Bude
I'd had the bug a day earlier than Lindsay so I played hoping against hope that I wasn't still carrying any nasties!
Many thanks to our drivers, Claire, Sue and Hils.
Well done everyone - super proud of how everyone played!
Particular thanks to Ros who had to play 5 shots below her handicap!
Many thanks all - one more match to play - our home one against Bude at the end of August.
The Team were Hils, Claire, Fran, Sue, Frieda, Ros and me.
The week of 20th July
This week was a busy one!
On Tuesday Hils and Fran played in the Regional final for the Coronation Foursomes and what a score they came in with!
42 points is amazing in Foursomes 21 points on each nine holes!
The only problem was that two other pairs also came in with 42 points ...and you know what I'm going to say...they had better scores on the back 9 so pushed Fran and Hils into third place!
What a shame (bloomin' countback!) but what a fabulous round you made us all proud!
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Liz and Frieda played the regional final of the Aussie Spoons at Falmouth and returned a score of 36 points. This put them in fifth place, again count was involved but this time just between 4th and 5th, the winning score was 41 points. Well played both , that is another great foursomes score.
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On Thursday Lindsay and I played in the St Austell Open which was a betterball and scored 44 points!! The winning score was 47! We had a lot of fun!
Ros played on Thursday at Cape and sent me this...
There were only 7 playing today (Fran & Hils at Yeovil yesterday, & Frieda/Liz at Falmouth today). It was nice to see Jayne and also Antionette after her recent health problems.
We decided to play a stableford with 2 joker holes, to be selected prior to teeing off, with the joker holes attracting double score.
Neeless to say, there were some high scores. Lyn was winner on 28 points and I was 2nd with 26, although as usual at Cape, 3 others also had 26, so there was a lot of count back checking.
Lyn did a great job with the cards, as there was much confusion over playing handicaps and stroke indices!
Weather warm & calm but a bit dull & even a bit of drizzle early on, but on finishing, we were able to sit outside in the sun - when was the last time we did that?
Thanks Ros and well played Lyn!
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Kaluza Classic
On Saturday the Kaluza Classic was played. There was a great turnout so there was a full tee sheet for this 4ball Texas Scramble.
A beat the pro challenge was on the 16th which raised £290 for Hils and Norman's Charity! Brilliant Job!
I was sorry to miss it...more details are on Facebook if you use it and some more lovely pictures.
Well done all, particularly Hils team which won the overall prize! Well played all!
Thursday and Saturday 19th July
Thursday was a bit foggy but it cleared and four of us just had a 9 hole practice which was good to do.
Saturday 19th
Eight ladies played a stableford in overcast but good conditions. We did have one huge shower towards the end but we did manage to complete with some good scores.
Cape v St Mellion
Monday 14th was our 'delayed-because-of-fog' match against St Mellion!
So instead of fog we had a very strong south-westerly blowing and, though the wind was in a different direction, the challenging round of Saturday did prove to be good practice for us.
Cape won 5 - 2 and we had a lovely meal afterwards.
The lady I played with, Katy, had a lovely sense of humour, so when a ball came over the wall next to us on the 8th tee she lay down on the grass next to it for Fiona to come and find it...
Anyway...well played team - Hils, Fi, Sue D, Fran, Lyn, Lindsay and me.
We just have two more matches left, both against Bude, one away on the 27th of this month and the other at the end of August.
Thanks everyone!
Sydney Grose
Saturday 12th saw us playing the Sydney Grose stableford in very strong easterly winds!
It made playing a real challenge...so helpful in one direction and like hitting a brick wall in the other, and with the course so dry the ball was running and bouncing in all directions.
Well played to these three - Frieda in third on countback from Sue S who was second with the same 31!
Our winner with a great 34
(22 of which were on the back 9!) was our Captain Hils!
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| Sydney Grose, presented by our Vice Captain Claire to Hilary. |
Otherwise known as the Bronze Shield
This County Competition for handicaps in the bronze division was held at The point on Wednesday.
The weather was hot!
We still wonder why on earth this is a medal - a stableford would speed everyone up and put much less stress on players! At one point there were four separate groups on a tee!
The winning team were St Enodoc with a score of 219; Second were The Point with 223; third were West Cornwall with 229 and fourth were St Austell with 231.
Cape were 8th out of the 19 clubs entered, with a score of 236. Carlyon Bay and Newquay also had 236 but beat us on countback...and we beat China Fleet also on countback too!!
