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The draw for Friday�s EGS event at the Ranches is shown below. It is a 2-tee start (1st and 10th), rolling from 0730.

07:30: Richard Simpson, Gavin�Flaherty, Martin�Taylor, Luke�Gregori.
\r\n07:30: Hannah�Mannion, Dominic�Breach, Tony�Benecke, Shorty�Callow.
\r\n07:40: Tim�Collins, Thomas Viallaneix, Dean�Moss, Ben Bianchi.
\r\n07:40: Conleth�Kelly, John�Moseley, Kevin�Howe, Jannie�Ebersohn.
\r\n07:50: Geraint�Isitt, Simon�Hambleton, David�Anderson, Mazen�Qursha.
\r\n07:50: Ben�Wilkins, Aad�Voorting, Paul�Marson, Paul�Gale.

Event details are as indicated below:

Date: Friday, 13 July\r\nTime: 0730 Rolling
\r\nVenue: Arabian Ranches
\r\nCost: Dhs 150 for Members; (Dhs 250 for Guests); Free for AR Members.
\r\nFormat: Individual Stableford (Prizes from 1st to 3rd and NTPs)
\r\nSponsor: EGS
\r\nHandicap: 3/4 of Society or Course if EGF
\r\nTees: Around 6500 yards

Tony Benecke scored an impressive 35 points in hot conditions at the Ranches on Friday - he beat his main rival, Liam Hanlon, on a count back. A further 2 points adrift was Alberto Rubio, who filled the final place on the podium! Nearest the pins were won by Tony Benecke (2nd), Dermot Bell (7th), Michael Elmir (12th) and Tony Benecke (17th).

The next event is Friday 13th July.

The draw for this Friday�s event is shown below:

07:30: Dermot�Bell, John Galloway, Steve Hutton, Paul�Gingell.
\r\n07:30: Steve�Allen, Tony�Benecke, Alberto�Rubio, Brendan�O’Connor.
\r\n07:40: Paul�Gale, Stephen�Allen, Liam�Hanlon, Shaun�Anderson.
\r\n07:40: Rahimi�Ramli, Swarn�Singh, Peter�Allan, Dale�Mills.
\r\n07:50: Paul�King, Mark�Burtonwood, Richard�Simpson, Gavin�Flaherty.
\r\n07:50: Michael�Elmir, Mark�Vipond, Kevin�Howe, Marnus�du Plessis.
\r\n08:00: Christopher�Rees, Chris�Hallisey, Simon�Hambleton, Jannie�Ebersohn.

As a reminder, the event details are:

Date: Friday, 29th June
\r\nTime: 0730 Rolling
\r\nVenue: Arabian Ranches
\r\nCost: Dhs 150 for Members; (Dhs 250 for Guests); Free for AR Members.
\r\nFormat: Individual Stableford (Prizes from 1st to 3rd and NTPs)
\r\nSponsor: EGS
\r\nHandicap: 3/4 of Society or Course if EGF
\r\nTees: Around 6500 yards

Paul Nightingale continued his good form with a level par round at Al Zorah and another impressive 37 points. He was one point clear of Simon Hambleton, who came second as a result of a countback from Con Lillis - both had 36 points. Nearest-the-pins were won by: Dean Moss (2), Simon Flanders (5), Dean Moss (15) and Shorty Callow (17).

We also had some excellent feedback from the club and also kept our pace of play up - \"May I say that your group on Saturday were outstanding. Everyone was so polite during check in and on the course and without doubt the best group we\'ve hosted all year. \"

Congratulations to Paul Nightingale who used his \"home course\" advantage to score an impressive 37 points. He was 4 points clear from his nearest rival, Simon Flanders on 33 points. Third place, and a further one point adrift was Conleth Kelly who claimed the final podium place on a countback from Liam Hanlon.

Nearest-the-pins were won by Liam Hanlon (3rd / 12th) and Shorty Callow (8th / 17th).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The draw for this week\\\'s event is shown below. As indicated earlier, as it is a rolling start we will have the prize giving at our next event.

07:04: Martin�Mahoney, Richard�Simpson, Dean�Moss, Andrew�McFarlane
\r\n07:12: Paul�Marson, Jon�Harwood, Ross�Mann, Rupendra�Chhetri
\r\n07:20: Simon�Hambleton, Swarn�Singh, Geraint�Isitt, Rob Willock
\r\n07:28: Martin�Taylor, Kevin�Howe, Swen�Grzella, Simon�Flanders
\r\n07:36: Dylan�Mustard, Michael�Elmir, Shorty�Callow, Ben�Wilkins
\r\n07:44: Sam �Tierney, Dominic�Breach, Russ�Saunders, Sebastian�Hall
\r\n07:52: Paul�Nightingale, Tom�Miller, Graeme�Lloyd, Victoria�Morris
\r\n08:00: Jannie�Ebersohn, Aad�Voorting, Christopher�Rees, John�Moseley
\r\n08:08: Wayne�Classen, Adam�Jahns, Shaun�Wykes, Paul�King
\r\n08:16: Steve�Allen, Marco Caporilli, Con Lillis, Neale�Faulkner

As a reminder, event details are as indicated below: \r\n

Date: Saturday, 26th May
\r\nTime: From 0700 (Rolling start)
\r\nVenue: Al Zorah GC
\r\nCost: Dhs 200 for Members; (Dhs 300 for Guests)
\r\nFormat: Individual Stableford (Prizes from 1st to 3rd and NTPs)
\r\nSponsor: EGS
\r\nHandicap: 3/4 of Society or Course if EGF
\r\nTees: Around 6500 yards \r\nSlots: 40 \r\n

Please note, \\\"no-shows\\\" and cancellations once registration is closed will be charged a penalty of Dhs 300 irrespective of reason and/or whether we can fill your slot with a reserve - Society Members are responsible for their guests in this instance also. You will also be excluded from entry to the next event. If it happens twice in a season, you will be excluded from registering for any event during the rest of the season and will also be liable for a fine of Dhs 300. Any waiver of the penalties will be in exceptional circumstances and at the sole discretion of the committee.

Congratulations to Nimit Amin, who scored a career best, 39 points at the inaugural Inmarsat Golf Day. He beat Kevin Howe\'s equally impressive score of 38 points, by one point. Coming in third was Mark Vipond who was a further 3 points adrift.

Nearest the pins were won by Peter Allan (2), Tony Benecke (7), Paul Marson (12) and Icham Bennani-Smires (17).

A big \"thank-you\" again to Inmarsat for their generosity and to the Arabian Ranches for hosting us.