MEN'S CAPTAIN WEEKLY NEWS
Happy Halloween! Some excellent costumes this weekend… The San Roque Club at its very best on Saturday!
Results from last week:
Tuesday 24 October: Midweek Competition – Stableford
Thank you to Gary Ward for doing the Start List and Results.
First: Eric Taylor (38 points)
Second: Lewis Doyle (37 points)
Third: David MacGregor (36 points)
Fourth: Terry Young (36 points, on handicap)
Twos: Hans Henrik Jensen
Nearest the Pin on Hole 5: Andrew Macauley
Best Junior: Thomas Ybarra Gallagher (33 points)
Best Gross: David MacGregor (74)
Tissue: Guy Bullimore (25 points)
Thursday 26 October: Midweek Competition – Stableford
Mixed - Wear Pink to support Breast Cancer Charity Month
Thank you to everyone for wearing pink and to all those supporting us with charity donations. We managed to raise £300 for the UK Breast Cancer Charity.
First: Tanya Pogiba (38 points)
Second: Paul Cambridge (38 points, on handicap)
Third: Phil Fisher (36 points)
Fourth: John Hunter (36 points, on handicap)
Fifth: Mike Cowburn (36 points, on handicap)
Sixth: Christine Taylor (36 points, on handicap)
Twos: David MacGregor (2)
Nearest the Pin on Hole 7 (Ladies): Linda Fletcher
Nearest the Pin on Hole 16 (Men): David Steele
Best Gross: Phil Fisher (74)
Best Pink Outfit: Pip Vincent
Tissue: Laurent Van de Vyver
Doilies: Radik Yamilov, Yury Pogiba, Eric Taylor, Gary Adams, Bill Fletcher and Joost Blanckaert
Friday 27 October: ACL Match v La Quinta (Away)
This was played on the A & C nines. The course was in great condition, despite the recent rain, with the greens rolling very well. Breakfast was up to the usual good standard and the meal afterwards was fabulous. Great hospitality from Hugh and his team.
In the top match Tony Holt and I achieved an honourable halve for 1.5 points with Hugh Brown holing a ten footer on the final green to deny us an outright win. It was a tremendous game with lots of birdies and very good scoring. Good wins for Derek Whelan and Michael Keane (3 points), Gary Potts & Terry Young (3 points) and David MacGregor & Francis Payne (2 points). Jim Jenet and Andy Rogers managed a valuable point.
Overall result on the day: La Quinta 7.5. San Roque 10.5
A splendid away win which puts us back in the top 4 in the League Table with just four matches to go; double headers against El Paraiso and Villa Padierna to come next month.
Well done to the Team for an excellent score of San Roque 24.5 La Quinta 11.5 across the two fixtures!!
Saturday 28 October: Halloween Texas Scramble
A great day enjoyed by all! Some great costumes and some very good golf!
A big thank you to Linda and Alicia for all the organisation.
First: John Hunter, Encarni Hunter, Derek Roger & Tracey Rogers (51.6)
Second: Phil Fisher, Debbie Fisher, Helen Seamer & Paul Ingebrigtsen (52)
Third: Chris Hutchin, Maxi Strandberg-Glas, Eric Taylor & Christine Taylor (54.1)
Fourth: Joost Blanckaert, Marie Claire Serroels, Yves Thienpondt & Buayam Wilairat (54.2)
Fifth: Stuart Buckwald, Paul Charles, Paul Cambridge & Neville Kutner (54.5)
Sixth: Paul Holliday, Gary Potts, Patrick O’Sullivan & Andy Macauley (54.7)
Seventh: Andy Stanford, Amanda Stanford, Jeremy Sibbons & Anne Middlehurst (54.7; on team handicap; also Best Team Costumes)
Nearest the Pin on Hole 7: Derek Rogers
Nearest the Pin on Hole 12: Anne Middlehurst
Best Costumes (Couple): John & Encarni Hunter
Best Costumes (Individual): Terry Young
Halloween Texas Scramble (continued...)
Halloween Texas Scramble (continued...)
Course Information:
Old Course: The Bermuda will be sprayed with fertilizers on Tuesday and Thursday.
On Friday the greens and ante-greens will be sprayed with fertilizer and fungicide.
New Course: Work continues to get this course in better shape.
Thought for the week:
Please make an extra effort to repair divots and pitch marks to keep the course looking good. Also it’s time for the annual Poppy Appeal, see collection box on the bar.
Looking Ahead to the next 3 Weeks...
Tuesday 31 October: Midweek Competition – Stableford
Thursday 2 November: Midweek Competition – Stableford (Men first in November)
Friday 3 November: Men’s ACL Match v El Paraiso (Home)
Saturday 4 November: Ranking
Tuesday 7 November: Midweek Competition – Stableford
Wednesday 8 November: Men’s Inter Club v Chatsworth GC (Home)
Thursday 9 November: Midweek Competition – Stableford WORLD SERIES
Friday 10 November: Men’s ACL Match v El Paraiso (Away)
Saturday 11 November: Quadrangular at Aloha
Sunday 12 November: Extra Federated Competition – Stableford
Tuesday 14 November: Midweek Competition – Stableford
Wednesday 15 November: Mixed Inter Club v La Cañada (Home) Team of 16
Thursday 16 November: Midweek Competition – Stableford
Thursday 16 November: Men’s Trophy Match v The K Club (Home) Team of 16 (11.10am)
Saturday 18 November: Med Golf – The Gibfibre Trophy Texas Scramble (Old Course)
Sunday 19 November: Ladies v Men
Golfing Anecdotes:
Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller movie ‘Psycho’ is a classic that terrified audiences from the 1960s. But how many remember the King’s shocker at the US Open in 1966?
In one of golf’s horror masterpieces, Arnold Palmer surrendered a 7-shot advantage to Billy Casper (the ghost jokes write themselves) with 9 holes to play at the Olympic Club, eventually losing in an 18-hole Monday play-off. So accustomed to the role of predator rather than prey, Arnie committed miscue after miscue whilst Casper carded a brilliant back-nine 32. Powerless to stop the bleeding on the course, Palmer also fell victim to the crowd’s vigorous encouragement of Casper’s comeback.
