Many SdM members were lucky enough to attend a Garden Party in Ferragudo. Situated in a stunning cliff top location Torunn has a wonderful house with extensive gardens and surrounding land. There were many paths explored, with some amazing views and various drinks/refreshments on the way. After several kilometres of walking everyone found themselves returning to the gardens for a well earned picnic. Members brought their own food and drink and all enjoyed a many hours of chat and a few games.
Many thanks to our hostess Torunn for such an enjoyable afternoon.
Today, it was my honour to announce our Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Gross Champions of the Year.
The competition consisted of two very competitive rounds, with the first round played yesterday and the final round today.
The Ladies’ Gross Champion is Ria Raap with a fantastic total score of 179.
The Men’s Gross Champion is Ronnie Wraith with a remarkable total score of 163.
I’m sure all members will join me in congratulating both Ronnie and Ria on their tremendous performances and on winning their respective competitions. They can truly say that they are our Champion Golfers of the Year.
On behalf of everyone who took part, and indeed all our members, I would also like to extend our sincere thanks to Joost Rombouts. As most of you will appreciate, there is an enormous amount of work involved in preparing and managing a competition of this nature.
Joost even chose not to play today so that he could be at the clubhouse to check the scorecards and ensure that we were able to announce our winners. It was particularly great to see so many members on the terrace to congratulate our two very worthy champions.
What a wonderful day at the golf club !
Wonderful to see so many members making some attempt to wear team colours.
Wonderful to hear that so many members (everyone?) enjoyed themselves.
Wonderful to hear that there were so many tight matches, in all 3 formats.
Wonderful that the match overall was so close .... well no .... actually .... it wasn't.
Historians of this competition will know that it often promises a close match early on, and then one side runs away with it. After the first 7 results came in Europe had a small lead having scored 14.5 points to USA's 13.5. Out of the next 10 matches, USA won 8 matches, Europe none, and with 2 matches halved !!!
I am not sure , but I think 42 to 26 may be the heaviest defeat ever.
But you know what was the most wonderful thing of all ??
This years past captain's trophy was a competitive affair with 11 past captains taking to the fairways.
Mags Taylor was the organiser, and a very good job she made of it. A fabulous day was followed by a wonderful lunch a Mama Mia's in Monte Carvoeiro.
The eventual winner was Steve Edwards, second Dave Darling and third Peter Chapman.
On Saturday, 76 of you took part in the Captain’s Day competition. The full results have, of course, been issued, and I’m sure all members will join me in congratulating the top seven. There were just three points separating first place from seventh place, which made for a very exciting competition.
The trophy was awarded to Ian and Anne Wakenshaw, with an excellent score of 46 points. Congratulations to them!
Huge congratulations to our vice captain Denise Hennin with Her first hole in one.
According to reports she made it on the tough uphill par 3 11th hole at Silves.
Well done Denise.
This year's Pink Ladies day was held on Thursday 3rd September. 112 ladies played golf all dressed in pink, we were looked after by 13 SDM men, serving us food and fizz.
We raised a massive 10,223 euro’s for the Algarve Oncology Association.
We would like to thank Pestana, Elisabete’s team for the course which was in great condition, Pestana reception and bar staff for looking after us and making our day go smoothly.
A special thank you to all those who participated and all of you that contributed to prizes, NTP’s and donations
Julie, Ria, and Anne.
Pink Ladies team 2026