Vistabella Friday 5th March
The cold weather returned for our March outing to Vistabella with a stiff cold wind making good scores thin on the ground.
However, a couple of seasoned members managed to card decent scores considering the conditions, “Well Done”. After the round it was back to the Clubhouse Clapton’s Bar. Chris served up a welcome chilli and chips for the 38 members and guests. After we had all thawed out the usual fines raised a record 45 euros and then it was on to the presentation.
A special thanks must go to Alan Venables (the treasurer) as he was without his able assistant Phyllis. Not only did he cope with all the green fees thrown his way and settling the bill with Vistabella, but he managed to card 30pts gaining 4th place and didn’t have Phyllis to club him well done Alan.
Results:
1st Simon Winston 34 points. 2nd John Stones 32 points. 3rd Chris Gridley 31 points. 4th Alan Venables 30 points.
Best Guest: Mike Probert 32 points
Gnome prize (most golf) Ralph Weedon Nearest the Pins 2nd Mick “The Grip” Reeves, 6th & 15th Mike Probert.
Our next day out will be on Friday 2nd April at La Marquesa. Anyone interested in playing can add their name to the list in Clapton’s Bar, Av de las Naciones, Quesada. All guests will be very welcome also register through the webpage:www.societygolfing.co.uk log in using elraso & claptons

Shenanigans Golf Society (in association with Costa Blanca Green Fee Services) at La Tercia Wednesday 10th March 2010.
For this months meeting a group of 16 players headed for the 9 hole course at La Tercia taking advantage of the excellent society deal obtained from Costa Blanca Green Fee Services.
The weather in the region has been mixed for some weeks and today was no different with extremely high biting cold winds which made scoring extremely difficult.
The winners on the day were as follows: 1st Steven Boyle. 2nd Owen Desmond. 3rd Neil O’Donaghue.
Nearest the Pins – 2nd Brian Jones, 4th Owen Desmond, 13th Mike Richards.
Next months fixture is on Wednesday 7th April 2010 and although the venue is yet to be finalised guests and more members are welcome.
Report by Mike Probert of Costa Blanca Green Fee Services on 966 704 752 or 661 345 931 or see us at our web-site at www.costa-blanca-greenfees.com.

Press Report 11th March 2010
Unfortunately our start was delayed today by about one and a half hours today due to frost on the course, many thanks to all 99 players who patiently waited to play The Waltz.
Once we got going the weather was very nice, warm, no wind and the course in excellent condition.
Congratulations to all our prize winners today: 1st: Doug Spiring, Gill Britton, Dave Lewis & Ann Duff 89 pts. 2nd: Sue Gillett, Gordon White, Alan Venables & ghost 87 pts. 3rd: Nigel Wood, Gordon Bourne, Jean Jackson & Bill Fantom 85 pts.
Nearest the Pins: 5th - Alan Venables, 11th – Jill Young, 15th – Tom Walker, 17th – Ian C Pegg. Football Draw: Gordon White, R. White, Ian Stewart.
Captain’s Bunker 15 euros.
The Captain welcomed new member John Chapman to Eurogolf Society, and thanked Dave King for helping with the start today which was a bit chaotic due to the long delay.
Thanks to Rosario for the tapas today, and also to Maurice Bent who acted as Marshall again today. Special mention should be made of the 14 points on the par 3s scored by Ann Duff, no wonder her team won!
A reminder that the March Dinner/Dance is on Friday 26th March, details on the Notice Board and also on the website.
Ladies, our next lunch will be on 16th April at Casa Campesino in Daya Vieja, details on the Board or contact Enid Bent. Finally, Eurogolf or Toffs Golf Shirts are still available, please see Sue Gillett.
Finally, it was lovely to see The Captain’s daughter, Dawn, son-in-law, Patrick and two beautiful granddaughters – Madeline and Scarlet at the prizegiving.
of the Vega Baja Premier Golf League, the Fat Lady started singing as the 2009/10 champions was announced Mar Menor Golf Society heading La Ramblas by the narrowest of margins, just 5 points. The bonus points making all the difference.
The colour came back to the cheeks of John Sell and Dave Pulling as they left the El Valle clubhouse and you could see the tension lift. Congratulations to the Mar Menor Golf Society team.
You will also be able to see updated Vega Baja Premier Golf League fixtures, tables, and news on the websitewww.vegabajapremiergolfleague.com throughout the season.
For more information on the Vega Baja Premier Golf League, contact, The Secretary - Ivie Davies 669 211 410 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Vega Baja Premier Golf League Champions
After seven long hard years of trying to achieve their ultimate goal, Katie Reilly’s Golf Society celebrated their first ever Vega Baja Premier Golf League winning season in fine style with three 4-0 whitewashes and two other extremely good results to remain undefeated throughout the entire season. On paper the overall pairs match scores of 16 wins, just three defeats and one tie, plus 15 bonus points, seems convincing enough but the truth is that, in virtually every match, the overall result was very much in doubt right up until the end.
At the penultimate match, against La Manga South at La Finca in February, at one stage on the front nine and around the turn Katie’s team were behind in all four matches and only gained the lead on the back nine or towards the end of the round, finally winning each for their 4-0 scoreline. Six of the eight Katie Reilly players scored in excess of 30 points, with the other two – Ryan Boal and Damien Corvan – providing more than adequate support, each with scores of 29.
To prove the point still further, La Manga South scored an impressive overall total of 246 stableford points which would have been sufficient to beat any of the other teams in the League that day. The previous match at Peraleja, before Christmas, contained the only tied match in the entire Premier Golf League season which was in itself, a quite remarkable game. Gavin Riddall had carried his captain, Peter Deaves, all the way round the course but even his swing failed on the 18th when Gavin’s approach to the green found the water. Peter, having had, by his own admission, a nightmare of a round, then somehow found the middle of the green and amazingly sunk an eight foot plus putt for his birdie, gaining sufficient points to secure a 49-49 tie.
Not only did that result give an overall match score of 2½-1½ but enabled the team to pick up an extra bonus point, highly crucial at that time in the race for the leadership.
The final match, played at El Valle in March, was marred by bad weather and on the day only 5 players – out of 46 taking part in three matches – managed scores in excess of 30 points. And two of them were in the same Katie Reilly pairing, Rob Neill carding 34 while his partner Paul Rooney got 33.