Club Life October 2012

Editor: Jacqui Barry egc@dubaigolf.com

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CAPTAINS Moshe Kohli & Glynis Hendry

VICE CAPTAINS Dick Purchase & Barbara Head

Editorial

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Emirates Golf Club Senior Management

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elcome back to Dubai, if you have been away for the summer as I have.

We spent fourteen weeks in Portugal and it seemed to go by at lightening speed. We played many different courses in gorgeous weather and we were sorry to leave all that behind. However, we are back in Dubai for a new season, new Captains, and, having just played the Mixed Season Opener, we are excited about the months ahead and glad to have been part of the official start to the season.

Congratulations to Club Captain, Moshe Kohli and to Lady Captain, Glynis Hendry also to incoming Vice Captains, Dick Purchase and Barbara Head. I think the season ahead is going to be full of fun and there may be a few late nights involved, judging from today’s Season Opener! A lot of effort goes into organising these tournaments so please support the Club events and do try to stay for the presentations as this really makes a difference.

March 2013 is the 25th Anniversary of the existence of Emirates Golf Club and Moshe has already coined an expression which you will hear very often this season, ‘The Year of Celebration’ and it will be too. Some of us have been members for all 25 years and have supported the Club’s many competitions and social events during that time. Someone made a remark to me the other day that she was getting bored with the competitions etc after ten years. My answer…” try doing it for 25 years”. Having said that I have enjoyed every moment at the Club. This is where we have all made solid friendships, played our best (and our worst) golf, and enjoyed many social occasions. Tom and I even had our wedding reception here at the Club 22 years ago and what an absolutely fantastic day and evening that was. Exactly one year earlier, Past Captain Paul Thornberry and Bernadette had their actual wedding service at the Club… another major!! There is so much history associated with EGC after 25 years and we all have great stories and photos. Please feel free to email me on barrydxb@eim.ae with any memorable moments/occasions you have experienced over the years as well as any photos so I can feature these in Club Life in the run up to the 25 anniversary.

Christopher May

General Manager cmay@dubaigolf.com

Barney Coleman

Andrew Whitelaw

Club Manager awhitelaw@dubaigolf.com

Andy Meech

Golf Services Manager bcoleman@dubaigolf.com

Head of Sport and Leisure ameech@dubaigolf.com

Julian Danby

Adele Cowgill

Senior Manager - Commercial Marketing & Communications & Business Development Manager jdanby@dubaigolf.com acowgill@dubaigolf.com

Kate Philips

Membership Manager kphillips@dubaigolf.com

Steen Simon

Food and Beverage Manager ssimon@dubaigolf.com

Ganesh Mangathil

In House Publishing Manager gmangathil@dubaigolf.com

Chef Benoit Cart

Chef Max Grenard

Culinary Director mgrenard@dubaigolf.com

Craig Haldane

Director - Golf Course Maintenance chaldane@dubaigolf.com

Keith Wilkes

Retail Manager kwilkes@dubaigolf.com

Stephen Deane

Executive Sous Chef Head Academy Professional bcart@dubaigolf.com sdeane@dubaigolf.com

Enjoy the season ahead.

Jacqui Saeed Ahamed Financial Controller

mahamed@dubaigolf.com

Haridas Palliyalil Resident Engineer

hpalliyalil@dubaigolf.com

EGC Key Telephone Numbers Main Switchboard 04 417 9999 Members Golf Reservations 04 417 9800 Membership 04 417 9801 Recreation 04 417 9850 Accounts 04 417 9875 SensAsia Urban Spa 04 417 9820

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I welcome all new members who have joined our Club this summer. Let me assure you that we may have the top 100 golf course here, but it is us members and the Club management who make us the number one Golf Club in the world. I am certain that you will enjoy being a part of this family. It was a pleasure to meet some of you at the welcome party for new members, and for those of you who could not attend, I look forward to seeing you at the Club. May I kindly request you to meet me when you play your first tournament so that you can be appropriately introduced to other members.

many cases they will be sponsored or paid for by the Club. The Pros tournament was a huge success and I am certain that the free clinic for members, once a month will also be a tremendous success.

