7.11.22 – Today was the La Marina Golf Society’s event of the year, Captain’s Day. The early morning started with 9 holes on the par 3 at the El Plantio Golf course, followed by breakfast. Next, the 32 players made their way onto the 1st tee for a photo shoot, then proceeded to play the 18-hole course. Later in the day the La Marina Golf Society members and their partners spent the evening at Plaza 39 where they enjoyed a lovely three-course meal courtesy of the day’s sponsor Marco and Birgit Eckart. After the meal, the Club captain Jeff Wiszniewski proceeded to present the many prizes won that day.
First up were two prizes for nearest the pins on the par 3 course and they were won by Ian Kirk and Tony Ollier. The winners of the par 3 course were Lesley Cullen for the Ladies and Colin Taylor for the men and Colin was also the overall winner. Then onto the 18-hole course where there were 4 nearest the pin winners and they were, Sarah McCabe for hole 7, Alan Craig for hole 9 and who also picked up the twos pot, and Jane Pirie who won on holes 14 and 18. Next followed the Ladies’ main course winners and in second place was Lesley Cullen and winning the top spot was Lyn Young, swiftly followed by the Men’s winners, in third place was Frank Cullen, second was Tony Moore and first place went to Mike Green. However, the overall winner of the 18-hole course was Lyn Young. On behalf of the Captain, he would like to thank all those who took part and for making his day a special one.
