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We would like to ascertain the interest for sending a team to next years WAGA event in Northern Ireland. Details of the event and courses can be downloaded at the main WAGA website here.

If you are interested, can you please express your interest by registering on this page.

The second round of the inaugural EGS Challenge Cup is now open for registration. It is being played at the wonderful Dubai Creek Golf Course and is priced very competitively! See you all there!

Also, please note that the leaderboard for this event is now shown on the left-hand side navigation bar.

Registration for our yearly matchplay event is now open.

Please note, that you have to be a \"paid-up\" member of the Society to be able to register. Closing date for registration is the 30th September.

To enter the matchplay, either click on the link opposite or here.

Please be aware that it was unanimously agreed at the recent AGM that the new membership fee be raised to 200 AED. All fees should be paid to Darryl Atkins, our treasurer. Fees are to be paid by 12 January. To contact him, please click here.

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\r\nLate July saw ten intrepid golfers from Emirates and three caddies [wives] set out for the wilds of Scotland to take part in WAGA 2005. The younger members of the party thought this was �Women and Golf� whilst the older members interpreted it as �Whine and Golf�.

All agreed that �what happens on tour stays on tour� and therefore I am unable to spill the beans, however let it be said an enjoyable time was had by all. The weather which was a fresh 15 degrees on the first day in weak sunshine turned to an even fresher 10 degrees in liquid sunshine for the last two days of competition. Even this could not dampen the spirits of our intrepid golfers and glasses or orange juice and lemonade were raised at the end of the week to toast the spirit of Emirates.

As a team Emirates performed reasonably well against the elements and the obvious bandits from other airlines. Within the group we played each day for the honour of wearing the �See You Jimmy� hat for the lowest stapleford score. To see Nick �whilst your up mine is a?� Marriott wearing the tartan bonnet on a wet day with raindrops hanging off his strawberry blonde locks was a sight to be seen. Chris �If I win this hat three times can I keep it?� Rademan and Anthony �open your mouth wide whilst I put my foot in it� Liddell also managed to fight off the other Emirates members for the honour of wearing the tartan bonnet. Fair to say each had their share !

Speaking of tartan another sight to be seen was Iain �we don�t wear anything under the kilt� Lachlan swirling round the dance floor with Val �I am just nipping out for a quick fag� Everest to the sounds of the Gay Gordon. It was especially interesting when Iain twirled his kilt with an abandonment never seen before.

[For those of you who are unsure what a Gay Gordon is it is a dance not an effeminate Scotsman].

Mike �are you sure it�s my round� Woosley and David �he�s a lovely boy� Loftus were our most successful pair finishing a credible 6th overall in the pairs competition. Young Loftus also achieved third place in the Best Gross Scratch competition with Iain 4th and Tim �I am getting ready for my wedding� Burnell 5th. Many of the team wondered at Young David�s staying power to play golf all day and �Keep Discovering� the Scottish lassies at night.

The other members of the team included, Darryl �I am off to bed early� Atkins, Bob �one for the elevator� Everest, and Kader �I make my own sandwiches from the buffet� Tazerout.

Yours truly has the photos that will NOT appear on the website and I can be bribed either by wives, girlfriends or the golfers themselves.

Regards, Bob Everest.

The Golf Society\'s AGM is scheduled for Wednesday 7th September at 1600 in the canteen of the New Aviation Training Centre. You can register your attendence by clicking here or via the events link opposite.

If you are interested in joining the society as a committee member (in any capacity), please contact us.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

Congratulations to Sat Sembi who beat Doug Cameron on a windy day at the Ranches. The final result was 2 and 1, so it seems like a pretty close game!

Congratulations to Chris Rademan who scored a very impressive 44 points at our inaugural society event at Al Badia - looks like a handicap cut is in order ;-). Mike Wells also had an impressive round coming in with 42 points - a high scoring day indeed!

Other winners on the day were Sandy Crawford (longest drive on hole 9), John Wilby (straightest drive on hole 17), John Grant (NTP on hole 15), Gerry Groenewegen (NTP on hole 7), Chris Rademan (NTP hole 11) and Mike Wells (NTP hole 3).