October is the month of ‘ownership’... ownership of dress code, repair of divots, pitch marks, bunkers, not only of our own but also people around us. This is our Golf Club and we can choose to either ignore all forms of etiquette or do what we would expect from our Club and its elite members.

May I request you all to put this into practice personally and not leave it to anyone else..

Marshals and officers of the Club are there to assist us, but most times we can take the polite initiative ourselves. This is our Club, and we would love to maintain its high standards and traditions.

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elcome back from the summer holidays and I hope we all are looking forward to a great golf season ahead. This is the 25th season at EGC and we are in our Silver Jubilee Year so, let this be the “Year of Celebration”. I am certain that with our Lady Captain Glynis, with members’ participation, and with the unflinching support of Richard Purchase and Barbara Head our ViceCaptains, we shall try and put together a memorable time at the Club.

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We must thank wasl for their continued support of our premier Club and investing so much money, firstly in refurbishment of the Clubhouse, and then the irrigation system this summer. We greatly value their inputs and much appreciate their commitment.

I also welcome the new members of the Members’ Consultative Committee (MCC).

Let me assure you that this is a great platform for sharing views. It may be slow, but a lot of good work has been done in the past and a lot will be done in the future. We welcome suggestions from all members.

We are also grateful to our sponsors like AGMC, Rivoli, Zurich, and sponsors of tournaments. On behalf of the Club, a big thank you.

I am grateful that entry fees for member competitions are being reviewed, and in

Moshe Kohli Captain

With all good wishes in the Year of Celebration,

MEN’S COMPETITION RESULTS BMW-RIVOLI MONTHLY MEDAL Friday, 14th September 2012 A DIVISION (HCP. 0-15) Best Gross Rohit Gupta Winner Rohit Gupta Runner - Up Tej Chhabra Third Eddie Hesson

B DIVISION (HCP. 16-34): Winner Ramneek Datt Runner - Up Gurmukh Ghuldu Third Suresh Shewakramani

73 70 73 74

76 77 83

SINGLES MATCHPLAY & LUCKIEST BALL ON EARTH QUALIFIER Friday, 21st September 2012 OVERALLWINNER +LUCKIEST BALL ON EARTH QUALIFIER Runner up

Tej Chhabra Suresh Shewakramani

Pts 39 (bb9) Pts 39

DIVISION “B” (HCP. 13 – 24) Winner Ed Hesson Runner Up Stephen Jones

Pts 39 Pts 33

DIVISION “A” (HCP. 0 – 12) Winner Vipen Sethi Runner Up Jignesh Sangani

Pts 38 Pts 37

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Members Consultative Committee At EGC, a Members’ Consultative Committee meets regularly to discuss the general operation of the Club, to hear feedback from members, and to provide a link between members and management.

An online forum has been created specifically for the purpose of enabling members to • Be able to view the minutes taken from each meeting and comment accordingly through a related message board.

• Be able to contact any one of the Committee Members directly via email with constructive comments and ideas.

The Committee is not involved in the actual administration or finances of the Club, but concentrates on service and facilities, and how management can best serve the membership. Management will continue to operate its ‘open door’ policy to ensure that every member has a voice and enjoys a sense of belonging to his or her Club.

Moshe Kohli Captain 2012-2013

Moshe started playing golf at the age of eight and currently plays to a handicap of seven and is passionate about Emirates Golf Club, which he proudly proclaims as the finest in the world.

Barbara Head Lady Vice-Captain 2012-2013

Despite being born in ‘the home of golf’, St. Andrews and studying at St. Andrews University, Barbara only started her golf in Dubai at EGC where she has been a member since 2002.

