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Dear All,

Based on your registrations for the BA Match, a few can make both days and others can only make just one day. Based on this, we have the following 9-man team for each of the two days. Note, we do have room for 14 EK/dnata players each day, so if you have changed you mind and would like to play, please let Steve Allen (steve.allen@emirates.com) know. Also, the Society will be subsidising the cost of each of the days and thus players will only be paying Dhs 250 (unless you are a Ranches Member...)

Friday 26th Feb

Steve Allen (10)
Dominic Breach (10)
Paul Gingell (22)
Didier Sanders (20)
Tony Benecke (5)
Martin Taylor (15)
Russ Saunders (8)
Ben Wilkins (18)
Brendan O\'Connor (13)

Saturday 27th Feb

Steve Allen (10)
Dominic Breach (10)
Paul Gingell (22)
Didier Sanders (20)
Tony Benecke (5)
Shorty Callow (14)
Paul Nightingale (1)
Grant Kerr (14)
John McGuinness (0)

Event details are as indicated below:

Date: 26th and 27th Feb
Time: AM (from 0750)
Venue: Arabian Ranches
Cost: Dhs 250 for Members; For AR Members, free Format: Team
Sponsor: EGS
Handicap: Full Society or Course if EGF
Tees: Around 6500 yards

Kind Regards,
Committee
Emirates Golf Society

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Fast greens and strong winds resulted in a high scoring EKFC Club Championship on Saturday 13th February at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club. The lead changed hands several times during the course of the round - Tony Benecke, Russ Saunders, Tim Collins, Paul Nightingale and Erwan Testard all had opportunities to win. However, as the wind grew stronger, scoring proved more difficult and the steady golf of Paul Nightingale eventually won through. He beat Erwan Testard on a count-back, with a final score of 80 - both one ahead of Tim Collins. Tony Benecke came fourth a further couple shots adrift.

In the “Net” division, again scoring proved very difficult with Omer Sherif eventually winning out from Didier Sanders and Denver Farrell. Wayne Classen came fourth.

Nearest-the-pins were won by Tim Harford (5th), Denver Farrell (8th), Richard Simpson (14th) and Andrew McFarlane (16th).

We would like to thank EKFC for their continued support of the Club Championship.

We have managed to accommodate all registered players. The draw is shown below.

Draw:

13:00: Henry Donohoe, Mark Burtonwood, Martin Mahoney, Luke Gregori
13:00: Warren Coles, Andrew McFarlane, Brendan O’Connor, Grant Kerr
13:00: Francois Cognard, Noel Connolly, Kathryn Ferguson, Rense Mandema
13:00: Jannie Ebersohn, Iqbal Ismail, Peter McCann, Richard Simpson
13:00: Omer Sharif, Mohd Ahmed, Bader Ahli, Christopher Rees
13:00: Ben Wilkins, Kevin Howe, Swarn Singh, Amit Khandelwal
13:00: Dennis Ross, Swen Grzella, Fred Haftendorn, Duncan Davis
13:00: Guillermo Gallego, Erwan Testard, Paul Nightingale, Tim Collins
13:00: Denver Farrell, Tony Benecke, Russ Saunders, Amrith Kumar
13:00: Dominic Breach, Trent Kenagy, Rupendra Chhetri, Shorty Callow
13:00: Tim Harford, Nicolas Posada, Simon Hambleton, Geraint Isitt
13:00: Paul King, David Loftus, Didier Sanders, Wayne Classen

As a reminder, the event details are as follows:

Date: Saturday 13th Feb
Time: 1300 Shotgun (44 slots)
Venue: Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club
Cost: Dhs 200 for Members (includes BBQ afterwards)
Format: Individual Stableford (Prizes from 1st to 3rd and NTPs)
Sponsor: EKFC
Handicap: 3/4 of Society or Course if EGF
Tees: Around 6500 yards

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.

Fran�ois Cognard won our inaugural event at Al Zorah with 35 points - he scored a better back 9 from his nearest rival, Paul King who came in on the same amount. Following closely behind Wayne Classen on 34 points.

Nearest the pins were won by: Chris Rees (6), Amaldev Abraham (8), Bader Ahli (15) and Paul King (18).

The draw for Friday\\\'s game at Al Zorah is shown below. As tee times are rolling, we will NOT have a prize giving at the end of the event - we will share the results on the Web site afterwards.

