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Viseu seniors participated today in the fourth round of the "Verão" [summer] circuit with the presence of about forty players. The Caramulo course of Montebelo, which has recovered almost completely after aerating the turf, lost to the trio on the podium. Teresa Cabral starred once again and won once more, with a remarkable 41 points. Paulo Neves got 38 points, José Marques got 37 points, Carlos Rodrigues, Jaime Fernandes and Carlos Figueiredo got 36 points and José Cabral and Dimas Silva got 35 points. José Marques was the best player in the competition with 23 points, Jaime Fernandes stayed behind 2 points, Carlos Rodrigues 3 points, Carlos Tinoco 5 points and Elisabeth Noble at 7 points. We sang Happy Birthday to Carlos Tinoco and José Gonçalves.

Montebelo hosted the 4th CG Viseu / CVRDão OM round with the participation of sixty golfers, representing 8 clubs (Viseu, Army, Benfica, Qª Lágrimas, Oporto, Miramar, Centro and Engenheiros). In addition to the individual event, there was a match between the Viseu club and the CG do Exército, highlighting the first five results of each. The greens on the Caramulo course, already in very good condition (after aeriation), contributed decisively to the good results obtained, the first 16 winning the course. Today was the day of S. Agostinho [Saint Augustine], because Agostinho Lopes (handicap 12.4) categorically won both tables. In net he scored 43 points and was followed by Manuela Domingues with 42 points, Henrique Ferreira with 41 points, João Mendes with 40 points, Vitor Graveto, Bruno Esteves, David Barreto and Francisco Pereira with 39 points and Jorge Sousa, Álvaro Marreco and Manuel Correia all with 38 points. In gross, Agostinho scored 30 points, beating the professional João Couto by 1 point, António Cunha by 2 points, Jorge Sousa by 3 points and Samuel Barros by 4 points. In the match between the two groups, the home team won by about ten points (203-191), thus keeping the trophy.

Some seventy golfers belonging to 10 clubs (Viseu, Quinta das Lágrimas, ACP, Engenheiros, Atlântico, Vidago Palace, Bica, Medico, Prof.  Ed. Física and Golfe PT) participated yesterday in this year’s edition of the Sardinhada [grilled sardines] tournament, which is just the first post-holiday tournament organized by CG Viseu. Although the greens of the Montebelo Caramulo course were not in perfect condition (they were recently aereated), the results reached a very satisfactory level, showing that golf practice was not neglected during the holidays. Luís Gouveia with 41 points was the winner. António Valente followed him with the same score, Álvaro Marreco, Tiago Rocha and Henrique Ferreira presented 38 points and Pedro Almeida (1^st senior), Jorge Sousa and Fernando Simões 37 points. In pure golf, Luiz Albuquerque won with 30 points (João Couto obtained 31, but as he is a professional, the score will not be used for classification) Jorge Sousa obtained 27 points, António Cunha 23 points, Fernando Simões 19 points, Mário Filipe 18 points and Paulo Domingues and José Marques 17 points. Helena Coelho received the sardine for 1^st place, ladies. The famous sardine that gives its name to the competition was present at lunch, but as usual in recent years, mixed grillage was very popular. The awards, as usual, came from the famous SARDINHASBYBORDALLOPINHEIRO collection.

The 8^th edition of the CG Viseu summer tournament brought together more than seventy members and friends in Salgados. Just like last year, Dom Vicente wines accompanied us during lunch time in white, red and rosé versions, with the particularity of being wines from the 1st harvest to be bottled (Monte da Ria), which is produced in the Algarve. Very good results with the "top 8" leading the course. David Hughes was the net winner with 39 points. They were followed by António Machado, Luís Carvalho, Getúlio Jorge and Jorge Ferreira all with 38 points and Noel Belliot, Pedro Pinto and Viriato Teixeira all with 37 points. The best player in the competition was Ricardo Pereira, who once shone in football and is now a golf expert, representing Vilamoura GC with a handicap of 1.7. He presented a card with 34 points, beating António Machado by 3 points, Lourenço Mestre by 4 points and David Hughes and José Ferreira by 5 points. Given that there were players who participated without an approved handicap (therefore, not entitled to prizes), the winners were: Ricardo Pereira (1^st gross), Lourenço Mestre (2^nd gross), David Hughes (1^st net). Luís Carvalho (2^nd net), Getúlio Jorge (3^rd points), Jorge Ferreira (1^st senior) and Fátima Pita (1^st ladies).

The 2^nd competition of the seniors of Viseu was held yesterday at Montebelo’s well-cared for Caramulo course, with the presence of about thirty golfers. Paulo Camacho scored 38 points winning net. He was followed by Luis Abreu scoring 37 points, Álvaro Marreco and Jaime Fernandes scoring 36 points, José Silva Gonçalves and Armando Leitão scoring 35 points, Julie Warner 34 and Joaquim Pires scoring 32 points. Luis Abreu from Guarda, was again the best player in the competition scoring 23 points. Jaime Fernandes came in 1 point behind, Carlos Tinoco 3 points behind, José de Oliveira 4 points behind and Joaquim Pires 5 points behind. Today’s lunch was Chef Carla’s famous "Arroz de pato” [duck rice]

More than 50 players participated today at Montebelo in the RI 14 competition, which was organized by the CG do Exército. The results were very good, with the "top 4" defeating the well-cared for Caramulo course "Orizonte" António Carlos Dias, said goodbye to his 15.1 hand. ega, scoring amazing 43 points. Samuel Barros from Viseu followed him closely with a 40-point card. Hugo Borges (CG do Exército) scored 39 points; José Vaz scored 38 points; Álvaro Marreco and Manuel Cardoso scored 35 points and José de Oliveira, António Álvaro, Pedro Monteiro and Henrique Ferreira all scored 34 points. The best player of the competition was Samuel Barros (handicap 12.1) scoring an amazing 27 points. Pro João Couto also scored 27 points; António Dias scored 26 points, Luiz Albuquerque scored 24 points, António Cunha scored 23 points, José de Oliveira scored 22 points and Carlos Tinoco scored 20 points.

More than thirty seniors participated today on the Montebelo Caramulo course. The competition started with slight fog that remained until about halfway through the course, but afterwards the sun shone, warming everyone. Very good results, the main player being "stôre” Paulo Neves scoring 40 points. JG Adamson scored 38 points. José de Oliveira, António Sá and Alberto Amaral scored 36 points while Álvaro Marreco, Carlos Rodrigues, Jaime Fernandes, Carlos Eduardo Aleixo, Dimas Silva, Luis Abreu and José Silva Gonçales all scored 35 points. The best player of the competition was Giusep Munafo scoring 29 points, and he was followed by José de Olivera 4 points behind, António Sá and Luís Abreu 7 points behind and Carlos Rodrigues and Jaime Fernandes 8 points behind. ALL instructions (Covid related) were followed by the book, both regarding the game and during the lunch, which today was the well-known “Arroz de Costela em Vinha-d’alhos” [Rice with pork ribs marinated in red-wine and garlic].

Today, at Montebelo, was held the 2^nd course of the champions pairs tournament Clube de Golfe Viseu, with the result for THE PAIRS. The pair José Santos / António Luis Valente Martins that yesterday led the net ranking, did not slow down their pace and won with 93 (51 + 42) points. They were followed by the pairs Carlos Tinoco / Luiz Albuquerque and Carlos Duarte / Jorge Sousa scoring 84 points (both 42+42), Pedro Fernandes /António Poeira scoring 83 points (39+44) and Agostinho Lopes / Renato Fernandes scoring 82 points (41+41). In terms of the pure aspect of golf, the pair with the lowest handicap (7) scored 68 points (33+35), winning yesterday’s winners by one point Carlos Duarte / Jorge Sousa scoring (34+33) and by 4 the pair António Cunha / José Santos scoring 30 points, while yesterday they scored 34 points. 

At Montebelo Caramulo course, which is in very good condition, the 4^th competition of the seniors from Viseu was held. Thirty golfers attended the competition, and, as the fog was intense, only due to their good knowledge of the course were they able to play the first holes. For the season’s restart, the results were wery good, as the "top 4" managed to beat the field. The birthday boy of the day, Luís Chaves, was one of the biggest players of the day, as he won the net classification scoring 39 points.  He was followed by Américo Melo and Jaime Fernandes who scored 38 points, Fernando Simões who scored 37 points and Luís Abreu and Adelino Ferreira who scored 36 points. In gross, Carlos Tinoco won although on equal terms (23) with Jaime Fernandes. Fernando Simões scored 19 points, and José Marques and Samuel Barros both scored 18 points. It should be noted that during the competition and after lunch, ALL instructions issued by the competent authorities were strictly followed.

The 4^th competition of the seniors of Viseu, was held yesterday at Montebelo with the presence of about thirty golfers. Zé Ministro took advantage of the excellent weather and beat the field with 39 points, being the only one to beat the Caramulo course. José Marques scoring 36 points and Alberto Amaral scoring 35 points joined him on the podium. José Marques had an excellent birthday present, as he was the best player in the competition scoring 25 points, 4 more than Samuel Barros and 6 more points than Ronald Warner and António Sá.

The seniors of Viseu held yesterday in Montebelo the 3^rd course of this year’s ranking. The forecast pouring rain scared away a large majority of the usual competitors. Given this great handicap, it would be logical that nobody could defeat the Caramulo course, but Yves Marchione took advantage of the alignment of the stars and excelled with amazing 42 points. Alberto Amaral scored 36 points, and Carlos Tinoco and Jaime Fernandes both scored 35 points. Carlos Tinoco scoring 24 points was the gross winner, beating Jaime Fernandes by 2 points and Ives Marchione by 3 points.