Eric Koeman

With a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University in Montreal, for the past 20 years Eric has developed expertise as a dynamic brand builder and sales driver. He delivers training in both English and French and is an accomplished trainer.

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Glynis Hendry Lady Captain 2012-2013

Born and brought up in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Glynis has been an active member at Emirates Golf Club for over 10 years.

Pavan Nihalani

Pavan spent his childhood in Dubai where he picked up golf at the age of 16 but then spent a number of years in USA so his golf deteriorated there with the six months of cold weather and snow. He moved back to Dubai in 2003, and he is convinced that this will be the year of the elusive single-digit handicap.

Jaimal Shergill

Jaimal is currently the Country Representative Head for Ecobank in MENA/India. He is a passionate member of Emirates Golf Club and apart from golf, has also run a marathon and cross-country competitively in the US and played Junior National Polo in India.

Dick Purchase Vice Captain 2012-2013

Dick is the regional Vice President for the chemical company, BASF. His passions are fine wines and fast cars! Dick has been a member since 2002 and plays as often as his travel schedule allows.

Rosemary Turlik

Rosemary has been a member at Emirates Golf Club for four years but has been in the UAE since 1997.

She is an active member of the ladies section and is currently the Club Champion, Singles Matchplay Champion and won the Gross Lady Golfer of the Year.

Alan Main

Originally from Scotland, Alan took up the game as a schoolboy and joined Emirates Golf Club in 1993.

“I have made many lasting friendships at the club and I am very proud to be a member.”

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It was a nice easy introduction back into competition golf at the Club with an individual stableford on the Faldo, on Monday 10th September. It was still extremely hot, so well done to all the members who braved the conditions. Big congratulations to all the winners! The scores were quite amazing so early in the season with Ruth Hatton beating Fiona Berry on a count-back both with 41 points.....quite outstanding!

This was followed by a Texas Scramble the following Monday, where popular winners, as always, were Rosemary Turlik, Jenny Ayres and last year’s Lady Captain, Caroline Jones.

Obviously, they kept up their golfing form over the summer break so well done!

Year and Curtisy Cup points were well and truly earned. Special congratulations go to Rosemary Turlik, who won best gross with 82 and Najla Bartette who won not only the Silver division best net, but also the Luckiest Ball on Earth competition, run alongside the Monthly Medal, which qualifies Najla to take part in the final at Jumeirah Golf Estates to win a Pro-am place in the 2012 DP World Tour Championship. Wishing you the very best of luck!

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big welcome back to everyone after the long summer break, and hope you all enjoyed fantastic vacations!

I can’t believe it is already nearing the end of September, and the ladies’ season is beginning to pick up speed. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Caroline Jones, our outgoing Lady Captain, for her outstanding contribution to our ladies’ section, I would love to follow in her footsteps and serve you at Emirates Golf Club as well! I will of course do my best to achieve this and I look forward to your continued support, friendship and sportsmanship along the way, in what will be Emirates Golf Club’s 25th Anniversary Year, a most exciting time for all. Our Lady Vice-Captain is Barbara Head, and I’m sure you would all like to join me in welcoming her; I very much look forward to working with Barbara, and the rest of the wonderful Emirates Golf Club staff.

The Mixed Season Opener takes place on September 28th, which I very much look forward to.....but not the Captain’s drive-in!

The Ladies’ Season Opener is on Monday 1st October, which officially begins our season.

Mondays are already getting extremely busy, even during October which includes the Ladies’ Seniors Championship, and our Pink Ball Charity Tournament on 22nd.

This is our opportunity to make a small difference to a local breast cancer charity, Breast Cancer Arabia which provides much needed cancer treatment to women who would otherwise be unable to finance their vital care. Raffle tickets will be on sale at the Mixed Season Opener until the day of the charity tournament. If any individual or company would like to make a donation or provide a raffle prize, please contact me. Any contributions will be gratefully received.

