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CITCO report round 5 – 20 June 2018 – Kikuoka
Tree golf by Rupert Birch
Bonjour mes copains!
Yesterday evening +/- 30 FROGS gathered at Kikuoka CC to demonstrate their golfing skills in round 5 of the CITCO Grand Prix. With the mercury heading towards 29C our starter’s cool box full of chilled beer was greatly appreciated – thank’s Martin!
What did we learn?
1) It’s not how you start it’s how you finish!
2) Luminous green FROGS shirts are not recommended attire when there’s a plague of flies of biblical proportions on the course – ask Roby!
3) 6 points is more than enough to progress from the group stage of the World Cup but sadly not sufficient to avoid the ‘pink ball’!
So to the golf…
As usual there was a mixture of the good,the bad and the ugly! As for the golf shots played these followed along the same lines. A topped,low and left tee shot on the 1st tee from yours truly found the the first bunker. 5 hacks and a couple of club slamming tantrums later and a scratch was safely in the bag! Meanwhile my 2 playing partners (Stevie B & Steph) placed 2 great drives straight down the middle.
From there on in things improved or deteriorated depending on your perspective.
Hole 6 – longest drive…Myself and Stevie B decided to lay up short of Jessica’s LD marker in order to leave our favourite approach distance to the pin – 225 metres! Mr B creaming a 3 wood to within 8M below the pin and myself hitting an even more impressive 5 wood pin high. Unfortunately Steve walked off with a par 🙁 but fortunately for me I sank my put for an eagle!
The half-way house was a welcome sight after 9 holes in the sweltering heat and the vending machine rapidly sold out of ice-cold beers so after sharing each others stories of missed putts, swarming flies,eagle putts, scoring 21pts the previous day, we adjourned proceedings to the terrace for food and drinks.
The aftermath
The atmosphere on the terrace was great with the beer & wine flowing but the usual chaos with ordering continued however everyone eventually getting what they ordered….. I think?!!
A gusto rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’ was belted out for Denis’s birthday and his generous offering of Rose wine for everyone was much appreciated – Cheers Dennis!
So to the important stuff (for some of us anyway!)
First of all a big thank you again to our starter Martin!
Standard Scratch on the day was 15.
1. Nick 18
2. Chris McKenzie 17
3. Franco 17
4. Dennis 16
Longest Jessica
Nearest: Nick – prize went to 5th place (Chris Juste) under the ‘1 prize/person’ rule
Bijnens Leary: Dave Winters
Pink Ball: Colin Cameron 6
Other results:
Ronaldo beat Morocco 1-0
Scotland 161/3 – Netherlands 160/6
England 481/6 – Australia 239 all out!
Matchplays:
Paul won against Botty
Craig won against Delboy
Gregor won against Colin
Dennis to play Gregor winner to play Paul in the semis!
Joost or Arnaud to play against Jess with the winner to play Craig in the semis!
Matchplay – message from committee:
Players are responsible to play their match before the deadline. If you cannot play your match by the deadline, you must give your opponent a bye.
Round 6 takes place on 4th July @ Junglinster. Your starter Marco will no doubt be in touch nearer the date.
Cheers!
Nick
MixVOip pairs – 13 June – Junglinster – in memory of two great frogs David Moody and Don McGregor
MixVOip Pairs Champions
Well guys, here you go, not easy to summarise what was a remarkable evening from many accounts. Don and Dave would have been proud of us!!
Several questions lay unanswered as the crowds gathered on the first tee supping gently the grateful beer supplied by our event Sponsor Frank Maitry and MIXvoip,
1)Where did all these folks come from-some 40 frogs itching to show their skills in a tantalising competition format? Who dares suggests the Frogs’ spirit is dying?.
2) Could the Scoring Committee, given the absence of the IT maestro Jess, sadly due to illness, cope with the challenges of the handicapping proposals and competition format?
3)Would the Club’s new bar and catering staff cope with the demands of our vibrant group?
4)Would the Menace be able to retain the trophy with a different partner (Maarten not being available) with the top frog in form, the suave mr King?;
Daggers drawn, saw the groups tee off, not always with the customary etiquette being shown by the amassed crowds; maybe that’s why we saw so many poor opening tee shots; Had there been a novelty prize for most entertainment on the first tee—it surely would have been won by Mr PG, although Johnnie, Bruce and Fred were not far behind.