Sixty members of CG Viseu participated in the event which kicked off the celebration of its 12^th anniversary.  It was played shotgun with a rainy start (which scared away some of the competitors), but it quickly quieted down, and the remaining competition was played in short sleeves. Most of the sixty players finished the competition. Very good results with the "top 7" leading the field. Young Daniel Antunes will have his name inscribed in the trophy, as he scored the most highly (41). He shared the podium with Ricardo Coelho who scored 40 points and Paulo Neves who scored 39 points. Carlos Duarte scoring 26 points had the best gross performance, beating António Moutinho by 1 point and Luís Abreu by 2. Agostinho Lopes and Helena Coelho had the longest strokes and António Cunha had the most accurate ball on hole 12. After the competition, the general meeting was held, in which accounts and other items on the agenda were approved. The celebration dinner was once again held at the Hotel Príncipe Perfeito, and besides a large number of members and family, those present were: Francisco Loureiro (director-general of Visabeira Turismo) and Ermelinda Afonso (city councillor for Viseu City Council). After dinner the competition prizes were handed out, as well as prizes regarding the previous year’s competitions. The following members were awarded: 1^st Category Jorge Sousa, Jaime Fernandes and Samuel Barros; 2^nd Category Eduardo Pedro Santos, Daniel Antunes and Álvaro Marreco; 3^rd Category Jacinto Pinto David Lopes and Ricardo Coelho, GROSS, José Santos, António Cunha and António Moita; Ladies’ Category Idalina Cardoso, Gay Adamson and Carla Lunet; Seniors’ Category Peter Roche, Luis Chaves and Paulo Domingues; Seniores 4ªfeira Category Net José Marques de Oliveira; Seniores 4ª feira Category Gross Carlos Tinoco. The Club’s winners are: Net- Agostinho Lopes; Gross, Carlos Tinoco; MidAmateur – Agostinho Lopes; Sénior – João Navega; Master Sénior – Álvaro Marreco; Senhora – Gay Adamson. A well-stocked raffle with amazing prizes for all the players present ended the celebration of this club from the Beira region.

The 2^nd competition of the seniors from Viseu was played today. As scheduled, it was played in medal mode (the hole must always be finished) and thirty players took part. The 2^nd meeting of the seniors of Viseu was played today at Montebelo. José Gonçalves’ 71 strokes guaranteed him victory in net, having been the only player to beat the Caramulo field. Jaime Fernandes, Paulo Neves and Manuel Souza followed him 1 stroke behind, Alberto Amaral 2 strokes behind and Idalina Cardoso, José Marques, Ronald Warner and Carlos Rodrigues all 4 strokes behind. Jaime Fernandes managed to turn the course around with 87 strokes. José Marques needed 1 more stroke, Carlos Rodrigues 4 more strokes and Samuel Barros 6 more strokes.

This year’s 6^th monthly competition of the Montebelo/Carlsberg circuit, took place yesterday on the Montebelo Caramulo course and was played by fifty golfers representing 6 clubs (Viseu, Qª Lágrimas, Oporto, Seniores, Centro and Vilamoura). The weather was magnificent, just like any summer day (most players in short sleeves and some already in shorts) and the Caramulo course on the way to its best performance, allowed for excellent results with the "top 8" managing to beat the field. Manuela Domingues (1^st of the 2^nd category) “opened the book” and crushed the entire competition with a 40-point card. She was followed by a group of seven players scoring 37 points led by João Solano (2^nd of the 2^nd category) including Augusta Lopes (1^st lady’s category), Henrique Ferreira, Álvaro Marreco, Paulo Domingues (1^st of the 1^st category), Yves Marchione (2^nd of the 1^st category) and José Marques. José Marques’ 24 points guaranteed him a gross victory, leaving João Navega and Paulo Domingues 2 points behind, and Carlos Miranda, Óscar Carvalho and Carlos Tinoco 3 points behind. Daniel Antunes was the 1^st junior, Renato Fernandes had the longest stroke, the most accurate stroke, the longest and the nearest; and Isabel Guedes had the longest stroke in the ladies’ category.

The 2^nd course of the Circuito Atlântico 2020 was a shotgun with nearly a hundred players from 14 clubs (Viseu, Atlântico, Citynorte, Amarante, Paredes, Vale Pisão, Ponte de Lima, Miramar, Oporto, EDP Guardizela, Cantanhede, Vidago and Seniores) organized by Golf Club Atlântico, at Montebelo. Excellent weather and the Caramulo course which is more in keeping with its former glory, provided the perfect conditions for Jorge Sousa from Viseu, who in addition to winning the two tables, also had the most accurate stroke on hole 17. In net, Jorge obtained 39 points, as did Manuel Cardoso. They were followed by Jorge Bernardo scoring 38 points, Peter Roche scoring 37 points and Jaime Gonzalez, Manuel Ferreira and Rui Rocha, all scoring 35 points. In the real table, Jorge won the whole competition, presenting a card with 26 points. João Baltazar scored 22 points and João Martins and Rui Silva scored 21 points. Of the 10 ladies who participated, Regina Martins was the best, scoring 33 points as well as accumulating the longest stroke. The podium was completed with Teresa Cabral with an equal score and Helena Coelho scoring 32 points. The longest drive, which this time was played on hole 1, was won by José Nunes. The circuit will continue: on the 14^th of March in Mondariz, on the 25^th of April at Montealegre, in Ourense, on the 9^th of May in Miramar, on the 30^th of May in Amarante, on the 13^th of June at Dolce Campo Real, on the 11^th of July in Vale Pisão, on the 12^th of September in Meis Pontevedra, on the 3^rd of October at Bom Sucesso and on the 7^th of November at Vidago Palace.

Last weekend the CG Viseu beginners’ tournament, which aims to bring together new players as well as to have those who have lost their handicap for any reason return, held the 2^nd edition on the Montebelo Caramulo course. Around forty players participated in the 9-hole stableford competition, and the results were very reasonable. Tiago Rocha who scored 19 points was the winner and he was followed by Ricardo with 18 points, Carla Lunet scoring 17 points, Pedro Bidarra and José Arede scoring 16, José Oliveira scoring 15 points, and António Álvaro, David Antunes (1^st junior) and Miguel Antunes scoring 13 points.

More than thirty golfers held the 3^rd course of the winter circuit of seniors from Viseu on the Montebelo Caramulo course today. The competition, played in the stableford/full-handicap mode, had a foggy start because only good knowledge of the course allowed for putting the ball in the fairway. Alberto Amaral, from Mangualde, was the only one to win the Caramulo course in net, scoring 39 points. Samuel Barros scored 34 points, Carlos Figueiredo scored 33, Idalina Cardoso, Armando Leitão and José Marques scored 32 points and Manuel Souza and Carlos Aleixo scored 30 points. Former teacher Samuel Barros, continues to teach, but this time golf classes, and clearly won the gross with 23 points. José Marques scored 21 points, Carlos Tinoco 18 and Idalina Cardoso and Ronald Warner scored 12 points.

Yesterday at Montebelo the “Birdies” tournament was held (a stroke below par), a course which started under fog and rain, but the weather cleared and the sun shone. Even though the Caramulo course was not under the best conditions due to intense rain, the results were very acceptable, as all members of the podium obtained 8 birdies. According to the regulations, the highest place went to Carlos Graça, who was followed by Carlos Tinoco and Ricardo Coelho.

This year’s 5^th round of the Montebelo/Carlsberg circuit was held, under magnificent sunshine and Montebelo’s Caramulo course was already drier. The competition was played in medal mode and the shotgun ran especially smoothly for the “top 5” who played below the field pair. Luís Marques was the winner with 65 strokes, Samuel Barros with 67 strokes, Helena Coelho and António Araújo with 70 strokes and José Marques with 71. Best performance of the event was obtained by Samuel Barros, who presented a card with 80 strokes. José Marques was 5 strokes behind the leader and João Navega 6 strokes.
The prizes were distributed as follows: Samuel Barros (1^st gross), António Araújo and José Marques (1^st and 2^nd of 1^st category), Luís Marques and Jorge Silva (1^st and 2^nd of 2^nd category), Helena Coelho (1^st in the ladies’ category), Daniel Antunes (1^st junior), Augusto Lourenço (ball closest to the flag on hole 12) and Isabel Guedes and António Araújo (longest strokes on hole 5).

Today’s Montebelo event had a difficult start, with thick fog and light rain throughout almost the entire circuit. To these setbacks, we must also add the extremely heavy condition of the Caramulo course, hence Jorge Sousa’s 34 points were enough to guarantee him the net victory. Luís Chaves, Yves Marchione and João Navega scored 33 points, Carlos Alves 32 and João Couto and Henrique Ferreira 31 points. João Couto (pro) with 31 points was the 1^st gross winner. Jorge Sousa scored 24 points, João Navega 20, Carlos Alves 17 and Jorge Toste and Yves Marchione 16 points.

The first 9 holes of the Montebelo Caramulo course, today received the 1^st tournament of the Clube de golfe de Viseu “Iniciados” (Beginners). Fifteen players participated in the competition (most of them for the 1^st time), a shotgun played in Stableford/full-handicap mode, in splendid sunshine. The results were good and Miguel Antunes beat the course by 2 strokes (20 points). He had two winners to keep him company: Luís Leitão who scored 18 points and Luís Costa who scored 17 points.

The special prizes for the most scored in pairs 3, were awarded to Luís Costa and António Ramos both scoring 6 points.

In the P&P “Iniciados” score, Daniel Antunes scored 21 points and Sebastião Saraiva scored 18 points.

The 4^th competition of the Montebelo/Carlsberg circuit, took place yesterday on the Montebelo Caramulo course, played by fifty golfers representing 9 clubs (Viseu, Qª Lágrimas, ACP, Seniores, Centro, Engenheiros, Oporto, Benfica and Médico). The shotgun Stableford/full-handicap started with unpleasant cold weather, but soon the radiant sun warmed up those fearless players who showed up. Only the main player Reinaldo Timóteo managed to beat the course. In net Reinaldo scored 39 points and Jorge Sousa and Luís Chaves scored 36 points. In gross he scored 28 points, 4 more than Jorge Sousa and 5 more than António Moita. The most accurate stroke on hole 12 was António Cunha’s, the longest on hole 5 belonged to Helena Coelho and José Santos; Isabel Guedes was the 1^st in the ladies’ category and Daniel Antunes the 1^st junior.

