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.

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.

Annual Tournament - Match 3 - Maejo October 30, 2012:

Today we had (39) members and (3) guests teeing off at Maejo for round (3) of the 2012 Annual tournament. Again, everyone showed up on time so we teed-off on schedule at 8:30 AM on Tee Boxes 1 and 10. The weather was on the hot side with slight breezes occasionally so that it was not unbearable. Also, the starters at Maejo did a good job and most of all our groups completed there respective round in approximately (4) hours.

Concerning the golf scores again the "System 36" for some unknown reason produced numerous ties in both the Net and Stableford categories. Only the 1st place for the low Net score did not produce a tie and as noted in the following table the winner was Natthawaree Sriwanlord.

The following table lists the results:
 

Net Winners			Score		Stableford Winners			Score
1st Place			Net		5-way Tie for 1st Place place			STB
Natthawaree Sriwanlord			71		Chawinee Ongsakul			35
					Dao Beece			35
					Frank Schwarz			35
					Kieran Savage			35
					Pranee A. Buckley			35
5-way Tie for 2nd place					5-way Tie for 2nd place
Jack Cooper			72		Gerry Brimacombe			34
Ken Nalder			72		Jerry Buckley			34
Ram Taylor			72		Mr.B Lucassen			34
Robert Plotnikoff			72		Ron Hill			34
Yung Beece			72		Scott Paakkonen			34

Congratulations goes out to today's winners.

Thanks goes out to all the members for making this another successful day and we all look forward to playing at Gold Canyon this Thursday!

Note: No winners photo today due to all the ties coupled with Kun Natt leaving early

Doi Inthanon - 25 October 2012

Another great turn-out at as we had (46) members and (3) social guests teeing off for round "2" of our 2012 Annual tournament. All the members showed up on-time so we had a orderly and on schedule tee-off at 8:30 am. The weather today was great for golf as the morning fog burned off and we had sunny skies though-out our round. We basically had to course to ourselves and  no reported delays occurred. We also would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff for the excellent service that was provided during our post match lunch.

Concerning the results we had numerous ties today which the following table confirms:

	Net Score		Score		Stableford	Score
1st Place	Scott Paakkonen		71		Mr.B Lucassen	37
2nd Place	Chawinee Ongsakul		72		Jerry Buckley	36
3rd Place	Robert Plotnikoff		73		Jimmy Catterson	35
	Frank Schwarz		73		Guy Merrett	35
	Reiko Kamishina		73
	Ken Nalder		73
	Lesley Mullon		73

Similar to our results at Lanna "System 36" appears to be resulting in numerous ties!
Congratulations goes out to today winners and we look forward to see everyone nextTuesday at Maejo for Match 3!
In closing,thanks to all the members for making this tournament the success it is!

Lanna Mon 22 Oct 2012

On a beautiful Autumn Day (50) Chiang Mai golfers turned out for the first round of the Annual Tournament. The Lanna Course true to their promise gave us a nice discount charging only 500 baht for green fee and caddy fee. The course itself was well prepared and we had it all to ourselves. Thirteen groups teed off and there was aprox. 90 minutes between the first and the last group on the tee. There were some delays at the par three tees but no more than normal and generally all groups flowed through the course well.

All golfers were scored under the 36 handicap system and the winning results are as follows. Ken Nalder scored an impressive low gross of 87 to take the first prize of 1500 baht and also recorded the best Stableford score of 38 points. CMSG has a policy of only awarding one winning prize per person so the Stableford prize went to the second place five way tie at 36 points between Gerry Brimacombe, Jack Cooper, Frank Schwarz, Jerry Buckley and Udom Surin.

Congratulations to all and the next round is Thursday Oct 25 at Doi Inthanon, see you there!

NOTE: For all results click on "Handicaps & Results Page" in the Navigation Site.

This years Annual Tournament is open to all financial members of the Chiang Mai Social Golfers Club. It will, as usual, consist of four rounds of golf held over two weeks at four different venues.  All four rounds will utilize the 36 system of Handicapping. The best three scores of the four rounds will determine the winners/runners-up of the various categories (low Gross, best Stableford Mens & womens). There will be Two nearest the pin prizes on each course to be presented at the Function at Gymkhana. The usual stableford 100baht competition at each venue for those who wish to enter. Those not in the tournament but wishing to play at the different venues are welcome to join in at the back of the field but please advise the committee for booking/tee-times.

Monday 22nd October, 2012  -  Lanna Golf Course (500baht) - Tee-off 8:30am
Thursday 25th October, 2012  -  Inthanon Golf Course (1050baht) - Tee-off 8:30am
Tuesday 30th October, 2012 -    Maejo Golf Course (1250baht) - Tee-off 8:30am
Thursday 1st November, 2012 - Gold Canyon Golf Course (600baht) - Tee-off 8:30am
(All competitors are to be at the relevant venues paid up and registered by 8am) 

Prize Giving and End of Year Function will be held at Gymkhana Golf Club on the 3rd November beginning at 7pm. A buffet meal will be provided along with a 30 ltr keg of Leo and 10 ltrs of wine.
Cost: Members/Partners - 100baht per person (children under 12 free).
Non-Members - 450baht.