner up from group B was “I Love Green” Brian Gordon also with 33 points and third place went to “Cash Point” Alan Boyden with 31 points. Winner of group A on count back was “The Flying Scotsman “Alan Martin” with 33 points, runner up was Colin Deare also on 33 points and third place went to “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 30 points. Nearest the pins group A hole 2 Andy Godfrey, hole 9 Colin Deare and hole 15 “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns, group B were hole 4 “Fruit Farmer” Tom Goulden, hole 7 no winner and hole 10 “Tricky” Rik Wood. Best front 9 went to Brian Gordon with 19 points and best back 9 on count back with Ian Chetwynd eventually went to Chris Darling with 21 points, the Two’s pot was not won so it will be €30 for next game.
Photo shows Vice Chairman Mick Billins, presenting the shield to Kevin Taylor.
St Patrick's Shield
29th June
This was our highest turn out since the society started in 2013 with 33 players. Whilst a bit belated we played for the St Patricks Shield which is now in its seventh year and we thank “Sir” Ronnie King for continuing his sponsorship on behalf of the Irish. The format was full handicap Stableford split into two groups with one overall winner, there was also the quarter final of the singles match play between Steve Ayre and Gary Smith, Steve won 3&2 and a first-round singles match play between Alan Ralph and Terry Burton which ended all square so replay needed. The destination to play was El Plantio where we were greeted by Daniel and his staff, as usual everything was ready and waiting for us, the course was in excellent condition and the weather was a hot and sunny 35 degrees, perfect for golf.
Winner of the “St Patrick’s Shield” came from group B and after a two way count back with Andy Neil it went to “The Talker” Steve Mathers with a handicap cutting 41 points, runner up of group B was Andy Neil also with 41 points, third place went to “Ave A Go Golfer” Steve Day with 39 points and fourth place Alex Porteous with 37 points. Group A winner was “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 38 points, runner up was Ian Bell with 36 points, third place was Ray Hamilton with 35 points and fourth place was “Three Clubs” Sean McGuinness with 33 points. Nearest the pin’s winners were group A hole 2 Ray Hamilton, hole 7 (phew nearly a hole on one) “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly, hole 10 “Sea Captain” Andy Godfrey, group B hole 6 “Lord” Alan Freelove, hole 9 Kenny Dow, hole 15 “The Talker” Steve Mathers, best front 9 went to Andy Neil with 22 points and beast back 9 went to Alex Porteous with 23 points, the 2’s pot was shared three ways each winning €10, Alex Porteous, Ray Hamilton and “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly.
The football card was won by “Mrs Three Clubs” Claire McGuinness with Southampton winning €40 and raising €40 for our chosen charities for 2022.
Thank you to Antonio and staff at Imanyo’s for the good food and hospitality.
Picture shows Ronnie King presenting the shield to Steve Mathers.
Diabetes Cup
2nd March
This is the third time we played for the Diabetes Cup which is sponsored by Dave Allison (Society Photographer) in memory of his wife Joyce.
Twenty-six players took part and the format was full handicap Stableford split into two groups with one overall winner. On arrival at Bonalba we were greeted by Richard and his team, everything was organised and ready to go and the course was in excellent condition from tee boxes to greens. The weather was a very pleasant 25 degrees with blue skies, perfect for golf and of course shorts.
Winner of the Diabetes Cup was group B winner Jim Doyle with a very nice handicap cutting 47 points, runner up of group B was Lozz Maslanka with 37 points and third place went to “Jethro” Dave Sanders with 36 points. Group A winner was “The Joker” Mick Billins with 38 points, runner up was “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 35 points and third place, on a four way count back, eventually went to “5 Wood” Chris Houghton with 33 points. Nearest the pin’s winners were group A, hole 7 “Wine Collector” Brian Court, hole 11 new member David Davies and hole 13 “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns, group B, holes 3 and 8 Jim Doyle and hole 15 “Sandy” Terry Burton. Best front nine went to Chris Baillie with 21 points and best back nine went to the “The Joker” Mick Billins with 24 points, the Two’s pot was not won so it will be carried over to the next game.
The football card was won by Colin Pepperday with Crystal Palace winning €40 and raising €40 for our chosen charities of 2022.
We would like to thank Antonio and staff at Imanyo’s for the good food and great hospitality.
Picture shows Dave Allison presenting the cup to Jim Doyle.
9 Iron Cup
19th January
Once again, we would like to thank Mo Chaplin for sponsoring the 9 Iron Cup, which is our first sponsored cup competition of 2022. Twenty-one players travelled for the first time to play at La Torre golf, the course was in reasonable condition although the tee boxes and a few fairways needed more attention, on the plus side all the bunkers were full of sand and there were many bunkers! you can see how difficult the course was by the scores as nobody played to their HCP. The weather was a cold start and eventually reached a pleasant 70 degrees with a light wind, perfect for a day’s golf. The format was full handicap Stableford split into two groups, A and B with a winner from each group, one being the overall winner.
The winner of the 9 Iron Cup was “The Joker” Mick Billins from group B with a score of 34 points, runner up in group B was “Lady Champion 2021” Mo Chaplin with 32 points, third place went to “Tricky” Rik Wood with 30 points. Winner from group A was “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 30 points, runner up in group A was “He’s on Fire “Steve Burns with 29 points and third place went to Colin Deare with 27 points. Nearest the pins winners in group A were Steve Burns hole 7, Colin Deare hole 10 and Sean McGuinness hole 17, group B winners were Mick Billins hole 6, Andy Neil hole 13 and Mo Chaplin hole 15, best front 9 went to Steve Burns with 17 points and best back 9 went to Andy Neil with 19 points. The Two’s pot was shared between Sean McGuinness on hole 9 and Mick Billins on hole 17 winning €10.00 each. The Football card was won by Brian Court with Middlesbrough winning €40 and €40 to our Charities for 2022.
