The final table of this year's Order of Merit which concluded with the stableford of the 8th November.
| Current | Last Week | Change | Name | Total |
| 1 | 1 | DUPLESSIS,Gillian | 179 | |
| 2 | 2 | COOK,LYNN | 169 | |
| 3 | 6 | Up 3 | HARRIMAN,Lydia | 157 |
| 4 | 5 | Up 1 | BRIGGS,Barbara | 155 |
| 5 | 4 | Down 1 | HUXTABLE,KAREN | 152 |
| 6 | 8 | Up 2 | GROVES,EILEEN | 152 |
| 7 | 3 | Down 4 | EDWARDS,GILL | 151 |
| 8 | 7 | Down 1 | MURPHY,JUDI | 149 |
| 9 | 9 | TENNANT,Pippa | 135 | |
| 10 | 11 | Up 1 | KLEEF VAN,MADDY | 117 |
| 11 | 10 | Down 1 | BISCHOFF,Ulla | 115 |
| 12 | 14 | Up 2 | PARKINSON,Marie Anne | 111 |
| 13 | 13 | CHAPMAN,Marja | 109 | |
| 14 | 12 | Down 2 | PYPER,Yvonne | 108 |
| 15 | 16 | Up 1 | STAECK,Kerstin | 99 |
| 16 | 15 | Down 1 | BELL,Janet | 90 |
| 17 | 17 | HOFMANN,MARIEKE | 89 | |
| 18 | 18 | TAYLOR,MAGS | 85 | |
| 19 | 19 | JACQUES,LYDIA | 69 | |
| 20 | 20 | LAMB,Lorna | 61 | |
| 21 | 22 | Up 1 | CAUBERGH,Micheline | 56 |
| 22 | 23 | Up 1 | EMRICH,Wendy | 53 |
| 23 | 25 | Up 2 | LUIJT,PAULA | 51 |
| 24 | 24 | SIMPSON,RUTH NICHOLL | 50 | |
| 25 | 21 | Down 4 | MCGILL,MARIAN | 50 |
| 26 | 26 | CHURCHILL,Janet | 48 | |
| 27 | 27 | SCOTT,Alison | 47 | |
| 28 | 28 | EVANS-BARROW,Ginny | 41 | |
| 29 | 29 | OUNSTEAD,Joanna | 40 | |
| 30 | 31 | Up 1 | NORRIS,Jane | 27 |
| 31 | 30 | Down 1 | GLIENKE,Hilke | 24 |
| 32 | 35 | Up 3 | HORN,Karin | 23 |
| 33 | 34 | Up 1 | GOODWIN,SUE | 23 |
| 34 | 36 | Up 2 | COLLINS,Pamela | 22 |
| 35 | 33 | Down 2 | FORRESTER,DOT | 21 |
| 36 | 32 | Down 4 | MCMAHON,Hannelore | 20 |
| 37 | 37 | CHAPMAN,Anne | 20 | |
| 38 | 38 | DE JONGE,Ineke | 14 | |
| 39 | 39 | HYND,LYNNE | 14 | |
| 40 | 40 | ARNES,CHRISTINE | 10 | |
| 41 | 41 | COWELL,LESLEY | 9 | |
| 42 | 42 | DE JONG,Alie | 9 | |
| 43 | 43 | MACFARLANE,Hermione | 5 | |
| 44 | 44 | DAVIS,Judy | 4 | |
| 45 | 45 | PIKE,Sheila | 1 |
The final table of this year's Order of Merit which concluded with the stableford of the 8th November.
