25th February 2026 at Sungai Long Golf and Country Club
OFFICE BEARERS
The Day’s Play
Steve Ryder (co-Scribe)’s first game report, so be kind and gentle with praise or insults.
A great day after massive levels of stress for the organising committee – who’s in, who’s out, who’s paid, who still has to pay? It is up to all members and their guests to be clean and clear on their availability and payments. Without the organising committee there are no games.
A good early start at the Jack Nicklaus Signature course (reportedly the first international standard course in Malaysia) and ideal for the older fellows as still using imperial yardage ……. The greens were a mixed bag of quality but everyone had a good, pretty hot, day.
Going forward we should all strive to minimize the stress of the organising committee. ChezPrez is sufficiently stressed before, during and after. Iain is only 32 years old but has years of organising committee stress.
NTP’S AND NOVELTIES
NTP hole 3 – 176 yds – Index 5 …… No one NTP hole 8 – 161 yds – Index 13 ….. Tony Thomas 1.28m NTP hole 14 – 121 yds – Index 16 …… Pietro 6.50m NTP hole 17 – 157 yds – Index 4 ……. Des 4.12m
A potential points festival on par 3’s for anyone with a 22 and above handicap as evidenced by a 5 pointer – well done Tony!
Last birdie of the day went to Iain Wise.
PLACINGS
Lowest Gross went to Alistair with a very respectable 79 but could have been a low 70’s round if he could just putt a little harder.
Nominations for COTD
There were several nominations for COTD as below:
Joe was considered safe for the day
Clive (obviously for the putt out instruction)
Chappy for hitting a shot onto someone’s kitchen
Iain for taking TEN shots to get into the bunker before retiring hurt on that hole
Chappy for being loud about the NTP bag before the game as “he would be the only one needing it” and after zero NTP recordings from his flight, was awarded COTD for February 2026
Spill over from January was the prestigious COTY award and this was given a great deal of thought and consideration and the winner was Matt Hall, runner up Joe.
Klogger of the year 1st place Benji aggregate 226 average 37.7
Klogger of the year 2nd place Paul Geddes and Matt Hall 222 average 37
Klogger of the year 3rd place Clive Gordon 218 average 36.3
Golfer requiring most help with 6 worst scores Michael Fenner Smith
FULL RESULTS
Announcements & Thanks
Great work from the organising committee and hopefully an easier task moving forwards. The March game is slated for March 18 2026. A very welcome return Des DaSilva ex El Pres, who has renewed his membership so we look forward to seeing him again soon
Thankyou all those that coughed up their fines …… 8 fines today were admitted
Get well soon Andrew
After an inspiring 5 years as El Pres, KLOGS awarded a ceremonial Tankard to Paul Geddes for his wonderful service. Well done Paul and thank you.
Thank you for your continued support from Sigi for balls and Ricardo for the wine.
The next away trip is to Hua Hin – standby for details.
ROGUES GALLERY
Matt’s own section ….. Hi tech glasses and some challenging shots from unusual spots on the course
The final picture is the result of Alistair’s club thumping
21st January 2026 Glenmarie Valley – AGM & 2025 Awards Game
OFFICE BEARERS
The Day’s Play
We had perfect golfing weather at the excellent Glenmarie Valley. Conditions were cool and slightly overcast with buggy on course for most of the holes. The days play started with two flights from both tee box 1 and 10. Play was fast and we finished in good time.
Lunch was taken at Restaurant Twelve, where we had a turnout of sixteen Players + honorary member, Richard Moss and Chez who could not play due to injury. The usual excellent food washed down with 60 bottles of beer. Iain welcomed our new guests, Laurance Beattie and Miguel Morales.
There was a great turn our of old Tankards, Allan’s from 2003 and Tony’s from 2004. Let’s see if we can get more next year.
NTP’S AND NOVELTIES
NTP Hole 4 – Segi 9.8m
NTP Hole 8 – Robert 9.1m
NTP Hole 12 – Charles 2.48m
NTP Hole 15 – N/A
Lowest Gross –
Mike Garwood 90
Placings 3-2-1
Nominations for COTD
There were several nominations for COTD as below:
Name
Reason
Stephen Hopcroft
For moving his ball in the rough
Stephen Hopcroft
For disappearing from the room to avoid nomination
Stephen Hopcroft
For receiving so many nominations
And the winner is….