Each of the novelty prizes had their own little twists and one had to pay attention on the first tee to fully appreciate what they were. Here we go, in order of brilliance;
11th -nearest the pin—Arnaud—to get that close to the pin, which was so far forward must have been a wonderful shot.
1st -longest drive on the fairway- Nathan,
3rd -Nearest the pin in one shot- Big Dave,
With the novelty prizes awarded with little or no fuss, little did we know what was in store for us;
The best score in the club house with four groups to come in was a 3 under gross from Catweazle and Stef and with their handicap adjustment of 2.03, they were sitting pretty at 43.97 net. Just one stroke behind them was Mark and Chris at 1 over gross, 45.0 net – all getting tucked into their grub and red wine and with light failing badly , with it now being 9.45pm,were surely going to be well in the frame.
Still out on the course were the King/Menace and De Vet/Cameron pairings, the latter being the complete outsiders—could either provide a surprise and whip the trophy from under the cheezy grins of the Cat and Stef?
Well, with a tap in birdie at the 9th, followed by a birdie on 10, the Menace and King were making a late charge at 3 under gross. After par on 11, they were standing on 12 wondering where the fairway was, trying to remember what score won last year; we concluded we needed a birdie minimum to finish and lets see!! Menace went first, found the fairway ok but not a massive drive(whats new)- James then hit his usual stonker but awfully close to that bloody tree but somehow it flew through the branches and landed up past the bunker on the right. The Menace then hit a lovely hybrid just short of the green or should I say just short of someone in an orange shirt, leaving the opportunity open to show us why Mr King is Top Frog in the current rankings. With nothing to lose, he hit the most wonderful 5 wood, we thought onto somewhere near the green—little did we know it was to land up 15 feet from the pin. Undaunted by the grimaces coming from the group behind including Bill, Joost and Christian who were desperately waiting to play their shots in the last sparks of daylight, yours truly sank the putt for a memorable eagle- maybe I should putt more often in the dark with my glasses off! That gave us a score of 5 under gross and with a handicap adjustment of 0.93, gave us the leadership position in the clubhouse at 43.07.
Given the noise and banter in the clubhouse when we finally got in, clearly much beer and wine had been drunk and an excellent atmosphere prevailed; despite highly commendable efforts from Colin and Luc literally playing the last two holes in the dark, recording a net score of 45.2, a whisker behind Mark and Chris, they were not to take the glory away from us.
There was one final twist to the tail, when Catweazle and Stef were initially excluded from the prizewinners, I thought because they were both badly in need of haircuts, but upon appeal, their score of 43.97 was duly noted and they were awarded second place—worthy runners up I may add!
As to the initial questions they were duly answered,
1) The frogs spirit is flying high,
2) We cannot do without Jess when it comes to checking score cards,
3) The club’s staff were fantastic, although I understand bar service could have been more efficient early on- james and I left at 12.30am leaving two Aussies, a Frenchman and an Englishman still going strong in the bar—guess who?
4) The Menace was able to retain the trophy with his new partner, James—was there ever any doubt!!
Finally a big than you to Frank and MIXvoip for his superb sponsorship and to Dave and Botty assuming the card checking role which to be fair, notwithstanding the little glitch, was extremely difficult given the competition was over 12 holes with the inherent handicapping challenges which it brought.
Thanks to our playing partners, Martin and Hersh for keeping up the friendly banter throughout.
And finally a big thank you to all of who were able to participate in making this a wonderful event. Maybe one point for improvement for next year, lets start 30 minutes earlier, if we can.
Report – CITCO Round 9 – 27 July 2016 – Kikuoka
Dear Golfers,
Thank you to Mark Houston for being our starter yesterday evening. He welcomed us on the first tee with beers and crisps. Mark has also raised the bar on starter duties by including on the starter spreadsheet each player’s handicap and whether or not they are members.
The course and the weather were both perfect for 9 holes of golf and the quality of play reflected this. The standard scratch score was 15, to be confirmed as there was a computer issue last night. At least this time we had the computer, which is a step in the right direction.
