The 1st of this years away days, our excursion to Costa Teguise Golf was a resounding success, despite the fact that it was blowing a force 9 gale! The ferry over was a little rough, even on the Fred Olsen fast ferry, but back on dry land we headed up to course in Costa Teguise where we were given a warm welcome by the staff and members. As not everyone had played the course in Lanzarote, we played a Texas scramble so that at least you could hedge your bets a little with 2 cracks of the whip. The wind was as strong as I’ve ever known it in the 9 years I’ve been here, which made play a little tricky to say the least. The ground staff had got the course in very good condition, and the greens were pretty fast. This meant putting down wind was like lightning and certainly made you think about any shot that went up in the air. Some shots even seemed to come back towards you! Despite the wind, everyone had a great day, and back at the clubhouse after the game, we were served with some fabulous tapas and wetted the whistles with a few jars and talked about the many mishaps and funny stories of the days’ events.
   It has to be said (begrudgingly), that the winners of the day, winning themselves a 100 Euro, must have played exceptionally well to come off with a gross score of 72.2 in such conditions. The dynamic duo, Dennis and Jo McKernon (handicaps 18 & 11) used their wealth & experience to pip me and my playing partner, Phil Richards, by just 1.8 shots to secure victory on our 1st Lanzarote challenge.
   But the days’ events were far from over. We got back to the ferry port in Playa Blanca in plenty of time to catch our return ferry, but the wind wasn’t letting the Fred Olsen pull away from the harbour wall despite having it’s powerful jets on full blast. It took over half an hour of trying and in the end they had to anchor the offside rear of the boat to the dock and basically pull full throttle to left and drop the anchoring rope once it had pulled out far enough to safely go forward. Once out of the harbour, it was a smoother crossing than our outward one. Well, there’s never a dull moment on our society days. Our next adventure away is a 2 day, 36 hole competition at Solobre Golf Club in Gran Canaria on the 26/27th July.

  Don’t forget our next event is Tuesday, 26th April. Tee times are from 10.40 am followed by a fun comp on Tuesday 10th May.

  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
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)