Stephen Hopcroft COTD January 2026
FULL RESULTS
AGM
Accounts
Moneybags presented a hard copy of the 2025 accounts which were unanimously accepted by the members. Thank you, Iain, for a fantastic job in managing the funds.
Change over year – (294 MYR)
Balance carried forwards – 4,967 MYR
Proposed constitution changes
1. Any player scoring 36 points and above not being placed in top 3, shall not have their handicap increased for their next game
Rejected. Only top 3 cut all others go up by one to maximum 28.
2. Any new member shall have a maximum of 18 handicap if they are unable to produce an official club or society handicap
Rejected. Members felt that whilst we want to keep out “bandits” and ensure a fair scoring system, the fact that a guest has to complete 3 rounds is sufficient to arrive at a handicap index for that player. Guest has to play one game with committee member before becoming a member.
Side note, allmembers are encouraged (especiallyif they play in other groups) to use the myGolf2u or MGA WHS apps to register their scores for each game played.
New committee for 2026
The following nominations were received and unanimously approved by the members:
El Pres – Andrew Chez, nominated by Iain Wise and seconded by Paul Geddes
Vice President – Iain Wise, nominated by Paul Geddes and seconded by Andrew Chez
Moneybags–Allan Wright,nominated byIain Wise and seconded by PaulGeddes
Scribe – Tony Thomas, nominated by Paul Geddes and seconded by Iain Wise
Scribe – Steve Ryder, nominated by Andrew Chez and seconded by Paul Geddes
Scribe duties will be shared.
IT Guru – (not an official committee position) Matt Hall
Congratulations to Chez for becoming our El Pres. In his acceptance speech he expressed sincere gratitude for the outgoing Pres of 5 years, Paul Geddes. This was warmly applauded by all the members. Thanks again Paul.
Our new El Pres did say that he would not be able to emulate Paul by being on the piss till 5am and playing golf a few hours later.
Chez played his first game for Klogs in 2002 and encouraged all members to try and attend every game. He thanked Sigi and Ricardo, our sponsors, these past few years. Chez says that he is very happy with the way the society has been run and only minor tweaks would be needed to improve things.
Chez also mentioned that Matty would help with the IT/Website aspects and we look forward to Matty bringing the society into the AI age.
Good luck Chez we are proud to have you as our new El Pres!
Yearly Prize giving
Moneybags provided a summary of the 2025 games and awarded bottles of wine to the following players who played 8 or more games:
8 games – Andrew Chez, Clive Gordon
9 games – Paul Geddes, Matt Hall, Martin Middleton, Pietro Martucci, Joe Heggie, Ricardo Castro
10 games – Allan Wright 11 games – Iain Wise
12 games – Benji Sheehy
Klogger of the year KOTY results best 6 scores of the year:
1st place – Benji Sheehy aggregate 226, average 37.7
2nd place joint – Paul Geddes and Matt Hall 222, average 37.0
3rd place – Clive Gordon 218, average 36.3
Golfer requiring most improvement worst scores over 6 games – Michael Fenner Smith (helped by a 3!). He will receive 200 MYR towards lessons.
Announcements & Thanks
Moneybags announced that February game will be on Wednesday 25th February to avoid clashes with CNY/Ramadan. Discounts on games can normally be found during Ramadan.
The May Away will be announced shortly, possible being in Thailand.
Special Thanks:
Thanks to Joe for helping out with the photos
Thanks to Sigi for maintaining our balls
Thanks to Ricardo for the red wine
COTY 2025
For his exploits on both Aways Matt Hall just snatched it away from Joe, and wins a KLOGS tankard, a Ship Captains Flask and gets to keeps the perpetual trophy for a year. Matt was unable to attend to receive his awards, but sent his life-sized manikin of Quasimodo to receive the awards on his behalf. A rendition of the famous Bee Gees song “For whom the bell tolls” was played for Matt.
November Away to Chiang Mai, Thailand, 17 – 22 November 2024
Left to Right Back: Brian Jeffers, Benji Sheehy, Joe Heggie, Matt Hall, Wayne Beck, Peter Kenyon, Iain Wise, Geoff McLaws, Ted Parslow, David Hewitt and Dave Evans
Front: Berni Schobert, Frank McKenzie, Tony Lynch, Allan Wright, Peter Dabrowski, Pietro Martucci, El Pres (Paul Geddes), Rikki Ingham and Colm O’Donovan
El Pres: Paul Geddes
Vice: Iain Wise
Moneybags: Tony Lynch
Scribe: Geoff McLaws
Great start to yet another fantastic K.L.O.G.S away. I am sure that every one of you enjoyed it as much as I did, if not more.
