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CANNON’S

The last game of 2023 was held at KGSAAS and as expected the fairways were very, very soggy, even worse than Berjaya Hills I must say. For every shot that hit the fairway, we had to spend a few minutes trying to find the plugged ball costing some of us some money with lost balls. Greens were okay, some fast, some slow but overall the best place to be on the course. We played the President and Sultan Nines with some jam on the first tee box with 2 flights in front of us which sometimes was quite slow. The weather was overcast and humid the first 2 hours and the second nine was sunny and even more humid. The winner today was Bernhard Romahn with a fantastic 83 for 40 points (first nine 24 points), second place was Ricardo Castro with a very good score of 77 (lowest gross) for 39 points, and in third place our expert tee shots Helmuth Dicknoether with a reasonable 93 for 34 points. With these results, Ricardo won the December competition with 74 points, followed by Bernhard with 69 (nice number) and Roland finished in third with 67 points. Following the final December games results, for the Player of the Year competition, Ricardo cemented his first position with 134 points and is the champion for the second year in a row, Bernhard with a good season finished second with 117 points followed in third place by Roland Steiner with 79 points. One more year finished with a lot of fun, good friendships, nice moments, and good memories to be remembered forever. Thank you, Jan for your effort and contribution as a convenor for most of the year, and thank you all for your support to our society throughout the year and also for helping, making my job easy and pleasant. I’m looking forward to 2024 and as you know next year we will be celebrating the 20th anniversary with a special shirt to celebrate this milestone in style. Happy New Year to everyone extended to our overseas and ex-members all over the world, may 2024 bring you peace, harmony, and especially good health.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

THE WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

DECEMBER COMPETITION FINAL STANDINGS.

LC PLAYER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION FINAL STANDINGS.

2023 FINAL LC MASTER SHEET STATISTICS.

FINAL HANDICAP PROGRESS TABLE.

CARTOON OF THE MONTH.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s,

Finally, we were back at the reopened Berjaya Hills course and it was a nice and interesting experience, even as expected with the amount of rain from the last weeks, the course was soggy and muddy but you know what, we enjoyed the morning with a good company, beautiful scenery, cool weather for a change and a nice sound coming out from the misty jungle. After 5 drops we were only six but the good and brave ones. We teed off on hole # 1 and surprisingly they allowed us to drive on the course, making some German drivers get stuck in the mud and some of us sliding driving for a few meters making our morning feel like a Paris Dakar rally. The winner today was Ricardo Castro with a reasonable 82 for 34 points, the second was Bernhard Romahn with 94 for 29, and in third place was Roland Steiner with 100 for 28 points. After the game, we had lunch at Restaurant 126 and after waiting for our food for at least 40 minutes, finally we had our lunch with a few beers to cool down our adrenaline from the morning jungle adventure. Merry Christmas to all LC members extensive to the families and a great 2024.

Cheers

Ricardo

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

DECEMBER CURRENT STANDINGS.

MY BUGGY AFTER 18 ADVENTURE HOLES.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

CARTOON OF THE MONTH.

Cannon’s

Only one flight played at the empty Beruntung golf course with most of the fairways soggy from the heavy rain the night before and speedy greens. The weather was hot and humid and we finished around nun time avoiding the big storm, where we got that otw back to KL. The winner today was Ricardo Castro with 81 for 35 points, followed by Bernhard Romahn with 95 for 28, and in third place was our Swedish Viking Hans Berger with 132 for 20 points. No lunch this time.

Cheers

Ricardo

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER PRIZE PICTURE.

BKT BERUNTUNG GRAFFITI ART.

OTHER PICTURES ART.

