Catch up number Three! Admiration Cup and Godolphin Goblet

 Catch up Number 3

I have missed a couple of Opens and the jolly to Dartmouth which I'm happy to say Claire won! I'm sorry I don't have pictures... 

...but to bring us up to date I need to mention the Admiration Cup and Godolphin Goblet!

There were ten entrants in total, 3 in the Admiration Cup and the remaining seven in the Godolphin Goblet (definitely sounds like Harry Potter!)

The weather offerd a few challenges as usual and the scores were low.

Winning the Admiration Cup with 26 points was Ros, with Liz and Jenny so close behind both with 25 points.

Well played Ros!

The Godolphin Goblet had slightly higher scores but it was clearly a challenging day.

In third place with 31 points was Lindsay, beaten on countback to second by Lyn who also had 31 points.

In first place and winning the trophy was Fran with 32 points!

Well played Fran - a very steady round.

Congratulations Fran

Well done everyone who played.

Apologies to anyone I have missed in these three catch-ups... 

Catch up number two! Botrea Bowl; Knockouts and Treverven Trophy

 Botrea Bowl

Nine ladies were able to play in the Botrea Bowl stableford competition in fairly normal Cape conditions with a good Breeze.

 Many of us had played a bit too much golf lately... and despite doing the best we could we couldn't compete with kone player in particular!

 In third place with a creditable 32 was Lyn; in second with a lovely 34 points was Jenny...

and our winner.... Chris J with a fantastic 37 points!

Congratulations Chris - Fabulous score

As mentioned above there has been a feast of golf lately!

This gorgeous bunch played in the South West Vets competition at Staddon Heights and spent the evening planning tactics!

It seems to have worked as they were in the winnings with second place with 83 points! (The Point won with 84!)

Knockout finals have also taken place... Steve H and I won the mixed knockout beating Lindsay and Dave in the final - needless to say it was a close match!

The ladies pairs final took place between Hils & Fran  and Lyn &Sue.  Lyn and Sue ran out winners in another close match.

The individual knockout final also took place between Lyn and Sue with Lyn coming out on top!

Treverven Trophy

This Californian Scramble had seven teams of four entered and strokes received ranged between 10 and 14.

In third place with a nett 57were German, John Tw, Norman D and Jayne; in second place with 56 were Ryan E, Fran, Sue D and Rob C, and in first place (on countback!) also with 56 were Alan C, Dave M, Andy Cl and Chris D.

I'm not sure who the gentleman on the right is ....?

Well played team!

Catch up number 0ne! Budock Vean and Captains v Vets at Carlyon bay

 Catch Up... again!

I've been away for a few weeks so this is catch-up time...apologies for things I miss!

Friday Sept 19th was the Seniors Open which was mixed this year...and Andy C invited me to play. Very reluctantly I did - absolutely certain that because I had to play off the yellow tees I was likely to score in the 20s...maybe?

After blobbing the first (for no other reason than poor play!) I played steadily and couldn't believe it when I came in with a score of 37 points! That put me in third...which taught me a lesson or two!

 Budock Vean

The following day a group of about 10 of us set off for Budock Vean. We were booked to play on the Saturday and the Sunday and Frieda had made wonderful plans for us.

The drive up there was a challenge in itself because of pouring rain and huge puddles of standing water.

We delayed the start but heavy rain made play very difficult! All bar three of us stopped on the fourth hole - the main reason for Lindsay, Jayne and I completing nine was that Jayne had never played the course. So with halos shining but very wet we completed those nine and then spread everything out to dry!

Our rooms were super and the food was excellent. Most ladies took advantage of the swimming pool and everyone had a fabulous time. Huge thanks to Frieda for organising us and how wonderful to have Bronwen and Angie with us too. 

We managed to complete 18 holes on the Sunday but the fine morning turned into torrential rain again and we finished with puddles in the cars!

A special time despite everything mother nature threw at us! 

Captains v Vets

It was certainly all go as the following day (Monday) several of us were off to Carlyon Bay to play in the Vets v Captains competition.

Amazingly we had unbroken sunshine! What a turnaround from the two previous days!

The Vets ran out winners - well done Vets Captain Sue... it's been a good year!

Bosullow Bowl

Bosullow Bowl

Saturday 13th September saw 12 pairs take on the Bosullow Bowl Trophy Competition. 

This is the Mixed Greensome begun by Anne and Tony Jones, played off the ladies card with men teeing off the whites and the ladies off the reds except for 10 and 16 where the ladies play off the yellows. 

As we arrived we had the threat of rain along with a brisk breeze. Fourteen teams had hoped to play but the heavy rain of Friday had meant that initially buggies were off so two teams dropped out. 

