League v China Fleet and Holman and the Carmen Payne that wasn't!

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.

Cape Looking lovely!

We are beginning to get the hang of playing the course this way round, and I think it helps in matches to get the physically tough holes out of the way early on!

We had sunshine and a scattering of clouds.

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...

Well played! 

2nd, 3rd 4th and 5th were all decided on Countback as they all had 69 points!!! Hard luck Hils but well played., a great score.

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!

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!

More mizzle and the Aussie Spoons

 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

Saturday 14th was a beautiful day for  the Aussie spoons, 6 teams entered. This is a foursomes stableford. 

Unfortunately I still hadn't remembered how to swing a club but others did and came in with excellent scores.

In third place with 36 points were Lyn and Sue, in second were Fran and Hilary with 37  (including birdies on 9 and 17!) but our winners with a fabulous 39 points were Liz and Frieda!

Well played both!

Conditions were certainly lovely and the course looking really good.

Sunday Medal and League v St Mellion.

Sunday 8th June

Hils parring the 6th!

                                                                                                              Saturday turned out damp and miserable so the weekend competition was held on the Sunday instead.

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

The next day we headed for St Mellion for our away match there. 

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.  

Unfortunately I seemed to have forgotten how to play golf and mostly we struggled as a team but two of our ladies won their matches - well played!

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

 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. 

The result was a win to Cape, 5 games to 2.

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!

League v St Mellion

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

 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!

So most of us struggled to post a good score, however in third place were Sam and Liz with 66 points; in second were Fi and Ros with a creditable 71 points and the winners, with a fabulous 78 points, were Fran and Lyn!

Well played both, a super score!

League match v Carlyon Bay

 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. 

The course was busy so we waited fairly often although that's not so bad when we had weather like this!

We all found playing the back 9 a challenge, it was into the wind as well as long and uphill, but everyone seems to have enjoyed the day.

We lost the match 6-1 which sounds like a bit of a walkover but that was far from the truth!

Five of our matches were decided on the 18th! That must be some sort of record for us! And four ladies had to play below handicap so I was immensely proud of how everyone played. The Carlyon Bay ladies were very welcoming and good company to play alongside. The food was also very good and plentiful!

The team were Fi, Fran, Lindsay, Lyn, Ros, Sue and myself. 

Well done all...our first home match is next Thursday against St Mellion.

Vets

 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

 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

 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!

Sadly there were only six teams able to play this year;so many issues are challenging our playing at the moment, hopefully things will get better in time. The bluebells between the 10th and 11th were looking glorious. 

The Texas scramble format is always fun as we end up laying shots from unusual places! Our only concerns are getting on the necessary drives - four each this time. 

I was very fortunate with my team... we all contributed to the score, notably Lachlan who put his drive on the 11th on to the green (that's the old 4th) and then Martin sank the putt!!!

Very happy winners!

Well played everyone... and to those who weren't able to join us, we miss you and hope you'll be back soon.

Polglase 3 and VE Day

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! 

 We were blessed with gorgeous weather with a breeze picking up towards the end. 

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.

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.

How good do Lyn and Sue look!

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

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!

Claire and I had the same score of a Nett 69 and the result was decided on Countback of course!!!

Carmel from Falmouth won the Main trophy with a gross 77 which is an amazing score.

So Claire and I were first and second in the Handicap competition!

May!

 May!

Somehow or other we have arrived at May! 

The end of April

Six ladies were able to play in the Back 9 Qualifier on Thursday 1st May and of course countback was needed to separate the first three players! They all scored 14 points with Fran coming out on top, Fiona second and Lindsay in third!

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. 

Heading up the 13th 

We were in cloud most of the time...but when  we looked toward and beyond the coast it told a different story

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!

Well done everyone who played today...it was tough!

Dee and Ray's Trophy

 Dee and Ray's Trophy

On Saturday 26th April we held this lovely Trophy competition, a drawn 3 person scramble of high, medium and low handicaps!

We had 15 ladies available to play which was fabulous - the most we've had in ages!

The rain of the previous day and overnight meant we had to tweak the arrangements slightly to ensure use of the buggies was safe, but we were able to get out on the course and enjoyed a fun and challenging round. 

It was lovely to have Poppy and all the family there - it was the 30 year anniversary of the competition so it was an extremely special day.

We enjoyed fabulous food!

And the drinks went on Rob's tab!!

It was a fairly close contest  - with only 6 points between first and last!

Poppy introducing the family

In second (on countback from Fran, Jenny and myself!) were Hilary , Lindsay and Chris D  with 67 points, birdieing the 4th.!

In first place with 65 points were Fiona, Ros and Sue S who birdied the 2nd and 5th!

Winning Team

Well played all!

Poppy, as she has in the past, gave us all a crystal... it is a special competition.

The Family also played their own competition following the ladies...with the awarding of the Right and Left Shoe of Dee!

Altogether it was a lovely day.

Many thanks to Di who worked out all the handicaps for us; made the unexpected last minute adjustments and entered the scores for us too. Thanks Di.

Final thanks again to Poppy and Rob and the whole family for making this day such a special one.

