Saturday saw a fantastic day at Silves when SdM entertained a group of Junior Golfers from the Pestana Academy. Playing in a Matchplay format the young golfers had a great time learning some of the arts of Matchplay. The juniors were partnered with a SdM member and the competition was fierce. After the game the prizes were presented and SdM treated the young golfers to Lunch. Many thanks to Charles Bradshaw for his work in organising the match and Captain Gary Edwards for working hard to provide such a great day. Pestana kindly provided courtesy of the course to the juniors.
SdM Member Peter Chapman celebrated today when he holed out at the par 3 fourth hole at Silves Golf Course today. It was Peter's first Ace.
Congratulations to this months medal winners, both receive a club medal winners shirt. Best net score was Warren Tennant with 66, Second place went to Miguel Heliodoro who had a brilliant 73 gross ~ 67 net, and third place went to Chris Price with net 68.
The Italia Restaurant in Ferragudo is reopening for the season this Saturday 1st March.
To celebrate Chef and Owner Rafa Salomone presented Club Captain Gary Edwards with some vouchers to be presented as prizes in our future competitions. Rafa and wife Enza have been great supporters of SdM and are one of major sponsors. They will be sponsoring our club shirts again this year and Rafa also has some ideas for other items!
Pestana SA are committed to developing golf for local school children.
They offer instruction to school parties, giving the pupils an opportunity to try golf as a sport while on release from school.
Juniors are young people who have not reached 18 in the current year.
On Saturday mornings Carlos Ribeiro, the incumbent teaching professional at the Pestana Academy, teaches the juniors as a group and supervises their development.
Another wet day in the Algarve saw a large turn out, only to be reduced by those who failed to stay the course in a constant drizzle that lasted about an hour. The weather did eventually clear and those who stayed out were rewarded with some good conditions to play. The scores reflected this with a fantastic Day for the Edwards' family! Gill with a magnificent 44 pts and Gary with 38pts. Sadly the "other" Edwards, Steve, despite a creditable 35 pts including an eagle two at the 15th was disqualified because his marker went in early without signing his card. A lesson for all!
We are a petanque (boules) group. We play every Sunday, and have a dinner Dance every Year. We always invited friends and guests to have a good party. Perhaps a few people from the club or elsewhere, living in our area, around Paderne, Tunes, Algoz or Messines, would like to join us on the 28th March. You will see attached a flyer.