As concerns the results: Arnaud hit a laser like 5 iron on the 7th for Nearest the Pin. Gregor got all of it on the 2nd to win the Longest Drive. Will Heath got it done to take the Leary.
We were honoured to be joined by two guests, Stuart Hamilton scored 12 points, but was beaten by a point by Stéphane (Arnaud’s father).
I was fortunate to take first prize this time with 17 points. Alan was second on 16, narrowly beating Arnaud into third on count back. On the same total of 16 points was Johan who came fourth on count back. In fifth place was Delboy on 15 points.
In case we needed proof of how fickle golf can be: Peter, the winner of round 8, walked away with the Pink Ball.
As concerns the Stibbe matchplay: Arnaud beat Stephane Ayache, 3 and 2. Mark Houston beat Paul Goes, 1 up.
I failed to make a note of the updated standings in the CITCO Overall; but you will find them on the website soon. Sorry.
The next event is the MIXvoip Pairs at Junglinster on 3 August. Paul is your starter.
Please Note: The computer issues that we have suffered the last couple of weeks are being addressed. Ernest has offered training, which should help. Thank you for your patience.
Further: by some miracle there were no issues last night with unpaid food or drinks.
Thank you.
James
Match Report – Rest of World v Great Britain & Ireland – Kikuoka – 23 July 2016
All 32 participants woke up to a gloomy sky and poor weather forecast projected heavy rain for midday. Despite some torrential overnight rain Kikiouka was is remarkable good shape with only the bunkers showing some erosion damage. An encouraging feature of the day is that all 32 players turned up on time.
The average handicap of the ROW team was 12.1 against 9.9 for the GB+I team. The home advantage of the ROW team seamed to be cancelled by the slightly more skilled GB+I team. The two captains exchanged some pleasantries on the range and after a focused handshake, the first four players headed to the first tee.
GAME 1 – De Vet & Goes (ROW) v Dalrymple & Warde (GB+I)
De Vet had the privilege to hit the first shot of the competition. Oh dear! Goes was under pressure to hit the 1st fairway. A par and win on the 1st by Warde saw the initiative going to GB+I. The match was back to all square on 5th but solid golf by GB+I provided a 2 hole advantage by the 7th. Step up Goes and De Vet, with Goes net birdie on the 8th followed by a holed putt on hole 9 by De Vet from off the green, after Ward had done the same moments earlier. Match all square and first points on the board for ROW and GB+I teams.
The golf got better on the 2nd nine. Dalrymple birdied the difficult 11th to nudge ahead but ROW levelled the match on the 15th after superb play by De Vet. The 16th was halved after an excellent up and down by Goes. The 17th hole was pivotal. Goes, Dalrymple and Warde were all on the green in regulation, with De Vet out of it. Goes has a shot on stoke index 2. Goes aggressive effort at a net eagle slips by a good 3 meters. Deadly Warde’s putt secured the par but Dalrymple holes his putt for a birdie. Goes fails in his 3 metre return putt and the GB+ I team goes down the last 1 up and 1 to play. Goes and De Vet fight on with some excellent positional play down the last. However, pressure was intensified as Dalrymple hits the par 5 with his second. Goes shoots a great 3rd shot but roles off the green, but not far from the pin. Role up De Vet and he hits his shot of the round to within 2 metres. Dalrymple lags his putt one meter from the hole. Not given!!. De Vet strokes it in for birdie, but Dalrymple plays a Captain role by securing the half, also with a birdie and wins the match for GB+I, 1 up.
MATCH RESULT:- ROW = ½ – GB+I = 2 ½.
GAME 2 – Gilles & Eysinga (ROW) v Robertson & Graham (GB+I)
The charismatic and big hitting (but not always straight) pairing of Gilles and Van Eysinga was paired against the equalling charismatic and short hitting (but straight) pairing of Robertson and Goes. Graham has the claim to fame status of having recorded the first hole-in-one in a FROGS event earlier this year. (Graham is an honourably FROG by buying a round of drinks for all other FROGS present that historic evening in Kikuoka). The match was close in the front nine and all square on the 8th. GB+I holed a long one on the 9th to end the front nine 1 up.