Well played Fiona (who had the second best Gross score!), Fran, Frieda and Sue, plus the caddies of Jayne, Ros, Sue S and myself.
It was a long...and hot day!
Thursday 3rd July
July is here but not necessarily the sunshine we'd like! While of the rest of the UK suffers a heatwave we are a bit overcast!
Six ladies played on Thursday in the qualifier - the first time this week we had unbroken sunshine ...not lurking amidst fog which it had been most of the week in St Just!
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| Our ladies setting off down No 1 |
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| Jenny's putt from the edge of the green went in and out of the hole! |
She scored 21 points taking first place ahead of the rest of us who struggled! Sue D was second on countback with 15 points.
Well Payed Jenny!
Club Champs 5th and 6th July
Any hopes for the sunshine of Thursday continuing were soon dismissed with overcast skies and a brisk breeze.
We all teed off and Hils and Fran got as far as the fifth hole when the hooter went for us all to come in because of the fog!
Fi, Lindsay and I were about to tee off on the fourth...were debating leaving our clubs there on the tee but decided that if the fog didn't clear we'd have to walk all the way back down the hill to get them...so we trundled up the hill behind Hils and Fran and left our clubs by our cars, Fortunately Claire, Lyn and Sue had just finished the second.
The fog was thick. We waited inside till 11 am when the Captains made a decision to call it a day. They also made the sensible decision not to try and pick up from where we left off but to reschedule the whole weekend for August instead.
So it was a disappointing day but good decisions were made.
Thanks Hils, Claire, Ryan and Rob who made the decision.
Cape v China Fleet
Our home match against China Fleet was played today (Thursday 26th).
I had woken early morning to see thick fog out of my bedroom window!!! Much to my great relief it was gone by about 6 and we played our match in lovely sunshine a a good breeze.
Our visitors found the speed of the greens their main difficulty and we all won our matches so we won 7-0.
A fantastic score! Well played everyone!
The food was superb too, many thanks to Ali, Ian and the team - the lady I played against said it was the best match meal she had ever had!
Our team were Hils, Sue, Fran, Frieda, Lyn, Lindsay and myself. Thanks too for International Rescue in the form of Sue S who hurried a trolley and battery over for us!
Well done all!
Holman Trophy
This was played on Wednesday at Tehidy - a 32 hole competition which our Lady Captain came 4th in...
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| Well played! |
Stableford not Carmen Payne!
The previous Saturday we were due to play the Carmen Payne but because of poor weather we changed it to a Stableford because some folk couldn't play with a delayed start due to thunder and lightning!
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| After the storm! |
However eight ladies were able to play with Chris D recording a winning score of 35; with Lindsay in second also with 35 and Liz in third with 34.
Well played everyone!
No-show Thursday and the Aussie Spoons.
Thursday 12th was grey and damp and though several met up, it was just for coffee in the end!
Aussie Spoons
Unfortunately I still hadn't remembered how to swing a club but others did and came in with excellent scores.
Well played both!
Conditions were certainly lovely and the course looking really good.
Sunday 8th June
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| Hils parring the 6th! |
Great idea ladies!
There were some super scores in, notably Fran who had a nett 61!! This exceptional score saw Fran's handicap cut from 28.6 to 26.9! Super stuff!
Fran won by 6 shots over Lyn who had a nett 67 and Fi with a nett 71
Well played everyone!
League v St Mellion
We had been told that probably no buggies would be available for Claire as they were all booked out...but when we arrived there were many!! Very frustrating especially for Claire who had taken time off work to play.
Lindsay had come in Claire's place and had her own adventures with her trolley breaking down after 9 holes!
We had also been expecting play to be slow but there were no holdups on the course and we got round in decent time.
We lost the match 5 - 2.
We enjoyed a lovely meal afterwards and had uneventful journeys home.
Well done team; Hils, Fi, Sue, Fran, Frieda, Lindsay and myself - a great effort.
League v Carlyon Bay
Thursday 5th June saw Carlyon Bay venture to our doors. The weather was overcast and a bit of a breeze. All the Carlyon Bay ladies had to give us shots, and they were good players.
Well played everyone, we all found the matches a challenge. The course had the extra challenge of the broken down Mower on the 10th, but the greenkeeping staff had done a good job of getting the course ready including marking some of the bunkers GUR.