Cannon’s,

Christmas lunch was held at the newly restored Renaissance Hotel with a superb feast, 5-star service, and facilities provided to us in a nice private room, with special thanks to Bipan Kapur. Twelve of us were in a great Christmas mood and everyone came on time assembling at R Bar, with a bottle of wine and Christmas headgear except Hans who had to pay a fine of 50.00Rm. Also, Roland had to pay 50.00 Rm because he failed to read properly the flyer and forgot to wear the LC shirt. After collecting all the bottles Tony Morris the wine master checked every bottle with the final verdict, Martin and Fritz’s bottles were the crapiest wines and both of them had to pay 50.00 Rm each with some complaints about the judge’s decision. Following the LC tradition, this year we had 4 virgins (Bent, Mike, Fritz & Roland), and with Tony’s paradise bird voice, he sang a traditional song for the punished virgins, and four of them had to drink a full glass of beer standing on the top of the sofa. After we all make a move to the private room to initiate the second half of the festivities. First Ricardo distributed to everyone the 2023 summary season report with all the numbers until the 5th of December, he also thanked Jan for all the hard work from January until the end of October with bookings and hdc reports, to our sponsors and LC members for their continuous support to our society. Also was reported that the new shirt will be ready end of December, and we will join the charity project “Swing for Humanity” charging every game 5.00 Rm for every player next year. Tony proposed that we should increase that contribution to 10.00 Rm which was 100% accepted and from January 2024 I will start collecting and I will report every 3 months to everyone the numbers. After all the formalities we started with our lunch, first a nice buffet, with a lot of choices, and after 1 hour the first delicious main course was served (King Prawn with Black Angus Beef Tenderloin) followed by the second one (Special Christmas, Roasted Big Chicken) and to finish in style a nice combination of Christmas puddings, Pavlova and other delicious cakes, all well presented. We also got a video call from our LC father Mike Smith to say some words and we were all happy to see him in good spirits. Before dessert, everyone had to sing or tell a joke. Andrew Robinson thanked the convenor for all the hard work and also a few words to the demised Cannons members. We finished around 4pm with a full belly and 12 bottles of wine empty, including the two cappiest bottles. On behalf of all LC members, I want to say thank you to all Renaissance staff and wish Merry Christmas to all regular LCs, overseas and past members, and extensive families, may the new year bring all of us good health, happiness, fortune, and love. For the magnificent twelve thank you for coming and making the lunch even more special and to all thank you for your support throughout the year.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

BEFORE THE PARTY.

LC CHRISTMAS GIFT BAGS.

THE ASSEMBLING.

THE VIRGIN PUNICHEMENT CEREMONY.

PHOTO GROUP. THANK YOU TO RENAISSANCE HOTEL.

SECOND HALF. CHRISTMAS LUNCH.

ANDREW’S REMEMBERING THE DEMISED CANNONS MEMBERS. ALL OUR PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS.

JOKES AND SONGS TIME.

PERFORMANCE OF THE DAY.

THE 500 GAMES RESTRICT CLUB. ANDREW HAS 518 GAMES, TONY 532 GAMES, HANS 503 GAMES AND ALL STILL COUNTING. LONG LIFE FOR OUR SPECIAL CANNONS MEMBERS.

Cannon’s

The first game of December was held at Nilai Springs. Only two flights (3+4) teed off on time on Mango 9 followed by Island 9. The weather was hot and sunny, and the course was in good condition but the greens were not easy to judge the speed, sometimes fast and slow, and pin positions were always very tricky costing many puts for everyone. The winner today was Roland Steiner with a splendid 89 for 39 points, followed by Ricardo Castro with a reasonable 81 (lowest gross) for 35 points, and in third place was Bent Serritslev with 103 for 32 points. After the game six of us stayed at the club for lunch and we presented 50.00 Rm to Ricardo Castro for his win in last month’s competition and the other 50.00 to the homeless (he forgot his wallet) Roland Steiner. After lunch, he left and 10 minutes later he came back because he left his mobile on the table, so too many senior moments in one morning!!!!! For the ones attending our Christmas lunch this Friday we are looking forward to a nice celebration in style.

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

NOVEMBER CHAMPION PRIZE CEREMONY.

HELMUT AND BENT ACCURACY SHOTS.

KOREAN INFLUENCE!!

NO KOREAN TRANSLATION??

STRAIGHT, DOWN AND BOOMMMM… WHAT A PLAYER!!

OTHER MOMENTS IN TIME.