we recognise that it would not be For those of you who have taken

possible nor practical to consult the time to stand on the steps of

all our members on their preferred the old Captain’s Lounge, the

choices. To meet the deadlines current view of the new clubhouse

imposed on us by the contractor is a mass of concrete and pillars

we have pulled together the ideas rising up from where the old

of the Building Committee, the basement used to be, and it now

House Committee, the Executive extends well above the former

Board plus some other Members roof terrace. Even for the most

with relevant skill sets. There are imaginative minds, it is not always

literally hundreds of decisions to easy to have the vision of what the

be made from the size of tiles to new building will actually look like

the colour of carpet, to the types when finished.

of door handles, to where to put To assist with this ‘vision’, we

the shoe cleaner! To avoid being have commissioned the services of

overwhelmed with ideas, the local a well known, highly professional

interior designer has put together local interior design company to

some indicative 3D images of what co-ordinate our ideas for the

the new ‘look’ may be like. We can types of materials, tiles, doors,

then use these as the starting walls finishings, locker rooms, bar

point for refining exactly what we and dining areas that are in

want and hopefully avoid the old sympathy with the contemporary

adage of a camel being a horse style of the exterior.

designed by a committee!Time is of the essence. As the

building advances on a daily basis,

New Clubhouse Takes Shape Both Inside and Out

(Continued on page 7)

A computer generated impression of thenew clubhouse entrance

Captains 2010/2011

March is the time of year that

the Club changes the Captains.

Seamus Elmore, the very popular

incumbent for 2009/2010 has

made way for George Farrall.

Many will remember George

from his days as proprietor of

the Pig & Whistle and Galleria

Restaurants. The equally popular

Anne Elmore leaves office with

her husband to be replaced by

Anke Döring, Anke was a tennis

player in an earlier life and gave

up tennis 16 years ago when

she caught the golf bug. She is a

member of St Peter-Ording Golf

Club in North Germany. We wish

both George and Anke well for

their year of office.

Club News

In January Bernard Cooper took meeting after the AGM.

over as Chairman of the Executive At the same meeting David Morley

Board of the Club. Bernard has was elected Deputy Chairman.

been a member of the club since David has been a member since

1988, and has served on the Board 1985, and has been on the Board

since 2005. In 2009 he was since 2006. David currently heads

elected Deputy Chairman. His up the Building Committee

appointment as Chairman was overseeing the new clubhouse

confirmed at the first Board project.

A New Chairman and Deputy Chairman

The winter of 2009/2010 saw an

unprecedented amount of rainfall

in the Algarve. There were days

when we had several centimetres

of downpours with no respite for

weeks on end. At the AGM we

showed a short video (available on

the website) with scenes of

Members sloshing around in

bunkers, submerged buggy paths

and sodden fairways.

After 3 months of deluge from

mid December to mid March the

weather reverted back to the

Algarve norm.

Charity Fund Raising

The Weather

Like many institutions CGQL in its

own quiet way does a substantial

amount to support charitable causes.

Every Monday a group of some 30

men play in a 'casual' roll-up, and

their donations on a monthly basis

pay for nearly €250 worth of chickens

for the 'social' dining association in

Quarteira, in addition to making an

annual donation to purchase kitchen

equipment. The Tuesday Ladies

donate to the weekly “Baby Basket” St.George's day €500, all destined to

which provides nappies, formula milk, go to good causes.

and other food for approx. 15 babies This year, on Portuguese National

at the Antonio Alexio Centres in Day on the 10th June, the Club is

Quarteira and Loulé. Every Christmas teaming up with ADCQL and the

ACCA have a Children’s Christmas Association Empresarial de Almancil.

Wish List and the Ladies fulfil over They will be lending us their

100 wishes for the children in these assistance to ensure that as much as

local centres and the Girl’s Orphanage possible of the expenditure on the

in Olhão. The new crèche in Quarteira day is covered by donations. The

has also benefitted with security gates, chosen beneficiaries which are the

outdoor toys and many other items. underprivileged children of Almancil.

