Captains’ Jar Raises Money for Paulo
Frank Prust (right) receives the case of champagne from Mark Foot and Terry Williams
A few weeks back, we said that we wanted to raise money for a knee operation for the Club starter, Paulo Martins. At the Gala Week Dinner The Captain announced the winner, Frank Prust, who received a case of champagne (see photo above). The initiative raised a fantastic total of €2200. The contest was to guess the amount collected in the Captains’ Jar, principally for fines for losing balls in the water collected in the Captain’s Jar since May. Frank’s guess was closest at €1400! Thank you to all who contributed and to Geoff Garbutt for organising it, the amount raised should ensure that Paulo’s knee operation takes place much earlier than would have been possible otherwise.
Volunteers for Scoring Telegraph Juniors
For the third year in succession, the Daily Telegraph BMW Junior Finals will be held at Quinta do Lago from Wednesday 14th October through to Friday 16th October. The organisers are looking for 7 scorers on each day to accompany the groups around the course. The work is not exactly onerous as it only requires you to walk the course and record down the declared score of the players on each hole and radio this information over the Sky TV controller. You are not a referee, nor an official scorer, so a detailed knowledge of the rules is not required. However, it is great opportunity to accompany three talented young golfers around your own course, and see first hand how they approach the game. That week will be very busy with the mixed knock-out match-play competition scheduled as well as a match against Wentworth, but we hope some of you will feel able to give up a bit of time to support this great competition. A sign-up list is on the noticeboard or contact the office if you are able to help out.
Gala Week Pictures Online
Some people have been asking about Gala Week pictures. Thanks to some quick editing by David Proctor, they are all now available on the Club Photo Gallery:
All of these photos can be downloaded individually to your own computer by following this small tutorial.
Club Match v Wentworth GC
We have a match against Wentworth GC on Thursday 15th October. The format is mixed pairs Matchplay and we are looking for players to take part. The golf will take place in the morning followed by a lunch in the clubhouse. The cost of entry is €40pp (this is to enable us to host lunch for our guests returning the gesture they made to us when we visited them). The Captain of Wentworth has also invited our team to join them in a pre-match dinner at Menta Pimenta on the Wednesday evening, details to follow, which is optional. So if you are around and able to play in the match can you please email match manager David Proctor davidproctor2@aol.com or let the Captains know. It would also be helpful if you could advise whether you or not you are able to join in the pre-match dinner. Selection will be on a first come first served basis with preference given to those that can also attend the dinner.
Sunday Funday
It was Jane Beale’s birthday on Sunday, and she invited all those who played in the Sunday competition to celebrate with her, sharing a delicious cake of raspberries, chocolate and cream! Probably as it was her birthday, and because she played very well in the competition, the Captains awarded her the now infamous ‘bandido’ award. The Lady Captain would also like to take this opportunity to thank all those on Sunday who made a special contribution towards the appeal for nappies and baby milk run by the Ladies section and coordinated by Denise Grayson. You raised a further €150 which is currently being spent in Jumbo on baby essentials, thank you.
Next Week’s Schedule
Please note the schedule for next week which is listed below. Please refer to the members’ website for further details on individual events. Don’t forget that you only have a few more days to enter for next Sunday’s Vikings Day celebrations and also the Mixed Fourball Matchplay Competition starting on Monday the 12th Oct.
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