Once again this event proved as popular as ever. 60 members representing either Europe or USA all wearing the teams colours competing in a match play format. The first 6 holes foursomes, the middle 6 pairs betterball and the final 6 holes singles. The competition was fierce and competitive with the USA securing a comfortable victory.

14 SdM Ladies enjoyed their second visit to Boa Vista, a game that both teams hope to continue annually.

This game is where two members from each club form a team, all of which makes for a very friendly game of golf .

followed by a nice lunch at the Boa Vista club house.

Winning scores were.

1st      Sandy Rumfitt     Marijke Rombouts     Janice Gallaway       Marion Caulfield    104 points

2nd     Mags Taylor        Liz Powell                   Liz Blay                    Kathleen Oldham   99 points

3rd      Wendy Emrich    Maddy Van Kleef        Val Wright                Hanna Nanhohy     96 points  

Nearest the pins went to

Maz McGill and Marijke Rombouts .

Next Ladies Day 18th September      

A fantastic day was enjoyed by all those who took part in The Rhiannon Trophy event last Friday 29th August.

It was run in aid of Angelo, our Head Green Keepers special needs son. Last year the contributions help to pay fees, medical treatments and a special wheel chair.

The Trophy is named after the Granddaughter of Terri and Brian Randall, Rhiannon, who also is a special needs child. as she lives in the UK all her schooling and care is paid for but Alberto receives little or no help towards Angelo's.

Pestana kindly gave Pinta golf course for the day plus it's full backing.

SDM kept the winning run going with a win over newcomers ESPICHE. 

A comfortable win 3 - 1/2   to one -  1/2    ie 7-3 on  points saw SDM climb further up the table.

There were some old faces in the Espiche Team, four recent  members of Sdm enjoyed a return to Silves.

Some notable performances all coming from the tail end of the line up.

Chris Nickels enjoyed a return to the team with convincing win 5 and 4 partnered by Gary Edwards.

OTHER RESULTS

Bill Goodwin and Chris price - lost 4 and 3

Steve Edwards and Annie Chapman   - Halved

Gary Edwards and Chris  Nickels -  won 5 and 4

Ray Groves and Geoff Cox  -  won 4 and 2

Bob Coe and Ian Chapman   -  won  2 and 1

Next Game: Laranjal (home)

The new stoke indices are now in place at Silves, although it is not yet known when the marker boards will be altered.
All competitions, Extra Day Cards and knockout matches will use these new indices. The Datagolf system which is used for submitting our score cards has also been updated to reflect the changes, so please use the new score cards already available at Silves reception.

SdM kept up there  winning streak on Thursday beating second in the league Vilamoura   3 and half - one and half .

SDM put a dent in the hopes of title chasing Vilamoura  who are just 7 points behind Villa sol.

Vilamoura needed  to win to keep the pressure on Villa Sol  but were no match for a strong SdM team.

Convincing performances from Chris Price and Bill Goodwin,  George Cook and Steve Edwards both pairs winning 3 and 2.

A tough match for Ray Groves and Geoff Cox who could not quite shake off the opposition until the 17th green Geoff Cox making birdie to secure the match  2 up .

Lynn Cook and Mick Girling lost there 100 % pairing record by halving their match.

And the last pairing saw AnnIe Chapman making her dubut for SdM.

But sadly  the Chapmans came up against some tough opposition in past member Geoff Robinson and a very good Eiko Wakabashi.