Last, but not least, have a great season. I hope everyone’s golf improves, but most importantly, have lots of fun!

Look forward to seeing you all around the Club, Glynis Hendry Lady Captain

September’s Monthly Medal was hard fought as always, when the first Golfer of the

LADIES’ COMPETITION RESULTS THREE-MAN SCRAMBLE Monday 17th September 2012 Winners

Jennifer Ayres, Caroline Jones and Rosemary Turlik

62.4

Runners-Up

Han-Soon Shin Janine Dols and Janet Curtis

62.4

Nearest the pin Holle 17 Maura Duggan Longest drive Hole 10

Ruth Hatton

LADIES MONTHLY MEDAL Monday 24th September 2012 SILVER “A” DIVISION (HCP. 0 – 14) Winner Najla Bartette Net 70 Runner Up Rosemary Turlik Net 74

STABLEFORD Monday 10th September 2012 Overall Winner Ruth Hatton

41 pts

SILVER DIVISION (HCP. 0 –23) Winner Fiona Berry Runner Up Veronica Elias Third Thea Hendrickx

41 pts 39 pts 37 pts

BRONZE DIVISION (HCP. 24 –42) Winner Janine Dols 30 pts

OVERALL Best Gross Rosemary Turlik Gross 82 SILVER “B” DIVISION (HCP. 15 –23) Winner Hiromi Ohashi Net 71 Runner Up Thea Hendrickx Net 74 BRONZE DIVISION (HCP. 24 –42) Winner Janine Dols Net 75

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Club News

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Luckiest Ball on Earth

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inners of the Luckiest Ball on Earth, Tej Chabria and Najla Bartette who will now compete with the other qualifiers from around the region in the Grand qualifier on the Fire course at Jumeirah Golf Estates, the winner of which will earn a place in the DP World Tour Championship Pro Am on November 20th.

Term one lessons with The Academy at Emirates Golf Club Term one of group lessons with The Academy at Emirates Golf Club commences from 23rd September 2012, offering a range of group lessons for all level of golfers from the ages of four and above.

Kindergarten Pyramid Programme Designed specifically for children aged between four and six years old, this is the ideal way to introduce your child to the game of golf. Over an eight week period, your child will spend 30 minutes per week with one of our qualified Golf Professionals learning all aspects of the game.

Member AED 700, Guest AED 800

Junior Pyramid Programme Created for youngsters aged between six and 16 years old, your child will spend 45 minutes per week over a period of eight weeks focusing on the key fundamentals of the game. With practice not only on the driving range but on the Par 3 Academy course during and after lessons.

Member AED 750, Guest AED 850

The Ladies Programme Learn golf in a friendly and relaxed environment with The Academy’s Ladies Programme. Over eight weeks in a maximum group size of four, your Golf Professional will ensure you receive ample instruction during the 45 minute weekly lessons.

Member AED 1,100, Guest AED 1,200

Learn Golf In A Week The Academy’s signature beginners’ group programme provides an excellent introduction to the game of golf.

Spread across one week, you will receive four 60 minute lessons in a maximum group size of eight.

Member AED 550, Guest AED 600 For more information, please contact The Academy at Emirates Golf Club on +971 4 417 9845 or email emiratesacademy@dubaigolf.com.

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Recognising Your Child’s Potential in Golf

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ne of the greatest things about golf is that you can play the game your whole life.

Being able to start the game at a young age is also a big advantage.

How many times have you heard adults say, “I wish I had started at his age.” Learning the game of golf at a young age is obviously a good thing and playing good golf at a young age is even better. The question for many parents is whether their child is just a good player, or does that child have a chance to be a great player. Recognising a junior golfer’s potential isn’t easy, especially if the parents aren’t golfers themselves.