With some arriving in Chiang Mai earlier than the tour start date, having already discovered the more interesting spots to visit, we all converged at the designated bar on Sunday evening. Initial indications were that it promised to be a memorable week. 20 players off to a good start.
DAY 1. Alpine Golf Club, Chiang Mai
Alpine Golf Club has a fine reputation and our most recent experiences here held this course in high regard. The course itself did not disappoint but unfortunately, the greens were awful. Describing them as slow is as underwhelming as the greens; they were extremely inconsistent and much slower than the advertised stimp reading of 9, leading to many a three or even four putt.
Teeing off from hole 1 on the B course, we finished in reasonable time on the C course. Following the round, our exalted troupe wandered onto the dining terrace ready to feast on the days rewards.
El Pres opened proceedings with his usual aplomb and humour but quickly got down to business. Appreciating the course and layout, he too was critical of the greens and noted that the course condition had deteriorated somewhat.
Opening with 3rd place then 2nd place. El Pres, like any game show host, then left us hanging for the final result. We’ll be back after the break………….
3rd Place Wayne Beck 103/33 points. 2nd Place Brian Jeffers 98/36 points.
And,
NTP’s
B course hole 3 – Matt Hall 10.3m B course hole 7 – Tony Lynch 8.0m
C course hole 4 – Iain (Vice) Wise 6.5m C course hole 7 – Benji Sheehy 15.0m
Birdies on the day – Ted Parslow (1) and Benji Sheehy (2)
And the golfer who took first place today……………..
1st – Ted Parslow 91/38. Well done Ted.
Interesting interlude to the formalities was when Wayne was caught using his phone just as his name was announced as the winner of “3rd Place”, and looking confused as he went up to receive his prize, El Pres snatched his phone and slung it away. Incredibly, Benji plucked it out of thin air in a clean grab. After he thanked Benji and retrieved his phone, Wayne sat down saying, “How could I have won?” to the crowds response of “you didn’t, you came third!”
COTD Nominations;
Wayne and Brian for throwing ice on the bus.
Iain for pretending to be the President found wearing an El Pres KLOGS shirt.
Iain for general poor etiquette on the course and getting up Joe’s knickers repeatedly.
Iain was again unanimously voted the COTD
Scoring
KLOGS NOV MONTHLY COMP
Name
H/Cap
gross
net
Stblfrd
Ted Parslow (T)
21
91
70
38
Geoff McLaws
8
91
83
25
Paul Geddes (T)
10
92
82
26
Benji Sheehy
16
95
79
29
Brian Jeffers
26
98
72
36
Colm O’Donnovan
19
100
81
27
Bernie Schobert
18
100
82
26
Iain Wise (T)
22
101
79
29
Tony Lynch (T)
26
102
76
32
Wayne Beck
28
103
75
33
Peter Dabrowski (T)
21
104
83
25
Pietro Martucci
22
106
84
24
Joe Heggie
26
107
81
27
Matt Hall
28
110
82
26
Allan Wright
28
111
83
25
Rikki Ingham
28
114
86
22
Frank Mackenzie
28
118
90
18
Dave Evans
28
119
91
17
Peter Kenyon
28
120
92
16
David Hewitt
28
120
92
16
DAY 2 – Highlands Golf Course, Chiang Mai
Suitably stretched and lubricated prior to arriving at Highlands, we all, ahem, stepped off the bus ready to tear the course apart. Playing the A 9 and B 9 our five groups teed off slightly earlier than designated allowing us to finish in good time. The course was in great condition.
El Pres opened proceedings after a great selection of dishes to kick start the rest of the day.
Echoing many, he declared the course to be in great nick and, although the greens were also very slow, at least they were consistent.
Today was the first day of the horse and jockey event, the one where we all randomly choose a horse and jockey with whom, you aim to win or come dead last.
