11th May League match v Looe

 Cape v Looe

Moday 11th May saw the lovely ladies of Looe come for our next league match!

It was still a bit breezy but conditions were good.

The team won 6-1 which is another fab result!

Well played everyone, the team were Captain Sue, Fran, Frieda, Hils, Lyn, Ruth and Sam.

Thursday 14th was wet, very blustery and cold again so no-one played!

Hoping for better weather on Saturday for Polglase 3!

May 2nd and Cape v Polzeath

May

Saturday 2nd was going to be a medal but the forecast for heavy rain meant we cancelled the official competition however the day turned out better than expected so a few of us went and played 9 holes for fun!

It was grey and overcast and the rain came in a lot later - but it was good to have a practice again!

Our match against Polzeath was planned for Thursday so a couple of us had a bit more practice on Wednesday morning and the weather was beautiful!

Thursday 7th saw the team head to Point at Polzeath where we were made very welcome.

The course was in fabulous condition and we were very taken with the remote controlled mowers which were doing a fantastic job!

All of us struggled a bit despite the lovely condition of the course and we lost 6-1!

Well done team, it's always more difficult when we play away from home.

We enjoyed a very nice meal and then headed home. 

The team were Captain Sue plus Fi, Fran, Frieda, Hils, Ruth and Sam.

PS And I hear six ladies played at Cape too including Di! Good to know you're back on the course!

May 9th 

On Saturday we played the medal  delayed from last week and we had nine of us playing.

Most of us struggled a bit but we had one awesome player!

Well played Lyn who came in with a Nett 66! Fabulous score - well played.

In second was Liz with a nett 74 and in third was Lindsay with a Nett 76.

Well played guys.

Lindsay's 'hole in one' on the 7th!!

Past Captain's Competition

Past Captains

Monday 27th April saw five of Cape's past Captains travel to Carlyon Bay for the County Past Captain's Competition.

The weather was absolutely glorious and the course was in fabulous condition.

There about 56 ladies playing and the Cape ladies were in the final groupings.

Hils is Captain of Captains this year so was  not playing but was our host for the day.

Carlyon Bay may be similar to Cape in that it is close to the sea...but it so different to Cape. The course has a very open feel and one of our ladies loves that aspect in particular!

A couple of winners were Ros who had the best Bronze score of 40 points and myself who had the best front 9 score for silver players of 20 plus a two on the 11th hole!

But nothing could compare with Lindsay who won this trophy for the second time!

Lindsay beat everyone who played with a stableford score of 43 points!

Fantastic play! 

Well done - a course you clearly love playing on!

Dee and Ray's Trophy

Dee and Ray's Trophy 

What a glorious day we had for this lovely trophy competition.

The Dee and Ray Trophy is a Texas Scramble with drawn teams of three players (high, medium and low handicaps ) and taking a minimum of four drives each.

The weather was simply gorgeous, with a warm sun and no wind! We all ended up in tee shirts even if we started out with a few layers on!

Just four teams were able to play and it was particularly lovely to have Angie back playing her first 18 hole comp.

The scores are usually good in this competition and today was no different. Each team received 15 shots except one who received 17 so it was evenly matched.

There was a lot of good play including a two for Liz on the third; a host of pars all round - 34 between us all plus 3 birdies!

In second place, and with the lowest gross score of 77, were Claire, Sue D and Chris L with a Nett 62.

Just pipping them with a Nett score of 61 were Fran, Lindsay and Liz!

Well played guys!

All in all it was such a lovely day!

League v St Enodoc

 League v St Enodoc

Monday 20th saw us play our first League match of the year, at home against St Enodoc.

They seemed to think it was a bit breezy (it was a bit!) and they found the greens slow compared to their own.

In fact the lady I played against said that their fairways were as fast as our greens!

I'm happy to say that our individual match ended on the 12th hole!!! 

The ladies were all actually good company and other than complaining about the greens were good to competitors. Unfortunately only two of them stayed for the meal which was really disappointing.

Cape didn't lose any of the matches - two were drawn on the 18th hole - so we won 6 - 1 which is a lovely way to start the year.

Well played everyone in the team. which was ... Fi, Fran, Frieda, Hils, Ruth, Sam and Captain Sue D.

Our next match is away at Point.

Thursday 23rd April

Thursday was another lovely sunny day but extremely windy!

