ALFIE’S GOLF SOCIETY – Vistabella –Thursday 16th December 2021
19 members and guests from Alfie’s GS played at Vistabella last Thursday. As usual the course was in first class condition, the greens were true although, in one golfers description “like concrete” the weather played its part in what was at times a blustery cloudy day, however scoring could be good.
To be fair the course was in as good a condition as we could expect given the time of year.
It was also the third round of “The Eclectic Cup”, and at least 4 players were in with a chance of victory but only one succeeded, name below!
This year’s Captain’s Charity is Help at Home (Costa Blanca), and by the end of the night Alfies had raised €1,036.00 towards this fine upstanding charity, helping those less fortunate in our local community. Next year’s Captain Mr Derek Fleet, has chosen Help at Home to support again, in his Captain’s Year.
This year’s Champions Dinner was held in Crystal’s Restaurant at La Fuente CC, and can I just say we had food and drink (if we wanted it) in abundance, the fare and the staff were nothing short of excellent.
And so on to the Vistabella Match winners:
The Blind pairs were won by Chris Udell and Ole Westerback, who donated their winnings back to the charity pot.
Nearest the pin on the 2nd – went to Harry Konrad, Harry won an €10.00 Albatross Golf Voucher.
Nearest the Pin on the 7th – went to Amrit Dawidow, Amrit won a €10.00 Albatross Golf Voucher.
Nearest the pin on the 15th – went to Tony Hall, Tony won an €10.00 Albatross Golf Voucher.
Nearest the pin in 2 shots on the 12th sponsored by Derek Fleet went to Steve Barlow, Steve won a bottle of Brandy.
Nearest the pin in 2 shots on the 17th went to Tony Hall, Tony won a €10.00 Albatross Golf Voucher.
Nearest the pin in 3 shots on the 3rd hole was won by Neil Oliver, Neil won a €10.00 Albatross Golf Voucher.
Longest Drive on the 14th – sponsored by Tony Hall went to, Neil Oliver; Neil won a bottle of Brandy.
The winner of the Silver Division was: Ian Harkness with a score of 35 stableford points. Ian wins a €25.00 Meal Voucher for the Keg ‘N’ Kitchen.
Second place went to: Wayne Stevenson with 32 points. Wayne wins a €15.00 Meal Voucher for the Keg ‘N’ Kitchen.
Our winner of the Gold Division was: Harry Konrad with a score of 32 points. Harry wins a €25.00 Meal Voucher for the Keg ‘N’ Kitchen.
Second place went to: Steve Barlow with a score of 27 stableford points. Steve wins a €15.00 Meal Voucher for the Keg ‘N’ Kitchen.
So our winner on the day, with 35 points was, Mr Ian Harkness.
We then moved on to the annual presentation of various prizes.
Hole In One
We only had one Hole in One this year and the prize went to Mike Fitzpatrick for holing out in one on the 3rd at La Finca on the 27th May this year, well done Mike.
Most Improved Golfer
Most Improved Golfer was Neil Oliver, Neil Improved from 23.5 to 18.1, well Neil another five off this year would be good.
Eclectic Cup Winner
The Eclectic Cup was won by Neil Oliver with 51 points over three rounds of golf at Vistabella.
And so on to our new prizes for this year, firstly:
President’s Day
Presidents Day was won by Wayne Stevenson, Wayne wins an Alfies Golf Shirt in scripted with a singular star.
Captain’s Day
Captains Day was won by Bob Chambers, Bob also wins an Alfies Golf Shirt in scripted with a singular star.
The Dana Connell Champion Golfer of the Year Trophy
In third place with 144 points was Derek Fleet, Runner Up with 162 points was Wayne Stevenson – And for 2021, our No 1 Golfer and winner of the Inaugural Dana Connell Champion Golfer Trophy with 190 points is Mr Gary Armstrong.
Many thanks to our sponsors, mainly The Avenue Bar and Albatross Golf, also a big thank you to Ben, Gary and the gang at The Keg ‘n’ Kitchen for their continued support throughout the year. And finally thanks to all the members, guests and sponsors for supporting Alfie’s Golf Society.
Can I just finish off my year as Captain by wishing one person all the luck in the world when she visits Las Vegas in a few days’ time; Mrs Sandie Hall has been a stalwart for Alfies Golf Society, and deserves all our best wishes when she is gambling all of Tony’s money away.
Ian Connell, Captain
17 December 2021
