INTER SOCIETY DAY – EL PLANTIO GOLF,
9th MAY 2008
The end of the season Inter Society Day was being
played at El Plantio and the weather the day before
frightened some societies but whoever got down
on their hand and knees to pray for the sun to
shine the next day, a big thank you for the weather
was superb and ideal for golf.
The day was sponsored by 1CAR1 and supported
by El Plantio Golf, Nike Golf and GolfUSA these
including raffle prizes of a soccer ball authenticated
and signed by the Manchester Untied team, a
Ray Clemence Classic Golf Tournament signed
photo programme, plus Hi5 Pro Tour jackets made
this a day to savour as the end of season tournament.
There was a demonstration of the new golf transport
SEGWAY Golf, which you have to see to appreciate
what could be coming your way
Despite the storms the day before the course
was in really good condition and a shot gun
start got all 78 players off the tees, and with
plenty of prizes the enthusiasm was high.
On the 9th Par 3 Hole was The Million Dollar
Hole in One Challenge, which for the benefit
of the players was part of the tournament. Unfortunately
no one got the illusive prize, but quite a few
received either a box of balls or a golf cap.
Some of the teams were looking to salvage some
pride from either a mediocre season and so it
was with a great deal of enthusiasm that the
first balls were struck.
On the collection of the individual’s
scorecard each player received a sleeve of the
latest Nike Golf balls.
So it was tee off time and utilising a shot
gun start ensured that all the players came
in more or less at the same time to sit down
to an excellent three course meal, (the starters
had three courses alone).
There were some really good individual scores
which were:
Chris Tudor – San Javier G S 36 points
Bill Martin – Eurogolf G S 36 points
Terry Lewis - - Eurogolf G S 37 points
Tor Brantsaeter – Terra Mitica G S 38
points
Robin Fish – La Manga North G S 39 points
Thomas Meehan – Rocajuna G S 40 points
Ian Henderson – Greenlands G S 41 points
Peter Westwater – Rocajuna G S 42 points
The prize giving was done by Rob Gillespie
of 1CAR1 and announced by VBPGL Treasurer Ron
Nicholson.
NEAREST THE PINS
Hole 7: Chris Marshall – Lunes G S
Hole 9: Clive Baker – Eurogolf G S
Hole 14: Terry Koster – Eurogolf G S
Hole 18: Nigel Goude - San Miguel G S
LONGEST DRIVE
Hole 4: Dave Curtis – Eurogolf G S
Hole 15: Chris Dooney – Los Cabelleros
G S
Both these drives were monster, so the prizes
of Cleveland Wedges, courtesy of GolfUSA were
quite apt, as their long game was well in order.
BEST FRONT 9: Nike Golf Sumo Sasquatch Driver
Thomas Meehan – Rocajuna G S
BEST BACK 9: Nike Golf Untized Techno Putter
Tor Brantsaeter – Terra Mitica G S
BEST LADY – Green Fee Vouchers for El
Plantio Golf
Elfi Snackman – Terra Mitica G S –
34 points
So it came down to the team presentations and
it showed that team spirit comes to the fore
(no pun intended) Eurogolf who wanted to get
some revenge for be relegated to the “C”
Division in 2007 and were the “C”
Division Champions, went on to show it was no
fluke by winning the1CAR1 Inter Society Day
Trophy from La Manga North G S, Brides maids
again, who were runners up in the “A”
Division this season.
1st: Eurogolf G S 208 points 2nd: La Manga
South G S 198 points
So congratulations Eurogolf team for a having
won the Inter Society Trophy but also being
the Champions of the “C” Division
and being promoted. It shows that the format
being played by the Vega Baja Premier Golf League
is a system that promotes a team spirit and
performance, as they averaged 34.6 points per
player.
La Manga also provided a great team effort
by averaging 33 points per player.
The rest of the scores were:
San Javier G S 192 points
San Miguel G S 191 points
Terra Mitica G S 191 points
Greenlands G S 189 points
Los Caballeros G S 187 points
Lunes G S 186 points
La Manga South G S 184 points
Deutscher G C 182 points
TOFFS G S 181 points
Alamo G S 176 points
Rocajuna G S 171 points
Well the curtain has slowly been drawn on the
season and what an excellent season it has been
with many close and fair battles and the Inter
Society Day was the crowning glory, it was an
excellent day thoroughly enjoyed, by everyone
without exception, a super day.
A professional photographer Ken Nicol was there
to record the day and the pictures will be on
a website in the near future for the players
to download and print .
A big thanks to El Plantio staff both golf
and catering, for the service and support, our
sponsors 1CAR1, GolfUSA, Nike Golf for making
it a day to remember.
We now move on to our Gala Dinner Dance at
La Perdiz at San Javier on 31st May.
We are looking forward to the 2008/09 season
and if it s half as good as this past season
we are in for a cracker.
For more information on the Vega Baja Premier
Golf League, email The Secretary Ivie Davies
via the Contact
Us form
