Countdown To The New Clubhouse(See Page 6)

This year is proving an exciting time in Quinta do events calendar in Quinta do Lago for all the family to

Lago with numerous developments and activities enjoy. Events include picnics in the park, outdoor

taking place. As well as playing on Quinta do Lago concerts, community parties, outdoor activities and

North , Quinta much more. These events give residents and holiday

do Lago South makers in Quinta do Lago the opportunity to meet in

and Laranjal, a relaxed environment and enjoy the entertainment

golf enthusiasts on offer. Make sure to pick up an events calendar to

can make use of ensure you don´t miss a great day out!

the fantastic Casa do Lago and Koko

new d r i v i ng Lane Café Bistro have

range in Quinta also undergone some

do Lago this changes. The new menu

summer. The at Casa do Lago has a

project has taken 4 months to complete and the major emphasis on

changes have not only see an improvement in the Portuguese tradition.

functionality of the teeing area but has also seen the The authenticity is

introduction of improved target greens & bunkers, clearly rooted in some

the creation of a new and improved short game menu favourites including the classic Monkish Rice,

facility and for the younger members of the family, a Chicken Piri-Piri and Requeijão Cheese.

dedicated area where they will hone their skills to Koko Lane has also undergone changes. It now offers

become the great players of the future. guests fresh pizza from its new wood burning pizza

Another project in Quinta do Lago is the new oven, complete with a wide selection of toppings.

development at roundabout 2. This project will The family can enjoy the later dinner opening hours

see the development of a contemporary and make use of the new Kids Play area complete

building providing an array of new amenities for with swings and slides.

Quinta do Lago including a state of the art gym For more details of all of our events telephone

and a new Real Estate Office. us at 289 351900 or consult our website

This summer will see an action packed at www.quintadolago.com.

Exciting times ahead at Quinta do Lago

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Club News

Following the recent AGM the

new list of officers of the Club

is as follows:

Assembly Board

Jackie Borrett (Chairperson)

Ewald Rottland

Malcolm Dodd

Executive Board

Bernard Cooper (Chairman)

Martin Wilson (Deputy)

Jane Reason

Seamus Elmore

Dermot Merry

Geoff Garbutt

Brian Hubbard (Captain)

Judith Greenhalgh (Lady Capt.)

Fiscal Board

David Proctor (Chairman)

Barry Bennett

Bob Pickles

Captains

Brian Hubbard (Capt.)

Judith Greenhalgh (Lady Capt.)

Geoff Garbutt (Vice Capt.)

Denise Grayson (Lady V-Capt.)

April sees the new Captains taking

office. Brian Hubbard, the newly

inaugurated Club Captain should

need little introduction. A member

since 1990, Brian sat on the

Executive Board as Deputy

Chairman from 2003 through to

2005. Brian follows in the footsteps

of his wife Joan who was Lady

Captain in 2006/2007.

As this year’s Lady Captain we

welcome Judith Greenhalgh who

originally hails from Bolton. She and

husband Mike first bought a house in

Portugal in 1997 and have since

made their home here. Judith was a

long term member of Bolton Golf

Club, resigning two years ago after

23 years of membership. Although

she has family in England she also

has a son and granddaughter living

here in the Algarve.

The new Vice-Captain is Geoff

over 25 years - most of which time Garbutt. (Geoff is also a member of

she has been a single handicap the Executive Board and more

player. Denise sits on the details on him are printed on page

Portuguese Golf Federat ion 6). Geoff is accompanied into the

handicap committee and has been a Vice-Captaincy by Denise Grayson.

permanent member of the golf Denise was born in Sheffield in

committee for the last 5 years.1953 and has been playing golf for

Captains and Vice-Captains

In Fond Memory

It is with great sadness that we attack. Roger was always a very

record the passing of some very friendly face around the club, and his

good friends and fellow members stand-up comedian performances at

over the past few months. In dinners such as that of the Monday

December, Past Executive Board Club, the RAC match and the

Director Peter Finlinson (right) died Birmingham Dribbler, will be fondly

aged 85. Peter was a unique remembered.

personality in many ways and his Then in February we heard of the

memory will live on in the death of David Lewis. David was one

St.George’s Day celebrations which of the early members to join from

he initiated as he shared his birthday Bovis Lakeside Village. This was

with the good St.George. followed very recently by the sad

Later in December reports came in news of the death of Pierre Wedset,

from Thailand of the tragic early one of the founding members of the

death of Roger Kidd (left) from club, and husband to our dear friend

complications arising from a heart and current member, Liv.