Picture shows Mo Chaplin presenting the 9 Iron Cup to Mick Billins.
Scottish Cup (Quaich)
2nd February
The Scottish Cup (Quaich) is sponsored by our Scottish friends Chris Baillie, Alex Porteous and Donald Main, this is the first time since 2019 that we have been able to play this competition due to bad weather and of course the pandemic, unfortunately, Alex and Chris could not make the competition this year. This was our first visit of the year to the very testing Hacienda Riquelme course which favoured the lower handicappers in group A. 24 players took part and on arrival we were welcomed by friendly staff who had everything ready and waiting for us. The course was still in the recovery stage from being closed since 2019 so fairways and greens were not up to standard for high season golf, the weather was a magnificent 25 degrees with pure blue skies so shorts for most players were the order of the day. The format was singles playing Stableford split into two groups with an overall winner.
Winner of “The Scottish Cup” (Quaich) from group A with a magnificent 40 points was “I love Putting” Craig Justham, runner up was Colin Deare with 34 points and third place went to, he’s back “Happy Hacker” Alan Martin with 32 points. Winner of group B was new member “6 inch?” Ian Birch with 38 points, runner up was “Flying Scotsman” Donald Main with 31 points and third place went to “Fruit Farmer” Tom Goulden with 29 points. Group A nearest the pins were hole 4 “5 Wood” Chris Houghton, hole 9 “Happy Hacker” Alan Martin and hole 15 “Sea Captain” Andy Godfrey, Group B nearest the pins were hole 5 “The Joker” Mick Billins, hole 10 “Keep it in the Family” Alan Ralph and hole 13 “6 inch?” Ian Birch, best front 9 went to “Fruit Farmer” Tom Goulden with 20 points and best back 9 went to “Flying Scotsman” Donald Main with 14 points. The two’s pot was split 4 ways each winning €3 and they were Mick Billins, Donald Main, Brian Court and Colin Deare.
The winner of the football card was “Paw” Derry Quinlan with Bristol City winning €40, and raising €40 for our 2022 charities.
We would like to thank Antonio, Manoli and staff for the good food, drink and hospitality.
Photo Shows Donald Main Presenting the Quaich to winner Craig Justham.
Los Amigos Cup
16th February
This is the fourth year we have played for this cup, sadly Tony Whyatt, passed away three years ago but fellow members and friends, Andy Godfrey and Alan Martin, have taken the sponsorship in Tony’s memory.
This was our second visit this season to our favourite course Altorreal, the course was in good condition but the tee boxes did need some attention. Once again, the weather was excellent for golf with the temperature at a pleasant 23 degrees and pure sun, so the order of the day was shorts. We played Tony’s favourite format which had four players in a team changing partners every 6 holes scoring with the better ball Stableford points.
Six teams took part in a very tight scoring competition and the eventual winners of the Los Amigos Cup were Chris Houghton, Martin Gadney, Steve Day and Mo Chaplin with 79 points, runners up were Andy Godfrey, Steve Ayre, Gary Smith and Graham Rumsey with 76 points. All the nearest the pins were won group A hole 4 in 3 shots “5 Wood” Chris Houghton, hole 8 in 1 shot “Sea Captain” Andy Godfrey, hole 11 in 4 shots new member George O Hara, group B, hole 5 in 1 shot “Tricky” Rik Wood, hole 12 in 4 shots was “Fruit Farmer” Tom Goulden, hole 15 in 5 shots was “Lord” Alan Freelove, best front 9 went to “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 20 points and best back 9 went to “Chippy” Gary Smith with 17 points, the two’s pot of €20 was won by “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly.
The football card was won by Dave Sanders with Stoke City winning €40 and raising €40 for this year’s charities.
Photo shows Andy Godfrey and Alan Martin presenting the cup to Chris Houghton, Steve Day, Martin Gadney and Mo Chaplin.
IGS Competition
5th January
On arrival at the course, we received the usual friendly greeting from Antonio and his staff, the course was in good condition from tee boxes to greens and the weather was chilly to start with a very brisk wind but once the sun got to work it was a pleasant 65 degrees.
Winner from group A on count back was “Mr Amstel” Peter Kelly with 32 points, runner up was “Twelve Trees” Steve Ayre with 32 points, third place on count back between “Wine Collector” Brian Court eventually went to went to “He’s on Fire” Steve Burns with 29 points, winner of group B went to our youngest player (84) Colin Pepperday with 31 points, runner up on a very long count back to the 17th hole between “Cash Point” Allan Boyden eventually went to “Tricky” Rik Wood with 29 points, third place went “Cash Point” Allan Boyden with 29 points. The winners of the nearest the pins in group A was Steve Burns hole 4, Steve Ayre hole 8, hole 14 no winner, group B winners were holes 2 and 16 “Fruit man” Tom Goulden and hole 10 “Lady Champion 2021” Mo Chaplin, best front 9 was won by Steve Ayre with 20 points and best back 9 went to “The Joker” Mick Billins with 17 points. The €10 in the two’s pot was not won so there’s €20.00 in the pot next time we play.
Winner of the Football card was Mo Chaplin with Ipswich town winning €20 and €20 for our charities for 2022.
On behalf of the society, we would like to thank Hazel and her team at The American Diner for excellent service and great food.
Our first competition 2022 started off at our favourite course Altorreal. We had to change our meeting in the morning and presentation in the evening to The American Diner in Benimar due to Imanyo’s being closed for holidays.
Nineteen players took part in this IGS competition, the format was singles full handicap stableford split into two groups.