Additionally, various members’ events These funds will be distributed by

have raised significant amounts of individual teachers in the Almancil

money for charity. The Vikings Day area to needy children to help with

celebrations raised a total of €1,750, payment of clothing, educational

the Captains Drive-in €1,050 and materials, school trips etc.

Petronella Hamer-Janus hands over one of the many Christmas presents donated by CGQL Members

In This Issue

The Club from the AirSee page 5

What’s happening on North 15?See page 6

Trophy and Competition WinnersSee page 11

Bernard Cooper (right) and David Morley (left) studying plans for the new clubhouse.

Club News

Aerial Views of New Clubhouse

New Committee Structure at the Club

Koko Lane

Easter at Quinta

Patrick Murphy

The CGQL clubhouse is not the

only thing new in Quinta do

Lago. Under the direction of

new CEO, John Dwyer, there is a

lot going on with people and

places within the resort.

Koko Lane - a new bistro café

has opened next door to the

driving range - perfect for a light

lunch or mid-morning coffee

Patrick Murphy has joined the

team as General Manager of

SGQL. Patrick is from Galway in

Ireland and has a background in

hotel management.

Did you catch the

fireworks down at

the lake on Easter

Saturday or the

Easter Egg hunt

at Casa do Lago? This was the

first of many more animated

celebrations that will be

organised by Quinta do Lago

throughout the Summer.

Some changes to the Club’s main committees took effect from 1st

January 2010. The formal Legal and Contractual Committee was dissolved

so that all legal matters could be dealt with by the Executive Board as a

whole. Graham Fitch was appointed to take over as Chairman of the

House Committee whilst Jane Reason takes on the role of Treasurer, as

well as co-ordinating all Club publications and sponsorship.

There have also been a few changes to personnel who sit on the

committees. Seamus Elmore has been invited on to the Building

Committee to lend his expertise on electrical installations amongst

other things. Anita Rottland and Janet Brittain have left the House

Committee and have been replaced by David Proctor, Sylvia Proctor and

Brenda Brown.

In March there were some changes to the Golf Committee. Seamus and

Anne Elmore have left as the outgoing Captains and have been replaced

by Brian Hubbard and Judith Greenhalgh the Vice-Captains. George

Farrall, as Club Captain has taken over the chair of that committee.

At the beginning of May, Jane

Reason and Ewald Rottland took

these stunning aerial photographs

of the new clubhouse from a

helicopter. The top picture shows

the new clubhouse emerging

beside the current SGQL

clubhouse, and clearly shows its

proximity to the ninth green. The

picture right shows the temporary

clubhouse made up from fourteen

forty foot containers.

Golf Courses

There are major changes being made The subsoil excavated in this work will

to the layout of the 15th hole on the be used to construct a new ’Tiger’ tee

North Course, to prevent golf balls in the wooded area that divides the

from landing in the gardens of current 15th tee from the 14th green.

adjacent houses. The full effects of the The buggy path will wind between the

changes will lengthen the hole by two new sets of tees.

between 35 and 50 metres (depending The fairway bunker on the left side of

on which tee you are playing from), the fairway will be filled in, and the

and will undoubtedly make the hole sloping bank to the left will be cleared.

much more challenging. There will be some re-shaping of the

There is history behind the problems fairway short of the bunker to stop

on North 15 (the hole used to be balls running down the bank. A new

referred to as 'A6'). In the 1990's, plot bunker, approximately 170 metres

owners had problems with balls from the men's yellow tees will be

landing in the garden and a protective built on the right side of the fairway.

net was raised on the corner of the This will leave a clear view from the

dog-leg. This net was then removed tee of a wide expanse of fairway on

about three years ago when one of the the outside of the dog-leg,

properties went through extensive encouraging shots to the left of

renovation. However, continuation of centre. The extra length will

the problem and further negotiations discourage players from trying to carry

between SGQL and the property the dog-leg, and will mean that

owners has resulted in some agreed misdirected shots should not reach

alterations now being carried out. the properties.

