Cannon’s

It was a good time to play the Danau course, following a lack of rain the fairways are very dry, and playable, with good greens but trick pin positions, making some of us lose a few puts. Two flights with 3 balls started at 7:30am before the tournament and the pace of the game was smooth and we all finished before 11:30. Jan with Calf problems (maybe a lot of activity last night…… a hahaha), had to pull out and hope to see him again next week. Ricardo Castro with another 79 was today’s winner followed in second by Bernhard Romahn and Fritz Katzengruber booth with 33 points. With these results, Ricardo is leading the monthly competition with a comfortable 76 points, followed by Roland with 70, and with 3 games to go all can happen. After the game only 3 of us stay for lunch and we decided to stay at the club for a nice cheap meal and good refreshments (not beer). Next week we are playing Kota Seriemas

Cheers

Ricardo

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

AUGUST COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.

DANAU NEW BUGGIES.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Gents,

We played Bangi this morning, with the Kajang nine closed and under repair, we played the Bangi and Putrajaya nine. The Bangi course has changed so much compared to a number of years back. Much fewer trees, and no bunkers at all, which makes the course less interesting to play. It is easier though as they keep the rough very short, fairways relatively wide, and not a lot of water on the course. The course was in very good condition, and it was nice to play. We were not really slowed down by anyone, so we finished well before 12. After a drop-out and an add-on, we teed off with three 3-balls, which also helped in a good speed through the course. The weather was quite nice, not too much sun, and every now and then a breeze.

We enjoyed an excellent lunch in a “new” restaurant in Kajang, advised by Chia. His generous donation kept the costs in line, for which we all thanked Chia!!

The scores reflected the relative ease of the course. The last of the nine was Bernhard with 32 points!

Ricardo played very well with a gross score below 80. Chia, Ricardo, and Hans ended up in shared third place with 38 points. Roland and Jan were fighting for first place with both 39 points, which was won by Jan on countback with 24 points on the back nine.

Next week, we will play at their neighbors, at Danau.

Jan

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

NEW LOOSE CANNONS RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Gents,

As usual, the course was in very good condition. Maybe the first couple of greens were a bit on the slow side, but for the rest no complaints at all. The weather was not that bad today and that caused some good scores! This morning we played Northern and Western courses.

We teed off with two full flights and we made a good time through the course, not too much waiting. It was also good to see that we all turned up for a good lunch at the club.

As said, the scores were good. The lowest gross score was this time for David with 86. The third place was for Hans (!!) with 39 points. A shame that he got some problems with his hand otherwise the winnings would be for him. The first and second places were shared between Fritz and David with each 40 points. David won the 50 RM on countback. He had 23 points in the last nine. With these results, David Cheung is the July champion with 74 points followed by Fritz Katzenbruger with 73, and closing the podium Roland Steiner with 72, so quite competitive until the last hole. For the LCOTY competition, Bernhard Romahn still leading the pack now with 67 points, followed by Ricardo Castro with 50, and in third place is another German, Roland Steiner with 41 points, so a lot to fight until the end of the year.

Next week we will see each other at the Bangi golf course.

Jan

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

STAFFIELD WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

JULY COMPETITION FINAL STANDINGS.

LCOTY CURRENT STANDINGS.

STRETCHING MODE.

THE SULTANS OF SWING.

OTHER PICTURES.

Gents,

This morning was a wonderful morning for a game of golf. The course was in good condition, the weather was overcast and every now and then a breeze could be felt. In other words: magnificent. If you would like to make a comment, it is about the greens of the first nine (we played Alam Shah and Sultan). They were variable in speed and therefore difficult to read.

But the scores were good: Ricardo (lowest score of 82) and David shared third place with 34 points, Jan came in second with 35 points and Iain smashed his handicap with 38 points, and again a round below 100!!

We finished the game with lunch at the club, and we will see each other again next week at Staffield.

Jan

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

JULY CURRENT STANDINGS.

WHAT A PLAYER!!

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Gents,

We started with two full flights, in time, and it was warm to start with. Luckily the clouds came up during the second nine. 

The course was in good condition, as usual, and the greens looked faster than they actually were. But no complaints. Some of the bunkers were very difficult to play as it rained heavily the night before. That was also the reason that the buggies were not allowed on the fairways.

Two guests joined us, David Pearce, who played with us before, and Frans Bakker, who played his first game with us and received the welcome sleeve of balls.

The scores showed that it wasn’t easy this morning. Number three, Chia, had 29 points, number 2, Iain, walked away with 32 points and the winner was Roland with 34 points. Roland received the 50 Ringgit as the week’s prize.

Next week, we will be going to KGSAAS.

Jan

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Gents,

An early start today couldn’t prevent a very sticky and humid day. Warm and tiring were the remarks I heard. Anyway, the course was in good condition with fast and very undulating greens. Always a challenging course, Seri Selangor. We teed off with three full flights and 10 of us joined for lunch in the Beer Factory, where we met up with Andrew Robinson. Haven’t seen him for a while, and he is still undergoing all kinds of operations, but he is keen to come back to the group to take his chances on the golf course. Andrew, it would be so good to see you again on one of our flights!!

