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The draw for Friday\'s Boeing Day is shown. Please note, it is an afternoon (1300) start. Also, please bring CASH only.

As a reminder, event details are as indicated below:

Date: Friday, 6th March
Time: 1300 Shotgun
Venue: Fire, JGE
Cost: Dhs 200 for Members
Format: Team, (Best 2 stableford scores of 4 count on each hole; each player to contribute at least 3 times)
Sponsor: Boeing
Handicap: 3/4 of Society or Course if EGF
Tees: Around 6500 yards

13:00: Nigel Hopkins, Tim Collins, Iain Lachlan, Marty Bentrott
13:00: Iain McGachie, Monte Frazier, Hanno Kroemer, Jannie Ebersohn
13:00: Nick Green, Trent Kenagy, Jacques Cloete, Didier Sanders
13:00: Martin Mahoney, Courtney Makela, Luke Gregori, Mark Burtonwood
13:00: Mike Wells, Wayne Classen, Geraint Isitt, Simon Hambleton
13:00: John McGuinness, Andrew Walters, Shorty Callow, Nicole O\'Donnell
13:00: Tony Benecke, Paul Stump, Rosslee Wahid, Rupendra Chhetri
13:00: Tim Harford, Mazen Qursha, Amit Khandelwal, Ankur Kapoor
13:00: Darren Penhall, Iqbal Ismail, Kevin Howe, Rense Mandema
13:00: Guillermo Gallego, Grant Kerr, Gary Morton, Bader Ahli
13:00: Amrith Kumar, Stewart McMichael, Antony Gilliam, Paul Gingell
13:00: Dean Moss, Andrew McFarlane, Simon Clarke, James Skerritt

This year’s EKFC Club Championship was played in windy and sandy conditions though it don’t stop some players from producing great scores. In the gross division, John McGuinness continued his fine form in the Society by carding a 1-over par 73, which was 2-better than his nearest rivals Paul Nightingale and Dave Storey, with Paul winning on a count back.

The net division was one by Iain McGachie on 34 stableford points, one better than Paul Stump. In third place was Guillermo “Willy” Gallego, also continuing his good form.

Nearest-the-pins were won by Dave Storey (2), Darren Penhall (8), Mazen Qursha (11) and Ryan Kim (14).

The draw for Friday�s event at the Fire is shown below. Note this is the Club Championship and is thus both a gross and net stableford - there are three sets of prizes for each division. Dinner will be served after the event and prior to the prize giving - could you please make every effort to attend.

07:30: Tim�Collins, Paul�Nightingale, John�McGuinness, Dave�Storey
\r\n07:30: Guillermo�Gallego, Darren�Penhall, Dean�Moss, Roger�Duthie
\r\n07:30: Steve�Allen, Steve�Watson, Amrith�Kumar, Trent�Kenagy
\r\n07:30: Martin�Mahoney, Mark�Burtonwood, Luke�Gregori, Martin�Taylor
\r\n07:30: Paul�Stump, Kevin�Creane, Geraint�Isitt, Gary�Morton
\r\n07:30: Swarn Singh , Simon�Hambleton, Shorty�Callow, Jacques�Cloete
\r\n07:30: Mazen�Qursha, Eamon�Nicholsom, Ryan�Kim, Jannie�Ebersohn
\r\n07:30: Nicole�O�Donnell, Fabio�Prestijacopo, Stephen�Holl, Jonathan�Bannister
\r\n07:30: Didier�Sanders, Hanno�Kroemer, Nick�Green, Martin�Pullin
\r\n07:30: Grant�Kerr, Graham �Millard, Amaldev�Abraham, Simon Mackenzie
\r\n07:30: Rupendra�Chhetri, Iain�McGachie, Iqbal�Ismail, Warren �Coles
\r\n07:30: Duncan Davies, Fred Haftendorn, Swen Grzella, Dennis Ross

Reserves

1: Johannes Yggmark

Details are as follows:

Date: 20th Feb
\r\nTime: 0730 Shotgun
\r\nVenue: Fire, JGE
\r\nCost: Dhs 200 for Members
\r\nFormat: Individual Stableford (Prizes from 1st to 3rd and NTPs)
\r\nSponsor: EKFC
\r\nHandicap: 3/4 of Society or Course if EGF
\r\nTees: Around 6500 yards

We would just like to share the details of this year’s Passarola Cup. It is an annual event in Lisbon, Portugal and though we don’t officially send a team (or subsidise the trip), we have had several of our Society Members attend, all of whom have had glowing reviews… E.g. Paul Stump, Mazen Qursha - if you need more details!