Firstly the men’s teeing platform is The work has already started and the

being lowered by 1.5 metres, which new hole will be ready for play by the

will reduce the tee height almost to beginning of July. It will be a necessary

the level of the fairway. The hole runs to re-rate the golf course based on

slightly downhill to the dog-leg, so these changes and the Club will be

the necessity of a raised teeing area is contacting the Portuguese Golf

less acute. Next, the men's yellow tee Federation in this regard. In the

and ladies red tee will be moved back, meantime Qualifying Rounds will

and the current ladies tee removed. continue.

Its All Changes on North 15

The diagram above shows an

aerial view of the hole, the

current configuration of tees,

fairway and bunkers and the

approximate new layout

(denoted by areas bordered in

black). The area shaded in grey

to the right is the boundary of

the plots.

Aerial View of North 15

New Clubhouse Interiors

multifunctional and practical

Clubhouse with many of the

facilities we were undoubtedly

lacking in the old building.

Highlights include luxury locker

rooms, a ground floor spike bar,

internet and library areas, a large

and multi purpose Captain’s

Lounge for dining with a special

area that can be used for dancing

or watching television, and, of

course, plenty of outside seating

with suitable shading. There will

also be some subtle traditional

touches to remind us of our

history!

Our one ‘bete noire’ will be the

necessity to ban all golf shoes on

the first floor plus some areas on

the ground floor. This decision is

in the best interests of the Club as

a whole to avoid damage to what

will be a very smart and clean

floor!

Further photos and updates on the

building’s progress will be posted

at regular intervals on the web

site: www.cgql.com.

(Continued from page 1)

Above: An artists impression of the Club Bar on the ground floor, showing seating area, bar, and tables and chairs, with floor to ceiling glass sliding doors giving access to the outside terrace.

Above: The changing rooms on the ground floor of the new clubhouse will be light and airey, with plenty of locker space. Below: This view of the entrance lobby shows the office and reception area, ‘shop’ front window displaying club merchandise, and the entrance to the bar. We do caution that these artistic impressions are being used by the club to decide upon final interior decor, so they should not be viewed as definitive examples of final finishes.

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Other Competition News

Pinheiros Altos Match

Christmas Festivities

George Farrall congratulates Pinheiros Altos Captain Vernon Reid on retaining the Ben Hogan Trophy

The 5th running of the Ben Hogan

Trophy was the most closely

contested of the series. For the

first time neither club had a

significant home advantage, as an

equal amount of matches were

played on each course. However,

in the end Pinheiros Altos just

managed to stay ahead of CGQL

by one point.

In total 32 fourball better ball

hosted the 16 mixed pair matches. matches were played over a two

Slowly the overnight deficit was day period. On the Friday morning

eroded, but in the end it was too the Ladies played 8 matches

great to overcome and PA won against each other at Pinheiros

16.5 to 15.5.Altos with PA winning 6.5 to 1.5.

The match was rounded off with a CGQL men did just as badly in the

very convivial barbecue on the afternoon going 5.5 to 2.5 down

temporary clubhouse terrace, to the counterparts, leaving PA in

where the Ben Hogan Trophy was command at the end of day one.

returned to the safekeeping of The comeback started early on

Pinheiros Altos for one more year.Saturday morning when CGQL

St.Patricks Day

Once again the Irish members

came out in force for St.Patrick’s

Day Competition winners were

Colin Reed, Donald Dempsey, Pat

Morrison and Barbara Steinberg.

St.George’s Day

Visit of Castle Golf Club

Red and white was the order of

the day for St.George’s Day.

Competition winners were David

& Hazel Allsop, with Peter and

Kathleen McMannamon.

In February the club was graced

with a visit from the members of

Castle Golf Club in Dublin the

home club of Seamus and Anne

Elmore. Despite the appalling

weather 2 matches were

organised and played, and many

friendships made over the lunch

and dinners spent together.

The club’s Christmas festivities

went ahead with their normal

cheer despite the dismal weather.

For the record about 40 members

were present for the Christmas

fourball competition won by Derek

and Aileen Hickey, and finally,

after many years of trying the Men

beat the Ladies on New Years Day.

