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We were on a tight schedule as we had booked a meal at the restaurant for 9.30, giving us less than an hour to make ourselves look beautiful, not easy in some of our cases! A few of the wives and girlfriends had came over with us to do a bit of shopping and lazing around the hotel. Jill from Fuertenews, Tracy from Chablis and Elsie Blood had booked in earlier in the day. They had had time to enjoy what can only be described as a superb hotel with air conditioned suites bigger than the average size of peoples' apartments in Corralejo. The rooms were huge, about 80 m2, with air conditioning and Satellite TV, with fantastic views overlooking the marina and Atlantic Ocean. The players, all tired from the days events would I'm sure have liked to spent a little time in the rooms, but although tired we were all ravenous. We met in the hotel bar (where else?!) and were led into a private room for 1st class a la carte meal. Jill being the only vegetarian in the bunch didn't miss out on anything, she had course after course of lovely looking items, nearly persuaded me to be a veggie, until they brought out beautifully cooked steaks and sea bass. The meal was excellent, and with a few drinks after, a wonderful end to a perfect day. Some, Pepe from la Sirena restaurant, Pete Thomas of About Cars and Steve Bennett, got their 2nd wind and decided to hit the nightlife of Puerto Rico. Their choice as I believe they only had just over one hours sleep before breakfast and another days golf beckoned! 
Following tradition, the leaders of the 1st day, Dave Cooper and Annie and Mike Streams were to tee of last giving them a little more time to wake up as we were being picked up at 8am by the bus. The 2nd day the sun was shining and even 1st thing in the morning it was plenty warm enough. Knowing the course a little better this time, most had a better 2nd day than 1st, in the end only 4 shots separated the top 8! The overall winner with a score of 70 points (34 & 36) was Dennis May, closely followed by Dennis McKernon with 69 (33 & 36). 3rd place was Dave Cooper with 68 (36 & 32) and Annie & Mike Streams, Paul Benham, Derek Pickersgill and Steve Bennett with 66 and 67's just behind. We held a nearest the pin on the short par 3 third hole which was won on the 1st day by Derek Pickersgill and myself on the 2nd.  All in all, the trip was a resounding success, the only comment we had was that it was too short! I would like to thank everyone who attended the trip, and all the staff at the golf course and hotel for making us feel so welcome and looking after us so well. We are already planning our next open for May 2006, so watch out for details on our website and on www.fuertenews.com Remember our next events are Stableford competitions held on Tuesday, 16th Aug. and Tuesday 30th Aug. Tee times are from 10.40 a.m. 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
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