The first organised club walk for some time was very well attended and brilliantly led, as always, by Keith and Alison Scott. Starting from Gregorios up and along Pedreirinha Hill finishing after 6.5kms in Vale Fuzeiros, it was filled with stunning views along the ridge, some interesting Archaeological sites along the route which had some challenging climbs and some steep descents however, they were all worth the effort.
The 34 walkers built up a hearty appetite which was just as well as the lunch at Restaurant A Grelha was fabulous and plentiful!
Past SdM Captain Des Briggs hit his first hole in one since 1996 when he holed out at the third today.
Playing slightly uphill Des hit his 5 hybrid, slightly thin to be honest, however a kind bounce and a straight roll saw his ball dissappear!
What was more impressive is that he chose the final of the Men's Singles KO comp to do it, sadly for Des the final result wasn't as spectacular as the ace, he eventually lost a very tight match 3&2 to another Past Captain Steve Edwards.
The Thursday Ladies Trophy 2021 was presented by Maz McGill (sponsor) to Julia Hall. Congratulations Julia.
Runner Up - Hilary Currie
3rd Karen Huxtable
4th Jill Edwards
Congratulations to the Nearest the Pin winners;
Marijke Rombouts and Barbara Briggs
Julia Hall and Hilary Currie
The Annual Founders Day Trophy was held recently with some remarkable scores, all very close at the top and places decided on 8 levels of countback!!
Two of the original founders of Serra de Monchique Golf Club, Don and Dot Forrester, kindly sponsored the Nearest the Pins prizes and presented those prizes afterwards.
Overall Positions
1st Ian Wakenshaw & Anne Rodriguez 48 pts
2nd Steve Edwards & Jill Edwards 47 pts
3rd Jens Namtvedt & Liv Namtvedt 47 pts
4th Merja Ronkko & Hans Van De Laar 46 pts
5th David Tweed & Maddy Van Kleef 46 pts
A fine gathering of Serra De Monchique GC Past Captains congregated at Silves Golf Course on Saturday for the annual past captains trophy. Ably organised by Warren Tennant. As is usual, the scores were poor, however the eventual winner, on count back, was Peter Chapman narrowly beating Desmond Briggs. Thanks also to present Captain Les Smith who ran around all weekend making sure all our requests were met.
"Not the Ryder Cup" was held on Saturday the 25th September in beautiful sunshine.
The teams were divided in as equal handicaps as Eddie could muster. The USA being dressed in red and Europe in Blue
As the teams came in it was clear Europe was in complete control and romped home with a resounding 41 1/2 points over the USA 22 1/2 points
Thank you to the wonderful Margaret and Joe O´Reilly for taking some great photos
On the Patio there was a great atmosphere as most members stayed for the presentation.
What a fantastic day we had! 60 ladies dressed in pink, many with fab pink hair do's playing golf at Silves.
The SdM 'dream boys' did a superb job of looking after the registrations, cards, selling brooches and Mulligans. Not to mention setting up the course with pink tee markers and flags. They happily served us with fizz, water and nibbles. Certainly made it a special day to remember.
The event has raised in excess of €3,000 for the Algarvean Oncology Association, fantastic! This will help fund the mobile breast screening unit and hopefully save Ladies lives.
On behalf of aoa and the SdM Pink Ladies we would like to express our appreciation to everyone who has played in the event, donated a prize, food or drink, given their time to prepare the event in some way and of course the 60 lovely ladies who played.
Each lady received a set of 3 golf balls donated by Nevada Bob’s, Almancil.
There were 6 pairs that scored 47 points! Count back had to go to back 9 and then back 6. Thank you to Richard Emrich and Peter Chapman for collating the results.