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Exciting times! Hi everyone,this years AGM will be held at Bar97 on Mon 12th, Jan. The bar opens at 17.00 and the meeting will start at 17.10 prompt...I have booked the main area for 20 people and for approx 1 hour. It would be useful if you let me know whether or not you will be attending. I will update the agenda as necessary, if you are unable to attend in person you can vote on any issues simply by using the "comment box" at the bottom of this post. Likewise, if you h

Captain's Drive In! First comp of 2026 sees our new Captain...Charlie Holden mark his tenure with his official Drive In. Let's give him all of the support and encouragement he deserves. We already have 27 players out of 28......list as follows: Charlie Mario Tony M Peter B Katherine .................................. Dirk K Steve G Tony D J.C. Blobby T .................................. Taff Rob M Ricky the Bricky Per James ................................... Adam Lolli Jimm

Well lovely people...this is it. My final report as Capt. What a day, as tough as I've ever seen Calanova play, so many back tee placements and flags in some horrible places ( I think the greenkeeper must have had an arguement with his wife! ). The weather was great, albeit rather windy, which only added to the difficulty of the competition, that said, the condition of the course was superb...definitely one for the longer hitters though. I checked out my stats yesterday..

Captaincy does this to you...I'm only 35 really! Here we go lovely people....the last leg of an exhausting but very enjoyable season. Calanova 13th Dec 2025...Capts Day..format is usual individual and team. Capt will tee off at 09.20 then 8 mins thereafter. Teams are: Team 1: Taff/ Roger J/Ricky the Bricky/Dennis Team 2: Eamon B/Martin/Peter B/Per Team 3: Adam/John H/Jimmy/Lolly Team 4: Mark H/Rob M/Tony C/Steve G Team 5: Dirk/Troy/Iain B/Sandra Team 6:

Christmas Comp at Calanova - 13th Dec Hey all you golfing nuts from Bar 97. Advanced notice that we will be playing our Christmas Comp at Calanova...Saturday 13th Dec. We will also be playing for the Captains Day Trophy! This will be my last outing as Captain, a mixture of relief but also sadness, there is a lovely symmetry to it as I started off my term in "office" at Calanova, it will mark the end of a tiring but thoroughly enjoyable 12 months for me, I'm really looking f

The moles on the 18th! Well, well. What a great day out at Santana! The weather was perfect, the course fantastic, company wonderful and the golf not bad. Many thanks to you all for turning up and especially to Martin B for getting us an extra flight...albeit one hour later than the rest of us. Apparently it was getting a little shady when team 7 finished but looking at their scorecard it didn't seem to affect them too much as they finished on the same points as the eventu

I hate early morning tee offs! We are at one of our fav courses in November, the beautiful Santana....where you can score not a lot of points but still have a great day out. I wasn't going to put the list out just yet, but I have been inundated with requests, some verbally and after a round of golf and several glasses of wine....so there is a chance I could have made a few mistakes here. Please check the list carefully and if I have added you by mistake then please let me kno

Hi to everyone...October's comp sees us at the lovely but a little tricky Marbella Golf and Country Club...Sat 25th Oct. First tee time is 09.10...suggest we all meet approx 08.15 (ish). We will be playing for the Tom McManus Trophy......in respect of one of the games true gentlemen and ex member of our Society. After the comp we meet back at Bar97 for the presentation at 18.00hrs ( that's 6pm for the old folk ), with the meal to follow at 18.30. If unable to make either t

This is what we played for...looking forward to next year already! Hi to all our lovely members! I don't know which is the more difficult, organising our own Ryder Cup, or trying to report about it. I'll give it my best shot. What I'll do is divide the report into the negative points and then the positive ones...there were plenty of negative ones, so here goes. I organised the event via Gemma at Sunshine Golf...she has been brilliant. Everything was booked, I had the confi

Okay guys/gals....here's the latest for the Ryder Cup comp. Saturday 27th Sept. First Tee at 14.00 Miraflores G.C Cost is 92 euros inc...

They lool like our lot September outing sees us at Miraflores once again. It's Ryder Cup weekend so I think we'll have our own Ryder...

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy! After 6 weeks away and missing the last comp, it was great to get back into the saddle. Los Lagos it has...

Next outing will be at Los Lagos....Mijas. Sat 30th Aug....first tee...09.10 ONLY 20 spaces for this one guys....first come, first...

Here we go lovely people, the list for el Paraiso is now open, here's the griff Sat 26th July, first tee 09.03...99 euros all in. players...

Due for a big cut James! Well that was a fun day! Santana as always, beautiful and in great condition, the only drawback was how short...

The real Santana! OK guys and gals....here's the teams for Sat 28th June at Santana. First tee time is 12.40 then every 8 minutes....

Taken from that famous film....Duckheart!....FREEDOM! 5 months into the season and we have a leader! Big thanks to Richard T for putting...

What do you mean you don't know what you're doing? A light hearted take on my first 6 months as Captain of our little society. How has...

There's been a great deal of interest for Santana so have opened up the list early...lots of members have asked me to put their names...

Well....he's only gone and done it! Lobo the Champion, that's got a ring to it!...a stunning victory at sunny Miraflores. This has to...