Born in 1950 Martin Wilson has recently served on the Fiscal

Board. A member of both the Castle & Royal County Down

Golf Clubs, he qualified as a Chartered Accountant, was CEO

of the Ulster Bank in 2006, and is currently a non-Executive

Director of the Aviva Group Europe.

Dermot Merry was born in Ireland in 1936. He is a member of

both Lahinch and Doonbeg Golf Clubs, and has served on

Club Committees of his home club. An architect by

profession he has his own private practice in Ireland, dealing

principally with the public sector.

Geoff Garbutt was born in Yorkshire, England in 1945. Joining

CGQL in 2001 he has been on the Golf Committee since 2006,

and Handicap Secretary since 2009. He is also Vice-Captain for

2011/2012. Recently retired from the construction industry he

intends to spend more time in Portugal.

Born in in 1946 in Ireland, Seamus Elmore is well known as a

Past Captain of the Club. He has also been past President of

Ballinascorney Golf Club and a member of Castle Golf Club

since 1996. Qualified as an electronics engineer, he is

Chairman of the Elmore Group of companies.

Club News

House Committee supported by Jane Reason, Dermot The under Seamus The incoming Captain, Brian Hubbard

Merry, Eric Grayson, Julio Mendes and Elmore is responsible for the food and will chair the Golf Committee and have

David Proctor. Their work is to oversee beverage arrangements, the fabric of with him the Lady Captain, Judith

the final delivery of the new clubhouse the clubhouse (internal and external), Greenhalgh, the Vice Captain, Geoff

as well as manage the internal the Captain’s lounge and spike bar, Garbutt, the Lady Vice Captain, Denise

furnishings and fittings.terrace areas, car parks and buggy Grayson as well as Mike Greenhalgh,

Jane Reason will continue in the role of parks, garden areas, Club trolleys, the David Allsop and Jane Beale.

Club Treasurer which covers the supervision and production of food They will be responsible for

production of the management and and beverage and the private use of overseeing all the golfing events

published accounts, liaison with the the clubhouse for social events by during the coming year, including

Fiscal Board, management of the Members. selecting the dates and formats for

Club’s cash reserves and banking In addition, in this special year when competitions. The Chairman of the

relationships. She will also oversee all we will be moving into the new House Committee will attend

official publications such as Clubhouse, Seamus has been given meetings to ensure a strong liaison

Quintassential, and newspaper the unenviable task of organising the and communication for any catering

articles as well as co-ordinating the opening celebrations (see page 6). arrangements required.

general distribution of information via Seamus will be joined by Anne Elmore Eric Grayson has been asked to

Notice Boards, and the Club website. and Thelma Angel, and will call on continue his chairmanship of the Legal

Although no formal committee has others to help out with expertise as & Contractual Committee, with Julio

been formed, Jane will ask other and when required. Mendes, Bernard Cooper, and Geoff

Members to assist her as and when Bernard Cooper will continue as Garbutt as members. Martin Wilson will

Buildings Committee required.chairman of the also be on the committee and will look

to take over the chair by the next AGM.

The Committee reviews any matters of

a legal nature referred to it by the Board,

especially compliance with the various

contracts that govern the relationship

between the Club, SGQL and QdeLSA

with a view to resolving any contentious

matters amicably.

A smaller team, chaired by Geoff

G a r b u t t , w i l l h a n d l e o u r

relationship and discussions with

SGQL on all matters relating to the

course through the Course

Consultative Committee, Geoff will

be joined by Brian Hubbard and

Denise Grayson.

