COMMITTEE:

EL PRES – Paul Geddes

VICE PRES – Iain Wise

MINISTER OF FINANCE – Michael Fenner-Smith

SCRIBE – Geoff McLaws

Wow, what a great turnout and wonderful golf trip our jaunt to Hua Hin was. Coming together on Sunday 12^th November at the Wannarra Hotel, just around the corner from the ‘interesting’ area, we then gathered at Richard Green’s Bar on the Sunday for the start of a great week.

DAY 1.

For some, Monday morning started a bit grey but once we reached the beautiful links of Black Mountain Golf Club, and with the help of a bit of Baileys, that was all buts shrugged off. It is always a joy to play Black Mountain and while the fairways were great, the rough was deadly. Unfortunately, a lot of the tee boxes and some of the greens were in less than good condition and this let the course down, especially for the price of their green fees. However, I am pretty sure that this did not detract from the enjoyment of playing there once again.

There were some holdups around the tenth hole but El Pres chose to blame the group behind instead of those in front, citing the fact that the group behind had lost ground to them. Nonetheless, the rounds were completed in fairly good time and we all retired to the terrace for lunch and refreshments.

Presentations began with El Pres welcoming all of those who had travelled from overseas to be with us (most had travelled from overseas but that’s another story).

NTP’s

Hole 3 – John Lee 3.4m                                    Hole 11 – Bernie Schobert 4m

Hole 14 – Geoff McLaws 4.1m                        Hole 8 – Michael Pittman (no show–no winner)

Winners:

Lowest Gross – Geoff McLaws 83

3^rd place – Brian Jeffers (hcp 28) 100/36                    2^nd place – Iain Wise (hcp 28) 97/39

1^st place – Gary Cooney (hcp 14) 80/42                     Well done Gary!

Last Birdie – Richard Green

Fines:

Brian announced that he and Frank had collected 2400 Baht in fines for the day.

COTD:

• Iain Wise for leaving the NTP results on the bus
• John Lee for taking a piss in front of the caddies
• Ted for incorrectly calling out El Pres for ‘fucking up’ one score, but he got it completely wrong, submitting a card with 100 for 40 points off a handicap of 25

John Lee was voted COTD and took it in his stride. Well done John.

AWAY DAY 1 MONDAY 13th NOVEMBER BLACK MOUNTAIN
Tee Box	Name	H/Cap	Score	Net	Points
	Gary Cooney	14	80	66	42
	Iain Wise (T)	28	97	69	39
	Brian Jeffers	28	100	72	36
	Stan Constantinides	19	93	74	34
	Michael Fenner-Smith (T)	25	100	75	33
	Bernie Schobert	11	86	75	33
	David Hewitt	28	104	76	32
	Michael Pitman (G)	12	89	77	31
	Geoff McLaws (T)	6	83	77	31
	Ron McClung	24	102	78	30
	Pietro Martucci	25	105	80	28
	Ted Parslow	14	94	80	28
	Richard Greene	19	101	82	26
	Peter Dabrowski	21	103	82	26
	Dave Evans	28	111	83	25
	Peter Kenyon	28	112	84	24
	John Lee	18	102	84	24
	Paul Geddes (T)	8	93	85	23
	Colm O’Donovan (T)	21	108	87	21
	Frank  Mackenzie	28	119	91	17

DAY 2.

Banyan Golf Club, my personal favourite in Hua Hin, is always a pleasure to play. It offers some enormous challenges especially if you miss the fairways. Keeping it in the short stuff can be tricky given the tee box views can be a bit daunting. The greens were running true if not a bit variable and the downhill putts were very tricky and quick. All in all, extremely enjoyable in good company and the predicted rain held off. This was the first day of the two day Horse and Jockey competition.

Once the game was over, we took over the terrace for our lunch and presentation.

El Pres praised the course as above and commented that the weather forecast was indeed, wrong!

NTP’s

Hole 2 – Geoff McLaws 4.06m                                    Hole 15 – Bernie Schobert 5.68m

Leaders: NO PRIZES GIVEN ON 1^ST DAY

3^rd Place – Brian Jeffers (hcp 32) 103/37 points

2^nd Place – Dave Evans (hcp 32) 102/38 points

1^st Place – Iain Wise (hcp 29) 97/40 points

COTD:

• Iain for talking on the tee box.
• Stan for throwing a club (silver pigeon)
• All of Flight 2 for being so slow (specifically Iain)
• Iain for organising shirts without our names on the sleeve.
• Michael Fenner-Smith for failing to record his own score

Iain somehow raised his hand again and won this prestigious award.

