Club Championships 2026

 Club Championship

Day 1 - the 4th of July

Nine of our lovely ladies were able to play in the Club Champs this year and we were rewarded with decent weather.

It was overcast but very warm and muggy and there was almost no wind!

The course is looking lovely  and actually getting dry as though we were in August!

We played in three groups of three with gaps before and after us which seemed to work quite well.

After the first round, Hilary was in first place with a gross 84, followed by Sam and Fi with gross 89 and me a gross 90. 

That meant that Hils Sam and Fi were in the final group on Sunday. Fran must have a special mention as she had a two on the third...missing a hole in one by inches! Well played Fran!

Day 2

Sunday dawned very like Saturday - perfect conditions for golf and we went out in our new groupings of three.

Once again we had gaps in front of and behind us...the men did eventually catch up but it seemed to work fairly well.

As we completed our rounds we collected by the 18th green and watched our ladies finish.

We then collected the cards and entered them on the computer to keep the results a surprise for most!

It was fabulous to have Sue back to watch the ladies finish the last couple of holes...looking really well too!

When the scores were tallied it was really close for the gross winner...just one shot in it!

Hilary had a total of 171 and Fi was in second with 172! What a contest!

So Hilary is our Club Champion and Fi is our best nett winner  by miles! (Actually by 7 shots from Lindsay!)

Well played you two - super stuff!

Our three best gross scores, 171, 172 and 177!

All of today's players

Well done everyone!

Many thanks to Claire who also presented us all with a ball marker and with special prizes for best nett first round score (not in any other prizes) and that was Frieda!

Claire also presented Gold, Silver and Bronze medals to our winners!

Thank you for a lovely day and thanks Di for bringing Sue over to join us at the end.

PS...the men played too...also very close leading to a play off over one and two between River and Bunchy...the picture tells it all. 

Match against Looe and Cornwall Captains v Devon at Plymouth

Cape v Looe 

The team headed for Looe on Monday for our next match.

It was overcast but pleasant and the team put up a great fight.

We halved the match three and a half games each!

Super well done everyone.

The team this time were Claire, Fi, Fran, Hils, Sam, Ros and myself.

Boringdon Park

The following day was the Past Captains of Cornwall playing Devon under Hils' leadership.

We had a fabulous contest on a great course (Boringdon Park in Plymouth)  with delicious food afterwards...and a win to Cornwall 3.5 to 2.5!

 So a successful day all round!

Boringdon Park first hole

They also had an island green!

It was fairly windy and the 16th green was on a little plateau...dropping off to a pond!

Mel (from Falmouth) parked her trolley up by the green and when we finished the hole she couldn't find it!!!

It had blown off the side of the green and down into the pond!

Oh dear!

Fortunately we managed to retrieve it with team work and though a bit smelly and wet, nothing was damaged!!

It was a lovely day - thanks Hils for all your organising!

Thursday and Kaluza Classic

 June 25th

Thursday morning dawned bright but very windy however 6 of us met at Cape and just played a few holes using buggies!

There were lots of white horses on the sea, proof of the strength of the wind though we didn't need that as proof.

Still it was lovely to have Sue S back playing and Judy too!

So good to have you back!

Saturday 27th Kaluza Classic

Saturday's Ladies comp was given up for the Kaluza Classic which is run by Martin Kaluza and is a Texas Sgramble.

There were 19 groups out on the course, some mixed teams, onle ladies only team and a lot of men's teams.

Martin had arranged for Longest Drive on the 2nd which was won by Claire, well played Claire!

Nearest the pins were on all the par 3s but none of the ladies got near enough, the wind definitely made a difference.

The winning teams were all men's teams but we have it our best shot!

Carmen Payne

 Carmen Payne Trophy

Eleven lovely ladies played in today's competition and Jayne joined us also to play her first round in a while as practice.

The fog of first thing lifted and though it was damp at the start the sun came out and it was lovely.

The rough was quite wet after the rain of yesterday and our feet got a bit damp!

Spot the ball!

There were two twos today...Fi had a two on the 8th and Claire had a two on the 5th! Well played ladies!

There were four ladies with 32 points; Ros, Fran, Liz and Lindsay but second place was taken by Fi with a lovely 36 points with Jenny our winner with 37!

Well played Jenny a lovely score!

Away Match at St Enodoc

 Wednesday 17th June

On Wednesday seven of our lovely ladies headed for our latest league match against St Enodoc.

The first hole at St Enodoc

St Just was in thick fog so we were a bit anxious about conditions but everything was fine in the end. There was a bit of damp in the air but it was warm so I think we all ended up in tee-shirts.

The course itself is in fabulous condition and the greens were wonderful. Very true, faster than ours but not by masses partly because of the damp I think.

We were fortunate to all be getting shots as they had a lot of good players out.

St Enodoc is long and my watch had me down as walking about 7 miles altogether...in my case a lot of the time scaling the sides of the steep dunes while we looked for my ball!

The dunes were covered in wildflowers and it smelt gorgeous as we scrambled  over it, but it could be very tricky to get out of.

Looking across to the estuary

I'm happy to say that the rest of the team were not as wayward as me!

The result was a win to St Enodoc 4 -3. 

So three of the team won - absolutely fantastic, and in the others games, three of them went to the 17th and 18th holes! Very hard fought!

We missed Sue very much...(laid low with her ruptured achilles) but were very pleased to fight as hard as we did.

View over John Betjeman's church

Well done everyone who played!

Thursday 18th most of us were recovering from the match plus we had fog rolling in and out again!

Anniversary Scramble

Anniversary Scramble

Nine teams of four were entered in to this competition. The aim is always to have one lady per team but we could only manage 8 of us this year so one team were all men. Unfortunately Fi's team were  a man down which was a real shame.

The weather looked glorious but there was a fierce wind blowing! None of us had seen it forecast so it came as a bit of a shock! Constant strong wind that blew over trolleys and balls off the tee! 

However we soldiered on!

Claire and Ryan had arranged for longest drives for the men and ladies on the 14th (with the wind helping) and Nearest the pin on the 16th as we all played off the yellow tees!

Fran won nearest the pin for the ladies and Bob 'Tiger' Joint for the men. The longest drive for the ladies was me...and for the men it was Joe who hit a monster drive - well past the new bunker on the right hand side of the 14th fairway...way beyond that! It was outrageous!!

We all had to get 4 drives in each which was really tricky, especially in those conditions!

The winning team were Lindsay, John Tweedie, Martin Uren and Andy Taylor who were 13 under.

In second on countback were John Fildes, Alan Cragg, Rob Celentano and me who were 11 under.

In third place, also 11 under, were Frieda, Joe McMullen, Felix and Terry Pugh.

(not the actual trophy but the one that looked most like it!)

Many thanks to Claire and Ryan and for the draw which they had used AI to create  for random but balanced teams. The teams had  10, 11 or 12 shots which was excellent.

The course itself is looking in better and better condition thanks as always to the team.

Aussie Spoons

 Saturday 13th June

Australian Spoons

We were welcomed with warm sunshine and a gentle breeze for the Aussie Spoons foursomes stableford competition.

It really was beautiful out there.

There were only 5 pairs available to play and there were some good scores.

Fi with Ros and Claire with Lyn both had 35 points, but our deserved winners were Hils and Fran with 38 points and going on to represent us in the Regional final. Well played you two.

Well done everyone!