The first thing to remember, before we even talk about a child’s potential, is encouragement. All juniors start golfing because someone encourages them to play the game. It may be a parent, friend or coach. This encouragement, along with access to clubs and a course, is the key. So remember to encourage the junior throughout his or her career When looking for potential in junior golfers, you have to remember that each junior is going to grow and learn at different rates. Some junior golfers don’t score as well simply because they can’t hit the ball as far as other kids their age. Many times that’s just because they’re physically smaller.

So when you’re looking at your child’s potential at a young age, don’t just look at their scores. Watch how they play the game, see how they chip and putt, and look at their shot selection.

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By Stephen Deane A short-hitting junior usually has a pretty good short game. They realise they can’t hit as far as the rest of the players their age, but they have also figured out that they can make up for it by chipping and putting well.

Many juniors understand the game instantly, while most kids are just trying to hit the ball as far as they can. That is a sign of real potential.

As a junior golfer gets older, tournaments become more important, whether it’s a Junior programme tournament or the Junior Club Championship.

This is where it’s very important for parents to encourage and not push. Ultimately it has to be the junior’s decision to play, and not the parents’ decision. We’ve all heard the horror stories about the parents who push too hard, and the kids who simply put their clubs in the cupboard never to play again.

Even with that said, one of the only ways to see how much potential a player has is for that golfer to play against his or her peers. Parents should encourage them to play in as many events as possible if that’s what they want to do. Remember, a child being nervous before a potential tournament is normal, dreading going to the tournament is not.

Potential to be a good golfer begins to show at these small events. If the junior does well and likes it, the potential is there. Many good golfers are not tournament players; the stress of competitions is not for everyone, which can be seen at every level.

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Club News

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Win A Chance To Play With Luke Donald and Justin Rose

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

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elcome to Andre Fourie Grove, our new Spike Bar Restaurant Manager. Andre hails from Cape Town, South Africa and with his keen interest in sport, namely golf and cricket, he is very well suited in his new role. With plenty of experience in the F&B industry, Andre joins us from the Nezusaussi Sports Restaurant at the Al Manzil Hotel in Downtown Dubai Camille de Compiegne has joined us this week as Restaurant Manager for Le Classique and M’s restaurant. Hailing from Paris and with many years’ experience in the hospitality industry, having worked for Sofitel, Pullman, Radisson and the Margaux restaurant in Souk Al Bahar, Camille brings his passion for service and fine beverages to the Club.

We have a new Golf Professional who has joined The Academy from Royal County Down in Northern Ireland. Bryan Smith leaves his position as Head Assistant there to join Emirates Golf Club in a dual role. He will be available in the Pro Shop for 50% of his time to assist members with equipment, club fittings and clothing requests and the other half of his time will be spent teaching. I know he will be an excellent fit for the Club and a very good addition.

Finally we welcome Mohammed Al Shaibani who joins the Golf Operations team as our Golf Experience Manager.

Mohammed will be making sure everyone is well looked after at the Club and will be on hand to resolve any issue that you may have.

Mohammed is currently in our trainee program working his way through all the departments at the Club.

Andrew Whitelaw, Club Manager

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n the first Professionals Day event to be played since 2001 a fun day was had by all, with Chris Turlik and Johnny Aldridge shooting a net 60.5 in the pairs scramble format around the Majlis Course to take the top prize. Their fabulous score card included 10 birdies and 9 pars which claimed a 1st prize trip to Dubai Golf’s new venue Almouj Golf at The Wave Muscat, Oman.

The day included various events on the course including Trackman longest drive, nearest the pins, Beat the Pro, Powerplay and a fun Happy Gilmore shot on hole 18.

The Runners up spot was taken by club Captain Moshe Kohli and partner Naema Maya with a great score of 60.9 net which won them a weekend break courtesy of The Media One Rotana Hotel.

3rd place was taken by Keith Prosser and Tony Hutchinson

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n Monday 19th November 2012, Luke Donald and Justin Rose will be playing in the Zurich Invitational at Emirates Golf Club as part of an exclusive event hosted by Zurich.

