This year's Championships were dominated by the Cook family. Husband and Wife George and Lynn Cook took the main prizes in another great Club Championship at SdM.
With the course in pristine condition and the weather fair the scoring was generally good, and in George's case exceptional. With rounds of 75 and 73 he won by 9 shots from Andy Richardson, the only other member to shoot two sub 80 rounds.
Like her husband, Lynn also shot the best round on each day 89 and 84. Runner up in the Ladies was Marja Chapman who after a disapointing round one shot a fabulous 85 on Sunday to climb the leaderboard.
Congratulations to all those organisers for another great weekend.
For the complete results via Datagolf click here.
Final Placings for the Club Championships 2015
Men:
| 1 | COOK, GEORGE | Serra de Monchique | + 8 | 148 | 75 | 73 |
| 2 | RICHARDSON, ANDY | Serra de Monchique | + 17 | 157 | 79 | 78 |
| 3 | GOODWIN, WILLIAM | Serra de Monchique | + 20 | 160 | 81 | 79 |
| 4 | TONSTAD, Per Lars | Serra de Monchique | + 21 | 161 | 80 | 81 |
| 5 | EDWARDS, STEPHEN | Serra de Monchique | + 22 | 162 | 81 | 81 |
| 6 | BABIKOV, Damir | Serra de Monchique | + 22 | 162 | 81 | 81 |
| 7 | TAYLOR, DAVID JOHN | Serra de Monchique | + 24 | 164 | 83 | 81 |
| 8 | HATHERLEY, Peter David | Serra de Monchique | + 30 | 170 | 86 | 84 |
| 9 | GROVES, RAYMOND | Serra de Monchique | + 31 | 171 | 91 | 80 |
| 10 | STEWARD, Peter William | Serra de Monchique | + 31 | 171 | 88 | 83 |
| 11 | CUTT, Robert | Serra de Monchique | + 34 | 174 | 90 | 84 |
| 12 | EMRICH, Richard | Serra de Monchique | + 41 | 181 | 87 | 94 |
| 13 | CHAPMAN, Peter | Serra de Monchique | + 47 | 187 | 92 | 95 |
| 14 | LEECH, Michael | Serra de Monchique | + 48 | 188 | 95 | 93 |
| 15 | BELL, Kevin | Serra de Monchique | + 53 | 193 | 96 | 97 |
| 16 | SPALLIN, Paul | Serra de Monchique | + 54 | 194 | 103 | 91 |
| 17 | LANCASTER, Keith Richard | Silves International | + 56 | 196 | 92 | 104 |
| 18 | YOUNG, JEFFERY CHARLES | Serra de Monchique | + 58 | 198 | 102 | 96 |
| 19 | PIKE, BRIAN | Serra de Monchique | + 61 | 201 | 104 | 97 |
Results Men's Gold and Silver Divisions (split=13.0) and Ladies Division. Overall position is in Column 1
| 3 | GIRLING, MICK | 68 | 11.2 | 34.34 |
| 4 | NICKELS, Christopher | 68 | 11.2 | 34.34 |
| 9 | TAYLOR, DAVID JOHN | 71 | 12.7 | 35.36 |
| 10 | COOK, GEORGE | 72 | 9.4 | 36.36 |
| 13 | HATHERLEY, Peter David | 73 | 8.5 | 38.35 |
| 14 | GOODWIN, WILLIAM | 73 | 9.3 | 37.36 |
| 16 | TONSTAD, Per Lars | 73 | 8.1 | 37.36 |
| 23 | GROVES, RAYMOND | 74 | 10.9 | 36.38 |
| 24 | EDWARDS, STEPHEN | 75 | 9.4 | 37.38 |
| 27 | STEWARD, Peter William | 76 | 12.9 | 34.42 |
| 32 | BABIKOV, Damir | 79 | 5.3 | 41.38 |
| 34 | COX, GEOFFREY | 79 | 12.1 | 39.40 |
| 36 | JONES, Gwynne | 80 | 8.7 | 38.42 |
| - | COE, ROBERT | NRet | 10.6 | |
This year's Foundation Cup will be played on the 14th November. Those qualified will have to enter via the website in the usual way. Below is a table showing those results already completed and the other places still available.
2015 will be the third running of the Cup, previous winners:
2012: Dave Brennan
2013: Ian Chapman
2014: Jimmy Cruz
It is named the Foundation Cup to commemorate the founding of the Club which happened in the month of November.
Congratulations to our winners, Mags Taylor with a fantastic best score of the day, 41 points, and Damir Babikov an equally impressive 74 (38 points).
See below for the full list of results:
SdM gained a creditable halved match away at Castro Marim recently.
On a very hilly and narrow course, with a strong wind, conditions were difficult for the visiting team, many playing the course for the first time.
A half was therefore a very positive result for us.
The scores:
| First | Gwynne Jones | Peter Chapman | 46 Points c/b |
| Second | Tony Roxburgh | Roger Yates | 46 Points |
| Third | Arthur Greenwood | Judi Murphy | 45 Points c/b |
| Fourth | Warren Tennant | Pippa Tennant | 45 Points |
| Guest Prize | Dave Shelton | Sue Goodwin | 39 Points |
| Ladies | Nearest the Pin | Hole 16 | Hilke Glenke |
| Men | Nearest the Pin | Hole 16 | Bob Cutt |
| Ladies | Nearest the Pin in 2 | Hole 9 | Barbara Gretton |
| Men | Nearest the Pin in 2 | Hole 11 | Gwynne Jones |