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Hua Hin Golf Society

KANCHANABURI TRIP

This was once again a successful outing; 34 persons left Hua Hin on 4th September, made up of 24 golfers and 10 supporters.Three rounds of golf were played at Royal Ratchaburi, Blue Sapphire and Nichigo. Adrian Ball was the overall champion with 106 points beating Robert Baker by 3 points.

The non-golfers had a good day on the Tuesday visiting the markets and other interesting sites.

MATCH PLAY LEAGUE

At the time of this article Berny and Sam were leading Mick and Neung by one point with one round to go.

RECENT RESULTS

August 22nd Majestic Creek. 24 Entrants one group. Group Stableford. 1st Bryan McLeod 37 pts 12 hcp. 2nd Monta 37 pts 18 hcp. 3rd Jim Lynch 37 pts 20 hcp. 4th Boom Schroeder 37 pts 18 hcp.

August 25th, meeting cancelled.

August 29th Springfield . Entrants Group “A” 26 players. Group “B” 13 Players. Group “A” 1st Adrian Ball net 72. 16 hcp. 2nd Robert Baker net 74. 14 hcp. 3rd Peter Gouldby net 76. 7 hcp. Group “B” 1st Brian Herbert 42 pts 19 hcp. 2nd David Buchan 35 pts 20 hcp.

September 1st Lake View. 40 Entrants. 29 in “A” group & 11 in “B” group. “A” group Strokeplay. 1st Berny Morgan 68 net 18 hcp. 2nd Peter Gouldby 68 net 7 hcp. 3rd Jim Ford 68 net 9 hcp. “B” group Stableford. 1st Ian Wooldridge 34 pts 21 hcp. 2nd Peter Tydeman 34 pts 19 hcp.

Kanchanaburi trip 4th, 5th, 6th September.

Stableford Competition Over 3 Days 54 Holes. 1st. Adrian Ball 106 pts 15 hcp. 2nd. Robert Baker 105 pts 15 hcp. 3rd. Fiona Zimmerman 95 pts 7 hcp. 4th. Roger Donaldson 89 pts 7 hcp. 5th. Kevin Donaldson 88 pts 6 hcp 6th. Monta 18 hcp, Larry English 6 hcp & Bob Stiller 12 hcp all on 87 pts.

September 4th Royal Ratchaburi. 22 Entrants. 24 Players, 2 outside of the competition. Pairs Aggregate Stableford Scores. 1st. Adrian Ball & Chuan 64 pts. 2nd. 3 other pairs on 58 pts. Individual Stableford. 1st Adrian Ball 37 pts 15 hcp. 2nd Trevor Firth 13 hcp & Kevin Donaldson 6 hcp both had 31 pts.

September 5th Blue Sapphire. 21 Entrants. 22 Players, 1 outside of the competition. Pairs Aggregate Stableford Scores. 1st. Robert Baker & Fiona Z. 72 pts. 2nd. Richard Wasiluk & Monta 60 pts. Individual Stableford. 1st. Robert Baker 39 pts 15 hcp. 2nd. Adrian Ball 32 pts 15 hcp. 3rd. Kathy Herbert 31 pts 25 hcp.

September 6th Nichigo. 21 Entrants. 23 Players, 2 outside of the competition. Pairs Aggregate Stableford Scores. 1st. Adrian Ball & Roger Donaldson 68 pts. 2nd. Mike & Fiona Z. 64 pts. Individual Stableford. 1st Adrian Ball 37 pts 15 hcp. 2nd Robert Baker 15 hcp & Bob Stiller 12 hcp both had 36 pts.

September 8th Palm Hills. 33 Entrants. 20 in “A” group & 13 in “B” group. “A” group Strokeplay. 1st Jim Cameron (g) 72 net 14 hcp. 2nd Boom Schroeder 74 net 18 hcp. 3rd Neung Chueanil 75 net 12 hcp. 4th Berny Morgan 75 net 17 hcp. 5th Terry Burge 75 net 18 hcp. 6th Bob Stiller 76 net 12 hcp. “B” group Stableford. 1st Madeline Battell 37 pts 33 hcp. 2nd Deb Rawlings 32 pts 36 hcp. 3rd Judith Thomson 31 pts 35 hcp. 4th John Anstee 30 pts 21 hcp. 5th Alain de Rocker 30 pts 24 hcp. 6th Jaques Marot 30 pts 24 hcp.

