Miraflores 29th May 2025
Miraflores was the venue for our latest game and we were kindly sponsored by the birthday boy himself John Yuill who added a couple of extra prizes as well so there was a hidden pairs comp and also a par 3 comp with the best Stapleford pts total winning.
On a fairly quiet day with no stories to tell the peace was shattered when news came through that 1 of our newest members Brian Wilson had got his first Eagle ever by holing his 3rd shot on the par 5 second hole. Of course this wasn’t the end of it as back at the dragon he told everyone numerous times about it and then the noise went even louder when the result of the par 3 comp was announced.
Results from Miraflores
1st, Dave Errington, 35pts, playing off 8.9, now 8.4.
2nd, Dexter Outhwaite , 34pts, playing off 27.7, now 27.2.
3rd, Steve Moore, 33pts, playing off 16.4, now 16.1.
Nearest the pin in One on Hole 4, Andy Hassall.
Nearest the pin in Two on Hole 10, Paul Winter.
Nearest the pin in One on Hole 15, Norman Tillbrook.
Best stableford score on all par 3’s, Brian Wilson, 13pts.
Hidden pairs winners, Steve Bonsor & Jim Madden, 59pts.
Next week we are playing at Santana and we are full.
Anoreta 22nd May 2025
Anoreta was the venue for our latest game and we were kindly sponsored by Gordon Bathgate.
This is probably the toughest course we play and it was no different this time with the low scores proving that yet again the course won.
As well as the usual prizes there were a couple of extra ones with a hidden pairs comp as well as a par 3s comp with the best Stapleford score on all par 3’s.
Results from Anoreta.
1st, Keith Baker, 27pts, playing off 13.3, now 12.7.
2nd, Ian Ashworth, 26pts, playing off 24.3, now 23.8.
3rd, Jeff Lane, 25pts, back 9 of 14pts, playing off 28.0, now 27.6.
Nearest the pin in One on Hole 2, Ian Ashworth.
Nearest the pin in Two on Hole 15, Andy Hassall.
Nearest the pin in One on Hole 17, Phil Dodd.
Best stableford score on all par 3’s , Dennis Regan, 9pts.
Hidden pairs, Ian Ashworth & John Yuill, 49pts
Mijas – Los Largos 15th March 2025
Mijas Los Lagos was the venue for our latest game and this was the society’s 2nd major of the year the US PGA and we were kindly sponsored by Norman Tillbrook who as well as the normal prizes put some extra prizes on which were some extra nearest the pins and also a par 3 competition for both the men and ladies with the total points scored on all par 3’s added together to determine the winner.
This is one of our toughest courses and add in a strong breeze too, the course was definitely the winner with the winning score relatively low and everyone commented on how much of a battle it was out there.
Results from Mijas Los Lagos
1st, Pauline Fink, 31pts, playing off 21.4, now 20.7.
2nd, Bob Sawyer, 30pts, playing off 10.1, now 9.8.
3rd, Andy Hassall, 29pts, back 9 of 15pts, playing off 15.7, now 15.4.
Nearest the pin in One on Hole 2, Gary Sparrow.
Nearest the pin in Two on Hole 3, Terry Smith.
Nearest the pin in One on Hole 8, Nobody.
Nearest the pin in One on Hole 11, Tony Sidebottom.
Nearest the pin in Three on Hole 15, Phil Dodd.
Nearest the pin in One on Hole 16, Keith Baker.
Best stableford score on all par 3s
Men – Brian Wilson 10pts
Ladies- Pam Savage 11pts
Next week we are at another tough course, Anoreta with the first tee time at 10.40
Santana Golf 8th May 2025
Santana was the venue for our latest game and was one of the most important days in our calendar as we played the society’s Passed Members day where we remember all our members who are no longer with us and we played for the Micky Gillingham shield as usual on this day.
As per the last couple of years, we stayed up at Santana afterwards where the society laid on some tapas and a drink followed by the presentation.
We were kindly sponsored by Marion English who added a couple of extra prizes so there was a couple of extra Nearest the pins and also a hidden pairs comp.
When the cards had been checked there was a clear winner who by his own admission had one of them days especially on the greens.
There was also a trophy presentation to Keith Baker who was the first winner of our new 3 month mini order of merit which ran from January to March.
Results from Santana.
1st, Dave Lax, 42pts, playing off 24.2, now 21.1.
2nd, Pauline Fink, 37pts, playing off 21.9, now 21.4.
3rd, Mark Humphrey, 34pts, playing off 18.4, now 18.1.
Hidden pairs comp was won by Pauline Fink and Pam Savage with a total of 70pts.
Nearest the pin in One on Hole 2, Ray Critcher.
Nearest the pin in Two on Hole 6, Ray Critcher.
Nearest the pin in Three on Hole 10, Keith Baker.
Nearest the pin in One on Hole 12, Mary Shiell.
Nearest the pin in Two on Hole 14, Jeff Lane.
Antequera 1st May 2025
A small but merry band of “golfers” descended on Antequera for our latest game.
This was the society’s first trip here for quite some years and because it is over an hour away some decided to go up the night before and have a supposedly quiet night out there and stop over. Looking at the state of a couple of them the local wines were flowing quite well , I fact the ones that stopped there were the last to turn up.
The course let’s just say wasn’t in the best condition and was a battle of attrition to get round without running out of golf balls.
Results from Antequera
1st, Martin Fink, 33pts, playing off 14.7, now 14.1.
2nd, Dave Errington, 29pts, playing off 8.9, now 8.6.
3rd, Ray Critcher, 26pts, playing off 13.1, now 12.8.
Nearest the pin in One on Hole 6, Dennis Regan.
Nearest the pin in Two on Hole 12, Bob Sawyer.
Nearest the pin in One on Hole 18, Mark Humphrey.
Next week we are at Santana and is Passed Members Day with the first tee time at 10.00. We are fully booked for this game and also the following week at Mijas.
