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Below is the draw for Friday’s event at Tower Links. As it is a rolling start, there will be no prize giving afterwards - we will announce the results on the website and distribute prizes at the next event (if you are one of the winners).

0800:	Iain Lachlan, Bob Everest, Bob Dowie, Phil Carroll
0810:	Paul Stump, Aric Alt, Jaco Rudolph, Dylan Mustard
0820:	Christopher Farrell, Mike Wells, Ali Al Hussaini, Kader Tazerout
0830:	Tim Collins, Paul Nightingale, Tom Green, Dave Green
0840:	Tim Harford, James Walters, Simon Mackenzie, Stephen Holl
0850:	Tony Benecke, Kevin Creane, Wolf Lennart Didszuhn, John Reavy
0900:	Gary Hansford, Rosie Hansford, Peter Kesby, Steven Batchelor
0910:	Kevin Smeda, Kerry Smeda, Patricia Pargiter, —-

Full details of the event are as below:

Date: Friday 29th April 2011
Time: 0800 to 0910
Sponsor: EGS
Venue: Tower Links
Format: Individual stableford
Price: Dhs 150 (including guests)

Please make sure you allow enough time to get there - although traffic conditions should be fine, Tower Links is in Ras-Al-Khamiah! As mentioned in my previous email, the directions are shown on the Tower Links website.

Please note, the usual conditions apply (i.e. “no-shows” and cancellations once registration is closed will be charged the full, non-subsidised rate, in this instance Dhs 300).

See you all there!

Kind Regards,
Committee
Emirates Golf Society

Congratulations to Tony Benecke and Wolf Lennert Didszuhn who swept away the field at this week’s Captain’s Day hosted at Sharjah Golf and Shooting Club. As a two ball-better ball event, they scored 47 points, four points ahead of their nearest rivals of Paul Stump and Kevin Creane. In third place were Dylan Mustard and Leonard Thyagarajan on 42 points.

Nearest the pin on 3 (&12!) was Archie Gemmell. Our Captain, Iain Lachlan, also won a NTP on hole 8 (&17), inches away from an expensive hole-in-one. T’was a great shot!

The draw for this week�s event is as follows. Please note the event is on FRIDAY!

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1	Iain Lachlan, Bob Everest, Paul Nightingale, David Moore
2	Tim Collins, Dean Moss, James Walters, Ali Al Hussaini
3	Kader Tazerout, Ted Green, Leonard Thyagarajan, Dylan Mustard
4	Paul Stump, Kevin Creane, Mike Wells, Wolf Lennart Didszuhn
5	Gary Hansford, Rosie Hansford, Kerry Smeda, Kevin Smeda
6	Didier Sanders, Trevor Sanders, Wayne Classen, Archie Gemmell
7	Simon Mackenzie, Tony Benecke, Craig McBride, Mazen Qursha

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Full details are as below:

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Date: FRIDAY 11th March
\r\nTime: 0730 (traffic will be fine!)
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\r\nVenue: Sharjah Golf & Shooting Club
\r\nFormat: Team: 2-ball, better ball stableford
\r\nPrice: Dhs 200

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Please note, the usual conditions apply (i.e. �no-shows� and cancellations once registration is closed will be charged the full, non-subsidised rate).

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We are now coming to the end of the Golf Society�s �fiscal� year (1st April 2010 to 31st March 2011) and we hope that you have enjoyed the various tournaments organised thus far. With this in mind, we would like to remind our members that we are now collecting subscriptions for the next year (1st April 2011 to 31st March 2012). The rate remains unchanged at Dhs 250.

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We would also like to bring to your attention of some significant policy changes that the Committee have agreed upon from 1st April 2011 � these have been made in part due to the growing membership base (increasing of staff numbers), together with the still restricted access to weekend tee-times (i.e. we are unable to increase the number of slots available). As the duty of the Golf Society is first and foremost a club setup to serve staff, the first policy change is to ensure that the Society first serves Emirates staff members above other membership categories for a Society event. Therefore:

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• Fully-subscribed �Staff� Society members (i.e. those who have paid their subs!) will get priority over any other member category such as �Associates� (which includes spouse of staff). Note, however, once an event is �closed for registration� all staff lose their right to priority over non-staff. I.e. staff are unable to �bump� non-staff from an event once registration has been closed, which��will be a week before� the event�.
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The second policy change provides a new category of membership:

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• �Honorary� membership: these are ex-staff who have either retired from duty or who have served the organisation for a significant number of years. Invitation will be based on whether the ex-staff member is entitled to �retiree� travel benefits as per the employee regulations. This membership category has less priority than �Staff� membership, but higher than the �Associate� member category.
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The final policy change is in response to the fact that��due to the increasing number of non employee members participating in events�many of the winners this year were non-staff. Therefore, our final policy change is:

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• All main prizes (1st, 2nd, 3rd) for events can only be won by members in the �Staff� category (i.e. current EK Group employees). Where there are a significant number of �Associates� or �Guests� in an event, a separate prize will be provided. Nearest-the-pins, longest drives and other miscellaneous prizes can be won by any competitor, whatever membership category.
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We realise these policy changes impact a significant number of our membership, but hope you can understand the reason for our decision. Although we will still provide subsidised golf to all our membership, whatever category, our duty first and foremost is in serving our staff. Therefore, if you are impacted, we hope you understand and continue to support the Society going forward.