The official brochure can be downloaded here:

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• Passarola Cup 2015 Brochure
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Event details are as indicated below:

Date: 7th to 11th April
\r\nVenue: Portugal
\r\nCost: �560 (Sharing)
\r\nFormat: Individual Stableford

If you are interested in attending, please liaise with the organisers directly.

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The two OnAir Days produced some scintillating golf that culminated in a nail-biting finish. The first round of the OnAir event, played on the Fire course, was won by Guillermo (�Willy�) Gallego who had an impressive 39 points. He was closely followed by Iqbal Ismail (38 points), Rupendra Chhetri and Dean Moss (both on 36 points). All of these players would have fancied their chances going into the second round. However, anybody on 30 points or more were in the running if they had a good second round - Paul King (34), Brendon O�Connor (34), Amrith Kumar (34), Paul Nightingale (33), to name a small handful!

The scores were a little lower on the second day - the Earth course was baring its teeth with tricky pin positions and fast greens. However, Paul King played another impressive round to score 37 points - he was closely followed by John Parkinson (34 points) and Martin Mahoney (33 points).

Unfortunately, the first round leaders stuttered on the second day and thus Paul King was able to claim the overall prize with an impressive combined score of 71 points. Well done Paul!

We would like to take this time to thank Franck Michaud and Ian Dawkins from OnAir for sponsoring this fabulous event!

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John McGuinness played the best round of the year to win the Airbus trophy - a scratch golfer, he shot a gross 66 and win (relatively easily in the end!) with 42 stableford points. Simply awesome golf and congratulations to John.

We also tried something different this year - every player was partnered with a professional golfer playing the Race to Dubai, and their net score (above or below par) was added to the contestants score. Therefore, if Lee Westwood scored 68, he would have contributed 4 points to his partners score. (The reverse was true if he had a score above 72!).

Ian McGachie with his professional, scored 43 points, closely followed by Guillermo (�Willy�) Gallego on 42 points. (Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties or possibly a few amber nectars in the evening, the professional�s names have since been forgotten�)

Again, the Airbus Day continues to be one of the highlights of the year and we would like to take this opportunity to thank Fran�ois Congard and John Parkinson for their continued support.

Dear All,

The draw for this week’s event is shown below. Please note, the Club will only accept CASH on the day.

There will be a prize giving and food after the event - please can you ensure you stay for this as respect to the sponsor.

07:30: Franck Michaud, Alain Delacourte, Jacques Corgini, Jean Charles Hut
\r\n07:30: Steve�Allen, John�Parkinson, Kevin Creane, Guillermo�Gallego
\r\n07:30: Paul�Stump, Conleth�Kelly, Andrew�Walters, Iain�McGachie
\r\n07:30: Andrew�McFarlane, Ryan�Kim, Ankur�Kapoor, Warren �Coles
\r\n07:30: Iqbal�Ismail, Amaldev�Abraham, Bernard�Heng, Graham �Millard
\r\n07:30: Paul�Nightingale, Tim�Collins, Dean�Moss, Roger�Duthie
\r\n07:30: Mark�Burtonwood, Martin�Mahoney, Luke�Gregori, Martin�Taylor
\r\n07:30: Fabio�Prestijacopo, Tim�Harford, Stephen�Holl, Rupendra�Chhetri
\r\n07:30: Paul�King, Ultan�Kenny, Mazen�Qursha, Brendan�O’Connor
\r\n07:30: Ian�Taylor, Patrick�Ianson, Simon�Hambleton, Geraint�Isitt
\r\n07:30: James�Skerritt, Simon�Clarke, Jannie�Ebersohn, Kevin�Howe
\r\n07:30: Antony�Gilliam, Rense�Mandema, Bader�Ahli, Amrith�Kumar

Event details are as indicated below:

Date: Friday, 16th January
\r\nTime: 0730 Shotgun
\r\nVenue: EARTH, JGE
\r\nCost: Dhs 250 - CASH ONLY
\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

Congratulations to our Captain, Steve Allen, in winning the fog-shortened EGS event at Sadiyat on Saturday. Coming second was Grant Kerr closely followed by Nick Green Nearest the pins were won by Didier Sanders (3rd), Jannie Ebersohn (6th), Paul Nightingale (12th) and Antony Gilliam (17th).