Brownie Points

October Medal

Everyone who played today deserved Brownie Points! Especially the final group! 

Well done everyone for keeping going when the heavens opened - the first group were safely tucked away in the dry, jammy things, but hats off to those that got caught in the downpour, that's dedication!

Because the forecast was for heavy showers we got off and running early, starting at about quarter to 9.

As you can see from the pictures there was a beautiful sky with amazing colours...

Yours truly had hoped we would get 6 holes done before the rain... but we managed to get to 12 before the first drops appeared. 

Threatening clouds on the 9th!

There were nine ladies playing , three groups of two and then the three... and it was the last group that suffered the most from the conditions.


The early showers were not too heavy and some good golf was played. 
Looking at the results there are only 5 points between the first five players!

In third place with a nett 76 was Jenny who played very steadily and had a good back 9. In second place with a nett 75 was Jayne who also played particularly nicely on the back 9.

Our Medal winner was Sue D with a nett 74 - this included 6 pars.. Well played Sue. 

For the full results click here.

              Well done everyone - and a particular well played to Sue. 

Wednesday sees a Friendly match v Mullion; next Saturday is the Bosullow Bowl... find a man and sign up for this special Trophy.

Ruth getting carried away by her trolley!

Ladies v Seniors

Ladies v Seniors

The annual Ladies v Seniors match  took place on Thursday morning, teeing off at 9am were 14 ladies and 14 Gentlemen Seniors.

View from the yellow tees on the 7th

We played an Accumulator - each playing our own ball and keeping a Stableford score. To even up the macth the men played off 90% handicap on the yellow tees. At the end all the scores were added together and a winner declared. 




John Payne, the Seniors Captain, had kindly prepared all the cards and each group of four was sent to start on either the 1st, 3rd or 10th.



We were blessed with beautiful sunshine but a fairly smart breeze.

The course was looking fabulous (thanks Mark and team!) and there was some great scoring out there.


Well done to everyone who played on the ladies team - we won by a very close margin!



The Senior Men's total was 332

and the Ladies scored 336!

A four point win! What a team!

It was a great day and good fun. 

Thank you to everyone who took part - Seniors and Ladies.

...some of the ladies team with the trophy!

 Our match concluded with sandwiches and delicious cake! 

Ray on the 11th

A final thanks to Di who came to mark the cards for us and to Lindsay. 

Next year it will be the Seniors turn to host the competition... can't wait!

Tuesday Twilight!

Tuesday Evening

A few happy golfers turned up to play our Tuesday evening Fun golf... we played an individual Stableford on the front nine but added a twist. Before we started we each chose two holes where we would double our scores! 

Between us we chose 1 (Andy),2 (Ruth), 3 (Jayne and Izzy),5 (Izzy, Paul and Andy), 8!!! (Jayne) 9 (Ruth); and eight of those holes did produce double scores... although not always what we'd hoped for!

The air was chilly and it was getting darker by the minute but we completed the 9 holes and it was great fun!

A welcome drink followed and prizes awarded; Paul was in second place with a score of 19 - getting 6 points on the 5th!; and Ruth was first with 21 having a shocking run of pars on 3,4 and 5 but not doubling the scores!

Well done all!

Not many Tuesday's left that will be light enough to play but if the weather is clear we may get a couple more short ones in!

Trevervan Trophy

Trevervan Trophy

Today we had 33 players taking part in the Trevervan Trophy. It was a shotgun start so  the eleven teams started at various points around the course. 

We played a California Scramble,  each player teeing off then deciding which drive to take. Whoever's drive was chosen stood aside while the other team members took the shot. This was repeated till the ball was holed out. Each player had to have a minimum of four drives each. 

We were blessed with dry conditions, some sunshine and very little wind. Perfect, particularly because today we were saying farewell to Sonia who leaves for Nottingham on Monday. 

Nearly all the scores came in at par or under which is a reflection of the good conditions.

Countback had to be used to separate 3rd and 2nd! 

Bev, Robin E and Andy L were in 3rd with a score of 66.5. 