The results show that the course isn’t easy: the shared third place was for Martin and Dave with 31 points. Ricardo had the lowest gross score with 87. The winner(s) were Fritz and Chia with both 33 points, but there can only be one real winner and that was Fritz with 18 points in the last nine, whereas Chia had 16.

Well done Fritz!!

We also congratulated Bent on being the champion of the month of June!

Next week, we will play Impian.

Jan

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

SERI SELANGOR WINNER.

APPRECIATION GIFT FOR JOSEF WINTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

LCPOTY CURRENT STANDINGS.

JUNE CHAMPION PRIZE CEREMONY.

Q2 HDC IMPROVEMENT TABLE.

MASTER LC DATA TABLE.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s

The first game of May was held at Seri Selangor on a very hot morning and the course was in perfect condition but with very fast greens. We all tee off from hole 10 and it took 4 hours and 30 minutes to finish the round with 2 slow flights in front of our first flight waiting for every hole to tee off. The winner today was Bernhard Romahn with a nice 83 for 37 points, followed in second by David Cheung with a reasonable 91 for 34 points, and in third place was Ricardo Castro with 83 for 33 points. Only 6 of us went to the nearest restaurant Beer Factory for a nice meal and cool beers. The next 5 games, Josef Winter will be organizing the games until the end of May. See you guys in July, stay strong and keep supporting our Society.

Cheers

Ricardo

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

BIRTHDAY BOY GIF CEREMONY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREW. THANK YOU IAIN FOR THE PHOTO.

IAIN’S SERI SELANGOR JOURNEY.

READY TO USE AT THE GREEN HOLE # 17. DO NOT HESITATE.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s,

The last Ramadan game was held at Palm Garden, with 3 flights sharp at 8:00am, with the first flight teeing off at hole # 1 and flights two and three at hole # 10 and we all finished around noon time. The course is always in good shape with tricky greens, some of them fast some quite slow, which cost extra stocks to everyone. The winner today was WL Chia with a good 89 for 37 points, followed by our guest Charlie Chow who played his third game with a reasonable 94 for 35 points, and in third place Ricardo Castro and David Cheung booth with 33 points. With these results the monthly champion is WL Chia with 71 points, the same points as Ricardo Castro but Chia won, and followed the first criteria, from the two best games he had the highest score (37), so congratulations to Chia, well done. Joe Huggies (guest of Michael Fenner) played his first game with us, and got a nice LC sleeve of balls, compensating for his loss on hole 12 as a welcome gift and we are looking forward to seeing him again. Hans Berger requested lunch at the club and kindly sponsored 100% of the bill celebrating his birthday with us in advance we had a few jugs of beer and nice food, so Hans once more thank you for your support and offer, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY. The next game will be at Seri Selangor.

Cheers

Ricardo

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER RECEIVING HIS PRIZE.

APRIL FINAL STANDINGS TABLE.

LCOTY COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.

WELCOME GIFT FOR JOE HUGGIES.

BIRTHDAY BOR RECEIVING HIS GIFT. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND ALL THE BEST HANS.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s

Barry Cousins

3^rd January 1942 – 18^th April 2023

Barry joined Loose Cannons in 2005 and was a regular and enthusiastic playing member with 353 games on his belt until the 4th of September 2015 his last game at Bukit Kemuning when health problems prevented him from continuing. In those early years, Barry lived in Kota Kemuning and was a member of Kota Permai Golf Club and helped us with bookings there at the member’s guest rate. Barry spent many years in Hong Kong where he met his wife Noel. Barry & Noel came to Malaysia under the Silver Hair program…the forerunner of MM2H.

I last spoke to Barry on Friday the 14^th of April before his flight to Switzerland and we had a good chuckle over some of his misadventures which included his TVR catching fire and leaving Tasik Puteri. And the replacement BMW collided with a very large oil palm tree….also leaving Tasik Puteri. Then there was the Malacca away when Barry mistook the instructions of “baggage allowed”.  Apparently, in HK this meant something else!

Barry was a world-renowned Philatelist and author of several books on Irish Stamps. Barry was very active in the British ex-pat community and was always ready to help.

Barry was diagnosed with cancer 3 years ago and fought it without complaint but when it became terminal Barry took a pragmatic decision. I salute you Barry Cousins, a man of great courage and pragmatism. Barry will be greatly missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him.

RIP Barry Sidney Brian Cousins

Mike Smith-LCKL founder and Honorary Member

Ricardo Castro & Jan van Driel-LCKL Committee

SOME OF BARRY’S PICTURES AS WE WANT TO REMEMBER HIM ALWAYS.

Cannon’s

The third game of April was held at Tropicana Golf Course, with two flights we tee off at 8:00am at East 2 Nine with nice fairways and fast greens. Back nine we played the West 3 nine also in the same conditions with a good game speed finishing around noontime. Roland beat OCB Iain to claim the first spot with 96 for 33 points and third place went to Siegmund with 98 for 28 points. The final results reflected how difficult is Tropicana, with tricky greens costing extra putts to everyone. Mark Davies played the second game with us. With these results in the monthly competition, Ricardo stays firm in first place with 71 points followed by Roland with 67 and Iain with 63, so still open for the last game at Palm Garden. Lunch was at the club with nice cool beers and reasonable food.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

LCOTY CURRENT STANDINGS.

THE MASTER IN ACTION!! WHAT A PLAYER.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.