DECEMBER 2014 UPDATE

Monday, 29th December 2014

Eclectic 9, week 7 of 10 - Faldo Front 9

The Faldo front nine won again……. Proving to be by far the toughest 9 in Dubai!

This week’s winners were (photo attached):-

·         1st – Roger Lee, Russell Yeomans, Samantha Allen, Chris Darnley and Simon Earl with 14 points! A record low winning score.

·         Simon Earl won the gross with 41 (for 14 points)

·         “Nearest to the Pin” Simon Earl on the 2nd and Roger Lee on the 9th

·         We welcomed John McGhee to the group who was passing through town and we look forward to seeing John again

As we approach week 8 the results so far are; Russell Yeomans is currently winning the Eclectic 9, 2nd Andrew Smolak and 3rd Derek Daly 4^th Charmaine Bruwer and 5^th Richard Aybar.

EGF Memberships

We are in the process of holding a positive partnership with the EGF which will give discounted EGF memberships and help manage our handicaps. Please hold off on paying your EGF membership until we confirm our deal with them next week!

Sport2Business would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy new year and thank you for creating such a positive, multicultural and friendly atmosphere every Monday – May your golf prosper in 2015.

Monday, 22nd December 2014 

Eclectic 9 week 6 of 12 – Faldo Back 9 

Another successful and festive Monday night! A special thanks to all those that made an effort to dress up in their Christmas colours.

This week’s winners were:-

·         1st – Derek Daly with an impressive 20 points after a long absence from the winners podium!

·         2nd  - James Yeomans, Jonathan Gunning, Andrew Smolak and Roger Lee with 16 points

·         James Yeomans won the gross with 37 (for 16 points)

·         “Nearest to the Pin” on BOTH  13th and 17th -  Andrew Smolak

·         Good to see Akram Skaik and Simon Burras back on the Faldo Links

Have a lovely Christmas!

Monday, 15th December 2014 

Eclectic 9 week 5 of 12 – Faldo Front 9 

Another very lively evening at M’s last night so plenty of action on and off the course.

What was mentioned………..

RAK GOLFING WEEKEND –

Friday. 23^rd January to Saturday, 24^th January 2015

We are in the process of organising a golf trip to RAK. Playing at Tower Links Golf Club on the Friday, staying at the lovely Al Hamra Resort and then golf bright and early on the Sunday at the Al Hamra Golf Club. Depending on numbers, the approx. price per person for this trip is AED 1,350.00 per person inclusive of single/double room plus golf for the 2 days. Please see attached the breakdown and details and if you would like to play then please let me know. Due to numbers and limited spaces we will need a definite commitment by end of play Today 16/12/2015!

DUBAI OPEN UPDATE

This week we have James Yeomans and Tyler Hogarty participating as professionals in the Asia tour event at the Els – Thursday – Sunday (there will be a 2 day cut). Please get along to support them if you can – I am sure they will appreciate it and it will be another great opportunity to see some great golfers close up including Darren Clarke, David Howell, Tommy Fleetwood, David Lipsky, Thaworn Wiratchant and Jeev Milka Singh plus the top 5 from the current Thailand Open. You may see me carrying some clubs around. James and Tyler are now registered professionals and it may be interesting to know that their EGF handicaps over the last 3 months based on their MENA tour performance are +6 for James and +7 for Tyler! We wish them every success.

Pink Ball – Save the Date!

Thursday, 12^th February 2015

Sport2Business will be supporting this event at Emirates Golf Club, it’s for a great cause so dig out your pink party dresses and black ties. We will get preferred positioning – this will be an expensive evening but it is in a great cause – we will send formal invitations in early January.

Sport2Business Blog

Please do check out our blog for upcoming events and weekly results! http://sport2businessgolf.blogspot.ae/p/results.html       

LAST NIGHTS RESULTS

This week’s winners were (photo attached):-

·         1st – OB Sealey with 18 points!

·         2nd  - ‘Princess’ Charmaine Bruwer with 17 points – Unfortunately Charmaine, we are missing your score card, so are unable to update the table this week.

·         OB Sealey won the gross with an impressive 39 (for 18 points)

·         “Nearest to the Pin” Charmaine Bruwer (4^th) and Richard Aybar (8th)

We welcomed Peter Donaldson to his first Monday event

Monday, 8th December 2014 

Eclectic 9 week 4 of 12 – Faldo Back 9 

What a lovely evening it was last night. Plenty of team spirit in the society which we love to see…… Pedro Kafe!

It was great to see Randall Mohammed last night and as you can see from below Randall had a very good night! 

·         1st –  Charmaine Bruwer and OB Sealey with 19 points!

·         2nd  - Randall Mohammed and Pedro Kafe with 18 points

·         Randall Mohammed won the gross with a fine 37 (for 18 points)

·         “Nearest to the Pin” Pedro Kafe (11^th) and Randall Mohammed (17th)

Monday, 1st December 2014

Eclectic 9 week 3 of 12 – Faldo Front 9 

Very good quality golf this week on the tough front 9 with most of the tees well back.