In the end buggies were allowed at drivers discretion which enabled some to play. We missed you though Chris L and Sue S.

Annie was smiling down on us and it wasn't long before the sun was coming through, though she left us with the breeze!!

There were some good scores and more than a handful of birdies.

There were two twos (Sue D and Chris W, Claire and John S) and 13 birdies mostly coming on the 10th and 16th!!

Almost unbroken sunshine by the time we finished

Scores were very close with 6 teams within two points of each other!

Notable in the scoring (but not in the winnings!) were Claire and John S whose back 9 comprised of 2 pars, three birdies and an eagle! Awesome!

In third were Bruce and I with 40 points, this included a birdie and 8 pars;

in second place, also with 40 points were Antoinette and Roy, including 5 pars;

and in first place, also with 40 points, were Chris and Norman D with a par and two birdies.

Bosullow Bowl Winners Chris and Norman

Congratulations Chris and Norman - well played!

Well done everyone - what a lovely competition - so grateful for the sunshine!

Millennium Trophy

Millennium Trophy

Wednesday lunchtime saw our Captain Hilary take to the Falmouth course for the final of the Millennium Trophy.

This is the knockout competition for the Captains of Cornish Clubs and Hils was our representative this year having won our Cape Millennium competition last year.

Hils had won all her matches and was playing against Brenda from Lanhydrock in the final.

The day was squally showers, strong wind and sunshine! Waterproofs and umbrellas were constantly being used but the sun was lovely when it came out.

Linda, the Captain of the Captains Society hosted and acted as a referee.

Hils had to give 14 shots!

The course was in good condition and there were no holdups which was great.

The match itself was very close with some lovely play. 

Hils was two up on the 17th and played two magnificent shots straight down the fairway to give herself the opportunity of winning the match...which she did on the green with a win 3 and 1.

A lovely afternoon tea was enjoyed with the presentation of the trophy

Super play Hils, hard fought and a very well deserved win!

Well played Cap'n

Medal and WRVS Trophy and Presidents' Cups

 Medal and WRVS Trophy

Saturday 6th September was the monthly medal and WRVS Trophy.

Once again it was bright with a brisk breeze; eleven ladies were available to play and considering the wind there were some good scores.

In third place was Lyn with a nett 77; countback was needed to divide first and second with me in second with a nett 75 and Chris D winning on countback on the last 6 holes.

Well played Chris!

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The Presidents' Cups were due to be played for on the Sunday but the forecast of heavy rain led to this being called off... and it did pour on the Sunday morning so it was a good decision!! It has been rescheduled for Sunday October 12th.

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Poldhu Cup

Sue D, Frieda and Fran played in the Pokghu Cup at Mullion on Friday with Sue coming 4th and Fran winning nearest the pin on the 11th!

Well done girls, keeping the Cape flag flying high!

Catch up!

 Cancellation, League, Molson Coors Scramble

The Abbotswood Trophy was due to be played on Saturday 30th August but yet again the weather scuppered our chances to play.

However the weather was decent enough to play our final league match on the following day.

It was breezy though and it was a close run thing with us beating Bude 4 games to 3.

Well played all, the team was  Claire, Fiona, Fran, Hils, Lindsay Sue and me.

This gives us 8 point in the league, at the moment in third place of 5 but with two matches left that other teams have to play. 

We may stay in Div 1 or move down to Div 2. Either way we've had a great year despite the challenges arising from our small numbers and handicaps.

Altogether ten of our ladies have played so my thanks goes out to them all.

They are Claire, Hils, Fi, Fran, Frieda, Lindsay, Lyn, Ros, Sue and myself.

Thanks everyone!

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Molson Coors Scramble

Wednesday 3rd September was the Molson Coors Open Scramble which turned out to be great fun for all those who could play. 

It was bright and breezy and there were some fantastic scores too with the winning team of Roger Nicholas, Terry Dodd, Gary ODonnell and Martin Kaluza having a gross score of 57 and nett score of 51!

A group from Falmouth were second with a nett 54 on countback from another Cape Team of Chris Wade, James McMullen, Bruce Pow and John Stock.

There was one all ladies team of Sam, Fran, Jayne and Liz who came in with a nett 58 taking 13 place. There were 26 teams whose cards were recorded!

I think everyone who played had a fabulous day!

Thanks to Cape for all aspects of the organisation.

 

Captains' Charity Day

 Captain's Charity Day

What a day!

Hilary and Norman had arranged a pairs betterball competition with a shotgun start and it was brilliant to see the course absolutely full!

Everyone found it tricky with the ball running and I for one was very grateful to be in a buggy as it helped with ball spotting and finding! 

