Our planned Easter scramble fell victim to no less than 13 call offs in the 24 hours before our scheduled game and so with 19 players making it to the first tee box, 2 involved in a matchplay, we decided to switch the format to our regular stableford game. A wonderful sunny day and hard, fast fairways greeted us and with all the arrangements going smoothly we were all round in quick time, showered and finished well before 5.30pm; leaving many who chose to stay to enjoy some refreshments over dinner as the sun went down.

In the matchplay, Simon Reynolds continued his fine form of the week-end to shoot gross 75 which got him over the line winning 4&3 over Hitoshi Maruyama and also to secure Low Gross on the day. Excellent rounds from Simon Oxley and Juju Juhaeriah scoring 40 and 42 points, respectively, and securing our runner-up spots. Both were pipped by Jane Finnie who put aside the disappointment of the monthly medal round being abandoned a couple of weeks ago to shoot another impressive round, earning her 44 points and the winners spot for the week. All scores on mygolf2u.

Next Up: Rancamaya

Tee Set, D.O.G.S. and JAWS Weekend 22-24th April

We need to finalise arrangements for the BBQ and with the course for both days – please sign up as soon as possible to confirm you are playing and on which days… details as previously posted below:

Next week-end, 22nd, 23rd and 24th April the 3 Societies are combining activities to make for a great week-end at Rancamaya, building on the excellent camaraderie and competition which has been built up over several years as Tee Set and D.O.G.S. play off on Sunday for the Juergen Degert Trophy.

The weekend begins Friday afternoon, approximately 12pm tee off with the regular JAWS game and please sign up to JAWS on mygolf2u to register. After the round and in the clubhouse, there will be the usual prize giving and refreshments post round together with an opportunity to taste a variety of whiskies, rums, gin and other spirits.. all for a very modest donation to the charity pot for the week-end which is going like last year to the Fiona Unity Foundation.

Saturday is the main charity day and the competition format will be 2-person scramble with men playing from the white tees; Tee off around 12pm shot gun start. Your competition fee of Rp200k will be going to the charity and will get you a super mulligan (1 drive/1 fairway/1 putt) and 3 raffle tickets for the lucky draw to be held at the BBQ after the game. Additional mulligans, Rp50k each or Rp100k with 3 more raffle tickets are available for players to buy and raffle tickets will be on sale by themselves for players and non-players alike. Please sign up for the scramble on mygolf2u (Charity scramble under D.O.G.S. for 23rd April) and please advise Roger Finnie (08113891350) on your scramble partner so we can prepare the pairings accordingly.

Saturday evening is the traditional BBQ, Rp350k a head and partners and spouses welcome. We have some generous sponsorship from Anker Beer, Kojo and others which will supplement the BBQ fare and oil the evening. As always you are welcome to bring a special bottle or 2 as well. Start time around 6.30pm and we will do the prize giving and raffle draw during the evening – wine, whisky, green fee vouchers and several other prizes have been generously donated for the lucky draw and all proceeds of the day will go to the charity pot. Please let Roger Finnie (08113891350) know that you are coming to the bbq and if you are bringing a non-golfer along with you so we can cater for the correct numbers.

Sunday is the regular D.O.G.S. day with the big dog on the line so Tee Set is joining the day to keep prize giving simple at the end – all registrations and pairings will be managed by Rod Williams and please register in mygolf2u. Tee off at 12pm shot gun start. To help those suffering from the night before, Meadow and Bone are organising a breakfast roll and tasting at hole 4 and other thanks and appreciation to them for the support. In parallel to the normal round, Tee Set Captain Tom Grace will be looking for 24 sharp shooters to take on the best that Doug McQuater can muster from the D.O.G.S. contingent there on the day as they battle for bragging rights for another year and the Juergen Degert Trophy. Please let Tom know if you are keen, willing and available. Golf on Saturday and Sunday is Rp950k a round.

Lastly, please look on the DOGS website for arrangements for the R Hotel if you want to book a room for one of the evenings or even the full week-end. Knowing that several players prefer to make their own arrangements we are leaving it up to players to contact the hotel, other another establishment of their choosing, directly.