The Captain's drive in commenced with the new Captain Keith Scott driving off on the first tee, the shot didn't go exactly to plan as it hit a tree on the right hand side of the fairway and thankfully landed in a playable position. The length of the drive was 146 metres, which was guessed by 2 members, who kindly donated their winnings back to the charity.

The golf was played in perfect conditions, as the sun was shining, providing us with the hottest day of the year so far, this was ok for the early starters, however, many of the later players had 5 hour rounds and looked a little hot and bothered when they came into the clubhouse. Simon, Christine assisted by his helpers Jackie & Chris provided refreshments to the players, which was well received by all.

Many congratulations to Steve on his second hole in oneachieved  at the 15th hole on Silves, a 3 wood into the wind, "one bounce and straight in, a proper golf shot" he said.

We trust he repaired the pitch mark!  

Another National Day and another great event. With members dressed in green we celebrated the Irish day with a clear sky, quite a surprise after the recent weather. There were however a few lakes that are not normally present particularly on the 4th and 16th, and there were examples of members having to go bare foot into them to retrieve their golf balls!

Almost 80 players competed in a "greensomes" format with some very good scores. A partial shotgun start enabled most participants to stay for the presentations and gather in the clubhouse afterwards. The halfway house provided some typical Irish fare accompanied by the odd shot of Irish Whiskey.

We must congratulate Declan Byrne who virtually ran the day single handedly and also presented the prizes.

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Our annual Norwegian Day as usual was a fabulous event, the weather was "changeable' but mostly dry .Typically for this day there was a huge field, 88 members and guests enjoyed the course which despite the appalling recent weather was in excellent condition, the halfway house offered some traditional Norwegian fare and some rather pleasant Aquavit!

Many stayed to congratulate the winners who were lucky enough to receive some super prIzes, not least the first prize of a whole smoked salmon. 
Vice Captain Keith Scott thanked our Norwegian members for a wonderful day, also all those helpers who make SdM's National days such a success.

The competition was very close, 4 teams had the lowest score with the final placings going on count back.

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Yesterday we had our first Interclub League match away at Morgado.

We knew it was going to rain, but not how late and how much… well, most of us got drowned on the last few holes. That is the bad news.

The good news is, we started this season with a great result beating Morgado away with a 4-1 win, which gives us 9 points in our Division result.

Congratualtions to the whole SdM team and thank you to all the players who finished their matches in these circumstances.

Furthermore, the course was in a fantastic condition with extremely fast greens and the company and the after game lunch were great as well.

Next Interclub League match is against Morgado at Silves on Thursday the 10th of April.

The annual Roses vs Thorns this year turned out to be something of a St. Valentin's Day massacre with our ladies overwhelming the gents comprehensively 10.5 to 5.5.

A bright but windy day saw over sixty of our members dressed accordingly, men in blue and ladies in pink. However due to over subscription of men some had to play for the "other side". Congratulations to Ray Bisley who looked resplendant and rightly won a nice bottle of pink bubbly.

We must, as always, congratulate our Competition Secretary Eddie Kassner for another brilliantly organised event.