Saturday Stableford

Saturday Stableford

The weather forecast for today was not good... but it suggested there would be a window during the morning to play some golf... so Di made the decision to play over just 9 holes in order to be back in before the worst of the weather struck.

It was an excellent decision!

Thirteen super-troupers played today and 13 was the winning score!

It was difficult to get pars... there were just 4. Fi parred the 3rd; Sue S parred 5 (with a chip in) and 6, and  Di also parred the 5th - well done each!

But these pars were not enough to challenge for the lead.

We needed countback of course... with Lyn just pipping Antoinette to first place, both with 13 points. 

In third was Angie with 12 points.

Following on behind were 3 ladies with 11 points... we do like sharing our scores.

Di mentioned the new Blue Tees and the confirmation that we have received the provisional Standard Scratch scores for the new tees. We're hoping to play from them next Thursday to see how they play and to help decide the stroke indices that they will need in the future.

Tomorrow is the New Captain's Scramble - fingers crossed for better weather!

Thursday back 9 and cheque presentation

Thursday Back 9

and

Alzheimer's cheque presentation

There were only 8 ladies who played today - the weather looked quite unsavoury with mist rolling in and out... but... there was no wind and it was mild!

So even though we started in mist, it was lovely by the time we finished.

Jenny and I went out at first (because I had to rush off at 11am) when it was still fairly misty. We teed off on the 10th but initially couldn't find my ball, eventually Jenny found it... sat in the gap in the wall (down the right hand side)! We weren't quite sure how it got there! 

We were pleased to see the mist lifting...

Jenny teeing off 11

The ground was very wet but the course is looking good. 

The winner today with 15 points was Sue D; and in second was Sue S with 13 points... this was on countback of course!

Well played all - it was nicer out there than at first sight!

 The golf was followed by the presentation of Sue's cheque to the Alzheimer's charity.

The cheque was for £2007 - a fabulous amount!  Well done Sue and everyone (including the men) who supported Sue's charity activities through the year.

I'm sorry I missed this - I had to rush off for Tim who was travelling to London and is then flying out to join Phil in Korea... working in the same school as him! It all happened very quickly so it has been quite crazy over the last week or so.

Flag 2019

Flag 2019

There were 17 ladies competing in the Flag competition today - the format where we are given 72 shots plus our handicap and we see how far we get! 

The first ones out carry the flag and plant it at the furthest point they reach, then any following player who has still got shots left carries the flag further on till they have used all theirs etc etc

The weather was ... interesting! 

It was chilly with some heavy showers, but these conditions give us glorious skies.

And also several lovely rainbows...

It was lovely that Fran managed to play again today despite being considerably hampered with her shoulder. 

Hilary and Judy on 12

Players on the 12th green calling the ready players behind them to tee off seemed to work well today.  

     As in previous years there were concentrations of flags on the board at the end.  

                                                                           

 Seven ladies reached the 16th with 5 clustered on the green with Jane and Claire in the                  hole!    

                                                         

 On the 17th Fairway was Marion who was in 5th place.  

                                                          

In front of Marion in fourth place was Sue D who was 9 yards short of the green; 

                                                                   

Sue S and Lyn were equal second in the hole on 17...      

  

             and I had two shots left which took me down towards the first wall on the 18th!                            

Looking back towards the 18th tee - the "Flag" just visible.

Di reminded us about the 100 Club; the upcoming Stableford next Saturday and New Captain's Trophy Mixed Scramble on Sunday. 

Also, Sue D will be presenting her cheque to the lady from the Alzheimer's Society after golf on Thursday morning. 

Thursday 17th Jan

Front Nine

Today was bright and beautiful... but very cold!

Once we got going... if we were layered up... it was very pleasant although the wind remained an issue the whole time.

This was reflected in the scores.

And... as it was Di's first Thursday morning as Captain, the Cape ladies decided to keep up the tradition of wallowing in Countback!

It was needed to decide both groups!

In the B group the winner (just pipping Angie on said Countback) was Lynne!

In the A group there were 4 ladies with the same number of points!

Winning nothing but having 13 points were Chris J and me... but the winning two were Sue D and Lyn. 

Both also having 13 points with Lyn just outscoring Sue on the countback!

Well done everyone who played - 12 ladies were able to brave the conditions.

If there had been a roaring fire to welcome us at Cape we would have been very tempted to sit by it... but as it turned out, it was lovely to be on the course - the fresh air will have done us some good.

It was great to have Fran playing despite her Frozen shoulder and are all hoping it it will clear up quickly.  Hope you found your elusive hat too, Pam!

Di introduced us to the 100 club to raise funds for this year's charity. The details are on the board (including the men and seniors). Basically for a £2 a month we can choose a number which goes into a draw which is made on the last Saturday of each month. The more folk who enter the more prize money there will be... (40% of the takings goes to prizes).

 So, for £22 we can enter for the year  😃 

Also the diary insert is available with the League and Friendly matches... 

 Plus key dates and mixed competitions. 

AGM and 11 holes

Ladies AGM 2019

Today was the Ladies AGM; hand-over day from Sue to Di.

There was a good turnout for the meeting which Lyn chaired for us. All our thanks to you Lyn for doing this and all the other (often behind-the-scenes) things you do for us as our Lady President! 

Thank you!

