jiggers dubai golf society - captain's report - july 2012

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JIGGERS GOLF SOCIETY- DUBAI

Committee

Rob Edgecombe Society Chairman +971 (56) 6034759 [email protected]

Ernest Hosking Society Captain +971 (50) 5503160 [email protected]

Kelvin Tayfield Vice Captain & Social Organiser +971 (56) 6503454 [email protected]

Brian Schofield Scorer & Society Handicapper +971 (50) 4659375 [email protected]

David Green Away Game Organiser +971 (50) 5508746 [email protected]

Ant Milne Sponsorship Organiser +971 (50) 5581379 [email protected]

Captain’s Assistant

Zia Hosking +971 (50) 8753033 [email protected]

Captain’s Report July 2012

July Game – Yas Links Golf Club - Friday 13 July 2012Another very well organised and enjoyable Jiggers game (in spite of the intense heat and humidity)was held at Yas Links on Friday 13 July 2012. Unfortunately, the club would not allow us any teetimes in advance of their members’ bookings which meant (after some confusion on their part) thatwe only teed off from 08:10. The pace of play was really far to slow by the Yas members up frontwhich meant the round took the better part of 5 ¼ hours. I have sent an email to the club notingour concerns and as well as the other issues like running out of drinking water, and have requestedthat they consider earlier tee times for next year or an early shotgun start even on a Saturdaymorning. Unfortunately we chose one of the hottest and most humid days in Abu Dhabi’s climatichistory which tested our stamina more than the course. I for one, flushed with the success of beingable to play the game again and with a brain that was quietly simmering under my cranium,managed to award myself a prize by misreading the scores of other eminently more successfulplayers on the day – fortunately for me the fines meeting had already concluded. Another notable

feat on the day was Dave Green bailing out after 9 holes but still managing to come in to thebetterball prizes with his partner playing on his Pat Malone burning up the 2 nd 9! Dave (probablysaving himself for his birthday celebration later that evening), had the good grace to donate hisprize money to the Jiggers year end quaffing fund!

Yas being rated in the top 100 courses outside of the US is certainly a “must play” course for us – they won’t take a group booking in the winter months (and the rates are pretty steep) buthopefully after my complaint to the management we will get a better deal next year in terms of starting times. The course was, as usual, in pretty good condition especially given that they hadrecently embarked on a maintenance programme. My sense though is that towards the end many of us weren’t sure whether we were playing in Ajman or Alice!

A big thanks to Wally Robinson for all the effort he put in to organising this event. No mean feat toraise 26 players in this weather and get them all there on time. Well done Umgababa!

We had 26 players including 20 Jiggers and 6 Guests - another good showing especially consideringthe time of the year.

Welcome to our 6 Guests (including 2 past members – the famous Evo father and son combo): -

Ian Everson

James Everson

Chris Fraser

Simon Elliott

Scott Griffiths

James Bissett

Great to see such support from our regular guests many of whom have been proposed for futuremembership.

The Fines Master for the day was Mike Berry (can’t keep him out of proceedings or the prizes thesedays) who stood in for Gulliver Collins fast rivalling Big Kev for the Skywards award this year! Mikealso re-donated his winnings from the previous Jiggers games to the prizes so the two individual



winners will be taking the opportunity of fascinating their better halves for a sleep out at one of the Dubai’s famous hostelries!

One point I need to raise concerns the standard of the score cards. I had a lot of difficultydeciphering the scores for prize giving and I am sure Brian Schofield will have an even harder job intrying to plug in the hole by hole scores. As I have said before – the handicapping and scoring job istime consuming and it is unreasonable for us to make Brian’s job that much harder. It reallydoesn’t take much to try and record the scores more neatly and accurately. Also – some of you arespending time back in the club house filling in your scores – apart from the fact that this delaysprize giving it is something that should be done after each hole - the two scorers should confer onthe scores for the four players and record them immediately. This will result in much betteraccuracy and a bit of simple arithmetic at the end. Can we all try and make an effort in this regardplease.

A gentle reminder, barring injury a Jigger needs to play not less than 6 games (excluding away tourgames) in the year to retain his membership of Jiggers for the following year. There are 5 gamesremaining so those guys who have not played that many so far will need to bear this in mind.

Prize Winners

Individual Stableford (open to Jiggers members only)

Kelvin Tayfield 36 points

Kevin Hudson 35 points

(An embarrassing attempt by the Captain to get in to the Prizes was summarilyoverturned!)

Betterball Stableford

Ernest Hosking and Mike Berry 43 points (Mike again!!!) o.c.o. from

James Everson and Dave McKerchar 43 points

Scott Griffiths and Dave Green 41 points (well played Scott!!) Individual Shotmakers

Nearest the Pin 0 – 14 handicaps Kevin Hudson (one over after 9!!)

