Dear Friends,

It is with sadness that I report the passing of David Lake, a good friend and a Loose Cannons KL member.

David joined Loose Cannons on 15th of October 2024 at Kota Seriemas and he played his last game on 22nd of April 2025 at Tasik Puteri with a total of 8 games on his belt. He was also a Klogs member with 3 games played.

David has been described by many of his golf partners friends as a typical English gentleman with a dry and shy accurate sense of humor. He came from Newcastle and was a keen Newcastle United supporter. Even though he played only a few games with us, David left his mark as a truly excellent human being, with a nice character, very kind and always happy.

On behalf of the all Loose Cannons members, our sincere and deeply condolences to his wife, children’s, grandchildren and family. Our prayers to our friend David who will be sadly missed and may he rest in peace.

Ricardo Castro

LC Convener

SOME OF DAVID LAKE PICTURES IN FULL ACTION WITH LOOSE CANNONS.

DAVID AT KINRARA WITH LOOSE CANNONS, PLAYED THE WRONG HOLE, AND WITH A BIG SMILE AND ACCURATE SENSE OF HUMOR, HE MADE THE MOMENT EVEN FUNNIER.

Cannon’s,

Three flights (11 players) started before 8:00 am on hole one with cloudy and very humid weather. We had some rain for about 10 minutes between hole 3 and hole 5, and after that until the end no more rain even very cloudy but dry. The course condition was not so good with very hard fairways with many places without grass and some of the greens were not in a good shape, but overall the course was playable. Hole # 4 has now a new layout with a new green placed on the right side over the water, making this hole much more challenging and very interesting to play. Reinli Tan was the winner with a magnificent 43 points, second was Ricardo Castro with a solid 76 for 38 points, and in third place was Marc Louette and Steve Collins, booth with an easy 37 points. With these results Steve are now leading the monthly competition with 73 points followed very closely by Jan and Ricardo booth with 72 points, and Josef with 71 points. All open for the last 2 games of the month and next week we will be playing Staffield.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

LC Convener

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

THE WINNER CELEBRATING IN STYLE HIS ACHIEVEMENT.

AUGUST COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.

HOLE # 4 WITH NEW LAYOUT, GREEN MOVED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OVER THE LAKE. JOSEF WAS TESTING THE NEW GREEN POSITION WITH A TRICKY SHOT.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s,

The first game of August was held at KGSAAS with three full flights playing first the Alam nine and crossing over to the Sultan nine. The course conditions on booth nines were perfect very good fairways and greens. The weather was hot with nice blue sky. Jan was the winner with a solid 87 for 40 points, followed by Josef with a brilliant 87 for 39 points, and in third place was Steve with a easy 94 for 36 points. Lunch was at the club and David Evans got his prize related with his good performance on July competition. Next game at Bkt Kemuning.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

LC Convener

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

THE WINNER PICTURE.

JULY CHAMPION PRIZE CEREMONY.

ACCORDING TO JAN, JIM HAD A HUGE INFLUENCE ON JAN’S GAME, HELPING HIM TO SCORE 40 POINTS, SO JAN ANNOUNCED JIM IS NOW IS OFFICIAL CADDIE FOR THE REST OF THE 2026 SEASON.

NEWCASTLE BOY.

KGSAAS SUNRISE.

SMOKER’S CLUB PLANNING THEIR SECRET STRATEGY.

LOOSE CANNONS LEGEND EROL AKINCI.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s,

We teed off nice and early at Bukit Beruntung. The first flight was a 3-ball after a cancellation and the other two were full flights. We were all early present, registration was quick, so we teed off some 20 minutes before the agreed time. That was nice as the weather was not sunny, but very humid, and therefore nice that we could play quite quickly and finish around mid day.

The course was, apart from some wet and soggy patches, in a good condition, the greens were nice, and the company was even better.

For lunch we went to Full Moon restaurant where we enjoyed a good lunch and some good drinks.

The third place this morning was for Fritz with 35 points. The second and first place was for Bernhard and Jan with 36 points, but Jan beat Bernhard on a better score on the last nine.

With these results, David Evans is the July champion with 70 points. Well done Dave.

We had three other celebrations: Jan for being the winner of the June competition. He received 50 RM for that. 

