Thursday Back 9

Thursday 28th November

Ten lovely ladies played in this mornings competition. It was overcast and grey but we had no rain and for that we were grateful!

The course is holding up pretty well when you consider how much rain we've had. There are some very wet patches (like parts of the 18th fairway) and several of the bunkers have quite a depth of standing water but all in all it was really good to be playing again!

Antoinette just beat Jenny to third place  on countback with 14 points apiece.

In second was Frieda who, despite having a bundle of fun on the 13th, came in with 15 points.

Winning today with a very good 18 points was Sue D who played very steadily. She didn't stray from the fairway which in these conditions is essential for a good score! 

Well played Sue.

It was great to be out - Saturday's competition has been cancelled with another gale coming in... folk may be able to play tomorrow or on Sunday instead? Fingers crossed for the weather.

Beyond a joke.

Saturday

Saturday's competition was cancelled yet again - it really is beyond a joke...please can we have some more benign weather?

Jack Arnold

Jack Arnold

There were Ten teams of three entered for the Jack Arnold Scramble... one of the prettiest trophies in Cape's Trophy Cabinet.

Conditions were similar to yesterday but today there was one soaking rain shower that hit when we were three-quarters of the way round.

We watched its slow advance!

One delight of this changeable weather is the variety of colour in the sea and sky.

But generally conditions were good and the course looking lovely.

There were fabulous scores returned today... with first second and third all in the 50s.

In third place with 58 were Rob, Jeff and Andy L.

In second place also with 58 were Geoff P, Roy and Ray and in first place with a superb 56 were Chris W, Ed and Fran!

Fabulous scoring - there were even 8 twos today.

Well played everyone - lots of folk stayed to enjoy the delicious carvery afterwards.

Awaiting results.

Par

Par

Thirteen lovely ladies took on a Par competition on Saturday. The weather forecast hadn't been too encouraging but we actually stayed dry!

The course is holding up really well despite all the rain and the greens are improving almost daily!

Defining shadows on the 6th

Frieda and Fran both came in 1 up against the course!

A great score, with Frieda just pipping Fran to first place on countback.

In third place was Angie who was 2 down to the course... then came the rest of us!

Five ladies on 6 down, two on 7 down and two on 8!

Other than the the first three places there was really nothing between the rest!

Well played everyone - it was great to actually be out playing after all our cancellations!

As we played we noticed a huge rig out to sea - we weren't sure what it was ...  it travelled west towards Land's End. 

Close up it looks like this!

The MPI Enterprise apparently - an "offshore construction jack up".

Some of the results from the par competition...

LADIES PAR COMPETITION

Competition played on 16 November 2019 at Cape Cornwall (Cape Cornwall Main 2019).

See also: All available Reports

Full Net Result

Overall Position	Player	Score	Placing	Countback				Revised Handicap
1	Pring, Frieda	1 up (29)	Overall Winner	Last Six Holes				28.0
2	Polglase, Fran	1 up (20)	Overall Runner-Up					19.5
3	Cape, Angela	2 down (45)	Overall 3rd					45.4
4	Bowers, Ruth	6 down (14)		Last Six Holes				14.5
5	Nicholls, Liz	6 down (31)		Last Six Holes				30.8
6	Richards, Antoinette	6 down (21)		Last Nine Holes				21.1
7	Grose, Fiona	6 down (16)		Last Nine Holes				16.4
8	Dicker, Sue	6 down (12)						12.1
9	Blight, Sarah	7 down (27)		Last Nine Holes				26.6
10	Lugg, Lyn	7 down (19)						18.9

Cornwall v Rest of the World

Cornwall v Rest of the World

Saturday's competition was yet another washout with strong winds and rain, however some of our ladies played in the Sunday mixed competition between Cornwall and the Rest of the World.

Conditions were challenging for the forty players; very strong winds and heavy underfoot made it feel as though we'd played 18 holes after only 9!

As the morning drew on the wind dropped and for the second half of the competition conditions gradually improved to near perfect and we even saw the sunshine.

The course looking fabulous in the sun!

There were misunderstandings over format and bunkers (in play or not) however Roy was able to discern the winners... Cornwall!

Well played Cornwall beating the Rest of the World by six matches to four.

Thursday 7th Nov

Front 9

 Six intrepid ladies ventured forth to play this morning. There was a lot of 'ummming and ahhhhing' about play but there were a couple who were keen and they managed to persuade four others to join in!

Crazy ladies!

There was an ominous cloud looming over us which seemed to be inching towards us...

but somehow it 'went up the channel' and that one missed us!

The course is very wet in places and several of the bunkers remain flooded like this one from the other day.

The views were as spectacular as usual though!

Well done everyone who played... Liz and I ran the last two holes as another cloud was looming and we were catching the edge of it while Marion and Chris J headed in from the 7th to avoid a downpour.

Marion was second with 12 points (despite not finishing the last three!) and Frieda was our winner with 14 points.

Well done everyone!
Di and Bronwen came over for coffee at the end which was great.

Saturday's competition is off because of the forecast although folk are welcome to come and play a roll up if they so wish. Sunday is Cornwall v Rest of the World!

Rugby World Cup final Day

RWC Final

Saturday morning saw severe gales in West Penwith and our ladies competition was cancelled. Travelling any distance was not advised so there were just a few of us at Cape to watch the Final.

Breakfast was delicious though!

In other news congratulations are in store for Pam and George who won the  pairs knockout, beating Sue D and Mark 3 and 1. 

Well played Pam and George!