June 8th, 2011: Wednesday Weekly Competition

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Hello and welcome everybody!

June 8th, 2011, Balaia Weekly Golf Competition day!

Don Jeram won this day’s Best Net Overall prize in catg. 1! Congratulations!

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Nice to see John Lovett back again with us! John played the Competition and got the Best Net Overall prize in catg. 2!

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John Plummer won the 3rd catg. for the Best Net Overall prize! Well done John!

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Margaret Hartnell won the Best Net Overall on the Visitors category!

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and Steve Parrott took the Nearest to the Pin prize!

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Last but not the least, our friend Harley Engelbert was the lucky winner of the Birdie Chance prize and finally had the chance to take a photo with Balaia golf staff member Raquel! Hurray!!

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A very crowded ClubHouse, as today’s Competition was full!

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Bob Townsend with Terry “Tiger” Wood and Don Jeram having a drink just before the prize presentation, on this beautiful day!

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relaxing moments at the ClubHouse balcony!

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His Majesty little Jack Reynolds (14 months of age), John Plummer’s grandson, has decided to honour us with his visit on this day! Go easy on the pizza, Jackie!!

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Thank you all for coming!!

We’ll see you again next wednesday at 3 p.m.!! Bye bye!

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Balaia Golf Village Weekly Competition 9 holes

Stableford – Full Handicap

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

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Prize Winners 

    

       Prize                                         Winner                   Handicap       Points

Best Net Overall  Catg 1 –          Don Jeram                      15.0               21

Best Net Overall  Catg 2 –         John Lovett                     23.0               23*

Best Net Overall  Catg 3 –         John Plummer                  25.0               23

Best Net Overall Visitors –        Margaret Hartnell             23.0              24**

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Nearest to the Pin Overall        Steve Parrott

Birdie Chance                            Harley Engelbert

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* (- Last 6)

** (- Last 2)

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Full Competition Scores click here

June 1st, 2011: Wednesday Weekly Competition

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June 1st, 2011! The Balaia Wednesday Weekly Competition on another marvelous day in Algarve!

Today, Don Jeram beat his competition winning the Best Net Overall prize in catg. 1!

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Adrian Barfoot got the Best Net prize in catg. 2 and also won the Nearest to the Pin prize, just missing the hole-in-one by an inch!

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Gill Gooderham won the Best Net Overall prize in the 3rd catg.!

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Balaia’s portuguese friend and journalist Álvaro Marreco won the Best Net Overall prize on the Visitors side!

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and David Gooderham was the lucky one taking this week’s Birdie Chance prize!

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A great afternoon, with many players!

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All players gathered at the ClubHouse for snacks and drinks, after the competition, as usual!

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moments just before the prize presentation…

 

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Johnny Hooper entertaining the crowd with one of his amusing stories 🙂

 

 

A group photo of all today’s prize winners! See you all again next week!!

PS- Have you checked the Balaia Order of Merit for the top 10 players ladies & gents from 2001 to 2010, on the link in the right side column of the blog?

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Balaia Golf Village Weekly Competition 9 holes

Stableford – Full Handicap

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

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Prize Winners 

    

       Prize                                         Winner                   Handicap       Points

Best Net Overall  Catg 1 –          Don Jeram                      15.0              18

Best Net Overall  Catg 2 –         Adrian Barfoot                 17.0              22**

Best Net Overall  Catg 3 –         Gill Gooderham                27.0              21

Best Net Overall Visitors –        Álvaro Marreco                 21.0              22

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Nearest to the Pin Overall        Adrian Barfoot

Birdie Chance                            David Gooderham

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** (- Last 6)

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Full Competition Scores click here

May 25th, 2011: Wednesday Weekly Competition

May 25th, 2011, the Balaia Wednesday Weekly Golf Competition!

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On this day Michael Sum won the Best Net Overall prize of the Competition, scoring the same points as the 2nd and 3rd Net winners, but “beating the competition” on the last hole! Congratulations!

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Mike Donoghue won the 2nd Net Overall prize with the same points as the 3rd Net Overall winner, but taking the 2nd position on the last 3 holes!

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Hugh Gowrie got the 3rd Net Overall prize! All today’s prizes were sponsored by Balaia’s good friend Ramesh Patel, who kindly supported this week’s Competition!

