Signing off for a while

Signing off for a while

It is seven years since I started this blog about the Adventures of Cape Ladies and, as I am taking a Gap Year to celebrate a certain birthday, I will be taking a break from doing this for a while.

I will encourage others to take it on...but if there are no new posts for a while don't worry!!

Saturday Stableford

 Saturday 21st

Fourteen ladies were able to play the stableford and because of the recent heavy rains a few of the bunkers were deemed GUR.

There was a breeze blowing but the sun was out again and we played under blue skies! Long may it continue.

It was difficult to score but there were some birdies to be had; Hils on 12 and 14; Fran, and me also on 12 and an eagle for Fi who had a 2 on the 12th!

Overall Position	Player	Score	Placing	Countback
1	Bowers, Ruth	32 pts (15)	Overall Winner
2	Manley, Hilary	30 pts (15)	Overall Runner-Up	Last Nine Holes
3	Polglase, Fran	30 pts (21)	Overall 3rd
4	Wilkinson, Jayne	28 pts (28)

Well done all, the scores show what a tricky day it was!
- - - - -Olga

Lyn was among those who had attended Olga's funeral on Thursday, representing Cape Ladies, and she brought us the Order of Service to share.

There are such lovely thoughts here - Olga was much loved and will not be forgotten by those who new her.

Thursday B9

 Thursday 19th Jan

We met in the clubhouse on what began as a damp and dull morning...but the clouds cleared and it turned into a beautiful day!

The course is very wet but what a treat to play in sunshine and littlle wind!

Standing water in the old bunker on 5th.

We didn't play a competition...just rolled out in threes...and some played on to the 15th!

The bridge over the orchard is being replaced and the orchard cleared too!

It was good to be out there.

2023

2023

Here's hoping for lots of days like this in 2023!

Bring and Win and Birthday Trophy

 Bring and Win and Birthday Trophy

Thirteen lovely ladies played on Saturday in the Bring and Win. The forecast fair weather didn't happen and we arrived to rain and cold...but our hardy ladies decided to play as soon as it had stopped and eventually we even had some blue sky and sunshine. But it was heavy going!

Off we set in groups of three and a couple of twos...

Fran's chip on to the 13th!

Because we hadn't played the Birthday Trophy on Thursday due to the cold weather we combined it with today's comp.

Waiting on the 14th

I believe everyone was feeling tired but the sun was a very welcome guest when it appeared!

The Birthday Trophy was won by Sue D with a Back 9 score of 15, winning on countback from Liz!

Well played both.

The Bring and Win itself was won by Liz with 30 points, followed by Antoinette and Fran who both had 27 points. 

These three chose their gifts first and then the cards were drawn at random. as in previous years we bought a fun gift for approx £1 and put the remainder into the charity. It looked as though there were some clever gifts...well done everyone.

It was lovely to see Di, Judy and Chris L who came and joined us for coffee,  and special thanks to Chris L who supplied us with yummy mince pies which Robyn warmed up for us.

Di also told us about the birdie trophy winner...which came as a surprise!

Birdie Trophy winner!

 

Saturday 11 holes and lunch

 11 Holes and Christmas Lunch

Saturday dawned very cold, icy and with occasional showers. The order of play was adjusted and we had already reduced the round to 9 holes. We were playing Bingo, Bango, Bongo with the additional Bungo!

Suitably attired!

The Bungo addition to the format means that everyone that ends up on the fairway with their drive gets a point... so there are more points on offer!

We delayed the start a bit as there was black ice on the roads and we wanted everyone who wanted to have time to come if they could make it. 

In the end there were 18 players which was brilliant, but we had the reminder of how risky these conditions can be with an upturned car on the corner near Leswidden, Fran and Brian's car sliding gently down their hill in Newlyn and Chris D slipping on black ice on the pavement - ouch!

But, we managed to play and there was laughter ringing across the course as folk got quite competitive!

Once back in we warmed up by the roaring fire and some had a mulled wine.

Then we had our Christmas lunch - it was lovely to all be together again with everyone looking so festive.

Frieda had a lovely gift for us all and also gifts for the first 5 places.

Of course we needed countdown to separate people with four of our number on 15 points - Frieda, Jayne, Liz and Antoinette!

In second place was Super Sue S with 16 points - Sue was the only one of us achieve the almost impossible feat of four points on one hole...brilliant Sue!

And our fabulously attired worthy winner was our Happy Hils with 17 points!

Despite some folk having doubts about the format before they started it seems to have been enjoyed by all.

It was a lovely day - thank you Frieda for our gifts and all your hard work.

We missed Marion, Sue D and Di and also Viv who had hoped to come but had to withdraw at the last minute.

Hopefully we can have lots more get-togethers like this in the coming year.

Thursday Front 11/9

Thursday 8th December  

Eight ladies played on this cold morning. We shortened the competition to 9 holes after a heavy shower while we were on the 5th/6th holes.

There was an amazing precursor to the shower...a spectacular vivid rainbow.

It was great to be out despite that shower. The scores were much of a muchness except for one, Frieda had 14, I had 15 but our winner was Sam with a super 17 points!

Sam took these next four fabulous photos... 

It was awesome!