24 members and guests from Alfie’s GS travelled to Roda GC for our August meeting. With the recent thunderstorms in the area over the last couple of days it looked like we could have been in in danger of being affected by the weather but thankfully it never materialized and remained generally calm if cloudy.
Unfortunately as the ground was soft we were not able to take buggies on the fairways so it made it a long day of being restricted to cart paths. On the upside the greens were extremely receptive and made hitting into them straightforward. Putting on them was a little slow which is understandable given the amount of rain that fell but on the whole the course was in very good condition which is always expected at Roda.
Our winner of the day was Gordon Cowan Playing off a handicap of 18 with 41 stableford points, Second on countback went to Nigel Glasson playing off a handicap of 16 with 35 stableford points. Best Guest went to Steve Mason with 37 stableford points
Nearest the pin on the 7th – Sponsored by ‘The Street Restaurant’ went to Gordon Cowan, Nearest the pin on the 11th– sponsored by ‘The Auld Dubliner ‘went to Jim Dempsey, Nearest the pin in 2 on the 14th– sponsored by ‘Alfie’s Bar’ went to Neil Oliver, Nearest the Pin in 3 shots on the 18th- sponsored by ’The Celtic Drop’ went to Steve Mason
The Blind pairs was won by Esa Partenen and Chris McPhillimy
Many thanks to our sponsors, our committee for their hard work in the background, and to Mike Probert from Costa Blanca Green Fee Services for arranging our day.
To Rose, Jim and Sandra at Alfies Bar for their hospitality and fantastic buffet!!!
Big Thank you to Sandie Hall for organising the charity raffle and prizes.
Our next meeting of the year is Captains Day at Las Colinas on the 28th September. Guests are more than welcome. First tee time at 9.00am. Should you want to play, please put your name on the playlist on the noticeboard at Alfies Bar, La Ronda CC, Lomas de Cabo Roig or contact our match secretary Joe Murphy at matchsecretary.alfiesgolf@gmail.com
Gordon Cowan Secretary