Strong motivational words by Van Eysinga to Gilles on the 10th tee was expected of this part-time University Lecturer. No doubt he was scrutinising the rules to look for yet another notional deduction to gain an advantage, as all good tax practitioners would do. GB+I were looking good to go 2 up on the 10th with a putt of 4 metres for birdie. ROW somehow scrambled a 3 on this pivotal hole and GB+I missed their birdie opportunity. Match remains 1 up to GB+I. What followed was spectacular 2nd half collapses often seen by the Scottish and English football teams, with ROW winning 3 of the last 8 holes for a comfortable overall win. So confused with the speed of the turn around of fortunes, Robertson was ready to shake hands on the 16th green with the match still live. Graham said of his partner that “there was a short gap of getting warm and getting tired, unfortunately today that gap was not there… Robertson needs substance in the form of a good steak and chips”. A chirpy Van Eysinga stated that “my garden leave from Stibbe was the best preparation I could have had for this match”.
MATCH RESULT:- ROW = 2 – GB+I = 1.
CUMULATIVE RESULT:- ROW = 2½ – GB+I = 3 ½.
GAME 3 – Spadafora & Hartnett (ROW) v Botfield & Nevin (GB+I)
GB+I assembled on of their big gun pairings of Botfield and Nevin to take down the Golfaholic ROW pairing of Spadafora and Hartnett. The astute ROW captaincy of Terblanche made it difficult for GB+I by pairing a high handicap grouping (combined handicap 34) against the GB+I combined handicap of just 5. Nevin had to rely on his RAF prisoned short game while Botfield banked on his self belief and confidence. A sound front nine saw GB+I take a slender 1 hole advantage after nine holes.
Incredibly the match had swung around after the 11th hole where the ROW went 1 up on the match and 2 up on the back nine. When the going get tough the tough get going and GB+I managed to claw back 2 holes to win by the slender margin of 1 hole. Spadafora was the only player in the entire field to receive a shot on the last and the ROW was disappointed not to extract more than the ½ point.
MATCH RESULT:- ROW = ½ – GB+I = 2 ½.
CUMULATIVE RESULT:- ROW = 3 – GB+I = 6.
GAME 4 – Reidy & Johnston (ROW) v Birch & Sinclair (GB+I)
Game No 4 had a real Delphi feel about it. At 8.28 on Saturday morning a big black limousine manages to squeeze into a rather generous parking slot and then appear Johnston and Sinclair. What was Sinclair doing fraternising with the opposition, was the pre-match discussion. The other pre-match discussion was Terblanche’s decision to pair two Americans together. Did Terblanche forget that the US has not won any match play events in Europe for many years.
Early in the match it became apparent that GB+I had their work cut out to get anything from this game. The power US Delphi pairing won the first nine and offered no concessions heading in to the back nine and closed out the game with a 4&2 win and in doing so took all three points wiping out all of GB+I earlier gains.
MATCH RESULT:- ROW = 3 – GB+I = 0.
CUMULATIVE RESULT:- ROW = 6 – GB+I = 6.
GAME 5 – Chan & Ferreira (ROW) v Hill & Edwards (GB+I)
This was a much-anticipated match with 4 serious golfers equipped with a power game. Ferreira gained the initiative by winning the best-dressed golfer award, with a predictable loud blue number, which seemed to distract Hill more that Edwards. There was also mutterings in the clubhouse on Dalrymple’s decision to allow Hill and Edwards to play a FROGS 9 hole match play tie. These mutterings proved unjustified and the GB+I team secured a slender 1 hole advantage going into the back nine.
No shots were given in the second nine and the match finished on the 17th with ROW recoding a 2&1 victory in the overall game. This was a great back nine performance by Chan and Ferreira. On the FROGS match pay event Edwards beat Hill by 3&2 over the front nine, which capped a miserable day at the office for Hill.
MATCH RESULT:- ROW = 2 – GB+I = 1.
CUMULATIVE RESULT:- ROW = 8 – GB+I = 7.
GAME 6 – Have & Janssen (ROW) v McCorduck & Baxter (GB+I)
Ireland untied with the pairing of McCorduck and Ulsterman, Baxter, stormed off to a significant lead and won the front nine 5 up!!, with McCorduck holing everything in sight.