The team today was Hils, Fi, Fran, Lyn, Sue, Frieda and me.
Many thanks everyone - well done!
The Flag competition that we were due to play last Saturday was abandoned because of fog!
It did clear up later but not in time for the resumption of the competition...so maybe it will be played on another day!
Home match
Our first home match (against St Mellion) was called off in the end due to fog. Their team all arrived but after waiting some time for a break in the fog it was decided safest to make another date.
It was disappointing after all the fine weather we have had... but fingers crossed for our next match.
Thanks to Hils and Lyn for standing in for me.
Wheeler Bowl
Saturday 24th May saw 7 pairs compete for the Wheeler Bowl. In days gone by this was a Foursomes Medal but is now a far more forgiving pairs stableford aggregate played off 95%.
It was grey and damp with a wind that strengthened and we were all a bit tired by the end!
Thursday 22nd May
Thursday saw seven of us venture up to Carlyon Bay for our second league match of the year.
The weather was absolutely glorious, we thought it might be a bit hot on the course but the lovely breeze kept us cool.
The course is in fabulous condition and the greens were very fast. Apparently the greens had improved over the last couple of days as they have had a bit of leather-jacket trouble.
Southwest Vets
Monday saw our ladies competing up at Launceston in the South West vets competition of teams of 3 with two scores to count off 85%
Look who won!!
Hils, Fran and Frieda had an amazing score with 92 points!That really is awesome!
What a trophy! Well played!
Coronation Foursomes
Saturday 17th May saw 4 teams playing, several ladies were away (including myself so I cannot report any exciting incidents!) but I believe the weather was good as the scores were good four foursomes!
Fi and Ros were third with 34 points,
Claire and Ann were second with 35
and wining team were Hils and Fran with 36, this included a birdie on the 11th and two blobs!
Well played all!!
Bonus!
It has been good to see some ladies clothes in reception. These are from Chris Gill who was the pro at Newquay until recently and is becoming more involved at Cape. Prices are negotiable - speak to Steve if you're interested in anything particularly.
Anniversary Scramble
Sunday started very damp and windy but the teams braved the elements and were rewarded with improving weather. By the time we'd played played about 10 holes the rain smatterings had stopped and we could take off some layers!
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| Very happy winners! |
Polglase 3
Polglase 3 is the Par competition. We play match play against the course and as we always say it feels such an unforgiving format!
Scoring is difficult, trying to win against the course is very difficult and in our group 6 balls were lost (four of them were mine!!!). However one of our number played very steadily - Fi won being 1 up after 18 holes.
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| Fi's recovery form the wall on the 17th |
Sue D was second being one down.
Fi's win meant that the Polglase Trophy was all done and dusted! Fi has one all three of the Polglase competitions so has won the trophy!
Well played Fi - it is well deserved.
Well done all who played today!
Once again we had a lovely choice of food and a lovely time chatting over our lunch!
VE Day
On Thursday we didn't have our usual 9 hole comp but took part in the VE Day commemoration competition over 18 holes. It was a 666 format, with teams of three recording one score on the first 6 holes, two scores on the second 6 homes, and all three scores on the final six.
The competiton also included the seniors on Friday and the winning team came in with a score of 81 points. Well played Hils team who were third, and to the two all ladies teams who also played!
Well done all.
And Finally, here's our Lady Captain keeping a visiting Rugby team in order!
County Spring Meeting
Wednesday 7th saw Hils, Claire and myself go to Tehidy to play in the County Spring Meeting. Conditions were fabulous and the course was in great condition.
And Cape did well!
May!
Somehow or other we have arrived at May!
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| The end of April |
In contrast on Saturday 3rd we had 14 players plus Sam who joined us for the first time in an age!
What a lovely turnout it was for the Polglase 2 Stableford round. Unfortunately we had very strong winds all the way round, in fact they strengthened as we went.
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| Heading up the 13th |
Blue sky envy
30 mph gusts don't improve our golf, although they helped on occasional holes!
In third place was Fran with 32 points; in second was Liz with 33 points and in first place with a super 35 was Fiona!
Fiona's round included two birdies (on 16 and 17) but also 4 blobs which summed up the awkwardness of that wind!
Well done Fi!
Fi is leading the Polglase trophy overall with two wins and 20 points! The nearest to Fi is Lindsay who has 12 points then Fran with 11!