Jockeys
Horses
Paul Geddes
David Hewitt
Iain Wise
Matt Hall
Tony Lynch
Berni Schobert
Brian Jeffers
Paul Geddes
Wayne Beck
Wayne Beck
Berni Schobert
Tony Lynch
Peter Dabrowski
Frank McKenzie
David Hewitt
Dave Evans
Dave Evans
Allan Wright
Allan Wright
Pietro Martucci
Peter Kenyon
Joe Heggie
Ted Parslow
Peter Kenyon
Rikki Ingham
Peter Dabrowski
Frank McKenzie
Geoff McLaws
Colm O’Donovan
Benji Sheehy
Geoff McLaws
Brian Jeffers
Pietro Martucci
Ted Parslow
Matt Hall
Iain Wise
Benji Sheehy
Rikki Ingham
Joe Heggie
Colm O’Donovan
Winners will receive 6000 Baht each and last place will receive 4000 Baht each.
Aside from the individual stableford winner on the day, we only have the NTP’s.
NTP’s
Course A Hole 2 – Geoff McLaws 1.2m Course B Hole 5 – Ted Parslow 1.98
Today’s winner of the individual scoring event (Stableford)
Benji Sheehy with 42 points.
COTD Nominations:
Iain for telling Joe to hurry up while he was playing even slower.
Joe for committing the ultimate sin – allowing his missus to access his WhatsApp account.
Joe for spending more time on his phone than on the green.
El Pres for being late on the bus and having his alarm set to the incorrect time zone! Hmmm.
The vote on this wasn’t actually required but the roar when Joe’s name was mentioned was deafening.
COTD Joe Heggie
DAY 3 – Highlands Golf Course – Day 2 of the Horse and Jockey event.
Playing the B and C nines this day and I was pretty impressed with the course combination. Although the green speed hadn’t improved it was a pretty nice day out. Kicking off pretty much on time, our five groups got around in reasonable time.
And on to the most important part of the day, the presentation. No such antics as phone throwing prevailed on this occasion however and El Pres, as always managed it pretty well.
There were two NTP holes this day with the 8th hole on the B course and also the 8th hole on the C course.
B Course Hole 8 – David Hewitt 4.6m C Course Hole 8 – Geoff McLaws 11.3m
2nd Overall Wayne Beck 1st Overall Benji Sheehy
2nd Place over two rounds – Wayne Beck (39 pts) Overall 71 pts
1st Place over two rounds – Benji Sheehy (31 pts) Overall 73 pts
Horse and Jockey
16th Place – Rikki & Benji 1st Place – Benji & Colm
COTD Nominations
Benji for winning everything.
Iain for putting people off, poor course etiquette and general bad behaviour.
Dave Evans for having a caddie that looked like his daughter.
Matt for his outrageous behaviour in the early hours prior to golf (lost phone, lost cc, lost stomach contents)
There was really only one nomination fitting the behaviour of a true COTD…………
Matt was voted (unanimously) COTD.
Scores
2 Day Away Comp
Day 1
Day 2
Name
H/Cap
GROSS
NET
POINTS
GROSS
NET
POINTS
Total
Benji Sheehy
16
84
68
42
93
77
31
73
Wayne Beck
28
104
76
32
97
69
39
71
Ted Parslow
17
92
75
33
91
74
34
67
Brian Jeffers
26
101
75
33
100
74
34
67
Colm O’Donnovan
19
97
78
30
93
74
34
64
Geoff McLaws
4
79
75
33
83
79
29
62
Pietro Martucci
22
99
77
31
100
78
30
61
Bernie Schobert
18
101
83
25
91
73
35
60
Allan Wright (T)
28
101
73
35
111
83
25
60
Peter Kenyon
28
107
79
29
107
79
29
58
Tony Lynch (T)
23
99
76
32
105
82
26
58
Iain Wise (T)
23
102
79
29
104
81
27
56
Dave Evans
28
111
83
25
107
79
29
54
David Hewitt (T)
28
110
82
26
109
81
27
53
Paul Geddes
11
92
81
27
94
83
25
52
Rikki Ingham
28
117
89
19
108
80
28
47
Peter Dabrowski
23
119
96
12
102
79
29
41
Frank Mackenzie (T)
28
113
85
23
119
91
17
40
Joe Heggie
26
110
84
24
122
96
12
36
Matt Hall
28
122
94
14
120
92
16
30
DAY 4 – Gassan (Ghastly) Legacy Golf Club. Team Competition abridged scramble.
