March 13th, 2013: Wednesday Weekly Competition

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On March 13th, Dean Smith won the Best Net Overall prize in catg. 1 on the Weekly Competition, but he had to pass it on to Peter Hopkins, because Dean won’t be in Balaia next tuesday morning for “Breakfast&Golf”!

John Lovett had a fantastic score of 27 points and won the Net prize in catg.2! John stated that this was his best round of golf in Balaia ever! Unfortunately John Lovett is not going to be here next tuesday either, so the prize moved on to Bob Edwards! John also managed to win the Birdie Chance prize too! What a day for Mr. Lovett!!

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Paul Tookman won the 3rd and last category of the Best Net prize on the Members side, but as Dean Smith and John Lovett, he won’t be in Balaia next week as well to collect his prize! So once again we had to go down on the list to find Mick Cooper!

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Wim Harbers won this week’s Best Net prize on the Visitors side! Congrats!

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and finally Don Jeram won the Nearest to the Pin prize on hole #9!

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One more day of good weather in Balaia! Pat Matthews and Eileen Farren sat outside for the prize presentation!

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On this week we had 38 players with us(!!) playing the Competition and everybody enjoyed!!

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a nice view of our golfing friends on the ClubHouse terrace during Maria José’s presentation!

This week’s winners group! Thank’s everybody for coming! See you next week!!

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Balaia Golf Village Weekly Competition 9 holes

 Stableford – Full Handicap

 Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

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   Prize Winners 

      

        Prize                                      Winner                   Handicap       Points

Best Net Overall catg. 1            Dean Smith                    15.0              23

Best Net Overall catg. 2            John Lovett                    22.0              27

Best Net Overall  catg. 3           Paul Tookman                 28.0             21

Best Net Overall Visitors           Wim Harbers                  23.0              21

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Nearest to the Pin Overall         Don Jeram     

Birdie Chance                             John Lovett

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March 6th, 2013: Wednesday Weekly Competition

On the last Competition Ramesh Patel won the Best Net Overall prize in catg. 1, but Ramesh delegated the opportunity for qualification for the Matchplay Comp. to the golfer next in line on the scorelist, as Patel is already qualified. So Don Jeram will be present next tuesday morning to meet Maria José for “Breakfast&Golf”!

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John Billett got the Best Net Overall prize in catg. 2 and he’ll also be present next tuesday morning at the ClubHouse for “Breakfast&Golf”!

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Mary Page got a hold on the Best Net Overall prize in catg. 3 and will join Don Jeram and John Billett next tuesday morning!

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Michael Sum was this week’s winner of the Best Gross prize in catg. 1 and he gave a big handshake to Pedro!

John Newton won the Best Net Prize on the Visitors side and he was also in contention for the Birdie Chance prize along with Ramesh Patel. Both players were the only ones scoring a birdie on this Competition and they decided to break the Birdie Prize in two! So both won, 50/50!

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and Peter Hopkins took home this week’s Nearest to the Pin prize!

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All our golfing friends appreciated this lovely afternoon of golf in Balaia!

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Sheila and Ken Humphreys are leaving this week, back to the U.K., and we wish them a safe journey! They’ll be back in May!

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Balaia Golf is no more than a Big Family, where all our Owners, Guests and friends are dear to us!

And here they are, the winning bunch! Congrats to all! See you next week!

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Balaia Golf Village Weekly Competition 9 holes

 Stableford – Full Handicap

 Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

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   Prize Winners 

      

        Prize                                      Winner                   Handicap       Points

Best Net Overall catg. 1            Ramesh Patel                 17.0              17

Best Net Overall catg. 2            John Billett                     22.0               21

Best Net Overall  catg. 3           Mary Page                      25.0              18

Best Net Overall Visitors           John Newton                  22.0              20

Best Gross Overall catg. 1         Michael Sum                    7.0               12

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Nearest to the Pin Overall         Peter Hopkins     

Birdie Chance                             Ramesh Patel / John Newton

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February 27th, 2013: Wednesday Weekly Competition

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On the last Competition of February, Ramesh Patel won the Best Net Overall prize in catg. 1, scoring 23 points! Ramesh will join Golf Manager Maria José Pinto and Pedro, the Golf PRO, next tuesday morning for “Breakfast&Golf”!

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Harold Woolley won the Best Net Overall prize in catg. 2 for the second week in a row! Congratulation, Harold!

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and Mick Cooper won the Best Net prize on the third category! Well done Mick!

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Mike Donoghue won the Best Gross prize in catg. 3, but as Mike is already qualified for the Matchplay Competition to be played later in the year, he delegated his prize to the next golfer on the scorelist, and that was Sheila Humphreys!

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Our friend Henny Wansink won this week’s Best Net Overall prize on the Visitors side!

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Ron Harris won the Nearest to the Pin prize with a lovely shot to the flag on hole #9!

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and the last prize of the day went to Michael Sum, the lucky golfer winning the Birdie Chance prize!

