Amverton was the course to play our second game with good course conditions, but on the first nine slow greens and quite humid weather and overcast. Three flights started before 8:00 am and it was a fast round as the course was quite empty. Today’s winner was for the second time this year our Viking Hans Berger beating OCB Jan van Driel booth with 35 points, and in third place another Viking Bent Serritslev with a nice 101 for 34 points. Martin Middleton played his third game and David Pearce’s fourth game. We can see Hans progressing to his old form and we all are pleased to see that happening, well done Hans. Lunch at the usual seafood restaurant just after the bridge but this time the food was not as nice as before with some of the dishes having no taste. Next week we are going North to Beruntung.
The first game of May was held at Nilai Springs, playing the Island and Pines Nines. The weather was quite humid and hot with some of the fairways soft and speedy greens. The winner was Ricardo Castro with 79 for 35 points, second with the same 34 points were WL Chia and Jan van Driel followed by our guest, playing his second game with us with a reasonable score of 101 for 33 points. We all finished before 4 hours and ten of us rushed to the restaurant in Nilai for a nice meal and cool beers. Josef Winter got his prize for the April winner. Next week we will play Amverton.
The last game of April was held at Staffield with a blue sky but very humid and hot. Three flights started on Western Nine and crossed over to Southern Nine. Course conditions were perfect with dry fairways and nice greens. The winner today was Josef Winter with a magnificent score of 81 for 46 points (his best-ever score), second place was our guest Martin Middleton with a nice 94 for 40 points, and in third place was our birthday boy Hans Berger with 115 for 38 points followed by Jan van Driel and Ted Parslow booth with 37 points. As I mentioned Martin Middleton played his first game with us, and I hope he enjoyed the game and our social entertainment. Today we celebrated Hans Berger and Ted Parslow’s birthday and they sponsored the full bill for our lunch with a big thank you from everyone, and we all looking forward to celebrating again next year and wishing a long life for both of them. Roland Steiner also got his late birthday gift. With today’s results, Josef Winter (second month in a row) is the April champion with a massive 82 points, followed by Jan van Driel with 77, and in third place Ricardo Castro with 74 points. For the LCOTY standings, Ricardo Castro still leading the pack now with 52 points, second place Bernhard Romahn with 46, and in third place is Josef Winter with 44 points. April is close, it was a very competitive month decided only on the last game, well done for our monthly winner and thank you all for your participation and support.
Two flights started on time on Putera Nine and crossed over to Tasik Nine. The weather was overcast but very humid, and the last two hours were sunny and very hot, feeling like a sauna. Course conditions were ok but Tasik Nine was much more soggy. Nice greens but very fast, costing many extra strokes. Collin Lee played his 3rd game with us and in two more games, he will be a full member. The winner today was Ricardo Castro with a nice 77 for 38 points, followed by Roland Steiner and Jan van Driel booth with 35 points, and in third place was Helmut Dicknoether with 98 for 30 points. With these results and one more game to play this month, Jan van Driel is now leading with 75 points, followed closely by David Cheung and Ricardo Castro booth with 72 points, and in third place two more players Fritz Katzengruber and Josef Winter booth with 70 points, so all open for the last game of the month. We had lunch at the terrace with some ordering problems and quite a slow serving of drinks and food, but we all enjoyed the cool beverages and also the contribution of 300.00 Rm from Roland Steiner for his late birthday, and he will have his birthday gift next week.
It was the perfect time to play Kinrara before the rainy season started. Nice layout, difficult tee box shots, playable fairways, and nice renovated greens even slow, costing many strokes to everyone. Three flights started before 8:00 am on hole one and we all finished around noon time. Of the 12 players, six (David, Mike, Fritz, Markus, Bent & Jan) never played Kinrara and I believe they all had a good experience. The winner today was Bernhard Romahn with 83 for 37 points, followed by Iain and David, booth with 36 points, and Ricardo and Josef finished in fourth with 36 points. With these results the monthly competition sees David Cheung in first place with 72 points, followed closely by Josef and Fritz booth with 70 points, and in third place Bernhard with 69 points, so all are open for the last two games.
For this week, we were supposed to play Kinrara, but two days before the game, the management decided to close the club for two days (9 & 10), so with just so short notice, I managed to book four flights to Bangi saving the week. Since this time is a week of celebration, we all want to say Happy Hari Raya to all Muslims, may happiness, harmony, health, and love be present in all your families and closest friends. We played Kajang and Bangi courses and the conditions were nice, most dry fairways, but in some areas, we already noticed some soggy parts, so it was the right time to play Bangi. The greens were nice but very slow, costing many puts to everyone. The winner today was Jan van Driel and he shot a magnificent 95 for 40 points, apparently, his new set of clubs, driver and fairway woods seems working well, second place was David Cheung, Josef Winter, and Bent Serritslev all with 36 points, followed with Hans Berger with 118 for 33 points (the biking attacked again). This is just a reminder, that all the scorecards with proper scoring (groos and stf) must be delivered to me at the restaurant, and if you don’t want to go for lunch pass the card to someone or take a clear picture and send to me, otherwise, you will be disqualified for the game with DNF. This is not a new rule it’s been like this for a long time, so you should know, especially for the guys with more than 10 years as an LC member, so this week this situation happened to Bernhard and Siggy. Ricardo Castro contributed to the bill with 100.00 Rm celebrating his Eagle on Par 5 hole # 5 Kajang course, and Markus Nijmeijer celebrating in advance with us his Birthday with a nice contribution of 300.00 Rm. Thank you to David Cheung for ordering the food and helping me with the billing process. Steve Lakin played his 3rd game and Collin Lee his 2nd game with us, and we all hope to see them again very soon. Lunch was at East of Highway restaurant with a good crowd (14) and we had good food, cool beers, and a great celebration and this is the LC spirit. See you again next week at Kinrara and hope they are in full operation.
Cheers
Ricardo Castro
FULL RESULTS TABLE.
BANGI WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.
BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR MARKUS NIJMEIJER. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARKUS, ENJOY YOUR SPECIAL DAY, MANY HAPPY RETURNSAND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION.
EAGLE BOY MOMENT AT KAJANG COURSE, PAR 5 HOLE # 5.
LC CELEBRATION TABLE WITH 14 OF US. LET’S KEEP ALWAYS THIS SPIRIT ALIVE AND ENJOY THESE SPECIAL MOMENTS TOGETHER.
The first game of April was held at A Famosa Golf Course. We all started before 8:00 am first on the Rocky course followed by the Crocodile course, with good weather, great course condition, and very nice greens even though most of them difficult to read the speed. Even with the problem of finding a restaurant with beer, we have to play at least 2 times a year Famosa, which I think is worth it (talking about golf only). The winner today was Fritz Katzengruber with a nice 93 for 38 points, followed by Roland Steiner and another Austrian Siegmund Maierbrugger, booth with 33 points, and in third was Markus Nijmeijer with a reasonable 119 for 32 points. Markus its been improving his hdc week after week, well done. Josef Winter received his deserved prize for the March champion with 76 points. Our birthday Boy Erol Akinci didn’t finish the game, rushing back to KL, so the celebration had to be postponed to the next opportunity. We stayed for lunch at the Club House, with some confusion ordering the food and Iain left for KL to have a cool beer somewhere. Guys we need to enjoy life in a relaxing way, accepting the simple little things, and is not because one time we don’t have beer available that the world going to collapse around us, please just appreciate the moment you are having and how lucky we are to have this life, drive somewhere and play golf. Enjoy these as much as you can these gifts with happiness and friendship, because one day all these moments will be finished for different reasons and then you will regret it, and it will be too late. Thanks
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.
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