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 -