Cannon’s,

The last time we played Kinrara was before the Covid era and it was the best timing to come back

with almost no rain the course was quite dry even with bad greens. We had quite good

scores with 5 players scoring below their handicaps with the winner (Iain Wise) with a fantastic 87/43

followed by Bipan Kapur with 94/41 and in 3rd place Helmut Dicknoether with a reasonable 90/40 points.

For lunch, we decided to try the Makanan Laut Yoke restaurant, not far from the East of Highway, with

good food and reasonable cost for the beers.

Ricardo

FINAL RESULTS TABLE

We had our CNY game at Seri Selangor with the Three flights teeing off at hole #1 around 8:00am.

The course and greens were in a good condition and the weather was not so hot. The winner

today was Ricardo Castro with 84/36 (lowest gross) followed by our guest Vind Sidhu, playing

his 3rd game with us with 93/32 and in 3rd place was Mr. Consistency Erol Akinci with 110/29.

After the game, we went for the first time to the nearby Beer Factory at Sunway Gisa Mall, and

we all agree this place is a very good option when we play Seri Selangor. Bent also played his 3rd

game and Neil Fenwick are now a full-LC member completing his 5th game and hope he can

remember this fine day. We also had a nice contribution of 200.00Rm from our birthday boy Toni Morris

and used to pay for the drinks, thanks again, Tony.

Next week the game will be held at Kinrara. Happy CNY to everyone and most importantly stay safe.

Ricardo

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

Congratulations Erol.

SERI SELANGOR WINNER PRIZE.

Always a nice morning to drive all the way South and play the Nilai Springs course. This time we played

Pines and mango nines with always nice fairways and greens even with some difficult pin positions but overall the course was in a good shape. The winner today was our new member Bipan Kapur with an

excellent 92/44 points, followed by another guest Bent Serritslev, who completed his second game with us with a score of 101/34, and in third place was Iain Wise with a good 99/32. After the game, this time we stay at the club for lunch following their new beer prices much more affordable for us and nice and cheap food. We had a special Hole in One ceremony with a special prize set for Bipan Kapur.

Ricardo

NILAI FINAL RESULTS SHEET.

JANUARY FINAL STANDINGS.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Danau surprisingly was quite dry, especially the hole # 12 par 5 which always are very soggy, but this time the fairway was playable and no one lost balls. Overall the course was nice to play and everyone enjoy the morning golf even our 2 guests. Bipan Kapur played his 4th game so one more game and he will be a full-LC member, we also welcomed for his first game Bent Serritslev. The winner today was Ricardo Castro with 86/34 followed by Iain Wise with 100/31 and 3rd place was Bernhard Romahn with 93/29 and guess what, he didn’t come for lunch. After the game seven of us drove back to KL with a pit stop at East of Highway for a nice lunch and cool beers.

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

MYSTERY PRIZE WINNER.

The second game of the year was held at Impian and we witnessed something unique, our guest (almost full member) had a fantastic HOLE IN ONE at Par 3 Hole # 12 with a magnificent shot that landed softly on the right side of the green and took advantage of the sloop the ball just went straight to the hole with our caddie screaming Hole in one boss, hole in one… Congratulation Bipan, well done, and hope we can see more from you playing with us. After all the excitement we had a good and fast run and surprisingly the course was quite dry, making the ball run more than 30m and also with some strange bounces. The winner was the Mister consistency Erol Akinci with 102/39 followed by our Hole in One guest Bipan Kapur with 100/104 and 3rd place was the unpredictable Tony Morris with 98/29. After the game, we decided to stay for lunch at the club due to the Hole in One prize being consumed on the same day at the club so Bipan organized all the formalities and kindly offer the lunch to 4 of us, thank you Bipan. See you guys next week.

Ricardo

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

HOLE IN ONE SPECIAL GALLERY.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

The first game of 2022 was at Bkt Jalil. The course was in good conditions, greens ok and only holes 10, 11, and 12 the fairway was quite soggy in some areas, and the weather was hot and humid. Only 1 flight for the first game of the year but it was a fun and a good round of golf. The winner today was Helmut with 95/37 followed by Iain with 99/31. After the game, we had a simple lunch at the club. See you guys next week at Impian and stay safe.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

The last game of 2021 was held at the always difficult Seri Selangor. For the last 2 years, they have been doing a lot of work, cleaning renovating the buggies track, and later some renovation at the Clubhouse. The course was in good conditions with difficult greens, sometimes fast, some slow, increasing the difficulty to put and judge the right direction. The winner was Andrew Morrow with a fantastic 95/42 following by Erol Akinci with a great round but not enough to beat Andrew with 103/38 followed by Ricardo Castro with 89/31 adding the lowest score of the day. Following these results, Erold Akinci is the December winner and Jan van Driel is the new LC OF THE YEARD CHAMPION, well done Jan, and congratulations. We welcomed our guest Vind Sidhu for his first game with Loose Cannons and we are looking forward to seeing him more times. Seven of us rushed to Bar Roca joining Andrew Robinson and Barry Cousins for a nice lunch and cool beers. We wish a great 2022 to all our members and hope we can see you guys more often at the golf course. See you all next year.

