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Congratulations to Amaldev Abraham who was crowned 2013 OnAir Champion. Amaldav scored an impressive 39 points on Saturday\'s round on the Fire Course, Jumeirah Golf Estates which, when tallied to his earlier 37 points at the Earth course in January, contributed to an unbeatable 76 points overall. Two great rounds!

Amaldec, though he scored 39 points only came in third-placed on the day, however. The winner on countback from both Steve Allen (39 points, 19 on back 9) who placed second and Amaldev (39 points, 18 on back 9) was Anthony Gilliam (39 points, 20 on back 9). Douglas Cameron\'s score of 39 points should also be noted - though normally a winner on any other Society Day, he fell back to 4th placed based on the back 9 countbacks... Impressive scoring indeed!

Other winners on the Day were the NTP prizes on the par 3s: Madhu Ramaswamy (2nd), Tim Collins (8th), Bernard Heng (11th) and James Walters (14th).

Finally, we would like to thank Franck Michaud and Ian Dawkins from OnAir for their continued support of the Golf Society - the event has become one of the highlights of our calendar and one which all players look forward to.

Dear All,

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The draw is shown below.

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1: Steve�Allen (12), Franc�Michaud (4), Jacques Corgini (12), Paul�Nightingale (1)
\r\n2: Tim�Collins (2), John�Parkinson (18), Dean�Moss (9), Mike Belt (7)
\r\n3: Tim�Harford (13), James�Walters (14), Simon�Mackenzie (26), Stephen�Holl (24)
\r\n4: Paul�Stump (15), Eric Smith (?), Mazen�Qursha (16), Andrew�Walters (18)
\r\n5: Ryan�Kim (15), Jacques�Cloete (24), Rupendra�Chhetri (18), Didier�Sanders (17)
\r\n6: Kerry�Ross (18), Ben�Wilkins (19), Trent�Kenagy (16), Jeff�Williams (28)
\r\n7: Grant�Kerr (18), Amit�Khandelwal (18), Simon�Chaffey (30), Antony�Gilliam (25)
\r\n8: Frank�Bishop (9), Andrew Murgatroyd (12), Tim�Burnell (8), Shorty�Callow (14)
\r\n9: Geraint�Isitt (28), Ian�Taylor (28), Simon�Hambleton (17), Denver�Farrell (13)
\r\n10: Tony�Benecke (8), Douglas�Cameron (7), Kader�Tazerout (12), Ted�Green (10)
\r\n11: Amaldev�Abraham (18), Iqbal�Ismail (14), Rosslee�Wahid (18), Bernard�Heng (15)
\r\n12: Madhu Ramaswamy (12), Amrith�Kumar (9), Peter�Perrett (6), Gavin�Hitzeroth (9)

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Event details are as indicated below:

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Date: Friday, 8th March
\r\nTime: 0730
\r\nVenue: Fire, JGE
\r\nCost: Dhs 150 for Members; (Dhs 300 for Guests)

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Please note, the usual conditions apply (i.e. “no-shows” and cancellations 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).

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Though a team event, there was an individual star of the Boeing Day - Craig McBride hauled in a lion\'s share of the prizes at Yas Links. Not only did his team win the Shamble event with 91 points, he personally also won Nearest-the-Pins on holes 4 and 13. His effort won him a Callaway X-Hot Driver (as the team prize), a dozen balls and a Nikon/Callaway rangefinder - well done Craig! His teammates must be thanking him as they shared the spoils at the top - these were were Franck Michaud, Rupendra Chetri and Jacques Cloetes and also collected Callaway X-Hot Drivers. The top-placed teams were all close - one point behind in second place were the team of Tim Collins, Kelly Johnston, Shorty Callow and Gavin Hitzeroth who were given Odyssey putters for their efforts. The team of Andrew Walters, Russ Saunders, Paul Stump and Neil Bishop came third on 89 points and won their Callaway X-Hot 3-woods on a count back. The fourth placed team of Rafael Giraldo, Stephen Holl, Don Ruhmann and our Captain, Steve Allen won Callaway X-Hot hybrids. To finish off, Erwan Testard (8th) and David Manners (17) won the other two Nearest-the-Pins. We should also say another big thank-you to Boeing who hosted us, provided amazing prizes and provided an excellent days golf and lunch at Yas Links.

Dear All,

The draw for the Boeing Day is shown below.

Event details are:

Date: Saturday 16th Feb
Time: 07:00 shotgun
Venue: Yas Links
Cost: Dhs 150 for Members; (Dhs for Guests)

