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Boavista Golf Hosts the 2006 Sir Henry Cooper and Mike Reid charity golf classic |
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The second round of the Sir Henry Cooper Mike Reid Charity Golf Classic was held at
Boavista Golf Resort on Thursday 18th May. This popular annual event was raising funds
for the Comedians Golfing Society, the Rockdale Appeal, the Mary Hare Primary
School and the British Heart Foundation.
For the first time in 5 years the weather was not at it’s best and although it stayed dry, a strong wind made conditions difficult for the players. To add a little more interest to this year’s competition the organisers had arranged for a Saab Cabriolet to be the prize for a hole-in-one at Boavista’s 6th hole and if that wasn’t enough, there was also a Club Car golf buggy up for grabs for anyone who completed the same feat at the 14th. |
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Leaders from round one, which had been played at Palmares Golf Club on May 15th
were Sony 1 with celebrity Brian Close, the
former England cricket captain on 87 points,
with teams led by Sion Tudor-Owen and Clive
Abbot only 1 point behind. The difficult
weather conditions made scoring harder and
it was Clive Abbot’s team, Sony 3, who
mastered the course best on day two, in the
process managing to create an overall lead
of 5 points after a superb score of 86. The
joint second place teams were the Regal
Bandits led by Clive Russell and Sion Tudor-Owen’s
Herald Graphics. At the end of play, Phillip
Pope Boavista Resort’s Managing Director,
formally welcomed Sir Henry and Mike before
presenting them with a cheque for £10,000
towards the charity. All of the players and
their guests then gathered at the Boavista
club house for a barbeque with entertainment
provided by the Algarve’s own Ilze with a
little “help” from several of the
celebrities.
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Philip Pope Boavista Resort's MD presents the charity cheque to Sir Henry & Mike |
Sion Tudor-Owen, whose team were the eventual winners, waits to tee off at Boavista |
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Speedways Dave Jessup, the overall celebrity winner. |
In the celebrities individual competition, regular visitor Dave Jessup led the way from day one finishing on level par (72 points) after the rounds at Palmares and Boavista. His experience was always going to be a big factor and Dave, who plays off 3, shot another level par round at Penina to finish a comfortable 4 points ahead of darts player John Lowe. |
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