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THE LADBROKES CORAL TROPHY The Med Golf Ladbrokes Coral Trophy, played in an individual Stableford format, was held on the Heathland Course at Alcaidesa on Sunday 11th February. The champion of the day, winner of the Ladbrokes Coral Trophy and a 60€ Med Golf voucher was Paul Nash with 36 points – a much greater achievement than the net par score suggests and 3 points better than his nearest rival. Paul also had the best gross score on the par 3s of one over par, and shared the best pair’s prize with James Barr with a combined score of 62 points. The best senior was Ian McNee with a score of 30 points and the longest drive was won by Matthew Bruce-Smith. The best gross score was won by John Hunter with a very fine 79, just 7 shots over par - in spite of carding an 8 on the first hole! Our handicap category prizes were won as follows: Category 1 (handicaps 0 to 12): There was a tie for first place between Matthew Bruce-Smith (handicap 4) and John Hunter (handicap 1) both with scores of 32 points. In Stableford competitions, ties are awarded to the lowest handicap so the winner was John and Matthew won the runner up prize. Category 2 (handicaps 13 to 22): Sam Broderick was runner up with a score
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of 32 points and the winner was Joe Sanchez with 33 points. Category 3 (handicap 23 and above): Dave Allen took the runner up slot from Damien White on handicap with 29 points, The winner was Nick Farr with a score of 31 points. Nearest the pin winners were: Richard Atkinson, Duncan Hamilton, Javi Hunter and John Robbins. Alan Wood won nearest the pin in 2 on a par 4 and Matthew Bruce-Smith was winner of nearest the pin in 3 on a par 5. The Jyske Bank Order of Merit *Only the top 10 will qualify for next summers Med Golf Masters. Here are the current top 20 Matt Charlesworth, Richard Atkinson, Peter Gruetter, Louis Calvente, Mike Cowburn, Daniel Lomax, Sam Broderick, Joe Sanchez, Roy Azopardi, Matthew Warner, Paul Nash, Javi Hunter, Nicky Sanchez, Jon Bowden, Nick Farr, Ian McNee, Chris Purkiss, Kevin Jones, Douglas Cascairo, Tim Mitchell
JYSKE BANK RETAINS GOLD STANDARD WITH INVESTORS IN PEOPLE In a drive to be “the best workplace in Gibraltar” for the 100 colleagues working in Jyske Bank, their HR team have worked with Investors in People to maintain the Gold standard achieved in June 2015. Paul Devoy, Head of Investors in People, said: “We’d like to congratulate Jyske Bank. Investors in People accreditation is the sign of a great employer, an outperforming place to work and a clear commitment to success. Jyske Bank should be extremely proud of their achievement.” Maintaining the standard has required hard work and dedication from the whole Jyske Bank team. Christian Bjorlow, Jyske Bank (Gibraltar) CEO said, “I am so proud of my bank. It was a great achievement to initially receive the Gold award, and so to have re-confirmation of this accreditation shows my bank’s continued success. This also occurred in the year that we celebrated our 30th anniversary on the Rock”
GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE MARCH 2018