St Mellion Sunday evening

Sunday Evening

It was good getting in from golf a little earlier than usual because it gave us time to have bath/shower (maybe both!) and we could get ready at out leisure!

We met in the Nicklaus bar at about 7pm...

...and then we moved into the Nicklaus Suite for our evening meal. It was lovely to be in this room altogether and the staff looked after us extremely well.

Before we began, Sue tossed us all a colourful golf towel -thank you Sue...

a lovely memento of our trip.

 

Some however immediately thought of other uses for it...!

Dance of the ....

A ha! My serviette!

There were 33 of us altogether and we were sat at four tables... 

One table...

In more detail... Hilary, Judy and Una...

Sue, Lyn....and Hilary...

Chris, Sue .....and Hilary...

Val, Doris.... and .... Hilary...

Dorothy, Anne and ... ?

Lindsay, Jan, Val .... and you know who?

Jean, Ros.... and (you guessed it!)... Hilary!!

 We had a lot of fun and lovely conversations.

 Fran, Pam and Chris

Viv, Antoinette and Fi

Dorothy, Anne and Jean

The naughty table (by request!) Liz, Angie and Sarah

Bron and Frieda

Bev and Bron

Sarah, Sonia and Jane

Chris, Jayne and Claire

Two gorgeous gals!

Beautiful Val

Happy Captain!

What a wonderful bunch of ladies!

Sue told us about our tee times for the Nicklaus course then some of us headed for bed... others may have headed back to the bar...

Away Day Sunday St Mellion

St Mellion

The rain of Saturday gave way to a gorgeous day on Sunday...clocks had gone forward but we all managed to get to St Mellion in good time with no traffic delays... we were soon greeting old friends and beginning the catch up!

It was lovely to see Dorothy and Val F; Sonia, Jan and Doris who all travelled far to join us.

Our competition today was Secret Partners. 
We each played our own ball and then we were each drawn a secret partner!  Jean was in charge of the cards and did a sterling job!

We played the Kernow Course and went out in groups of 4; Viv, Val G and Anne just played the first 9 holes.

St Mellion had apologised to Sue  for the condition of the greens. The awful weather of recent times meant that their scheduled green preparation had to be delayed and the greens had just been hollow-tined and sanded. 

This meant that putting was a bit of a lottery and this was reflected in our scores for sure.


I have had fun looking through the cards and I know many felt they didn't play well...but it was common to us all!   I don't have the cards from the six winners but among the rest of us we averaged 9 points on the front nine!

Angie doing her warm up routine while Frieda concentrates on the putt!

We were glad to have the Gliders on our trolley wheels because the fairways were very wet in places. However we had beautiful sunshine and blue skies!
Who would have believed that we'd be playing in jumpers rather than all the layers we've had to wear recently?

Looking down the first

The first two holes are long par 5s. The fairway was fairly wide and undulating and there were a plentiful scattering of bunkers to keep us on our toes!

Getting ready for the off!

Soon we were away!

Ros and our glorious blue skies.

Looking back at the first tee.

I have to admit to playing the first two holes quite well...I even parred the 2nd... but you know the expression about Pride ... well it all went to pieces on the third.
If it hadn't been for Lindsay's persistent searching I would have lost two balls on that hole... the little par 3!

Lyn's group at the third tee

The third green

Well done to Fi and Chris J who parred this...but I must make special mention of Angie who hit a fantastic shot from behind the hedge... it flew over the hedge beautifully! It was worthy of shot of the day... more of which later. 

You can see how wet the fairways were in this picture of the 4th.


The 5th was another par 3 and five of our ladies parred it!
Well done to Lyn, Val F, Bev, Frieda and Una. 

The 6th hole was tricky...a dog leg uphill and playing across a road on to a raised green.

 Antoinette, Fi, Val F and Angie all parred the par 3 7th 😃

9th hole

After a welcome wee stop (how sensible to have on course toilets... and with four loos so no waiting!) we surveyed the 10th.

Well...how can one resist!  I decided to have a go...it was unlikely that I could reach the green but I thought it was worth a crack...and (a bit surprisingly) I hit a beauty... it sailed towards the green...we watched it closely... there was no splash...and we were all sure it had cleared the water... but we never found it!
We searched and searched...but the ball remained hidden...😭
... no score for me then! Sigh!

But well done to Sue S and Val F who parred the hole!
Brilliant!#

Chris L, Sue S, Lyn and Judy getting ready on the 12th

Well done Una for being the only one to par the tricky 12th.

Fran teeing off the 13th

After this we reached the fabulous 14th!

