PALM GARDEN IOI REPORT-25-04-2023

Cannon’s,

The last Ramadan game was held at Palm Garden, with 3 flights sharp at 8:00am, with the first flight teeing off at hole # 1 and flights two and three at hole # 10 and we all finished around noon time. The course is always in good shape with tricky greens, some of them fast some quite slow, which cost extra stocks to everyone. The winner today was WL Chia with a good 89 for 37 points, followed by our guest Charlie Chow who played his third game with a reasonable 94 for 35 points, and in third place Ricardo Castro and David Cheung booth with 33 points. With these results the monthly champion is WL Chia with 71 points, the same points as Ricardo Castro but Chia won, and followed the first criteria, from the two best games he had the highest score (37), so congratulations to Chia, well done. Joe Huggies (guest of Michael Fenner) played his first game with us, and got a nice LC sleeve of balls, compensating for his loss on hole 12 as a welcome gift and we are looking forward to seeing him again. Hans Berger requested lunch at the club and kindly sponsored 100% of the bill celebrating his birthday with us in advance we had a few jugs of beer and nice food, so Hans once more thank you for your support and offer, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY. The next game will be at Seri Selangor.

Cheers

Ricardo

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER RECEIVING HIS PRIZE.

APRIL FINAL STANDINGS TABLE.

LCOTY COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.

WELCOME GIFT FOR JOE HUGGIES.

BIRTHDAY BOR RECEIVING HIS GIFT. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND ALL THE BEST HANS.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

BARRY COUSINS TRIBUTE RIP-18-04-2023

Cannon’s

Barry Cousins

3rd January 1942 – 18th April 2023

Barry joined Loose Cannons in 2005 and was a regular and enthusiastic playing member with 353 games on his belt until the 4th of September 2015 his last game at Bukit Kemuning when health problems prevented him from continuing. In those early years, Barry lived in Kota Kemuning and was a member of Kota Permai Golf Club and helped us with bookings there at the member’s guest rate. Barry spent many years in Hong Kong where he met his wife Noel. Barry & Noel came to Malaysia under the Silver Hair program…the forerunner of MM2H.

I last spoke to Barry on Friday the 14th of April before his flight to Switzerland and we had a good chuckle over some of his misadventures which included his TVR catching fire and leaving Tasik Puteri. And the replacement BMW collided with a very large oil palm tree….also leaving Tasik Puteri. Then there was the Malacca away when Barry mistook the instructions of “baggage allowed”.  Apparently, in HK this meant something else!

Barry was a world-renowned Philatelist and author of several books on Irish Stamps. Barry was very active in the British ex-pat community and was always ready to help.

Barry was diagnosed with cancer 3 years ago and fought it without complaint but when it became terminal Barry took a pragmatic decision. I salute you Barry Cousins, a man of great courage and pragmatism. Barry will be greatly missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him.

RIP Barry Sidney Brian Cousins

Mike Smith-LCKL founder and Honorary Member

Ricardo Castro & Jan van Driel-LCKL Committee

SOME OF BARRY’S PICTURES AS WE WANT TO REMEMBER HIM ALWAYS.

TROPICANA REPORT-18-04-2023

Cannon’s

The third game of April was held at Tropicana Golf Course, with two flights we tee off at 8:00am at East 2 Nine with nice fairways and fast greens. Back nine we played the West 3 nine also in the same conditions with a good game speed finishing around noontime. Roland beat OCB Iain to claim the first spot with 96 for 33 points and third place went to Siegmund with 98 for 28 points. The final results reflected how difficult is Tropicana, with tricky greens costing extra putts to everyone. Mark Davies played the second game with us. With these results in the monthly competition, Ricardo stays firm in first place with 71 points followed by Roland with 67 and Iain with 63, so still open for the last game at Palm Garden. Lunch was at the club with nice cool beers and reasonable food.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

LCOTY CURRENT STANDINGS.

THE MASTER IN ACTION!! WHAT A PLAYER.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

KGPA REPORT-11-04-2023

Cannon’s

It was nice to play again KGPA after a long time because is so hard to get slots in the morning and this time I manage to have three flights with a Ramadam promotion. We played Hills (flights 1 and 2) and flight 3 started Lakes Nine. Hot weather and slow players in front of us but we enjoyed the well-maintained fairways and excellent greens. The winner today was Ricardo Castro with 80 for 36 points, followed by WL Chia, Roland Steiner (Birthday Boy), and Robert Mulliss, all with 34 points. Lunch was at nearby Bar Roca and Roland sponsored our lunch contributing with 200 rm celebrating his birthday we all say thank you and Happy birthday young Roland.

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

THE WINNER.

BIRTHDAY BOY GIFT.

MOMENT OF THE DAY.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

GLENMARIE (GARDENS) REPORT-04-04-2023

Cannon’s

Great morning at Glenmarie playing the Gardens course, with very nice conditions and nice greens even most of them sandy. This was our first Ramadam game and the course was not so busy with only 18 flights but in the back nine we were behind these fantastic players playing from the blue tee playing their third shot only about 200 meters from the tee box, but they keep going proudly playing their happily slow game without care about the 5 flights they were holding behind them. Anyway was a fun game, very hot and we manage to reach the restaurant before 1pm. The winner today was Ricardo Castro with 81/34 points followed by the strong Austrian, Siegmund with 94 for 32 points, and in third position was Helmut with 96 for 31 points. After the game, only 5 of us headed to Pantai Seafood restaurant where we had a nice meal (Ramadam package), ordered by our F&B expert Tony Morris and of course with nice and cool beers. Ricardo received his prize for today’s victory and March champion. Thanks to everyone to keep supporting our society.

Cheers

Ricardo

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

GLENMARIE WINNER AND MARCH CHAMPION PRIZES CEREMONY.

WELCOME GIFT FOR MARK DAVIES, FOR HIS FIRST GAME WITH LC.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

TASIK PUTERI REPORT-28-03-2023

Cannon’s.

We back to Tasik Puteri and played Tasik and Puteri courses and the first nine were quite wet and difficult greens to put. We had 2 groups in front of us with quite slow players which makes some of our members quite nervous and complained to some of the players later we saw the Marshall but as usual, nothing happen. Any way overall was a nice morning with great company. The winner today was Iain Wise with a nice 34 points, the second was Tony Morris with 33 points, followed by 3 players with 30 points sharing the third position. With these results the champion of March is Ricardo Castro with 67 points, beating Tony Morris OCB with the hights score from the best 2 games (36). For the LCOTY competition, Bernhard still holds the first position with 40 points, followed closely by Ricardo with 31 and Martin and Montano booth with 20 points are sharing the third position. Birthday Boy David Cheung contributed 120.00Rm for the drinks. Next week will be playing Glenmarie for our first Ramadam game.

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

TASIK WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

BIRTHDAY BOY GIFT.

MARCH COMPETITION FINAL STANDINGS.

LCOFTY CURRENT STANDINGS.

2023 Q1 reports.

RAINBOW MAN IN THE HOUSE.

IF YOU NEED SOME TIPS ON HOW TO PLAY DIFFERENT BALLS WITH DIFFERENT COLORS DURING 18 HOLES, PLEASE CONTACT HELMUT. CONDITIONS APPLY.

CARTOON OF THE MONTH.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.