Annual Tournament 2012: November 2012

Saturday, 3 November 2012

Gymkhana Presentation: Sat 3 Nov 2012

           Gymkhana as a central venue with ample off road parking has once again proven to be popular with Chiangmai Golfers and their families turning up in record numbers for the Annual Tournament Function & Prize Presentation with 90 adults plus numerous children who could run free and enjoy themselves, one of whom, Sky Beece celebrated his 8th birthday. The club set up a stage with karaoke and microphone for the mc and tables for all the guests under the huge & wonderful 100 yr old tree and the weather God smiled down upon us with a clear night and sufficient humidity to ensure all who attended had a good thirst. Ample food, a keg of Beer and some casks of wine helped feed and water the hungry hoards and while we did manage to get through all the grog of course there was still sufficient food to send some home with doggy bags.
           The Committee as usual did a great job in arranging cheap venues for the golf on good courses and organising all four rounds of golf where in most cases the Club Captains Gary & Jack as usual had their hands full even though assisted by other members of the committee, but special mention goes out to Frank for all his good work on handicaps, course groupings and timely, clear and concise result reports. The Gymkhana Club should also be commended for setting everything up and putting on a good spread. Christian our treasurer assures us that they were paid handsomely and tipped appropriately.
            Overall results will be posted on the 'Handicaps & Results' link on the website but a list of the main prize winners is as follows:

Perpetual Trophies

Best Mens Stableford: Ken Nalder
Runner-up: Robert Plotnikoff

Best Womens Stableford: Chawinee Ongsakul
Runner-up: Pranee Buckley

Low Gross: Scott Paakkonen
Runner-up: Frank Schwarz

Additional prizes of golf balls were allocated in grades A,B & C to those who were runners-up to the trophy winners listed above:

Mens - A grade: Jack Cooper, B grade: Garry Walker, C grade: John Barrett.
Womens - A grade: Ram Taylor, B grade: Natthawaree Sriwanlord, C Grade: Jumjim Walker

Each Year we also award a plaque to those members who have managed that rare feat of getting a 'Hole in One' and this year the lucky people were:
Lesley Mullon at Maejo
Jumjim Walker at Gymkhana.

Nearest the Pin prizes were awarded on two holes at each venue and the winners were:

Lanna - Frank Schwarz & Yung Beece
Doi Inthanon - Jerry Buckley & Keith Taylor
Maejo - Frank Schwarz & Keith Taylor
Gold Canyon - Gerry Brimacombe & Ram Taylor

Congratulations goes out to all the winners of the various prizes but most of all to you the members of this club because it is your participation and support that makes these events a success.

Thursday, 1 November 2012

Annual Tournament - Gold Canyon 1 Nov 2012

Today we had (45) members and (8) guests participating in the last round of our 2012 Annual Tournament. It appears, based on the large turnout, that numerous golfers hoped to improve their overall standing to qualify as one of this years trophy winners. Today for various reason, lost on way to golf course, misplaced golf shoes, it was difficult to get groups in order but eventually all worked out as planned. The course was in excellent shape but apparently the greens were hard to read and a bit slow. The weather was fine with some cloud cover at the start but increasingly hot as the day progressed. Apologies go out to those who were stuck with (2) caddies (one in training) as it was reported that this was most inefficient to worthless on the part of the golfers concerned. Regardless it was a great day and the majority if not all enjoyed the golf and social gathering at the 19th hole.

Net Winner: Ken Nader (71)
Runners-up: Chawinee Ongsakul, Lesley Mullen, Bill Johnson (72)

Stableford Winners: Robert Plotnikoff & Yung Beece (36)
Runners-up: Frank Schwarz, Kieran Savage, Marisa Paakkonen, Udom Surin, Scott Paakkonen (35)

Once again the '36 system' of handicapping resulted in numerous ties

Last but not least thanks goes out to all the participants who made this years tournament a success and we look forward meeting again this coming Saturday for the Prize Presentation and Annual Dinner.

