Men’s Captain’s Weekly News 31st March 2025

Gentlemen

Finally, this week we have returned to normal with the weather. We will now manage to complete most of the competitions that were postponed and eventually complete the Ranking tournament. Champion of Champions is fast approaching as well as the finals of the Match Plays.

MEN’S Competition Tuesday March 25th

With the sun returning so did the number of members playing in the Tuesday Men’s Competition. Perhaps time spent in the cabin watching videos on how to improve one’s golf has paid off for a few! Clearly, the ever-consistent Frank Breuer with an excellent 42 points (2 over gross) was far too good for the rest. He was 4 points clear of Andy Macauley who beat Paul Stevenson into second place on handicap. Many thanks to Michael Keane for looking after the competitions this week.

Results

1 st – Frank Breuer – 42 pts
2 nd – Andy Macauley – 38 pts
3 rd – Paul Stevenson – 38 pts on Hcp
4 th – Andy Stanford – 35 pts
Nearest the Pin – Keith Harmer
2’s – Paul Stevenson
Tissue – Paul Ingebrigtse

MEN’S Competition Thursday March 27th

A similar sized field compared to Tuesday with 28 members being greeted by the orange ball in the sky. In reality, it is actually white and only appears as orange due to the earth’s atmosphere. I digress. The course was proving difficult to beat with just two players playing better than their handicap. Andy Macauley was the winner on the day with 38 points, same score as Tuesday! He was closely followed by John Hunter on 37 points.

Results

1 st – Andy Macauley – 38 pts
2 nd – John Hunter- 37 pts
3 rd – Christer Eriksson- 35 pts
4 th – Mike Cowburn – 35 pts on Hcp
Nearest the Pin – Josh Hunter
2’s – Andy Rogers, Frank Breuer, Josh Hunter x2, Paul Ingebrigtsen, Christer Eriksson, David Macgregor & Stuart Burrell
Tissue – Joachim Friedl

MIXED Flag Competition Saturday March 27th

A competition which is only played once per year brought out 45 members. It is a medal event where you place a marker at the point where your ball lands when you have run out of shots. This is calculated as 72 shots plus your playing handicap. Only two players, Andy Stanford and Ksenia Yamilova, managed to complete their round and went down the playoff hole to use their full quota of shots. Andy Stanford placing his flag nearer to the green than Ksenia and was the winner of the Flag event. John Hunter finished third just beating Amanda Stanford by being closer to the pin on the 18th hole.

Results

1 st – Andy Stanford – Playoff Hole nearer the flag
2 nd – Ksenia Yamilova
3 rd– John Hunter- Flag 18
4 th– Amanda Stanford – Flag 18
5 th – Jules Hale – Green 18
6 th – Eric Taylor – Fairway 18

Nearest the Pin
Ladies – Hole 16 – Svetlana Friedl
Men – Hole 5 – Josh Hunter

FINAL Ranking Sunday March 30th Sponsored by ABBEYGATE INSURANCE

The final event in the ranking tournament with many permutations of winners in both the Ladies and Men’s section. Winner of the individual March ranking with 38 points and our sponsor was Andy Stanford having won the Mixed Flag competition the previous day. Paul Cambridge on the same score finishing second on handicap. Paul Ingebrigtsen was third with 35 points ahead of three players on 34 points with Mike Cowburn finishing fourth on handicap.

Results

1 st – Andy Stanford – 38 pts
2 nd – Paul Cambridge – 38 pts
3 rd – Paul Ingebrigtsen – 35 pts
4 th – Mike Cowburn – 34 pts on Hcp

FINAL Ranking Results 2024-25
Sponsored by ABBEYGATE INSURANCE

Event, of the year long competition ended up extremely close with up to four players in with a chance of success. In this type of event, you can only control your own score and with the leaders grouped together in the final group no doubt they were all keeping an eye on their fellow competitors. After twelve events and taking the best six scores to count the eventual winner won by a single point. Iqbal Dharamsi finished on 92 points just one point ahead of Frank Breuer. Congratulations to Iqbal for a great year and commiserations to Frank, it was so close! Jim Jenet finished third just five points behind the winner.

First – Iqbal Dharamsi
Second – Frank Breuer
Third – Jim Jenet

Course Info

A lot of work is being carried out on the right of Hole 14 which will significantly improve the look of the area but please also note the out of bounds has been slightly changed.

ADMIN POINTS

IMPORTANT Just a further reminder that if you play your golf outside of Spain you need to submit those scores to the RFEG via the Handicap & Competitions Committee in San Roque. Supplying this information is an important responsibility of the individual player under the Rules of Golf. WHS handicap certificates. Particularly but not exclusively in Board Competitions, HCC may ask for a current WHS certificate before results are announced and prizes distributed to ensure the correct Handicap has been used.

Upcoming Fixtures

03 April Men ́s Thursday Competition
05 April Monthly Medal
06 April SEVE Trophy
08 April Men ́s Tuesday Competition
10 April Men ́s Thursday Competition
12 April Champion of Champions
13 April MatchPlay Finals day

Keep swinging it well
Gary
Men’s Captain 2024