Dear Member / Owner,
Well, what a great couple of weeks we have all had over the Easter period! Lots of golf and lots of fun.
Firstly, to the golf, congratulations to the following major prize winners:
- Club Championship Men: Jim Halpenny
- Club Championship Women: Gail McKemmie-Watson
- Club Championship Stableford: Myra Dickson
- Indiana Masters: Gail McKemmie-Watson
- Captain’s Drive In: Team of Rob Holmes, Tony Gernon, Steven Denny and John Laing
- Easter Cup: Jim Kendall
Well done to everyone who competed.
The Captain’s Drive-In day is one that I will never forget. For me, it was fantastic fun from start to finish. My Drive was fuelled by cava and adrenalin, and what a relief to see that ball sailing away down the first fairway!
Thank you all for entering into the spirit of the day and evening. So many people on the course playing (104) and others helping with refreshments, challenges and fund-raising diversions!
In the evening we had great service and food at El Torrente with 154 diners and more people joining us later to listen to the Springers and we still all had the energy to dance.
The Captain’s General Knowledge Quiz on Easter Monday was well supported and raised €380. A sealed bid auction of Susana Prats Orea’s lovely crocheted head covers raised a further €360.
I think once we add up all of the funds raised from your generous donations and fees etc. we will have raised close to €6,500 for AMCAL…from a relatively small but generous community of people. That is really quite an amazing figure. Thank you all.
Thanks also to Desert Springs who refund all of our green fees for the Drive-In (10 euros per head for 104 players included in the above figure) and allow us exclusive use of the course for the shotgun start.
So now a chance to draw breath and start planning some future fund-raising activities.
Dates for your diaries please:
- Wednesday 18th June: Courtyard at El Torrente booked late afternoon and evening. Watch this space.
- Saturday 4th October: Captain’s Charity Day
- Monday 6th October: Quiz night and Card Bingo
There will be a couple of sweeps during the year capitalising on some great sporting events, the British Lions Tour of Australia, the Ryder Cup and of course the Ashes Tour.
I am hoping to arrange a match against a Golf Society from Murcia who have played here in the past and love the course.
The New Lady Captain at Valle del Este is also keen to arrange something with us too.
So once again many thanks for all of your support and encouragement.
Capitana Sue
