You can say what you like about the last year, it has been pretty crap for everyone, but the 2021 Tee Set Championship was probably the best ever. Thanks particularly to Cengkareng for being such generous hosts and to your Committee – Bill and Geoff – and particularly Roger for all the attention to detail needed to make the day work so well. Thanks again to all of our wonderful sponsors, most of whom were playing on the day. The Anker/San Miguels, Smootheez, Hot Hed Dogs and Kalture Tikka Wraps on Tee Box 4 were all star attractions; the wraps were so good they were eaten before any photo could be taken. Ahye and Taylor Moon Golf Fashion added some glamour to the day too and allowed the ladies to combine golf with shopping, thanks Ahye and your team. All of these contributions created outstanding value for all players enjoying the event.

Thanks most of all to Tee Setters and guests for bringing your spirit and energy, that’s what makes it. As usual, some stories of the day can be told and others best remain untold.

We announced annual award winners and Clyde Wickiser Best Clubman (Roger) last week in advance, but got some photos with most of them on the day. Thanks to Geoff for choosing and donating all of the trophies this year and constructing the podium, which added some flare to the presentations.

The skills prizes, open to all, come first with the following winners (apologies, not all are covered in the photos, and Richard is a bit further down):

First Par >=30 handicap: shared by the dynamic duo – King (who parred) and Pascal (who birdied) # 7 – as usual the two cannot be separated.

First Sandy:        Pieter Nielen-Groen #4, dug himself out of this one

First Eagle:          Andy Coop #7, sharp shooting Andy

First Birdie:         Fernando #1, El Guapo strikes again

Low Putts:           Juju 27 on count back from Craig Ewers and Andrew Deane

Long Drive #2:   Shawn and Juju, both with monsters

Long Drive #18: Richard Raja and Iris, both no stranger to this prize

NTP #4:              Wayne, regular sharp shooter

NTP #7               Murthy, always in the winners’ circle

NTP #12:            Philip Shaferdieck, one of our great sponsors

NTP # 17:          Dave Prosser, known for his long hitting but showing finesse this time

Now to explain again, to qualify for the Champion (Low Net), Runner Up and Third, and the George Bevege Low Gross, players had to have played 5 rounds with Tee Set through the year; this has always been a rule. However, the players with the lowest gross (Richard -77) and lowest net (Meyer – 64) on the day had not qualified and were awarded prizes, but were not eligible for the trophies. Congratulations to Richard and Meyer for your fine play, please play with us more often.

We invited reigning champ, Cucu Chandra, to present the trophies. Both low net and low gross awards required a countback, which is always tough in the middle of a party, but after some filling by the MC and some calculations by the brain’s trust, third place was confirmed for Murthy (69), Fernando took second on 68, and with the same score and the Tee Set Champion for 2021, was Eric Mary.

Congratulations Eric!!!! Eric was one of the proud group that we named the Bali Wanderers who participated in Tee Set Global and kept our record of not missing a weekend alive when Jakarta courses were closed.

Low gross (George Bevege trophy) was equally as tight with two scores of 78: two time former winner, Richard, narrowly edged out on count back by Dave. Congratulations Dave Prosser, capping off a solid year of golf.

That wraps up the day, it’s taken this long for your scribe to recover. Another Championship, and a bloody good one. Gading Raya next week, post to follow, register on the app.

Tee Set Election

A normal item of business at Championships is the annual election of a President or Committee.

Last year a Committee was elected and elected Bill Lloyd as Chair. Bill and the Committee were thanked for an outstanding job during the very difficult 2021 year, when sound judgement and no small degree of creativity was required.

Moving into 2021, there was one nominee for the position of President, Geoff Thwaites, who the membership endorsed uncontested through a show of hands. Best wishes to Geoff as he steers us through what no doubt will be another successful Tee Set year. Geoff will now form a Commitee among willing volunteers.

Geoff provided a few words on his vision for the next year and we’ll communicate more of that in due course through the blog.

He has been a huge part of the Tee Set story and is keen to help out with his time, energy and ideas for the next year, supported by Adhe our Admin and as many Tee Setters who are also keen to help.