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Serra de Monchique Golf Club is the club associated with Silves Golf Course. The club aims to provide competitions, control handicaps and to provide a social life for its members guided by the values statements authorised by the membership. Its rules are set up to provide a structure around which the club can be run.
Serra de Monchique Golf Club was formed in 2005, at Morgado de Reguengo when the regular players were invited to form a club. There were 30 founder members and the first General Meeting of the membership was held on 8th November 2005. At the end of 2006 the club moved to Silves Course, which had just opened. Mark Ellerton was appointed Captain for 2007. Pestana's very favourable terms of green fee arrangements led to an substantial increase in membership in 2008. Many Northern European countries are represented, including a number of Portuguese members.
The club plays competitions on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Tuesdays are for singles competitions either as Monthly medal or Stableford Qualifier. On Thursdays some members play at Silves in a format of their own choice, but many members elect to play on the other courses within the Pestana group. On Saturdays there is a wide variety of game formats, normally as team competitions as pairs or teams of four players. There are occasional qualifying competitions on Saturdays to suit our members who are in full time employment. Our eventlist will show these.
The weekend of June 18-19 saw the annual SdM Captain's Day and Reception. The format for the golf was a Pairs Betterball Stableford and a record field of 96 players produced some great golf - well done to all those who won a prize but especially Stu & Maz McGill for taking the Captain's Jug home and to Malcolm Cooke and Jackie Bettles for winning the Best Guest prize.
The results:
Captain's Trophy
Winners - Stu & Maz McGill 47 points
Runners Up – Martin Brand & Stu Deans 46 (B9-23)
3rd Place - Don & Ruth Simpson 46 (B9-21)
4th Place – Paul Spallin & Dave Underwood 45 (B9-25)
5th Place – Jimmy Goodfellow & Chris Price 45 (B9- 23)
Best Guest – (incl. member/guest pairings) 43 (on count back)
Malcolm Cooke & Jackie Bettles
Near Pins - Ladies
Hole 6 - Lydia Harriman
Hole 16 – Hilke Glienke
Near Pin - Gents
Hole 4 – Warren Tennant
Hole 14 – Per Lars Tonstad.
Prizes were presented during the Captain's Reception which took place in Brasserie Rosal where almost 120 members and guests were in attendance. The Captain took the thank a number of people who had made the weekend such a success:
Kath Deans and Elaine Marshall for their support with the halfway house,
Pippa Tennant for registration and money collection duties,
Warren Tennant and Euan Pyper for arriving early to erect things,
John Corrigan and his friends at Pernod-Ricard for donating the Maciera
Andi and his staff at Brasserie Rosal who did a great job keeping us fed and watered
Adelino and his friends for the great music
Gary and Sylvia at the Golf Shack for their generous support with the prizes.
Pestana staff both on and off the course,
Marja Chapman for doing everything!!
Finally Peter thanked all the players and those who attended the reception and acknowledged that the success of the weekend was due to the support of the membership.