Just five of us turned up to play and we played two mulligans and in our group also added in the fun of choosing the club of someone else to use on the 3rd!

So Fi and I chose a 7 iron for Sam, and in the end we all three hit a 7 iron and they were all really good shots!  One just short of the green, one on the middle of it and one just left! It showed us what we can do in a tail wind!!!

Sam and Chris D were following on behind - all credit especially to Liz whose trolley had blown over three times on the first hole!

Our winer was Sam who scored 18 points...it was tight between her and Fi till the last two holes!

Lots of fun, thanks all. 

Still Catch up!

 Thursday 16th April

For me, Thursday was one of those chaotic days when you feel at sixes and sevens!

We played the back 9, playing 10 and 16 off the yellow tees. It was a lot of fun and is something I think everyone wanted to repeat! It was lovely to have Angie and Jenny back playing with us 😀

In fact Jenny won with a fabulous score of 22! Brilliant score! 

Well done all.

In the afternoon I had the delight of playing with a visitor from Bath (a neighbour of Keith's).

She plays at Lansdown and absolutely loved the course - it started to rain as we finished but it was fun!

Saturday 18th Polglase 2 Stableford

Thirteen ladies were able to play in the Polglase 2 competition, it was lovely to have sunshine again and some were even in cut-off!

What a spectacular course we play on!

 Once again there was a group of four men out in front of us which is sometimes frustrating. The course seemed fairly full when we were playing which was  actually lovely to see.

In third place on countback from Hilary was Frieda with 30 points.

In second with 31 was Fiona and in first place with a really fabulous 36 points was Fran!

Well played Fran, super play.

Easter and beyond!

 Easter and Beyond!

Easter demands with family visiting meant that I missed the Eggstravaganza and Jamie Crocker competition over that weekend...

However, eight ladies played in the Eggstravaganza with Lindsay winning the biggest Easter Egg with 33 points!

Hilarywas second with 32 and Fran was in third with 29!

Well done all...

The following day was the Jamie Crocker competition, I don't have all the details of the scores but Liz and Sam were third, Lindsay and Fi second and Fran and Steve Revill first were some of the prize winners!

Since then we had a very damp Thursday when no-one played.

The following Saturday had very blustery winds and the competition was shortened to 9 holes for a practice round.

Normal service should be resumed now the family have gone back!!!

Ladies Away Weekend!

Sunday 29th March

Bowood Park 

Sunday morning - clocks change day - the Cape Ladies headed for Bowood Park for our Ladies away-days trip!

Everyone arrived in really good time and met for coffee in the bar area, then headed out in groups to play a singles stableford with secret partners for the final result!

As usual we kept a record of lost balls too! And there were quite a few!

The weather was overcast and a bit damp at the start, turning to rain on the back 9 so everyone was a little damp when we finished! Especially those who teed off later!

Lucky Frieda!!

The course was in fabulous condition with wonderfully wide fairways - we could still miss them though and could find ourselves in the rough or behind trees or both!

There were some lovely scores recorded (10 ladies had opted to put in cards for handicap - thanks go to Di back at home for entering all the scores for us both on the Sunday and Monday!)

It is lovely to play a course that is so different to Cape - offering different challenges. 

Along with the rain it was a bit windy too but we all looked forward to better conditions on the following day as the forecast was for unbroken sunshine!

In the evening we met up as usual for pre-dinner get together, and then headed to the dining area for our meal.

It was absolutely lovely to have Val with us, and Una too. There was lots of catching up to do and the evening shared many laughs.

Monday 30th

Well...what can I say? We expected to be playing in lovely warm sunshine...but the wind was so strong! It ended up being harder to score well despite the fact that it was dry!

Once again many put cards in for handicap, 11 of us today, which was great!

You can see how well wrapped up we were despite the sunshine!

Once again we enjoyed the forgiveness of wide fairways and big tees.

There are some interesting holes at Bowood, this one which runs along the valley floor, has water to one side, trees on the other and then in front of the green a babbling brook runs across.

Such a pretty hole! 

We crossed a little covered bridge to reach the green.

So another good but challenging golf day was enjoyed by all!

In the evening we had another lovely meal and the presentation.

Winning the lost balls competition was Jayne!

The longest drive and nearest the  Pin on Day One were won by yours truly!

On Day two, Longest Drive was won by Claire

And Nearest the Pin was won by Hils herself! 

