Cannon’s,

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.

OTW TO BATAM.

THE LONGEST FLIGHT FACE. WELCOME TO PEKANBARU.

THE RESTRICT VIP SLEEPING HEADS CLUB.

FOUR PUTS NIGHTMARE.

BATAM TOUR SHUTTLE.

GOODIE BAGS PICTURES.

BATAM SPECIAL POLO AND CAP.

BATAM TOUR TABLE PRIZES.

BATAM TOUR FLYER.