| Current | Last Week | Change | Name | Total |
| 1 | 1 | TAYLOR,DAVID JOHN | 119 | |
| 2 | 2 | GREENWOOD,Arthur | 105 | |
| 3 | 5 | Up 2 | TONSTAD,Per Lars | 101 |
| 4 | 6 | Up 2 | COX,GEOFFREY | 98 |
| 5 | 3 | Down 2 | BRIGGS,Desmond | 98 |
| 6 | 9 | Up 3 | MORGAN,Steven | 92 |
| 7 | 4 | Down 3 | EDWARDS,GARY | 91 |
| 8 | 7 | Down 1 | KINNEAR,James | 89 |
| 9 | 8 | Down 1 | COE,ROBERT | 86 |
| 10 | 11 | Up 1 | CUTT,Robert | 82 |
| 11 | 10 | Down 1 | NICKELS,Christopher | 81 |
| 12 | 12 | CHAPMAN,Peter | 78 | |
| 13 | 13 | GROVES,RAYMOND | 77 | |
| 14 | 14 | CRUZ RODRIGUEZ,JIMMY | 77 | |
| 15 | 15 | STEWARD,Peter William | 73 | |
| 16 | 16 | EDWARDS,STEPHEN | 69 | |
| 17 | 17 | GIRLING,MICK | 68 | |
| 18 | 18 | BELL,Kevin | 61 | |
| 19 | 19 | HUXTABLE,MELVYN | 60 | |
| 20 | 23 | Up 3 | HATHERLEY,Peter David | 59 |
| 21 | 21 | PYPER,Euan | 59 | |
| 22 | 20 | Down 2 | PRICE,CHRISTOPHER | 59 |
| 23 | 25 | Up 2 | LEECH,Michael | 57 |
| 24 | 26 | Up 2 | MACFARLANE,Mick | 57 |
| 25 | 24 | Down 1 | LAMB,Jeffrey | 57 |
| 26 | 28 | Up 2 | UNDERWOOD,DAVID | 51 |
| 27 | 22 | Down 5 | TENNANT,Warren | 50 |
| 28 | 27 | Down 1 | PENN,John | 49 |
| 29 | 30 | Up 1 | GOODFELLOW,JAMES | 46 |
| 30 | 29 | Down 1 | SHELTON,Ken | 45 |
| 31 | 31 | HONOUR,William | 39 | |
| 32 | 32 | PYLS,Rudi | 37 | |
| 33 | 34 | Up 1 | DOCHERTY,Michael | 33 |
| 34 | 36 | Up 2 | CAMPBELL,Fred | 33 |
| 35 | 35 | RICHARDSON,ANDY | 33 | |
| 36 | 37 | Up 1 | SPALLIN,Paul | 32 |
| 37 | 39 | Up 2 | FORRESTER,DON | 30 |
| 38 | 41 | Up 3 | CORRIGAN,John | 29 |
| 39 | 40 | Up 1 | ROXBURGH,TONY | 29 |
| 40 | 38 | Down 2 | BRADSHAW,CHARLES | 27 |
| 41 | 43 | Up 2 | BROOKS,Harold | 26 |
| 42 | 42 | O`REILLY,Bernard Michael | 26 | |
| 43 | 46 | Up 3 | BABIKOV,Damir | 25 |
| 44 | 45 | Up 1 | MATTINSON,ANDREW | 25 |
| 45 | 33 | Down 12 | HOFMANN,WILLEM | 25 |
| 46 | 47 | Up 1 | JONES,Gwynne | 23 |
| 47 | 48 | Up 1 | CLARKSON,William | 23 |
| 48 | 50 | Up 2 | DEANS,Stuart | 23 |
| 49 | 51 | Up 2 | WALKER,Stuart | 22 |
| 50 | 53 | Up 3 | VAN HOOGDALEM,Hans | 21 |
| 51 | 54 | Up 3 | MARSHALL,Malcolm | 21 |
| 52 | 44 | Down 8 | GITTOES,Michael John | 21 |
| 53 | 52 | Down 1 | LANCASTER,Keith | 20 |
| 54 | 55 | Up 1 | SCOTT,Keith | 19 |
| 55 | 56 | Up 1 | BRAND,Martin | 19 |
| 56 | 59 | Up 3 | DAVIS,GERRY | 18 |
| 57 | 60 | Up 3 | YOUNG,JEFFERY CHARLES | 18 |
| 58 | 57 | Down 1 | EMRICH,Richard | 18 |
| 59 | 58 | Down 1 | GOODWIN,WILLIAM | 18 |
| 60 | 61 | Up 1 | MCGILL,STUART | 17 |
| 61 | 63 | Up 2 | STRADLING,Jim | 16 |
| 62 | 62 | COOK,GEORGE | 16 | |
| 63 | 64 | Up 1 | WHITELEY,RICHARD | 15 |
| 64 | 49 | Down 15 | PRATT,Larry | 15 |
| 65 | 66 | Up 1 | COOKE,MALCOLM | 14 |
| 66 | 65 | Down 0 | WRIGHT,GRAHAM | 14 |
| 67 | 68 | Up | CHAPMAN,Ian | 11 |
| 68 | 69 | Up | HYND,COLIN | 11 |
| 69 | 67 | Down 0 | HORN,Klaus | 11 |
