Cannon’s,

After more than one year we are back to playing Tasik Puteri. Finally, they decided to start using again the traditional booking system and not using MyGolf2you App, I think they realized they had been losing a lot of guests. Registration is now a pain in the ass because they need to input into the system one by one ID card for Seniors, get a code, print all the cards, and then I can pay, which took me around 20min. Also, the very small number of caddies, not like before, and course conditions are much worse than 3 years ago. I hope they can improve the course maintenance to recover the fairways otherwise, it will get worse and worse, but we did enjoy playing Tasik again. The weather was overcast most of the time with some breeze and only sometimes did the sun say hello, and was very hot for a moment. We welcomed Collin Lee for his first game and presented him with a welcome gift an LC sleeve of balls and we are looking forward to seeing him more times. The winner today was Ricardo Castro playing his hdc with 78 for 36 points, second place was our guest (because as a guest can’t be the winner), Collin Lee with a nice 95 for 37, and in third place was Iain Wise with a reasonable 98 for 34 points. With these results the February competition sees now Ricardo in first place with 74 points, followed closely by Frans Bakker with 73, and Bernhard close the top three with 68 points. Lunch at the club, Fritz contributed 150.00 Rm for the bill, celebrating his birthday in advance with us and he will get his gift next week. Batam trip is just around the corner, but before that, get ready for the last game of February at Impian.

Cheers

Ricardo

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER GOT HIS PRIZE.

FEBRUARY COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.

WELCOME GIFT FOR COLLIN LEE.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s

Always a pleasure to play Bkt Unggul, or you love it or you hate it. Course conditions were quite dry, nice weather with blue sky and sunny but with a pleasant breeze. All four flights started on hole 10 and we all finished at a normal time for lunch at the clubhouse. The winner today was Helmut with a good 91 for 37 points followed closely by Frans, Roland, Josef, and Hans Benn all with 35 points. With these results February competition Frans is leading with 73 points, in second place Bernhard with 67, and in third place Ricardo with 66, so still a lot to fight for the prize. Welcome back after a long absence, Bipan and Hans Benn and we all hope to see you guys more often. We also wish Frans safe travels and his PRO golf tour trip to Spain and the US.

Cheers

Ricardo

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

FEBRUARY COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

BIPAN LOST ONE BALL 2 WEEKS AGO AND HE MANAGED TO FIND THE BALL TODAY. WHAT A PLAYER!!!

Cannons,

Back to Danau course and as expected, hole 11 near the green and hole 12 very very soggy and muddy, with some of us losing some balls, but overall was in acceptable conditions to play and have fun. We had four flights with a good crowd, flights 1 & 2 started on hole one, and flights 3 & 4 hole 10. We welcomed David Pearce for his third game and expect to see him again in June. Also back in Malaysia were Jan van Driel and Iain Wise after a few months out for different reasons. The winner today was David Cheung, beating OCB Frans Bakker and Ricardo Castro (Lowest gross) with 90 for 38 points, and in third place was Bernhard Romahn with 86 for 36 points. After the game 15 of us joined Chia and Andrew Robinson for our special lunch in a private room. After a fantastic lunch with a few signature dishes (well chosen by Ghia, thank you very much) we started the 2023 season prizes given separated into a few categories as, Most Monthly Victories, Most Weekly Victories, HDC Progress Top 6, Sponsors special gifts and the big one the LC of the year top 24. We also celebrated Tony Morris’s birthday with a nice gift for him and he contributed to our bill with 200.00 RM, and Markus kindly contributed 100.00 RM for his very short tee shot, thank you again for your support. Another two nice moments at this event were a special gift for Jan van Driel (Shirt, Commemorative plate & LC sleeve of balls) for his dedication, professionalism, organization skills as a convener for almost 3 years organizing the games, accounts, and our HDCPs, and the other special moment was for Josef Winter with very nice commemorative shirt, wooden commemorative plate and LC sleeve of balls for his hole in one at Seri Selangor on our 2024 first game, well-done booth of you. Thank you again to all the LC members who played through the year with a good performance and great friendship and of course a special thank you to our great sponsors, especially WL Chia, Siggy, and Pampas.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

JANUARY CHAMPION PRIZE CEREMONY.

GRATITUDE GIFTS FOR OUR SPONSORS SIGGY 7 CHIA CEREMONY. THANK YOU JAN FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND CONTINUOUS SUPPORT.

GRATITUDE GIFTS FOR JAN van DRIEL CEREMONY. THANK YOU JAN FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND

ENTHUSIASM FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS AS A CONVENOR.

JOSEF’S HOLE-IN-ONE GIFT FOR HIS ARCHIVMENT. WELL DONE AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE MORE.