September 12th Royal Hua Hin.16 Entrants one group. Group Stableford. 1st Bob Stller 36 pts 12 hcp. 2nd Graeme Pearson 35 pts 15 hcp. 3rd John Press (g) 34 pts 16 hcp. 4th Boom Schroeder 32 pts 16 hcp. 5th Russell Beard 28 pts 9 hcp. 6th Kevin Donaldson (g) 27 pts 6 hcp.

September 15th Majestic Creek. 36 Entrants. 21 in “A” group & 15 in “B” group. “A” group Strokeplay. 1st Kevin Donaldson (g) 71 net 6 hcp. 2nd Fiona Zimmerman 72 net 7 hcp. 3rd John Callaghan (g) 74 net 12 hcp. 4th Arnold Ruijs 75 net 18 hcp. 5th Thida 75 net 17 hcp. 6th Bill Battell 76 net 13 hcp. “B” group Stableford. 1st Alain De Rocker 40 pts 24 hcp. 2nd Judith Thomson 31 pts 35 hcp. 3rd Peter Tydeman 30 pts 19 hcp. 4th Roland V Dalen 29 pts 20 hcp. 5th Hans V.D Voort 29 pts 27 hcp. 6th Rod Gretton 29 pts 24 hcp.

Annual Match Play Competition

11th October Entry list to be closed

12th October Draw at Berny's Inn

17th October 1st Round at Lake View

18th October Draw for Plate Competition

(1st Round losers)

24th October 2nd Round Shield, 1st Round Plate at Lake View

31st October 3rd Round Shield, 2nd Round Plate at Springfield

7th November 4th Round Shield, 3rd Round Plate at Lake View

14th November Semi-Finals Shield and Plate at Majestic

Date and Venue for the two Finals to be announced

GOLF SOCIETY FIXTURES

FIXTURES FOR OCTOBER

Tuesday 3rd Majestic Creek

Friday 6th Panurangsi

Tuesday 10th Royal Hua Hin

Friday 13th Palm Hills

Tuesday 17th Lake View

Friday 20th Springfield

Tuesday 24th Majestic Creek

Friday 27th Kaeng Krachan

Tuesday 31st Springfield

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Early December Annual Stroke Play championships against Handicap and Scratch.

19th Charity two ball scramble at Lake View.

Charity Christmas dinner and annual awards ceremony at the Dusit Resort.

26th December 3 clubs and 1 putter at Royal Hua Hin.

January 2007 Annual General Meeting at Lake View

Fit for Golf

A lot of the focus in these articles is keyed towards stretching. The technique that is prescribed gets you to contract a muscle while on stretch and then relax it to gain an increase in range of movement. This time we will change the way we stretch to get the body ready to play the game.

A lot of golfers will put a club behind their shoulders and twist the body to warm up. Nothing wrong with that. To make the mobilizing a bit more effective start with a small range of movement and build up the motion until you mimic your full swing. Once the movement is the full range of your swing repeat 5-10 times. Just to put it into perspective. When the club goes through its full range of movement the whole of the body has to work so don't just swing the shoulders.

The above will benefit the swinging of the club. For those of you who walk the course there are other movements you might want to work on before you embark on the round. Most courses will have the occasional hill on them. Walking up these hills can stretch the leg muscles and if they are too tight lead to a pulled muscle. To avoid this just swing the leg backwards and forwards. Hold onto something to keep your balance and don't try to push the end of range of movement too far. Bend the knee as you go forward and try to keep it straight as you go to the back of the body. Watch you don't arch the back too much as the leg goes behind the body. Repeat 10 times on each leg. This type of stretching can be used on all joints of the body. If you have tight arms or shoulders then try to increase the movement in them by going through the particular joint action that is affected. As previously stated don't try to go too far.

To get the nerves in the hands, arms and feet awakened try flicking out the hands and feet; imagine there is something stuck to the end of the fingers and toes and flick the hands and feet as if trying to shake the offending object off of the digits. This will get the nerves firing better, improving the control and sensitivity in the hands, arms and feet.

These are just some of the warm-up exercises that can be prescribed. To find out more about how to prepare for a round of golf contact Terry on 01-0096588 or look up the website www.fit-foregolf.com

Butterfly Rock Golf Club

Everyone is enjoying the mixture of events, and very much like the idea of getting away from the regular Stableford/Medal, and playing bogeys, bisque bogeys, multi-tee team games and scrambles. Membership is ever increasing and we are now up to the 40 mark, this means that we are two thirds full, as membership will cease at 60, it will then be a case of one leaves, one joins. Members put many suggestions forward, and we listen to them all, and act on them where necessary. The latest is a trip away, and it looks like our first away golf will be fairly local to Kanchanaburi, staying at Nichigo, look out for details, trip will probably be late October. The matchplay competition for the J&B Putter will commence October, all the details are on the entry form, and it will be up to the individuals to arrange their matches by a stipulated date, also in conjunction with CONGU recommendation it will be played off full handicap difference, with a limit of 18 shots.