As an official sponsor, Zurich is offering Emirates Golf Club members a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play with them!

For your chance to win this exciting experience, simply fill out an entry form at the Golf Reservations desk or log on to the Member Zone and click on the banner, ensuring that you fill in your details by 1st November 2012. The winner will be selected on 11th November and will be contacted via email.

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triumph in Professionals Day 2012

62.4 and Charles Stricklin and Gurbax Singh in respective 4th with 62.7 total.

There was also scratch prizes with winners Andrew Wick and David Duguid claiming first with a 67 and 2nd place went to Gary Moore and Boyd Edmondson with 70.

Congratulations to past Lady Captains, Caroline Jones and Jenny Ayres as they collected the best female team prize.

Other great prizes included Lesson Packages courtesy of the Professionals at The Academy at Emirates Golf Club and a fourball at The Open Championship course at Carnoustie.

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Mixed Season

Opener 2012

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Condolences JOHN LEWIS 1988-89 Captain

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ohn Robert Milton Lewis was the first Club Captain at Emirates Golf Club for the year 1988-89 and was seconded onto the Board of Directors after the Club opened. His wife Trish was the first Lady Club Champion in 1988-89, the year that John was Captain. When he left he went back to his estate in West Sussex, and subsequently moved to Australia. He was a great lover of wines, and was, by virtue of his job, very close to HH Sheikh Hamdan. A keen golfer, off about 12, he was always recognisable around the driving range for wearing a towel around his neck, tucked into his shirt like a necktie/cravat.

Our condolences go to John’s wife, Trish and family.

Photos and text courtesy of Rod Bogg

Former EGC Junior Tom Green

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or those of you who I haven’t yet been fortunate enough to meet, I am Tom Green, previously a member of Emirates Golf Club and currently a third year student on the Applied Golf Management Studies (AGMS) program at the University of Birmingham. I hope that through this article I can give an account of my journey so far and my plans for the future.

Before University I spent four great years in Dubai improving my game under the guidance of Middle East based coaches Mark Gregson-Walters and Jamie Wood. As a product of this I was able to reduce my handicap by 18 shots from 16 to +2 and gained competition experience through the fantastic UAE Junior and Men’s Order of Merit Series.

Having completed my training at the PGA National Training Academy at the Belfry, I am now fully qualified as a Level 2 golf coach, club fitter and club repairer. Having worked with Ramsey McMaster, Matt Bridge, Ben Langdon and Mark Bull, some of the leading golf specific fitness specialists in the world, I have become a big advocate of the importance of fitness in golf. On this token my dissertation will explore the effects of a golf specific fitness program, using the McMaster Fitness Systems equipment

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on golf biomechanics. The AGMS program also gives students the opportunity to complete a summer work placement, which I have taken full advantage of. For my first work placement I worked at Royal Liverpool Golf Club the 2013 Open venue, where I gained experience in retail, junior coaching and golf operations as well as honing my skills on the famous, and very challenging links. I am currently in Italy working at Castiglion Del Bosco Golf Club, a highly exclusive private members club in Tuscany.

So far working at the club, which is part of a five star estate, has been

great experience, as I have been exposed to the highest level of customer service standards matched by only a handful of golf clubs worldwide. Looking to the future I am very excited about my prospects.

In September I am hoping to turn professional, which opens up a world of opportunity in both playing and coaching. I have also had the opportunity to take up a freelance coaching role in the Birmingham area in conjunction with Barclaycard, so am beginning to build a client base so that I can hit the ground running with this project when I get back to the UK in September.

At the moment I am trying to keep my options open for after University but I am hoping to return to the Middle East in the near future. The Gulf region and particularly Dubai offers the perfect combination of world class golf courses, excellent practice facilities and expert coaching expertise which is something that I would like to be part of, because I would love to provide an opportunity for children and adults alike to learn the game in the fantastic environment that I benefitted from as a junior. I appreciate that I would never have been in the position that I am today without the experiences that I had in Dubai and in particular at Emirates Golf Club and would really like to give back to golf in the region which gave so much to me and built the foundations for a career doing something that I truly love and am passionate about.

