Andrew Stills

hi laura

yes we arrived back safe and the golf was good apart from the rain at las ramblas which was a shame as the course is very good.

by far the best we played was la finca (if a little difficult to find following the directions on their web site), villa martin was slightly rough in comparison as andy did warn me but on the whole it was ok.

we are hoping to go back early next year as my nephew was unable to travel this time due to him having had an operation so i will definately be booking with you again hopefully in march 2008 and possibly later in the year

regrads

andy

Clare

Hi Laura

We are now safely back home and glad to be in a comfortable bed!! We found Villamartin and Las Ramblas, particularly Las Ramblas very challenging, great to play. Unfortunately the weather was not kind to us and we had some freaky weather, rain and thunder one day and then sunny the next. The rainy days were at Las Ramblas so we never saw the course at its best and both matches had to be abandoned. We managed to change one day at Villamartin and so played in beautiful sunshine Monday our last day. I did not play that well on the last day but the times before we all played to our handicaps.

Thanks for your help and for keeping in touch.

Best wishes Clare

Andy

Dear Laura/Andy,

Many thanks for making our golfing weekend a success. All my party agreed that the quality of your service and the standard of course you recommended and booked for us was outstanding. The golf we played may not have reached the same high standards but that didn't detract from our enjoyment of the weekend.

Many thanks once again.

Kind regards

Andy

Stevie Wood

Hi Laura, Yes I can confirm we arrived back safely and all had a great time, the courses we played were of a mixed standard but all in all very good. The rio real course was by far the best we played closely followed by los olivios, I don’t think we would play miraflores again neiher of us wee very impressed with this course.
The tee off times were great and much appreciated.

We intend doing another two trips next year and would certainly use your company to book the courses again.

Once again many thanks

Regards

Ian Perry

Hi Laura,

We had a great trip thanks. All our bookings worked well with no issues. My only comment was at a couple of courses Hacienda and Roda we had to pay insurance for Spanish golf federation. Not an issue as it was only a few euros’ each but could you offer a registration upfront?

In terms of the courses…

Hacienda – fantastic! Long and a tough challenge. Two of us played off 12, one of us off 16. He struggled a bit with it so you may want to give it a realistic indication to people. It was also a long walk. The course was 7000 meters, plus walking between tees which was a long way. Course set up for buggies really, we walked!! Great course and will appeal to lower handicap golfers as you have to drive the all really well.

Roda – ok, good course, not great. Will feel very claustrophobic when more apartments built.

La Finca, excellent and for one of our party his favourite course. Busiest of the courses. However we were delayed by storms, we stayed and went out first, so again enjoyed it without being held up. Most people would love this course.

Desert Springs, I loved it!! Really tight course, but not overly long like Hacienda. Fantastic greens and course in excellent condition. Best presented of the courses we played all week including La Manga. A two hour drive from La Manga/Murcia but worth the journey.

Hope this helps.

Ian

Norman Colclough

Hi Laura,

The service you provided was excellent, the times reserved were entirely in keeping with the requests that I made. The only panic that I had related to the first tee time at Bonalba being shown on the voucher as 11-04 when we were landing at Alicante at 10-15. This had been sorted by you though with a rearranged time of 12-32. It was correctly shown on the summary.

This is our 12th successive year of going to the Alicante area in October and, as usual, we had a great time. Real de Faula - Levante was the only new addition to the courses that we choose to play due to a price reduction from last year. This offered better value and more than lived up to expectations. Our first visit, on Thursday 4th October, was called off due to thunderstorms closing the course but luckily we sat it out in the luxury of the 5* accommodation. Andy has said that he will refund the cost by cheque.

Alicante is a well designed course that is always in good condition but suffers from the close proximity of properties. We arrived at this course again for an 11-04 start shown on the voucher but as 12-48 (the correct time) on the summary. They did manage to squeeze us in at about 10-50 to save hanging around and for which we were grateful.

Alenda is testing and was previously the cheapest of the courses and was generally in the worst condition. The price had increased for this year following the completion of the new clubhouse but the course was in much better condition overall.

Bonalba has consistently been one of our favourites and proved to be so again.

La Sella is the toughest of the courses golfwise and has improved in condition since last year. The time was a little later than ideal but priority would be given to Marriot hotel guests.

All of the courses had carried out some light maintenance work on the greens in late September and we probably played them a little too soon afterwards. It did not, though, spoil our overall enjoyment and had to be balanced with the reduction in available light had we chosen to go later in October.

Hope this is useful feedback.

Regards,

Norman Colclough