What a wonderful night we had at the Penina Golf Resort on Sunday the 10th of December.
After the pre dinner drinks were served in the Bar we all ventured through to the dining room were an excellent buffet was on offer.
70 members and guests were waited on by very attentive staff and the wine flowed liberally.
As the coffee was being served The President and the Captain stood up to present the Christmas Hampers that had beautifully prepared by Julia Hall and Merja Ronkko.
Finally two of the 5Ex band Tiago and Paulo brought us all onto the dance floor with some great music and a record dedicated to Marja Chapman (Yesterday by the Beatles).
Thanks must also go to Alison Scott for collecting in the cash for the event and Jan Bell for taking round the tip box for the staff.
The Hampers were awarded to:-

A team from SdM played in the annual finals and presentation day at Amendoeira recently. The team were presented with the Trophy for winning Division Three after a terrific season.

SdM played 12 matches throughout the year and were represented by many members, we should thank our Captain Per Lars Tonstad and Vice Captain Dave Darling for all their hard work during this time, it's a very difficult job selecting a team of ten when double that want to play. The club should be very proud of it's performance both on the course and off it, we have a great reputation for both competitiveness and sportsmanship.

We will be having fixtures next season against Penina, Espiche, Boavista, Quinta do Lago, Pinheiros Altos and Vilamoura. Look out for the dates on the website in the New Year.

88 Players participated in the annual Jimmy Goodfellow Quaich on Saturday and enjoyed all things Scottish.
Haggis, black pudding, smoked salmon, whisky, Drambuie made up some of the Half Way House Fare.
The Poor Man's Band entertained us with a selection of Gaelic songs and Di and Mags made a brave attempt at the Highland Fling - age no barrier!
The prizes were bought in Scotland a few weeks ago with donations from our Scottish members. Dawn, Jimmy's wife, kindly came along to present them to the lucky winners.
A great day fantastically supported by our membership.
The only non-Scottish element was the weather, for which we were so grateful!

Results:

On Monday 6th of November we met Silves International Golf Club to fight for the Silves Challenge Trophy. It is the second year the two clubs have met for a nice round of golf.
38 players from each club competed in a very friendly atmosphere. People enjoyed coming together on a beautiful day, and many attended a very good lunch afterwards.
Most of the matches were very tight and finished all square.

This week saw the annual converging of SdM's Past Captains, all attended except Ray Groves who was unavailable as was current Captain Per Lars Tonstad.

The keenly contested stableford competition was played in very blustery and overcast conditions. We did have a very brief shower but generally very good weather.

The day was organised by Euan Pyper, he did his typically thorough job, everything running smoothly on the day and then for the lunch the following afternoon. Many thanks must go to the staff at Primavera in Carvoeiro for providing a superb meal.

There was the usual prize giving and a glass was raised in memory of Mark Ellerton who sadly passed away earlier in the year. He was sadly missed.

Congratulations to Ronnie Wraith, one week after claiming the Club Championship he managed a hole in one at Silves. It was on the 15th, 148yds and Ronnie hit Pitching Wedge just past the pin and saw it spin back into the hole.

Unsurprisingly Ronnie also won nearest the pin!

Well done Champ!