Steve celebrated his birthday and Reinli celebrated his 200th game for the Loose Cannons. Both received a box of balls for that occasion.

Thanks to the generous contribution of Steve and Reinli (many thanks!!), we all had a free lunch.

Next week we will play KGSAAS.

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

THE WINNER PICTURE, AND JUNE CHAMPION PRIZE CEREMONY. WELL DONE JAN.

JULY COMPETITION FINAL STANDINGS. WELL DONE DAVID.

LCPOTY CURRENT STANDINGS.

BIRTHDAY BOY GIFT CEREMONY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE.

200 GAMES MILESTONE GIFT FOR REINLI TAN AND KEEP COUNTING.

BERUNTUNG STAFF FOLLOWING AND WATCHING THE SKILLED PLAYERS.

OTHER PICTURES.

CARTOON OF THE MONTH.

Cannon’s,

We teed off early with two flights at Kota Seriemas. Marc overslept and had to miss the first hole…..

Always a very nice and attractive course, and at the same time not easy at all. The weather was very pleasant, the fairways and tees were in a very good condition. The greens were true and fast. Most of them were difficult to read, in particular when the pin was placed at a sloping part of the green.

The one problem with playing here is that they allow many jumbo flights. When we crossed over, we had to wait and wait and wait. The marshall told us that there were 6 (!!) jumbo flights in front of us. On top of that there was a flight with 6 buggies with a teacher, teaching children how to play golf. Although I agree that this is needed, and: one of the crucial rules is to avoid slow play….(Maybe a club to avoid if they still keeping this Jumbo crap policy).

So our second nine took about 1 hour longer than the first. Enough for Iain to pack his bag and go to the restaurant.

Anyway, we had an enjoyable lunch in Nilai, where we missed Roland, but he left a generous amount for celebrating his birthday. Thanks Roland and a very belated Congratulations!!

The scores were good this week with Jan on the third place with 31 points, Fritz second with 33 points and the winner was David Evans with a smashing 37 points!! Well done Dave, for you no difficult greens !

With these results, David Evans is now leading the monthly competition with 70 points, followed by Fritz Katzengruber with 66 and Reinli Tan with 62.

next week we will play Bukit Beruntung.

Cheers

Jan van Driel

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

THE WINNER PICTURE.WELL DONE DAVID.

JULY COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s,

It was a great day to play golf at Amverton Cove. The sun didn’t show itself at all, and we even had a couple of spots of rain during the game.

We were with two flights (7 players) and we teed off earlier than planned which was very good. Actually always a strong possibility at Amverton Cove. Normally a very good course to play, however today the greens were not in a very good condition. Variability in quality and speed made it not easy to get good scores today.
And you can see that from the scores: Fritz was the winner today with 33 points, together with David Evans. However Fritz had a better second nine, so he is the official winner of the day. Reinli was third with 31 points. Reinli and David choose to play from the white tees and the rest from blue.

We had a good lunch (a bit spicy this time!) in the trusted restaurant next to the bridge to Carey Island. Fritz wasn’t present so no free lunch today.

Next week we’ll play at Kota seriemas.

Jan van Driel

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

JULY COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s,

Six braves Cannon’s played at Seri Selangor with very hot and dry weather. Surprisingly the course was very quite and we were able to start twenty minutes earlier than our schedule tee time and it took less than four hours to finished the round. The course was in neat condition with nice fairways and very well maintained greens even with difficult pin positionS and most of them very fast, reflecting on the scores for everyone increasing the number of puts on every green. Ricardo Castro was the winner, maybe one of the lowest winning scores with only 86 for 29 points, second was Fritz Katzengruber with 102 for 28 points and in third place was Iain Wise and Steve Collins booth with 26 points. After the game five of us had a nice lunch at Beer Factory. Next week lets go to Amverton Cove.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

LC Convener

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

THE WINNER ENJOYING A MORNING GOLF GAME AFTER A LONG NIGHT WATCHING PORTUGAL vs SPAIN.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s,