1: Paul Nightingale (1), Amit Khandelwal (18), JEFF WILLIAMS (28), Frank Bishop (9)
2: Iain Lachlan (2), BOEING (xx), Bob Everest (28), Amrith Kumar (9)
3: Erwan Testard (2), Rosslee Wahid (18), Ultan Kenny (28), Ted Green (10)
4: Tim Collins (2), BOEING (xx), Geraint Isitt (28), Gavin Hitzeroth (10)
5: Franc Michaud (4), Rupendra Chhetri (18), Jacques Cloete (24), Craig McBride (10)
6: Rafael Giraldo (6), Stephen Holl (24), BOEING (xx), Steve Allen (12)
7: Douglas Cameron (7), Paul Gingell (22), BOEING (xx), Kader Tazerout (12)
8: Mike Wells (8), Didier Sanders (17), Cees van Dooren (22), Iqbal Ismail (13)
9: Tony Benecke (8), Andrew Walters (18), Russ Saunders (22), Paul Stump (15)
10: Craig Williams (8), Kerry Ross (18), Paul King (21), Bernard Heng (15)
11: Tim Burnell (8), Amaldev Abraham (18), Swarn Singh (20), Peter Kesby (15)
12: Dean Moss (9), Mike Belt (7), David Manners (19), Trent Kenagy (15)
13: Marco Rotmeijer (9), Wayne Classen (16), Ben Wilkins (19), Mazen Qursha (16)

Please note, the usual conditions apply (i.e. “no-shows” will be charged a penalty of Dhs 300 irrespective of reason and/or whether we can fill your slot with a reserve).

See you there!

Unfortunately, we have had to reschedule our second OnAir Day - it will now be held on FRIDAY, 8th March, 0730 shotgun start. We will, however, still be playing the Fire course at JGE.

Therefore, our next event will be the Boeing Day at Yas Links on the 16th February.

Both events will be opening for registration in the next couple of days.

We would like to send a team(s) to this year’s ASCA GOLF TOURNAMENT 2013 to be held at ZARAPICOS Golf Course www.salamancagolf.com in Salamanca, Spain, from 5th to 8th of June. It is being hosted by Iberia.

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Please register your interest on the website as soon as possible. Note, we will be requesting all players (and wives/partners if they are coming) to pay a Dhs 1200/per person deposit by February 28th to confirm their participation.

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Details of the event are indicated below (taken from their brochure):

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The package cost in double/twin room is 435 EUR for players and 355 EUR for non players (543 EUR /463 EUR in single room for players/non players). The package includes:

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• Three (3) nights (bed & breakfast) in the abba FONSECA HOTEL * * * * in Salamanca\r\nwww.abbafonsecahotel.com/en/ .
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• Transfers MAD airport � Salamanca and back (2h1/2 bus journey).
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• Transfers hotel � golf course and back.
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• Transfer to Guijuelo for a guided visit to a top-quality Spanish ham factory on Thursday 6th and back.
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• Welcome cocktail-dinner on Wednesday 5th evening at the hotel, drinks included.
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• Green fees and stroke savers.
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• Unlimited use of the practice range at the reduced price of 1 EUR for 30 practice balls.
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• Golf pull trolleys on all days (electric trolleys are available for 7� per day to be paid at the golf club).
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• Small picnic and lunch at the Golf Club on Thursday 6 th and Friday 7 th.\r\n*Guided tour of a top-quality Spanish ham factory on Thursday 6 th were you be able to learn to slice ham and will be able to taste plenty of the different products of the factory with drinks included.
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• Two hours guided walking tour of Salamanca.
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• Memento for all participants.
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• Trophies for the Longest Drive, the Closest to the Pin, the Best Scratch and the Best Stableford.
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• Awards Presentation Dinner on Friday 7th at the hotel, drinks included.
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The golf course is located 20 km West from Salamanca, on an old �dehesa� (a field with holm oaks where cattle used to graze), and it will be open exclusively for the ASCA Tournament players during the competition.

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The draw for this week’s OnAir event is shown below:

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1: Ian Dawkins, Sally Dawkins, Steve Allen, Russ�Saunders
\r\n2: Franc Michaud, OnAir Guest, Tim Collins, Paul Nightingale
\r\n3: Antony�Gilliam, Peter�Boylan, Francois�Cognard, Wayne�Classen
\r\n4: Bernard�Heng, Iqbal�Ismail, Amaldev�Abraham, Rosslee�Wahid
\r\n5: Paul�King, Ultan�Kenny, Peter�Kesby, Peter�Boland
\r\n6: Dean�Moss, Andrew�McFarlane, Tony�Benecke, Kevin�Creane
\r\n7: Craig�McBride, Mazen�Qursha, Ryan�Kim, John�Parkinson
\r\n8: Ted�Green, Kader�Tazerout, Shezanne�Cassim, Peter�Perrett
\r\n9: Marco�Rotmeijer, Gavin�Hitzeroth, Rupendra�Chhetri, Jacques�Cloete
\r\n10: Kerry�Ross, Amrith�Kumar, Ian�Taylor, Geraint�Isitt
\r\n11: Grant�Kerr, Trent�Kenagy, Leo�Fewtrell, David�Manners
\r\n12: Tim�Harford, James�Walters, Paul�Stump, Paul�Gingell

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Event details are as indicated below:

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Date: Sat, 26th January
\r\nTime: 0730
\r\nVenue: Earth, JGE
\r\nCost: Dhs 150 for Members

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The OnAir Champion is the best combined score over the two events (thus you need to play both events to win the trophy).

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Registration for this weeks OnAir Day are now closed - the draw will be released in due course (later this week). Unfortunately, we are oversubscribed and thus no guests can be accommodated. Note, any cancellations from this point forward will now incur a penalty of Dhs 300.