AWAY DAY 2 TUESDAY 14th NOVEMBER BANYAN GOLF CLUB
Flt	Name	Banyan Handicap	Score	Net	Points
1	Ron McClung	28	116	88	20
1	Peter Dabrowski	23	108	85	23
1	Michael Fenner-Smith (T)	28	113	85	23
1	Peter Kenyon	32	116	84	24
2	David Hewitt (T)	32	115	83	25
2	Pietro Martucci	25	108	83	25
2	Stan Constantinides	19	102	83	25
2	Colm O’Donovan	23	105	82	26
3	Frank Mackenzie (T)	32	112	80	28
3	Norm Labbe	16	94	78	30
3	Ted Parslow	19	95	76	32
3	Darryl Fusion Golf
4	Gary Cooney	16	91	75	33
4	Geoff McLaws	7	81	74	34
4	Bernie Schobert	16	90	74	34
4	Paul Geddes (T)	13	88	75	33
5	Richard Greene	22	94	72	36
5	Brian Jeffers	32	103	71	37
5	Dave Evans	32	102	70	38
5	Iain Wise (T)	29	97	68	40

FINES:

Ladies Tee box x 9

MFS – 2

FMc – 1

CO’d – 2

PK – 2

DE – 2

The fines Master (BJ) imposed a number of stinging fines on various people.

• Raising a total of 9400 Baht, fines were imposed for the following.
• MFS for continuing to ask for money
• Ted for not paying his fines yesterday
• Anyone who didn’t make it to King’s Bar
• Peter for taking his laundry to Bar 80
• Anyone for taking a Doris under half age or weight.

DAY 3

Day 2 of the 2 day competition commences. Banyan Golf Course.

The lead flight of Ron, Peter D, Michael and Peter K teed off on time, followed by David H, Pietro, Stan and Colm.

Frank, Ted and Darryl (from Fusion Golf) then made up a three ball due to the non-appearance of Norm, followed by Gary, Geoff, Bernie and Paul.

When the last flight, consisting of the first day leaders, Brian, Iain, Dave and Richard teed off the conditions had deteriorated a bit and the low cloud and no sun was a sign of the weather to come.

After only 5 holes played for the last group, the rain started requiring a return to the clubhouse. The threatening weather of the previous day let loose and we had an absolute drenching waiting for it to clear. Patrons were holding umbrellas up on the terrace due to the driving rain.

El Pres almost called time on the game as the rain did not seem to be abating, but was shouted down to wait another 15 minutes before doing so. Miraculously, the rain clouds left us and the sun returned. What was even more miraculous was the drainage on the golf course which, 30 minutes earlier, looked more like a lake than a golf course.

We all went back to the course (even Pietro) and completed our rounds in surprisingly hot and sunny conditions that were at odds with the earlier weather. Aside from the bunkers, the course had recovered very well. This obviously meant that we all finished later and our late lunch was almost dinner.

El Pres began the presentation by roasting Norm Labbe for his no show today. The rain and delay were of course on the agenda but enough said above.

NTP’s

Hole number 4 – Gary Cooney 7.8m                           Hole number 17 – Geoff McLaws 4.8m

Horse and Jockey:

15^th place – Richard and Pietro                       1^st place – Michael and Brian

Individual Winners over 2 Days:

2^nd Place – combined – Iain Wise 74 points   1^st Place – combined – Brian Jeffers 78 points

Brian Jeffers quote on winning “I’ve never won anything on a KLOGS away before”

Dave Evans retort “Except for the last time you won.”

AWAY DAY 3 WEDNESDAY 15TH BANYAN GOLF CLUB
Name	H/Cap	Day 1 Points	Day 2 Points		Points Total
Brian Jeffers	32	37	41		78
Iain Wise (T)	29	40	34		74
Richard Greene	22	36	37		73
Geoff McLaws	7	34	37		71
Dave Evans	32	38	29		67
Gary Cooney	16	33	33		66
Ted Parslow	19	32	34		66
Bernie Schobert	16	34	30		64
Colm O’Donovan	23	26	35		61
Michael Fenner-Smith (T)	28	23	38		61
Paul Geddes (T)	13	23	35		58
Stan Constantinides	19	25	33		58
Frank Mackenzie (T)	32	28	28		56
Peter Kenyon	32	24	28		52
Pietro Martucci	25	25	27		52
Peter Dabrowski	23	23	28		51
Ron McClung	28	20	28		48
David Hewitt (T)	32	25	20		45
Norm Labbe	16	0	30		30
Darryl Fusion Golf			0		0

Fines:

Ladies Tee box – 3000 Baht

DH x 1

CO’d x 2

IW x 1

BS x 1

MFS x1

Gary Cooney was fined for phone abuse and not having brought a bottle of Baileys. 2000 Baht

COTD:

• Geoff for having a mobile disco on course, and not playing any ABBA songs.
• El Pres for whining about his caddy all f*%#in day.

