Sunday 29th March
Bowood Park
Sunday morning - clocks change day - the Cape Ladies headed for Bowood Park for our Ladies away-days trip!
Everyone arrived in really good time and met for coffee in the bar area, then headed out in groups to play a singles stableford with secret partners for the final result!
As usual we kept a record of lost balls too! And there were quite a few!
The weather was overcast and a bit damp at the start, turning to rain on the back 9 so everyone was a little damp when we finished! Especially those who teed off later!
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| Lucky Frieda!! |
The course was in fabulous condition with wonderfully wide fairways - we could still miss them though and could find ourselves in the rough or behind trees or both!
There were some lovely scores recorded (10 ladies had opted to put in cards for handicap - thanks go to Di back at home for entering all the scores for us both on the Sunday and Monday!)
It is lovely to play a course that is so different to Cape - offering different challenges. Along with the rain it was a bit windy too but we all looked forward to better conditions on the following day as the forecast was for unbroken sunshine!
In the evening we met up as usual for pre-dinner get together, and then headed to the dining area for our meal.
It was absolutely lovely to have Val with us, and Una too. There was lots of catching up to do and the evening shared many laughs.
Monday 30th
Well...what can I say? We expected to be playing in lovely warm sunshine...but the wind was so strong! It ended up being harder to score well despite the fact that it was dry!
Once again many put cards in for handicap, 11 of us today, which was great!
You can see how well wrapped up we were despite the sunshine!
Once again we enjoyed the forgiveness of wide fairways and big tees.
There are some interesting holes at Bowood, this one which runs along the valley floor, has water to one side, trees on the other and then in front of the green a babbling brook runs across.
Such a pretty hole!
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| We crossed a little covered bridge to reach the green. |
So another good but challenging golf day was enjoyed by all!In the evening we had another lovely meal and the presentation.
Winning the lost balls competition was Jayne!
The longest drive and nearest the Pin on Day One were won by yours truly!
On Day two, Longest Drive was won by Claire
And Nearest the Pin was won by Hils herself!
The secret pairs competition played on the first day resulted in Fran and I in third place...
In second place were Hils and Frieda
And in first place our very worthy winners were Lyn and Sue S!
The Individual Spring Break trophy was a close run thing other than for the winner!
In fourth place on countback with 31 points was Sam who also provided us with these lovely photos 🙌
Also on 31 points in third spot was Sue D!
...and so it continues... in second place, also on 31 points was Fi!
Well done you three!
But our winner, with an amazing 35 points was Sue S!
This was a fabulous result, especially as Sue had been feeling unwell!
Brilliant, Sue, well played and one hundred percent deserved!
What a lovely evening, and a lovely weekend. Many thanks to Hils for all the organizing!
