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Below is the draw - please be aware that we will now be charged for "no shows" from the Club for any drop-outs from this point forward.

12:20: Tim�Harford (3), Peter�Allan (13), James�Walters (7)
\r\n12:20: Conleth�Kelly (24), Christopher�Rees (20), Andrew�McFarlane (11)
\r\n12:30: Steve�Allen (10), Jamie Jordache (0), Bruce�Scott (10), Karl�Huldal (6)
\r\n12:30: Robert�Brown (0), Josh Polley (0), Anthony Landeza (0), Andrew Spaganucci (0)
\r\n12:40: Shorty�Callow (14), Ross�Mackie (28), Martin�Taylor (13), Craig�McBride (16)
\r\n12:40: Srinivasa�Sampath (33), Len Wells (0), Jannie�Ebersohn (27)
\r\n12:50: Kevin�Howe (17), Brian Howe (0), Lee�Davies (12), Iqbal�Ismail (18)
\r\n12:50: Mark�Burtonwood (13), Paul�King (8), Eliot Bernstein (0), Phil White (0) \r\n

The event is an individual stableford, played from the blue tee boxes (rolling tee times from both the 1st and 10th tee boxes). The cost for EGS Members is Dhs 250 and guests will be charged Dhs 350. We will try and have a prize giving after the event as the gap between first and last groups is minimal.

Though it was a hot and humid first day of October, it was a welcome return to our Airbus Day after nearly two years. We were hosted at the Fire course, JGE and the format was slightly unusual to our normal events - it was a pairs event where both players scores counted on the odd holes and the better ball score counted on the even holes.

The overall winners on the day were Peter Allan and Tim Harford who scored a combined 60 points and walked away with Ping cart bags for their efforts. Our sponsor, Usman Mastan and his guest Dario Rubio claimed second place with 58 points, but kindly donated their prizes to a raffle. There were two teams on 57 points, with the pairing of Amit Khandelwal and Manu Mathew nudging ahead of the fourth placed pair of Rudi Wilson-Smith and Bastiaan Koster on a count-back.

Justin Wee wanted to make sure of his nearest-the-pin prize by holing out on 14 from his tee shot - congratulations on your "hole-in-one"! JGE generously donated some gifts to celebrate this extraordinary shot. Other nearest-the-pins were won by: Peter Allan (hole 2), Tim Collins (hole 8) and Dario Rubio (hole 11) in the traditional way....

Many thanks again to Airbus, who hosted another excellent day and evening to remember.

The draw for tomorrow\\\'s event at Fire, JGE is shared below. Please remember to bring CASH to pay for the golf and note that you won\\\'t be able to access a cash machine at JGE.... The price is Dhs 250 which includes golf, shirt, giveaways, prizes and an evening buffet. Just as a head\\\'s-up, the buffet will be outside so it may be a little warm depending on how kind the weather is for us.

13:00: Tim�Collins (3), Kevin Barrett (5), Usman Mastan (11), Dario Rubio (9)
\r\n13:00: Andrew�McFarlane (12), Shorty�Callow (13), Andrew Armistead (?), Alexandre Lacambra (?)
\r\n13:00: Gavin�Flaherty (9), Martin�Taylor (14), Neil�Lakhani (22), Anthony�Gill (17)
\r\n13:00: Paul�King (8), Mark�Burtonwood (14), Tony Benecke (+1), Wayne Classen (10)
\r\n13:00: Christopher�Rees (22), John�Moseley (30), Kevin�Howe (18), Lee�Davies (12)
\r\n13:00: Rahimi Ramli (16), Kardibaldi�Wardaja (12), Justin �Wee� (8), Jannie�Ebersohn (27)
\r\n13:00: Tim�Harford (4), Peter Allan (13), Simon Mackenzie (26), Ed Pearce (10)
\r\n13:00: Bruce�Scott (11), Karl�Huldal (7), Mark�Vipond (14), Brendan�O\\\'Connor (7)
\r\n13:00: Lance�Dinsey (9), Dermot�Bell (15), Sam�Tierney (1), Seb Hall (4)
\r\n13:00: Shaun�Anderson (9), John�Barker (15), Paul�Marson (17), Liam�Hanlon (11)
\r\n13:00: Iqbal�Ismail (18), Craig�McBride (16), Rudi�Wilson-Smith (20), Bastiaan�Koster (10)
\r\n13:00: Francisco�Schwenger (19), Tim Eagle (13), Amit�Khandelwal (14), Manu�Mathew (19) \r\n