……………………………drum roll…………………..

El Pres was unanimously voted COTD.

COOL BREEZE:

We gathered later at Cool Breeze restaurant for the tour dinner. This was a great choice of restaurant and the food was excellent. Of course, the company was second to none. I am sure that no-one left disappointed with our bellies full and looking for more adventures.

Peter D left unexpectedly early citing “need of files from his office” for something urgent. Due to an ambiguous message or a slightly boozy El Pres, it was assumed that Peter had to return to KL and would not be joining us on day 4 for the teams event.

El Pres went into overdrive to gather some ‘locals’ to play in the teams game managing to garner three prospects to fill the holes.

Then Peter D announced he was still in Hua Hin and intended to play. He was only apologising for leaving dinner early not leaving Thailand.

El Pres was in a dither. The golf course wouldn’t give us another tee time and how do you fit 21 players into 6 flights. As usual with this management group, all’s well that ends well.

Royal Springfield Golf Course was a bit of step down in course quality but the overall experience was very enjoyable. A very lovely layout with some very long holes, even from the whites.

Playing the ‘Mexican’ scramble, a none too popular game with some, as distinct from a Texas scramble, we had six teams, three of 4 players and three of 3 players.

Teams:

1. Paul G, Colm O and Gordon (guest)
2. Gary C, Ron Mc and Iain W
3. Ricky (guest), Frank Mc and Stan C
4. Geoff, John G (guest), Michael FS and Dave E
5. Bernie, Richard, Peter D and Peter K
6. Ted, Pietro, Brian and David H

The weather remained fine and warm throughout the round and we finished up in fairly good time. The lunch and refreshments followed with the presentation the penultimate act of El Pres.

A humorous interlude. Brian wasting beer and failing to clean up after himself.

Results:

6^th Place – Team 3 – 84 gross                              5^th Place – Team 6 – 78 gross

4^th Place – Team 2 – 76 gross                          3^rd Place –  Team 5 – 75 gross

2^nd Place – Team 4 – 74 gross, and                              1^st Place – Team 1 – 71 gross

COTD

• David H for ordering a jug of beer only for himself.
• Richard nominated Bernie for having Richard’s ball in his pocket.
• Paul nominated Colm when he couldn’t find his pitching wedge for three holes and then asked PG if he could borrow his. Commented that PG had the same PW as his and then lo and behold discovered it was his actual PW. Caddies had ‘obviously’ screwed up!
• Colm nominated Paul for the BS story above.
• Iain was nominated for bringing all the KLOGS sponsored prize balls to Hua Hin but left them in the hotel room, causing the committee to buy balls as replacements.
• Paul was nominated again for the ‘Swedish’ incident. **
• Paul was nominated again for having borrowed 5K from Iain the previous night to cover certain bar fines incurred, when asked for the money back, realised he hadn’t paid the bar fine after all.
• Iain was nominated for defiling a KLOGS hat.

El Pres was unanimously voted COTD.

COTT:

Nominations for COTT were:

• Brian Jeffers for not taking any fines from himself as the fines master.
• Paul for his numerous nominations on tour.
• Brian Jeffers for being Brian Jeffers.
• Iain for No name on tour shirts, not bringing the tour balls to the event and abuse of the KLOGS hat.
• Brian Jeffers for taking a rabbit jumper back from Richard’s bar.

Brian was voted a very well deserved COTT.

This tour came to a very enjoyable close where we all said our goodbyes and promised to meet again in May.

SPONSORS:

Our sponsors should be mentioned because they support us throughout the year. Unfortunately, we couldn’t bring Ricardo’s wine and Iain left the balls in his hotel room but thank you Siggy for the thought.

Some happy family snaps.

**The Swedish incident involved a very well lubricated El Pres being chauffeured around in his golf cart as the lead cart in the group. At the crossover, El Pres’s buggy came upon a car driving along the cart path because the road was out of action. El Pres thought that his flight of four buggies should take priority over the one car driving toward them and proceeded to remonstrate, not with the driver, but with the ‘large Swedish passenger’ in the back seat. The large Swedish passenger got out after the driver demonstrated his inability to reverse the 20 meters to the passing place mounting the kerb. All was resolved in the end when El Pres took the high ground and ‘agreed’ to let the taxi pass after reversing all the buggies back 100 meters. Thnaks to all who attended from near and far!