| 70 | 70 | CARR,MICHAEL | 10 | |
| 71 | 71 | GOUMAN,ABRAHAM | 9 | |
| 72 | 73 | Up | DE JONG,Klaas | 7 |
| 73 | 74 | Up | WALLIS,ALAN | 6 |
| 74 | 75 | Up | ELLERTON,MARK | 6 |
| 75 | 77 | Up | WAKENSHAW,Ian | 5 |
| 76 | 76 | QUINLAN,DAVID | 5 | |
| 77 | 78 | Up | COX,Graham | 4 |
| 78 | 79 | Up | RHODES,Keith | 3 |
| 79 | 81 | Up | MODDERAAR,Jan | 3 |
| 80 | 83 | Up | MONEY,Robert | 3 |
| 81 | 82 | Up | MYKLEBOST,Amund | 3 |
| 82 | New Entry | LEIGH,Anthony | 2 | |
| New Entry | ARNES,Simon | 1 | ||
| New Entry | SIMPSON,DONALD FRANCIS | 1 |
This years Presentation Evening was held at Ponte Romana in Silves. Another great turnout from our members and guests.
Captain Peter Chapman congratulated all the winners and runners up in the seasons competitions. He also praised the competition orgainisers who again did a great job, not an easy task with the high number of participants.
A host of prizes were awarded and the photos can be seen below.
The traditional annual Past Captains Trophy was contested this week. 6 past captains played a stableford competition with Gary Edwards defending the trophy he won last year. Joining them was this years "future past captain" Peter Chapman.
After the morning competition the Captains and partners all met for a meal at SdM member Jimmy Cruz's restaurant O Canto in Ferragudo. Jimmy certainly pulled out all the stops with a meal fit for KIngs!
Serra de Monchique Golf Club
Captain’s Report No 2 2016
Apologies for a tardy issuing of the second Captain’s Report of 2016 - not to worry at least it means you will only have to read 3 reports in the year rather than the usual 4!!
The club continues to function well with membership steady around the 170 mark and high levels of attendance in nearly all competitions both qualifiers and fun golf. This is due in no small measure to the hard work of Competition Secretary Lynn (and in her absence Marja), Dave Tweed (Thursdays) and Eileen (Ladies Day) – without them our golfing lives would be much more difficult.
Many congratulations to our Interleague team who have gained promotion to Division One with second place. This is our second promotion in the last two seasons, let's hope next year we go on to take the title!
Our final match resulted in a 3-2 victory over a strong Vilamoura team.
It is just reward for all the hard work from team members and Interleague Captain George Cook.
Scores:
A beautiful Algarvean September day, a great turn out and some remarkable scores made this years President's Day very special. In his last as President George Cook went out in style. Following Saturdays golf was a brilliant event at the Vila Vita Beer Garden in Porches on Sunday evening. A barbeque to remember, brilliant music and almost 100 members and guests made for a fabulous occasion.