This week’s winners were:-

·         1^st – Chris Darnley with a fantastic score of 20 points including 2 birdies

·         2^nd  - Kent Gray with 18 points

·         3^rd  - Filip Ranebo (37 gross0 and Charmaine Bruwer (2 birdies and early eclectic leader) made 17 points but no prizes

·         James Yeomans won the gross with a fine 36 (for 16 points)

·         “Nearest to the Pin” Kent Gray (2^nd) and Russell Yeomans (6^th)

·         We welcomed Colin Gow and Karsten Radon to their first Monday event.

NOVEMBER 2014 UPDATE

Monday, 24th November 2014

Eclectic 9 week 2 of 12 – Faldo Back 9 

It was a great night last night and It was a pleasure to have the European PGA Tour Pro Stephen Gallacher with us during the presentation.  After Stephen and his mini entourage were initially asked to be quiet during Simon’s speech, he was good enough to pose for a picture (photo attached).

This week’s winners were (photo attached):-

·         1^st – Joerg Muller with a fantastic score of 20 points

·         2^nd  - Richard Aybar with 19 points

·         3^rd  - Fathi Al Busaidy with 18 points

·         Richard Aybar also won the gross with 37

“Nearest to the Pin” Omar Dodhourny and Simon Earl

Monday, 17th November 2014 

1^st Week of the Eclectic 9!

After the Lord Mayor’s show – lowest average score of 12 points as the Faldo front 9 took it’s toll on the field.

This week’s winners were (Photo attached):-

·         1^st – Charmaine Bruwer beating the boys with a winning  score of 16 points

·         2^nd  - Russell Yeomans with 14 points

·         2^nd =-  James Yeomans with 14 points

·         2^nd =-  Eric Koeman with 14 points

·         2^nd =-  Kristie Sealey with 14 points

·         James Yeomans won the gross with 39

·         “Nearest to the Pin” Charmaine Bruwer and Chris Coupland (new member winning on first appearance)

·    We welcomed Chris Coupland who joined us as a guest and we very much look forward to Chris returning to the UAE to be a part of our society and Michael Lennon to their first Monday event.

The Sport2Business team played the Gulf Teachers International (GTI) last weekend at Sharjah in the 2^nd round of the Conares Society League – James and Russell Yeomans charged to a 4 and 3 victory while Andrew Smolak and Filip Ranebo despite a very credible better ball score of 1 under par were defeated 3 and 1. After 2 fixtures we are 1 victory off the top of the league but we need 2 victories in our next fixture in January to ensure we make the quarter finals and remain positioned to defend the trophy.

    Monday, 10^th November 2014 -  FINAL ECLECTIC 8 RESULTS!

     Best turnout to date with 33 golfers – 21 keen enough for 18 holes! A Pedro hole in 1 on 17th, a Filip Ranebo 59 on the eclectic and a subpar 35 gross from James Yeomans for starters!. What a shot from Pedro – his first hole in 1 – on 17^th, a 180 yard 6 iron that pitched 1 foot in front of the hole and then disappeared!

This week’s winners were :- ·         1^st - Pedro Kafie with a fantastic score of 22, (no surprise there – he was 2 under par after 8 holes!!
·         2^nd  - Kristi Sealey back in the money with an impressive score of 19 points
·         2^nd  - Kent Gray with 19 -  Apologies Kent that you only acknowledged you after prompting!!
·         James Yeomans with 18 points and a gross 35 – good luck to him on 17^th – 21^st  December at Els in the Dubai Asian Open!
·          “Nearest to the Pin” Andrew Smolak and Kent Gray
·         We welcomed Omar Dodhourny, Grant Rayner, Maneesh Dungerwal and Jon Gunning to their first Monday event
  

The Ecelectic 8 winners: ·         1st Filip Ranebo – Net 61.6 – gross 59 – truly outstanding
·         2nd Richard Aybar – 62.3 - gross – 64
·         3rd Andrew Smolak – 63.50 – gross 62

Monday, 3^rd November 2014 

WOW – What a turn out….. 28 of you turned up to play! Luckily, Pedro Kafie, JC Hut and Umer Safda who started playing at 8.15pm managed to finish before the bar had closed – indeed they kept the bar open until midnight…..and beyond!

This week’s winners were:-

·         1^st - Donal O'Donoghue with a fantastic score of 19, his usual bi-monthly victory

·         2^nd  - Catherine Hut with an impressive score of 18 (Caroline’s personal best)

·         2^nd =-  Daniel Waterhouse with 18 points (3rd week in a row!)

·         Filip Ranebo best gross of 36, Russell Yeomans and Matthew Charnelet shot 38

·         “Nearest to the Pin” Filip Ranebo and Daniel Waterhouse

·         We welcomed Joerg Muller and Gary Munro to their first Monday event

This coming week is the last week of the Eclectic 8! Filip Ranebo leads Andrew Smolak by 0.6 with Simon Earl and the Sealey’s still in contention. 

