Friday 25th March

 League v Falmouth

Cape played their first away match today at Falmouth. We enjoyed the new clubhouse which has wonderful views over the bay and views over what will eventually be the 18th green.

The greens had been hollow-tined and sanded and were running quite fast.

Conditions were perfect with blue sky and sunshine and a breeze but not too strong a one.

The matches were close as usual - with Cape winning three of the games but losing four! 

Result 4-3 to Falmouth

We received a very friendly welcome and the matches were played in great spirit.

Well played all the team - Sue D, Fran, Fi, Frieda, Jayne, Lindsay and myself - it was a hard fought and very close contest!

Perfect Day

Perfect Day

We have had so much challenging weather of late today was a real treat!

Blue sky; blue sea; warm sunshine; only a breath of wind and tee shirts with cut-offs for some!

It really was fabulous!

There were 14 ladies competing and some super scores were recorded.

The first five ladies all had 20 points or more and of course we had to use countback!

Judy just pipped Lyn to fourth place with 20 points each; Fran pipped Frieda to second place on countback again (both with 22) and in first place was Pam with 23 points - her new clubs are a dream!

Overall Position	Player	Score	Placing	Countback
1	Fletcher, Pam	23 pts (19)	Overall Winner
2	Polglase, Fran	22 pts (11)	Overall Runner-Up	Last Six Holes
3	Pring, Frieda	22 pts (11)	Overall 3rd
4	Richards, Judy A	20 pts (16)		Last Three Holes
5	Lugg, Linda	20 pts (10)

Super scores - well played everyone!

Trevelyan Scramble

 Trevelyan Scramble

There was a good turnout for the Trevelyan scramble on Sunday 20th March.

More ladies had hoped to play but Covid had taken its toll.

It was a shotgun start, windy and rather grey but the sun shone later.

The wind conditions made it challenging.

Ten teams of four and one team of three played and there were some good scores recorded.

In third place was the team of three with Ros, Rob T and Andy C with a score of 64.

In second was a team of four men - John T, Terry P, Chris A and Adam A - with a score of 62.4.

In first place, with an outrageous score of 60.7 were Lindsay, Geoff, Dale P and Dan F!

                                             Well played team - great job!

Thursday Back 9 Qualifier

 Back 9 Qualifier

Twelve lovely ladies played a back 9 qualifier today. 

The weather was glorious and it was lovely to be out.

There were some good scores - with Lyn winning with 19 points.

Fran and I both had 16 points and Judy 15!

Well played everyone, it was good to have a good number playing.

Overall Position	Player	Score	Placing	Countback
1	Lugg, Linda	19 pts (10)	Overall Winner
2	Bowers, Ruth	16 pts (07)	Overall Runner-Up	Last Six Holes
3	Polglase, Fran	16 pts (10)	Overall 3rd
4	Richards, Judy A	15 pts (14)

Sam about to tee off on 11.

Saturday's Australian Spoons was cancelled as although there was bright sunshine there were also 50 mph gusts so play was not possible!

League Match

League v Bude 

Sunday 13th March saw a team from Bude come to Cape for our first league match in 2years!

We had played them just before the very first Covid restrictions in March 2020 and how wonderful it was to be back playing with a large degree of normality.

The gales of Saturday (our competition was cancelled again) had dropped and we had some sunshine along with a good breeze.

Our team of Hilary, Claire, Lyn, Fran, Antoinette, Lindsay and myself were faced with a lovely group of Bude ladies - five of them with handicaps lower than 14!

Nearly all of us received shots - and several of us had more than a handful - but we needed every one.

One game finished on the 16th - three games ended on the 17th and  three on the 18th - proof that the handicap system seems to work!

The result was an amazing win to Cape of 5.5 games to 1.5!

Huge congratulations to all the team - well played everyone!

Several of our visitors took advantage of the Bacon Baps for Ukraine before we played and we had a delicious roast afterwards.

Thanks go as always, to Mark and his team - the course is looking amazing; also to the Cape staff for looking after us so well, and last but not least to the team! 

Our next match is away against Falmouth!

Frieda's Follies

Frieda's Folly

Thursday saw eight ladies play Fried's fun format of only even numbered clubs plus driver, putter and pitching wedge!

It was a challenge to say the least!

We needed countback to separate second and third with Jenny taking second over Chris D - both with 12 points!

Our winner was Frieda with 14 points...maybe she had been secretly practicing!

Saturday's Sydney Grose was cancelled again because of wind gusts of over 50 mph. A few ladies went out to play just a few holes before the strong winds arrived.

Sunday is our first league match since Covid reared its ugly head. We play Bude at home and we will be having fairly strong winds!

Polglase 1 Medal and Millennium Trophy

 Polglase 1 (Medal) and Millennium Trophy

Saturday 5th March - St Piran's Day! 

Ten ladies entered the Polglase Trophy in conditions that look wonderful in the picture but were very difficult!

There was a strong north-easterly blowing which all but one of us found really challenging! The colours were amazing though!

St Just was awash with runners for the Cousin Jack run between St Just and St Ives along the coast path. That would have been extra tough into that wind.

Back to golf - our winner took only 88 strikes at the ball... (14 shots better than the next best!), she had a Nett 74 including 4 pars and a birdie on the 14th - well played Hilary!

In second place - also with 4 pars and a birdie (on the 7th)  was Frieda with a nett 80!

There were only 6 shots between the remaining players with Claire coming third with a nett 85,

Overall Position	Player	Score	Placing	Countback
1	Manley, Hilary	88 - 14 = 74	Overall Winner
2	Pring, Frieda	103 - 23 = 80	Overall Runner-Up
3	Hosking, Claire	104 - 19 = 85	Overall 3rd

Well played everyone for battling through!

Chris L and Sue S; Sarah, Angie and Jayne also came to play but not enter the competition.

Well done all - especially Hils who was a level above the rest of us!

Thursday Gold!

Golden ball 

Thursday 3rd March saw us play 12 ladies take on the back 9 with a golden ball!!

Rumour has it that each group lost the golden ball on the 15th! Safety in numbers I think!

Fran on the 11th

It was actually lovely to be playing a back 9 on a Thursday - they have been so few and far between!

It was quite chilly with a northerly breeze but our teams of three all finished. 

Congratulations to the winning team of Fran, Sue D and me... particularly to Fran who birdied the 14th; accumulating a score of 47!

In second - by just one point - were Frieda, Lyn and Lindsay!

Well played everyone.

Thanks to Di for doing the cards and to see Ros who came for some practice!