Cannon’s

Jan

Here is my story:

It was a truly great golfing day today. The course at Amverton was in great condition, from tees to greens. The weather was very kind to us, as the sun kept us away most of the time and it became only a bit warmer and humid when we were almost finished.

We teed off with four flights, two three balls, and two full flights. We missed Helmut because he got just outside the island with problems with his car and he had to wait almost two hours before his car could get towed away. Helmut, next time better, and maybe you should think about another car…..?

It was good that we were allowed to tee off at hole 1 and hole 2 because it was very busy at the course. One flight took indeed a long time because they were helped up by a jumbo flight on the second nine.

The scores were good today. Four players ended up with 37 points, but Bernhard won OCB (again….) on count back and took the RM 50 back home. Martin, Diederik, and Chia were the others with 37 points. With these results, Bernhard is the January winner with 75 points (the best 3rd score), followed by Diederik also with 75, and in third place Martin with 73.

The lunch was at the restaurant next to the bridge Kang Guan, with good food and drinks. We had a free lunch today thanks to the contribution from Diederik for his birthday and the generous contribution from Chia, because of the Chinese New Year. Many thanks, guys!!

During our lunch, we also celebrated the Loose Cannon Of The Year 2022. This is based on the monthly performances during the year, where points are given for places one to ten. You can all follow this in much more detail on the blog.

We gave prizes to the top 10, and for the others, we had a lucky draw. Number 10 was Roland, good for a sleeve of balls, numbers 9 and 8 (Mike and Bipan) were not present. Josef with number 7 won a pair of socks. Numbers 6 and 5 (Helmut and David Cheung) were not present. Chia with number 4 won a Loose Cannons 2023 cap. Iain, in the 3rd place, won a bottle of wine. Bernhard was number 2 good for 100 RM and the winner overall for last year, and therefore the Loose Cannon Of The Year 2022 was Ricardo!! He received the trophy with his name on it and a special shirt.

After that, we had a lucky draw between Dave, Hans, Jan, Martin, and Diederik, and the winner was Hans with Pampa’s bottle of wine voucher and the lucky boy was Hans Berger.

Jan

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

AMVERTON WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

JANUARY FINAL STANDINGS.

FULL MEMBERSHIP GIFT CEREMONY. CONGRATULATIONS MICHAEL.

LC OF THE YEAR PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s

We played again at Bukit Jalil, after a long time. In hindsight not a good choice with all the rain we had the last time. The fairways were at several places very wet, and on top of that the greens were very difficult and sometimes fast, sometimes slow. Also on a number of holes, the holes themselves were not very well cut. In other words, a difficult morning. 

But the company was good, and we had a good freshly cooked lunch afterward at the club.

We welcomed Michael for his 4th game, and Iain was back again after being away in the UK.

The condition of the course was reflected in the scores. After a long, long discussion, we agreed that Jan and Bernhard shared the second/third place and Martin was the winner with 33 points. With these results, the January competition standings stay the same as last week, keeping all open to the last game of the month next week at Amverton.

Jan

FULL RESULTS TABLE

JALIL WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY

JANUARY CURRENT STANDINGS

PICTURES OF THE DAY

SPECIAL TEE BOX FOR JOSEF

Cannon’s,

The weather was great for playing golf this morning. It was foggy on the way to Staffield and indeed a bit of mist was hanging over the course before we started. That disappeared very quickly and a well-maintained golf course was ready to get played on. Good fairways and fast greens on the first nine, slower on the back nine, made it a real enjoyment to play. The greens were quite variable as far as the speed was concerned, which made it not easy to master.

So we had a very good morning with also a variety of scores.

After lunch at the club, we congratulated Hans on his third place with 33 points, Martin was second with 36 points and Bernhard was the winner again with 38 points. Well done again Bernhard!! With these results, Bernhard lead the January competition with 75 points, followed very close by Diederik with 73 and in third place Martin with 69 (nice number!!).

We welcomed Fritz for his 2nd game and thank you, Fritz, for being a member there, because it made our lunch a bit cheaper, and Michael Fenner-Smith for his 3rd game.

Tan played a couple of weeks ago his fifth game and we now welcomed him as a full member of the Loose Cannons, with a bag tag, sleeve of balls, and a cap.

Next week we will play Bukit Jalil.

Jan

FINAL RESULTS TABLE

STAFFIELD WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY

JANUARY COMPETITION STANDINGS

FULL MEMBER GIFT SET FOR OC TAN

PICTURES OF THE DAY

Cannon’s

Always a very pleasant course to play. All holes are really different from each other and it is going up and down all the time. Challenges on both sides of the fairways, be it water, jungle, or OB, make this course very attractive.

The course was well maintained with good tees and fairways, and in particular on the first nine, very fast greens. The second nine had several sanded greens, which were slower but also not easy to read.

The weather was very nice to us, not too hot at all, only the last two holes were very wet as the rain decided to come down. A good lunch at the club finished in the morning.

After lunch, we congratulated Bernhard for being the last year’s December champion. Bernhard was also the winner of the competition during the Melaka away days, for which he got a new LC shirt, bright red!

The winner today was Diederik with 38 points, followed by Bernhard and Mike with 37 points and Josef and Roland with 35 points.

Next week we will be playing Staffield.

Jan

FULL RESULTS TABLE

UNGGUL WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

DECEMBER CHAMPION PRIZE CEREMONY

MELAKA CHAMPION PRIZE CEREMONY

PICTURES OF THE DAY

Cannon’s

We had a great day at Impian this morning. Nice weather, not really busy and we could tee off at holes 1 and 10. That saved us quite some time as were with 4 flights. The course was as ever in very good condition, not wet at all, and the greens were very fast causing a lot of missed putts.

We had lunch at East of Highway with only 6 players. We should know that the lunch after the game is effectively part of the game, so we should really make a lot of effort to attend that as well!

The winner on this day was Bernhard with 37 points (not present at lunch), with the second-place split between Ricardo, Diederik, and Marvin all with 35 points. Ricardo, the only one of the three present, won second place on count back.

The third place was a tie between Martin and Michael Fenner Smith with 33 points each, who we welcomed for his second LC game.

Uwe Lukas played his fifth game but unfortunately was also not present during lunch to receive his gift. Also, Marvin Gan played his 3rd game

Next week we play at Bukit Unggul.

Jan

FULL RESULTS TABLE

PICTURES OF THE DAY