14th June
Our celebration yesterday was a particularly special and memorable one as we marked the 15th Captain’s Day of The Celts Club de Golf. Our club is one of 424 clubs affiliated with the Spanish Golf Federation and one of only 11 sin campo clubs within the Valencian Golf Federation. That is an achievement of which we can all be immensely proud.
There are three people in particular whom we must thank for helping us reach this important milestone: Camillus Fitzpatrick, Denis McCormack, and Susy Gomez Garcia. Their dedication, commitment, and hard work over many years have played a vital role in maintaining and developing our club. We are extremely grateful for their contribution.
Congratulations also to our Competitions Committee—Camillus, Terry, and Alan—ably assisted by Henry. Thank you all for the excellent work you do throughout the year to ensure our competitions continue to be such a success.
To Miguel and everyone at Serena Golf, the course was absolutely superb. We are delighted to be associated with Serena Golf and to enjoy such outstanding facilities. Our sincere thanks also go to Karolina, Jose, Duly, Felipe, Lyla, and all the Serena staff for their warm welcome, professionalism, and excellent service.
Congratulations as well to Denis, our Financial Controller. His careful stewardship of the club’s finances is greatly appreciated by all our members.
To Susy, our Captain during this special 15th anniversary year and our Club Secretary, thank you on behalf of the entire membership for your leadership, dedication, and commitment to The Celts.
What a wonderful performance from our Flamenco dancers. The entertainment was superb and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. Well done to Jackie for arranging such an excellent act.
I would also like to extend our sincere thanks to Pili, Juan, Valentine, Galla, Pepe, José, Anna, and all the staff at El Prado for the excellent meal and the outstanding hospitality they provided throughout the evening.
Finally, and most importantly, thank you to all our members for your continued support and for joining us in celebrating this special occasion with our non-playing Club Captain, Susy.
A special mention must go to those who played from the forward tees and then attended the presentation dinner. Your support, friendship, camaraderie, and enthusiasm are what make The Celts Club de Golf such a special club. Thank you all for helping to make our 15th Captain’s Day such a memorable success. We look forward to many more years of friendship, golf, and good times together.
A couple of notes regarding competition rules and conditions. For the major prizes, you need to be present to be declared a prize winner. There is a maximum of 26 for men and 30 for women with the slope. If there is a tie between two players the player with the lowest playing handicap wins, otherwise it follows back nine front nine etc, the computer arranges the scores in order.
The Captain’s Prize
For the record. NTPs: Mike Stott, Pavla Serakova, Camillus Fitzpatrick, Gary Conroy, Alex Duchart and Paul Rainey.
All the members who won points can be found on our Captain’s Prize report.
The Gross was won by Alan Campbell with 30. Second overall Paul Tobin 46 and a 2.4 cut. The winner of the captain’s prize for 2026 Paul Rainey 41.
Congratulations to all those who participated and attended the presentation dinner.