The last game of March was held at Kota Seriemas with a nice Ramadan promotion. Course conditions were excellent, very dry and hot weather. Three full flights teed off before 8:00 am from tee box 1 and we all finished in good time. Today we had a special winner, our young Viking from Sweeden, Hans Berger with a nice 114 for 39 points (his last win was on the 24th of September 2019 with 90/46 at Staffield), followed by David Evans with also a nice score of 104 for 37 points, and in third place was Siegmund Maierbrugger with a reasonable 95 for 33 points. Ten of us rushed to our usual restaurant at Nilai for a nice meal with a cool amber beverage, with Bernhard Romahn contributing 300.00 Rm, celebrating his birthday on March 14th. Roland got his special Batam shirt related to his victory in Batam. With today’s results, Josef is the March winner with 76 points, followed in second by Bernhard Romahn with 74, and in third place Roland Steiner and Bent Serritslev booth with 71 points. For the LCOTY competition, Ricardo Castro keeps his position as a leader now with 42 points, followed closely in second is Bernhard Romahn with 38 points, and in third place is Roland Steiner with 30 points. So I should say this Month is the German Mafia month with Roland winning Batam away, Josef Winter winning the March competition, and Bernhard Romahn, Josef Winter, and Roland Steiner in the top four for the LCOTY competition, controlling all the top places. We are looking forward to starting the April games next week at Famosa Club.
Cheers
Ricardo Castro
FULL RESULTS TABLE.
WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY. WELL DONE HANS BERGER.
MARCH MONTHLY COMPETITION FINAL STANDINGS.
LCOTY COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.
THE TIME TRAVELL MAN, CONTROLS TIME AND HIS POSITION IN TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AT THE SAME TIME.
BATAM WINNER SHIRT CEREMONY. WELL DONE ROLAND.
AUSTRIAN TROPICAL SEXY SHORTS.
SINCE THIS MONTH THE GERMAN MAFIA TOOK ALL THE BIG PRIZES AND TOP POSITIONS, I SHOULD SAY, “EAT LIKE A GERMAN, DRINK LIKE A GERMAN, AND PLAY GOLF LIKE A GERMAN”
Finally back to KGPA with a kind of Ramadan promotion. Three flights started on time first on the Forest Nine, crossing over to the Hills Nine. Very hot weather, sunny with blue sky and great course conditions, and I guess one of the best courses in KL, very well maintained, clean, nice greens, perfect tee box, and all well organized. The winner today was our travel man, Helmut with a very nice 89 for 39 points, followed by Ricardo playing his hdc with a good 78 (lowest gross) for 36 points, and in third place was Josef Winter with a reasonable 90 for 35 points. With these results, the monthly competition standings Josef is now leading with 76 points, followed closely by Bernhard with 74, and in third place another European man with 71 points. It seems this month the German Mafia, will be in the top 3, so let’s see the last game what can bring. Lunch was at Bar Rocca and David Cheung contributed 300.00 Rm for his anniversary and Ricardo Castro with 300.00 Rm for celebrating his 3oo games with LCKL, but even with these generous contributions the bill was quite expensive with a lot of beers and everyone still put in 60.00 more to cover the bill. Anyway, we had a nice lunch with cool beers, we were all happy and that’s much more important than money. Happy Birthday to David.
Cheers
Ricardo Castro
FULL RESULTS TABLE.
MARCH GAMES CURRENT STANDINGS.
BIRTHDAY BOY SPECIAL GIFT.
BIRTHDAY BOY WITH HIS TOY.
JOSEF’S GOLF SKILLS. PLEASE DONT TRY THIS AT HOME, ONLY FOR TALENTED PLAYERS.
BUGGY STATION RECIPT CONTROLER.
GOOD PREPARATION IS WHAT MATTERSFOR A GOOD ROUND.
DRAGON’S VIEW.
MARSHALL OBSERVING THE SECOND FLIGHT. ANYTHING INTERESTING HELMUT?
This year the Ramadan promotions are not as attractive as before with most of the clubs increasing prices and offering quite ridiculous”promotions”. Nilai at least offers a good offer and twelve of us were teeing off around 8:00 am from Mango’s hole 1 followed by the Pine’s nine. The course was in very good condition, dry and quite slow greens but all in good shape and well maintained. You can feel the adrenaline still on from the Batam tour reflected in the good scores and a good vibe on all of us. The winner today was Bernhard Romahn with a nice 82 for 40 points, followed by the improving hdc Markus Nijmeijer with a reasonable 113 for 39 points, and in third place was Iain Wise with a good 94 for 38 points, celebrating his game # 400, and following the LC tradition, Iain contributed with 400.00 Rm for your lunch bill. Thank you, Iain, and congratulations on your milestone with Loose Cannons. Ten of us had a good lunch at Sek Hao Fu restaurant in Nilai, just 3 km away from the golf course.