Cheers

Ricardo

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

It was nice to be back in Bangi and play Putrajaya and Kajang courses. After 3 cancelations we had 2 flights with 3 balls starting around 7:30 with Martin rushing after his taxi broke out on the highway and we all finished around11:00. Even with the heavy rain, we had last weekend the courses were in a good shape, only the first 9 holes on the Putrajaya course were with too much sand, making putting quite difficult to judge the speed and direction. The winner today was Bernhard with 86/36 following by Erol with 106/35 and Dave with 104/33. After the game 5 of us went to Bar Roca for lunch, followed by some cool beers and nice food. A thought to our convenor Jan, hoping his current situation can be solved very soon and he can enjoy life and golf again with us. See you all next week at Seri Selangor for the last game of the year. Merry Christmas again to all extended to all your families and closest friends and stay safe.

Ricardo Castro

BANGI FULL RESULTS TABLE.

BANGI WINNER.

JB WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

After a two-year gap due to Covid, it was good to be back with the traditional Cannons Xmas Lunch. This event has always been held at the historic and iconic Coliseum – sadly it has closed for good. Opening in 1921 this year would have been its centenary. A great shame for a building that should have been granted heritage status and so we settled for Hucks Cafe in Bangsar – a very chic and comfortable place for the 12 of us attending the food and service was first rate respect was paid to the Fallen Cannons within an upstanding toast – now 12 on the list sadlyThe traditional madness with novelties was not appropriate at such a venue – but this did not prevent the two virgins Andy Morrow and Neil Fenwick being inducted to the Cannons Hall Of Fame in a suitable manner and there were crackers all around and Andy was also the proud winner of bringing the crappiest bottle of wine – some sort of mangosteen nonsense from Sarawak – and he was fined accordingly. And as the beer and wine flowed so did the jokes and general revelry merry time was had by all.

Andrew Robinson

Our Loose Cannons Christmas lunch was again a very lively time together. Now in Huck’s Cafe, in Bangsar, as the Colisseum was sadly closed down. We were with a group of 13, with 2 virgins, Neil and Andrew, who were inaugurated first. Andrew commemorated the Loose Cannons who departed from us, and Jan had a short look back on the crazy and extraordinary year, 2021 has been. The Loose Cannons played only 6.5 months out of 12 due to the various restrictions we had in the country. For various reasons the Loose Cannons group is getting smaller and smaller, but that didn’t have any effect on the good atmosphere, jokes, and songs we had on Friday. Well-fed, with a good quality lunch (even the salmon…..!) and good, and less good wines, we went home again at 4. A very good tradition, which we certainly want to continue.
Andrew, a big thank you for organizing this together with Ricardo.
Jan van Driel

VIRGINS CEREMONY.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL LC MEMBERS IN MALAYSIA AND ALL OVER THE WORLD EXTENDED TO ALL YOUR FAMILIES AND CLOSEST FRIENDS. HAPPINESS, FRIENDSHIP, AND MOST IMPORTANT LOTS OF HEALTH. STAY SAFE AND SEE YOU ALL IN 2022.

Ricardo Castro

All Cannon’s

Bukit Unggul is always a very attractive course to play. Not too long but with some nice challenges in it in particular if you want to “go for it”. Only one hole (I thought number 11) where they have to improve the condition of the fairway, but for the rest, the course was in a good condition. This week they recently sanded the greens and that was noticeable on a number of greens throughout the course. The weather was very kind with some shade and a light breeze to start with. Only the last 4 – 5 holes, the sun really came out in force.
The lunch was OK at the club, the beer was good and all not very expensive, also because of Tony’s membership. Thanks, Tony!
Andrew Robinson played again for a long time!!!!! Almost a year and a half ago he played last for the Loose Cannons. Andrew, welcome back again! Very nice to see you again on the course. Andrew received the mystery prize of socks and a sleeve of balls.
The scores this week were good, the third place was for Erol with 35 points, Dave was second with 38 points and Jan beat everyone with 42 points.
Well done everyone and next week we will play Bangi.
Jan

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

NOVEMBER’S CHAMPION CEREMONY.

See you all next week at Bangi. Stay safe