
visitors from outer space assessing Condado as a new home…………….
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A lovely start to the day with clear skies, sunshine and very little wind for the 52 players playing in a team of 4, 3 scores to count at each hole. As the round went on, the wind got up and was quite chilly for those racing around in buggies.
Also after the strange pin positions of recent weeks, Paul Harrington was invited to accompany Jonathan, the head greenkeeper, to position this week’s flags. There was a noticeable difference, with pins being placed on flat sections of the greens, giving players the chance to get close with their approach putts.
1st…………………..116pts
Kim Lloyd, Dave Lloyd, Peter Reeves, Kevin Smith
2nd………………..113pts
Scott Pilley, Stephen Pilley, Brian Walker, Paul Douglas
There were 4 twos – Stephen Pilley, Dorothy Simpson, Kam Cheema and Alicia Saunders, who each got a free shot from the bar and a sleeve of balls (sponsored by Dave Cooke).
Phil Tann is again in the news. As he leaned on his putter at the 3rd hole to retrieve his ball, it snapped and he fell in a heap (I wish I had my camera). CPR were called, and decided that the putter could not be saved and had to be put down. An analysis of the incident was inconclusive. It could be that the many putts he had made with it from up to 100 yards had taken their toll and it expired from natural causes – or maybe it is time to start his diet again. He has now got a replacement with a stiff shaft.
I also rate a comment. On hole 15 I found a difficult lie at the top of the fairway bunker. No problem for most, but being left handed meant the ball was above me, and after after 3 fresh air shots with my ball still sat there looking at me, I picked up! Partners Jostein and Barry also finished with the same score as me (zero points) even though they did hit their ball every time they swung at it!
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the winning team with Peter’s daughter Catherine……….
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this week’s runners up……………….
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It was good to see that work is being done on the bare patches around the course.
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the greenkeepers have been busy working on the rough…………

Peter Ridley found a difficult lie with his tee shot on 16………..
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a nice day for a spot of fishing……………
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Pictured below is a Scottish football legend, Jocky Scott, who is a friend of our own celebrity, Peter Reeves, and played with us this week.
Jocky played for Scotland, Dundee and Aberdeen. He memorably scored a hat-trick when Aberdeen beat Rangers 5–1 in a Scottish League Cup semi final. He was capped twice for the Scotland national team in 1971. He was Soccer Bowl 1977 finalist with the Seattle Sounders (lost 1–2 to the New York Cosmos) in the North American Soccer League.
After his playing career Scott moved into management. He managed Aberdeen, Dundee (on three separate occasions), Arbroath, Dunfermline Athletic, Notts County, Raith Rovers and Stirling Albion.
He also had coaching roles at Sunderland, Plymouth Argyle and Hibernian. The latter two he also had spells as manager on a caretaker basis.
Aberdeen appointed Jocky to their coaching team in September 2012.
Our own star, Peter, played for Charlton Athletic on 294 occasions, scoring 2 goals. He also captained England schoolboys.

Jocky Scott, pictured with Peter Reeves……
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On Tuesday Camposol G.C. are holding a celebrity golf charity day, and our society have 5 teams in the scramble competition, It was won last year by one of our teams – Paul Harrington, Jim Alwell, Peter Reeves and Sandy Simpson .
Next week is the March Apollo Air individual stableford, and Tuesday March 17th is the St. Patrick’s day stableford, which is the first special event of the year. Entertainment at night is in the Clover bar and Sandy Fitzpatrick will be on stage.
A reminder that if you want as buggy you should contact the shop direct on 968328008.
At the AGM on Wednesday the committee were re-elected on bloc, as no new nominations were received. There were 4 motions to be voted on. the results were as follows.
The proposal for countback to be decided by the lowest handicap was defeated, we will stay as we are with countback decided on the last 9, 6, 3, 1. There is no official rule from the governing bodies but this is the most common method employed worldwide.
UK & Ireland are the only countries in Europe not using the slope system. The 2 systems are not directly comparable, so a formula is used to convert UK/Irish handicaps from CONGU to EGA handicaps. After the new handicap is calculated the slope allowance is added. CONGU to EGA conversion will be for new members and those renewing with an inactive society handicap. It was voted in to use this system for any new members from those countries.
Changes were voted in for membership elegibility and guest fees. There is no change to any existing members, but membership will cost 20€ for the first year, followed by 5€ a year subsequently for any renewing member (lapsed members rejoining will not pay the 20€). Membership criteria is the same a last year, non-residents are eligible for membership at the discretion of the committee. All the on-site requirements still apply (member of IRM, renter, staying with owner). Guest fees have been increased to 10€ for each game within society times. Guests will have their own prize and cannot win the society competition. Also team events which include a guest will mean that the team will have to compete in the guest section (assuming there are sufficient to give a prize).
Last year the membership voted to make Mondays and Wednesdays (at Condado) non-qualifiers, and be treated as a fun day. This year that was overturned, and now they will be treated as qualifiers for handicap purposes if 8 or more players enter.
Membership fees for 2015 are due on April 1st (New members – €20, Renewals -€5).
The official minutes will be published when complete.
At the end of procedings Barry Answer presented Dave Lloyd with a Geordie translation towel.

don’t think Dave needed it – he can speak Geordie already!
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Joke time again………………….
This week let’s look at Essex girls………………..
An Essex girl was driving down the A13 when her car phone rang. It was her boyfriend, urgently warning her, ‘Treacle, I just heard on the news that there’s a car going the wrong way on the A13. Please be careful!’
‘It’s not just one car!’ said the Essex girl, ‘There’s bleedin’ hundreds of them!’
Q: Why should Essex girls not be given coffee breaks ?
A: It takes too long to retrain them.
An Essex girl goes to the council to register for child benefit.
‘How many children?’ asks the council worker.
’10’ replies the Essex girl.
’10?’ says the council worker. ‘What are their names?’
‘Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne and Wayne.’
‘Doesn’t that get confusing?’
‘Naah…’ says the Essex girl ‘its great because if they are out playing in the street I just have to shout WAAYNE, YER DINNER’S READY, or WAAYNE GO TO BED NOW and they all do it…’
‘What if you want to speak to one individually?’ says the perturbed council worker.
‘That’s easy,’ says the Essex girl… ‘I just use their surnames.’
Barry
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