Cannon’s,

Before the Bintan tour, we had the third game of the month at Nilai Springs. We played the Pines nine first and then crossed to the Mango nine. The weather was overcast most of the round, only the last hour being very hot and sunny. The Pines course was wet and challenging, and the Mango course was the opposite conditions with both nines with excellent greens. Steve Collins played his third game. The winner today was WL Chia with an excellent 83 for 43 points, followed by Ricardo with a solid 79 for 35 points, and in third place, Jan van Driel and Josef Winter both with 34 points. With these results, Ricardo still leads the Monthly competition with 74 points, Josef Winter second with 68, and Frans Bakker third with 67 points. Fritz Katzengruber contributed to our lunch bill with 200.00 rm, to celebrate his birthday and he got his deserved birthday gift + the LCOTY 6th place prize. On Saturday we are off to Bintan, and I’m looking forward to seeing you all on the 4th of March.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

LC Convenor

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

TODAY’S WINNER CELEBRATION PICTURE.

FEBRUARY COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.

LC OF THE YEAR 6TH PLACE PRIZE. WELL DONE FRITZ.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRITZ WITH MANY HAPPY RETURNS, ENJOY YOUR SPECIAL DAY.

HIDDEN NOTES SPOTTED ON THE COURSE. SO MANY NOTES AND HE GETS CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT CLUB TO USE.

THE WARRIOR’S REST SNACK.

DEAD TREE, WILD MUSHROOMS, GOLF BALL AND THE PLAYER, WHAT A COMBINATION.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

HELLO BINTAN.

FIRST EVENT AT FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON KUALA LUMPUR CITY CENTER.

Cannon’s,

We had a great sponsor presentation at Four Points Hotel KL City Center, with a very nice welcome from all the staff and the Complex General Manager Mr. Bipan Kapur, with a lovely menu choice at the Mesh private room. The food was super delicious and well-presented in a very stylish and cozy atmosphere. Pity the number of attendees was so low, but we all enjoyed the moment. Thank you again to the LC members who made such an effort to come to the event and support our society. A very special thank you to our sponsor for the special event and the sponsorship of the 2025 Loose Cannons season. Do not forget to use the hotel’s special LC membership card with great discounts and offers.

EVENT PICTURES.

SPECIAL FAMILY STYLE MENU.

THE SECOND EVENT WAS AT THE CORKMAN IRISH BAR AND RESTAURANT IN CHANGKAT, KUALA LUMPUR.

The second event was held at our new 2025 sponsor THE CORKMAN IRISH BAR AND RESTAURANT in Changkat, with a casual evening with nice finger food and cold drinks. We all enjoyed the event, thank you to the staff and to Benji Sheehy for opening this sponsorship to the Loose Cannons Society with great support. A flag and a frame with our 2025 shirt will be displayed at the bar. From now Corkman is the official bar restaurant in Malaysia. Enjoy during the year, great Irish dishes and drinks, using our membership card.

EVENT PICTURES.

MEMBERSHIP CARDS.

Cannon’s,

After Danau’s game, we had a nice lunch at Kajang Fei Chuai restaurant and the 2024 season prizes presentation with thirteen attendees. Pity that were missing some of the players and our sponsor Siggy. Everyone was happy with the season prizes and we had a pleasant event closing the 2024 season in style. Thank you to all the members for your support and to our sponsors a special thank you.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

LC Convenor

HERE ARE THE PICTURES OF THE AWARD WINNERS.

GRATITUDE GIFT CEREMONY TO WL CHIA.

2024 SEASON PRIZES DISPLAY TABLE.

THE SIGNATURE DISH. JUICY PORK RIBS.

LC PRIVATE ROOM.

Back to the infamous Danau (for some), to play the second game of February. The weather was hot, dry, sunny, and blue sky all morning, with nice course conditions, with dry fairways and nice greens. Three full flights started 15 min early on hole 10 and we had a very relaxing round finishing around noon. The winner today was Frans Bakker with a solid 89 for 37 points, second was Bernhard Romahn with a nice 85 for 35 points, and in third place, Josef Winter with 89 for 34 points. In the February competition, Ricardo Castro continues to lead the pack with 72 points, followed by Josef Winter with 68 and Bernhard Romahn with 66 points, so a lot to fight for in the last two games. After a refreshing shower, we all rush to the restaurant for a fantastic meal and the 2024 season prize presentation.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

LC Convenor

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

THE WINNER COMEMORATING HIS VICTORY AND THE FREE LUNCH PRIZE.