The secret pairs competition played on the first day resulted in Fran and I in third place...

In second place were Hils and Frieda

And in first place our very worthy winners were Lyn and Sue S!

Well played Both!

The Individual Spring Break trophy was a close run thing other than for the winner!

In fourth place on countback with 31 points was Sam who also provided us with these lovely photos 🙌

Also on 31 points in third spot was Sue D!

...and so it continues... in second place, also on 31 points was Fi!

Well done you three!

But our winner, with an amazing 35 points was Sue S!

This was a fabulous result, especially as Sue had been feeling unwell!

Brilliant, Sue, well played and one hundred percent deserved!

What a lovely evening, and a lovely weekend. Many thanks to Hils for all the organizing!

Captain's handover and Drive In

 Captain's Handover and New Captain's Drive in

Saturday 28th March

Saturday morning was bright and breezy and lots of us were able to turn up for Claire's Drive in and the AGM.

Claire did a brilliant job and hit her drive almost to the wall...Ryan had a hilarious nightmare and didn't even reach the pond!

As has become tradition now, we chose where we thought the two new Captain's would hit their drives - paying a pound for each guess. 

Claire's shot was guessed by Fiona's Will, and Ryan's drive was guessed by Fran's  Brian!

Well done everyone - £28 for the Captains' Charity - the Gaiety Girls.

We then had our agm which was well attended.

Hilary was presented flowers and a gift from the Ladies for all her work over the year.  

A lovely picture of dogs on the seashore.

The business of the AGM was dealt with smoothly, deciding to return to practice/fun comps on a Thursday instead of the once a month Qualifying Comp, and a desire for real notice to be taken of course conditions during the winter months. We played Qualifying rounds several times this winter when really the course was not fit for qualifying. The new Competition and Handicap committee will (hopefully) be responsible for this.

With the arrival of Spring hopefully  we will get more players back on the course on both Thursdays and Saturdays - remembering we can also enter the 18 hole Stableford competition on Wednesdays which is open to ladies and men.

The handover then took place.

Thanks for everything you did for us over the year Hils, and here's to a great year for Claire!

Hello!

 Hello again!

Well! it's been a bit of a gap but here we go again for 2026!

The weather has taken its toll our competitions, both in numbers available to play and if they took place at all!

We had four comps in January when about 6 players played each time... our scores were well below our handicap - often the best scores were about 9 or 10 below handicap! 

February weather didn't improve and we just had two comps, 8 played in the first and only 5 in the second. Again our scores were well below what we'd expect except for Frieda who relished the conditions on Valentines day!!

Then we began March and our numbers are beginning to pick up. 

March 7th was the Polglase 1 Medal and 9 players entered. 

Our winner was Lyn with a nett 75; in second came Fi with nett 76 and in third was Hils with a nett 81. Well played all!!

The following Saturday was a stableford which Hils won with 32 points; Frieda was in second with 29 and Claire third on 26.

Then at last we had Sunshine!!

Saturday 21st March was beautiful and was the last Saturday comp with Hils as Captain - 12 of us were able to play. 

Countback was needed of course for the first few places!

Our winner was Sue S with 36 points on countback from Liz!

Third also had to be decided on countback with Fi, me and Hils all having 33 points...and Hils came out on top in that race!!

It was glorious to be out in the sunshine and with hardly any wind!

As you can imagine Thursdays were also seriously impacted by the weather with often only two or three people around to play.

Hopefully this will improve as the weather becomes kinder!

Thursday 9 hole fun! (19th March)

Finally, Sunday 22nd was Trevelyan scramble! Fourteen teams of four played in this mixed Scramble.

The weather was fabulous to start with but along with the blue sky and sunshine was a bit of a chilly wind!

It certainly looked gorgeous!

The course is looking better and better now - the green-keeping team are doing a great job.

Afterwards there was the presentation of the Trophy itself, along with the presentation of a cheque to "withyou" Hils and Norman's charity - and then presentation of various trophies.

"withyou" charity cheque presentation

https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/

Hils and Norman had raised over £4000 for this charity - an amazing amount for a special charity.

The Trevelyan Trophy winners were Frieda's team!!!

And Hils and Norman also awarded the Wills Trophy to the Cape Men's team. A huge achievement! With a special framed photo of the team too. 

Congratulations everyone !