However, the dandy Danes mounted a significant fightback in the back nine to level the match by 17th, with Have recording three 3s on the bounce. Some noteworthy golf on the 11 with Have manufacturing a career defining iron [4 iron, red.] out of the rough from 180m to 6ft on the 11th. Baxter responded with a career defining rescue club from 180m to 10 feet from the fairway! A GB+I win on the last hole was probably the big story of this remarkable match. Indeed, Have looked distressed and battle weary coming off the 18th green, heading towards the clubhouse terrace where both ROW and GB+I teams were assembling to cheer in the remaining matches.
MATCH RESULT:- ROW = 1 – GB+I = 2.
CUMULATIVE RESULT:- ROW = 9 – GB+I = 9.
GAME 7 – Maitry & Bus (ROW) v Alford & Hutchines (GB+I)
Dalrymple paired Golfaholics Hutchines and Alford together to take on Maitry and Bus. Maitry had the distinction of being the only true Luxembourger in the 32 man field. Maitry played some of his best FROGS golf all season and recorded a good number of pars in the front nine, but this effort was only good enough to secure a half point for the front nine, with Alford playing steady golf for GB+I.
The second nine saw Maitry distracted by the constant calls from his phone. But it is believed that he was sorting out the prizes for the Mix Voip FROGS PAIRS (Maitry is the sponsor) to be held on Wednesday 3rd August at Junglinster. If you have not signed up for this event you should do so as you will be playing for the Don MacGregor – Dave Moody Trophy.
Back to the match… The pivotal hole was again the 17th. Maitry hit a good drive and placed a nine iron on the green. His first put was under a meter away. Not given by Hutchines and Alford! Maitry was distracted in his line of sight and missed the putt. The match ended 1 up to the credit of GB+I. Now GB+I are just one point away from winning the competition.
MATCH RESULT:- ROW = 1/2 – GB+I = 2 1/2.
CUMULATIVE RESULT:- ROW = 9 1/2 – GB+I = 11 1/2.
GAME 8 – Boutellier & Terblanche (ROW) v Winters Felfoldi (GB+I)
It all came down to the final match. ROW captain Terblanche was playing with the inform Boutellier. Reports were coming in that Boutellier was burning up the course and that ROW had already secured the front nine. GB+I just needed 1 point for outright victory. Dalrymple had placed faith with Winters as the anchor man with the big hitting Felfoldi as security.
The packed terrace went silent is disbelief as the fourball was searching in desperation for a ball beside the burn on the right side of the green. Was this another cock-up on the 18th by a Frenchman in a major event. However Boutellier’s socks remained on and deep concern was written on the GB+I faces watching on. It seemed that all was still to play for as putts were studied and restudied. And then a roar from the 18th green as ROW sunk a decent length putt. High fives from Terblanche and Boutellier send despair through the GB+I camp. It was official ROW won all three 3 points with a 4&3 win and with it came Game Set and Match for ROW.
MATCH RESULT:- ROW = 3 – GB+I = 0.
FINAL RESULT:- ROW = 12 1/2 – GB+I = 11 1/2.
Congratulations to the following for special prizes:-
• Longest Drive (hole No 6) – Nick Felfoldi
• Nearest to Pin (hole No 12) – Alan Botfield
• Leary (hole No 18) – Mark Gilles
Commiseration to David Winters and Nick Felfoldi who suffered a 4&3 defeat, the worse result of the day, but they were unfortunate to come up against Arnaud Boutellier who was under par for his round. The pink ball(s) had to be won by someone. Well done ROW team.
FINAL THOUGHTS
• If we followed the traditional scoring method the competition would have been a tie at 4 matches a piece. However the ROW won their matches more convincingly, but they also had higher average handicaps.
• Dennis was not able to reconcile the Scottish and French methods to cook a good steak. The clubhouse entertainment was excellent but Dennis should perhaps next time order the fish option, to help reduce his stress levels.
• The Delphi yanks were a good fun to have and recorded the second best win for the ROW team. Belief in American match play capabilities are somewhat restored in European circles.
• The GB+I team need to source some Welsh participants. Irish were the star performers with all participants winning their respective matches.
• Request of a repeat event next year were voiced. The chanced received a significant boost with a possible sponsor expressing an interest.
• Lastly, apologies to the Golfaholics participants, FROGS application forms should available on the day. These will be posted to you shortly !
