Garry Gould

2024 Presentation Tournament

The 2024 Presentation Tournament was held at ESTEC on the 24th March (having been postponed from January)

12 intrepid golfers braved the rain showers, cool temperatures (around 8 degrees) and strong winds to play the event, the format of which was “Against Par” with handicap adjustment.

After the golf the players gathered in Escape to dry out and warm up over a drink, and the prize-giving took place. The prize winners were;

Neary on Hole 1;  JOE PEREIRA

Longest Drive Hole 2 Ladies; CLARE BINGHAM

Longest Drive Hole 3 Mens; GRAEME MASON

Neary Hole 4; JOE PEREIRA

Neary Hole 5; SANDER BORST

Neary Hole 6; (nobody managed to hit the green)

Neary Hole 9; WILLEM BORST

In third place, with a score of 0, was STEPHEN DURRANT winning an EGC Bag Towel

In second place, with a score of -1, was GRAEME MASON winning an EGC Bag Towel

And in first place, with a score of -4, was JOE PEREIRA winning an EGC Bag Towel and the 2024 Presentation Trophy

Well done to Joe and all the prize winners, and thanks to everyone who supported the event.

(A list of all scores is attached below)

2023 Captains Day Report

The 2023 Captains Day took place on Sunday 27th August as planned, with 28 brave participants making it to the start despite the forecast for thunderstorms. To everyones (particularly mine) relief the storms stayed away.

The course (and in particular the greens) were in lovely condition – well done Ton !

And so………….to the results…………………

There were nearies on holes 1, 4, and 9

Neary on hole 1 was won by Ben

Neary on hole 4 was won by Andrew

And on hole 9 the near was won by Vincent

In the Best Lady competition, Francis was in 3rd place with 34 Stableford points, Geraldine took 2nd place with 35 points, and the Winner of the Lady Captains Cup was Will – also with 35 points but a better back 9. Congratulations Will !

And in the Captains Trophy, John Reddy was in 3rd place with 35 points, 2nd place went to Brian with 36 points, and the Captains Trophy winner, with a very good score of 40 points was Henk. Congratulations to Henk

After the prize giving we all sat down to some Tapas style food – with the compliments of the club – and a few drinks. Everyone seemed to agree that it was an enjoyable day and a good social gathering.

Thanks to everyone who participated !

The full results list is here;

EGC Matchplay 2023 Winner

The 2023 EGC Matchplay Tournament has concluded.

The final match was between Rafael Lucas and Paul McManamon………and Paul won the match (4 and 3)

Thanks to all the competitors and Congratulations to Paul !

Matchplay Tournament 2023

The registrations for the 2023 ESTEC Golf Club Matchplay knockout tournament are now open in Challonge.com.

Please follow the link below to sign up for the event. A step by step guide is also attached. If you played last year, you do not have to make an account again.

https://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/W6U6EnQdEE

Sign up will be closed on Sunday March 12th 17:00, as the bracket will then be drawn (please note this is one week later than shown in the calendar)

The matches are played with handicap compensation, with a maximum difference of 18 shots (so maximum one shot given on every hole).

Let me know if you have any questions.

Garry