Vilamoura Golf

Oceanico Laguna , 11th May 2013

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On a lovely summer day 11 players took part on a stableford competition at Laguna golf course. The course was in very good condition – tee boxes, fairways and greens.

Most of the semi-rough was cut well so didn’t add any extra difficulty to the game. The wind was pretty strong, especially on the back nine, where it was head on from fourteen almost to eighteen. It was Carlos Ferreira who adopted pretty well to the conditions and took the win with 34pts, leaving 2nd for the new member John MacElrean with 29pts who also won Nearest the Pin on the 17th. It was a demanding shot today requiring a 4 iron for most players.

laguna golf course

It would appear that last week’s trip to the west coast of Ireland paid dividend for Carlos in the blustery conditions. Afterwards the group went back to Chez Carlos restaurant where Filipe presented us some complimentary tasty black pork ribs and carpacho with toast. Member David Bowles and friend Andrea enjoyed their last meal in Portugal till October at the Chez Carlos restaurant – a delicious plate of fresh crab and grilled lobster. ‘Some of the best we’ve ever had’ they commented. We look forward to seeing them back in later in the year.

It was another great day of golf played in the best of spirit

Millennium Competition, 9th March 2013

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11 players turned out at Millennium, rescheduled from Morgado after heaving rains.

The competition was the start of a surprise party for Jim Kearney on his 70th birthday, and everybody was keeping away from Jim to avoid letting the cat out of the bag.

We welcomed Ulla Peura, friend of Henning and Gudrun, and she played superbly off 15 to scoop both nearest the pins & the longest drive. Well done Ulla!

The biggest surprise was still to come as neither Jim nor Deirdre knew that Siobhan had arranged for their two daughters to join in the birthday celebrations. When they appeared at the prize giving this proved to be the best prize of all.

Back to the prize giving and it was definitely Jim’s day after his lesson with Hugo Santos, he took first prize with 38 points, holding off Christer & Eve with 37 & 35 respectively.

After the prize giving we all joined Jim, Deirdre and their daughters at the Thai restaurant in Vilamoura, and a great evening was had by all.

Oceanico Pinhal, Vilamoura, 16th February 2013

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We welcomed two new guests, David Brennan and Steve Jinks and the word on the street is that Steve and Raymond Yassim really enjoyed their game together and increased their vocabularies by a number of explicit words !!

At Oceanico Pinhal 5 players did not manage the 30 points barrier and gratefully received their bonus shot. Mary Strutt now off 19, Heather Ward 18, Raymond Yassim 17, David Brennan 13 and Ann Campbell 22.

Three players came in with 33 points – David Bowles, Will Cogan and Chris Milford, with Steve winning on a count back.

For the first time that I can remember we did not have a “Closest to the Pin” winner on the 5th hole, so we will carry the wine over to the next game.

Prize winners :

1st – Will Cogan: 33pts
2nd – Chris Milford 33pts
3rd – David Bowles 33pts

Steve Jinks took the Nearest the Pin on the 14th & Longest drive on the 16th. As he was flying back to the UK on Sunday he donated his two bottles of wine back to the Society and we will use these for the next game as well; nice one Steve – well done.

On Wednesday 20th we will be playing our first Roll Up game at The Old Course and a lot of interest has been shown for this event – so get get your names onto the board at Parky’s.