Gymkhana Function:

Members/Partners:
1. Garry & Jayjay Walker
2. Dave & Ann Robertson
3. Yung, Dao & Sky Beece
4. Craig Morriss +1
5. Frank & Yui Schwarz
6. Silvan Schwarz
7. Corky & Ben Wood
8. Peter & Meow Brown
9. Barry Ochitwa +1
10. Gary & Somsee Lyon
11. Mike Dalton & Chawinee
12. Mark Morris
13. Keith & Noi Taylor
14. Ted & Ram Taylor
15. Alan & Joy Gariano
16. Lennart Larsson
17. Lester Twigden +1
18. Mr.B.Lucassen +1
19. Keiran & Nam Savage +3
20. Nigel, Noot & Anna Jones
21. Rene & Prajat Bacchi
22. Len Sparrow + 1
23. Koy Patterson + 2
24. Robert Plotnikoff +1
25. Lesley Mullon
26. Jack Kuzina +1
27. Jack, Nid & Owen Cooper
28. Christian Friis
29. Don Bishop +1
30. Jimmy Catterson +1
31. Ron Hill +1
32. Gerry Brimacombe
33. Graham Best +1
34. Dan Evans +2
35. Paul Coppens +1
36. Udom Surin
37. Marisa & Scott Poakkonen
38. David Urlwin-Smith
39. Stuart & Clarene Duncan
40. Geoff Garratt
41. Gordon & Ning Langtry 2kids
42. Archie Lee +1
43. Ken Nalder +1
44. Bill Johnson
45. Iain Craig +1
46. Jim Hopkins

Non Members/Visitors:
Alan Marson.

Tournament Contenders:

1. Frank Schwarz (L,DI,M,GC)
2. Gary Lyon (L,DI,GC)
3. Jack Kuzina (L,DI,M,GC)
4. Christian Friis (DI,M,GC)
5. Garry Walker (L,DI,M,GC)
6. Jayjay Walker (L,DI,M,GC)
7. Nigel Jones (L,DI,GC)
8. Barry Ochitwa (L,DI,M,GC)
9. Yung Beece (L,DI,M,GC)
10. Dao Beece (L,DI,M,GC)
11. Bill Johnson (L,DI,M,GC)
12. Jim Catterson (L,DI,M,GC)
13. Ron Hill (L,DI,M,GC)
14. Peter Brown (L,M,GC)
15. Silvan Schwarz (L,DI,M,GC)
16. Jack Cooper (L,DI,M,GC)
17. Mark Morris (L,DI,M,GC)
18. Keith Taylor (L,DI,M,GC)
19. Noi Taylor (L,DI,M,GC)
20. Ted Taylor (L,M,GC)
21. Ram Taylor (L,M,GC)
22. Mr.B.Lucassen (L,DI,M,GC)
23. Kieran Savage (L,DI,M,GC)
24. Mike Dalton (L,DI,M,GC)
25. David Stephens (L,DI,M,GC)
26. Alan Gariano (L,DI,M,GC)
27. Lennart Larsson (L,DI,M,GC)
28. Lester Twigden (L,M,GC)
29. Pranee Buckley (L,DI,M,GC)
30. Chawinee Ongkasul (L,DI,M,GC)
31. Prajat Bacchi (L,DI,M,GC)
32. Rene Bacchi (L,DI,M,GC)
33. Roscoe Butler (L,DI,M,GC)
34. Stuart Duncan (L,DI,M,GC)
35. Robert Plotnikoff (L,DI,M,GC)
36. Guy Merrett (L,DI,M,GC)
37. Don Bishop (L,DI,M,GC)
38. Len Sparrow (L,?,?,?)
39. Gerry Brimacombe (L,DI,M,GC)
40. Dan Evans (L,DI,GC)
41. Graham Best (L,DI,GC)
42. Paul Coppens (L,DI,GC)
43. Udom Surin (L,M,GC)
44. Marisa Poakkonen (L,DI,M,GC)
45. Scott Poakkonen (L,DI,M,GC)
46. John Barrett (L,DI,M,GC)
47. Natthawaree Sriwanlord (L,Di,M,GC)
48. Ken Nalder (L,DI,M,GC)
49. David U.Smith (L,DI,GC)
50. Jerry Buckley (L,DI,M,GC)

Social players:
Dave Robertson (DI)
Alan Marson (DI,M,GC)
Lesley Mullon (DI,M,GC)
Geoff Garrett (L,DI,M)
Jeff Lincoln
Savage