Match report by GB&I Captain Gregor Dalrymple
Report – CITCO round 8 – 7 July 2016 – Junglinster
Gentlemen,
Just over 20 of us got together on Wednesday, the weather was perfect and the course was in great condition.
The bad news was that I had forgotten the Frogs computer. However, the good news was that I had brought the prizes bag.
The golf was of a high quality with Peter taking first place with 19 points, in second place was Steve with 17 points, which is well played given his first tee shot. Third was Richard on 16 points. Colin, Jess and Graham all had 14 points.
Our big hitter for the evening was Will Heath.
The most accurate player on the 3rd was Botty, taking the Leary.
Nearest the Pin was our very own Luc, with a laser like pinseeker, which I had the honour to witness.
The pink ball was easily won by Mark Lowe. Unfortunately Mark did not stay late enough to collect his prize. The pink ball awaits you on your next showing.
We were not joined by any guests this time.
Unfortunately, due to my incompetence with the Frogs computer, I cannot update you on the updated Citco standings. A plan is in place to sort this out and I will get back to you all soon with the updated standings.
The next event will be the 3 club challenge at Junglinster on the 20 July; we need for someone to volunteer to be our starter.
The 9th Citco Grand Prix event will be at Kikuoka on the 27 July, for which we also still need a starter.
The 10th Citco Grand Prix event will be at Grand Ducal on the 25 August, and Mark Gillies and Gregor will be our starters.
Thank you.
James
Report – CITCO round 7 – 29 June 2016 – Preisch (Luxembourg)
A little bit of sun and the scores improve – well done guys.
20 FROGS and a guest ventured cross border (will we be able to in a couple of years’ time?) to play Luxembourg. The course was in amazingly good condition certainly compared to the last outing.
Thanks to a William and Richard starting combination.
Standard scratch was an unbelievable 14.
NTP went to Merve who reluctantly handed the wine to Jess.
The leary to Neil Underwood (maybe we should all use a driving iron off the tee) shame it was followed by a three put including a second from only four inches
The longest drive to Will I Am who beat Botty by a mile.
The winner with 18 points using his new, well Jonny’s old, ex Leon’s, driver was Merve.
Second on 16 was Botty with Duncan in his penultimate outing beating Jess into 4th place with 15 points on countback.
Richard on 14 made up the role of honour.
Keith Derby won the best/worst guest on around 7 points.
The pink ball could have been very hotly contested with Neil, Steve, Rob, Mark and myself all on 10 points but fortunately Simon came in with 8 to win thus avoiding lots of complicated countback calculations. Thanks Simon.
In the CITCO Overall, Fred still leads on 77 but is being caught by Botty on 72, Paul on 70 and Craig on 66. As said last week Will I Am is catching fast now with 4 events played on 64.
In the Stibbe Matchplay
Paul finally beat Simon 4 and 3 at the umpteenth time of asking.
Jonny played his best golf of the season so far to win his matchplay 3&2. The record doesn’t show who he beat however.
The next FROGS event is round 8 of the CITCO Grand Prix at Junglinster on Wednesday 6th July.
Your starter will be James.
Report – CITCO round 6 – 22 June – Kikuoka
The sun came out for the Grand Duke. Unbelievable but true. A smaller field that usual – can’t believe that fireworks held greater attraction that golf especially as a number who played went off to watch them (or at least drink lots) after their round.
First order of the day was to award Colin his pink ball from round 5 – the pink ball never gets away Colin even if start the next round.
The sun didn’t appear to improve scores very much though, standard scratch was one shot better than the week before at 13.
Nearest the pin went to Paul Goes who was pleased to tell everyone who didn’t ask that he got the birdie.
Longest drive went to Jonny.
The leary – yes there was one on the 9th hole as there is now every outing with FROGS and as notified by Colin in his starter’s email so stop making excuses that you don’t know about it or on which hole its on. ASK THE STARTER, went to Botty.
Minor Committee moan – if you know you will not be at prize giving please don’t put your name on the NTP etc…
Worst (and best) guest went to Michael Lee with 11 points.
First place went William for the second time this year – he seems to be the only one with a realistic chance of catching Fred on the overall.
Second was Paul on 17 with Delboy Who??? in third on 16.
