Friday Golf Society

FGS Newsletters - links

We have now added a page on the site where we have created links to the newsletters that Jacqui produces on behalf of the committee.

So far Jacqui has produced 3 newsletters and you can access all 3 via the links on the page that you can access via the menu on the left of the site.

V3 of the FGS newsletter is now issued

Thanks to Jacqui for her hard work compiling this document.

We have sent it out via email but as it is quite large some email servers have rejected the email. If you want to see a copy of the newsletter you can download it here (not suitable for people using dial up as it is around 8-10MB in size).

Friday golf - 1 February 2013

After a week off for the England vs. Rest of World match we returned to regular Friday golf this week.

The course was busy as there are a lot of long stay Swedish people here and there was also a party from Tarleton Travel staying in the hotel. Along with some well known lady golf professionals such as Micky Walker and Alison Nicholas who were coaching the people who were here with Tarleton.

Our first tee time was around 1pm and our last was around 2:30pm. So our last group only just got around in the light. The rounds took approximately 4 hours 40 minutes. We would have liked to play faster but our speed of play was governed by the groups ahead of us on the course.

We played a Reverse Waltz with two hidden holes and had a large field of 51 players taking part.

The winners were Alan Sl, Vicky T, Karen P and a new member Harry W with a great score of 97 points. Last place and chocolates went to Albert, Jim St, Barbara and Thea with a score of 70. They almost escaped the chocolates as the team above scored the same number of points but had a lower combined handicap.

Nearest the pin was on hole 17 and was won by Lennart with a distance of 2.69m.

We had 3 handicap cuts this week. Mr President with 43 points and Karen P with 40 points (both in the winning team). Plus John Fi with 38 points. Well done to all of them.

Labels for the England vs. ROW bottles for 2013

We have received an apology from the company that sent us the wine bottles with the wrong labels for the England vs. Rest of the World match. They sent the bottles with a 2012 label by mistake.

They are sending us a pack of 60 new labels with the correct date on them. We will let people know when the correct labels have arrived so people can collect them if they wish.

2013 FGS golf prices at various courses in the province

The Costs and Benefits page accessed via the menu on the left of the site has been updated to include FGS members rates at Alborán, Desert Springs, La Envía and Playa Serena for 2013.

We are still awaiting details for Valle del Este.

Prizegiving for Sunday competition - Weds 6 February - 7:45pm

The prize giving for the Sunday competition on 3 February 2013 is now confirmed as taking place on Wednesday 6 February at Gula starting at 7:45pm. This will give the people playing short mat bowls enough time to get back into town from El Ejido.

Note: there is an Almerimar Regularidad competition on Sunday so be warned the tees are likely to be in challenging positions.

Tables for individual and better ball pairs handicapping

A long time ago the society published that it would use the Spanish variation of the European Golf Association (EGA) handicapping system.

We have had a request to publish the details of the cuts that are made for individual and better ball pairs competitions. Plus details of the give-backs for individual competitions.

We have added links to tables describing these handicap changes on the Handicaps page that you can access via the menu on the left of the site.

Sunday competition - 3 February 2013 - confirmed

The Sunday competition for 3 February 2013 is now confirmed. An entry notice will be put up on the noticeboard soon.

Well done to England

Congratulations to the England team on beating the Rest of the World yesterday. The result was 5 1/2 to 4 1/2.

Here are the winning team with the trophy.  You can see more photos in the Gallery. The full results can be seen from the drop down menu above.

Short mat bowls on 6 and 20 February 2013 - entry lists now open

The entry lists for the short mat bowls in El Ejido on Wednesday 6 and Wednesday 20 February 2013 are now open.

Only 16 people can take part in each event. People can play on both nights if the events are not over subscribed. If we have more than 16 people wishing to play on each evening then we may restrict people to playing on only one of the nights.

See more details via the links in the Featured Items menu on the left of the page.

Start times for England vs ROW 2013 published

You can see the start list here.

Please note that at present we are still looking for one player to play for the Rest of the World team.

UPDATED: 24 January 2013 - we now have a full list of 40 players.

Results of the Sunday competition on 20 January 2013

Well done to Mr President for winning the competition last Sunday. Here he is picking up his prize from John F and Paco at La Caleta, the sister restaurant of La Trattoria.

Sprry we have no photo of all the winners. The restaurant was so full of people we could not get everyone out of their seats and grouped together.

You can see the full results via the link in the Sunday drop down menu above.

Handicap changes following Sunday competition on 20 January 2013

It was really windy today and nobody scored better than their handicap today in the Sunday competition. We will not be announcing the winners until after the prize giving at La Caleta tomorrow night.

However we can say that 20 of the 25 players got 0.1 or 0.2 back on their handicap and 4 of the players have got a shot back on the slope at Almerimar (Frank R, Nina, Rolf and Rita).

Detailed results from the match against Playa Serena Seniors now published

As it is pretty windy outside we have been staying inside so we have had the chance to process the results from the match against Playa Serena Seniors last thursday (17 January 2013).

You can see the results via the link in the Other Comps. drop down menu above.

Friday golf - 18 January 2013

We were asked to mix things up a bit and play a different format once in a while so we reintroduced Texas Best 2 this week. In this format players in each team play the first shot on each hole like a Texas Scramble. After that they play their own ball for the rest of the hole. As the scores were not counting for individual handicap this week we did not have any hidden holes.

The winners this week with a great score of 91 points were Mr President, Vicky T, Chris P and Jan L. Last place and chocolates went to John Wo, Brian D, Ingegerd and Lilian J.

Nearest the pin was won by Sylvia with a distance of 5.84m.

Thanks to John F for sorting out the prize giving this week. He was not too happy having to give Mr President his winners prize. Mr President got double joy as he could laugh at John Wo picking up the chocolates.

There will be no regular Friday golf on 25 January 2013 as we are playing the England vs. Rest of World pairs matchplay competition.

The entry list for England vs. ROW is now closed.

The entry list for England vs. Rest of the World on Friday 25 January 2013 is now closed.

We will, of course, maintain a list of reserves in case we have drop outs.

The draw for the England vs. ROW match will take place at La Caleta on Monday 21 January 2013 after the prize giving for the La Trattoria Sunday competition (20 January 2013). NOTE: La Trattoria is closed on Monday so the prize giving is at the sister restaurant la Caleta.

Match versus Playa Serena Seniors - 17 January 2013

Well done to the Friday Golf Society for winning the match against Playa Serena Seniors at Almerimar today 657 to 548 points (top 22 stableford scores for each team to count).

The photo above is of all of the winners of nearest the pin and the best mens and ladies scorers of the day along with the two Alan´s representing each society.

Many thanks to Playa Serena for the surprise extra prizes of 2 green fees including a buggy at Playa Serena for the top two players on the day.

When we get the chance we will publish a detailed list of results including the 22 scores that counted for each team. It may take a few days as we are a bit busy at the moment.

You can see more photos from the day here in the Gallery.

Sunday competition - 20 January 2013 - prize giving

The format is Individual Stableford and the prize giving will take place on Monday 21 January 2013 at 7:30pm at La Caleta. NOTE: La Trattoria is closed on Monday so the prize giving is at the sister restaurant la Caleta.

Top Banana 2013 - La Envía, Friday 21 June 2013 - entry list open

The entry list for Top Banana 2013 is now open. For details see the link in the Away drop down menu above.

Sunday golf competition on 20 January 2013 is on

There has been a bit of a delay putting up the entry list sheet but the competition this coming Sunday is on.

The format is Individual Stableford.

Details will be published on the Almerimar noticeboard tomorrow morning all being well.