The second of our three international days is Freedom Day on April 25th it celebrates the 1974 Revolution in Portugal that ended the dictatorship and started a democracy. It also commemorates the first free elections that took place a year later on April 25th 1975.

A massive field of 84 players took part in a team competition with Vinho Branco the eventual winners  

Players all gathered in the clubhouse afterwards for a choice of typical Portuguese fare: Chicken Piri Piri of Bifan, followed by music, dancing and presentations.
a fabulous day.

Other ntp winners:

Hole 3 - John Hall, and Wendy Burns

Hole 5 - Ian Wakenshaw and Wendy Burns

Hole 8 - Tommy Sundin and Ria Raap

Hole 11 - Jan Daapan and (no winner - bottle awarded to Elena Funetta for having the brightest shirt)

Hole 13 - Daniel Gambetta and Julie Barrattt

Hole 15 - Les Smith and Julia Hall

Bottles of wine were also awarded to the scorers of the highest Stableford points in each flight, and these winners were :-

Dave Darling, Rikki Huddleston, Andy Richardson, Hans van de Laar, Heidi Schmidt, Mick MacFarlane, Delyth Burtenshaw, Hilke Glienke, Nigel Cotterill, Keith Scott, Jan Daapan, Lesley Cowell, Joost Rombouts, Les Smith, Karen Huxtable, Anne Wakenshaw, Stuart McGill, Julia Hall, Barbara Briggs, Marit Linnet and Steve Barratt.