On November 23rd, 2011, Balaia Golf Village organized the Nisse Trophy and a special 2 holes competition between the Balaia owners, guests and friends, and the Balaia Golf Village staff!
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The winner of the Nisse Trophy 2011 was Duncan Sears! Duncan was awarded with the Norwegian Nisse trophy as a prize, delivered by the Competition Sponsor and Balaia friend Jan-Gunnar Furu!
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Jan Furu and wife Äsae took a photo alongside the Nisse Trophy winner, and with Balaia C.E.O. Engº Rui Justo!
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Dan McNaughton scored a Hole-In-One on hole #9 and so he got 2 prizes, the Hole-In-One prize and also the Nearest to the Pin, from Jan Furu!
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Moments before scoring a Hole-In-One, Dan was saying to his team players on the course that he wished he had his name on the Hole-In-One board at the Club House, and just right after he nailed it on the 9th!
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Sean O’Connaire won the Nearest to the Pin prize on hole #1 and also received a beautiful trophy!
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Balaia golf maintenance staff member Marcus Cheng won the Balaia Best Nisse Trophy, as the best player of the special 2 holes Competition!
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and Michael Sum got the Birdie Chance prize of the Nisse Trophy!
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early in the morning everything was being prepared for the Christmas lunch, while the Nisse Trophy was being played. We brought a whole pork for lunch!
It was lots of fun! Everybody was watching from the ClubHouse the 2 holes Competition, right after the Nisse Trophy, where we had teams of 2 players, joining the Balaia regular players with the Balaia staff people, from the offices, from the gardens, the golf reception, and the Balaia cleaning ladies!
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All teams went out on the course and played the 1st and the 9th holes, while everybody was having a laugh from the ClubHouse! At this time, the pork was already being served, along with traditional portuguese soup and bread, and red wine!
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The golf maintenance staff, with the Balaia head green keeper Mário Alberto on the left!
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By the end of the prize presentation, Balaia C.E.O. Engº Rui Justo took the opportunity to thank all the Balaia friends present at the event!
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Sr. Roberto Bachmann, Balaia Golf Village resort owner, made a final speech thanking the Furu’s, the Nisse Trophy presenters, and also told the crowd how happy he was with the Event and thanked everybody who participated on it!
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Balaia Golf Village Nisse Trophy 2011
November 23rd, 2011
9 holes Stableford
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Prize Winners
Prize Winner Handicap points
Nisse Trophy Winner Duncan Sears 23.0 27
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Hole-In-One - 9th hole Dan McNaughton
Nearest to the Pin hole 1 Sean O’connaire
Nearest to the Pin hole 9 Dan McNaughton
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Balaia’s Best Nisse Marcus Cheng
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Full Competition Scores click here
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Thanks to all at Balaia for a great day, especially Asae & Jan-Gunnar Furu and my host David Gooderham. I can assure everybody that my win was a total fluke and that I am now back playing my usual inconsistent golf. However, I did have problems at customs on my return trying to explain why I was returning from Portugal with a Norwegian Troll. Thanks again.
Hallo Balaia staff and friends!!
Again; This is coming late, technical problems!
I must say that this day was one of the days i always will remember!.
Starting very early with, as always, a friendly competition, also including Davids friends, with some nice coloured trouses, and ended up with a great result for Duncan Sears. Hoping to see them again! I was thinking; is the barbecue coming to late? Then it came, starting, warm soup came up,wine and gladly; more and more people from the Staff showed up and we all started talking together. I wished i could speak Portoguese! The putting comp. started and became a success! If every one had the same good feeling as myself, they had a good time!!
All my thanks To Maria, Rachuel, Pedro, Huego and Carlos!!!
They did a fantastic job, as always!!
We have heard about “the fiddler on the roof”, but this time it was Colin Robinson!! A good, but unusu al, idea which became a wonderful photo!!!
Thanks to you all We look forward to see what is happening nexst year????
Aase and Jan-Gunnar Furu
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