What a spectacular hole!  The card says it is 122 yds... but that is all carry!

We had a bit of a bottleneck here but it was welcome as we could watch each other play the hole and help spot the ball. Quite often we thought the ball had carried but it was actually in the bank!

The 14th  green and its steep bank

I believe Una crawled down said bank to retrieve a ball...an extremely risky business... and after finding it had to crawl back up on hands and knees... she tossed the ball on to the green only to discover it wasn't her ball...it was Sonia's!

Well done to Hil's for parring this hole... and sincere apologies to Chris L and the group in front of us because I almost took them out with my shot ...ending up on the path right next to them!  I'm SO sorry!

Antoinette and Fi parred the next hole up the hill which was followed by the little downhill par 3.

Here Pam, Doris, Hils, Sue D and Antoinette all got pars!  Well done!

Exhaustion had certainly set in by this time and the long 18th was very hard to score on.

Well done everyone!

Our winners were Fran and Jane L who scored 50 between them! Well done!

In second were Lindsay and Bronwen who scored 45 and in third were Claire and Judy who scored 44.

Not including the above wonderful winners, Antoinette, Val F and Fi all had three pars apiece - well done.

The average score for us as a whole group was 19... it shows how difficult it was today!

Oh, and shot of the day?

Fi was playing out from behind a tree... determined to do a half swing and follow through...but in fact did a full swing... the  3 wood was of no further use!

Fi receiving the 'Shot' of the day!

More about today's wonderful trophy in the next blog.

If any of you have any fun pictures that you'd like to share then email/whatsapp them over to me - thanks :-)

Sat 24th

Pre Trip 11

Four of us turned up to play the pre-away trip 11 hole competition... but ...as we stepped outside the door it was drizzling... and none of us wanted to get wet before we went away so we had a coffee and headed home...raring to go at St Mellion!

Thursday Back 9

Thursday 22nd March

Fifteen Fabulous Ladies played today... it was far colder than it looked and conditions were certainly not easy. We wrapped ourselves in numerous layers and sallied forth!

Our ladies on the 12th and 13th

However despite the cold, the ball was rolling well on the freshly mown fairways. Frieda's drive on the 10th flew past the bunker... mine went into it! That doesn't usually happen unless it's the summer!

Thanks to Mark and Chris cos the fairways were great and bunkers were well raked!

But those shots were as nothing compared to our Angie!  

She was awarded shot of the day for her drive on the 10th... her ball decided to use the wall to lift itself over the bunker and on to the green!!!

 Brilliant Shot!

Applause all round!

The results for today? 

Well... countback was the decider as usual!

In third pace with 14 points was Liz;

in second with 14 points was Frieda...

and our winner... also with 14 points was Sue D!

Well done all for playing ... thanks to Di for coming up and doing the cards with Fran (and for getting the Gliders for St Mellion) and it was also lovely to see Jean.

Saturday is an 11 hole roll up... and then Sunday is the start of our Away Days!

Polglase 1 Medal

Polglase 1

Well done to the 10 ladies who competed in the Polglase 1 medal.

It was cold and breezy, and got colder as the morning progressed so hats off to all who took part. The results were close with 7 ladies being within 4 shots of each other! 

In third place (on countback) was Sue D with a Nett 87 (she just pipped Lyn on countback);

in second was Fran with a Nett 86 and in first was Hilary with a Nett 85 (the only of our ladies  to break 100).

It was reductions only so no handicaps were affected today - a reflection of the playing conditions. For the full results click here.

Well done all who took part and thanks to Di for coming and doing the cards. Chris L and myself also popped in to say hello.

Thursday 15th March

Thursday Front 9

Eight lovely ladies came to play today - it was the Front 9 and, although there was a brisk wind, it was good to be out on the course.

It has to be said that I only played a couple of holes to see if my ankles would hold up for playing on Saturday - verdict...they wouldn't! But it was still lovely to get fresh air, to see the course and to see everyone. Di and Ros also came for coffee too.

The Air Ambulance came and landed in the field next to Boswedden house while we were having our coffee... we don't know any details.

I seem to have missed the usual countback situations on deciding winners  but that wasn't necessary today!

Angie won our B group and Chris J had a super 16 to win the A group!

Well done everyone!

Saturday is the Polglase 1 Medal round and Sunday is the Trevelyan Scramble with the men.

The League Match against Looe has been postponed until their course is not using temporary greens...and the first of the Friendlies (against Budock Vean) has been postponed because they could not raise a team. 

Sue and Lindsay will let us know when alternative dates are decided.