Cannon’s,

Always good to return to Tasik Puteri for a nice game of golf. Weather was hot and dry, with a reasonable fairways and fairy greens. Today’s winner was Bernhard Romahn with a fantastic 81 for 42 points, second was Josef Winter with a solid 89 for 38 points, and in third place was another German with a nice 90 for 37 points. With these results,Bernhard his now leading the monthly competition with a comfortable 76 points, followed by Marc with 73 and Ricardo with 70 points. We welcomed our guest Justin Madhavan from Singapore (introduced by Marc), and he got a nice LC Cap as a welcome gift. Josef will organize the next 3 games during my absence and a big thank you for his time and consideration. See you all in 4 weeks, enjoy the game and stay safe.

Cheers

Ricardo

LC Convener

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

THE WINNER PICTURE WITH A BIG SMILE.

JANUARY COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.

WELCOME GIFT FOR OUR GUEST JUSTIN MADHAVAN.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

LOOSE CANNONS CARTOON.

Cannon’s,

The first game of 2026 was held at Seri Selangor club with four full flights. Weather was overcast but very pleasant with a great course conditions and very nice greens even some very challenging with tricky pin positions and funny breaks. Today’s winner was Marc Louette with a solid 107 for 38 points, followed by Ricardo with a nice 78 for 36 points, and in third place was Bernhard Romahn with 89 for 34 points. Thirteen of us rushed to the Beer Factory for a nice lunch and good fun. See you guys next week at Tasik Puteri.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

LC Convener

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

THE FIRST WINNER OF THE YEAR.

2026 LC NEW SHIRT.

“MOVES LIKE JAGGER” OR MOVES LIKE DIEDERIK?

DIEDERIK’S SPECIAL SWING POSITION SEQUENCE.

“OPGEVEN KAN MORGEN OOK NOG” (“YOU CAN ALWAYS GIVE UP TOMORROW”), TOOM HERMANS (1916-2000).

COULD THIS MACHINE HELP TO IMPROVE JOSEF GAME, OR MAYBE TO FIND DIEDERIK’S BALL IN THE WATER, WHO KNOWS……OUR ENGINEER WAS CHECKING FOR AN ANSWER.

THERE IS NO BEER FOR 2026. IAIN’S NEW YEAR RESOLUTION?

OTHER PICTURES.

NEW YEAR CARTOON.

Cannon’s,

Staffield was the chosen golf course to play the last game of the year. Good weather, great course conditions with excellent greens. Today’s winner was Steven Collins with a solid 92 for 39 points, followed by Iain Wise with 95 for 36 and in third place was Clive Gordon with a nice 91 for 35 points. With these results Marvin Gan is the December champion with 79 points, Iain Wise is second with 76 and in third place Bernhard Romahn with 75 points. For the LCPOTY Ricardo Castro is the 2025 champion with a total of 162 points, second after a good December scores is Bernhard Romahn with a total of 82 points and in third place is Jan van Driel with a total of 76 points. Thank you to all the LC members for your support for one more successful year, hoping the 2026 will bring to us happiness, health, friendship and good golf. Happy New Year and see you guys at Seri Selangor for the 2026 season kick off.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

Convener

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

LCPOTY COMPETITION FINAL STANDINGS TABLE.

HDC PROGRESS FINAL STANDINGS TABLE.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

CARTOON OF THE MONTH.

Cannon’s,

The Christmas game was held at Bkt Kemuning with hot and overcast weather. Course condition was good with some soggy areas in some holes and nice greens. The winner was Marvin Gan with and excellent 82 for 41 points, second was Iain Wise also with a beautiful but not enough 92 for 40 points, and in third place was Bernhard Romahn with a solid 88 for 35 points. With these results Marvin is leading now the monthly competition with a strong 79 points, followed by Bernhard with 75 and Iain with 73. Last game of the year will be at Staffield.

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

BKT KEMUNING WINNER PICTURE.

DECEMBER COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS

LOST IN TRANSLATION.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

CHRISTMAS CARTOON.

Cannon’s,

Two full flights started before 8:00 am on hole # 10 with overcast sky but very humid with heavy rain on holes 5 and 6, but we were able to finished the round with wet fairways and greens. The winner today was Steve Collins with a solid 95 for 36 points, followed by Bernhard Romahn also with a solid 88 for 35 points, and in third place was Hans Berger (maybe he drank the very special Spanish wine from Banting) with a nice 119 for 32 points. With these results Bernhard is now leading the monthly competition with a strong 75 points, followed by Steve Collins with 70 and in third place with a nice number is Ricardo with 69 points. Lunch at Fei Chuai restoran with special dishes to celebrate Marc’s birthday and he donated a generous contribution of 400.00rm to the bill, receiving a nice box of balls as a birthday gift. See you guys at Bkt Kemuning.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

LC Convener

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

THE WINNER SHOWING HIS HAPPINESS.

BIRTHDAY BOY GIFT CEREMONY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARC WITH MANY HAPPY RETURNS.