Bunchy did the honours with the auction, setting and raising the bidding on  rounds of golf at various places around the UK; a variety of meals; a golf lesson and Harry Hall's Hat among others!

There are pictures on Facebook I believe but I'm thrilled to say the day raised £2500 for Hils and Norm's charity 'We Are With You'. Awesome indeed!

Norman spoke of how the charity had been a great support to Katie. 

For the first time ever there was a presentation of a Men's Charity Cup named in memory of Norm's great mate, Paul Ferris.

Winning prizes is unimportant compared with what life throws at us however

the Ladies Charity cup was won by Lyn and Sue D, with Claire and Ros in second place!

Lindsay 'I never get a two', got another two (the first one was yesterday!) this time on the 12th hole! 

Longest drive on the 2nd and Nearest the pin on 4 I claimed! And Chris L claimed the one on the 3rd.

I cannot remember all the men's prizes  but the inaugural Paul Ferris Trophy was awarded to Cyril and Robin. Well played boys!

A great barbecue was enjoyed on the terrace with live music from BandEkoot accompanied by lots of singing and dancing!

It was great to see old members and friends too.

A really special day... thank you Hils and Norm.

Carmen Payne

 Carmen Payne 2025

 Thirteen players entered the Carmen Payne Trophy competition on Saturday 24th August.

It was another glorious sunny day and fortunately the fierce wind of late had dropped!

The course is so dry and the greens, which have quite a bit of treatment this week, were not easy to putt on.

It's lovely to see  a good number of players out on the course,  though the challenges of Cape in the hot dry conditions make rounds a bit slow from ball hunting! A buggy can be a great help with this!

There were two twos today! Fi had one on the 12th  and Lindsay had one on the 4th! Well done you two!

Countback was needed to separate Fi and Sue D who both had 35 points. Sue pipped Fi to third place.

Then we have a superb score of 40 from Lyn! Brilliant second place, and in first place with a sparkling 43 points was Fran! That's 6 pars and the equivalent to playing to a handicap of 15.6 on the day! 

Fabulous score and a fabulous win! 

Carmen Payne Trophy winner Fran!

Well played Fran and all who played.

21st August

Thursday 21st August

These pictures are from the Wednesday...shows the dryness of the course

And also where the fire had been on Saturday, it stills smells of smoke! We are pleased that the Club have asked folk not to smoke anywhere on the course.

The patch looks quite small in this photo but reaches right down over to the coast path. 

No-one wants these back!

And clearly pretty fierce when you see the effect on what were a couple of balls lost in the bracken!

On the Thursday itself a Par Bisque was played, I don't have details of how many played but I believe Sue D was the winner with Fran in second! Well played both.

Saturday 16th August

 Saturday

Saturday dawned really windy with a strange light. A few of us were signed up to play but despite misgivings four of us actually went out to play - others were far more sensible deciding that 30 mph wind with gusts of 40 mph was not helpful to golf! 

A sheltered moment!

And they were right.

We played till the start of the 6th where we decided we'd all had enough...a few lost balls and trolleys upending made for an easy decision and we went back in for coffee!

The most interesting occurrence was the presence of the fire brigade near the 18th tee!

There was a gorse fire and the fire service were in attendance for quite a while. All sorted by the time we left.

Thursday

 Thursday 14th August

There were just four of us playing today and it was grey but warm like yesterday!

The lovely thing to report is that Chris L played...the first time in quite a while ...last week's attempt was thwarted by the weather... 

and... that Angie joined us for coffee as Pete and Archie were playing. 

So though nothing to report on the golf but joyful to see Angie and Chris!

Club Championship weekend.

 Club Championship

The weekend of August 9th and 10th saw the Club Championship Competition.

This had been postponed from July when we had to stop because of fog.

Perfect weather!

Conditions were fantastic with little wind and bright sunshine, but the result of all that sun is a faster and faster course. 

It really was a challenge out there!

There were 7 ladies able to play.

The Best Nett competition was won by Frieda with a Nett 142; in second and third were Fi and then Sue D both with 144. 

Best Nett 

Club Champion

Our Club Champion for 2025 was Fi with a Gross score of 182; Hils was in second with 186 and Sue D third with 190.

Well played to the winners and to everyone who played because of the challenge of the course today!

Hole in One!!!

 Hole in One

Our fab Lady Captain got a hole in one yesterday!

What a star!

This was  on the fourth hole in the open mixed competition which runs all week! 

Super stuff Hils!

Absolutely brilliant!

Ps  Thursday's golf was once again thwarted by mist and fog!

Fog and Vets Vase

 Foggy Thursday

Thursday was another grey damp day so no golf happened...but a few of us met for coffee and Di had a go at sorting out the broken glass shelf in the trophy cabinet. 

