At Minthis Hills (www.minthishills.com), we try to keep abreast of the latest competitions .  The results have come through for the Pairs – Pick your Partner Competition, which took place on 18/8/2010 at Minthis Hills:

1^st Winner           Alan Colquhoun – Tom Bestford               45 pts

2^nd                        Linda Jones – Pam Shire                               44 pts

3^rd                         Jim McBeth – Gary Owens                           44 pts

Bunker shot at Minthis Hills

It must have been quite hot, but I believe there was a bit of a breeze as well, which helped , as well as the height above sea level.

Congratulations to the winners and to everyone who took part, we look forward to seeing you at the next competition.  Good luck!

Minthis Hills Golf Club is very busy and sociable.  There are plenty of tournaments throughout the year to pit your skills against your fellow members and then relax in the clubhouse afterwards.  We haven’t announced the results for a while, so below you will find the winners of the last few competitions.  We’d like to thank them for taking part and hope they enjoyed themselves.

Making a putt near the monastery

 Stableford Competition – 20/06/2010

Winners Men

1^st               Lech Dziewulski                41 pts

2^nd              Peter Taylor                       40 pts

3^rd               Lou Cunningham              39 pts

4^th               Keith Lawrence                 35 pts

5^th               Ron Dicks                           34 pts

Winners Ladies

1^st          Pam Shire                              39 pts

2^nd         Linda Jones                           36 pts

3^rd          Maura Lourier                      36 pts

Captain’s Charity Day – 23/06/2010 

1^st        J. Smith                T. Duggan                           B. Hibbiard          M. Laurier           118 pts

2^nd      G. Turton             D. Cornthwaite                 L. Jones                J. Heap                 114 pts

3^rd       C. Parr                  A. Whitbread                    J. Holland             L. Jones                113 pts

Red White Yellow Competition – 04/07/2010

Winners               Graham Jackson – John Holland – Keith Lawrence             90 pts

Runners Up         David Copp – Paul Jones – Michael Gorman                         87 pts

Stableford Competition – 20/07/2010

Twos. Winners:

P.Taylor                @ 15^th

L. Jones                @ 15^th

J. Wake                @ 8^th

L. Dziewulski      @ 15^th

R. Wortley           @ 15^th

Division I

Winner                 Roger Birkett                     39 pts

2^nd                        Alan Colquhoun                38 pts

Division II

Winner                 Keith Laurence                  47 pts

2^nd                        John Thompson                39 pts

3^rd                          Peter Taylor                       39 pts

Ladies

Winner                 Elaine Wall                          37 pts

2^nd                        Pam Shire                            37 pts

3^rd                        Gwen                                    35 pts

AM/AM Competition – 28/07/2010

Winners

1^st           Lou Cunningham/Paul Skinner/John Thompson

2^nd          Jimmy McBeth/Gary Owens/Doug Whetlor

3^rd           Paul Williams/David Hudson/Dorothy Hudson

Gordon Miller, a freelance property and environmental journalist, was a bit surprised to learn when he came to visit Minthis Hills that he would be worked hard.  He wasn’t fazed though and helped the team plant a 50-60 year old olive tree in the garden of the soon to be completed showhouse.

Gordon Miller plants tree at Minthis Hills

Stelios Patsalides, general manager of Minthis Hills Golf Club, Monika Noppa, landscape architect for Minthis Hills, and Andreas Antoniou, tree surgeon at Minthis Hills, were on hand to help.  According to Andreas, “We have already planted a few olive trees that are around 5-600 years old and there is at least one that we believe may be around 2000 years old!”

Andreas is a qualified tree surgeon, having studied at the Democritus University of Thrace in Greece, and joined Minthis Hills to practice what he learnt.  According to him, he is gaining so much knowledge now working day to day on the tree planting programme at Minthis Hills, “It’s so much better than learning it in a book.”

Minthis Hills would like to extend a big thank you to Gordon and hope to see him here again.

I love Cyprus property, but I also do other things.  One thing I enjoy is cycling.  This year, along with my brother and a few friends, I have decided to take part in the London to Paris cycle ride starting on the 24^th June and arriving on the Champs Elysee on the 26^th.  Three days will see us cover 330 miles or 528km and the ride will take in some wonderful countryside and the odd challenging climb!

Chris Gardner with his bike

We registered for this event at the end of November 2009 and promptly started experiencing one of the coldest winters the UK has seen for a long time.  Outdoor riding became a serious challenge and we had to abandon early morning rides for after lunch fast paced/let’s dodge the ice patch type rides.  Also, the indoor “turbo trainer” came out and a few hours of football was watched in the playroom sitting on the bike dreaming of warmer weather.