Craig and Stevie B!!! taking the minor placings on 15 and 14 respectively.
The pink ball was not quite as close as before with Frank and Fred (its way past his bedtime) Sudret not winning it on 6 points (even if Fred’s was only after 6 holes). With a remarkable 4 points the Italian stallion Andy P took the honours.
For the CITCO overall Fred still leads (boring) on 77 followed by Paul on 68, Botty on 65 and Craig on 63.
There’s one Stibbe matchplay result to report Mark H beat our starter 1 up.
Second Committee moan – FROGS depends on volunteers to survive so we were pleased to be inundated not with offers to assist at events. Without this we will not continue.
The next event is CITCO round 7 at Preisch on 29 June and will be started by William.
You will also have received an email from Gregor regarding the Ryder Cup. Get your names into him ASAP.
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That’s all folks!
Report – CITCO Round 5 – 15 June – Preisch (France)
Wanted new reporter to cover FROGS events – no experience necessary, doesn’t need to write particularly good English, helpful if a paid-up member of FROGS. Look at the below for the dubious level of writing ability needed.
Wellies should have been the order of the day as we set out onto a very very wet course. Arnaud’s comment “I don’t know where all this water has come from as it wasn’t this wet at the weekend” wasn’t particularly helpful. As at Junglinster in the previous round rule 25 was waived as it affected the whole course. At least following a brief monsoon soaking for the first flight the rain abated and one could almost say it became a perfect evening for golf. Almost being the operative word looking at the scores.
Thanks to Rob for the beers and munchies on the 1st.
Standard scratch (average score plus 2) of 12 for the evening doesn’t bode well for the Ryder Cup however.
The winner was a late entrant for the evening on 15 points – Danny K. Not closely followed by our sponsor on 13 who beat Arnaud and new member Jens Buch into 3rd and 4th place on countback. Paul Goes completed the leaderboard on 12.
Don’t forget results, overall positions and handicaps can be found on www.frogs.lu at the top of the CITCO Leaderboard page. They are normally updated a few days after an event depending on how busy Ernest is – what with a wife, au pair/nanny and two kids to worry about its not surprising he doesn’t have much time for golf with the FROGS now.
That reminds me there is another vacancy.
Wanted one or two people to learn how to use the FROGS laptop for scoring. Again no experience needed although being an ACCESS expert might help sometimes. Full training given – 5 minutes needed.
NTP went to Luc whose prize was gratefully accepted by Jens.
Paul G got the leary although one or two of the later staters didn’t seem to realise there was a leary. Guys this year the leary has replaced the longest drive to give more people a chance to win therefore there will always be a leary normally on a par 4. If you ask the starter nicely he may even tell you on which hole. Otherwise look out for the markers other than at Kikuoka who want to charge us for using them when scorcards will be used.
The longest drive (exceptionally being continued for the moment to clear some stocks of balls) went to Jess (thanks for looking after the website) Have.
As you might expect the pink ball was more closely fought than usual. Mark. Gerry, yours truly all just missing out on 7 and 6. The winner again and a clear contender for the Bernard Biggar award 2016 was Colin on 5. Don’t worry Colin we’re keeping it warm for you.
In the STIBBE Matchplay I think there were two matches played. Gregor beat Mark and Stephane stuffed Botty.
I may have missed some other non FROG night results but please check the latest spreadsheet attached and let me have any updates.
If anyone found any of Mark’s dozen or so (bit like the size of a fisherman’s catch it gets ever bigger) PRO V 1s that he lost during the evening please let him know as he’s missing them lots.
Next event is Round 6 of the CITCO Grand Prix at Kikuoka on 22nd June. Your starter will be the esteemed Colin Cameron.
Please let Gregor know your availability for the Ryder Cup on 23rd July.
Also start thinking about your partner for the MixVoip pairs at Junglinster on 3rd August.
NB the 3 club will not be held on 20 July as Bijnens beer will not be ready.
Please forward any complaints to the captain of the Golfaholics.
PS thanks to the Hotel de la Frontière for their generous restocking of Mark’s ball supply with some logoed Ultra 500 balls which went to all the non prize winners.