Geoff Garbutt will also continue to

chair the Handicap Committee and

will be joined by Mike Greenhalgh,

Moyra McElderry and the Captain and

Lady Captain. Moyra will undergo the

Portugal Golf Federation training

programme which is a pre-requisite

for all members on this committee.

New Directors on the Executive

Following the appointment of the new members onto the Executive Board, there have been a

number of changes to the sub-committees. Below is a brief description of the individual

committee remits together with the names of the newly appointed committee members.

For further information contact: Peter Vincenti - Senior Private Banker peter.vincenti@sghambros.com Tel direct; +44 (0) 1534 815 420 Mobile:+44 (0) 7797 727 844

New ClubhouseAfter many years of waiting, the

time is drawing very close when the

Club can finally move into its new

clubhouse. If all goes to plan, then

we expect to vacate the temporary

clubhouse sometime towards the

end of June or early July.

At the moment the builders are

clearing the site ready for work on

landscaping to begin. This will

involve some re-design of the car

parking area, and will include the

immediate surrounds of the

clubhouse itself with walkways,

buggy paths and seating and May. There are some small delays in

terraced areas. the supply of some finishing

Within the interior of the building materials, but all tiles and carpets

we are waiting on the final finishes. should be laid by June ready for our

Carpentry work for lockers, library occupation soon afterwards.

fittings, and the trophy cabinet is in T h e s u m m e r m o n t h s a r e

progress ‘off site’ and should be traditionally quieter with less

installed by the end of May. Further members visiting at that time. This

finishings such as the inclusion of should allow us a bit of leeway to

the ‘honours wall’ and the ‘Captains move over from the temporary

clubhouse and get used to the new

systems and working of the

building before we

embark upon ou r

normal busy schedule

for the Autumn.

As you can see from the

b o x ( r i g h t ) i t i s

envisaged that we will wall’ (below), both special design

be having an official features in the downstairs and

opening at the end of upstairs bars respectively, are also

September.due for completion by the end of

The official opening party will be

on Friday 30th September at

6.00pm. The club is inviting

various local and national

dignatories for this important

event which will take the form of a

cocktail party followed by a buffet

dinner. All members are, of

course, invited to attend. Further

details will be made available on

the club website.

Official Opening Party

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AGM Video

For the second year running the club produced a video

review of the club’s actvities for the AGM. Produced by

Jane Reason and Mark Foot with assistance from Jane

Beale, the video features recent develoments in Quinta

do Lago, a review of competitions and competition

winners, and a detailed insight into the interior design

plan for the new clubhouse. It is all linked by the dulcet

tones of a commentary from Seamus Elmore.

The video is available for viewing on YouTube at the

following link. http://is.gd/A9cPdY

Following the changes to the tees on North 9 and North 15

(see Quintassential Issues 49 & 50) it was necessary to have

these holes re-rated for handicap purposes. This work was

done in early March by accredited course raters from the

Portuguese Golf Federation. Mark Foot went along to see

for himself the work that they do and to get a better

understanding of what is involved. He was impressed with

the thoroughness of the assessment of each hole and the

appreciation of the unique obstacles that each presents.

“Each hole takes about an hour and a half to rate in full. The

methodology used by the raters enables them to build up a

very complete yet empirical and objective assessment of

the difficulty of the hole from whichever tee and for the

different standards of golfer.”

The overall alterations to the holes were significant on a

hole-by-hole basis and therefore made major changes to

the 9 hole course ratings, but made negligible difference

(0.1) to the overall course and slope rating. The net

difference was so small because, in layman’s terms, the

extra length of the 15th was almost exactly compensated

by the reduced length on the 9th. Owing to this, and with

due consideration that the courses must be re-rated before

August 2012, the PGF committee decided not to change the

course and slope rating tables in the interim.

Following the last report on the works to the Driving range we are pleased to announce that the extensive

renovation works are nearing completion and are due to open in May 2011.

The Driving range will now offer target greens at 75m, 100m, 150m, 175m and 200m distances; 30 artificial mats,

a two tiered grassed teeing area in excess of 2000sqm, and a 300 sqm chipping and putting area right in front of

Koko Lane. All tees and greens are built to USGA specification.