FEBRUARY COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.

SUNRISE WARM-UP SEQUENCE.

OTHER PICTURES.

Cannon’s,

Back to the north playing Bkt Beruntung East course, with 13 players starting before 8:00 am with the first and second flights finished before noon. The weather was beautiful, occasionally sunny, not so humid with some wind, making for everyone a very pleasant morning of golf. The course was wet, especially the first nine, but overall was playable, with sandy greens. Lim Hong played his 5th game and became a full-LC member he got an LC cap and one LC sleeve of balls as a gift for his achievement. Kevin Tucker and Steve Collins played their third and second game. The winner today was Ricardo Castro with a solid 75 (lowest gross) for 39 points, the second was our guest Kevin Tucker with a nice 96 for 36 points, and Josef finished the podium with a reasonable 91 for 34 points. This was the first game of February, next week we will play at Danau for the 2024 season prize given, then Nilai Springs, and the last game will be in Bintan at Laguna Golf Bintan followed by the two away games.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

LC Convenor

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER PICTURE BEFORE HIS FREE LUNCH.

FULL MEMBERSHIP GIFT FOR LIM HONG. WELCOME LIM TO THE LC FAMILY.

JANUARY CHAMPION PRIZE CEREMONY. WELL DONE IAIN.

THE GREAT SEQUENCE FOR THE PERFECT SHOT. FROM OUR GOLF GURU, JOSEF WINTER.

1-Calculate the distance, 2 maximum concentration, 3 Pray, 4 perfect stance, choose the target, align, 5 execute, and 6 full backswing. What a player.

STEVE COLLINS’ HARD WORK ENDING WITH AN AMAZING PAR.

BINTAN SQUAD GETTING READY.

2025 NEW SHIRT MODELS.

NICE BERUNTUNG’S SUNRISE.

FLEXIBILITY IN THE EIGHTIES, IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. WELL DONE HANS.

OTHER PICTURES.

Cannon’s,

We had an enjoyable golfing morning. Thanks to the rain and drizzle, and no sun at all, it was cool, and sometimes even a bit chilly. A great day to be out!

Thanks to a large, and slow, group who teed off just before us, we had to juggle around the course a bit, but in the end, we all managed to tee off on different holes and the whole round took us about 4.5 hours.

It is important to come on time to the course. If everyone would have been on time, we could have teed off before the big group!!

Anyway, the course was in a good condition, the greens a bit sandy, which made it not always easy to read the speed, but the rest was good. And yes, we have to be very aware of the many, many monkeys on this course.

The scores were a bit variable, the lowest stableford was 22, and the winner was our local man, Tony, with a whopping 40 points. Bernhard with the lowest gross of 83 couldn’t reach that level. With the final game of the month results, Iain Wise is the January champion with 72 points, followed by Ricardo Castro and Jan van Driel also with 72, but Iain had the highest score (42) from all of us, well done Iain and see you again on the field for the next battle.

We had lunch at the club, where we welcomed Steve Collins for the first time, and Lim Hong for the fourth time.

Jan

FINAL TABLE RESULTS.

WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY. TONY MORRIS IS BACK, WELL DONE.

JANUARY COMPETITION FINAL STANDINGS.

WELCOME GIFT FOR OUR GUEST STEVE COLLINS.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR.

Cannon’s,

Three full flights started on Alam Nine, with very soggy fairways and difficult greens, crossing over to the President Nine, with much better fairways but very slow greens, costing everyone many strokes. The weather was very humid and hot. Lim Hong played his third game leaving only two more games to reach paradise. Today’s winner was Jan van Driel with 36 points, the second was Martin Middleton with 35 and Ricardo closed the podium with 34 points. With these results, in the January competition standings, Iain Wise, Ricardo Castro, and Jan van Driel all with 72 points, but Iain has some advantage because for now, he scored the highest number of the two best 2 games. After over a year, Bipan Kapur finally joined us and we were happy to see him again. Next week I will be out of town, Jan will organize the game at Bkt Unggul. Happy Chinese New Year to everyone and see you guys in two weeks.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

LC Convenor

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

JANUARY GAMES CURRENT STANDINGS.

BAND OF RED SHIRTS.

SMOOTH MOVES, WHAT A PLAYER.

THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “BETWEEN THE SHOTS, PLAY A MOBILE GAME TO AVOID THINKING ABOUT YOUR GOLF GAME, ONLY WHEN YOU PUT ON YOUR GOLF GLOVE, THEN CAN FOCUS AGAIN ON YOUR NEXT GOLF SHOT”.