Quintassential - Issue No.49CGQL - Clube do Golfe da Quinta do LagoApartado 2138, Quinta do Lago, 8135-024 Almancil, PortugalTel:+351 289 396141 fax:+351 289 394997 Email: cgql.admin@mail.telepac.ptDistributed by mail to all members and published on issuu.comContributions from: Mark Foot, Jane Reason, Ewald Rottland, Anke Döring, David & Linda Morley.3d computer images supplied by Planassociados.© CGQL - Clube do Golfe da Quinta do Lago 2010

Hole-In-One

The following members have

recently registered holes-in-

one:

Congratulations and thanks for

the Champagne!!

Terry Williams

Liv Weset

Nills Klaveness (x2)

David Morley

Dennis O’Callaghan

Laurie Raper (x2)

Hazel Allsop

Peter Johnston

AGM Week 2010Steven Reeves & Nicola Raper are Club Champions

AGM week started on Sunday 21st from Kingsley Borrett and Gerry

March with the Captain's Plate, McNamara (42).

originally the last major event in Thursday was the opening round

the Captains Year but now the first of the Club Championship. A

event of a week of challenging round of 90 by Nicola Raper put

golf. This year the men played on her into an early lead which she

the North Course and the Ladies maintained with an 82 on the

on the South. In the Men's second day to collect her first Club

competition Michael Hickey won Championship title. In the Mens

with a net 70, beating Jorrit Club Championship it went quite

Feldpausch (71) and Frank Lavery literally to the wire - in fact all the

(71) into second and third place way to the last green with Peter

respectively. In the ladies Lomas failing to get up and down

competition Janet Dodd won the with a chip on the 18th, leaving

first of her week's prizes with a Steven Reeves as the new

69, with Dorothy Blair (72) as Champion. Congratulations to

runner-up and Pat Cunningham Janet Dodd (again!) and Dermot

(73) in third. Merry for winning the Mimosa Cup

On Tuesday the Ladies said their and Ria Formosa Cups

last farewells to their Captain, respectively.

Anne Elmore, on Lady Captain’s The final event of the week was

Day. As ever it was a very well the Captain's Drive-in. After the

attended competition with lunch Sunday competition some 100

afterwards. Winner of the Singles members gathered to see the old

Stableford was Pat Fischer (36) Captains, Seamus and Anne

with Janet Dodd as runner-up (36). Elmore, putt out on the 18th

Winners of the Men's Day fourball green, and the new Captains,

betterball, played in the morning George Farrall and Anke Doring

before the AGM itself was Alan drive in on the 10th tee. It was the

Thomson and Dennis White (42) end of a great week!

Competition Winners AGM Week 2010

Captain’s PlateMichael Hickey

Janet Dodd

Lady Captain’s DayPat Fischer

AGM Men’s DayDenis White

Alan Thomson

Club ChampionshipSteven ReevesNicola Raper

Ria Formosa CupDermot Merry

Mimosa CupJanet Dodd

Captain’s Drive-InJane & Peter Beale

Clockwise from top left: Steven Reeves on the 18th, Nicola Raper collects prize, George Farrall & Anke Döring at the Drive-In

Competitions & Events

Div 1(M) Div 2(M) Div 1(L) Div 2(L)

July P.Kershaw P.Johnston J.Heel A.Newhill

August M.Hickey R.Sumner M.Blain P.Morrison

September H-P.Vogt J.Feldpausch T.Derbyshire H.Allsop

October B.Collins J.Kidd J.Heel W.Bennett

November G.Farrall D.O’Callaghan P.Ledbetter D.Blair

December M.Hickey R.Morriss M.McElderry J.Dodd

Monthly Medal Winners July - December 2009

Competition Winners July 2009 - March 2010

Junior Shield

Charlie Williams

Hemmens Trophy

Robert Jones

Marianne Pile

Mixed Fourball Matchplay

Seamus Elmore

Anne Elmore

President’s Putter

Graham Fitch

Dorothy Blair

Birmingham Dribbler

Donald Dempsey &

Derek Collins

Medal Winners Chalice

Dorothy Blair (Ladies)

Seamus Elmore (Men)

New Events in the Yearly Calendar

edition of the Ryder Cup at Celtic Under the auspices of our new

Manor in Wales. This has caused Captains, George Farrall and Anke

us a little bit of rescheduling Döring, the Golf Committee have

since Oktoberfest was initially set agreed a few changes to the

for the final Sunday. Oktoberfest annual and weekly programme of

has now been moved one week events, which we will do our best

earlier to 26th September.to highlight here.

