Easter and beyond!

 Easter and Beyond!

Easter demands with family visiting meant that I missed the Eggstravaganza and Jamie Crocker competition over that weekend...

However, eight ladies played in the Eggstravaganza with Lindsay winning the biggest Easter Egg with 33 points!

Hilarywas second with 32 and Fran was in third with 29!

Well done all...

The following day was the Jamie Crocker competition, I don't have all the details of the scores but Liz and Sam were third, Lindsay and Fi second and Fran and Steve Revill first were some of the prize winners!

Since then we had a very damp Thursday when no-one played.

The following Saturday had very blustery winds and the competition was shortened to 9 holes for a practice round.

Normal service should be resumed now the family have gone back!!!

Ladies Away Weekend!

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!

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! 

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!

Well played Both!

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!

Captain's handover and Drive In

 Captain's Handover and New Captain's Drive in

Saturday 28th March

Saturday morning was bright and breezy and lots of us were able to turn up for Claire's Drive in and the AGM.

Claire did a brilliant job and hit her drive almost to the wall...Ryan had a hilarious nightmare and didn't even reach the pond!

As has become tradition now, we chose where we thought the two new Captain's would hit their drives - paying a pound for each guess. 

Claire's shot was guessed by Fiona's Will, and Ryan's drive was guessed by Fran's  Brian!

Well done everyone - £28 for the Captains' Charity - the Gaiety Girls.

We then had our agm which was well attended.

Hilary was presented flowers and a gift from the Ladies for all her work over the year.  

A lovely picture of dogs on the seashore.

The business of the AGM was dealt with smoothly, deciding to return to practice/fun comps on a Thursday instead of the once a month Qualifying Comp, and a desire for real notice to be taken of course conditions during the winter months. We played Qualifying rounds several times this winter when really the course was not fit for qualifying. The new Competition and Handicap committee will (hopefully) be responsible for this.

With the arrival of Spring hopefully  we will get more players back on the course on both Thursdays and Saturdays - remembering we can also enter the 18 hole Stableford competition on Wednesdays which is open to ladies and men.

The handover then took place.

Thanks for everything you did for us over the year Hils, and here's to a great year for Claire!

Hello!

 Hello again!

Well! it's been a bit of a gap but here we go again for 2026!

The weather has taken its toll our competitions, both in numbers available to play and if they took place at all!

We had four comps in January when about 6 players played each time... our scores were well below our handicap - often the best scores were about 9 or 10 below handicap! 

February weather didn't improve and we just had two comps, 8 played in the first and only 5 in the second. Again our scores were well below what we'd expect except for Frieda who relished the conditions on Valentines day!!

Then we began March and our numbers are beginning to pick up. 

March 7th was the Polglase 1 Medal and 9 players entered. 

Our winner was Lyn with a nett 75; in second came Fi with nett 76 and in third was Hils with a nett 81. Well played all!!

The following Saturday was a stableford which Hils won with 32 points; Frieda was in second with 29 and Claire third on 26.

Then at last we had Sunshine!!

Saturday 21st March was beautiful and was the last Saturday comp with Hils as Captain - 12 of us were able to play. 

Countback was needed of course for the first few places!

Our winner was Sue S with 36 points on countback from Liz!

Third also had to be decided on countback with Fi, me and Hils all having 33 points...and Hils came out on top in that race!!

It was glorious to be out in the sunshine and with hardly any wind!

As you can imagine Thursdays were also seriously impacted by the weather with often only two or three people around to play.

Hopefully this will improve as the weather becomes kinder!

Thursday 9 hole fun! (19th March)

Finally, Sunday 22nd was Trevelyan scramble! Fourteen teams of four played in this mixed Scramble.

The weather was fabulous to start with but along with the blue sky and sunshine was a bit of a chilly wind!

It certainly looked gorgeous!

The course is looking better and better now - the green-keeping team are doing a great job.

Afterwards there was the presentation of the Trophy itself, along with the presentation of a cheque to "withyou" Hils and Norman's charity - and then presentation of various trophies.

"withyou" charity cheque presentation

https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/

Hils and Norman had raised over £4000 for this charity - an amazing amount for a special charity.

The Trevelyan Trophy winners were Frieda's team!!!

And Hils and Norman also awarded the Wills Trophy to the Cape Men's team. A huge achievement! With a special framed photo of the team too. 

Congratulations everyone !

9 Holes and Lunch

 9 Holes and Christmas Lunch

Well, what a day we had for our 9 holes and Christmas lunch!

The sun shone and the breeze was not too strong!

We started on the 10th and there were 14 of us who played...the rest of the crew joined us for lunch later.

Spotted over the wall!!!

Some ladies came well prepared!

We all want to be in Lyn's group next year!!!!

We played a stableford with two mulligans...and then we did drawn secret pairs at the end... in third place were Fran and me with 29 points!  In second place on countback of course were Carolyn and Fi with 30 points... and winning today were Hils and Sue S! Well played all, it was lovely out there!!

Then we settled to the task of our Christmas lunch...

and what a lovely meal we shared!

We sat on two tables of 11 although sadly Jean couldn't make it as she went down with flu...we missed you Jean!

We were very well looked after by the CCC staff and the meal was excellent and the lovely photos come from Sam.👏

Many thanks to Hils for everything she had done for us over the year! We raise a glass to you!

Weather takes it's toll

 Weather!

Since the previous post we have had no official competitions because of the changeable weather. Four of us did play a few holes of the back 9 on Thursday;  we got caught in a heavy shower so we sheltered till it had passed but it was good to have some fresh air and exercise!

Mullion winter open

 Mullion Winter Open

Tuesday 25th saw several Cape ladies playing at Mullion's November winter open.

We were so blessed with the weather - it was absolutely glorious!

These competitions are well run with a big field playing and a two tee start. There are always nearest the pins on all the par threes, and twos of course, plus a fabulous raffle with prizes ranging from chocolate to fruit and veg! 

Thanks to Sam for this glorious picture!

I was fortunate enough to have nearest the pin on the first hole after a lucky low strike but among the proper prizes were  Hilary and her partner Wendy who had a score of 40 points coming third. 

Then first and second both had 41 points! If it's Cape...it's Countback...and this time it meant that Sam and Liz were in second with this great score.

In first were their playing partners who were two Mullion ladies!

So, well done Liz and Sam! A fabulous score!

And many thanks to Mullion for their welcome and the super weather!!!