Matters were dealt with quickly and efficiently and all was done and dusted by 10 o'clock. The New committee was elected and Di presented with the Captain's badge.

 Lyn presented Sue with a gift and flowers from the ladies...(but she was too quick for me to get a picture!)

Many thanks to Sue for all her work over the year.

Sue expressed her thanks to the committee and all the ladies for their support throughout the year and was delighted to announce that £2000 had been raised for the Alzheimer's charity.

Di spoke warmly about our year ahead and thanked Hilary who has organised all the League matches for us this year. (Hilary asks us to sign up for these matches on the sheets on the notice board).

By about 10am we were signing up to go out and play 11 holes. There was a stiff wind blowing which brought with it occasional squally, drizzly showers. Well done to the 13 ladies who played.

The wonderful winner of the B group was Marion (just pipping Angie!) Well done!

In the A group Hilary was third with 18 points (including a birdie on 4 and several other chip-ins!)

In second place with 19 points was Jayne who parred the 2nd and the 6th; and our winner... most appropriately... was retiring captain Sue with a fabulous 22 points with pars on 2,4 6 and 11.

Well played Sue, and well done all!

PS

Below is a picture of Angie collecting the Par Trophy for handicaps over 36 - don't forget to record your pars at the back of the Eclectic folder... 

...and you could be looking this happy next year!

Well done Angie!

10th Jan Back 9

Thursday Back 9

Fourteen lovely ladies played the back 9 this morning... and two (Di and Lyn) stayed in the clubhouse to spit and polish all the trophies ready for tomorrow!

Good job!  (And do the card-marking)

 Today's weather really was perfect for golf... not a breath of wind, and though we had to scrape frost from the car windscreens this morning there was warmth in the sun.

Mark was spiking the greens  - the course was looking great!

The winner of the B group with a lovely 13 points was Jean!

In the A group Antoinette was our winner with a super 16 points; in second place with 15 points and an eagle on the 12th was Captain Sue on her last Thursday as Captain, and in third was myself with 14 points - just pipping Judy on Countback (sorry Judy...).

Well played everyone today - lets hope for more weather like this!

Tomorrow evening is the Presentation evening... and Saturday sees the Ladies AGM and the official handover to our New Captain Di followed by and 11 hole roll up.

See you then.

First medal of 2019

Medal

Today was the first medal of 2019 and the first to be played under the new rules!

It was fabulous to have 18 ladies playing... a great turnout.

Conditions were pretty good in that there was little wind; it was chilly though and the course itself was heavy to play which showed in the scores.

All but two of us were in the Nett 80s and 90s!

Our outstanding player today was in a class of her own. On the final Saturday of her stewardship with a Nett 73, including 5 pars and a birdie was our Captain Sue... 

Well played Sue - a super score!

In second place with a creditable nett 78 was Frieda.

Yours truly was third with a nett 80 and then Chris L, Sarah and Antoinette all had a Nett 83, with Antoinette winning on Countback.

Well done all - it was great to see so many playing.

The 'pretty' pink headcover was awarded to Angie for a birdie on the 12th!

Well done!

Open Days etc

Open Days etc

The CLCGA have up-dated their website... below is their link to Open Days throughout the County...

https://www.clcga.co.uk/events/category/open-days/list/

And here is the link to coffee mornings..

https://www.clcga.co.uk/events/category/coffee-morning/list/

and here is the link to their homepage if you want to explore other stuff!

https://www.clcga.co.uk/ 


Also... in case you want to see it again... here's the link to the rules video we watched.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chPOtfLUHC0

2019

Jan 3rd 2019

2019! 

Already?

Can you believe it? Time seems to travel faster the older we get.

Twelve wonderful women came to play today... and others (equally wonderful) came for coffee and chat at the end - excellent :-)

Today was the first playing day (for us) with the new Handicaps and New Rules in place...if you imagined that I'd remember the knee high drop you'd be wrong!

I had to drop my ball away from the 6th tee box... merrily dropped it... only to hear "LOWER"  floating across the airwaves!

Lower?

Ah... yes ... muggins had dropped it from shoulder height so had to do a re-drop from knee height... thanks Frieda and Lynne for putting me right!

In fact...I made two mistakes...  I should not have taken a drop from the tee box but should have simply played it from there anyway... I confused it with taking a drop if you're on a green... apologies all!

Conditions were heavy... the ground is very wet but Mark and Chris had cut the fairways and greens so the course was looking sprightly.

On the 9th tee

 While we waited to play on the 9th tee we spotted Lindsay and Judy coming up the eighth... can you spot them... 

Lindsay and Judy

...we wondered if they'd fallen out as they couldn't get much further apart!

It was great to be out playing without wind whipping around us - long may it continue.

In the B group the winner was Angie with 12 points (just pipping Lynne to the win) - well played. 

In the A group Frieda was second with 13 points... and in first place with 16 was myself!

Well played all... it was good to be out on the course after what has felt like a long while for some of us... 

Di, Jean, Ros and Lyn all came for coffee after and as we came in it was great to see Claire and Jayne going out to play.

There's a medal on Saturday - Thursday morning golf and then on Friday (11th) it is the presentation evening. 

Management would like to know numbers so please could we book with Ashley or a member of the staff.

It is £15 for a two course carvery - payment taken on the night.