Results – Rahman Putra – 2nd January 2013

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Registration worked well, and the first flight teed off, on time, at 0745. hrs. Flights had to be changed slightly as two players got a little lost and one person, claimed no E Mails, went to the wrong course. 

The first 9 was the Hills and the second was the front 9 on the Lakes. Both courses played long and the rough, after all the rain was tough, as a result the scores were higher than usual with only 7 of the 16 starters breaking the 100. The greens were in excellent condition, but some of the pin positions were somewhat challenging….

Geoff Parslow had an excellent round of 80, for the lowest gross of the day. The winner was Ray Funnell with a 98 for 38 points, cut 4 and Stuart Taylor was again the runner up with 96 for 37 points. – cut 1.

Lunch was taken at the club and all bar one person joined the beer free banter.

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Next Game – Rahman Putra – 3rd January 2013

4 flights have been booked, so far, for the HILL course at RAHMAN PUTRA for  WEDNESDAY JANUARY 2nd. We will again try pre – registration, and hopefully will get a prompt start. Tee off 0745 hrs. Please be at the club by 0720 hrs latest. 

Costs will be 130 RM ,incl 26 RM for lunch. Caddies included and are
compulsory.

Please let Ray Funnell know if you wish to play.

Results – Staffield Country Resort – 27th December 2012

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On a beautiful morning 17 players, after 2 Cannon withdrawls, including a flight of guests, teed off from 2 boxes, with a prompt start at 0745 hrs. The staff at Staffield was very helpful and the benefit of pre registration certainly helped us with the start, as our buggies had been separated and we teed off before the other flights. 

The course was in its usual excellent condition, especially the greens, but some areas, especially around the greens were inevitably a little soggy. 

Unfortunately only 15 players completed their rounds, as apparently it was getting too warm.  After the recent deluges, personally, good to see the sun shining. 

The winner on the day was Jeff Pearce with 95 gross for 41 points – cut 5 . Gordon Wingate got in the frame for the first time with 88 for 40 points – cut 1. Jeff won it on the last hole, as on the last box he was all square with Ray, who inexplicably put 2 drives into the lake….!! Lowest gross was Geoff P. with 82. 

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Results – Bukit Unggul Golf Resort – 18th December 2012

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This was the annual Xmas game with all LC’s required to adorn some festive hats …. traditionally Santa hats or antlers, but this year we saw some new hat styles being used. It was a merry band of 12 festive Loose Cannons golfers who headed out on an initial drizzly morning over the rolling hills of Bukit Unggul. The course condition was very good, albeit slightly wet in places, the weather remained overcast and cool and with no one to hold up play we made good time round the 18 holes and were back in the clubhouse around midday for lunch and beverages.
Ray Funnel kindly arranged for some additional novelty prizes (2 sleeves of golf balls) for two NTP’s on the par-3 holes number 2 and 14, plus a pleasant surprise gift for the runner up.
The winner was Andre Holm with 89 and 42 points. The runner up was Stuart Taylor with 91 and 41 points who received a rather nice bottle of whisky which he kindly opened up during lunch for any takers. Andre is cut 6 and Stuart cut 5.
Lowest gross was Ted Parslow with 87. Most golf was Dick Staufer with 115 who was welcomed back after a long time away from our LC outings.

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Next Game – Bukit Unggul Golf Resort – 18th December, 2012

Golf next week on 18th December will be the Xmas game and will be played at Bukit Unggul. Santa hats or antlers will be the dress code and apparently Ray Funnell has a couple of additional “Xmas Surprises” lined up for us all!

Please be at the club by 7:30am for an 8:00am tee-off and indicate your attendance to Ray Funnell by e-mail or call him at 012 203 0510 as he is arranging this game.

Results – The Club @Bukit Utama – 11th December, 2012

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12 Loose Cannons showed up for this week’s game at The Club @Bukit Utama, a rather tight and challenging 9 hole course. We played the white tees on the front nine holes followed by the blue tees for the second 9 holes.With it being a Public Holiday there were a few other players on the course but we managed an efficient check-in and registration and were off at around 8am. However play was from there onwards rather slow and the round was close to being a 5 hour round had we managed to actually finish. Unfortunately a large thunder storm came in and play was suspended as the last Cannons flight had just completed the 16th hole. 
The course was a little wet but the fairways were in pretty good condition – it was only the greens that rather sadly let down the course with many in poor shape. The rough was unforgiving and should your ball have entered any of the trees on either side of most of the fairways … it was gone!
Lunch was taken at the Restoran Supertanker in the club and food was very good washed down with around 15 large bottles of cold beer. Richard Moss who didn’t play joined us for the lunch. It was decided that this game result was scratched, all handicaps to remain unchanged and the winner’s pot to go towards the lunch bill which was a hefty RM900+ figure. Much muttering about the course, the state of the greens, and the slow play etc probably means we will not be playing The Club @Bukit Utama for some time to come.

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Loose Cannons Xmas Lunch – Coliseum Cafe – 5th December 2012

The Loose Cannons group convened at the Coliseum Cafe on 5th December at noon for their annual Xmas lunch which was well arranged by our temporary convenor, Mr Andrew Robinson. There were 11 attendees at this luncheon function and the ensuing events of the day are well documented in the following photos and video. 

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