How much warmer was it today than January when we were last here!? A lot – qué calor con un poco viento! A popular course for us – Villamartín Golf Course is one of the oldest golf courses in the Orihuela Costa. Designed by Paul Putman and opened in 1972.
We are still waiting to hear about the redevelopment plans but we did notice one rather large mid-fairway tree today, which seems to have been for the chop. The tee boxes, fairways and greens are all in good condition, bearing in mind how busy the course is.
A full field of 48 today, including three guests shot off happily from the first, all making it back in one piece, thankfully! Back upstairs to the bar for some well-earned beverages. Some fabulous scores, as follows:
Gold: Barry Roehrig (aka BTB, if you know, you know) (39 points)
Silver: Phil de Lacy (43 points and not even the best score…)
Bronze: Nick Goodwin (44 points – the actual best score of the day)
Five “Twos” winners were Darren Strugnell (9), John Osborne (13), Will Hammond (17), Paul Lambert (9 also) and Nick Goodwin (17 also). The NTPs were Mick Kilcullen (6), Alan Bryce (9), John Osborne (13) and Will Hammond (17). Best guest was Harry Ferguson and Keith Wickham winning the Football Card. We do hope Dave Blinston enjoys his “McBride Bottle” this week.
Next week we take a short hop over to La Finca – another very popular course.
On another very important matter – charity donations – we had the pleasure of meeting Monica Smith (President) and her team of the Movers and Shakers charity (http://www.amscb.org.es/), who do an outstanding job of supporting local residents and their families who suffer from a range of neurological disorders (inc. Parkinson’s Disease and Huntington’s Disease, MS, MND and many more).
SMGS donated €320 from our monthly Blob Tin. They meet every Tuesday at Silverstones Bar & Bistro, Algorfa at 1pm for lunch, support and a chat.
**SPONSORSHIP AVAILABILITY** If you are interested in sponsoring one of our games – please contact smgs91info@gmail.com to discuss further. Now onto the matter in hand… the golf…
Two photos today, one of the Movers and Shakers group above, including members of the SMGS Committee (Barry Roehrig, Sandra Dibble, Lee Eastman, Mick Pryke & Colin Smith) and our winners photo L-R: Nick Goodwin (Bronze), Tony “PBomber” Smale, Dave Blinston and his wine, Lee Eastman (Captain), Phil de Lacy (Silver) and Barry “BTB” Roehrig (Gold). Well done Gents.