Re-Rating the 9th and 15th Holes on the North Course

Renovated Driving Range to Open in May

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During the last few weeks I have reflected on my year We’re all aware that our Club has an extremely busy and

and I would think that in common with previous demanding schedule of golfing activities and events.

captains we all reach the same conclusion; just how The Captains Flutter attracts an average of 14 ageing

very quickly the year passes. As we all know, that’s stalwarts who can still just about manage the demands

often the case when you’re enjoying yourself. of the back tees especially when on the South. Men’s

Captaincy is extremely demanding - I’ve played in day continues to prosper with an average of 32

excess of 200 rounds. This has obviously had an impact competitors per week over the past year. But without

on my non-golfing wife Linda and it finally came to a doubt the backbone of our Club is the weekly Sunday

head at around 11.30 last night. Suddenly she shouted mixed competition, which over the past year has been

at me “Golf, golf golf, all you ever think about is supported by an average of 48 competitors enjoying

blooming golf!” Well, I have to say, this really brought wha t i s bo th a go l f and soc i a l e ven t .

me down to earth and indeed frightened me. After all, It is sometimes difficult for us to accept that golf is

you don’t expect somebody to be on the 14th green at actually a game to be enjoyed especially when our

that time of night do you? drives go wayward and there seems to be cling film

Truly my year has been extremely enjoyable and I covering up the stupid holes but, on reflection, we

cannot speak more highly of you the Members. Your know we enjoy the good company and generally good

support, kind comments, words of encouragement and weather.

thanks really do make all the effort so worthwhile. Also Anke and I wanted your golfing activities to be

when you consider our two wonderful golf courses and competitive but also enjoyable and we hope that we

great golf club, it really does not get much better than went a long way to achieving that objective.

this. Congratulations to all of our prizewinners over the past

year, not only to those fortunate enough to capture the

big prizes, but also all the weekly competitions.

It’s been an interesting year. Still in the grips of

recession we experienced the added problems of

Volcanic Ash, disruptions to flights caused by the

French and Spanish air traffic controllers and UK

baggage handlers. We even experienced flight

disruptions caused by Industrial Action at Faro airport

and some unusual weather patterns. During my years

of membership I cannot remember a mid-June Men’s

day being cancelled because of rain.

My year of Captaincy has been full of many memorable

moments starting with our first competition – a

successful Captains’ Drive In. Then on St George’s Day

I’m sure we all remember our new Vice Captain, Geoff, as

Henry the waiter and Rod Sumner, Peter Johnson and

Graham Fitch in their version of a ‘Two Ronnies Sketch’.

Other memorable events were Oktoberfest, St. David’s

Day, St. Patrick’s Day, the Thistle Trophy, St.Valentines

Competition and the wonderful Christmas lunch. Of all

these days Portuguese National day really stands out for

me. Not only did the Club raise over 3000 Euros for the

underprivileged children of Almancil but was further

enhanced by folk music and dance provided by a superb

local folklore group. Early the following morning we

George Farrall, the Club Captain for 2010/2011 gave his farewell speech at the Annual Dinner at the

Quinta do Lago Hotel. Below we print extracts from his speech that serve as a review of the golfing

activities of the club during his captaincy year.

The Captain speaks at Gala Week 2010

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played an Interclub league match away at Parque da During the year we have played a number of matches

Floresta. This surely was golf planning gone crazy? No against the SGQL staff, an initiative started by Seamus

wonder we lost that one 5-0! Elmore in his year of captaincy. Due to the work

The summer series of junior competitions were commitments of the staff these matches are not easy to

extremely successful and a pleasure to be associated organise but they are played with a tremendous spirit

with. In addition, during the year, a number of us enjoyed ...and with many dodgy handicaps. They have proved to

2 away days, one at Quinta do Vale (where we were be immensely enjoyable and certainly help to build good

treated like Royalty), and the other at the Amendoeira relationships between the SGQL staff and ourselves. I

O’Connor course. think that I can speak for the entire membership when I

Gala Week lived up to expectations and was enjoyed by all say that we are so lucky to have such helpful, polite and

who participated. The Ryder Cup Competition held in courteous starters, rangers, buggy staff and both front

