Today we had a visit from Carvoeiro Golf & Country Club ladies, vying to retain hold of the converted trophy for the winning team.
It was lovely to hear the buzz of activity in the clubhouse first thing this morning as we all prepared to do battle on the course.
The conditions for the match were great. Not too hot, not too windy, although several holes had you thinking did you have enough club?
This time, the SDM Ladies came out on top, winning 4 out of the 6 matches, two by considerable margins. The matches were fair and shots given reasonable and the games were played in our usual friendly spirit. Lunch was shared afterwards in the clubhouse.
Many congratulations to both our men's and ladies club champions, both of who defended titles they won last year. 
Men's winner was Ronnie Wraith with rounds of 78 and 79.
Ladies winner was Ria Raap with scores of 88 and 87.
While much of Europe suffers with torrential rain, wind, and other freak weather, it was a lovely sunny day at Silves GC in the Algarve. The organisers made a wise decision to hold the event there !
Thanks to all of you who attended one or both of the events last Saturday.
The morning started at 8AM with 76 participants teeing off in the Captain’s cup
Congratulations to all the winners, especially to Bob Cutt and Les Smith who lifted the Captain’s trophy with a brilliant score of 50 points.
What a fantastic day we had! 120 ladies dressed in all shades of pink playing golf at Silves.
The team of Sdm guys did a superb job of looking after the registrations, cards and selling Mulligans. Not to mention setting up the course with pink tee markers and flags. They happily served us with fizz, water and nibbles. Certainly a special day to remember.
The event has raised in excess of €9,500 for the Algarvean Oncology Association, fantastic!
Thank you for giving me a wonderful President's Day, although it was a little bit windy to start with the day was bright and sunny.
I would like to thank Jackie and Pauline for a super half way house with an excellent snack and drink provided for all.
Again thanks to Les for tent duties in a force 10 gale.!!! and Danny for his photographic skills.
Also thanks to the staff and family at Victoria's which did a super job of looking after 70+ people on the day and finally thanks to the BUZZ for all the music on the day.
Eddie thank you for doing a great job of organising the competition and getting the results sorted so soon so that we could present the trophy yesterday and congratulations to the winners (Karen, Ken, Andy and Peter).
I was so pleased that every winner was able to be there to celebrate on the day.
Thank you all once again and I am looking forward to next year.
As you will see below the scores were incredibly close with all three podium places being decided on countback!
Results
This year's club tour saw a return to the fabulous Cabanas Beach and Nature Resort. A wonderful complex set on the Atlantic coast. The itinerary included two rounds on the picturesque Quinta da Ria course and one on the equally fabulous Quinta de Cima course. There was also a free day with members having the opportunity to explore local sites or simply chill out round the pool.
Each evening began with drinks before dinner, which was in our own dining room. One evening included a lucky dip bran tub event, a traditional occurrence with SdM tours.
Day one saw a pairs betterball stableford, day two a team event: Foxes vs Squirrels and day four was the Cabanas Trophy, an individual stableford.
The event ran flawlessly, due entirely to the brilliant organisation of John and Julia Hall. They both put in hours of hard work and their efforts were appreciated and admired by all.
All the results: