ASCA: A Triumphant Emirates

28/05/2018

This year�s ASCA Golf Tournament was hosted by Austrian Airlines in Austria at the Bad Waltersdorf Golf & Hotel resort. Emirates Golf Society entered 2 men�s and 1 ladies team to compete for the coveted ASCA trophy - a scratch inter-airline Golf tournament.

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The Tournament is a 2 day competition, with the first round being a pairs betterball stableford and the second round individual stableford, with the points providing an overall accumulative score.

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The first round was played in torrential rain, conditions not conducive to the Emirates team, but this did not deter the Men�s pairing Mike Piek & Rhys Dudley who scored a superb 40 points which gave the Emirates Men�s �A� team a significant lead on the first days play.

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The Ladies pairing of Hannah Mannion & Rachael Maitland scored a respectable 26 points in the adverse weather conditions knowing that a strong performance on day two was required if they were to win for a third successive year.

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On day 2 the sun shone brightly and all teams were looking for strong performances. The Men�s �A� team again had strong performances from Mike & Rhys with Dominic Breach and Team Captain Paul Nightingale helping to give an overall score of 199 points which was sufficient to give them a comfortable 15 points lead over their nearest rivals Iceland Air and winning the ASCA trophy for the third time in the last 5 years.

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After a serious team talk from the Ladies team captain (Hannah Mannion), all 4 ladies came out of the blocks firing on all cylinders knowing that to win a 3rd successive ASCA tournament they would have to overturn an 8 point deficit. The Ladies Captain (Hannah) led the way with the round of the tournament scoring an excellent 34 points, with equally impressive rounds from Racheal Maitland, Vicky Morris and Darli Ogawa. With an overall score of 83 points, the Ladies were unsure if they had done enough to retain the ASCA trophy. The Finnair Ladies team finished on 83 points as well, following a tense wait the Emirates Ladies team won on the countback by a margin of 2 points.

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Results: Boeing Golf Day (18-Feb)

21/02/2023

Tim Collins

We were excited to have Boeing back as one of our key sponsors and, as in previous years, they were extremely generous and put on a great show. Hosted on the Earth course, the weather and conditions were sublime with some groups of players taking full advantage of them.

The format was a 4-man team event, with all net scores counting on par 5s, three scores counting on par 3s and two scores counting on par 3s. Dominic Breach, Shorty Callow, Kevin Howe and Ross Mackie took home the spoils with a combined score of 115 points, 2 points clear of their nearest rivals - Alex Robinson, Hasni Samad, Rosslee Wahid and Rob Tingle. In third place, a further four points adrift on 109 points were the team of Gareth Conley, Neil Lakhani, Mark Burtonwood and Richard Simpson. Nearest the pins were won by Craig Berry (4), Hannah Mannion (6), Tim Collins (17) and Dominic Breach (17). And finally, the 777 Boeing Prizes (three competitions of hole 7) were won by Alex Robinson (nearest to the pin in three shots), Longest putt (Stuart Dall) and Bastian Koster (straightest drive).

Many thanks again to Boeing for a wonderful day out!

Draw: Boeing Golf Day (Saturday, 18th February)

15/02/2023

Tim Collins

The draw for this Saturday\\\'s Boeing Day (February 18th) is shared below. The format is a 4-man team event where the (i) Two best net stableford scores count on par 3s, (ii) the three best net stableford scores count on par 4s; and (iii) all players net stableford scores count on par 5s. Prizes will be awarded for the top four teams and nearest the pins on all par 3s. There is a special prize celebrating EK\\\'s love of the Boeing 777 on hole 7 where there will be three separate events: (7i) straightest drive (7ii) nearest the pin in 3 shots (7iii) longest putt made (must be on green, i.e. no chips).

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1330: Boeing 1, Boeing 2, Tim�Collins, Steve�Allen
\r\n1330: Boeing 3, Boeing 4, Mark�Burtonwood, Richard�Simpson
\r\n1330: Dominic�Breach, Neil�Lakhani, Shorty�Callow, Ross�Mackie
\r\n1330: Rhys�Dudley, Anthony�Bonfa, Mark�Vipond, Jannie�Ebersohn
\r\n1330: Russ�Saunders, Matt�Vlemmiks, Amit�Khandelwal, Darryl�Atkins
\r\n1330: Seb�Hall, Imogen�Hall, Luke�Gregori, Andrew�Conroy
\r\n1330: Hannah�Mannion, Hasni�Samad, Martin�Taylor, Conleth�Kelly
\r\n1330: Alex�Robinson, Dermot�Bell, Rosslee�Wahid, Rob�Tingle
\r\n1330: Adrian�Jennings, Kardibaldi�Wardaja, Rahimi�Ramli, Ciaran�O\\\'Sullivan
\r\n1330: Thomas�Ferguson, Sean�Mutalib, Bernard�Heng, Iqbal�Ismail
\r\n1330: Rachael�Maitland, Paul�King, Manu�Mathew, Stuart�Dall
\r\n1330: Alberto�Rossi, Justin �Wee, Ajo�Alex, Paul�Regan
\r\n1330: Bastiaan�Koster, Karl�Huldal, Kevin�Howe, Omer�Sharif \r\n

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We will be playing on JGE\\\'s Earth course and it is a shotgun start at 1330 - hole starting positions will be allocated by the golf club. Please register at reception where you will be able to pick up your shirt and cap. An evening buffet is available after the event, where we will also host the prize giving.

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See you all there!

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Results: EKG Club Championship 2023

16/01/2023

Tim Collins

Trump International hosted our annual Club Championships this year and due to several Tour players practising here during the week, the course was in stunning and "tour-like" conditions (tough pin placements and speedy greens). This didn\'t stop Seb Hall being crowned the overall Club Champion in a tightly contested match with all players struggling to overcome the difficult set-up. He won with a gross 29 points (78 equivalent) one point clear of second-placed Dominic Breach. The nett division was won by Dr Darryl Atkins scoring an impressive 37 points - his nearest rival, Justin Wee, was a further 4 points adrift.