Rancamaya week-end and Match versus D.O.G.S.

The ever popular weekend away at Rancamaya for our annual match versus D.O.G.S. took on a new flavour this year with JAWS joining in the fun to create a long weekend of golf and to support the collective fund raising efforts for our chosen charity, The Fiona Unity Foundation. Around 65 different players participated at some point in the weekend with 130 rounds being played over the 3 days and 50 players and partners joining for a lively BBQ event on Saturday night.

JAWS’s regular Friday event kicked off the week-end and although the weather was less than kind, a steady drizzle falling through out the afternoon, we were all able to warm up again at the charity whisky tasting event in the evening. Details of the day are already posted in JAWS and can be found here: https://jawsgolfsociety.com/2022/04/25/jaws-rancamaya-22-04-22/

Saturday was the second part of our charity activities with 24 teams entered for the 2-player scramble event. Some great scores were returned and more importantly, an excellent evening BBQ and prize-giving rolled deep into the night. Congratulations to all our winners:

Low Gross: Simon Reynolds/Booby Cangkrama with a Gross 66 pipping Willi Noronha/Srinivas Murthy who returned a Gross 69

Low Net: A two way tie on 61.45 saw first place shared between David Baglivo/Dan Swinburne and Gaurav Shirke/Chris Lever – with all the prizes being the same we didn’t bother with a countback – and in 3rd place were Alex MacGregor/Mark Johnson on 62.2.

The real winner was the charity with Rp24.7j being raised between Friday and Saturday and this will be presented to Fiona at her upcoming golf event on behalf of JAWS, D.O.G.S. and Tee Set players. A big thank you to all our sponsors and organisers, including the representatives from the committees of the 3 societies, KOJO, Anker Beer, Meadow and Bone and our prize and raffle sponsors Cengkareng, Rancamaya, Jakarta Golf Club, John Brown, Roger Finnie, Willi Goldschmidt, Holger Molendyk and Jeremy Oberoi.

A few sore heads arrived Sunday morning to be greeted by the cheery faces of those joining just for Sunday as we gathered for the annual Tee Set versus D.O.G.S. match in honour of Juergen Degert, the instigator of the event. With 22 players on each side being evenly matched, there were many titanic games played with D.O.G.S. just edging out Tee Set 5 to 3 with 3 games halved…. just as well as D.O.G.S. forgot to bring the trophy!! The Sunday regular game was combined with the DOGS final round eclectic and the report on the day can be found on their website: https://www.djakartaoldgolfsociety.com/blog

World Cup of Tee Set

Due to some scheduling clashes, namely the travel plans of the key organisers, the event is being rescheduled from its published date of 5th June to 3rd July – still at Riverside. Last year we had 91 players across 23 teams and we hope to surpass this number for 2022’s event. Event leaders Cucu Chandra and President Geoff Thwaites are looking for captains to lead their countries into golfing battle – teams of 4 with best 3 scores per hole counting to the team score. Please answer the call if they tap you on the shoulder or better still, contact either of them and let them know your team… thank you Indar for being the first in for 2022 with Team Malaysia….

Sunday 1st May 2022: Monthly Medal at Cengkareng

Moved back a week from it’s normal last Sunday of the month slot to accommodate the Rancamaya event, this Sunday we head for Cengkareng for our April Monthly Medal. As always a fun day out and our usual prizes are on offer… please sign up on mygolf2u as usual so we can advise the course on numbers and flights.With most of us being on holiday, I’m sure there will be a few margarita’s to be consumed afterwards as the sun descends on another week-end.