The Day

With the final round of Eclectic Cycle VII and the Monthly Medal being played this Sunday there was a lot to attract Tee Setters to Cengkareng, in addition to it being one of the best courses we play and with its excellent staff to look after us. A few late drop outs and some Tee Setters playing with other groups elsewhere on the course saw our numbers pared-back a little from the expected turnout but there were still 42 players out to enjoy an excellent day; one which continued for some into the early evening as the margaritas seemed to be on free flow.

In its own micro-climate by the airport, we arrived to a bright sunny day and hard running fairways as there had been no rain over the previous couple of days on the course. Only a strong breeze and perhaps the need for regular refreshment given the warm weather were there to defend the course from those on the top of their games and looking to take home one of the prizes on offer.

The 4 immediate past Presidents, Pascal, Craig, Ric and Geoff, were on hand to help current President Roger Finnie welcome another good contingent of 5 new-comers and several of our new recruits from recent weeks who were back for their 2nd or 3rd rounds. A warm Tee Set welcome was given to this week to newcomers Rutchanop Pojanavaraph, Nanda Sinaga, Gary Mond, Forrest Dale Standley and Eric Park.

Our longest welcome back went to Kitti Sriwathanangul who was out playing again with Tee Set after 94 weeks. Kitti is part of the Tee Set pool team and is seen here sporting the team’s shirts with fellow team members, Pascal “Pastis” Bekaert, Pool Team Captain and Web-guy Keith Miller and Tee Set Champion Santi Miller. Also welcomed back after long absences were Moragot Kruaroj and Tadashi Seki after 67 and 49 weeks, respectively.

Overall a good day was had by all and photos of the day are here for you to enjoy.

A big thank you to our Secretary Brenda Mayland who managed the days registrations and scoring as efficiently as usual despite being under the effects of the lurgy.

The Play

Cengkareng’s longer carry from the Blue to the Red tees usually leads to the harvest of a few fines and this week was no exception with 6 Tee Setters sharing the skirt photo: former Presidents Craig Ewers, Ric Wymer and Pascal Bekaert were joined by newcomer Rutchanop Pojanavaraph, Web-guy Keith Miller and Kongkiat Chaisri. No Monster Putter this week with 3 players just staying under 40 putts but Forrest Dale Standley, Richard Bolton and Tadashi Seki shared the Monkey with 10 strokes on a hole.

All 3 of them however recovered their fines by winning other prizes as did Pascal who was awarded 1st Par for Handicaps >=30 for his effort on hole 9. Tadashi took home Most Improved for coming home 9 shots better and newcomer Forrest had no troubles with the greens, mastering them for Low Putts with only 25 strokes needed.

We had 1 match-play on the day which was a tight affair, Geoff Thwaites prevailing 3&2 over Amol Singhal. No quarter was given from the outset with both recording Sandy Pars on hole 1 to share this prize. First Birdie was awarded to Matt McGowan for his effort on hole 5.

From last month we have recognized the Low Net and Low Gross winners at the monthly medal with a trophy thanks to the sponsorship of Ken Runyon and his team. Ken was on hand to present Low Gross to Santi Miller for her excellent 82 and Low Net winners Richard Bolton (72) Lorenzo Marengo (67) and Ian Butcher (72) – Ian winning on a count-back from Santi.

Ric Wymer also recovered his fine by taking home NTP as one of our Monthly Medal special skill prizes. Making it a family affair was Lis Wymer who took home Ladies Long Drive where she was joined by the always big hitting Andrew Waite who recorded an incredible 281m effort to secure the Men’s Long Drive prize.

Sunday being the last round of the Eclectic saw James Ross holding off the hard charging defending champion Laurie O’Connor, former winner Craig Edwards and Lis Wymer to secure the trophy for the first time. Congratulations to James who was presented with the trophy on the day by President Roger Finnie.

The final positions and scores in the Eclectic Cycle VII are posted on the web-site and Cycle VIII will begin next month when we are back at Cengkareng.

Sunday marked the first golf round in his 50th year in Indonesia for former President, the inspiration behind and sponsor of our monthly medal shield, Geoff Thwaites. Geoff was called up to receive a warm round of applause and to present the trophy to this month’s winner Jon Pipe. Jon was in the last group but took full advantage of his fine form to record a best of the day gross 78 and 45 points to win the Monthly Medal and have his name added to the shield.

Congratulations to all our winners and the detailed results of the day can be found here.

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