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after the Competition was finished, the players gathered at the ClubHouse terrace for snacks and drinks!

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many of our golfing friends joined us for the traditional Weekly Competition!

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Nice to see Mary Page back with us in Balaia! Mary joined Jan Furu and John Inkster at the table!

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Ken Humphreys, Michael Sum, Ron Harris and Gareth Williams were all in a very good mood, having a drink and a laugh at the table!

Thank you all for joining us this week! See you next Wednesday!! Byee!!

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Balaia Golf Village Weekly Competition 9 holes

 Stableford – Full Handicap

 Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

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   Prize Winners 

      

        Prize                                      Winner                   Handicap       Points

Best Net Overall catg. 1            Ramesh Patel                 18.0              23

Best Net Overall catg. 2            Harold Woolley               21.0              22**

Best Net Overall  catg. 3           Mick Cooper                    26.0              21

Best Net Overall Visitors           Henny Wansink              14.0              19

Best Gross Overall catg. 3         Mike Donoghue              25.0               8

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Nearest to the Pin Overall         Ron Harris     

Birdie Chance                             Michael Sum

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February 20th, 2013: Wednesday Weekly Competition

On February 20th, Graeme Mitchell won the Best Net Overall prize in catg. 1, but as Graeme’s going away this week, Ramesh Patel took the prize, as the next golfer on the scorelist with the most points on the same category. So Ramesh will join Maria José Pinto next tuesday morning for “Breakfast&Golf”!

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Harold Woolley won the Best Net Overall prize in catg. 2, and he also won the Nearest to the Pin prize! Reasons enough to be happy! Congratulations!

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John Inkster won the Best Net prize on catg. 3 and he received his prize with great enthusiasm!

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Don Pilkington won this week’s Best Gross Overall prize on catg. 2 and presented the crowd with one of his legendary speeches! Nice to see you back with us, Don!

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John Newton won the Best Net Overall prize on the visitors side, with the best Net Overall score of the day!

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and Henny Wansink won this day’s Birdie Chance prize!

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Pedro, the PRO, went up to the tables to have a chat with some of our golfers, just before the prize presentation!

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Don Pilkington was caught on the camera by surprise 🙂

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one more sunny day at Balaia! This weather is a blessing!

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Week after week we have the support of our Golfing family at Balaia! Thank you all!

This week’s heroes! Congratulations to all and see you next week!!

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Balaia Golf Village Weekly Competition 9 holes

 Stableford – Full Handicap

 Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

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   Prize Winners 

      

        Prize                                      Winner                   Handicap       Points

Best Net Overall catg. 1            Graem Mitchell                14.0              18

Best Net Overall catg. 2            Harold Woolley               22.0              19

Best Net Overall  catg. 3           John Inkster                   25.0              20

Best Net Overall Visitors           John Newton                  24.0              24

Best Gross Overall catg. 2        Don Pilkington                19.0                8

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Nearest to the Pin Overall         Harold Woolley     

Birdie Chance                             Henny Wansink

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February 13th, 2013: Wednesday Weekly Competition

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On this Carnaval week in Portugal, Don Jeram won the Best Net Overall prize in catg. 1 of the Wednesday Competition held at Balaia! Well done, Don!

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Ann Campbell won the Best Net prize in catg. 2, but can’t be here for next tuesday morning’s “Breakfast&Golf”, so she passed her prize on to the next golfer on the scorelist, Jan Furu!

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Mike Donoghue missed the Nearest to the Pin prize (his specialty) but he got a hold on the Net prize in catg. 3!

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Michael Sum won the Best Gross prize in catg. 1, but as he is already qualified for the Matchplay Competition to be played later in the year, he passed his prize to Hugh Gowrie. Hugh will try to qualify for the Matchlpay event next tuesday morning.

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Paul Gallegos won the Best Net Overall prize on the Visitors side!

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Sylvia Thornton beat all the rest for the Nearest to the Pin prize with a very good shot on hole #9! Congratulations!

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and Andy Berry was this week’s winner of the Birdie Chance prize! Lucky Andy!

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this last wednesday was a great sunshinny day and many of the golfers sat outside during the prizes presentation!

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Our regular golfers are always present!

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great spirit at Balaia with such lovely people! It’s trully special being here among you!

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Was Don taking a nap? 🙂

Congratulations to all the winners and we’ll see you again next week! Bye bye!

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Balaia Golf Village Weekly Competition 9 holes

 Stableford – Full Handicap

 Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

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   Prize Winners 

      

        Prize                                      Winner                   Handicap       Points

Best Net Overall catg. 1            Don Jeram                     16.0              21

Best Net Overall catg. 2            Ann Campbell                19.0              22

Best Net Overall  catg. 3           Mike Donoghue             26.0              20

Best Net Overall Visitors           Paul Gallegos                26.0              20

Best Gross Overall catg. 1        Michael Sum                    7.0              13

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Nearest to the Pin Overall         Sylvia Thornton     

Birdie Chance                             Andy Berry

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