In support of Lar de Criancas Bom Samaritano, Children’s Home, Alvor. The two main events this year to raise funds for the Children’s Home in Alvor are The Captain’s Charity Walk and the Joint Charity Golf on 6th July . The overall walk is 75 kilometres over a period of 4 days and although a relatively short distance, the terrain is classed as ‘somewhat difficult’. Both Maddy van Kleef and I have walked two of the stages as a reconnaissance to establish...
Congdratulations to the SdM team who won their first round knock out match vs Espiche 5-0.
All pairings played very well and won convincingly despite giving shots in all matches.
Results:
James Kinnear and Steve Edwards won 3&1
Michael Docherty and Glenn Pennington won 5&3
Gordon Wilkie and Euan Pyper won 2 up
Jimmy Cruz and Judi Murphy won 6&5
Gunnar Eskilsson and Per Lars Tondstad won 5&4
Our second round match will be played in the coming weeks against Quinta do Lago.
4th March 2018
After a week of rain, the sun came out for the fruit pickers on Sunday morning at David and Mags house. Kath's home baking was the perfect partner for a welcoming coffee, served with a smile by Wendy. 40 SdM members put on their wellies to pick as much fruit as they wanted from the orchard, raising yet more funds for Captain Euan's charity. A leisurely lunch at Frango Dourado was the perfect way to round off another great original event by Social Secretary Marja. Perhaps we can do it again next year?
But if anyone would like to come and pick their own fruit while it is still in season, please let David and Mags know.
Saturday 3rd of March saw the first ever St David’s Day golf competition organised by the SdM Welsh community – “The Taffia”. It has to be said that weather in the days leading up to the event and the prevailing weather forecast looked like it would be another washout a la 2017. However despite waking up to skies reminiscent of an April morning in the Rhondda Valley the decision was taken to go ahead with the Pairs Seattle Shambles event and luckily the rain stayed away long enough for the majority of the field to get around without getting too wet.
Mel Huxtable
Many congratulations to SdM member James Kinnear who recently won the Associação Nacional de Seniores de Golfe Portugal competition at Penina GC. James shot level par around the testing course. He was 3 over at the turn but came back in an fantastic 3 under, his round included 5 birdies in total.
Competitng against 165 other golfers his win is very impressive.
There are regular events organised by the Associação Nacional de Seniores de Golfe Portugal, there website can be found here.