After seven years we are back in Batam for our first 2024 away games to celebrate the 20th anniversary of our society in great style. Our flight to Batam with Batik was a real mess. The first 3 weeks before the flight they moved the flight from Subang to Klia 1, canceled the flight back on the 8th, and rescheduled to the 9th at 16:10 pm, and after a few emails they changed again to 20:50 and on the same day with another email, changed again to 21:50 and finally we took off at 23:00 to Batam. With all these changes five of us decided to follow the flight, Roland, Chia, and David decided to drive to JB and take the ferry to Batam and Martin decided on the way back to KL to fly with Lion Air to Pekanbaru and from there take Air Asia flight to KL, but the connections had some problems, + he had to buy another ticket and the trip from Batam to KL took around 14 hours, so he had the longest flight from Batam to KL. Four of us decided to follow the flight on the 9th and all was good and normal, arrived safely in KL without the pilots falling asleep. One more thing about the flight from KL to Batam, not even one word from the captain, no apologies, complete silence which makes this flight quite strange procedure. Anyway, we all arrived safely in Batam, the hotel was nice, good deal with breakfast, a great location, and easy access to the main roads, walking distance to a duty-free shop, food court, ATM center, convenience shop, and even a Durian shop for the Durian lovers have a smelly snack. Six of us played a fun game at Batam Island (Old Tering Bay), The weather was not so hot, nice breeze, and a good layout even the fairways some parts had no grass, and a lot of bunkers, but overall were a nice morning to start the tour. On the way back we pick up at Batam Ferry Center, Roland, Chia, and David. The regular LC game for the March competition was held at Batam Hills, with very challenging first nine holes, and very difficult tee shots with narrow fairways with OB on the booth sides. The winner was Diederik Brinkman with a fantastic round of 90 for 43 points, the second was Josef Winter also with a nice score of 86 for 41 points, and in third place.
FUN GAME AT BATAM ISLAND.
PICTURES OF THE DAY.
REGULAR GAME AT BATAM HILLS.
BATAM HILLS FINAL RESULTS TABLE.
WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.
FEBRUARY CHAMPION PRIZE CEREMONY.
PICTURES OF THE DAY.
VIP SMOKERS CLUB.
For the team competition, we had 3 teams, the Cordial Cannons Balls (Ricardo, Chia & Diederik), the Ngaws (Bernhard, Martin & David), and the Angry Birdies (Josef, Roland & Jan) with a combined stf from the 3 games BH< PS and PS). Very tied results with the Ngaws taking the first place with 289 points, second was the Angry Birdies with 285 points and the last one was the Cordial Cannons Balls with 286 points. The first away game was held at Padang Sukajadi, with nice weather, great fairways, and nice greens. Roland was the man with a nice 90 for 38 points followed again by Josef with a reasonable 90 for 37 points and in third place was Chia with 90 for 36 points. The final and second away game was at Palm Springs, a resort beach course with beautiful sea scenery, well-maintained, good caddies, and quite challenging nines (Palm & Island) with tricky tee boxes, difficult greens to put, and a lot and long bunkers. The winner with the best stf was David Cheung with 36 points and the winner of the Batam 2024 tour was Roland Steiner with a combined total of 75 points, followed by Josef Winter with a nice number, 69, and in third place was David Cheung with68 points.
AWAY GAMES AND TEAM COMPETITION FINAL RESULTS TABLE.
PADANG SUKAJADI PICTURES OF THE DAY.
PALM SPRINGS PICTURES OF THE DAY.
TOUR DINNER AND PRIZES GIVEN CEREMONY.
GREAT DINNER AT ALLEY ARCHE RESTAURANT A NEW VENUE IN BATAM. GREAT PLACE TO FINISH THE TOUR AND CELEBRATE THE LOOSE CANNON’S 2OTH ANNIVERSARY.
LOOSE CANNONS 20th ANIVERSARY SPECIAL CAKE.
TOUR PRIZES CEREMONY.
MOST BIRDIES WINNER.
TEAM COMPETITION PRIZES CEREMONY.
19TH HOLE PICTURES.
BATAM TOUR OFFICIAL MICHELIN CHEF, MR. DIEDERIK BRINKMAN.
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