Friends do not forget João Vinagre and today there were more than fifty at Montebelo, playing the 7^th edition of the competition, which is intended to make sure our captain’s memory lives on forever. The competition was played in medal mode with a 3/4 handicap (his preferred mode), under magnificent sun, but with a very heavy Caramulo course, although more than forty pine trees were cleared away due to the passage of the Elsa and Fabian storms. António Marques, a renowned lawyer and entrepreneur associated with Viseu, was the net winner and will have his name inscribed on the trophy. He presented a 73-stroke card, José Marques followed with 76, Jorge Sousa 77 and Luís Abreu 78. Gross score was led by José Marques although in the same number of strokes as Jorge Sousa (86), followed by Luís Abreu with 89.

The 3^rd monthly Montebelo competition was held on the Caramulo course, which was extremely heavy and always under pouring rain, scaring away a large majority of the usual competitors. Under these adverse weather conditions, poor results were to be expected, because only the winner of the competition, Carlos Tinoco, managed to beat the course.

Carlos scored 38 points, José Santos scored 36 points, António Poeira scored 35 points and José Marques, Pedro Correia and José Cunha Santos all scored 31 points.

José Santos and Luiz Albuquerque scored 28 gross points, José won with the best 2^nd round. They were followed by young João Iglésias who scored 27 points, Carlos Tinoco who scored 25 points, and Pedro Iglésias, António Cunha and José Marques who all scored 21 points.

Receiving awards were: Carlos Tinoco and António Poeira (1^st category), José Cabral and Álvaro Marreco (2^nd category), José Santos (1^st gross), João Iglésias (1^st junior), Idalina Cardoso (1^st ladies’ category and longest stroke), Luiz Albuquerque (longest stroke) and José Marques (nearest to the pin).

The 5^th autumn/winter circuit tournament was played today by more than twenty players on the Montebelo Caramulo course, under magnificent sun and on the already less heavy course. Pedro Porto de Aguiar won and he was the only player to win the field by a stroke. Paulo Neves equalized the field (36), Luís Chaves 35, Julie Warner 33, Manuel Souza and Américo Melo 31 and Alberto Amaral and José Silva Gonçalves 30. Samuel Barros was once again the best player in the competition scoring 16 points, Pedro Porto de Aguiar scored 15 points, José de Oliveira scored 14 points and Ronald Warner scored 12 points. Today’s lunch was the well-known “Arroz de Costela em Vinha-d’alhos” [Rice with pork ribs marinated in red-wine and garlic].

The already traditional salt cod tournament was played today at Montebelo, organized by the Clube de Golfe de Viseu. Yesterday the 7^th edition of the competition had fifty players, who had a great day to practice the sport, as the sun shone and the Caramulo course was already less heavy. Hence, results were higher, with the top 7 winners beating the course and doing so by a significant margin. At the top of the net score was once again Samuel Barros who took the opportunity to roll out the entire competition scoring an amazing 44 points, thus winning the biggest salt cod. He was followed by Carlos Duarte and José Santos scoring 41 points (who won two large salt cods), Peter Roche scoring 40 points (who won a medium salt cod) and José Marques (who won a small salt cod) and Luiz Albuquerque scoring 39 points, Álvaro Marreco scoring 38 points, and Carlos Miranda and Jorge Serra scoring 37 points. Luiz Albuquerque was the best player in the competition scoring 35 points, José Santos scored 31 points and Carlos Duarte and João Couto scored 28 points. As it should be, the great sea fish belonging to the family Gadidae was present at lunch. It was eaten raw, in “pataniscas” [battered codfish cakes] and “à lagareiro” [grilled].

This weekend, Expresso/Bpi competition was held once again at Montebelo. Initially there were 26 teams, but only half of them and one drawn winner played the 2^nd round. Once again, the tradition/curse was maintained, as the teams with the best score failed big time. DELTA Q, who won easily on the 1^st day scoring 93 points, totally sank and on the 2^nd day scored 72 points; CALCITEC which had scored 83 points dropped to 80 points; and APARECIDA SEGUROS which had scored 81 dropped to 68 points. As the results of the 1^st day are only used as a way to enter the 2^nd day, all players started on even terms. MERCEDES-BENZ/SODICENTRO was the big winner scoring 84 points (80 on the 1^st day) with the pair M. Soares/C. Van Zeller scoring 44 points and J. Jones/João Martins scoring 40 points. To choose the 2^nd team playing in the Azores’ final competition, a play-off on the putting green (according to the regulations) was necessary among the three teams that scored 81 points. The BLACKETT team secured the 2^nd position, after its representative placed the ball 69 cm from the hole and BODYLAB (ball at 1.04 meters) came in 3^rd. This was followed by NMM (ball at 6,13 meter), CALCITEC, SOTARVIL and BPI-1 scoring 80 points, BETWEEN EQUATIONS and BPI-2 scoring 78 points, PARADOR OF CASA DA ÍNSUA scoring 75 points, DELTA Q scoring 72 points, MONTEBELO AGUIEIRA LAKE RESORT scoring 69 points, APARECIDA SEGUROS scoring 68 points, and MONTEBELO VISTA ALEGRE ÍLHAVO scoring 66 points. It is important to mention the excellent planning of Media Golf, as well as the flawless conditions of the Montebelo greens.

The Clube de Golfe Quinta das Lágrimas came to Montebelo to hold this year’s 3^rd Ordem de Mérito competition. Fifty players were present on behalf of 5 clubs (Qª Lágrimas, Viseu, Arquitetos, ACP and Cantanhede), enjoying an amazing day playing golf. The weather was fine and the Caramulo courses’ green were excellent. Jorge Silva, from Coimbra, (1^st of the 2^nd category) was the one who took greatest advantage, as he excelled the net score, with a card of an amazing 47 points (having confided to us, that this was one of those days, when everything goes well).

Sérgio Nuno Dias finished 2^nd, scoring 43 points and obtaining a hole-in-one on hole 8. Following him were Arnaldo Paredes (handicap 8,4 ega) scoring 40 points (1^st of 1^st category), Rui Brás and Luís Gouveia (1^st of 3^rd category) scoring 37 points and João Monteiro, Doris Botijo, Mário Filipe (1^st senior) and Pedro Iglésias all scoring 36 points. Arnaldo Paredes was the best player in the competition, scoring 31 points, Hugo E. Santo, scoring 29 points, João Monteiro and Pedro Iglésias, scoring 25 points. Miguel Peixoto and Teresa Cabral had the longest strokes on hole 5 and Pedro Iglésias the most accurate stroke on hole 12.

Today very good results at the Rota dos Vinhos do Dão tournament were obtained, part of the OM of the Clube de Golfe de Viseu, a competition which had fifty players registered. The net table was led by Jacinto Pinto scoring 42 points, João Batanete scoring 40 points and Peter Roche and Eduardo Santos scoring 38 points. In gross score, José Santos won once again scoring 27 points, while João Couto and Jorge Sousa scored 25 points and Agostinho Lopes scored 23 points. Helena Coelho was the 1^st in the ladies’ category, Bruno Melo made the longest stroke and António Araújo placed the ball closest to the flag.

After the excellent buffet meal, the directors and sponsors delivered the golf prizes and drew the prizes from the raffle drum (plenty of wine bottles from the Rota dos Vinhos do Dão, the renowned red and sparkling Viriatvs wine, Bodylab academy vouchers, as well as a variety of golf equipment).

The 2^nd competition of the winter circuit of the Viseu seniors was played today on the Montebelo Caramulo course by more than thirty golfers. Today’s results on net score show us the winning trio scoring 35 points, with Luís Chaves at the head as well as Carlos Aleixo and Ronald Warner, followed by Austin O’Malley scoring 34 points and Luís Marques, José Gonçalves and Manuel Souza scoring 33 points. Carlos Tinoco, scoring 20 points, was the best player in the competition. José de Oliveira scored 19 points, Ronald Warner scored 18 points, and Samuel Barros, Álvaro Marreco and Luís Chaves scored 15 points.

More than thirty players took part in the 1^st winter circuit competition of Viseu seniors. The shotgun start began with some cold, but soon the sun shone, warming everyone and melting the frost. However, the results live up to the good weather, as the winner scored 33 points. Luís Chaves was 1^st position although scoring the same 33 points as Gay Adamson. They were followed by Miguel Jacinto, Samuel Barros, Dimas Silva and Ronald Warner scoring 32 points; and by Manuel Souza, Carlos Tinoco, Carlos Aleixo and Carlos Rodrigues all scoring 31 points. In gross, the 20 points scored by Carlos Tinoco guaranteed him a loose victory, as Samuel Barros scored 3 points behind; José de Oliveira scored 4 points behind, António Moita scored 6 points behind; and Gay Adamson scored 7 points behind.

Some fifty players representing 8 national clubs (Viseu, Arquitetos, Centro, Qª Lágrimas, Ponte de Lima. Miramar, ACP and PGA), took part yesterday in the Montebelo New Year Tournament. The icy course when the shotgun started, made the competition very difficult, as the icy greens did not receive the ball properly. Only José Santos, who was the best player in the competition, managed to b the Caramulo course with only one stroke. António Sanganha and Paulo Ramos matched the field par (36), Jorge Sousa scored 35 points, Luís Marques, Agostinho Lopes and Gay Adamson scored 33 points, Teresa Cabral and Carlos Tinoco scored 32 points. In the real table José Santos scored 28 points, 5 points ahead of António Cunha, 6 points ahead of Jorge Sousa and 7 points ahead of Carlos Tinoco and Agostinho Lopes. The prizes were as follows: José Santos (1^st gross), António Sanganha (1^st net), Paulo Ramos (2^nd net), Gay Adamson (1^st ladies’ category), Rui Viçoso (longest), Luis Marques (nearest) and José de Oliveira (best 2^nd shot).

