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Contributor / 2010-03-07 11:14:57

In first place, with a score of 33 off 23 was Len Bailey

Having suffered a disturbed night’s sleep due to the strong winds buffeting the house it was with a certain amount of trepidation that we set off early for our first visit to Alicante this year, the course can be a bit tight at the best of times but with the wind it was going to be quite a challenge.

We were warmly welcomed at the golf course and the coffee and tostado’s put us all in a good frame of mind before we had to wrap up warm again to tackle the course, the weather warmed nicely but alas the wind did not abate. We are playing our Eclectic competition here this year and there is definitely a great deal of room for improvement.

The results reflect the conditions on the day and of course the difficulty of the splendid Alicante greens. In first place, with a score of 33 off 23 was Len Bailey, this probably means that for the time being Len will not be “giving the stupid game up”, Len was obviously playing well as he also got nearest the pin on the 3rd.

In second place was Gordon Holloway clearly the arduous task of collecting the money hasn’t started to affect his game yet, Gordon scored 31 off 18.5, in third place was Peter Thompson scoring 29 off 9.3. The other prizes winners for nearest the pin were, John Daniels on the 6th, Chris Hoare on the 12th and Bill Parsons on the difficult 17th, John Daniels went on to secure the “two” but we still owe him his coveted Warbler Ball.

The football card money was won by Jim Rodgers with Plymouth and he kindly donated the winnings to Jenny’s charity.

Next week, Wednesday the 10th March, we are at Oliva Nova Golf to compete for the now legendary “Yellow Ball” competition; all will be explained on the day. The first tee will be 10.00 and we would like you there for 09.15. Guests are always welcome and you can book in on the web site or by phone, 619 325 671.