They were just pipped to second place by demon putter Val, Popeye Ruth (who drove the orchard on 15) and Super steady Paul K 

Our winners, with a fabulous score of 65.375 were Anne, Lynn E and William - well played!

Trevervan Trophy winners. 

After the trophy was awarded there was a handover of the Captaincy to Ruth; the welcoming of Hilary as Vice Captain, and presentations made to Sonia. There was a wonderful book of photos from Di, and M&S vouchers from the Ladies, the Ladies Committee and from the Men's committee. 

Sonia, we will miss you!

(So glad you'll be coming to China Fleet!)

 PS It was lovely to welcome Bronwyn today, a new member to the club, and also Lynn and Robin Exley who are country members. Please join us again as soon as you can!

Thursday

Final Thursday

Today was the front nine's turn to host the ladies and the weather was bright and breezy but also much fresher than it has been. Jackets were needed by several although there was some stripping off in the more sheltered parts.

It was lovely to have the sunshine and such a good turnout of 14 ladies to play Sonia's final Thursday. 

Sonia on the 5th

Despite the strength of the wind there were some good scores returned. Lindsay was fourth (on countback... grrrrrr!) with 14 points; Liz was third with a steady 15, parring the 9th;Jenny was second with a lovely 16 points - this included three 3-pointers, and in first place with a very good 17 points was Sue D, this included pars on the 2 and 5th, and a birdie on the 9th!

Well done everyone - we felt quite weary after battling the wind but it was lovely to see everyone!

Saturday will be Sonia's farewell for the moment. There are 33 players taking part in the Trevervan Trophy which is great, I know some of you who aren't free to play, are planning to come up in the afternoon to see Sonia. We are having a Shotgun start at 9am so we should all get in at roughly the same time. The forecast is for gentler winds so lets keep our fingers crossed for a good day.


Preferred lies are now in place for the winter.

Continuing work on the course.

 The next time you play you may notice that there are several signs on the course which say "Course redesign - ground GUR".  

These are generally in bunkers. These bunkers are being removed from the course and will be filled and grassed over. 

These areas are now GUR and relief must be taken. 

Friendly

Friendly v Budock Vean

Monday saw Cape playing a home friendly match against Budock Vean. This had been scheduled for May 8th - but it has been played at last! 

We both fielded teams of 6 and although we had planned a Greensome we switched to a betterball as two of our visitors had never played our course before and were keen to play it all!

Cape in the sun.

So we paired up and played in beautiful sunshine. The wind was fairly strong though which made some parts of the course particularly tricky.

Hilary and Liz lead the way, followed by Fiona and Jan. Fran and I were the final pairing out - but that was after I had dashed back home to get my spare trolley because my usual one wouldn't go!

The round was a slow one, and the final result was 84 Stableford points to Budock Vean and 97 to Cape Ladies. 

Well played ladies and thank you.

Thanks as always to the Greenstaff for their work on the course and to the kitchen staff for the meal (especially as we were much later than anticipated!); the food and coffee was enjoyed by all.

If you fancy playing in a Friendly - we have our final one coming up on Wednesday 19th October... please let me know if you would like to take part.

Budock Vean ladies and Fran on surveying the 14th Green.

PS ... there was nothing wrong with my trolley! I had taken off the wheels to fit it in the boot of the car on my travels... and then put them on the wrong way round! 
Oh silly me!

Respect!

Catch-up

Firstly huge respect to the twelve intrepid ladies who played on Saturday in the Carmen Payne Trophy.

It was NOT like this... 

...this was just a day later!

I hear reports of strong winds, heavy showers and horrible hail! I was driving back from London so came across it in a different way!

Well done everyone for soldiering on through it all - I'm hoping someone took a picture?

Understandably there were no adjustments to handicap, the full results are here but well done to Hilary who took third place; to Sue D who took second and to Lindsay for winning the trophy.

Well done all!

The previous Saturday we had very strong winds with a downpour forecast for mid-day; so we played an informal stableford over 11 holes... the result has evaporated into the mists of time... sorry!