We think only one of our trophies was damaged...I guess we'll find out in time...

Saturday Medal and Vets Vase

Nine ladies were able to play in this trophy competition and some super scores were posted...six of the scores were nett 70 or less!

Great scoring.

In third place on countback was Ros with a nett 68, just being pipped by Fiona who also had a nett 68. The winner was Frieda with a magnificent 64!

Well played Frieda!

Sue D and Hils also both had nett 69s and Lyn a nett 70 so it seems it was a great day for golf!

Well played everyone!

League match against Bude

Bude 

Sunday saw seven intrepid ladies head up to Bude for our final away match. Unfortunately Lindsay and I had both had a tummy bug so Lindsay had to withdraw from playing and i'm pleased to say that Ros was able to take her place. 

I'd had the bug a day earlier than Lindsay so I played hoping against hope that I wasn't still carrying any nasties!

Many thanks to our drivers, Claire, Sue and Hils.

The weather was a bit overcast but very pleasant, the course has had some landscaping done...some mounds down either side of the first hole have defined it really well and it is enticing to the eye...they have also added a few bunkers, revetted and deep and a real challenge! The whole course was in great condition.

Our ladies put up a great fight, losing four matches to three! That really is impressive on a course we are son unfamiliar with!

Well done everyone - super proud of how everyone played!

Particular thanks to Ros who had to play 5 shots below her handicap!

Many thanks all - one more match to play - our home one against Bude at the end of August.

The Team were Hils, Claire, Fran, Sue, Frieda, Ros and me.

Coronation Foursomes, Aussie Spoons, Thursday and Kaluza Classic!

 The week of 20th July 

This week was a busy one!

On Tuesday Hils and Fran played in the Regional final for the Coronation Foursomes and what a score they came in with! 

42 points is amazing in Foursomes 21 points on each nine holes! 

The only problem was that two other pairs also came in with 42 points ...and you know what I'm going to say...they had better scores on the back 9 so pushed Fran and Hils into third place!

What a shame (bloomin' countback!) but what a fabulous round you made us all proud! 

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Liz and Frieda played the regional final of the Aussie Spoons at Falmouth and returned a score of 36 points. This put them in fifth place, again count was involved but this time just between 4th and 5th, the winning score was 41 points. Well played both , that is another great foursomes score.

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On Thursday Lindsay and I played in the St Austell Open which was a betterball and scored 44 points!! The winning score was 47! We had a lot of fun!

Ros played on Thursday at Cape and sent me this...

There were only 7 playing today (Fran & Hils at Yeovil yesterday, & Frieda/Liz at Falmouth today). It was nice to see Jayne and also Antionette after her recent health problems.

We decided to play a stableford with 2 joker holes, to be selected prior to teeing off, with the joker holes attracting double score.

Neeless to say, there were some high scores. Lyn was winner on 28 points and I was 2nd with 26, although as usual at Cape, 3 others also had 26, so there was a lot of count back checking.

Lyn did a great job with the cards, as there was much confusion over playing handicaps and stroke indices! 

Weather warm & calm but a bit dull & even a bit of drizzle early on, but on finishing, we were able to sit outside in the sun - when was the last time we did that?

Thanks Ros and well played Lyn!

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Kaluza Classic

On Saturday the Kaluza Classic was played. There was a great turnout so there was a full tee sheet for this 4ball Texas Scramble.

A beat the pro challenge was on the 16th which raised  £290 for Hils and Norman's Charity! Brilliant Job!

I was sorry to miss it...more details are on Facebook if you use it and some more lovely pictures.

Well done all, particularly Hils team which won the overall prize! Well played all!

Thursday and Saturday 19th

Thursday and Saturday 19th July

Thursday was a bit foggy but it cleared and four of us just had a 9 hole practice which was good to do.

Saturday 19th

Eight ladies played a stableford in overcast but good conditions. We did have one huge shower towards the end but we did manage to complete with some good scores.

In first was Fran with a fabulous 39 points; in second was Sue D with 38 points and in third place with 37 was Lyn!

Lovely scores! 

 Fran played lovely golf and had a 4 for 5 points on the 14th (the old 7th). Her third shot was on the edge of the green and she putted it straight in, right across the green! Fabulous shot!

Earlier she had put two men right when they didn't shout fore as they teed off the first with their balls landing near us on the 9th. When one started arguing that his ball was "going to miss" us Fran told him with great authority to... " Stop arguing - you're on a golf course - you shout Fore!"  It was impressively delivered! 

Go Fran!

It was lovely to have Sam join us for 14 holes and to see Bronwen who came in at the end and joined us for food!