More than thirty golfers participated today in the last Montebelo competition of the current year. The competition was played on the Caramulo course, which is almost completely recovered, under a magnificent sunny Spring day. The Brit Ronald Warner was the best at the net score, and he matched the field’s par. Ron thus scored 36 points; Samuel Barros followed him scoring 35 points; Francisco Lopes, Paulo Domingues and Vitor Costa scoring 33 points; Luís Chaves and Miriam Blugh scoring 32 points, and Álvaro Marreco and Jorge Sousa scoring 30 points. One of the most recent seniors at CG Viseu, Carlos Rodrigues, turned up today, scoring 19 points, and obtained the main title of the gross score. Samuel Barros was 2^nd on this table scoring 18 points together with Paulo Domingues; Jorge Sousa scored 17 points; Ronald Warner scored 16 points; Jaime Fernandes scored 15 points, and Vitor Costa scored 14 points. Special prizes went to Manuel Souza and Maria Helena (longest strokes) and Rui Miranda (most accurate ball). The winners of the different circuits of the year were also awarded: Summer circuit - Carlos Tinoco (1^st gross), Armando Leitão (1^st net) and Dimas Silva (2^nd net).

Autumn Circuit - Carlos Tinoco (1^st gross), Alberto Amaral (1^st net) and Carlos Aleixo (2^nd net). Winter Circuit - L. Seixas (1^st gross), Ronald Warner (1^st net) and Gay Adamson (2^nd net). Ranking - Carlos Tinoco (1^st gross), Samuel Barros (1^st net), Alberto Amaral (2^nd net), Luís Chaves (3^rd net) and Armando Leitão (1^st master).

The Montebelo Christmas competition was played yesterday on the Caramulo course and was attended by 26 teams (2 players), as usual in the Texas-scramble/full-handicap mode, and as it is Christmas with the benefit of no limited outputs. As it is commonly said that Christmas is for children, young players proved to be excellent in the net score. The champion pair Daniel Antunes and Eduardo Dokas are both good students at Escola Alves Martins in Viseu. Daniel is 13 years old, attends the 8^th grade and has been practising golf for 5 years, now having a handicap of 28. Dokas has 14 years old, attends the 9^th year, has been playing golf for a year with a handicap of 41. These champions scored an amazing 59 points (and according to witnesses, they could have done even better) and were followed by the pairs Carlos Ferreira/David Lopes (uncle and nephew) and by Pedro Correia/Jacinto Pinto scoring 49 points, by Carlos Graça/Bruno Esteves scoring 48 points and by António Cunha/Filipe Rabaça scoring 47 points. In terms of the pure aspect of golf, the two professionals in the competition João Couto/Rui Bazilio scored 36 points, António Cunha/Filipe Rabaça scored 34 points, and Bruno Melo/Carlos Tinoco scored 36 points. The Associação de Solidariedade Social de Farminhão [Solidarity association] was very pleased as to receive part of this competition revenue.

The already traditional salt cod tournament was played today at Montebelo, organized by the Clube de Golfe de Viseu. The rain, although in the form of drizzle, was present throughout the competition, compromising the results. Filipe Rabaça won the giant salt cod upon presenting a card with 38 points. Bruno Melo and José Santos scored 37 points and received a large and a medium salt cod. Agostinho Lopes won a small salt cod, as well as a giant one won in the raffle drawing, and Jorge Toste who was 5^th took a small salt cod home. The best players in the competition were José Santos scoring 27 points, Bruno Melo scoring 26 e o Agostinho Lopes scoring 24.

 The fifth competition of the Circuito de Outono of the seniors from Viseu, gathered around thirty golfers on the Montebelo Caramulo course. The good weather and the drier course now allowed Gay Adamson a high-level performance, as she literally melted the course scoring 41 points.  She was followed by another British citizen, Austin O’Malley who scored 35 points, by Teresa Cabral who scored 34 points and Armando Leitão 33. Carlos Tinoco also had no difficulty winning in gross, as he scored 20 points, against Fernando Simões’ 17 points and José de Oliveira’s 16 points.

This weekend the Clube de Golfe de Viseu played, on the Montebelo Caramulo course, the Taça Vista Alegre competition, as well as chose various champions of the club for this year. At the Taça Vista Alegre, which is played under net mode, young Daniel Antunes will have his name inscribed on the trophy, as he won scoring a total of 144 strokes - with 73 strokes on the 1^st round and 71 on the 2^nd round, sharing the podium with Filipe Rabaça who scored 146 (76 + 70) and José Santos scoring 152 (80 + 72). In the selection of gross champions, Luiz Albuquerque, won the main title with a great advantage over all the competitors, with a total of 161 strokes (80 + 81). José Santos won in the mid-amateur category with 172 (90 + 82), António Cunha won in the senior category with 176 (89 + 87), José Artur became senior master with 218 (104 + 114) and Sandra Baptista became the champion of the ladies’ category with 200 (100 + 100).

More than thirty players took part in the 4^th competition of Viseu senior citizens, played on the Caramulo course of Montebelo. In this rainy autumn phase, the course is very heavy and although the greens are in very good condition, false strokes are common and, as a consequence, the results were below average. Rui Miranda was the one with the least poor performance, winning net with a score of 34 points. He was followed by the Brit Jane O’Malley and by Carlos Aleixo scoring 33 points, Alberto Amaral scoring 32 points, Helena Coelho scoring 31 points, Paulo Camacho scoring 30 points and Hermenegildo Morgado and Austin O’Malley scoring 29 points. As for gross score, Carlos Tinoco’s 15 points guaranteed him the victory, leaving José de Oliveira and Paulo Camacho 2 points behind and Manuel Seixas and Samuel Barros 3. Today’s special treat was “Mão de vaca com feijão” [Cow foot with beans] paired with excellent wine (white, red and sparkling wine) from the Bairrada region, the result of the of the partnership between cellars S. João/Américo Melo, topped off with “Doce de Abóbora com Requeijão” [Pumpkin jam with ricotta cheese] brought by Carlos Almeida and homemade spirits brought by José Silva Gonçalves.  At the end of the meal, Pedro Porto de Aguiar (FPG referee) explained the new golf rules that will come into force on the 1^st of January.  In order to adapt to the new legislation, it was agreed that the seniors’ Christmas tournament to be played under Texas-scramble mode on the 19^th will be played with the new rules.

Montebelo’s eighth monthly competition was held on the Montebelo Caramulo course, on a magnificent sunny day, and although the greens are in very good condition, the course is still quite heavy.  Samuel Barros in the net table and António Cunha in the real table were the main players of this competition. Samuel Barros (was 1^st of the 1^st category) scored 36 points and was followed by Isabel Guedes (1^st of the ladies’ category) also scoring 36 points, Sandra Baptista who scored 35 points, Pedro Correia (who was 2^nd of the 1^st category) scoring 34 points, Jorge Rodrigues (1^st of the 2^nd category), Filipe Rabaça (2^nd of the 2^nd category) and José Santos all scoring 33 points and Jorge Silva, José Pinto and Idalina Cardoso scoring 32 points. António Cunha scored 24 points, defeating José Santos by 1 point, Cristina Fonseca and Carlos Miranda by 4 and Carlos Duarte, Samuel Barros, Isabel Guedes and Jorge Toste by 5 points. Daniel Lauro Antunes (1^st junior), Jorge Rodrigues and Sandra Baptista (longest strokes at hole 5) and Cristina Fonseca (ball closest to the flag at hole 12) were also awarded.

Nine national clubs (Viseu, Quinta das Lágrimas, ACP, Centro, Oporto, Nortada, Médico, Miramar and Castro Marim GC) were represented today at the 7^th Montebelo/Carlsberg course this year, organized at Montebelo by Bruno Melo and the referee Pedro Porto Aguiar, where about sixty players participated.  The greens at the Caramulo course and the good weather both pointed towards good results, but perhaps due to the fact that the competition was played in medal mode (more penalizing for higher handicaps), and the fact that the fairways were very heavy due to the rain, those results did not appear. Only the champion Idalina Cardoso managed to win and more than half of the participants played using more than one hundred strokes. Idalina Cardoso won with 70 strokes, Álvaro Tavares, Rui Viçoso and Fernando Pimentel played with 73 strokes and Pedro Iglésias, Paulo Domingues and Samuel Barros with 74. Fernando Pimentel was the best player with a 85-stroke course, Pedro Iglésias needed 1 more stroke, António Moita and António Cunha 2 more strokes, and Paulo Jorge Domingues, João Navega and Fernando Martins 4 more strokes.  The following were awarded: Pedro Iglésias and Paulo Domingues (1^st and 2^nd of the 1^st category), Álvaro Tavares and Rui Viçoso (1^st and 2^nd of the 2^nd category), Idalina Cardoso (1^st in the Ladies category) Daniel Antunes (1^st junior category), Fernando Pimentel (1st gross category), Nuno Oliveira (ball closest to the flag) and Sandra Baptista and José Santos (longest strokes).

José Santos was the main player of the São Martinho tournament, which took place at Montebelo, played on the wet Caramulo course although the weather was welcoming, without rain. José Santos was the first to play and besides being the only player beating by a stroke, he also was unquestionably the best player scoring 28 gross points. In the net round, Zé was followed by Filipe Rabaça scoring 36 points, António Cunha and Paulo Ramos scoring 34 points, Bruno Melo scoring 33 points, Pedro Porto de Aguiar and Ricardo Coelho scoring 31 points, Teresa Cabral scoring 30 points, Álvaro Marreco scoring 29 points and Samuel Barros scoring 26 points. For pure score, Zé scored 2 points ahead António Cunha, 6 points ahead Bruno Melo and 8 points ahead Filipe Rabaça.