The format of the day is a PAIRS event where each two players counts their combined nett stableford points on the odd holes (e.g. 1, 3, 5, etc) and counts the nett better ball stableford of the pair on the even holes (e.g. 2, 4, 6, etc.). Therefore, there are potentially far more points on the odd numbered holes as both players contribute. Only the better ball of the pair contributes on the even numbered holes... The handicaps have already been calculated, so please don\\\'t change these. If in doubt, just record both players\\\' scores :).

Congratulations to Bastiaan Koster who won this week\'s event at Sharjah - Bastiaan scored an impressive 36 points, two points clear of his nearest challengers. Second-place went to Peter Allan who pipped his good friend James Walters on a count-back - both players had 34 points. Our next event is the Airbus Day, on Friday 1st October - see you all there!

Below is the draw for Saturday\\\'s event at Sharjah Golf and Shooting Club. The cost is Dhs 150 per player (though guests are Dhs 200 and SGSC Members FOC). It is a shotgun start at 0730 and the format is an individual stableford from the yellow/white tee boxes. Have fun!

07:30: Tim�Harford (5), James�Walters (8), Ed Pearce (), Peter�Allan (15)
\r\n07:30: Richard�Simpson (13), Martin�Taylor (15), Dermot�Bell (17), Jannie�Ebersohn (29)
\r\n07:30: Wayne Classen (11), Jacques�Cloete (27), Neil�Lakhani (24)
\r\n07:30: Brendan�O\\\'Connor (7), Mark�Vipond (15), Tony�Benecke (+1), Bastiaan�Koster (12)
\r\n07:30: Bruce�Scott (12), Karl�Huldal (8), Mark�Love (32)

Congratulations to Paul Gingell who scored 36 points at Friday\'s event in Al Zorah. He was 4 points from his nearest challengers of Marnus du Plessis and Kevin Howe, with Marnus winning on a count-back. Kevin took third place, also on a count-back from Lance Dinsey.

Below is the draw for Friday\\\'s event at Al Zorah and all handicaps have already been adjusted.

06:32: Tim Collins (1), Thomas Viallaneix (3), Kevin Barrett (6), Doug McLennan (4)
\r\n06:40: Jon�Harwood (21), Sam�Tierney (2), Dominic�Breach (2), Stuart�Dall (23)
\r\n06:48: Bastiaan�Koster (11), Marnus�du Plessis (25), Jannie�Ebersohn (29)
\r\n06:56: Martin�Taylor (15), Richard�Simpson (12), Tony�Benecke (-3), Shorty�Callow (15)
\r\n07:04: Tim�Harford (4), Pete Allan (16), Simon McKenzie (26), Ed Pearce (18)
\r\n07:12: Conleth�Kelly (23), Kevin�Howe (20), Christopher�Rees (24)
\r\n07:20: Dermot�Bell (16), Steve Hutton (17), Lance�Dinsey (8), Paul�Gingell (19) \r\n

As a reminder, the details of the event are as follows:

Date: Friday, 20th August
\r\nTime: From 0632
\r\nVenue: Al Zorah
\r\nCost: Dhs 150 for Members; (Dhs 195 for Guests)
\r\nFormat: Individual Stableford (Prizes from 1st to 3rd)
\r\nSponsor: EGS
\r\nHandicap: Full Course (TheGrint or EGF)
\r\nTees: GOLD tees (135/71.8); around 6500 yards

At this week�s event at Al Zorah, the podium places went to three players who all had 38 points and therefore, had to be separated on a count back (this is a first, I believe, for the top three). The best back-nine was posted by Brendan O�Conner and thus he took the top prize. Though both were 1-under for their back nine, Dominic Breach took second prize from Tim Collins after separating them only on the last two holes.

Congratulations to all and we hope you all have a wonderful Summer. See you in September at the Trump International for our next event.