As the people that live here will tell you, the weather has been somewhat changeable over the last months, glorious sunshine one day, and tropical storms the next! Well Tuesday 1st March started out looking dodgy, but turned into perfect golfing weather. The wind wasn’t half as strong as it had been for the last few days, but was coming from a south/westerly direction, not necessarily a bad thing when it comes to the dreaded 2nd hole! Normally a strong side wind makes the already narrow fairway seem like about 10 metres wide! But wind was behind on the day making it much easier to reach the green in 2, so much so that I managed to par the 2nd and vice-president Phil Richards & Jo McKernon birdied it!

  We had 9 teams out playing a better ball format which means that the team member that scores the highest Stableford points on hole, scores for the team. After a few last minute changes in teams, I was partnering a guest, Daz Cross, who with his family has been coming into the Talk of the Town where I work. Daz begrudgingly borrowed my spare set of Howson clubs (he normally plays with Calloway!) but after a quick knock on the driving range was striking them like Seve Ballesteros!! We had a great round in good company and thankfully partnered each other very well, when I failed Daz came good and vice versa. Even thought we were in with a chance of winning after scoring 42 points, but no my original partner, Phil and the partner I turned down Mr. Captain, Simon Atherfold beat us by just 1 point! Coming third with 41 points were the McKernons, Jo & Dennis. In fact there wasn’t much between any of the teams. Nearest the pins were won by guest Alan Jones only 5 feet away on the par 3 7th, and Captain Simon Atherfold was closest on the 15th.

  Our next event is our 1st major of the year, Captains Cup on Tuesday March 15th. The evening bash is being held at the Tio Bernabe restaurant just up from the Blue Rock where we will be meeting at 7.30pm. If anyone would like to come along to evening meal, tickets are now available at the Blue Rock bar in Corralejo, or telephone one of the committee members on the numbers below.
  A reminder also of our away day trip to Lanzarote (Sunday April 17th) cost including green fees, buggy, transport to & from the course and a bite to eat afterwards is 100 euro.
  The 2-day competition at Solobre Golf course in Gran Canaria (26-27th July) will cost around 200 euro, which includes flights, 2 rounds of golf, buggy and a night in a 4 star hotel including breakfast. There are limited places for both these events so it will be on a 1st come, 1st served basis. You can contact me on (0034) 620 161360 for details of these events or via email we are now taking deposits.

  Don’t forget our next event is Tuesday, 15th March Captains Cup Tee times are from 10.40 am followed by a Sunday Stableford comp on Sunday 20th March.

  If you want to join us as a member or guest for this or any future events, or if you would like any further information about the society, please contact:

President: Derek Mac on (0034) 646 672888
Vice-President: Phil Richards on (0034) 629 688698
or myself on (0034) 620 161360
or drop me an email

Alternatively check out our website for details & dates.

Hope to see you soon,

Dave Brown (Society Secretary)