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The 2nd Shril Trophy took place on the 29/11/08 - 01/11/08. Comprising of four 8 man teams from Harefield Place Golf Club, Ruislip Golf Club, Sandy Lodge Golf Club and Spain Golf the challenge began. Friday 29th commenced with a friendly 9 hole warm up at Cerrado del Aguila, old friends and new enjoyed a crisp and blustery game with plenty of liquid refreshment at the 19th hole.

A Single Stableford Competition was held on Saturday with the best 6 scores from each team then added together, the golf at Santa Clara proved a great day for scoring.

Richard from the Sandy Lodge Team held the best score of the day with an impressive 43 points placing  Sandy Lodge Golf Club with a very respectable lead on day one.

The Pairs Betterball Competition held on Sunday at the challenging El Chaparral Golf Club required all four scores from each team to be added to their team totals from the day before. El Chaparral Golf Course was playing well and in fantastic condition and proved an interesting test to all standards of players. Gradually the lead was narrowing, with some incredible scoring the gap was closing as now Ruislip Golf Club led by the Team Captain Phil Mason were catching up. On the final count the day finished with a nail biting climax on the 18th hole between one pair from Ruislip represented by Larry Hancock and one pair from Sandy Lodge represented by Greg Smith Senior. The tension was high, banter was loud and spirits were excited for as the light faded on the 18th green it was the Sandy Lodge pair who managed to hole the winning putt.

Following the play off the evening’s celebrations began, firstly with a delicious three course meal and plenty of wine served by the friendly and very professional staff at El Chaparral Restaurant, who we thank for their outstanding service and hospitality.

After dinner the Trophies were presented at the Prize Presentation which placed Sandy Lodge Golf Club 1st, Ruislip Golf Club 2nd, hosts The Spanish Team 3rd and Harefield Place Golf Club in 4th position. Reluctantly forcing 2007 winners Ruislip Golf Club to hand over the SHRILL TROPHY to Sandy Lodge Golf Club 2008 winners.

Generous auction donations included a holiday for 4 nights’ accommodation at Hotel NH Marbella with 2 rounds of golf at Rio Real  & Santa Clara inc. car hire, 4 green fees for Stoke Poges Golf Club and along with a 200 euro donation from Ruislip Golf Club and 320 Euros raised from the 2'S sweep a total of 1500 Euros was presented to Laura Haggis on behalf of the Charity Cudeca located in Benalmadena.

Costalessgolf would like to thank the Captains of each team, Greg Smith - Sandy Lodge Golf Club, Phil Mason - Ruislip Golf Club, Andy Hills - Harefeild Place Golf Club and the members of the Spanish Team and everyone who took part in this annual event. Costalessgolf will be hosting the 2009 SHRILL TROPHY again in November and look forward to welcoming you and your team. Details of next year’s competition can be found on www.costalessgolf.com - forthcoming events.