We wish our Sec/Tres. good wishes on his coming operation in UK , a speedy recovery and we hope to be seeing Paul soon. Our initial 6 months has been very interesting, and we have managed to introduce a number of beginners to the club, they have enjoyed the learning of the game, and fully appreciate what Butterfly Rock Golf Club has done for them, in the competitions and in meeting friendly golfers who live locally. Our next step along the line we have chosen is to introduce a monthly trophy competition, to date 4 members have offered trophies for this venture, and hopefully this will extend to 12, one per month, in the near future.

Forthcoming Fixtures.

20th Sept Palm Hills

27th Sept. Springfield

4th Oct Lake View

11th Oct Kraen Krachan

18th Oct Majestic

25th Oct Royal Ratchburi then on to Kanchanaburi

Results:

16th August - Springfield Team Stableford

1st. Team Barry Moore, Jill Moore, Alan Mercer, and Spike – 84 points

2nd. Team Mike Ford, Pat Ardagh, Gordon (guest) and Aree Ford 70 points

3rd Team Robin Heath, Howard Lewis, Phil Simons George Harrison 64 points

23rd Aug – Lake View Strokeplay

1st. Mike Ford 73 back 9 - 36

2nd Don Bayley 73 back 9 - 38

3rd. Peter Dunne 76

4th Doug Miller 78

30th Aug – Kraen Krachan Stableford

1st Brian Reeve 37 points

2nd Bob Welsh 33 points

3rd Mike Ford 29 points

Mike Ford (Captain BRGC)

4th George Harrison 28 points

6th Sept – Majestic. Team event 4 per team hole 1 – 6 back tees 2 scores to count, holes 7-12 middle tees 3 scores to count, holes 13 – 18 red tees all scores to count.

1st. Team Doug Miller, Kevin Dwyer, Brian Reeve, Phil Simons123 points

2nd Team Sven Wermilon, Lee Bremble, Howard Lewis, Peter Angus 116 points

3rd, Team Kiwi Brian, Steve Ross, George Harrison, Clause 103 points

4th. Team of Mike Ford, Robin Heath, Pat Curran, Robert Bremble

The SAGA TAILOR Tour

The 4 th season

New for this season is that we will be running two separate flights parallel to the main event. Special flights for “ Seniors ” and “ Juniors ” these will have there own order of merit (OoM). To qualify for the senior flight, men have to be 55 years young or going to be 55 during 2006, ladies 50 years young . For the junior flight: 20 years old or younger.

The latest results

14-Aug Springfield

Place Name Score OoM Baht

1 Simon Yates 70 40 2250

2 Somchai Saiwong 72 34 1550

3 Corey Harris 74 29 900

4 Nick Yates 77 25 700

29-Aug Lake View

Place Name Score OoM Baht

1 Varapoj Malangpoothong 74 40 2450

2 Jorgen Persson 76 34 1650

3 Tanin Nim-Oat 77 29 1300

4 Udom Poolsawat 78 25 700

11-Sep Royal Hua Hin “The Hyatt Invitational"

Place Name Score OoM Baht

1 "Jet" Supupramai 72 40 2450

2 Somchai Saiwong 74 34 1700

3 Suwit Pahulo 75 29 1300

4 Varapoj Malangpoothong 79 22.3 250

4 Udom Poolsawat 79 22.3 250

4 Tanin Nim-Oat 79 22.3 250

Top Amateurs winning prices from “The Hyatt Regency Hua Hin”

Place Name Score

1 Udom Poolsawat 79

2 Ashleigh Wilton 82

3 Siwa Nakloy 89

4 Larry Kitt 92

5 Adrian Tan H.C. 99

Tournaments coming up:

Date Event Registration Venue

Monday 9 Oct 8 th STT Tournament 11.00 Palm Hills

Tuesday 24 Oct The Hyatt Masters 11.00 Springfield

Monday 6 Oct 10 th STT Tournament 11.00 Lake View (A&B)

Hope to see you all at our tournaments. And enjoy your golf!!!

Jorgen Persson Suwit Pahulo

PGA of Sweden Thai PGA

Phone 01 434 6540 Phone 01 856 4509

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