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Margaret Hartnell won the Best Net Overall prize in the Visitors category! Well Done Margaret!

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On this day, Balaia organized  a new competition to the event, “Lowest number of Putts – 9 holes”

and David Wood won it! Congrats!!

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Vivian Stephens was awarded with the Fairplay Ladies prize

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and Owen Gray won the Fairplay Gents prize!

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The golfing crowd, at the ClubHouse, after the Competition!

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Everybody had a wonderful day at Balaia!

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Balaia Golf Village Weekly Competition 9 holes

Stableford – Full Handicap

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

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Prize Winners 

    

       Prize                                         Winner                   Handicap       Points

Best Net Overall                       Michael Sum                        8.0             22*

2nd Net Overall                        Michael Donoghue            24.0              22**

3rd Net Overall                        Hugh Gowrie                     19.0              22

Best Net Overall Visitors         Margaret Hartnell              23.0              20

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Lowest # Putts 9 Holes           David Wood

Fairplay Ladies                        Viv Stephens

Fairplay Gents                         Owen Gray

Birdie Chance                           Michael Sum

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* (- Last Hole)

** (- Last 3)

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Full Competition Scores click here

May 18th, 2011: Wednesday Weekly Competition

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May 18, 2011, The Balaia Weekly Competition!

On this day, Pat Gamalatge won the Best Net Overall prize of the Competition!

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Richard Eke won the 2nd Net Overall prize!

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Brian Williams got the Best Net Overall prize on the visitors side!

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and Alan Cain won the Nearest to the Pin and the Birdie Chance prizes!

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A good crowd came to play the Weekly Competition, as usual!

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moments, at the ClubHouse, during the prize presentation!

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Brian Williams, along with Owen Gray and Michael Donoghue!

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Balaia’s portuguese friend Silvério Ferreira along with the wife!

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Balaia Golf Village Weekly Competition 9 holes

Stableford – Full Handicap

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

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Prize Winners 

    

       Prize                                         Winner                   Handicap       Points

Best Net Overall                       Pat Gamalatge                 23.0              22**

2nd Net Overall                        Richard Eke                      17.0              22

Best Net Overall Visitors –       Brian Williams                   22.0              19

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Nearest to the Pin Overall        Alan Cain

Birdie Chance                            Alan Cain

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** (- Last 6)

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Full Competition Scores click here

May 11th, 2011: Wednesday Weekly Competition

May 11th, 2011, the Balaia Wednesday Weekly Golf Competition! On this day Balaia Golf paid a little tribute to former Spanish Golf Star Seve Ballesteros, who just passed away recently (May 7th). Seve was a true Icon to this sport.  God bless his soul.

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Balaia Owner Peter Hopkins won this Competition’s Best Net Overall in catg. 1! Congratulations!

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Terry Wood is finally back with us and won today’s Best Net Overall in catg. 2!

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Viv Stephens won the Best Net Overall prize in catg. 3 and received it from the hands of Balaia Golf Village C.E.O. Engº Rui Justo!

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Margareth Hartnell won the Best Net Overall prize on the visitors catg.!

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John Billett won the Nearest to the Pin prize of today’s Competition!

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and Tineke van Dieren was the lucky golfer taking the Birdie Chance prize!

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On this May 11th we celebrated Pedro’s birthday, the Resident Golf PRO in Balaia, as you all know! Congratulations to Pedro for his 28th anniversary!

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During the prize presentation Pedro was surprised with a birthday cake and couldn’t be happier when everybody cheered him!

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A minute of silence was made in honour of Seve Ballesteros.

A photo of all the winners for May 11th Wednesday Competition!

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Balaia Golf Village Weekly Competition 9 holes

Stableford – Full Handicap

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

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Prize Winners 

    

       Prize                                         Winner                   Handicap       Points

Best Net Overall  Catg 1 –         Peter Hopkins                  14.0              19**

Best Net Overall  Catg 2 –        Terry Wood                       22.0              22

Best Net Overall  Catg 3 –        Viv Stephens                     27.0              19

Best Net Overall Visitors –        Margareth Hartnell           23.0              23

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Nearest to the Pin Overall        John Billett

Birdie Chance                            Tineke van Dieren

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** (- Last 6)

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Full Competition Scores click here