Good Luck to you all. We have 12 times for 18 holes -  First come, first served!

OCTOBER 2014 UPDATE

Monday October 27^th 2014

·         Welcome back Dave Tobias – returns with a joint winning 18 points plus a nearest the pin! A clear case of absence makes the heart grow fonder – how often is that the truth in golf!

·         Daniel Waterhouse sporting a new racy haircut shaved shots off his game with 18 points as joint leader on the night

·         Andrew Smolak started birdie EAGLE holing his 2^nd on the tough 11^th. This serious eclectic move has put him less than a shot behind Filip Ranebo in eclectic 8 – he also won the gross with a 37 AND he has achieved an EGF handicap of +.4 – an outstanding achievement.

·         Filip Ranebo shaved a further shot to take the new eclectic record down to 60 – 2 weeks left to make the unbelievable 59!

·         RICHARD AYBAR beat OB Sealey and collected the winning trophy (see attached photo) – great trophy Stephen Rutter!!!!

·         Peter Scherer also made a positive comeback with 17 points alongside Pedro Kafie

·         Kent Gray got nearest the pin on the 12^th hole

There is as always an exciting finale set up for Eclectic 8 – Filip ahead by a fraction over Andrew Smolak with Simon, Kristi, OB and Richard Aybar all within reach of the magnificent trophy!!

Monday October 20^th Front 9 results

Great turnout again this week – the front 9 always provides a sterner test – highlights as follows:

·         Simon Earl commanded the evening shooting 36 gross for 20 points and making a strong eclectic move – great golf Mr Earl!

·         Richard Aybar raced to a 3 up lead in the matchplay final over OB Sealey winning the first 3 holes with some astounding recovery play! OB held him for the rest of the 6 holes so needs to make his move next week – he has 2 shots so it is FAR from over!

·         Matthieu Charnelet shot a 37 gross to win the gross prize (Simon won the stableford with Jonathan Coates 2^nd with 18 points and 39 gross)

·         Derek Daly and newcomer Bertrand Bougeon won the NTP’s on 2^nd and 5^th holes.

·         Filip and Simon now dominating the Eclectic with only 3 weeks remaining.

Monday October 6^th – Eclectic 8 round 7

There were some major movers in the eclectic this week, particularly OB Sealey who took advantage of the 18 holes and indeed he was 1 under gross after 11 holes.

On the front nine the victors were as follows:

·         Faizal Alsayegh won the evening on his first outing with 18 points on the tough front 9 of the Faldo.

·         Good to see Samantha Allen back amongst the winners with 17 points followed by Hayley Nolan on 16 points.

·         NTP’s were Hayley and Obe with Filip again winning the gross on 38 gross

·         OB Sealey beat Eric K in the matchplay to complete the semi final line up – RICHARD AYBAR  v  CHARMAINE BRUWER, and DEREK DALY v OB SEALEY (to be played October 13^thideally.

·         Thanks to Eric for putting an entertaining quiz night on the rules of golf -

AUGUST 2014 UPDATE

THIS WEEKS RESULTS Monday August 11^th (BACK 9) Eclectic 8 week 1

Winner this week was Simon Earl with 20 points.

Second Filip Ranebo and Donal O’Donoghue 17 points each

NTP 12 Randall Mohammed

NTP 17 James Owen

Earliest ever eagle (yellow) in the new eclectic, Nick Chittenden on the 10^th  hole

Matchplay

Nick Chittenden WON against Pedro Kafe

Nicola Milton WON against Pedro Kafe

Monday August 4th  Faldo front 9 Results

The last week of the eclectic saw a good turnout (17 players) with some competitive scores. 

The winner on the night Richard Aybar had 18 points, with Donal O’Donoghue and myself on 17 points for second.

Special prize winners were:

NTP 2^nd  Dave Minchin

NTP 8^th Chris Darnley

ECLECTIC (7) FINAL RESULTS

The 4 leading contenders to take Russell’s number one position played 18 holes in the same group to give them the best chance of birdies to close the gap on Russell, or improve their scores. 

Unfortunately even the most seasoned campaigners let the pressure get to them, with no a single birdie between the group to improve any of their standings!

So Final results saw;

1: Russell Yeomans - with a win on a very impressive 61.6 net, (61 gross) which included 9 birdies and a hole in one!

2: Dave Minchin – missing out on first by 0.4

3: Derek Daly

TOP 10 below, and all the final results in the excel spreadsheet attached if you want to see where you finished.

Player	Total Gross	Total Nett
Russell Yeomans	61	61.6
Dave Minchin	63	62.0
Derek Daly	65	63.9
Simon Earl	69	64.6
Fathi Busaidy	73	65.5
Dave Tobias	76	66.4
Roger Lee	83	66.8
Charmaine Bruwer	68	66.8
Eric Koeman	68	67.6
Chris Darnley	75	68.6