This course does not rate a photograph.
Teams:
Geoff McL, Dave E, Rikki I, Allan W
Paul G, Iain W, Wayne B, Peter K
Berni S, Peter D, Brian J, Frank McK
Colm O’D, Ted P, Joe H, David H
Benji S, Pietro M, Tony L, Matt H
A quick look at the scorecard for this course sent a shiver up many a spine within our group, The refreshments taken on the way to this nightmare were quickly absorbed as we realised that every single tee shot on every single hole, was over water. Armed with bags full of spare balls we set off on a very crowded and slow beginning.
It quickly became evident that the only benefit of playing this course was ensuring the ball collectors had an income for the next month. Many of us had a lot of difficulty just reaching the fairway and with few or no escape routes, many balls ended up learning to swim.
I found the layout ridiculous even though a few of us could clear the water on the tee shots. As I watched ball after ball go into the water, however, I wondered how anyone could propose wanting to play here or even consider membership at this course.
It was indeed a slow round but we retired to the dining room for our lunch, much beer, much complaining and finally the presentation.
Opening with “Well, we wont be coming back here!” El Pres pretty much echoed how we all felt about this tragedy.
Announcing the team positions from last to first, we also took a quick tally of balls lost, but no names. A minimum of 120 balls were lost between us on this round of golf.
Team 1 – 5th Position +10 Team 3 – 4th Position +9
Team 4 – 3rd Position +6 Team 5 – 2nd Position +5
Team 2 – 1st Position +3
COTD Nominations:
Iain for being nominated every day.
Pietro nominated his team for hitting 11 balls into the water on one Par 3.
Peter Kenyon for yelling “how far is it?” on El Pres’ backswing.
Pietro was voted COTD (he must like the mug) for putting his own team in.
A vote was then taken for the COTT and there wasn’t much argument. Our day 2 winner – Joe Heggie.
Pietro magnanimously accepts his award. Joe Heggie graciously accepts his COTT.
Brian Jeffers then rose to his rather large feet and began complimenting people. Firstly he praised Paul and Iain, but mainly Iain, for their organisation and running of yet another successful tour, he welcomed the new guys on tour and then presented PG with a cup honouring him as President of the Grumpy Fuckers Society, cup presented.
El Pres then offered a further compliment to Iain for his work in organising the tour and to Lek for being such a wonderful host and tour guide.
PG for President!
As always, our sponsors make the prizes possible, Thanks Sigi, for your continued support and donation of KLOGS golf balls. It should be noted that shortly before the tour commenced, Sigi delivered on his promise with 24 dozen golf balls stamped with the K.L.O.G.S logo.
It was good to see EL Pres continuing with his recovery after being fitted with his new bionic knee. Play got underway on time at 8:00am. However, when the 3 flights assigned to start on the second nine arrived at tee box 10, they were blocked by a 6 ball who were just teeing off. It was quickly decided to jump ahead and start on holes 11 and 12. The leap frogging to avoid further jumbo flights continued throughout the round. Flights 4 & 5 eventually formed their own jumbo flight to complete the last 4 holes of their round. The weather was cooling with a couple of slight showers. The course was in good condition and the greens were fair and true. The first 3 flights finished in good time, however flights 4 & 5 the magnificent seven were severely delayed.
Lunch was scheduled to be held at East of Highway but following a phone call the day before we were advised they were closed. Arrangements were quickly adjusted and we adjourned to Pantai Seafood instead. With a couple of no shows the 15 diners squeezed on to one table, this required serious intervention by EL PRES to ensure everyone had sufficient elbow room. Food selection was simple as we ordered form the Pantai 20th Anniversary Celebration Menu. Once the late arrival from flights 4 & 5 had arrived lunch was served. The food was excellent albeit a tad expensive. Plenty of cold beer was downed.
EL PRES got the prize giving underway by welcoming our guests Steve Hennessey, Peter Davies and Brian Stubbs. Before moving on to the prizes he fined all those that didn’t play the course in the correct order. As there was an absence of any Ladies Tee Boxes he continued in fine mode and collected a total of 180 MYR for all the misdemeanours.
On to the NTP’s.
Hole 6 Sigi
Hole 8 Benji
Hole 14 Peter (due to Vice Pres screw up this should have been hole 6)
