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| 295 Dhms of Summer.... |
As I am sure you will all be planning this year's vacations around the EGS golf days  I have now populated the calendar with all the confirmed dates we have - there are more planned (especially from December 2010 through to March 2011). I have also opened registration up for the next four Summer events (three of which are part of the Microsoft-sponsored Summer Series). You'll be pleased to know each one is priced at a very competitive Dhms 295.
As the new financial year has now started, we will of course be collecting subscriptions from all those who have yet to pay (most of you!). These remain unchanged at Dhms 250. Therefore, if you haven't paid your subs please pay at either the next event or earlier (to Paul, Iain or myself)
Finally, for those who did not participate in last years Microsoft / Al Badia Summer Challenge: the winner is the person with the highest combined total from two of the three events (i.e. only two scores count, so don't worry if you can't make all three events - you can still win!). Great prizes, as per last year!
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| Results: EGS Day at the Emirates Faldo Course (20th March 2010) | | The Society enjoyed a wonderful day at the Faldo course on Saturday - the weather was just perfect. We played off the blue tees and although the greens were slower than they normally are, it was a good test of golf for all concerned. The winner this week was one of our guests Scott Armour who accumulated 41 points. The runner-up was a swashbuckling David Moore on 36 points who just edged out Paul Nightingale on a count-back. Nearest-the-pins were won by Tim Collins (hole 8) and David Moore (hole 12). | |
| Tower Links: Exclusive Rates for EGS |
We have received some great rates to play at Tower Links. They are shown below:
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Midweek: AED 195/- per person
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Fridays: AED 330/- per person
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Saturdays: AED 299/- per person
Please note: these rates are exclusive to EGS members and their guests.
Reservations should be made in advance by contacting the golf office on: (07) 2279939. | |
| Majlis in April : Registration Now Open |
Registration is now open for April's event at the Majlis. (Note: unfortunately, contrary to earlier emails, it is not being sponsored by Boeing as this event has now been moved to later in the year.) Details of the event are:
Date: Saturday, 10th April
Time: 0800
Cost: AED 455/- (inc. green fees, range balls, cart and prizes)
Type: Individual stableford | |
| Els Results: Is this the best ever score for EGS? |
Noel Connolly pretty much blew away all the opposition at the Els Day with a mammoth 47 points - this was an incredible 11 shots below his handicap.... Great, great score and one which I can't recall ever seeing in the EGS. Second place went to Nigel Hopkins on 40 points who beat Paul Stump on a countback. To finish off the day, NTPs went to Craig McBride and Dave Green.
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| Paul Nightingale Defends Club Championship | Paul Nightingale successfully defended this year's Emirates Flight Catering Club Championship at the Els. He played an excellent round and came in with a gross 77. In the end he won easily - his nearest rival was Iain Lachlan who was 7 shots adrift. Tim Collins came third with a gross score of 85.
The "net" prizes were won by Didier Sanders (39 points), Mike Woosley (38 points) and in third, Franc Michaud (36 points). The best guest was Jim Pugh who scored 38 points. Nearest-the-pins were won by Trevor Sanders and Jim Pugh. | |
| Dean Moss and Peter Dally - Winners of the Microsoft Summer Challenge |
Congratulations to both Dean Moss and Peter Dally who won their respective divisions and secured the two Xbox 360s that were generously donated from our sponsor of the Al Badia Summer Challenge, Microsoft. Dean carded a final round 39 points at Al Badia, which not only won the day's event but also leapfrogged him to the top of the Division 1 category - his second highest score of 34 points meant a combined total of 73 points, 2 points clear from Ted Green his nearest rival. Peter Dally scored an even more impressive total of 76 points which were accumulated in his first two games - his nearest rival was Pete Lindsay on 69 points.
Other winners winners on the day were Noel Connolly (35 points) and Ryan Carter (33 points) who were Dean's closest rivals on the day. The "Nearest-the-Pin" prizes went to Kader "(should've been a hole in one!)" Tazerout and Wayne Classen.
To round-off an already exciting day , second-placed Noel Connolly joined Dean and Peter in being the recipient of an Xbox 360, which he won in a special raffle draw that was conducted during the prize giving ceremony!
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| Handicaps: New Society Rules | Since the closure of Nad Al Sheba, many of our Society members have taken the option of joining the various seasonal, corporate and mid-week deals which have been promoted. As a result, the administration of handicaps has obviously been more difficult as the clubs, for these memberships, will generally not administer handicaps.
Therefore, the Committee have introduced a simple form of handicap administration based on a version of the the EGA rules:
For every shot over a stableford points system of 36 points, a players handicap will be cut in the following manner:
- H/cap 5 and below: 0.1 per point
- H/cap 6 to 17: 0.2 per point
- H/Cap 18 and above: 0.3 per point
For example, if a player of handicap 20 (exact: 20.0) scores 41 points, they will be cut (5 * 0.3 = 1.5) = 18.5. This equals a playing handicap of 19 (18.4 would indicate a playing handicap of 18). Note: where we have a medal format, scorecards will be converted into stableford points and adjusted accordingly. Also, there will be no increases in handicap - handicaps will only be cut (reduced) by the Society, not increased.
We recognise that these handicaps will not be official, but we also wish to ensure there is an even distribution of prizes during our calendar year. We will then review at the end of the year to see how successful it has been to achieve this objective and whether we continue doing this task.
For your information, we will initiate this system from our last event at Sharjah. Therefore, there were several handicap changes (a "*" represents a change in playing handicap):
- Wayne Classen: 18.0 -> 15.9 (16)*
- Wolf Lennert Didszuhn: 22.0 -> 21.7 (22)
- Iain Lachlan: 5.0 -> 4.7 (5)
- Craig McBride 11.0 -> 10.8 (11)
- Dean Moss 15.0 -> 14.4 (14)*
- Phil Stuckle 20.0 -> 19.4 (19)*
- Donna Tapp: 36.0 -> 35.1 (35)*
- Mike Woosley: 16.0 -> 15.6 (16)
If you are a member of a club and do get your handicap monitored on a regular basis, you should ensure that this is updated on the website.
For those who wish to take a more active role in administering their handicaps, there are excellent websites to do this:
(1) oobgolf (unofficial handicap tracker, but great statistics and community site)
(2) Today's Golfer (UK): official handicap tracker. | |
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