Nearest the Pin 15 – 28 handicaps Ant Milne

Longest Drive 0 – 14 handicaps Bryce Allan (again!!)

Longest Drive 15 – 28 handicaps James Everson (playing a lot of golf in Kenya!)

Matchplay

Two games were played:

Player 1 Player 2 Score

Erik Dekker beat Brian McKerchar 2 up

Corey Spring beat Dave McKerchar 2 up



Next Game

Friday 10th August at Al Badia Golf Club

Confirmed tee times for 28 players

Green Fee: AED395

Organizer: Brian McKerchar

Fines Master: Jean van Loggerenberg

Games Roster

No change

Movers and Shakers

Jiggers have had a busy month: -1. One of our intrepid Avatars (Allan Stanton) turned his undoubted skills to becoming a

Supersport Anchorman. Click on the link below.

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2. Big Kev, after enduring many weeks of being sidelined in the organisation (other than when hischeque book was needed) and being drilled on what constituted appropriate behaviour,proudly gave up his daughters hand Caroline in marriage. Hearty congratulations to Kevin andLyn as well as Caroline and Andy. A sneak preview at the wedding pics on Facebook – our boy

brushed up pretty good on the day even though he was well out done by the bride and hermother!

3. Corey and Eva Spring were delighted to announce the arrival of the next generation Jiggersgolfer!

Already very attentive on the bottle!

4. A recent email received from ex Jigger – Ant Hodges. If any of you have an interest please

contact Ant on [email protected]

“We have a friend (ex Zimbo) who owns a small boutique hotel outside Kandy in Sri Lanka,called Ellerton. www.ellertonsrilanka.com We’ve stayed there and it’s a real gem of a place.

mailto:[email protected]



http://www.ellertonsrilanka.com/







For personal reasons they want to sell it. They have built up a good clientele and doubled the

turnover in the 5 years or so since they bought it. It occurred to me it might suit a couple who

were used to the expat life and looking for something different to do and who could make a

reasonable living out of it, while living in a beautiful place. It’s really a semi retirement

project as there is a manager in place and only 6-8 bedrooms to look after. The owners

actually live in England but are out there for 3-4 months of the year. Would you know of anyone like that in your meanderings around the SA expat world in the UAE? It might suit a

SAffer who doesn’t want to go back to SA, but wants a more permanent solution than Dubai as

an alternative. At your discretion to put it out to the Jiggers lot.”

Membership

No changes.

MatchPlay

Updated matchplay sheet attached.

Golfing Quotes and Trivia

1. “The older you get the stronger the wind gets and it’s always in your face”. Jack Nicklaus(Spoken like a true Wrinkly.)

2. “Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for whitemen dressed like black pimps.” Tiger Woods (Must have been before his driver got smashedthrough his windscreen!)

3. “Arnie would go for the flag from the middle of an alligator’s back.” Lee Trevino 4. “If a ball comes to rest in dangerous proximity to a hippopotamus or crocodile, another ball

may be dropped at a safe distance, no nearer the hole, without penalty.” Local rule at a golf

course in Uganda5. “Being left-handed is a big advantage. No one knows enough about your swing to mess you up

with advice. Bob Charles, 1973



Race to December

The race results after 7 games are as follows:

No. Name Pts

1 Hudson Kevin 73.38

2 Green David 64.003 Berry Mike 62.88

4 Hedley Peter 58.75

5 Dekker Erik 55.75

6 Hosking Ernest 55.75

7 Tayfield Kelvin 55.25

8 van Loggerenberg Jean 55.25

9 Milne Ant 54.13

10 Bayly Martin 53.88

11 Drury Sean 53.88

12 Strydom Craig 53.63

13 Edgecombe Rob 51.63

14 Robinson Wally 51.50

15 French Wayne 51.13

16 Penn Bruce 51.00

17 Schofield Brian 50.38

18 Arnestad Charles 49.50

19 Webb-Jones Paul 48.75

20 Allan Bryce 46.63

21 Stanton Allan 46.2522 van der Bijl Vince 45.75

23 McKerchar Brian 45.63

24 Taylor Dalton 45.13

25 McKerchar Dave 44.13

26 Jones Dave 43.38

27 Geldenhuys Tony 42.75

28 Naude Andre 42.50

29 Spring Corey 41.88

30 Collins Bill 41.75

31 Clements Declan 40.38

32 Smyth Kevin 31.38

The leading jockey to date is still Kevin Hudson. Looking at the calculations one can see theimportance of having your horses running – so jockeys make sure your nags get out there andparticipate in each game going forward. I am not sure if this little scheme is Haraam but there is alot of loot riding here so keep the pressure on!

See you next game.

Happy golfingCaptain Nest

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