BIRTHDAY BOY IN ACTION.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s,

Fourteen LC members celebrated one more Christmas lunch at Four Points KL City Center hotel (Our 2025 sponsor) with glamour, friendship, happiness and a lot of fun. All arrived on time, except Hans Berger (fined 50.00 rm) at R bar for a couple of welcome drinks, virgin ceremony to Steven Collins, Marc Louette as a new members and Markus Nijmeijer as the first Christmas lunch) and Iain Wise as the wine expert, checked the crappiest bottle of wine with the winner fine of 50.00 rm went to Hans Berger with a “Spanish wine bottle” produced in Banting, Malaysia. A big thank you for our sponsor who offers a bigger room (Garden room), much bigger with a nice and well decorated Christmas table with a nice buffet and a special Christmas lunch set menu. The food was excellent specially the tenderloin (thank you to Bipan Kapur) accompanied with great service. Ricardo Castro open the formalities with a big thank you to all the LC members, and distributed the 2025 season summary report with all the numbers and a Christmas goodie bags with some gifts, including the 2026 shirts. After, our honorary member Andrew Robinson said some words about the beginning of the Loose Cannons society and we made a special toast to the members who have passed away, because they will never be forgotten. After some great food and drinks, and following the tradition, everyone have to say a joke or sing a song, and I must say this year we had a quite a strange jokes and funny presentations, maybe we all are getting older. Thanks again for your support, Merry Christmas to everyone extended to the families, and may the force be with you.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

Convener

PREPARATION AND GOODIE BAGS.

THE VIRGINS CEREMONY IN PICTURES.

THE WINNER FOR THE CRAPPIEST WINE WENT TO HANS BERGER WITH A “SPANISH WINE” PRODUCED IN BANTING, MALAYSIA.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

FOUR POINTS FESTIVE FLYER.

RENAISSANCE FESTIVE FLYER.

2025 LC SPONSOR.

Cannon’s,

Back to one of the best courses in town for a nice round of golf. Seven players started on tee box one before 8:00 am, with a nice blue sky and sunny day. The course was in good condition with fair greens. Today’s winner was Ricardo Castro with an excellent 77 for 37 points, second was Steve Collins with a solid 98 for 34 points, and in third place was Jan van Driel with a nice 94 for 33 points. After two games Ricardo is now leading the monthly competition with 69 points, followed by Steve with 66 and Martin Belderink with 64 points. Lunch at the club due the low numbers and Jan welcomed Charlie Chow. See you guys next week at Impian.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

Convener

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

DECEMBER GAMES CURRENT STANDINGS TABLE.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s,

Last month of the year and Bangi was the course to play and start December games with style. With 2 flights starting on Putrajaya nine and 2 on Kajang nine we had a fast and smooth pace all morning. The weather was overcast, hot and humid, with very good fairways and nice greens. The winner was Bernhard Romahn with a excellent 83 for 40 points, second was Marvin Gan with a solid 85 for 38 points, and in third place was Iain Wise with a nice 99 for 33 points. We celebrated Jan’s birthday with a nice lunch at East of Highway and he contributed with 200.00rm to the bill. See you guys next week at Bkt Jalil.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

LC Convener

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

THE WINNER CELEBRATING IS ACHIEVEMENT.

BIRTHDAY BOY GIFT CEREMONY.

SHADOWS ON THE GRASS.

REINLI WITH HIS FAVORITE PACIFIER.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s,

The last game of November was held at Amverton Cove course with overcast sky full of dark clouds all morning but luckily no rain and off course very humid. We’ve had a lot of rain over the last two days, but surprisingly the course was in good conditions to play, and we had a very nice and pleasant round of golf. Today’s winner was Siggy with a fantastic 90 for 39 points, followed closely by Ricardo Castro with the lowest gross of 75 for 38, was not enough to beat Siggy score, and in third place Jim with a solid 96 for 35 points. With this final results, Jim Stevenson is the November champion with a nice 78 points, second was Ricardo Castro with 73 and in third place Tony Morris and Siggy booth with 32 points. For the LCPOTY competition Ricardo increase is distance to the second place with 156 points, Jan van Driel holf for now the second position with 76 points and Bernhard moved close to Jan now with 72 points. Christpoh Hobtitsch played is second game with us. One more month to close 2025 and the first game of December will be at Bangi.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

LC Convener

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

THE WINNER CELEBRATING HIS VICTORY.

NOVEMBER MONTHLY COMPETITION FINAL STANDINGS.

LCPOTY CURRENT STANDINGS.

FIRST TEE SHOT ACTION FOR OUR GUEST CHRISTOPH.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO JOSEF WINTER, OUR LC IRON MAN TO HIS FANTASTIC RESULT AT THE LAGUNA PHUKET TRIATHLON INTERNATIONAL EVENT. OUT OF 350 PARTICIPANTS, JOSEF FINISHED IN 181st WITH A FANTASTIC MARK OF 03:51:16, BEATING MANY YOUNG ATHLETES, ON THE MALE GROUP HE FINISHED IN 149th PLACE, OUT OF 287, AND OUT OF 13 HE FINISHED IN 4th PLACE IN HIS AGE GROUP (60 to 69) UNDER FOUR HOURS, IMPROVING AND PULVERIZING HIS TIME FROM LAST YEAR BY 9 MINUTES. WITH THIS IMPROVEMENT I AM CERTAIN THAT JOSEF HAS ALREADY BEGUN PREPARING FOR THE 2026 EVENT TO IMPROVE UPON THIS RESULT. WELL DONE JOSEF.