TONY MORRIS BIRTHDAY GIFT.

MOST MONTHLY VICTORIES. 1st PLACE BERNHARD WITH 4 WINS, SECOND RICARDO WITH 2 WINS.

MOST WEEKLY VICTORIES. 1st PLACE BERNHARD WITH 12 WINS, 2nd RICARDO WITH 9 AND 3rd PLACE IAIN WISE WITH 6 WINS.

HDC PROGRESS TOP 6. 1st PLACE IAIN WISE WITH -2.3, 2nd ROLAND WITH -2.0, 3rd RICARDO WITH -1.1, 4th PLACE BENT WITH -0.4, 5th JOSEF WITH -0.3 AND IN 6th PLACE WAS FRITZ WITH -0.1. WELL DONE TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR HDC IMPROVEMENT.

2023 LC OF THE YEAR CHAMPION. WELL DONE RICARDO FOR YOUR ARCHIVMENT.

LC OF THE YEAR, FROM 2nd PLACE TO 24th PLACE PRIZES CEREMONY.

DAVID PEARCE GIFT.

EAGLE BOY.

Cannon’s,

Back South again to play Bangi, and even with many Korean flights we managed to avoid them, starting on Bangi nine and crossing over to Kajang nine finishing in a good time before noon time. The weather was hot, dry, beautiful blue sky and course conditions were fantastic with the greens on the first nine quite fast and on the back nine slower. Today the star of the day was Ricardo Castro playing the course par of 71 for 44 points, making him the first LC member in 20 years to score the par beating the previous record of 76, also Ricardo (BKT Kemuning-28-11-203), and Andrew Chez (Palm Garden-29-08-2017). Second place was Frans Bakker with a magnificent 88 for 42 (after a driving range praticing session the day before) and in third place Siggy and Erol with a very nice score of 87 and 99, booths for 40 points. Actually, from the 11 players 8 scored below their hdc, which shows how good was the play today, congrats to everyone. With these results, Ricardo is the January Champion beating Bernhard on the line with a good score of 82 points, Bernhard with 79, and in third place Roland with a nice 76. So a great way to start the new season with this new record and a hole-in-one. After the game 10 of us rushed to our favorit restaurant in Kajang. For our “Swing for humanity” charity project we collect this month 560.00Rm, well done and thank you all for your kind contributions.

Cheers

Ricardo

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

JANUARY FINAL STANDINGS TABLE.

LCOTY CURRENT STANDINGS.

EAGLE BOY, KAJANG NINE HOLE # 3.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s,

Back to South again to play Kota Seriemas, a nice and challenging course, especially the back nine, but this time quite soggy, but reasonable greens except for the green on Hole 1 par 5, full of sand and some machine damage on the surface, but overall was a nice morning. Three full flights started on time on Hole 1, and the first nine went quite fast, but for the back nine we were behind a jumbo flight, 2 Korean ladies’ flights, and in front of us a Malay flight………., what a combination of for 3/5 hours to play nine holes and on the top of that the weather was very hot, what turn our game sweetie and tiring. Bernhard was the winner again, following his impressive form with a 4th victory in a row, this time with 88 for 34 points, followed by Siegmund and Martin Booth with 33 points, and in third place was Markus with 126 for 30 points. With these results, Bernhard still leads the January competition with 79 points, followed closely by Roland with 76, and in third place Ricardo with 73 points. Reinli who came late because is late-night “business” meetings, and Bent had to leave for a real meeting, booth decided to stop playing, leaving the third flight with only two players. After the game nine of us rushed to the nearby restaurant Sek Hao Fu for a nice meal and cool beers, which really helped to kill our frustration. Thank you again to our sponsor Siggy, for offering a considerable quantity of LC sleeves of balls.

Cheers

Ricardo

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

JANUARY CURRENT STANDINGS TABLE.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s

It is always a pleasure to play Staffield, besides the very slow registration at the counter with the same old system, it takes too long to check in 3 flights creating a long queue behind me. This time we played first Southern and second nine Northen nines and without any surprise the course was dry and very pleasant to play golf with nice greens. Mike Ravlich is now a full-LC member playing his 5th game with us and he got a deserved LC gift set for his accomplishment. Bernhard keeps his strong winning mood and for the third time in a row, he won again with a solid 84 for 39 points, beating Roland and Markus Booth with 36 points, and in third place was Ricardo with a reasonable 80 for 35 points. With these results, Bernhard is leading the January competition with 79 points followed in second by Roland with 76 and Ricardo with 73, so a lot to fight in the last two games. The weather was overcast but pleasant without any rain all morning.

Cheers

Ricardo

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

JANUARY CURRENT STANDINGS.

