Property Developers in Cyprus – announce the results of the Lackie Gilchrist Stableford Competition – 20 October 2010 – Cyprus Property Developers

At Minthis Hills Golf Club the competitions continue.  The latest was the Lackie Gilchrist Stableford Competition which took place on the 20/10/2010 at Minthis Hills.  This was a hot week for October with temperatures in the mid to high twenties.

A round of golf at Minthis Hills

 The results were as follows:

 Winners:

1.     C. Monks         36

2.     G. Wilson         34

3.     K. Borgen         33

4.     D. Hudson        32

 At 560m above sea level, Minthis Hills is the highest of all the golf courses in Cyprus providing excellent conditions for playing throughout the year, even in the hot summer months.  It is also very popular for people walking, something residents of the golf properties  will enjoy, as well as the multitude of other activities.

Cyprus Property – reviews the 2010 Minthis Hills Junior Open – 17 October 2010 – Property in Cyprus

On 17th October, the Minthis Hills Junior Open took place with around 80 children of a variety of nationalities and from a number of different golf clubs. It was won by a 14 year old girl from Minthis Hills golf club who scored a NETT 70. She is a future star who we will hear more of in the future.

2010 Junior Champion Jessica Heap

Action shot

According to Linda Jones of the Minthis Hills organising committee, “It was wonderful to see all these children having such a great time. They are the future of Golf in Cyprus and those who teach and encourage them must be so proud of each and every Junior who participated. I would like to say a special thank you to all the parents who I am sure are delighted with the performance of every Junior who played.”
The full winners list was:

Winner & Champion
JESSICA HEAP – Minthis Hills NETT 70
2ND Place
DOUGLAS McCARDLE – JSGC NETT 72
3RD Place
MATHEW SIMMONDS-CURD – Aphrodite Hills NETT 73
4TH Place
GLAFKIE CHRISTOULIDES – Nicosia GC NETT 76

CATEGORY 2

Winner
OSCAR WESTH-BLANC – Aphrodite Hills 21 points
2nd Place
HENRY CHATER – Secret Valley 20 points
3rd Place
LUCAS DRAKOS – Secret Valley 18 points
4th Place
ANTONIS ATHANASIOU – Aphrodite Hills 18 points
(Lucas won 3rd place on a count-back)

CATEGORY 3

Winner
ARTEM SHARIPOV – Aphrodite Hills
2nd Place
LOUKAS ATHANASIOU – Aphrodite Hills
3rd Place
KIMBERLEY SEESON-DOYLE – Minthis Hills
4th Place
LIZA POOLOROZHNAYA – Aphrodite Hills

CATEGORY 4

Winner
ANDREAS CHALKIDE – Secret Valley
2nd Place
PHILIP STUHPFARRER – Minthis Hills
3rd Place
MARIA HADJIPASCHALI – Minthis Hills

CATEGORY 5

Winner
JACK DYER – Minthis Hills
2ND Place
KSENIA FEDOSEEVA – Aphrodite Hills
3RD Place
THEO SWEET – Minthis Hills

The oldest golf course in Cyprus, Minthis Hills has undergone a transformation with a new signature hole and other changes to make it even more enjoyable. The new clubhouse is nearing completion and it has award winning golf course properties for sale as well.

More photos will be posted at http://www.facebook.com/MinthisHills

Making a putt near the monastery

The Medal Competition took place at Minthis Hills and once again there was strong competition, in preparation for the upcoming men’s and women’s opens at the end of October. 

The winners were:

Div I

Gross       Chris Furneau      –        76 (Greenkeeper at Minthis Hills)

Net            Ian Harvey           –        71

Div II

Gross        Hans Wigforss     -        92

Net            Paul Jones           -        78

Ladies

Gross        Linda Jones         -        93

Net            Maura Lowier       -       75

Congratulations!

Minthis Hills will soon have its first residents moving in.  This barefoot luxury resort featuring golf properties is becoming more picturesque every day and will justify its award for No 1 in architecture in Europe.  Cyprus property will never be the same.

