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From all the Balaia Golf Village Golf Department, Golf Manager Maria José, Pedro, Hugo, Raquel and Carlos, we wish all our Balaia Owners, guests and friends a Merry Christmas!

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December 07th, 2011, day of the Wednesday Weekly Competition at Balaia Golf!

On this day we had Michael Sum winning the Best Net Overall prize, and he also got the Nearest to the Pin prize too! Good motives for him to be with a big smile on his face!

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Bob Townsend won the 2nd Net Overall prize of this week’s competition, after winning last week’s Best Net prize!

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and Dan McNaughton took the birdie chance prize home!

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It was an excellent afternoon, everybody enjoyed!

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For the ones going away for the Christmas festivities, we wish you all a jolly season and hoping to see you again soon!

And for the ones who are still here with us, we’ll see you next Wednesday!

Bye bye!

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Balaia Golf Village Weekly Competition 9 holes

 Stableford – Full Handicap

 Wednesday, December 07th, 2011

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   Prize Winners 

        Prize                                         Winner                   Handicap       Points

Best Net Overall                        Michael Sum                       8.0               21

2nd Net Overall                         Bob Townsend                 27.0               19**

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Nearest to the Pin Overall        Michael Sum      

Birdie Chance                            Dan McNaughton

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** -(Last 3)

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Full Competition Scores click here

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November 30th, 2011, Balaia welcomed another Wednesday Weekly Golf Competition!

Balaia owner Bob Townsend was this week’s winner, taking the Best Net Overall prize!

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Michael Sum won the 2nd Net Overall prize of the Competition!

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Lucky Mike Donoghue got the Nearest to the Pin prize and also took the Birdie Chance prize home!

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Sitting at the table, Fred Boes, with Colin Robinson and Mike Donoghue, moments before the prize presentation!

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Everybody was happy, as usual

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It was really a very nice day, no clowds at all, only the algarvian winter sunshine!

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See you all again next week, as we’re getting closer to Christmas!

Bye bye!!

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Balaia Golf Village Weekly Competition 9 holes

 Stableford – Full Handicap

 Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

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   Prize Winners 

        Prize                                         Winner                   Handicap       Points

Best Net Overall                        Bob Townsend                  28.0              21

2nd Net Overall                         Michael Sum                        8.0              19**

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Nearest to the Pin Overall        Mike Donoghue      

Birdie Chance                            Mike Donoghue

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** -(Last 6)

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Full Competition Scores click here

On the same day of the Nisse Trophy, Balaia Golf organized a very special competition between the regular golfers and the Balaia staff, in a pairs format!

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Sr. Roberto Bachmann, owner of the Balaia Golf Village Resort, teamed up with Engº Gad Ron. On this photo we can see an amused crowd at the ClubHouse watching Sr. Bachmann’s golfing skills!

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Engº Gad Ron holding the flag for Sr. Bachmann’s final putt!

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Engº Rui Justo working his magic on the golf green!

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Engº Justo paired up with Balaia Golf Manager Maria José Pinto!

Engº Justo going for the putt…

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Engº Ron with a good shot over the lake to green #1!

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Maria José Pinto chipping the ball to green #1!

Sr. Roberto Bachmann, Engº Rui Justo, Maria José Pinto and Engº Gad Ron all together for a picture to remember!

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Paulo Queirós, from the financial department, went along with Duncan Sears and showed some skills on the putting!

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Aliete Santos, supervisor from the cleaning department, played with Tony Pharo!

Four golf pro’s on green #1!

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Teresa Cruz, from the Human Resources department, played with Hilary Temple as a team.

How many shots took Teresa to putt this one?

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Filomena Lindeza, from the reservations department, went on with Balaia owner David Gooderham and got some putting tips from David!

They all had lots of fun!

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Ana Maria, from the administrative services, only took 2 shots to putt her ball. It was very impressive!

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Ana Isabel, from the reservations department, took a couple more shots on the green, but it was just because she was loving it!  

Colin Robinson and Sean O’connaire joined the two Balaia ladies!

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Helena Rodrigues, from the Offices, looking for the best angle to putt!

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João Gonçalves, from the accounting department, strugling on green #1, but he made it!

The group, with Fred Boes and Michael Sum, passing by the bridge, between the 2 lakes, on green #1

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Raquel Silva, from the Golf department, was finding a way to chip in the ball to the green!

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Angela Doros from the garden maintenance, took a tip from Raquel on how to putt her ball!

Raquel and Angela went with Viv Stephens and Julie O’Connaire!

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Daniel Meneses, from the main reception, very concentrated on his putt!

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José Jesus, from the offices, was too close to the hole to miss the shot!

Daniel and José went along with Jorge Crespo and David Bouker

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Luis Guerreiro, from the garden maintenance, was going for a difficult putt!

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José João, also from the garden maintenance, showed some skills with the putter on his hands!

The group, with Rita Green, José João, Jeff Stephens and Luís Guerreiro!

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Carlos Lança, from the golf maintenance, putting his ball on the 1st hole!

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Sofia Gonçalves, from the cleaning department, also had the opportunity to prove her talent on the course!

Carlos and Sofia had Pat Gamalatge and Mary Page as golfing partners!

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Mário Alberto, Balaia head green-keeper, teeing off from the 1st in style!

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José Oliveira, from the marketing department, went on with the Nisse Trophy presenter, norwegian Jan-Gunnar Furu, and did quite well on the green!

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Marcus Cheng, from the golf maintenance, was going for his victory putt on hole #9!

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Rogério Correia, from the main reception, played with David Green!

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Hugo Bonito, from the Golf department, finishing hole #1 with a nice putt!

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João Borges, from the offices, showing a good swing on tee #1!

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Vanderlei, from the garden maintenance, did good on the green!

While some of the Balaia staff went out, playing the competition, the rest of the crowd was having fun watching their colleagues trying to do the best they could on the course!

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Lurdes Lains, from the offices, took the opportunity to catch the moment, taking a photo of the event!

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Balaia Golf Manager Maria José Pinto with the golf crew, coordinating the golf event from tee #1!

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By the end of the tournaments, Balaia Golf Village C.E.O., Engº Rui Justo, presented the award to the Best Nisse winner from the 2 holes competition, and also said a few words, praising the organization of this event!

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and so Marcus Cheng was the winner of the Nisse trophy on the Balaia Staff side!

Marcus played with Eileen Farren, and both were crowned as the best team on the 2 holes pairs Competition!

Sr. Roberto Bachmann ended the ceremony with a final speech, stating he was very proud on how Balaia has developed along the years and about the good relation that has been created amongst all the Balaia staff, and owners, guests and friends of Balaia. All in all, this day was a great success!

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Download the full size group photo of the event here: http://www.versatilealbums.com/dloads/golf%20group.jpg

(photo taken by Balaia Owner Colin Robinson)

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  

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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