September also stands out. It seemed to be one of those and back office people.

ideas when you think “Why ever did I suggest this?” With As Captain you are the figurehead of the Club. This has

one week to go (and after committing serious cash for the resulted in me being thanked, congratulated and

hog roast) we had just 8 entries. However, in true Quinta complimented for things that I’ve had absolutely nothing

style the entries came pouring in, and, in the end, we were at all to do with. How good is that? I’m sure that had

over-subscribed and had to resort to a reserve list. It things gone the wrong way I would have equally received

proved to be an extremely successful and enjoyable the criticism.

event and the 3 days of different format match play golf There’s a saying in the golfing world that there is nothing

added a new dimension to our golfing schedule. It was all more past than a past captain...and in a few moments I

topped off by the fantastic ‘hog-roast’ supper enjoyed on will become just that. But just before I slide off into

theclubhouse terrace on a warm September evening. ‘oblivion’ may I conclude by saying that my captaincy has

It would be remiss of me not to include, as yet another been a privilege and wonderful experience. Without

memorable occassion, Anke and I winning the Mixed doubt it has been a major part of my life.

Pairs match-play event. It was a pleasure to play with It has definitely restricted and indeed controlled my life. It

Anke and she certainly proved to be the most dominant has certainly stolen many hours of my time. However, the

force of our partnership! time stolen pales into insignificance, compared to the

This evening we are pleased to have as guests Mr. and many hours of enjoyment and friendship that I have

Mrs. John Dwyer of SGQL. I would like to take this gained, during my many years of membership of this golf

opportunity of congratulating John on the wonderful club.

state of the golf courses. It would be appreciated if he Fellow members, thank you for my year, and thank you

would convey our thanks and appreciation to all those for your kindness and support.

concerned. George Farrall - Captain 2010/2011

George Farrall & Anke Döring - a true team of Captains

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AGM Week 2011

Members Gather for the Annual AGM Week

“A tough week of golf” was how one Stableford points was Janet Garbutt.

member described AGM week. The Men's Day during AGM week takes

week starts early on a Sunday place in the morning. Outgoing

morning, when the men lead the Captain George Farrall choose a

way in an 18 hole medal friendly Modified AM-AM for his

competition for the Captain's Plate. last Men's Day of the year. Winners

The early score of net 69 (gross 75) with a fine score of 100 points were

posted by Kingsley Borrett was one Geoff Evans, Geoff Garbutt, Rod

of the few scores registered under Sumner and Alan Thomson.

par and looked good enough to The AGM held later on the

take victory for much of the Wednesday evening was very well

morning. However it was late starter attended with over 130 people in

Joachim Hafemann, scoring a net the room, expertly guided by Jackie

68, who took the first prize, with Borrett as Chairperson of the

Kingsley as runner-up, and Gerry Assembly Board. The meeting was

McNamara (70) coming in third. over shortly after 7.15pm allowing

Kingsley Borrett won the best gross those competitors with an early

prize. start the next morning due time for

A field of 42 ladies teed off on first p r e p a r a t i o n f o r t h e C l u b

hole of the South course. The best Championship, Ria Formosa Cup

net score and winner of the and Mimosa Cup (see report on

Captain's Plate was Ann Cleary (73), page 15).

with Gwenda Sumner (75) in second The last event of the week was the

place and Jane Reason (75) in third. Captain's Drive-in. Again we had an

The best gross score went to Diane excellent field of 92 competitors for

Mucklow with an 85. this fourball Stableford event. Four

One day's rest and the Ladies were teams finished on 43 points, one

out competing in the Lady Captain's team being the immediate past

Day competition. This was a chance Captains Anke Doring and George

to bid a fond farewell to Anke Farrall. The winners, on countback,

Doring, Lady Captain for 2010 were Martin Wilson and Jorrit

/2011. Winner on the day with 36 Feldpausch.