There were sixty players representing 5 clubs (Qª Lágrimas, Viseu, Centro, Ass. Bairrada and Vilamoura) who participated today at Montebelo, in the 7th ORDEM DE MÉRITO from Coimbra. Filipe Rabaça (from Viseu) was the most scored (38), thus winning the trophy for the best guest. João Carvalho, John Jones, Elisabete Pinto and Vicente Gouveia all scored 37; and Jorge Sousa and Pedro Iglésias scored 36. In gross round, Vicente Gouveia planned his victory well, presenting a card with 26 points, 2 points ahead of Pedro Iglésias and João Iglésias, 3 ahead of Jorge Sousa and 4 points ahead of António Cunha. The categories were as follows: 1^st Filipe Rabaça scoring 38 points, John Jones and Elisabete Pinto 37 scoring points. 2^nd João Carvalho scoring 37 points, Sérgio Nuno Damas and Álvaro Marreco scoring 35 points. 3^rd Luís Gouveia scoring 35 points, Carlos Ferreira scoring 33 and Carlos Silva scoring 29. José Augusto and Gay Adamson had the longest strokes on hole 5 and Jorge Toste was the one who managed to place the ball closest to hole 12, just 5 cm from it.

The circuit Associação Empresarial de Portugal moved forward with a round in which 32 teams participated, held on the Caramulo course, played in the Stableford pairs mode with the result of the two members. The ANTARTE 2 team won scoring 70 points (Vítor Rocha 37 and Rui Mendes 33), exceeding MUNDOTEXTIL (José Lima 36 and Fernando Lopes 33) and ALMAS DESIGN (José Pinto 35 and Elisabete Pinto 34) by 1 point. Regarding gross scoring, the MONTEBELO GOLFE team won by scoring 54 points (Luiz Albuquerque 29 and Carlos Tinoco 25), followed by MUNDOTEXTIL with 52 (José Lima 27 and Fernando Lopes 25) and FISIOPRIME scoring 45 points (José Santos 24 and Carlos Duarte 21). The couple, Ricardo Abrantes and Ivone Tomás had the longest shot and Holger Zipp on hole 8 and Helena Coelho on the 12^th (this one with a hole-in-one, a feat she obtained with a hybrid iron) won the nearest. Although not awarded, as this was a pair competition, it is worth mentioning the amazing performance of António Cunha (handicap 9) who won the net scoring 41 points and the gross scoring a fantastic 32 points. The round, which was well organized by José Manuel Cordeiro, ended with Montebelo’s famous buffet and a raffle drawing with great prizes.

As part of the OM of the Clube de Golfe de Viseu, the 6^th event was held today at Montebelo, sponsored by Chão da Quinta wine, which is owned by Quinta de S. Francisco de Lourosa de Cima. More than 60 golfers participated, representing 7 clubs (Viseu, Seniores, Centro, Oporto, Qª Lágrimas, Ass. Bairrada and Vidago).  They enjoyed a great day of golf and had the opportunity to taste one of the best wines of the Dão region, specifically the famous “Chão da Quinta” wines.  Carla Lunet “opened the book today” and crushed the entire competition, scoring an amazing 43 pints. David Lopes scored 42 points, Luís Marques 39, Jorge Toste 38 while José Ramalheira, Filipe Rabaça, Carlos Almeida and António Sanganha all scored 37. José Santos was the best player in the competition scoring 28 points, leaving Luiz Albuquerque, António Araújo and Jorge Toste 4 points behind. Helena Coelho won in the ladies’ category, José Ramalheira was the 1^st senior, Luís Marques got the most accurate shot on the 12^th hole and Luis Albuquerque won the longest shot on the 5^th hole. The sponsor’s award-winning wines were tasted and greatly appreciated, both at the bar and during lunch. Some of the famous “Chão da Quinta” wines complemented the prizes, and were won by some fortunate ones in the raffle drawing. This round marked a change in the managing team as well, as Rita Fidalgo will be replaced by Bruno Melo. Bruno Melo, who thus returns to a place he knows well, as he began working with the Grupo Visabeira by managing the Montebelo field, where he also started practising golf, becoming an expert golfer.

Nineteen national clubs (Médico, Millennium BCP, Viseu, Bica, Oporto, Ass. Bairrada, Benfica, Qª Lágrimas, Lisbon, Centro, Belas, Braga, Nortada, Aroeira, Santander Totta, Xira Golfe, Engenheiros, Beloura and Évora) were represented in the tournament that took place today on the Montebelo Caramulo course.

The pleasant weather and the greens that have been almost completely redone (after aeration), provided good results in general, with a winning trio conquering the course. The usual guests of Montebelo took the matter into their own hands and won the two league tables. Regarding net, José Gonçalves was in the lead, even though Manuela Domingues scored 40 points as well. Mário Duarte scored 37 points and Joaquim Júlio, Luis Marques, Lourenço Barreto and Antero Oliveira all scored 35 points. For pure score, Luiz Albuquerque imposed his handicap (3) and clearly won with 26 points, 3 more than José Santos, 5 more than Jorge Toste and Reinaldo Timóteo and 6 more than Carlos Tinoco and Filipe Correia.

The QR do Centro was played today at Montebelo by 23 teams (4 players) and in the usual Texas scramble pair mode with 3/4 handicap, 8 outs for each player and with a joker bonus during the round. The MONTEBELO GOLFE team was strong and won this 1^st day with 87 points. The feat was curiously led by two couples, Miranda and Cabral, with Carlos Miranda/Isabel Guedes (handicap 11) scoring 44 points and José Cabral/Teresa Cabral scoring 43 (handicap 20). The VISTA ALEGRE team scored 86 points (Maria Costa/Vítor Costa 49 and Bruno Esteves/Álvaro Tavares scored 37) and BPI team 1 scored 85 points (Luís Campos/João Antunes 44 and Rui Cabral/Sandra Baptista 41). These made the cut: MARQUES DA CRUZ & FºS – 2 (84), LGSP SPORTS (83), EUROPCAR (83), MARQUES DA CRUZ & FºS – 3 81), MERCEDES BENZ-SODICENTRO (81), ALLIANZ (79), ROCKSPRINT (78), MONTEBELO HOTELS & RESORTS (77) and SANFIL MEDICINA (by drawing lots). Of the several special prizes, José Fernandes won the nearest, Cristina Fonseca and António Araújo the longest drives, José Santos the drive to the major, José Cabral the putter contest and the pair António Portugal/Alexandre Castelo won the best gross par.

MONTEBELO HOTELS & RESORT and EUROPCAR are the teams that will play the final in the Azores, as they reached the top positions on the 2^nd day of centre qualification of this prestigious national circuit. The Montebelo Hotels & Resort team scored 91 points (Jorge Sousa/Carlos Duarte 47 and António Araújo/Jorge Toste 44), while Europcar scored 83 points (Carlos Alves/António Sanganha 43 and António Moutinho/Artur Ferreira 40. VISTA ALEGRE came in last place scoring 81 points, MARQUES DA CRUZ & FºS (2) scored 80, LGSP SPORT, ROCKSPRINT and BPI (1) 79, MARQUES DA CRUZ & FºS (3) and MERCEDES-BENZ SODICENTRO 78, SANFIL MEDICINA 75 as well as ALLIANZ and MONTEBELO GOLF 74.

Jorge Toste was the big winner at the 6^th monthly event of Montebelo, where he won the two league tables. The event had about fifty players from 7 national clubs (Viseu, Centro, Qª das Lágrimas, Aroeira, Seniores, Médico and Royal Óbidos) and was played in stableford/full-handicap mode in shotgun. Jorge won in gross scoring with 27 points, 2 more than António Cunha, four more than José Santos and 5 more than Leonel Seixas and Carlos Miranda. In net score, which had four players beating the Caramulo course, Jorge said goodbye to his 14.7 handicap, as he scored 43 points. He was followed by Rui Viçoso scoring 42 points, Isabel Guedes 40, Alberto Montoya 37 and Carlos Graça, Filipe Rabaça, Leonel Seixas and Pedro Correia all scoring 36. José Santos and Cristina Fonseca won the longest and Alberto Montoya won the nearest.

Twenty-two pairs participated today in the Montebelo Caramulo course in the OF Seguros competition, a shotgun played in the four ball better ball with 3/4 handicap. Pricked greens, which make the puts even more complicated, once again did not impede excellent results. The pair António Rendeiro/Rui Brás won scoring 43 points, leaving the 2^nd position to the Guardizela team, composed of two P&P stars, Hugo Espírito Santo and Gonçalo Rodrigues, who completed the course with 39 points, as well as the pair Sérgio Nuno Damas/Sérgio Damas, who with this result (although without official confirmation) will have been the winner of the circuit, showing fantastic regularity, as they had never won any event. For actual score, the P&P wonder pair Hugo and Gonçalo stood out with 35 points, leaving the pair Pedro Iglésias/João Iglésias 2 points behind and the net champion team (António Rendeiro/Rui Brás) 6 points behind. The longest stroke of hole 5 belonged to Gonçalo Rodrigues and the closest ball to hole 12 was made by Pedro Iglésias.

Held at Montebelo the 3^rd edition of the International House Tournament, which was attended by more than seven dozen golfers and which was once again organized by our fellow golfer Gay Adamson (director of the Viseu School) presented amazing results. Contrary to what would be expected, as holes had been punched in the greens for aeration, the results were absolutely amazing, namely from the wining trio. The net victory was to João Sousa with an extraordinary 46 points. Afterwards were António Silva scoring 45, Eduardo Santos 42, Carlos Miranda, Ronald Warner and Renato Fernandes 40, Jorge Toste 39, Sofia Sá 38 as well as Manuela Domingues and Leonel Seixas 36. Champion Sofia Sá took the opportunity to add a few more tenths to her 2.2 handicap ega, presenting a card with 35 points (1 stroke above the real pair of the field); Carlos Miranda continues on his way to the single digit handicap achieving 28 points, João Couto 27, José Santos 25, Renato Fernandes, Leonel Seixas and Jorge Toste scoring 23. The prizes will be distributed as follows: Sofia Sá (grand champion), João Sousa, António Coutinho and Eduardo Santos (1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd net), Manuela Domingues (1^st lady), Eduardo Docas (1^st junior), Idalina Cardoso (nearest) and Elisabete Noble and Miguel São Bento (longest drives). The well-stocked raffle had amazing prizes, including golf equipment, wines, golf course vouchers and lots of International House vouchers (which can be used in the many cities where this renowned school is located).