In honour of the Ryder For the next 6 months

Cup, CGQL will hold its (from May 1st through

own Ryder Cup event to the end of October)

on the Tuesday, the Captain's Flutter

Wednesday and will change from a

Thursday beforehand. Thursday to a Friday.

Matches between The first scheduled

honorary 'Americans' start time will be the

and 'Europeans' will be arranged same (12.00) , but preference for

in Betterball, American Foursomes entry into fourballs will be given

and Aggregate Stableford on to people who have signed in on

three consecutive days followed the booking system before 18h00

by a barbecue on the final day.on the previous day. You can still

The Birmingham Dribbler & Flutter roll-up as in the past but you will

Dinner has been moved back one only be allocated into a fourball if

week to allow more members to the numbers work out.

participate. It will continue to be At the beginning of October

held on a Thursday.Europe play the USA in the 38th

Div 1(M) Div 2(M) Div 1(L) Div 2(L)

July P.Kershaw P.Johnston J.Heel A.Newhill

August M.Hickey R.Sumner M.Blain P.Morrison

September H-P.Vogt J.Feldpausch T.Derbyshire H.Allsop

October B.Collins J.Kidd J.Heel W.Bennett

November G.Farrall D.O’Callaghan P.Ledbetter D.Blair

December M.Hickey R.Morriss M.McElderry J.Dodd

Monthly Medal Winners July - December 2009

Monthly Medal Winners July - December 2009

Div 1(M) Div 2(M) Div 1(L) Div 2(L)

January M.Hickey B.Bennett A.Cleary D.Soldani

February D.Dempsey J.Bentley C.Johnston D.Blair

March M.Hickey P.Heel J.York S.Pease

Monthly Medal Winners January - March 2010

Annual Calendar 2010 \ 2011

2010

June Thursday 10 Portuguese National Day

July Friday 16 First Junior Summer Weekly Competition

August Friday 20 Last Junior Summer Weekly Competition

September Sun 12 - Sat 18 Gala Week

Sunday 26 Oktoberfest

Tues 28 - Thurs 30 Ryder Cup Competition

October Fri 14 - Sat 23 Mixed Fourball Matchplay

Tuesday 19 Lady Captains Trophy

Sunday 31 Halloween Dinner

November Sunday 21 President’s Putter

Sunday 28 Thistle Trophy Mixed Foursomes

December Thursday 2 Birmingham Dribbler & Flutter Dinner

Tuesday 7 Ladies Christmas Competition

Wednesday 8 Ladies Christmas Lunch

Sunday 12 Christmas Lunch

Wednesday 15 Men’s Day Champagne Brunch

Sunday 26 Boxing Day Mixed Competition

2011

January Saturday 1 Ladies v Men

February Monday 14 St.Valentine’s Day Competition

Sunday 27 St.David’s Day Trophy

March Thursday 17 St.Patrick’s Day Trophy

Monday 21 Medal Winners’ Chalice

Sunday 27 Captain’s Plate

Tuesday 29 Lady Captain’s Day

Wednesday 30 Annual General Meeting

Thursday 31 Mimosa Cup - Day 1

Thursday 31 Ria Formosa Cup - Day 1

Thursday 25 Club Championship - Day 1

April Friday 1 Mimosa Cup - Day 2

Friday 1 Ria Formosa Cup - Day 2

Friday 1 Club Championship - Day 2

Saturday 2 Annual & Captains Dinner

Sunday 3 Captains Drive-In

Ladies Day - every Tuesday, Men’s Day - every Wednesday

Captain’s Flutter - every Friday, Mixed Competition - every Sunday

Please consult www.cgql.com for full details of weekly competitions