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It may have seemed chaotic at the start with 56 members scrambling around getting themselves organised into teams for photos etc but we actually got away early on a beautiful day albeit a little humid. With this sort of turnout there is no doubt that this is the most popular event on our golfing calendar. The course was in great condition and even though they are in the process of coring their greens it did not interfere on too many holes. It was a tough day in the field with comments about the length of the course and especially some of the pin placements on the back nine holes but the scores tell the story with the top 6 teams being within 2 shots of each other and only 10 shots separating a field of 14 teams. Well done everyone.

Thanks to our Events Organiser Ted and the high turnout Gold Canyon donated 5 Free Game Vouchers and the committee decided that they would be decided by Random Draw and the winners were:
John Noyes, Rene Bacchi, Prajet Bacchi, Lester Twigdew & David Stephens who will no doubt enjoy a round down there again in the near future.

Christian did a great job in selecting prizes for the Nearest the Pins and even though I had forgotten to bring the club markers, for which I sincerely apologise, we did make do on the day and the winners were:
Hole 2 - Mr.B., Hole 7 - Dan Evans, Hole 12 - Rob Lassig, Hole 17 - Mr.B.

Also thanks to Frank who ensured that all handicaps were up to date for the teams on the day and who even sacrificed having lunch so that he could enter all the results after the match while the rest of us enjoyed fine food and drinks in the very welcome air-conditioned comfort of our private room in the clubhouse.

The winners on the day and International Team for 2012 were Team Australia: Brendan Tanham, Graham Best, Dan Evans and Garry Walker with a gross 71 net 61 consisting of 17 pars & 1 birdie.
Well done Team Australia.

Runners-up were the Team Beautiful Thailand: Ram Taylor, Dao Beece, Prajet Bacchi and Noi Taylor with a gross 76 net 62. Well done Ladies.

Third Place were Team Canada eh: Robert Plotnikoff, Gerry Brimacombe, Gordon Langtry and Ted Taylor with a gross 71 net 63 also consisting of 17 pars & 1 birdie. There were 4 teams tied for third with net 63 but the committee had previously decided that in the event of a tie the winning team would be the lowest handicap down to the decimal point so well done Team Canada.

As usual All the committee did an excellent job and thanks goes to Team Captains Jack & Gary L for promoting and collecting the nomination fees. At the end of the day though it is you the members that have earned the biggest thanks for making the day a success. Thank You All.

Nominations for teams will be accepted from Current Members only for this years Challenge Cup which will be held at Gold Canyon on thursday 15th March 2012 at a pre arranged rate of  800baht each including caddy.



It will be an 0900 tee-off but all nominated teams are to be at the course, registered and green fees paid by 0830.


A Nomination Fee of 200baht is to be paid by each member and nominations will close on 13 March or earlier if sufficient numbers nominate to make up equal teams of four. Once your fee is paid your name will appear on the website and once your nominated team is fully paid up and accepted by the committee it will be listed on the website.


Teams will consist of 4 golfers from the same country of origin. If there are insufficient numbers from any individual country to make up a team then subject to committee approval a team will be made up from the nomination list e.g., if insufficient from Norway, Sweden or Denmark then they will be combined to form a Scandinavian Team.



All teams will have a handicap which will be deducted from their gross team score at the end of the game to give a net result. The handicap will be the ambrose system (total team handicap divided by 8).
Should the final result end up a draw then the team with the lowest handicap to the nearest decimal point will be declared the winner and the other the first runner-up.


Winning Country and names will be engraved on the Perpetual Trophy. There will be cash prizes which will be determined by the number of nominations received and there will also be nearest the pin prizes.

Rules

Each team will pick a team captain, otherwise the lowest handicapper will be nominated the captain. He/she will be responsible for checking in and collecting team scorecard at the start of the competition and signing (along with one other team member) the completed card and handing it in to the committee immediately at the end of the round. They are also responsible for ensuring that the following rules are followed.

Each player must count three of his/her drives on the 14 par 4 or 5 holes and indicate name on the score card. As there are four persons who must count three drives each (12 drives not counting par 3 holes) in a team that will leave two holes/drives to be the captain's choice.


The person whose drive is counted must mark his ball with a tee and the other three players must place their ball near the tee to take their teams second shot. The person whose drive was counted cannot be used for the second shot, it has to be one of the three other players. There is no restriction on third or fourth shots, any team members shot can be counted..


The four par threes have no restrictions. Any team members shot can be counted.


Once you are on the green and the best ball is chosen, it is to be marked and all four players will putt from that position. Each player will putt in turn and once the ball is in the hole that score will be counted. In other words if you putt a ball up to the edge of the hole for one and then tap it in without giving your team mates the chance to one putt then the score stands as two putts. So even if it is on the rim, mark it and give you team mates a chance at a one putt.