Little India!

Little India

Wednesday evening saw about 20 of us head for Little India in Penzance - Sue D had arranged an evening for us there and how lovely it was to get together, have fabulous food and great company.

Many thanks to Sue for organizing and we're hoping to do something similar again in February next year.

Thursday

Five of us turned up to see if we could squeeze in a few holes...and that is exactly what we did before an absolute downpour!

There was a huge shower as we arrived but as soon as it cleared we got our stuff out and instead of the Back 9 we headed to the first.

The storm clouds were out to sea so we kept a very close eye on them... deciding after each hole if we try and get another one in!

Fran, Sarah and I got to the fourth green and spotted a huge rain cloud heading in so we dashed across to play the 11th and then ran in... just getting in in time!

Frieda and Liz who had set off a little after us unfortunately got caught in it and were soaked through!

Still, the fire was roaring and we enjoyed a lovely coffee and chat, Di and Ros had come over to join us which was great.

We felt glad we had got out for a few holes - even Liz and Frieda!

Royal British Legion

Royal British Legion Open 

This was run to raise funds for the Poppy Day appeal and there was a pretty good turn out for it.

Once again the weather looked fabulous but the wind was strong and always seemed to be in our faces!

And the rough... one of the men we played with lost 4 balls in the rough...on decent shots! That was frustrating and I know he was not alone in this!

Jayne and Hilary were in fourth with 39 points, Mark P and Brian were 3rd also with 39 points, George and Ash were second (also with 39!) and the winners were Ryan Eddy and  Alan Cragg with 41.

A generously filled beef or pork roll was awaiting us when we came in. £600 was raised for the British Legion.

Botrea Bowl

Botrea Bowl 

Saturday 12th November

The Botrea Bowl had been twice delayed but at last we were able to play it!

Nineteen lovely ladies were able to play and despite the wind and the long rough were glad to be out on the course again!

There were some lovely waves to admire - more so than the golf where the majority of us found conditions quite challenging...or perhaps we are all a bit rusty!

The mild conditions continued though which was great!

There were some birdies to be had; Anne U birdied the 2nd; Angie the 9th and  Lindsay, Chris D and Fiona birdied the 12th. Our Par Queen was Hilary who had 6!

All that said, the scores for the majority were in the twenties. Angie was 4th with 30 points; Liz was third with 31; Anne U with 33 and our winner with an amazing 37 was Lindsay! 

Overall Position	Player	Score	Placing	Countback
1	Sawdon, Lindsay	37 pts (30)	Overall Winner
2	Uren, Anne	35 pts (25)	Overall Runner-Up
3	Nicholls, Liz	31 pts (33)	Overall 3rd
4	Cape, Angela	30 pts (40)

Our Lady Captain was away so Lyn stepped in to award the trophy!

Well played Lindsay!

A point of explanation...you may notice that Anne U had 35 points on the Masterscoreboard results but was only credited with 33 for our competition.

The reason was that she had put a lower course handicap on her card than she should have done. This doesn't mean disqualification (a higher one would have been a disqualification) but it means the competition score had to be off the incorrect lower handicap. It did not effect the position results.

I mention this because as from January this sort of problem will not exist in our Stableford and Medal competitions... the rules are changing and an incorrect handicap will no longer mean disqualification in these formats!! It makes it much easier for the card markers!

I expect it will be useful for us all to continue filling in the cards in full but no longer will the disqualification knife be hanging over us.  Handicaps in other formats will still need accuracy though!

 

Thursday 10th November

 Thursday 10th November 

Wind gusts in the mid 30s did not put off thirteen intrepid ladies from playing the front 11 holes today, with two putting their cards in for handicap.

There were a range of scores...some having a nightmare and others obviously playing a different course to the rest!!! 

Lyn was fourth with 17 points; Fran and Pam both had 19 points, with Pam winning on countback...

and in first place (on that different course!) was Super Sue S with 25 points!

This included pars on the second and the 5th 😄 well played Sue - that's a super score in those windy conditions!

Hopefully the weather will hold for the weekend competitions...fingers crossed!

and more...

...and again!

 More stormy weather put paid to any serious golf at the start of November with more gales and heavy rain blowing in from the Atlantic...the only up-side is that the weather has been really mild so most of us have been able to delay putting on the heating!

Four of us played a few holes on Thursday before the torrential rain returned!

More challenges!

 The weather on Thursday  (27th October)was a bit breezy and damp but several ladies played including two who put in cards for handicap. 

Tied in third place were Angie and Chris L; in second was Chris D with 18 points and our winner was  Ros with 19 points!

Well done everyone who played.. our weather is becoming a bit more challenging ...but it is so mild still!

 Saturday (29th October) was once again very windy with gusts of 42mph so  the competition was postponed again.

Holman Open

The Holman Open was held on the 30th but that was impacted by thunder and lightning and heavy rain... but two of our ladies did play.

Mark George the winner seemed to be playing a different course to everyone else... scoring 40 points while most of the rest were in the mid 20s to low 30s!

A real challenge of a day!

Ladies v Seniors and Charity Cup

Ladies v Seniors 

 Thursday 20th October... This year it was the Seniors who organised this competition in terms of the refreshments but the ladies decided on the format which was an aggregate competition. 

There were 18 ladies who entered and similar number of men!

The seniors were winners this time with a margin of about 15 points...the actual details remain elusive and the results difficult to track down!

Hopefully it was a fun competition! Anyone with any juicy details please let me know!!!!

Lady Captain's Charity Cup

This followed on on the 22nd and was a three ball with two scores to count competition.

The weather was a bit breezy but ok... fifteen ladies braved the weather!

In third with 58 points were Frieda, Lyn and Angie.

In second with 64 were Hilary, Fran and Ros and this lovely bunch below ran out winners with 70 points!

Well played ladies!

Many thanks again to Di for doing the cards!