During the week I started to commute on the bike into the office. 

There are a few such organised rides and most of them raise money for a number of worthwhile charities.  I have decided to raise money for Autistica which is a large UK based charity raising funds for medical research that will  improve diagnosis, advance new treatments and discover the causes of autism.  I would greatly appreciate any contribution upon your part.

JustGiving sends your donation straight to Autistica and automatically reclaims Gift Aid if you’re a UK taxpayer, so your donation is worth even more. I hope you’ll join me in supporting Autistica.

Please click on the link below to get to my JustGiving page.

http://www.justgiving.com/Chris-GardnerL2P

The below links provide additional information on Autistica and the actual cycling event.

http://www.autismspeaks.org.uk/

www.londres-paris.com

This Sunday, competitive golf took place again at Minthis Hills (www.minthishills.org) in the form of a Greensomes competition.  Also known as Scotch Foursomes, this format has two teams of two with both players on a team teeing off.  The best of the two tee balls is chosen and then that ball is played alternately into the hole.

Golfers playing at Minthis Hills

The winners were:

Roger Birkett  & Gordon Bell on 46 PTS

David Hudson and Dorothy Hudson on 44 PTS

Harry Gibson and Bob Haughey on 44 PTS

Congratulations!

The Lions Charity Cyprus Golf competition took place at the weekend at Minthis Hills (www.minthishills.org) and the sole junior to enter, Matthew Curd, proved that golf is a sport that can be played by all ages.  With a 30 handicap, Matthew came first in terms of best score decided on a “Back Nine” basis.

It was a fun day for everyone, with a putting competition taking place on the practice green by the soon to be completed clubhouse.

Minthis Hills clubhouse & putting green

The full list of winners is below:

BEST SCORES

FIRST             Matthew Curd             39        Points

SECOND        Andrew Rigby             39        Points 

THIRD            Matthew York             38        Points 

FOURTH        Martin Pollard              38        points                          

NEAREST THE PIN

MEN                Charles Parr                                                   

LADIES           Lesley Jones                                                  

LONGEST DRIVE     

MEN                Gary Wilson                                                               

LADIES          Linda Jones                                                                

HIDDEN HOLES

WINNER         Clifford Monks                       

PUTTING 9 holes

GOLFERS                              Gary Wilson                            17

NON-GOLFERS                    Lee Williams                            22

Another competition took place in the sunshine at Minthis Hills (www.minthishills.org) golf course on the 5^th May.  The Medal Winners Competition results were as follows:

A round of golf at Minthis Hills

Men

Divi I

Gary Wilson                        Gross

Alan Colquhoun                Net

Div II

Peter Anderton                  Gross

Maurice Stevenson           Net

 Ladies

 Mari-Ann Olsson              Gross

Linda Jones                         Net

We look forward to the Charity Lions Golf competition taking place on the 9th.

Did you know that the 5th May is the day the Council of Europe was founded back in 1949?

Minthis Hills (www.minthishills.org) gave golf property a boost at the weekend as one of its sponsored players collected the trophy for runner up in the doubles final of a competitive tennis open.  In the mens singles final, Petros Baghdatis (Marcos’ brother) triumphed in a two set thriller.

Minthis Hills sponsored player receiving runners up cup at tennis open

At Minthis Hills and Pafilia Property Developers, we believe in supporting our employees in their outside activities as much as possible.  By helping them achieve their goals, we see our employees translate that same passion in their work.

We’d like to congratulate Sacha and hope to see her winning many more trophies!

On Sunday 25^th April, a Red Yellow White Competition took place at Minthis Hills and as usual it was heavily contested.  The sun was shining and the grass was green and a good time was had by all.

Bunker shot at Minthis Hills

We’d like to congratulate the winners:

Hans Wigforss, Stuart Johnson & Patti Royal

And the runners up:

Harry Maratheftis, Hamish Gardner & Pam Wortley

The Laser Masters European Championship 2010 started at the weeekend in Limassol and will finish on Friday.  There are about 64 entries from 21 different countries participating in the event.

A single-handed Olympic class racing dinghy, the Laser dinghy  is  sailed at club, national and international levels.  It is challenging to sail, rewarding athleticism, subtle steering and trimming techniques, as well as tactical excellence.  Very popular for racing, there about 200,000  of them around the world.