Competition Winners AGM Week 2011

Captain’s PlateJoachim Hafemann

Ann Cleary

Lady Captain’s DayJanet Garbutt

AGM Men’s DayGeoff Garbutt, Rod Sumner,

Geoff Evans & Alan Thompson

Club ChampionshipMichael Hickey (Men)

Irene Meier-Boehm (Ladies)

Ria Formosa CupDonald Dempsey

Mimosa CupNicola Raper

Captain’s Drive-InMartin Wilson & Jorrit Feldpausch

Clockwise from top left: A full house at the AGM, Anke Döring speaks at the

dinner, and Irene Meier Boehm accepts the Club Championship.

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National Days

St.Patrick’s Day (La Naomh Padraig 2011)

National Day Trophy Winners

Thistle Trophy

Martin & Paulette Wilson

St.David’s Day Trophy

Brian Hubbard & Anke Döring

St.Patrick’s Day Trophy

Brian Hubbard, Mark Foot

Anke Döring, Gloria Hafemann

St.George’s Day Trophy

Rupert & Diane Mucklow

Terry & Jill Doherty

St.George’s Day

St.David’s Day

Salmon and home made brown bread, wonder job of decorating the room Saint Patrick’s Day 2011 was once again

followed by Irish Stew, a choice of and providing many of the little extras one of the highlights of the golfing year

strawberries and cream or apple pie and that made the day a great success.here in Quinta do Lago.

cream and coffee and chocolate.This year 95 played in the Modified AM

This year as well as the normal in house AM Competition and the winning team of

entertainment the very popular musician the St. Patrick’s Trophy 2011 were:-

Alan Storm provided the background Brian Hubbard, Anke Döring, Mark Foot

music throughout the meal and after and Gloria Hafemann with a score of 95

dinner the tables were pushed back and a points.

real Irish “Hooley” of dancing and In 2nd place were Derek Hickey, Aileen

merriment went on until late in the Hickey, Richard Morriss and Stella Allsion

evening. Like all Irish ‘ceiles’ it was “all with a score of 92 points.

around the house and mind the dresser”.In 3rd place were Vincent Forde, Janette

The Saint Patrick’s Day organising Forde, Derek Collins and Pat Morrison

committee, financially supported with a score of 90 points.

by a great member of very After pre dinner drinks 113 people sat

generous Irish members, did a down to a typical Irish meal of Smoked

Dragon’s blood served on the 10th

tee crossover, and a lot of red and

green worn by all participants spelt

out that it was St.David’s Day again.

A record participation delighted in

all things Welsh and many thanks

are extended to Peter & Shelagh

Pease and Terry & Jill Doherty’s who

every year make such a wonderful

effort to ensure this is such a

special day for all concerned.

In due deference to the Royal

Wedding festivities, the St.George’s

Day committee organised this

year’s event as a ‘street party’ with

Union Jack tablecloths and plenty of

bunting. They even had a cardboard

cutout of ‘Will & Kate’ to greet the

participants (the real ones were,

apparently, otherwise engaged.)

Pimms, pork pies, sausages and

steak and ale pie was the food of

choice followed by a traditional

knees up. Congratulations to the

Beales and Garbutts for leading the

sponsorship.

Competitions & Events

Div 1(M) Div 2(M) Div 1(L) Div 2(L)

July P.Kershaw P.Johnston J.Heel A.Newhill

August M.Hickey R.Sumner M.Blain P.Morrison

September H-P.Vogt J.Feldpausch T.Derbyshire H.Allsop

October B.Collins J.Kidd J.Heel W.Bennett

November G.Farrall D.O’Callaghan P.Ledbetter D.Blair

December M.Hickey R.Morriss M.McElderry J.Dodd

Monthly Medal Winners July - December 2009

Competition Winners October 2010 - March 2011

Lady Captains Trophy

Louise Kelly

Mixed Matchplay Pairs

George Farrall

Anke Döring

President’s Putter

Michael Hickey (Men)

Marianne Pile (Ladies)

Birmingham Dribbler

Michael Hickey &

Frank Prust

Medal Winner’s Chalice

Brian Cusack (Men)

Junior Summer Competitions

Div 1(M) Div 2(M) Div 1(L) Div 2(L)