Full details of the event are as follows:

Date: Friday 22nd Jan
\r\nTime: 0830 to 1000 (40 slots)
\r\nVenue: Al Zorah, Ajman
\r\nCost: Dhs 250 for 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 \r\n

08:30: Andrew�McFarlane, Martin�Mahoney, Bader�Ahli
\r\n08:40: Richard�Simpson, Gavin�Flaherty, Rense�Mandema
\r\n08:50: Simon�Hambleton, Geraint�Isitt, James�Skerritt, Christopher�Rees
\r\n09:00: Jacques�Cloete, Didier�Sanders, Wayne�Classen, Rupendra�Chhetri
\r\n09:10: Graham �Millard, Swarn�Singh, Amaldev�Abraham, Bernard�Heng
\r\n09:20: Peter�Boylan, Antony�Gilliam, Warren �Coles, Ultan�Kenny
\r\n09:30: Amrith�Kumar, Rafael�Giraldo, Bill�McPherson, Ben�Wilkins
\r\n09:40: Amit�Khandelwal, Paul�King, David�Loftus, Simon�Mackenzie
\r\n09:50: Mazen�Qursha, John�Parkinson, Conleth�Kelly, Kevin�Creane
\r\n10:00: Francois�Cognard, Steve�Allen, Shorty�Callow, Gareth�Porter \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.

The draw for Saturday\\\'s OnAir Golf Day is shown below.

12:45: Franck Michaud, Sean Lund, Francois Cognard, Steve�Allen
\r\n12:45: Simon�Hambleton, Geraint�Isitt, Mike�Wells, Conleth�Kelly
\r\n12:45: Rosslee�Wahid, Bernard�Heng, Amaldev�Abraham, Hasni�Samad
\r\n12:45: Mark�Burtonwood, Henry�Donohoe, Richard�Simpson, Martin�Mahoney
\r\n12:45: Andrew�McFarlane, Warren �Coles, Roger�Duthie, Dean�Moss
\r\n12:45: Kevin�Creane, Mazen�Qursha, Tony�Benecke, Tim�Harford
\r\n12:45: Ultan�Kenny, Paul�King, Kathryn�Ferguson, Jacques�Cloete
\r\n12:45: Wayne�Classen, Didier�Sanders, Rupendra�Chhetri, Rense�Mandema
\r\n12:45: Dominic�Breach, Amit�Khandelwal, Russ�Saunders, Gavin�Hitzeroth
\r\n12:45: Martin�Taylor, Luke�Gregori, Peter�McCann, James Skerritt
\r\n12:45: Iqbal�Ismail, Swarn�Singh, Jannie�Ebersohn, Paul�Gingell
\r\n12:45: Christopher�Rees, Amrith�Kumar, Kevin�Howe, Bader�Ahli \r\n

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

Date: Saturday, 12th December
\r\nTime: 1245
\r\nVenue: Earth, JGE
\r\nCost: Dhs 200 for 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

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Brendon O’Conner won this year’s Airbus Day at the Arabian Ranches - his score of 38 points added with his Race to Dubai partner, Charls Schwartzel who was 7-under, gave a grand total of 45 points. Dominic Breach had the day’s best round of 40 points (though his “Pro”, Lucas Bjerregaard was only 1-under), and thus their combined score was 41 points. Ultan Kenny (34) and Justin Rose (6-under) came third on a combined score of 40 points.

Nearest the pins were won by Tony Benecke (2), Grant Kerr (7), Ben Wilkins (a HOLE IN ONE on hole 12!!!!) and Gavin Hitzeroth (17).

Many thanks to Airbus for their continuing sponsorship of a great day and evening out.

Congratulations to John McGuiness & Guillermo Gallego who beat off the pairing of Luke Gregori & Mark Burtonwood in our Transguard Day on a count back at the Creek. Both teams had 39 points. Didier Sanders & Peter Allan came a close third on 37 points.\r\n�\r\n�Nearest the pins were won by Thomas Viallaneix (5th), Willie Gallego (8th), Alex MacDonald (14th) and Hasni Samad (16th).\r\n�\r\n�Many thanks to Transguard who sponsored another successful event, including an evening BBQ on Dubai Creek’s terrace.