The Clube de Golfe de Viseu, held today, on the well-kept greens of the Montebelo’s Caramulo course, the 5^th OM event of 2018, sponsored by Quinta dos Monteirinhos. About sixty golfers answered the call, representing 8 clubs (Viseu, Médicos, Centro, Oporto, ACP, Ass. Bairrada, Seniores and Miramar), with the first 7 defeating the field. The winner was José Moita who scored 39 points.
Portuguese-French Cristina Sousa scored 38 and David Lopes, Artur Ferreira, José Santos, Luís Chaves and Sandra Baptista all scored 37. Artur Ferreira was the best player in the competition, after breaking a tie with José Santos, as both scored 27 points in the end, followed by Leonel Seixas scoring 26, Carlos Tinoco 24 and António Cunha 23. The amazing Qª dos Monteirinhos wines were tasted and greatly appreciated, an extra award for the winners.

A shotgun with more than seventy players was played yesterday at Montebelo, organized by CG Viseu, called the Sardinhada Tournament and which for a few years has restarted the season after the holidays. From the results obtained, everything points to golfers from Viseu not neglecting their training, since the eleven most important players beat the well-kept Caramulo course. Sandra Baptista had the best performance in the net classification with 42 points (17 + 25). Carlos Almeida also scored 42 points (23+19), Helena Coelho, Cristina Sousa and Miguel Costa 41, José Moita 40, Isabel Guedes and Jorge Toste 38, Filipe Fernandes, Artur Ferreira and Francisco Lopes all scored 37. Artur Ferreira was the best player in the competition with 27 points, Christian Stenevinge and Carlos Miranda had 26, while Cristina Sousa scored 24.The beautiful “Bordalo Pinheiro” sardines were the prizes awarded to the winners.

As has become the custom, some thirty seniors participated today on the well-kempt Montebelo Caramulo course in this 3^rd summer tournament.  Very good results came out of this, with the top three on the podium conquering the course. Miguel Jacinto took the tournament with 40 points, followed by Hermenegildo Morgado with 38, Rui Miranda 37, Dimas Silva and Jorge Toste 36, José Gonçalves and Armando Leitão 35, Samuel Barros 34 and finally Alberto Amaral with 32. Samuel Barros was the best players at the tournament with 21 points, beating Jorge Toste by 2 points and Daniel Coutinho by 3.

Next Wednesday, the 25th, the 4th Senior Tournament will take place, which will be played “Flags”.  Tee off will be at tee 1, with “tee time” starting at 8 am, making groups as players enrol at the reception of Golfe Montebelo, on that day. This will be the the last seniors tournament before stopping for holidays in the month of August.  Activities for seniors will restart on the 5^th of September, with the 8^th Senior Ranking tournament of 2018.

Spectacular weather today at Montebelo for pulling off the Julia Kemper Wines tournament, organised by the Viseu Golf Club, the 4^th tournament of the Ordem de Mérito this year. The tournament had some 60 participants and around 20% (some perfectly) conquered the Caramulo course. Carlos Ferreira, who has made a grand comeback, beat all of the competition with 43 points.  Next up was a trio with 40 points, Pedro Iglésias in the lead along with Francisco Lopes and Carlos Duarte. Following them were José Pinto and Rui Miranda with 39, Dimas Silva and José Cabral 38 and then Agostinho Lopes, Jorge Sousa and Jaime Fernandes all with 37.  From Coimbra, Pedro Iglésias participated as a guest and was the best player with 28 points. João Couto and Jaime Fernandes (gross winners) were next with 26 and Agostinho Lopes, António Araújo, Carlos Ferreira and Carlos Duarte all had 25. Bruno Melo and Idalina Cardoso won the longest drives and Elisabete Pinto the nearest. The most exceptional Julia Kemper wines were then enjoyed at the lunch and widely lauded by the “usuals”, with some of the lucky ones taking home the remaining bounty (through a drawing).

The 5^th monthly Montebelo brought together some forty participants at the Caramulo course and something happened which had not happened for a long time: the course was conquered by more than 25% of those playing. Carlos Miranda was the champion net with 43 points. Following them were Teresa Cabral with 41, António Cunha, José Alves and Rui Cabral scored 40, Álvaro Tavares 39, Sandra Batista, 38, Pedro Correia, José Cabral and Bruno Esteves 38 and finally Manuel Cardoso 37. António Cunha was the best player of the competition as he scored highest on pure score with an extraordinary 31 points. The ex-pro of Montebelo João Couto reached the same result, Carlos Miranda came in with 30 and José Santos and Aires Torres stood at 26.

Francisco Lopes in net and Carlos Tinoco in gross were the top players of the 1^st summer tournament, which was held on Montebelo’s Caramulo course yesterday, with some twenty-five seniors playing.

Francisco was the one to conquer the course with 42 points.  With 35 points and also on the winning podium were Gay Adamson and Carlos Tinoco. Following them, Alberto Amaral and Jacinto Pinto with 34, Dimas Silva and Rui Miranda 33, Carlos Aleixo 32 and Carlos Figueiredo, José Alves and José Gonçalves all with 31. Carlos Tinoco took advantage of the tournament to practice for the world final of the WCGC, where he will be on a team with Luiz Albuquerque, and so he won comfortably with 24 points in the gross category, 4 more than Seixas, 5 more than José de Oliveira and 7 more than Fernando Martins. The tournament was held one hour earlier so that everyone could see Portugal play at the World Cup.  It was a fantastic atmosphere and with sparkling wine in abundance, such that all could celebrate the Portuguese victory and also sing “Happy Birthday” to celebrate  the 3 birthdays of Gay Adamson, Idalina Cardoso and Luis Chaves, who naturally added some wonderful treats at dessert.

The Magnum Wines Tournament (Carlos Lucas, Vinhos, Ldª) was the 3^rd meet this year of the Order of Merit at the Viseu Golf Club and was attended by some 50 golfers playing on Montebelo’s Caramulo course. The greens were in very good shape (after aeration) on this veritable day of summer, which allowed from some extraordinary results to be noted. José Artur came in 1^st place net with 42 points, followed by João Gaio, João Navega and Álvaro Tavares with 39, Rui Cabral and António Sanganha 38 as well as Jorge Sousa and Filipe Fernandes 37.  João Navega seems to have overcome crisis and this time was the best player at the meet with 25 points, one more than Jorge Sousa and 3 more than Carlos Duarte, Rui Cabral and Carlos Tinoco.  The story goes at the Quinta do Ribeiro that when acquired by a priest  to be christened immediately as Quinta do Ribeiro Santo, then the property would come to be naturally rich (with water year-round). In 1994, it was acquired by the family of Carlos Lucas, who immediately replanted the vineyards and in 2000 bottling of wines with that name took place.  This prestigious nectar was amply enjoyed at the lunch and then still regaled all of the participants (through the raffle).

The 5^th gathering of seniors took place today at Montebelo, with more than 20 golfers taking part and Samuel Barros being crowned again for winning on two scoreboards. The results were affected a bit by the state of the greens (still not completely recovered after aeration of the greens), such that 37 points won Samuel the laurels in net. Following after were Rui Miranda with 34, Francisco Lopes 33, Carlos Tinoco and Alberto Amaral 30 and José Silva Gonçalves, Américo Melo, José de Oliveira and Seixas, all with 29. In the pure side of golf, Samuel had 22 points, in comparison to 20 for Carlos Tinoco, 19 for Seixas, 16 for José de Oliveira and 10 for Rui Miranda. The “treatment” this time was the marvelous “duck rice” fabulously washed down with the wines and the sparkling wines of Quinta da Mata Fidalga (Bairrada), courtesy of our dear golfing friend from Bairrada, Américo Melo.

Some sixty players took part in the 2^nd tournament of the OM of the Viseu Golf Club, which was sponsored by the Dão Wine Route. With the greens of the Caramulo course on their way to being the best and a veritable summer day, all the elements were joined together to bring about the results that were scored. Carlos Graça was the best net player with 40 points and was followed by Manuel Cardoso with 39, Jorge Sousa 38, José António 37, Carlos Duarte, João Sousa and Luís Chaves 36 as well as Miguel São Bento, Jacinto Pinto and Filipe Fernandes, all with 35. The best player at the tournament was once again José Santos from Nelas, coming in with a card of 23 points, one more than António Araújo and Jorge Sousa, 2 more than Carlos Duarte and Manuel Cardoso and 3 more than Agostinho Lopes. Prizes were given out in the following way: José Santos (gross winner), Jorge Sousa, Carlos Graça and José António (winners of the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd categories), Manuel Cardoso (1^st senior), Sandra Batista (1^st ladies), Daniel Antunes (1^st junior), Amândio Prata (nearest) and Miguel São Bento (longest).

It was with a shotgun start in pairs/ Texas-scramble with a 3/4 handicap, with required use of 5 outings, that the 3^rd open of the Montebelo Golf Course was played for. A total of 21 teams showed up to try to obtain the passport to the Benfica Corporate Golf Cup final, which will take place at Aroeira II on the 2nd of June.  The husband/wife duo Manuela Domingues/Paulo Jorge Domingues will be Montebelo’s representatives, given their 1st position ranking with 48 points. They were followed by the husband/wife couple Vitor Costa/Maria Costa with 47, Jorge Sousa/Miguel Costa 46, José Santos/Filipe Fernandes 44 and José de Oliveira/Carlos Duarte and husband & wife Carlos Miranda/Isabel Guedes 42. As for actual score, the duo José de Oliveira/Carlos Duarte won with 31 points, beating the teams Carlos Tinoco/Leonel Seixas and Carlos Rodrigues/Jaime Fernandes by 1 point.