The last game of June was held at Royal Kampung KC also known as Kelab Golf Diraja Kampung Kuantan. The weather was overcast and very humid early morning, but during the game specially on the back nine was sunny and very hot. The course conditions were perfect with reasonable fairways and nice greens. You can see around the course some improvements on the buggy track and very neat around the fairways and threes. Very hard course, with many water traps and tricky fairways corners, making the round quite challenging, and Reinli and Fritz experienced exactly that losing 23 balls between them.Thank you again to David Pearce to make this game possible and I hope we can comeback soon. Today’s winner was Jan van Driel with a remarkable 85 for 42 points (I believe his best score ever), and with these performance he became the June champion with a impressive 78 points. Second was Ricardo Castro with a solid 75 for 39 points, finishing the monthly competition in second with 77 points and in third place was David Pearce with a nice 95 for 35 points. Steve Collins was relegated to third place on the June competition with 76 points due the Jan’s and Ricardo high performance. Any way the five games of June were very competitive until the final hole and congratulations to everyone. After the game 10 of us had a nice meal at Jet Mei Seafood restaurant. Lets start the July competition at Seri Selangor. Thanks

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

LC Convener

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

THE WINNER IN ACTION.

JUNE COMPETITION FINAL STANDINGS TABLE.

LCPOTY CURRENT STANDINGS TABLE.

Q2 HANDICAP PROGRESS CURRENT STANDINGS.

ROYAL KAMPUNG KC HOLE IN ONE ACHIEVEMENT. DAVID PEARCE IN THE HOUSE.

THE FANTASTIC WATER BOYS, LOSING A REMARKABLE # OF BALLS ( ONLY 23) IN THE WATER.

BUT WE FOUND THE SOLUTION TO PICK UP ALL THIS AMOUNT OF BALLS.

IAIN COMMEMORATING THE GERMANY AND NETHERLANDS ELIMINATION FROM THE WORLD CUP.

OTHER ROYAL MOMENTS IN PICTURES.

CARTOON OF THE MONTH.

Cannon’s,

Back to south to play Nilai Springs with very hot weather specially the back nine. Three flights started on the Island nine crossing over to the Mango nine. The course was in excellent conditions with very well maintained fairways and very good greens. The winner was Steve Collins with a solid 91 for 39 points, followed by Jan van Driel with a nice 92 for 36 points, and in third place was Clive Gordon and Ted Parslow booth with 34 points. Following these results, Steve is now leading the monthly competition with 76 points, Ricardo is now second with 76 points and in third place Josef and Clive booth with 70 points. Nine of us had a nice lunch at Sek Hao Fu. Lets get ready for the last game of the month.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

LC Convener

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

THE TIGER AND THE WINNER. WELL PLAYED STEVE.

JUNE COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.

THE LEGEND PLAYING A TRICKY SHOT.

NICE NILAI SUNRISE.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s,

Three flights started on time on hole one and hole ten with hot and dry weather. As always the course conditions were excellent, with speedy greens specially on the first four holes. Ricardo Castro continuous his good form with one more victory with a solid 78 for 37 points, beating OCB (18 against 15) Steve Collins, and in third place our legend Ted Parslow with a nice 92 for 33 points. With these results Ricardo still leading the monthly competition now with 75 points, Steve in second with 73 and Josef in third with 70 points. Ten of us had an excellent lunch at Kajang Fei Chuai restaurant with 5 special dishes. During the lunch we also celebrated Sieggy’s 200 games milestone mark, and Martin Belderink his late birthday, with booth of them contributing with 200.00 rm each to the bill, and they got a nice box of balls as a gift. Welcome back to our Ted Parslow and David Pearce. Next week lets play Nilai Springs.

PS: A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO CHIA FOR ORGANIZING THE VIP ROOM AND THE EXCELLENT FOOD.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

LC Convener

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

IMPIAN WINNER IN ACTION.

CURRENT JUNE COMPETITION STANDINGS TABLE.

SIGGY 200 GAMES MILESTONE MARK AND MARTIN BELDERINK BIRTHDAY GIFT CEREMONY.

SPECIAL VIP ROOM FOR LOOSE CANNONS. THANK YOU TO WL CHIA FOR YOUR HELP.

THE SMOKERS CLUB.

UNDER THREE PLAYER.

OTHER IMPIAN MOMENTS.