The Day

What was otherwise an excellent day was tinged with the sadness of Ivan Byriel’s passing on Sunday. A tribute to Ivan follows below and he was given a warm toast at our prize giving after the round.

With BSD preparing for a major event next week, the reports on the course were very positive and the 49 Tee Setters and guests who attended (we lost a 4 ball who arrived late and failed to register!) were treated to a great day of golf with the course in superb condition and weather equally accommodating with bright skies and a gentle breeze.

This week saw us welcome 4 newcomers and a warm Tee Set welcome was given to Andile Keta, Isabelle, Sukkuriya Masri and David Prosser. Notable welcome backs to Koen Verheyen (246 weeks) and Shaun China (65 weeks) with Dennis Kloeth, Dan McNally and Nick Shearman all getting honourable mentions. We look forward to seeing you out again soon with Tee Set.

Sadly just about the only thing not working well on the day was the camera (operator error suspected!! but with this becoming a recurring theme it may be time to look at the camera?) so we have few pictures of the day or newcomers – Andile being captured by the President early on in the day and Isabelle was a staring support when the scores were being entered and captured below. Those we have are here.

With us playing off the white tees, the scores reflected the excellent conditions and many rounds at or under net handicap were recorded on the day. As planned, after a couple of beers at the club house, we retired to Casa De La Mexicana again to continue the post round celebrations. With everyone having a good time, entering the scoring was done late so apologies to a few prize winners who left early.

Thank  you to VP Ric Wymer for again doing the scoring and prize giving in the absence of our Secretary, ably assisted by Isabelle and kept refreshed by Shaun China. Thank you also to our hosts at Casa De La Mexicana, especially Sahara, who were kept busy answering the many food and drink requests from the 29 Tee Setters who joined the evening.

The Play

High-light of the day and somehow not also recorded as our first and only Eagle, was the Hole in One scored by Audie Kaunang. Audie fortunately had invested in the hole in one voucher and was able to collect his winnings after the round to enjoy. Congratulations Audie.

With the Tee Set bag not making it to the restaurant, our skirt winners were for once spared the glory of their photo but still captured above were John Suermondt, Koen Verheyen, Matt Otto and Mel Cantarella. Also spared the Monkey photos were Brett Shields for his 12 on the opening hole (perhaps unsurprisingly since he made the ultimate effort to come from Matoa after finding his game was cancelled to join us with 5 minutes to spare) and newcomer Isabelle who had 46 putts for Monster Putter.

First Sandy went to newcomer Andile Keta on hole 3 whilst not for the first time this year, Andrew Waite took First Birdie on hole 1 along with Lorenzo Marengo. President Roger Finnie had equal Low Putts with 29 to collect that prize whilst Detlef Blumke was our Most Improved coming home a lucky 13 better than going out.

Jeff Landau had a good day on the greens as well in turning in our Best Gross of the day after an excellent 76 off the stick. In the Best Net category, Matt Otto had a net 73 to take home C Grade whilst Ken Runyon won A Grade on a count-back from Ian Butcher with a net 68. However, net king of the day was VP Ric Wymer who enjoyed an excellent day shooting net 64 to win B Grade.

One match-play was completed with Matt Otto beating Matthew Cherrett 2 Up to move into the semi-finals. The remaining 2 matches in this round will be completed at Cengkareng.

Congratulations to all our winners and detailed scoring on the day is here.

Ivan Byriel R.I.P.

On Sunday we were saddened to hear the news of Ivan’s passing whilst travelling in Timor Leste just one week after joining us for Tee Set’s 35th Anniversary Event; this picture coming from that event.

After completing his qualifications in Queensland, Australia, Ivan began a career in Oil & Gas which lasted for well over 40 years. This career saw him spend time in PNG and Equador but was very much focused on Indonesia where he worked in a number of roles specializing around seismic survey work.

His work in Oil & Gas no doubt drew Ivan into Tee Set where he was an active participant for many years. Although some recent health issues had reduced his playing time with us, Ivan always recognized the importance of the many Charity golf events here in Jakarta and could be relied upon to join up when-ever time and health permitted.

A straight talker, Ivan would always light up his group and foursome each week and you could see that twinkle in his eyes which gave you an inkling of perhaps a country larakin in his history. Ivan will be sadly missed by all of us in the Jakarta golf community who got to know him as well as his family on whom he doted.

Our condolences to all of Ivan’s family here and in Australia.

Thank you to the many Tee Setters who provided some contributions for the above including Craig Ewers, Neil Mullins, John Suermondt, Keith Miller and Pascal Bekaert.

Next Up: 26th August 2018 Cengkareng 12pm Rp800,000 Monthly Medal and Cycle IX Round 1