First League Match of the Year

 Cape v China Fleet

Early Wednesday morning 7 of our ladies were heading up the A30 through horrid drizzle for our first League match of the year.

We all arrived in good time and had coffee and some had a snack before we started play!

5 of our ladies received shots, it was just Hils that had to give shots!

By the time we teed off  we were blessed with glorious sunny weather and we were all in our tee shirts! The course was damp in places so it was winter rules... and they had had lots of rain overnight so several bunkers were GUR along with areas of the course where new pipe work had been installed. 

The course was busy so we all had some waiting to do but all in all it wasn't really a problem. In general the course was in great condition, including the velvet-like greens.

Sorry there are no pics...I'd left my phone in the locker room!

China Fleet is a long course with some fascinating and challenging holes...several of us left balls in the lake!!! 

It was a very close match. Two games went to Cape; two were all square after 18 and we lost three, so China Fleet ran out winners 4 games to 3. Such a close match!

Well played the whole team and many thanks to those who drove. Our next match is also away, this time at Carlyon Bay so not such a long journey!

Roll on game number two!!

Thursday 24th April

This was 5 clubs and a putter but because of the match the previous day there were just four players who had the energy to play so they played an informal front nine holes.

Eggstravaganza!

 Eggstravaganza

Saturday 19th was our Easter celebration and 12 ladies played.

Hils was busy buying a selection of Easter eggs for us and the prizes were given in place order.

It wasn't the easiest of conditions but Fiona came in with a fabulous 37 points...winning the big Lindt bunny easter egg!

In second place was Lyn with a lovely 33 points and in third on countback was Claire with 31 points.

Conditions weren't the easiest by any means but it was good to get out there and have 12 of us there and everyone winning something wherever you came!

Di joined us too which was great.

Next Wednesday is the first of our league matches away at China Fleet!

There were various activities at the Club to mark Easter and to raise funds for Lafrowda...I had family down so was limited in what I could do...but hopefully a really good time has been had!

Sat 12th and Thursday 17th April

 Sat 12th & Thursday 17th

Saturday dawned wet and windy and it was decided to cancel any formal competition...a wise decision as the weather was really unpleasant.

It was a shame - especially as the new terrace is up and running now - looking super.

The wet terrace!

                                        Thursday

Thursday was a completely different kettle of fish! Sunshine and blue sky!

We played an informal competition with two mulligans. We played in twos and it was lovely fun being able to replay a shot when you'd messed up! 

Sometimes a shot was awesome on its own...for example Fran's shot out of the big bunker in front of the 18th...the ball embedded itself in the face of the bunker not far below the lip... for myself, I thought I'd never get that out! But Fran did it first go! It was very impressive - I should have taken a photo, it was an almost impossible shot!

Our winner was the birthday girl Liz with 19 points (including two blobs!).

In second place was Fran with 18 points  and beyond that it was a close run thing with 17 and 16s.

It was lovely to have Marion back playing and to have Di join us for coffee afterwards.

Over coffee we decided that next weeks format on the front 9 would be 5 clubs and a putter.

Thursday 10th April

 Thursday Front 9

Today we played a pairs aggregate on the Front 9. There were four pairs who were able to play (several are away at the moment) and despite the chilly wind it was lovely out on the course!

There are encouraging signs of growth on the greens which is fantastic to behold...the course seems to be better every day.

A foolish jogger running down the third!

In first place were Liz and Chris D with a combined score of 35! Well played both! I believe it was the 5th hole where Liz found herself sat in gorse to play her shot...but it didn't seem to affect their score! Well played!

Fi and Antoinette were second on countback with 30 points. 

We had a discussion after play about the format for next week and the chosen one was a mulligan. So next Thursday on the Flat Back we will have a couple of mulligans each. 

New Captain

 New Captain

Saturday 5th April was the AGM and the New Captain's Drive In. The weather was extremely windy but  the ladies collected around the first tee with whistles and saucepans to create a noise to welcome our new Captain!

Brian P took a video for us!

Hils hit a fabulous drive...towards the out of bounds down the right hand side near the corner but it was  judged just in bounds by Brian P who was acting as the arbiter in all decisions.

The winning square happened to be mine which was a great surprise!!! Great shot Hils and a good amount was made for charity.

The Drive In was followed by the AGM where the formal handover took place;

New Captain Hils

 Various pieces of business were done including making Thursdays a more informal opportunity for playing golf  but also the announcement was made of the retirement of our Lady President Lyn!

Lyn has held positions of responsibility since the club was first born and decided recently that it was time to stand down and pass the baton on to another. 

Andy invited Di to fill the role, with all her experience with handicapping and all that she has done for Cape in general it was an easy decision. Congratulations Di!

 Happy retirement Lyn along with huge thanks for everything you have done for us over the years - you are a star. 

There was also the presentation of various trophies that didn't happen the other Sunday.

Fi with Carallack Trophy, Godolphin Goblet and Phillip Nett Salver

Sue with the Polglase Trophy, Vets Vase and Birdie Trophy

Chris winning Dee and Ray Trophy

Well done all!

Afterwards a few intrepids went out to play a few holes on the new back nine. It was too windy though! 

However it was lovely to share super food once again afterwards - it is really appreciated.