Bingo, Bango, Bongo and Bungo!

 Bingo, Bango, Bongo and Bungo!

Thursday morning saw us go out in three groups of three - others were playing their Aussie Spoons so our numbers were a bit down.

We played BBBB - we've done it before and discovered it brings out a really wicked competitive edge!

We had blue sky but there was a definite chill in the air!

We scored points in the following way... it matters not a jot how many shots you take... no stableford or medals involved, but different skills are tested.

If your drive finished on the fairway then you got a point.

If you were the first of your group to get on the green - you got a point.

When all three of you were on the green then the person nearest to the pin got a point.

Finally, (putting in the proper order) the first person to hole their putt got a point!

The maximum anyone could get on a hole was 4 points... almost impossible but Sue S almost managed it on the 8th - her putt was on line just a wee bit short!

The results ranged from 7 (me) to 19!!!!

In third place was Judy with 15 points - this included 5 drives on the fairway; 4 nearest the pins;  5 holing out first and one on the green firsts! Good job!

In second was Chris L with 16 points. I don't have the breakdown of this one but 2 Bs on every hole bar the first and the 6th!

In first place with an absolutely outrageous 19 points was Sue S! This included four holes where she won three points each time! It shouldn't be allowed!

Super play Sue!

Well played everyone - it was lovely to not have to count our shots and there was a lot of laughter out there - plus a lot of measuring going on in Chris D's team!

Eggstravaganza

 Eggstravaganza!

Saturday 16th April - Easter Saturday saw several ladies back on the course for the third time in 3 days!

Well done guys!

It was a brighter day than yesterday and we were welcomed on the tee with a hat full of easter eggs! Yummy!

There were 14 ladies who played and I think we all struggled a bit!

Frieda had planned an array of prizes...there were four birdies (winning treats!) Fi on the 4th; Ros on the 7th and Hils and Frieda on the 12th.

Sue D won best back 9 with 15 points and Pam won best Front 9 with 19 points.

We all seem to have found the back 9 harder today and the wind seemed stronger then too.

Of course we needed countback to decided second and third with Frieda claiming second with 34 points

and in first place with 35 points was Lyn!

Well played!

Ros had helped to arrange a special first prize.

Amazing chocolate work!

Overall Position	Player	Score	Placing	Countback
1	Lugg, Linda	35 pts (22)	Overall Winner
2	Pring, Frieda	34 pts (22)	Overall Runner-Up	Last Nine Holes
3	Bowers, Ruth	34 pts (15)	Overall 3rd
4	Hosking, Claire	31 pts (19)

Not only did we enjoy the chocolate Easter treats but Frieda had arranged for us all to have a warm hot cross bun with our coffee when we'd finished.

Absolutely delicious!

There was one other piece of business to attend to... and that was to award Ann the Vets Vase from last week!

Well played again Ann!

Another lovely day - thank you Frieda for making it so special - what a fabulous group of ladies Cape has!

Lafrowda Open

 Lafrowda Open

The Lafrowda Charity Open followed on from yesterday's Ladies April Open and several of our ladies entered which was great to see!

This was a texas scramble - four drives each and 20% course handicap; most teams were mixed but there were some solely men's teams and one solely ladies team. 

Tee times began at 12.00 and ran through till after 3pm. As we played the first couple of holes the thick mist that had been hanging around in the background for the last few days swirled in and blanketed the first two holes... you couldn't see the wall, or the green on the second from 50yds away... so those that started early came back in for a coffee before venturing out in clearer weather for the rest of the round.

And it stayed clear thank goodness. In fact the little break in play was perfect for our group because when we got to the third tee look what was waiting for us!!!

Little bottles of Prosecco! Brilliant job John! Thank you! What a great surprise!

Needless to say we enjoyed them through the rest of the round. 

We were very relaxed about the day because we knew we were playing the next day too...so if someone hit a good shot we just went for that one and saved ourselves some energy.

Plus...with all the men in the other teams we thought we wouldn't stand a chance of winning  - so we decided we'd just have fun.

There was a really good turnout overall -  I don't have the actual numbers but all the entry fees and the money taken for the pizzas went to the Lafrowda Charity and approx £1700 was raised in total!

A fantastic result!

To the actual results... I believe Andy Cl and Rob L won the nearest the pin and longest drive contests... (I believe there are pictures on Facebook?) and by some magic (Prosecco perhaps?) Ros, Frieda, Lindsay and I won the overall prize!

We were one of the first teams out so we had enjoyed a drink and pizza while other teams were only just going through to the tenth so we headed home. It wasn't until we arrived at the Club on Saturday that we discovered we had won!!!!

Well done everyone at Cape for organizing  and hosting such a fun day and raising so much for charity.

I believe it may be repeated next year.

April Ladies Open

 April Open

There were 18 pairs entered in the April Ladies Open, half were visitors from Tehidy, West Cornwall, Falmouth and Budock Vean. It was lovely to see so many at the club and we were blessed with dry conditions with a breeze.

The format was an aggregate off full handicap and there were some good scores... and of course... countback!!

There were four teams with 62 points!

In 4th place were Fi and Liz with 63 points!

In the prizes were Lyn and Judy for best Back 9 and Sue S and Chris L for best Front 9.

In third place with 64 points were Chris D and Anne U.

In second Judith and Julie from Falmouth with 67 points.

Our winning team had a fantastic 73 points! 

Well played Fran and Angie... or Frangie as they may be known from now on!) A super score!

Thanks as always to the groundstaff for the course; to the kitchen and bar staff for their attentiveness and to Di who had prepared all the cards for us and with the help of Lindsay did the card marking!

Brilliant job all and a lot of fun!

Star past Captain!

 Past Captains Spring Meeting

Several of our Cape past Captains travelled to Launceston for the Spring Meeting....

..and Chris won!

Huge congratulations - well played Chris!

What a star!!!

League v Perranporth

 League v Perranporth

An overcast and windy day faced our team in their match against Perranporth on Sunday 10th April.

Home advantage was evident and this was Perran's first match in the League this year.

Huge congratulations to all the Cape team for a resounding victory 6.5 /0.5! 

Well done everyone. It was good to welcome Sam on to the team for the first time too. 

Well played all! 

Medal and Vets Vase

Medal and Vets Vase

Sunshine and Saturdays in combination have been fairly rare but that is how it was on Saturday 9th April for the Medal and Vets Vase.

Fourteen lovely ladies entered the competition and everyone was glad to be out in the sunshine.

Typically for Cape there was an awful lot of countback needed!

 Three ladies on 83; three with 82, three with 79 and two with 78!! What is it with Capers - it's a good job we have a computer to do the analysis!

Ros took fourth place over Hilary and Sue S all with 79!

In second place was Chris L who just pipped Angie.

And our winner of the Medal and the Vets Vase was Antoinette with 77!

Well played Ann! 

Overall Position	Player	Score	Placing	Countback
1	Richards, Antoinette	101 - 24 = 77	Overall Winner
2	Leiworthy, Christine	109 - 31 = 78	Overall Runner-Up	Last Nine Holes
3	Cape, Angela	117 - 39 = 78	Overall 3rd
4	Thomas, Rosalie L	109 - 30 = 79		Last Nine Holes