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Speed up play by filling in score cards and putting on your glove when someone else is teeing off.

Nobody likes to witness someone ‘losing it’ on the golf course, examples being, throwing clubs swearing, shouting or getting moody because of a bad round. It may seem OK for that particular player to let off steam but it is extremely uncomfortable and offputting for the other players in the group.

Turn off your mobile phone on the golf course.

Keep it on silent and check it from time to time if you must but only return urgent calls. In competitions at EGC, use of mobile phones during a round will result in disqualification.

Please observe the EGC dress code for golfers. In brief, you should be wearing tailored shorts/trousers, collared shirts with shirts tucked in, golf shoes and socks.

Please use the cart paths where indicated and do not drive your buggy on the sand.

So often we see players driving up to the side of greens and driving into desert areas. We all like to play our courses in the best condition so it is our responsibility to use the carts only in the designated areas.

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Dick and Chris Purchase at Ellesmere, Manchester

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Surender Kandhari at the NTDA Golf Day at the Belfry August 2012

Brian Edwards at Islay

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Neasa and daughter, Ange at the Titanic exhibition, Belfast

Wentworth Golf Club Maggie Neil, Lynn Rowley, ex EGC member, Angela Knowles and Carmel King

Barbara Fotheringham, Jenny Ayres, Lynne Dickinson, Martha Wong, Nova Matheson, Caroline Jones, Scotland

Lorna Edwards at Islay, Scotland

Jean Sullivan, Jacqui Barry, Bernadette Thornberry, Breeda McLoughlin & Margaret Bain at Vicky Legnar’s wedding UK

Jenny Ayres, Caroline Jones, Lynne Dickinson at the Old Course, St Andrews

Eric Koehman in the Port of Cannes

Mohsin Altajir, Amr Farghal, Rosemary Turlik and Jenny Ayres at Carnoustie

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Jason Walto …Mont Blan

Caroline with Steph Deane’s dad at Roy County Down

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Keith Prosser in Cornwall trying out the longest zipwire in Europe

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The Kandhari family at Achimota Masters Golf Tournament in Accra on 25 & 26 Aug 2012

Trevor Varri in The Seychelles

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Alan, Lorraine and Nicholas Main at the Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence

Tom and Jacqui Barry, Algarve, Portugal

Neasa Lawless in Italy

Rai, Joan and Robert Legnar with Lisl Esterl and Neil Webb in Austria

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Ian Browning and friend skiing at Thredbo, Australia

Ian, James and Ollie Browning skiing at Mt Buller, Australia

Mike Gerbich at Indiana Wells, USA

Tom and Ross Barry checking if the coast is clear on the south course, Quinta do Lago, Portugal

Moshe Ko hli with Ash u Gulati, owner of a chain of re staurants in Munich, at Neubur g an der Donau, Ger many

Caroline Jones at Castleknock Golf Club

19th HOLE Snippets Great photo sent by Mike Gerbich of an Arizona dust storm.

Congratulations to Craig and Aneisha Haldane on the birth of their son, Haydn, born on 2nd August in Manchester, a sister to Zahra.

I spotted this at San Lorenzo Golf Club, Portugal where our ViceCaptain, Dick Purchase is on the honours board!

Congratulations to Maggie Neil who got married to Simon on 16th September on board HMS Belfast on the River Thames in London.

The annual staff golf match between EGC and the Creek took place during the summer with EGC emerging the winner by 16.5 to 12/5

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In March 2013, we will be celebrating 25 years of Emirates Golf Club so from now until then I would like to feature some photos of the Club throughout the years. If you have any interesting photos to share, please mail them to me on barrydxb@eim.ae

Vicky, duaghter of Past Captains, Joan & Rai Legnar, got married to Dane Sedgewick in July in England.

