Yes, the Ladies of Srikandi, our all women Indonesian team, won the inaugural Tee Set World Cup, in the end by a comfortable margin, thanks to a captain’s performance by Wina, who also took Most Valuable Player.  Wina somehow managed to fulfil other commitments and turn up “Just in Time” to complete her singles round in the dark and bring the trophy home for the Mera Putih.  Well done ladies, a proud day for Mel, the VP of Ladies Recruitment and Member Benefits!!!

Team GB1 played solid golf to take second place.  Mike and Stuart had a few ball problems, with Stuart eventually finishing his round a little earlier than plan to go and sort his out.

Despite all attempts to sort out the ball confusion over drinks, the mystery was never adequately solved, but the drinks were good.

For Team India, our third place getter, Captain KK did a great job putting the team together for a second week running, and the blue shirts were up there with the Finns uniforms for best dressed, although the hats probably won it for the Finns.  Thanks guys for making such an effort!

Team and leading individual standings are here:

Individual play was nowhere near as good as when playing the previous week as a team but some great individual efforts over the two weeks from Wina (Srikandi) who took the singles prize from Tom (Great Lakes Alliance) and Simon (GB1) in the third place. Husband and wife Ric and Lis both played well, having the same net score, in both legs – can’t argue about that guys!

Thanks to Riverside for the event and apologies for being such an inconvenience on what you clearly knew was a busy tournament day.  Even with our start delayed until after 1pm, we clearly stopped your caddies having a decent break between rounds and made them work into the dark.  Had we known we would have been such a burden, we would have maintained our scheduled booking at the lovely Bogor Raya. Riverside is an outstanding course, which polarises Tee Setters – some love it and some struggle – but a combination of factors has caused us to recommend a change of venue for the event next year.

However, before we leave Riverside, the club generously acknowledged Ian Butcher’s Hole in One in the first round of the World Cup, with Simon presenting a memento of his feat to Ian here:

The post-match was as pleasant as ever, with spare bottles of wine being distributed among the groups.  Thanks to Brenda, Aisha, Bebe, Ric, Keith and all the captains for making the event a lot of fun and producing a fair result in what was an experimental format that still leaves some a little confused, not least some of the committee despite having devised it.

And, a final photo to compare the follow-throughs of two of our Tee Set regulars, Simon and Bushy…everyone is different right?

Next Week: Matoa Nasional, 13th November 2016

We wanted to give everyone a chance to practice at the course which will host the Tee Set Championships at the end of the month.  For some it will be an opportunity to plot distances and test greens, for others, it will allow you to plan your drink and comfort stops, which you may need given the generous catering and, of course, the demands of play.

Register here as usual.