Cyprus Property – Minthis Hills reviews the Captain’s Day Competition – 29 September 2010 – Property in Cyprus

The sun shone high in the skies and the tension was high.  For the Minthis Hills golf club it was the turn of the Captain’s Day Competition.  On the 29^th September they squared off and fought hard and the eventual winners were:

Bunker shot at Minthis Hills

1^st    Tom Bestford, Gary Cooke           40 pts

2^nd  Bill Martin,  Anita Aldridge         38 pts

3^rd   John Gilchrist, Alison Gilchrist 35 pts –comeback

Minthis Hills Property in Cyprus – Reviews wines in Cyprus – 23 September 2010 – Cyprus Property Developer.

Minthis Hills (www.minthishills.com) is in the heart of the wine producing area around Pafos, where many excellent red, white and rose wines are produced.  Owners will be able to rent vineyards on the resort to make their own wine and large areas have been set aside for this purpose. 

For those of you wishing to sample some of the wines in the area, the closest to Minthis, Tsalapatis has a lovely Sauvignon Blanc, as well as a number of good reds and rose wines that merit a trip to the winery for a wine tasting.  Another winery, currently growing organic as well as traditional wines which is growing in reputation is Tsangarides Winery in Lemona village, slightly further away.  The Cyprus Tourist Board has created a number of wine routes for those of you wishing to do a complete wine tour, though we would advise not driving yourselves!

Cyprus has the oldest wine in the world that is still in production, Commanderia or Commandaria.  It’s not one for purists and is really more akin to a fortified wine – excellent for cooking, but it has a long history going back supposedly around 4000 years, when Homer mentions a sweet wine produced in Cyprus.

It is made from the local Cyprus mavro and xinisteri grapes and its name derives from the Gran Commanderie, an area surrounding Kolossi Castle which can be found just west of Limassol.  The Castle was the Commanderia  or headquarters of the Knights Templars in the 12th Century. The wine was consumed locally, supposedly by the Knights and also exported to many European Royal Courts.  Legend has it that, during his Marriage with Berengaria, in the 12th century Richard the Lionheart pronounced Commandaria to be the “wine of the kings and the king of the wines”

A round of golf at Minthis Hills

An active golf club with plenty of opportunities for competitive golf is very important for players and Cyprus golf alike and at Minthis Hills (www.minthishills.com), we hold regular competitions.  Yesterday, 19^th September was a Texas Scramble Competition and we are very pleased to announce the winners:

Winners      J. Holland           B. Martin          M. Holland        64.9

2^nd                  J. McBeth           D. Griffiths        L. Jones             65.1

3^rd                   M. Anderton     Graham Lee     Pat Copp            65.3

A Texas Scramble is a variation of a scramble, which involves teams of 4 people playing four balls, with each shot coming from the same spot.  The best of the four drives is chosen from which the four team members then hit from that spot.  With a Texas Scramble, at least four drives of each member of the team must be used during the course of the round, allowing even the weakest driver on the team to play a key role.

We’d like to thank everyone for taking part and to congratulate the winners!

Cyprus property is gaining new momentum and Minthis Hills (www.minthishills.com) is making good progress.  The golf course has undergone many improvements and we hope it is making the course even more enjoyable to play.  Its height of 560m above sea level also makes it more pleasant during the Summer months and sometimes it feels like you could quite literally touch the sky.

Making a putt near the monastery

 On Wednesday, Minthis Hills Golf Club held a Stableford Competition in the bright sunshine and the winners were:

Division 1

Winner – G. Turton          38

2^nd          – J. McBeth         36

Division 2

Winner – G. Jackson       37

 2^nd          – G. Bell                36

 3^rd           – P. Jones             34

Ladies

Winner – E. Wall               37

 2^nd          – S. Talbot            34

 3^rd           – M. Lourier        33

We will publish information on residential golf resorts in Cyprus.

We will also feature the Cyprus property development companies that are developing these resort developments in Cyprus.

We will also endeavor to publish information on the various golf courses in Cyprus.

The Cyprus Golf Properties Team