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espite the rising temperatures here in Dubai, we haven’t seen any slowing down with our Tournaments at Jumeirah Golf Estates. Both March and April have been an incredibly busy with varying Tournaments for all our members to enjoy. The support for the tournaments has been overwhelming with several the events having a long waitlist of golfers, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all. Before running through the results for all events taking place in March and April, I am delighted to share with you the summer calendar which’ll run from May – September. We hope to see as many members playing in these events despite the rising temperatures.
MEMBER EVENT FEEDBACK The tournament committee are always open to ideas from members on how we can improve the overall experience in in our club tournaments. All member tournaments at JGE must run in accordance with the R&A, USGA and WHS guidelines. However, if you have any suggestions or feedback do reach out to Steff, sjones@dubaigolf.com.
TEAM GOLF UPDATE SCRATCH LEAGUE TEAM
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Our Scratch League Team have had another successful season, after being drawn in a difficult group with Trump International Dubai, Sharjah Golf & Shooting Club and Saadiyat Beach Golf Club, the team did a fine job by qualifying as the league’s runners-up.
Our JGE Ladies once again had an extremely successful year within the Ladies Inter Club Challenge (ICC). In the group stages, JGE were drawn with Saadiyat Beach Golf Club and The Emirates Golf Federation (EGF).
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ls Club Dubai were the Semi-Final opponents, the home leg was played on Saturday 23rd April over the beautiful Earth Course, where two very strong teams came head-to-head. Representing JGE were, Chris Wilmot, Ben Wills, Drew Foxcroft (Captain), David Bainbridge, Simon Howells, Bilbo Perot, Yash Majmudar, Carl Downham and March Schoombie. In an extremely tight contest, the home leg finished in a tie of 2 each. The second leg was played over the Els Club Dubai, where Mark Schoombie replaced Bilbo Perrot, again the tight contest saw both sides drawing 2 – 2, resulting in an overall result of 4 – 4. Simon Howells and Yash Majmudar were the two called upon to represent JGE in the Playoff, their opponents were Mike Mezei and Andrew Burmester. Unfortunately, Mike Mezei and Andrew Burmester played the first hole beautifully to clinch the win. Despite the loss the team have had an exceptional season and should be very proud of their performance this season. Many thanks to Drew Foxcroft for captaining the team and organizing everything for this year’s campaign.
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GE kicked off their season with a win at home after hosting the first round over the Earth Course, followed up with a second-place finish as Saadiyat Beach Golf Club. In a close league JGE, upped their level to secure a place in the final with a landslide victory at the final league match, which was played over the Faldo Course at Emirates Golf Club who hosted the EGF ‘home’ fixture. The Final was held at Abu Dhabi Golf Club, on Wednesday 23rd March, representing JGE were, Sheila McIlroy, Evelyn Downham, Rosine Natali, Lisa Lynch, Anna Abbott, Bettina Schrockenfuchs, Willemijn Huizer, Moira Hackett, Tanya Harrison, and Sara Chadwick. The result saw JGE finish second, 12 points behind winners Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club, and two points ahead of Emirates Golf Club, great to see a Top 3 of Dubai Golf! The team have done exceptionally well and the whole club are very proud of your achievements this year.
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