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Kind Regards,
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The second round of the OnAir Golf Day at the Fire course (Jumeirah Golf Estates) provided some very entertaining play, primarily due to the high winds; though this didn’t stop some excellent scores being posted…. However, before we get to who the winner was, here is a little recap from round one played in January: the first round was played at the majestical Earth course and the winner on that day was Dean Moss with 37 points, though there were a host of others snapping at his heels - Tony Benecke (36), Simon Mackenzie (36), Paul Nightingale (34), David Moore (33). All of these and a few others around the fringes were poised well for the second and final round.

Fast-forward a couple of weeks to a wind-swept Fire course, where it was easy to spill a few shots due to the near gale-force conditions. As mentioned earlier, based on this there were some amazing scores posted. Winners of the second OnAir day included a couple of new names: James Walters won the day with a fantastic 39 points with David Moore and Andrew McFarlane sharing second and third respectively, both carding 37 points. However, David’s second-placed finish still wasn’t enough to stop Dean Moss from being crowned OnAir Champion - he carded 35 points on the day, which gave him a combined total of 72 points, 2 points clear of David. Well done Dean (who has been on a bit of a winning streak this year…….).

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the OnAir team of Ian Dawkins and Franck Michaud for providing the sponsorship of the event - it really was a fantastic two-match series and we hope it will be the first of many! Also, our thanks go to the team at Jumeirah Golf Estates who hosted us - both the courses were excellent tests of golf, in great shape and were staffed by a professional and courteous team.

The draw for Saturday’s second instalment of the OnAir Golf Day is shown below. Please note, the overall OnAir Champion is the person with the combined best stableford score from both OnAir events.

1	Tim Collins, Franck Michaud, Jacques Coudreuse, Thomas Viallaneix
2	Paul Nightingale, Dean Moss, David Moore, Sharon Moore
3	Mazen Qursha, Craig McBride, Dylan Mustard, Bob Atkins
4	Archie Gemmell, James Walters, Marco Rotmeijer, Tony Benecke
5	Wayne Classen, David Loftus, John Reavy, Bob Everest
6	Kader Tazerout, Ted Green, Kevin Creane, Ali Al Hussaini
7	Wolf Lennart Didszuhn, Satwinder Sembi, Cees van Dooren, Maria van Dooren
8	Simon Mackenzie, Paul Stump, Gary Hansford, Rosie Hansford
9	Gary McGouran, Andrew McFarlane, Noel Connolly, Amrith Kumar
10	Craig Williams, Patricia Pargiter, Iqbal Ismail, Mark Boorman

Details are as below:

Date: Saturday, 12th Feb
Time: 0830
Sponsor: OnAir
Venue: FIRE, Jumeirah Golf Estates
Format: Individual stableford
Price: Dhs 200

Please note, the usual conditions apply (i.e. “no-shows” and cancellations once registration is closed will be charged the full, non-subsidised rate).

You will be pleased to know that we have been able to accommodate all players for this Saturday�s inaugural OnAir event at the Earth course, Jumeirah Golf Estates. The draw is as follows:

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1	Iain Lachlan, Kevin Partidge (S), Bob Everest, Francois Cognard (S)
2	Tim Collins, Ian Dawkins (S), Paul Nightingale, Franc Michaud (S)
3	Tim Harford, Simon Mackenzie, Ted Green, Kader Tazerout
4	Gary Hansford, Rosie Hansford, David Moore, Sharon Moore
5	Tony Benecke, Kevin Creane, Mark Boorman, Mazen Qursha
6	Cees van Dooren, Maria van Dooren, Warren Delf, Marco Rotmeijer
7	Wayne van Niekerk, Iqbal Ismail, John Reavy, Craig McBride
8	Leonard Thyagarajan, Dylan Mustard, Paul Stump, Archie Gemmell
9	Ali Al Hussaini, Leo Fewtrell, Bob Atkins, Guenter Hirsch
10	Wolf Lennart Didszuhn, Satwinder Sembi, Madhu Ramaswamy, Amrith Kumar
11	Wayne Classen, David Loftus, Tim Burnell, Steve Allen

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For directions to the course, please view this map

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Full details are as below:

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Date: Saturday 22nd January
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\r\nVenue: Earth, Jumeirah Golf Estates
\r\nFormat: Individual stableford
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This is the first of two events - the overall OnAir champion being the player with the best aggregate score over the two events. Price includes green fees, cart balls, prizes, buffet lunch (with soft drinks) and prizes.

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Please note, the usual conditions apply (i.e. �no-shows� and cancellations will be charged the full, non-subsidised rate).

We are entering a 4-man team for an upcoming charity event at Jebel Ali in support of Dubai Autism - details of the event are shown below. Registration is on a first-come, first served basis, so please only register if you are 100% certain of being able to play.

To register for the event please click here. Full details are as below:

Date: Thursday, 13th Jan 2011
Time: 1330
Sponsor: EGS
Venue: Jebel Ali Golf Resort
Format: Individual stableford
Price: Dhs 0