The Quinta das Lágrimas Golf Club came to Montebelo today to compete in the 1st tournament of this year’s Order of Merit. Nearly fifty players showed up for the shotgun start so as to enjoy an exception day for golf, as only the first two holes were played “blind” due to thick fog. The results were very good, with the 1^st quartet to conquer the Caramulo course. First place went to Carlos Mendes (hand. ega 29.8) representing CG Prof. Ed. Física with 43 points. Álvaro Marreco came in with 40, Miguel Soares 38, Mário Filipe 37, Vicente Gouveia and José Cunha Santos 36 as well as Marco Rosmaninho and Rui Vaz Castro 35, these all being part of the “top 8”. Hugo Espírito Santo came to Montebelo to show that it’s not just at P&P that he could win, because he also has a prominent win with 29 points in real scoring. He left others behind: Mário Filipe by 4 points. Vicente Gouveia by 5, Pedro Iglésias by 7 as well as Arnaldo Paredes and João Filipe Monteiro 8. Special prizes were won Armando Rocha (nearest) as well as Arnaldo Paredes and Pedro Oliveira (longest).

The 3^rd tournament Montebelo/Carlsberg was played on the Caramulo course today by some 50 golfers. There was spring sun on most holes, but the rain that was promised (that is likely to have kept some regulars away) showed up at the end.  The results were quite satisfactory, with the first quartet by adjusted score conquering the course. Jorge Silva from Coimbra won first place with 39 points, and he was followed by Filipe Rabaça with 38, Hermenegildo Morgado and Daniel Antunes 37, Alberto Amaral and João Batanete 36, Jorge Toste and Pedro Correia 35 as well as Rui Miranda and Carlos Figueiredo 34. José Santos, who had the largest handicap in the competition, was the best player at the tournament with 24 points. António Cunha followed behind by 1 point, Paulo Domingues by 5 and José Marques, Carlos Duarte and Jorge Toste by 6.

The prizes, lovely porcelain plates, where handed out as follows; José Santos (1st gross and Longest), João Batanete and Jorge Toste (1^st and 2^nd of the 1^st division), Jorge Silva and Filipe Rabaça (1^st and 2^nd of the 2^nd division), Teresa Cabral (1^st woman), Daniel Lauro Antunes (1^st junior), Manuela Domingues (nearest) and Cristina Fonseca (longest).

Nearly thirty seniors participated today in the 2^nd tournament of the Spring Round. The tournament was played Stableford / full-handicap at the Caramulo course (already in a very good state) with weather that was virtually summer. Carlos Figueiredo was the net winner with 38 points. Following were: Carlos Aleixo and Peter Roche with 35, Austin O’Malley and Samuel Barros 34, Luís Chaves 33, Alberto Amaral 32, Carlos Tinoco 31 and Tony Foster and Armando Leitão 30. The best player at the tournament went to Carlos Tinoco with 19 points, Samuel Barros 17 as well as Seixas and José de Oliveira who ended up with 16. The “treatment” today was roasted ribs and we sang out Happy Birthday to Samuel, as it had been his birthday that week.

Today at Montebelo the Quinta da Fata tournament was played, a tournament which makes up the OM of the Viseu Golf Club and played by some 50 golfers. The Caramulo course (which provided very good conditions, considering the intense rain of the previous days) was conquered by the first four classifiers who, curiously enough, had the same score (38) such that the ranking was determined by the results in the last 9 holes.  Hugo Coutinho was in 1^st place with scores of 17+21, followed by Daniel Antunes (19+19), Teresa Cabral (20+18) and Luís Marques (24+14). Behind them, José Santos with 36 and Jacinto Pinto, Rui Cabral and Jorge Toste, all with 35. The actual score was loosely won by José Santos with 27 points, leaving behind António Cunha by 4 points, Jaime Fernandes by 6, Jorge Toste by 7 and António Araújo, José de Oliveira, Carlos Tinoco and Luís Marques all by 8. Special prizes went out to Isabel Guedes (nearest) and Marco Rosmaninho (longest). The famous nectars of Quinta da Fata were tasted and much-praised during the lunch, along with several remaining which were considered some of the “jewels of the crown” from this brand, that were then raffled off.

The Montebelo Golf Course hosted the Beiras stage of the WCGC today at the Caramulo course. There were 28 teams of 2 players each, using scoring from both members in stableford-3/4 handicap. A MUNDOTEXTIL Fernando Lopes / José Lima scored on both tables with 63 (33+30) points net and 48 (26+22) gross. Following in net scores were FAB – SOC. ADVOGADOS with 62 (Agostinho Lopes 30 / Renato Fernandes 32), PETROFREGIM-BERTIM 62 (Carlos Ribeiro 26 /Daniel Silva 36), CLÍNICA DENTARIA LARANJO TINOCO 60 (Bruno Melo 27 / Carlos Tinoco 33, JC AUTOMÓVEIS 60 (Antonio Cunha 35 / José Santos 25 and gross score JC AUTOMÓVEIS took 2nd place with 46 (Antonio Cunha 27 / José Santos 19) and the MONTEBELO I team came in last place on the with 45 (Filipe Rabaça Fernandes 13 / Luiz Albuquerque 32). Special prizes went out to José de Oliveira (nearest) as well as Carlos Ribeiro and Teresa Cabral (longest).

It was mild weather although with skies on the grey side that the seniors from Viseu competed today on the Caramulo course (now very favourable after aeration of the greens). This was the 2^nd open vying for a medal, with some thirty players taking part.

Luís Chaves reached 1^st place net with 69 shots and was followed by Idalina Cardoso with 71, Alberto Amaral 72, José Marques 74, José Gonçalves and José Ministro Esteves 75, Carlos Aleixo 76, Carlos Tinoco 77 followed by Ronald Warner, Samuel Barros and Gay Adamson, all with 79. José Marques was the best player of the competition with 21 points (stableford/gross), followed by Carlos Tinoco with 19 and then Samuel Barros, Seixas and Idalina Cardoso, all with 16. The longest golf hole went to Luis Marques and Idalina Cardoso and the nearest was won by Seixas.

Álvaro Marreco

The Viseu seniors played today in the 1^st match of the spring circuit, a shotgun start with a stableford/full-handicap, making for some 30 golfers taking part. The conditions of the Caramulo course did not look to promising for good results, such that the par for the course (36) gave a win to Samuel Barros, who not satisfied with his win, came in first as well in gross score. In net, Samuel was followed by Luís Chaves with 34, Gay Adamson 33, Teresa Cabral 32, Peter Roche 31, Miguel Jacinto 29 and finally Alberto Amaral and Pedro Porto de Aguiar both with 28. Already in gross, Samuel managed17 (8+9) points come in ahead of Carlos Tinoco (11+6) for best results in the 2^nd round, José de Oliveira 14, Seixas 13, Peter Roche 12 and Alberto Amaral 10.
The “treatment” today was the famed arroz de costela em vinha-de-alhos [pork ribs marinated in red wine and garlic], without forgetting beforehand for all participants to plant an oak (burnt area in the straight of the fairway of hole 10), thus commemorating International Day of Forests.

Álvaro Marreco

Spring has sprung and along with it the celebration of International Day of Forests!

After a particularly difficult year for our forests, the efforts of everyone pitching in to restore the natural beauty of the region overall and especially our countryside

A great word of thanks to all of the participants in the Spring Seniors Tournament, who delighted us with their attendance and helped us to plant new trees on our course. Together we can do so much more! Hold onto the best moments this special day.

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Eight clubs (Viseu, Quinta das Lágrimas, Centro, Miramar, Vidago, ACP, Médico and PGA) were represented in the 2^nd open that was played today on the Caramulo course, awarding the winners (net and gross) with a Will Card for the competition of the World Corporate Golf Challenge that will be played on April 7^th on the same course of Montebelo. Filipe Fernandes and Luiz Albuquerque were the lucky winners in net and gross at this open. Filipe won with 42 points, followed by Jorge Sousa with 41, Sandra Baptista 40, Eduardo Santos 38, Rui Brás 37, Teresa Cabral 36, as well as Rui Viçoso and José Santos 34. For Luiz, 26 points were enough for victory, ahead of José Santos by 1 point, Jorge Sousa by 2 and Agostinho Lopes by 6.

The cold forecasted (along the way we experienced -5) drove the majority of the “regulars” of Wednesday competitions away, leaving only two dozen to participate.  “Franciu” Luiz Albuquerque, although not a senior, took the opportunity to escape the snow and came to “golfingly perfume” this 2^nd ranking tournament, besides spreading some “good news” that will soon be made public. Luiz played with a handicap of 3, scoring 39 points making par for the Caramulo course. Idalina Cardoso followed with net of 37, JG Adamson and Carlos Ferreira 36, Carlos Eduardo Aleixo 35, Francisco Lopes 33 and finally Rui Miranda and Julie Warner 32 while in gross, Carlos Tinoco won by 16 pontos, Carlos Ferreira by 17, Seixas by 19 and lastly José de Oliveira and Idalina Cardoso by 20. The longest women’s shot went to JG Adamson and the men’s long as well as nearest went to Seixas.  A notice for navigation “An outing to Porto da Raiva for lamprey is planned on the 21^st”

Álvaro Marreco

More than fifty players from 9 national clubs (Viseu, PGA, Nortada, Vale Pisão, Centro, Santo da Serra, ACP, Associação da Bairrada and Quinta das Lágrimas) participated today at Montebelo at the open competed on the Caramulo course, shotgun stableford/full-handicap. A doctor from Coimbra, Elisabete Pinto was the net champion with 38 points, followed by José Santos, Filipe Fernandes and Sandra Baptista with 36 and additionally Vitor Costa and Carlos Duarte with 35. The ex-pro from Montebelo, João Couto, won gross with 29 pontos, ahead of José Santos and Luiz Albuquerque by 2 points, Fernando Maganinho by 5, Antonio Cunha by 6 and José de Oliveira by 8.

