Tee Set

Sandwiched between the 36th Anniversary scramble and the Tee Set World Cup events, this week we take the relatively short drive south to Pondok Cabe for a regular Sunday event.

Note: for the keen watchers of the schedule we had planned a BBQ afterwards but due to competing requirements on Sunday, we will need to reschedule this social event to another week-end.

Tee Set Anniversary Scramble 4th August 2019 

Matoa Nasional

An excellent turnout on the day with 91 players joining us at a hot and very dry Matoa Nasional for the celebration of Tee Set’s 36th Anniversary. We held our now traditional annual scramble event for the Birthday Bash which also makes it a good opportunity to welcome some new players as well as teams from the other Societies with whom we play across the year. This year we had 17 newcomers and teams entered from Sentul Swingers, DOGS, T-Drivers, Tin Cups and Pocksia, making it one of our more successful celebrations; thank you all for the support and we hope you enjoyed the day.

The day was well supported by our sponsors and our support teams with a huge thank you to Hot Hed, Asia Serv, JS Luwansa Hotel, PT Delta (Anker), Matoa Nasional, Jeff Durham, Asian Tigers, Cengkareng and Riverside for their contributions to the event and to Brenda, Ric, Bill, Keith, Aisha & The Star Deli Team and all the Matoa staff for helping to make the day pass smoothly.

The day itself went with few hiccups; registrations were well arranged by Matoa, Brenda and Ric and for once, few changes to teams as almost everyone registered turned up and in good time. We were therefore able to take the group photo just before 12pm and head out onto the course a little ahead of schedule. The weather was sunny all day, course itself very dry and with the greens being in good condition, many low scores were returned on the day.

As usual we had our mix of novelty holes and it was interesting to see the different strategies with the pool cues on 18th Hole. Several birdies on the hole indicated we have some sharks amongst us…

After the play, we all headed upstairs to the function room for some refreshments and to enjoy a nice social late afternoon whilst all the prize presentations were held.

The Presentations

President Roger Finnie opened the presentations by welcoming everyone to the Anniversary Event and thanking our sponsors, the team at Matoa and the Tee Set committee members and all the volunteers who had all contributed to making the day special.

A warm welcome to their first Tee Set event was extended to John & Sarah Brown, CK Algie, Aleksi Tiihonen, Andrew Bradley, Bernaud Stuckart, Billy Variava, Fuad Abu, Jason Millsm Ken Dalrymple, Lee Barnes, Oliver Fritz, Risky Fabriyando, Stuart Grinton,, Satya Santoso, Tapio Javenpaa and Timo Karonen – apologies if we missed someone. Welcome backs with over 100 weeks included Tim Supple, Iris Rothenberg, Mark Souders, Nenden Fleischman and Bob McLeod. We hope to see you all back soon.

The Singing President Craig Ewers then shared a few words on the history of and his own connections to Tee Set before long time member, Past President and sponsor Jack Calcote was asked to raise a toast to absent friends. A few words by various Tee Setters who knew them best were said for Ivan Byriel, Jack Sandford, Big Rob and Clive Bissel who all passed away during the year.

Before moving onto the prizes for the day, we had our cutting of the cake for which Tom Grace, celebrating his birthday last week, was called up to be serenaded by The Singing President. We also conducted our lucky door prize draws whilst our photographer of the day, Keith Miller snapped away to ensure we captured everything for prosperity.

Last player teeing off on hole 4, Ken Dalrymple, was our closest to the pin – almost winning the year’s membership sponsored by Matoa. Impressive with the 1980’s drivers were the 2 SB’s: Sarah Brown and Shawn Berg, both of whom hit impressive drives with throw-back clubs. The President did note that the grips also looked like they were put on in 1983 and maybe we would think about investing in new grips for next year. Our iron-players, anchoring their teams off the tee, were King Tirto, Rob Nichols and CK Algie for handicaps >=30 and Dave Prosser for the lower handicaps.

We then invited HOGS to come forward and say a few words on the great work they do supporting Cleft Palate operations here before presenting them with a cheque of Rp10 juta on behalf of all Tee Set members. A further whip round with the hat raised another Rp6.7 juta for which a huge thanks was given to all by the HOGS team.

Our main prize winners were then recognized with Low Gross going to Kenny & the Vets (62): Howard Short, Ken Dalrymple, Andrew Bradley and Bob McLeod. Also shooting 62 but securing 3rd place net was team Koach Ken’s Kids: Bill Lloyd, Ken Runyon, Shawn Berg and Richard Mau. The Raht Pack team of Jari Rahtu, Jari Antikainen, Tapio Jarvenpaa and Timo Karonen were our runners-up whilst the last team entered was best dressed with Daylight Robbers: Rob Algie, CK Algie, Rob McAuley and Jason Mills being our winners on the day.

With all the thank you’s, prize draws and presentations done and dusted, we turned up the music and enjoyed the rest of the evening finishing off the various refreshments remaining in the eskys. See you all next year for our 37th Anniversary.!!

Forthcoming Tee Set events….

We have opened registrations for these upcoming events….

(1) Tee Set World Cup of Golf  Sunday 18th August 2019 Riverside:

Can anyone wrestle the trophy off Srikandi??? Following the good feedback from last year’s format, our 4th holding of the Tee Set World Cup will be held as a 1 day event again but returning to its inaugural venue, Riverside. The format will remain unchanged from 2018 with Teams of 4 competing for Best Net and Best Gross prizes and of course, the Tee Set World Cup Trophy – best 3 of 4 scores counting per hole for the team score.

The Event Supremo, Craig Edwards has already got 15 teams registered (see here to check out teams already registered)  for the competition but we still have room for a few more…  Remember teams are by nationality/logical geographical regions with national bragging rights on the line, so please sign up here when you are ready with your team.

For those not yet in a team or just wanting to come along and join the day, we will open up registrations for single players next Monday as all are welcome as usual for Tee Set events.

For any teams looking for a new team shirt, Sumo Caddy have made an offer to Tee Set members as attached here. Anybody interested should call/WhatsApp Richard Bittner on +6281229009999

If you are not joining Tee Set today and fancy a relaxed run refreshed by some beers, EP are arranging a hash event on the same day. Details are on our Classified Page on how to sign up and register. 

(2) 2nd Annual East Java Challenge

Under the leadership of former President Craig Ewers and Mark Fiorello, we have arranged the 2nd East Java Challenge which this year will be based at the picturesque Taman Dayu course, just outside Surabaya.

As last year, it will be a 2-day Eclectic Tournament with the option of some social golf on Friday. The date is set for 21-22 September 2019 and with current trophy holder Fernando “El Guapo” Gaggino unable to defend his crown, we are sure to have a new champion this year. Details of the event are here: Second Annual Tee Set East Java Challenge MF and please contact directly to Craig Ewers at  Craig.Ewers@aipj.or.id if you are interested to attend

Asian Tigers 45 hole challenge….

Please check out our Classified Page for forthcoming events including the ever popular 45 Hole Asian Tigers Golf challenge being hosted by Tee Set VP Bill Lloyd. Certainly the most unique golf event, a lot of fun and one not to miss if you relish a challenge. Places are filling up so please be quick to secure your slot in this enjoyable day out.