Fourteen members and six guests played in very hot sunshine recently for the Gloria Carr Trophy.
I had a very interesting 2 days this week with the ladies from the FPG while they carried out Silves course slope rating and it was good to get an insight into how it is done.
On each yellow tee, shot lengths are measured for both scratch and bogey players, based on average shot length statistics and the same procedure is done from the red tees.
Congratulations to our Brummie member Chris Price on his hole in one today at the 9th.
Congratulations to SdM player Miguel Heliodoro on winning the fifth running of John Stilwell Trophy.
Miguel carded a 79 (38pts) to take the title of this prestigious event. In a field of nearly 100 players in wet conditions Miguel did brilliantly to drop just 6 shops to par.
John Stilwell was one of the original founders off the Penina Resort.
Saturday saw the final putt of leaving Captain Steve Edwards and the first Drive of New Captain Geoff Cox. In front of a good contingent of members who had gathered around the 18th green Steve managed to roll his last putt to within a few feet.
On a glorious first day of the year the challenge match between the New Captain Geoff Cox and the 2012 Captain Steve Edwards ended in a victory for the new incumbent. Although the match ended 4-3 the result was never in doubt as the four of the first five matches all went the way of the winners.