Álvaro Marreco

More than three dozen participants took part in the 3^rd winter tournament organized by the Viseu Golf Club Seniors.  No one present was able to beat the Montebelo Caramulo course and only Luís Chaves was able to not be defeated in that one, turning in a card with 36 points. Britishman Tony Foster came in next with 34, Carlos Aleixo 33, Carlos Almeida and Gay Adamson 32 while José Gonçalves, Helena Coelho, Manuel Souza and Austin O’Malley all came in at 31. In the pure strain of golf, 16 points was enough for Seixas to triumph, followed by Tony Foster with 15 and José de Oliveira, Luís Chaves and Austin O’Malley, all with 13.

Álvaro Marreco

The Viseu Golf Club organised an unusual golf competition at Montebelo and we agree from our point of view that we’ve never participated in such a type of tournament. It consisted of a team competition (4 chosen elements, 2 low handicaps and 2 high) in which the best of 4 was chosen and participants would end the hole with his/her own ball, counting only the net birdies, when the eagle counted doubly and the albatross triple. The winning team reached 54 and was made up of Carlos Duarte (7), Manuel Cardoso (10) Paulo Ramos (16) and Francisco Lopes (21), followed by 41 for the team of Paulo Domingues (6), José Pinto (7), Paulo Neves (6) and Mário Luís (22), completing the last place of the podium headed by Jorge Sousa (6) with 38 made up by Carlos Ferreira (9), Filipe Fernandes (13) and António Martins (10). José de Oliveira, Elisabete Pinto, José Pinto and Paulo Ramos had the greatest blows in holes 3, 8, 12 and 17 respectively.

Álvaro Marreco

More than three dozen golfers participated today in the 1^st get-together of the year, competed on the Caramulo course of Montebelo, with a shotgun start, with a Stableford/full-handicap.  The Britishman Austin O’Malley was the winner with 36 points followed by José Gonçalves and Samuel Barros with 35, Jaime Fernandes and Álvaro Marreco 34 and Ronald Warner, Gay Adamson and Miguel Costa each with 33.  The "new senior" Jaime Fernandes came to give another lesson and took advantage of the event to be the best player at the competition with 23 points. Following him were José Marques with 21, Samuel Barros 18, Ronald Warner 16, Tony Foster 14 as well as Austin O’Malley, Álvaro Marreco and Idalina Cardoso 13. Miguel Jacinto had the most accurate shot in the 12^th hole and Idalina Cardoso and Britishman Ronald Warner were the players with the longest shots in hole 5.

Álvaro Marreco

More than seven dozen golfers participated today in the 1^st tournament of the ranking Montebelo/Carlsberg for the current year, a disputed competition with a shotgun start with a Stableford/full-handicap. The intense fog surrounding through the entire competition (sometimes completely dense) didn’t hinder obtaining good results, which is indicative of the how well the majority of those present knew this difficult Caramulo course at Montebelo. António Araújo with a score of 18+20 reached the 1^st net position, followed by José António with 21+17, Rui Viçoso and Bruno Melo 37, Jorge Silva 36 as well as Elisabete Pinto, Filipe Fernandes, Cristina Fonseca, Idalina Cardoso and Pedro Correia all with 35. The actual score was topped by João Couto with 28 points, leaving Bruno Melo in 2^nd, António Araújo and António Cunha in 4^th followed by Cristina Fonseca and Jaime Fernandes in 5^th. After making the necessary adjustments, the prizes were hand out as follows: Bruno Melo (1^st gross and longest drive), António Araújo and José António (champions of the 1^st and 2^nd category), Pedro Correia and Rui Viçoso (runners-up in the 1^st and 2^nd category), Elisabete Pinto (1^st lady), Daniel Antunes (1^st junior), Jorge Serra (nearest) and Cristina Fonseca (longest drive). The Montebelo/Carlsberg 2018 ranking is comprised of 10 competitions, 8 of which are Stableford (points) and 2 in stroke-play, with a prize of an annual pass to Montebelo.

Álvaro Marreco

The seniors from Viseu had a spectacular day of golf today at Montebelo, whereas the last Wednesdays St. Peter hasn’t played along so well. The sunny day served to show off all the golf going on and the top five in adjusted score managed to conquer the Caramulo course. The Britishman Ronald Warner led the quintet with 41 points, followed by Paulo Camacho with 39, Manuel Souza 38, Alberto Amaral and Tony Foster 37 as well as Idalina Cardoso, Pedro Porto de Aguiar and Rui Miranda, all with 31. Gross score was headed by a quartet with 18 points, Alberto Amaral, Ronald Warner, Carlos Tinoco and Tony Foster, smiling with victory as Alberto had the best result in the last holes.

Álvaro Marreco.

Drizzle during the championship, dense fog for roughly half and a logistically complicated course were the main reason for less successful results in this 1^st competition of the year. José Marques stepped up to stand out and clearly won the two classifying scoreboards, both part of the adjusted score (36 points) and the gross with 24 points. Following in the net field were José Alves and Francisco Lopes with 32, Samuel Barros, Jacinto Pinto 29, Carlos  Aleixo 28 as well as José Ramalheira and Luís Chaves 27, whereas António Moita with 8 points, Samuel Barros with 9 and José Artur with 13 were left on the actual scoreboard. Special prizes went to Samuel Barros who had the most accurate shot on hole 12 and Luís Chaves who achieved the longest shot on hole 5. As this year the 10^th anniversary of the seniors’ group will be celebrated, the "alma mater", Idalina Cardoso, Samuel Barros and José Marques will undertake to hold a commemorative tournament on the 4^th of April (the 1^st was on the 4^th of April 2008), although they are open to suggestions as to how to further brighten and give visibility to the historic event.

Álvaro Marreco

More than four dozen golfers participated today in the competition to pay tribute to our colleague João Vinagre, who we remember as being the first captain of the Viseu Golf Club. The shotgun played as stroke play, started with a drizzle along with fog, but soon this cleared, allowing the rest of the event to be played under lovely sun. José António is to have his name inscribed on the cup, having scored 71 net shots. Samuel Barros, João Antunes, Paulo Domingues and Peter Roche came in second with 72. Bruno Vicente (Ega 3,1) a player from the Vilamoura Golf Club was the best player at the competition with 78 shots, beating João Couto (pro) by 2, José de Oliveira by 9 and Paulo Domingues, Carlos Tinoco and António Cunha by 10. Once again, the Vinagre family was represented by their children at the lunch, taking part also in handing out the prizes.

Álvaro Marreco

The results and the finalists of the World Corporate Golf Challenge Portugal held at the Montebelo Golfe on April 8 are already known.

FINALIST TEAMS: 

GROSS 
1º SOGRAPE 2 – 13.3 – 47 points 
Bruno Melo 
Carlos Tinoco 

NET 
1º ESPECTRO – 12.6 – 65 points 
Fernando Pimentel 
João Cerejo 

2º FEIFIL – 13.7 – 64 points 
Carlos Rodrigues 
Jaime Fernandes 

3º OMB GRUPO ÓPTICO – 18.2 – 55 points 
José Artur Alves 
Samuel Ferreira Barros 

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Luiz Albuquerque and Paulo Domingues were the leading players at the Quinta da Fata Tournament organized by CG Viseu, part of the OM of the Club Vieseense. Fifty menbers of the Beira region association played in the tournament on Montebelo’s Caramulo course using stableford/full handicap. The currently flawless greens were a great help in reaching these strong scores, although the changing weather throughout the tournament (wind, cold, rain and sun) may have been the biggest handicap for the players.

Paulo Domingues and Carlos Aleixo scored 40 points, but Paulo Domingues was the winner due the best second lap. In the following positions were: João Andrade with 38 points and Carlos Tinoco, José Gonçalves and Luiz Albuquerque all on par for the course. The overall victory (without taking into account handicap) was for Luiz Albuquerque, who imposed his handicap (4) to finish with 32 points, leaving the closest competitor Paulo Domingues 8 points behind in addition to Carlos Tinoco and José Marques at 9 points behind.

Besides Luiz Albuquerque with the grand prize and the longest stroke, were also awarded: Paulo Domingos, João Andrade and Carlos Aleixo (1st, 2nd and 3rd category champions), Gay Adamson (1st ladies), Carlos Tinoco (1st senior) and Rui Cabral (ball closest to the flag). The award-winning Quinta da Fata wines were once again recognized for their quality, as they were consumed by everyone present, both in the field bar and at lunch, and there were also several lucky ones who took some home to enjoy, as they were given out in a drawing.

Álvaro Marreco

Montebelo’s Caramulo course received the Taça do Presidente, a competition aiming to pay tribute to its president played by 26 teams in the pair/Texas Scramble format with a mandatory six outings, the Quinta das Lágrimas Golf Club Classic. Despite rain in the beginning and the end of the shotgun, it did not have great consequences because the results were quite satisfactory. The pair Luís Marques/José António, who played with 23 net strokes, reached the highest place with 46 points. They were followed, according to the distance of strokes, by the teams of Carlos Rodrigues/Jaime Fernandes (11 net strokes), Tiago Barroso/João Rodrigues (19), Luís Bonito/Pedro Fonseca (12) and José Augusto/Guilherme Laureano (23).

In the gross ranking, Carlos Rodrigues/Jaime Fernandes were 34 points in the lead, beating the other podium players by one stroke: Luis Bonito/Pedro Fonseca and José Santos/ António Cunha. Christian Stenevinge (men) and Ricardo Paredes (juniors) played the longest strokes in hole 5 and Pedro Fonseca was the one who placed the ball closest to hole 12.

In the end, President João Cerejo presented his thanks for hosting this event - labelling it as excellent -, both because of the Caramulo course as well as the gastronomic event, with special mention of the field bar and the famous roasted pork. The speech was then followed by presentation of prizes and a drawing. 

Álvaro Marreco.