FROM OUR GOLF GURU, IAIN WISE.

OTHER FOCUSES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s,

Back to Tasik Puteri for the second game of the year. With a much better organization from the counter to the starter, the game speed improved a lot, as now finally they starting following the tee times with a gap of 8 minuts between the flights. The weather was hot and dry, with a good fairways and greens condition. The winner today was Iain Wise with an excellent 88 for 42 points, followed by Ricardo Castro with 38 points, and in third place Jan playing his hdc with 36 points. Ricardo Castro is leading the monthly competition with 71 points, second Martin Middleton and Jan van Driel with 67 followed by Bernhard Romahn with 66, so a lot to fight on the last 2 games. Thank you to Tony Morris for his 200.00 rm contribution to the lunch and we had a nice birthday celebration. Next week, lets try KGSAAS.

Cheers

Ricardo

LC Convenor

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

BIRTHDAY BOYS BIRTHDAY GIFT CEREMONY.

JANUARY COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.

PLAYING GOLF WITH THE PERFECT SHOES.

2025 LC SHIRTS MODELS.

OTHER PICTURES.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONY MORRIS.

Cannon’s,

The first game of the year was held at Bangi, with almost four full flights. We all started on the Kajang nine and crossed to the Putrajaya nine. The weather was wet in the beginning with drizzling rain and cool temperatures, but the sun finally came out in the last hour and became quite hot. The course was reasonably good with some parts of the fairways soggy, especially on the back nine. After one year of renovation, they reopened the Putrajaya Nine, but the massive number of three cute off the course looked naked and lost all character. Helmut was the first winner of 2025 playing Bangi for the first time with a nice 37 points, second was Frans Bakker with 36, and in third place four players all with 33 points, Ricardo Castro, Josef Winter, Reinli Tan, and David Evans. After the game 10 of us rushed to East of Highway restaurant for lunch and to celebrate Josef’s birthday (better late than never), who contributed generously with 400.00 Rm to the bill. Happy New Year and see you all next Tuesday at Tasik Puteri.

Cheers

Ricardo

LC Convenor

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

DECEMBER 2024 CHAMPION PRIZE CEREMONY.

THE FIRST TIME EVER PLAYED BANGI WITH A CUP OF COFFEE.

OTHER PICTURES.

Cannon’s

As announced last week, this morning, we visited the Kechara Soup Kitchen Society’s main office and food distribution counter. Every day, people rely on this organization for basic food to survive. Our donation of 2,500.00 rm from our 2024 contributions, will help the daily operations such as the Soup Kitchen, Food Bank, and Empowerment programs helping not only the urban homeless in the main cities (KL, JB, Penang, Melaka & Ipoh) but also all over Malaysia poor communities even reaching the Orang Asli settlements in the mountains, jungles, and rain forest areas. A big thank you to Josef Winter, the only LC member who made an effort to participate and support me in this event and learn more about this organization, and to James from Airdry. Below is a summary of Kechara’s activities and main programs as follows:

Dear Ricardo,

Pleased to meet you today and thank you for your contribution.

Kechara Soup Kitchen (“KSK”) is a non-profit organisation established in 2008 with an aim to provide food and provide basic sustenance for the homeless and the urban poor in Malaysia. Apart from Kuala Lumpur, KSK has other operating centres located in Penang, Ipoh, Bentong, Melaka and Johor with volunteers across the nation to serve the community in fulfilling our mission to assist anyone regardless of their race, religion, culture or background.

Our operations include:

• Soup Kitchen: providing fresh hot food to more than 1,300 homeless and urban poor clients every week; assisting with medical support, arranging for welfare aid, and setting up job interviews.
• Food Bank: distributing RM250 worth of dry food provisions to more than 4,000 registered families regularly; redirecting more than 4.0 million kilograms of surplus products from supermarkets to more than 179,000 underprivileged individuals so far.
• Empowerment: teaching baking and sewing skills to 150 individuals from underprivileged families, providing them with the necessary facilities and projects to become financially independent; and providing educational assistance and materials to school-going Orang Asli children.
• Alice Wong

If you want to know more about Kechara Soup Kitchen Society visit the below link:

-www.kecharasoupkitchen.com

For direct donations please see the contacts below:

-17, Jalan Barat, Off Jalan Imbi, 55100 Kuala Lumpur tel:+603 2141 6046 ksk@kechara.com

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

LC Convenor