Results – CITCO round 9 – Junglinster – 5 August 2015
Round 9 of the CITCO Grand Prix saw 21 FROGS and their two guests start proceedings last night with an air of sophistication, after been hosted by Steve Brown on the 1st. Steve’s blazered wait-staff served G&T’s & canapés to the field before they were sent off down the hill with a doff of Steve’s fluorescent day-glow turquoise baseball cap … OK, well, it was mostly sophisticated until Steve got involved!
Cheers Steve, good effort.
Mark Edmonds picked a bad night to target winning the Best Guest prize. Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, did make a late appearance in the club-house but he was too late to play so there was only one other guest for Mark to beat. Unfortunately for Mark, this was an ex-international golfer. Having previously represented France “many many years ago”, Stephane Bouteiller was always going to be a tough opponent to outplay. Stéphane took the Best Guest honors with some ease. Equally importantly, he also retained the bragging rights chez-Bouteiller. His 15 points was more than the young pup could earn (despite 5 birdies over the 12 holes) so Stéphane went home happy confirmed as top-dog, as well as earning 6 new FROG logo’d balls for his efforts! It seems the secret is to have a conversation with your ball before each shot & come to an amicable agreement with it regarding its trajectory and direction. There are still lessons to learn from Papa, Arnaud Bouteiller!
Mark Gillies proved that his Longest Drive earlier in the season was no fluke, splitting the fairway with the best of all efforts on the 8th. Congrats Mark.
It took until the last flight for one of us to hit the dancefloor on the par 3, 4th hole. Even if a few more of us had managed to get on the short stuff, judging by the fact Danny Kaiser got his birdie I think he might have been closest anyway. Congrats Danny.
Frank Maitry & Steve Kaiser both put their hands up for the Pink Ball award, with 8pts & 7pts respectively but their efforts were only average in comparison to the eventual winner’s 4pts. John Sutherland is the proud owner of a shiny new pink ball after an exceptional round.
Colin Fraser must have passed the Glacis en-route to Junglinster! Inspired by the Schueberfouer, he expertly show-cased his proposal for a new prize category for next year – The Dane Shoot. He carefully set-up his stall, placing his target Dane behind the trees on the left, approaching the 8th green. He patiently stalked his target from back up on the hill, waiting for Jess Have to pop his head out from behind the bush before letting loose & … BULLS-EYE! A superb shot, catching him square on top of the bonce. The new game looks like great fun, Colin. The FROGmittee do fear the US airlines will now include big-Danes on their banned-Trophy list, but even still it might be a regular event next year. Watch this space.
Despite the perfect conditions, Standard Scratch fell to 14 points so there was plenty of room at the top of the leaderboard.
Even still, Peter Baxter’s 16pts was only enough for 5th place.
Ian Doherty & Mark Gillies both managed to score a tidy 17 points, so Mark took the 3rd place on countback & donated his long drive prize to Ian as compensation – what a gent.
Most FROGs hit the driving range before a round to sharpen their aim, but Steve Brown discovered that relaxing on the 1st tee for a few hours & liberal application of Gin to be a more rewarding approach. He hit some wonderful shots on his way to scoring 18 points – hopefully he can remember some of them.
Dave Winters was keen to restore some dignity on the Belenhalf hillside, and he did that in some style scoring 19 points and taking the top spot on the night. Congrats on the win Dave.
Despite the fact the Andrew Paton decided to rest himself (& give the chasing pack a chance) all of last night’s efforts left the overall CITCO Grand Prix leaderboard mostly unchanged.
Dennis Robertson slid down a rung to 4th, on 77 points.
Steve Brown has given himself a chance off glory, joining Arnaud Bouteiller in second place on 81 points.
They will both need to improve their score by at least 5 points to catch Andrew Paton at the top (86 points).
The last round of the CITCO Grand Prix is in Canach on August 19th. All pretenders to the throne need to bring their A-game in order to have a chance. Stuart Rowlands will be in touch to get you down on the timesheet.
Thanks CITCO for their continued support.
KPMG individuals
The KPMG individuals is on Saturday 29th of August. Pencil it into your diaries. Alan Botfield will be in touch to arrange the flights.
SHRM Matchplay
The SHRM Matchplay final is also expected to conclude on Saturday 29th. Jonny Hill and Simon Baker will go mano-a-mano to crown our 2015 champion.