October C.Wilkins M.Geraghty M.McElderry G.Hafemann

November B.Cusack G.McNamara A.Hickey P.Morrison

December D.Graham S.Cleary P.Newman D.Soldani

January P.Beale P.Heel A.Cleary D.Soldani

February H-P.Vogt S.Cleary A.Hickey A.Elmore

March M.Hickey C.Reed A.Hickey A.Elmore

Monthly Medal Winners October 2010 - March 2011

Club Championship, Ria Formosa Cup & Mimosa Cup

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Junior Summer Competitions Annual Match v Royal Automobile Club

In November the Club invited the

RAC to an annual match that has

been continuously played for the

past 16 years. The match is now

played for the Shailer-Michelmore

trophy in memory of the respective

Club Captains who started the

tradition back in 1994.

The Club Champions for 2011 are

Michael Hickey and Irene Meier-

Boehm. Both of them won with their

scores on the South Course on the

first day, and then had to defend

some determined challengers in the

shape of Donald Dempsey and

Nicola Raper on the second day to

see themselves through to victory.

of the Ria Formosa Cup but runner-Michael shot a 75 on the Thursday,

up in the Club Championship by 2 leaving him 7 shots clear in the Club

strokes. Championship and 3 shots clear in

In the Ladies Championship Irene the Ria Formosa Cup. As well as

Meier also had a 7 stroke lead from Donald Dempsey (82 Gross\75

the South Course, but lost 5 of Net), Michael had to look out for

those shots to Nicola Raper the next other potential challenges to his net

day to win her f i rst Club score from Joachim Hafemann (75)

Championship by just two strokes.and Mike Greenhalgh (75).

Nicola had the consolation of the On the Friday Donald Dempsey shot

Mimosa Cup as the best net score an excellent 71 net & 78 gross,

(147) from Jill Doherty (also 147). leaving him as the outright winner

Last group out (from left to right): Irene Meier Boehm, Nicola Raper & Charlotte Johnston

Annual Calendar 2011 \ 2012 May (2011) Fri 13 - Sat 14 Ben Hogan Trophy (CGQL v Pinherios Altos)

Sunday 22 Grayson Trophy

Friday 27 Captains & Past Captains Classic & Beach Lunch

June Friday 10 Portuguese National Day

July Friday 15 First Junior Summer Weekly Competition

August Friday 19 Last Junior Summer Weekly Competition

September Sun 11 - Sat 17 Gala Week

October Sunday 2 Viking’s Day

Mon 10 - Sun 16 Mixed Fourball Matchplay

Tuesday 18 Lady Captain’s Trophy

Monday 31 Halloween Dinner

November Sunday 20 President’s Putter

Sunday 27 Thistle Trophy Mixed Foursomes

December Tuesday 6 Ladies Christmas Competition

Wednesday 7 Ladies Christmas Lunch

Thursday 8 Birmingham Dribbler & Flutter Dinner

Sunday 11 Christmas Lunch

Wednesday 14 Men’s Day Champagne Brunch

Monday 26 Boxing Day Mixed Competition

January (2012) Sunday 1 Ladies v Men

February Tuesday 14 St.Valentine’s Day Competition

March Thursday 1 St.David’s Day Trophy

Saturday 17 St.Patrick’s Day Trophy

Monday 19 Medal Winners’ Chalice

Sunday 25 Captain’s Plate

Tuesday 27 Lady Captain’s Day

Wednesday 28 Annual General Meeting

Thursday 29 Mimosa Cup - Day 1

Thursday 29 Ria Formosa Cup - Day 1

Thursday 29 Club Championship - Day 1

Friday 30 Mimosa Cup - Day 2

Friday 30 Ria Formosa Cup - Day 2

Friday 30 Club Championship - Day 2

Saturday 31 Annual & Captains Dinner

April Sunday 1 Captains Drive-In

Wednesday 4 Veterans Competition

Monday 23 St.George’s Day Trophy

Dates of events are subject to change at the discretion of the Golf Committee

Tuesdays - Ladies Day (AM)

Wednesdays - Mens Day (PM)

Thursdays - Captain’s Flutter (PM)

Sundays - Mixed Competitions (AM)