STAFFIELD WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

LC GIFT SET FOR MIKE RAVLICH FOR IS FULL MEMBERSHIP.

WINNER STREATCHING MOVES.

2024 NEW LC SHIRT FIRST GAME. THANK YOU TO OUR MODEL BENT.

REINLI GOLF ACCURACY.

OTHER PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s

The second game of the new year was held at Amverton with very soggy fairways as I had never seen before. Even with these heavy conditions, the 11 brave LCs faced it without any fear with most of us scoring quite a good result and we all had some fun and a nice cooling morning except the last 4 holes. Bernhard beat Roland OCB with a tremendous 83 for 40 points and was in third place even though the lowest gross of 77 for 38 was not enough to beat the German contingent. After the game, we all stop at the usual seafood restaurant just after the bridge for a nice meal and cool beers and pineapple juice. Bernhard had his deserved winner prize, Ricardo got his prize as a December champion and Mike played his 4th game.

Cheers

Ricardo

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

AMVERTON PRIZE CEREMONY.

DECEMBER CHAMPION PRIZE CEREMONY.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.

Cannon’s

Despite a few unexpected twists, our golfing adventure turned into a memorable day. We initially planned for two full flights but, unfortunately, had to adjust due the Ricardo’s positive Covid test. The recent heavy rain left the course a bit soggy, especially on the first 9 holes (hole 10 to 18), resulting in lots of plugged and lost balls. Nevertheless, the spirit remained high, and Bernhard emerged from the ashes victorious with an “impressive” 92 for 31 points, followed by Josef with a 95 for 30 points. The highlght of the day was the HOLE IN ONE by Josef Winter, even fighting with the jet leg, he manage on the challenging hole # 3 (125 m) with a 9 iron to rock the baby straight to the hole and marked a great kickoff to the new Loose Cannons season of 2024. To report at the club is archivment, it feels like more difficult than do a hole in one due the heavy burocracy filling up so many papers with the same information and the options are, 1500 MYR lunch at the club (same day) or 500.00 MYR in cash to be paid around March, and obviously he choose the second option. Any way Josef went thru all this papper work and he manage to join on time everyone at the Beer Factory for lunch and kindly handle the bill to commemorate is archivment. Well done Josef.

Cheers

Josef Winter

FULL RESULTS TABLE.

CONGRATULATIONS JOSEF ON YOUR ARCHIVEMENT. WHAT A WAY TO START 2024. WELL DONE.

SOME OTHER MOMENTS.

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

JUNE & JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

JB AWAY GAMES

NOVEMBER

CHRISTMAS LUNCH

DECEMBER

CANNON’S

The last game of 2023 was held at KGSAAS and as expected the fairways were very, very soggy, even worse than Berjaya Hills I must say. For every shot that hit the fairway, we had to spend a few minutes trying to find the plugged ball costing some of us some money with lost balls. Greens were okay, some fast, some slow but overall the best place to be on the course. We played the President and Sultan Nines with some jam on the first tee box with 2 flights in front of us which sometimes was quite slow. The weather was overcast and humid the first 2 hours and the second nine was sunny and even more humid. The winner today was Bernhard Romahn with a fantastic 83 for 40 points (first nine 24 points), second place was Ricardo Castro with a very good score of 77 (lowest gross) for 39 points, and in third place our expert tee shots Helmuth Dicknoether with a reasonable 93 for 34 points. With these results, Ricardo won the December competition with 74 points, followed by Bernhard with 69 (nice number) and Roland finished in third with 67 points. Following the final December games results, for the Player of the Year competition, Ricardo cemented his first position with 134 points and is the champion for the second year in a row, Bernhard with a good season finished second with 117 points followed in third place by Roland Steiner with 79 points. One more year finished with a lot of fun, good friendships, nice moments, and good memories to be remembered forever. Thank you, Jan for your effort and contribution as a convenor for most of the year, and thank you all for your support to our society throughout the year and also for helping, making my job easy and pleasant. I’m looking forward to 2024 and as you know next year we will be celebrating the 20th anniversary with a special shirt to celebrate this milestone in style. Happy New Year to everyone extended to our overseas and ex-members all over the world, may 2024 bring you peace, harmony, and especially good health.

Cheers

Ricardo Castro

FINAL RESULTS TABLE.

THE WINNER PRIZE CEREMONY.

DECEMBER COMPETITION FINAL STANDINGS.

LC PLAYER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION FINAL STANDINGS.

2023 FINAL LC MASTER SHEET STATISTICS.

FINAL HANDICAP PROGRESS TABLE.

CARTOON OF THE MONTH.

PICTURES OF THE DAY.