The wedding of Simon and Nichola, daughter of David and Lynne Dickinson, in UK on June 9th 2012.

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18 Recreation

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he Fit Lab team would like to welcome all members, old and new, back to the club and let’s hope you have fully recharged the batteries and that you are raring to go again and there’s no better place than Fit Lab to shed some of those kilos you may have gained over the summer.

We have a fantastic team of Fitness Professionals who are always on hand in the gym to give you the extra motivation you need and please feel free to ask them for a programme if you’re getting bored of doing the same routine.

We have added some more activities timetable including Aqualates & Bollywood Dancing.

Please book these classes at the Sports Desk.

Corinna Metzler, the resident Aqualates instructor has a pilates background and finds the class great fun and beneficial for the muscles and joints. Aqualates tones legs, abs, and back and also strengthens muscles, improves posture, improves coordination and balance and increases flexibility.

This class takes place on Mondays 9am – 10am.

Meghna Naidu, one of Bollywood’s most dynamic performers and actresses, launched The Meghna Naidu Dance Academy at Emirates Golf Club this month. With a career that includes more than 30 blockbusters in India, and having travelled the globe performing at sold out arenas in Europe, The Americas, Asia, Africa and Australia, Meghna finally settled in Dubai.

The main purpose of MNDA is to introduce Bollywood Dance to a global audience and to the expat community in the UAE. Bollywood dancing is a fusion of a number forms of dance such as Classical Indian, Hip Hop and more. It is a high energy dance style where participants can burn off between 600 to 800 calories in a one-hour session.

Meghna will be conducting classes personally on Sunday 5 to 7 pm, Tuesdays 5 to 7 pm and Thursdays 5 to 7 pm at Emirates Golf Club.

Morning classes are also available for stay-at -home mums. The 5 to 6pm time slots are for children, followed by adults from 6 to 7pm. For further information please check the website www.meghnanaidudance.com or contact one of the Fit Lab Team to book a class.

Fitness Activity Schedule MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

STUDIO

STUDIO

STUDIO

STUDIO

STUDIO

STUDIO

STUDIO

06.00 - 07.00 Boot Camp (Peter) 07.30 - 08.30 Artistic Yoga 08.45 - 09.45 Zumba Circuit (Tracy) 08.45 - 09.45 Pilates Reformer Intermediate/ Advanced (Amanda) 10.00 - 11.00 Pilates Mat (Amanda)

06.00 - 07.00 Boot Camp (Peter) 07.30 - 08.30 Artistic Yoga

09.00 - 10.00 Aqualates (Corrina)

07.30 - 08.30 Artistic Yoga 08.45 - 09.45 Zumba Toning (Tracy) 08.45 - 09.45 Pilates Reformer Intermediate/ Advanced (Amanda) 10.00 - 11.00 Pilates Mat (Amanda)

11.00 - 12.00 11.00 - 12.00 Bollywood Dance Bollywood Dance

15.15 - 16.00 Grade 1 Tap (Lisa) 16.00 - 17.00 Grade 4 Jazz (Lisa) 17.00 - 18.00 17.00 - 18.00 17.00 - 18.00 Bollywood Dance Grade 3 Tap (Lisa) Bollywood Dance 18.00 - 19.00 18.00 - 19.00 18.00 - 19.00 Artistic Yoga Bollywood Dance Bollywood Dance 19.00 - 20.00 19.00 - 20.00 19.00 - 20.00 Kettlebell Training Kettlebell Training Intermediate/ Intermediate/ Artistic Yoga Advance Advance 19.15 - 20.15 TRX Team Camp Outdoor (Amber) 20.00 - 21.00 20.00 - 21.00 20.00 - 21.00 Artistic Yoga Artistic Yoga Artistic Yoga Weightloss Weightloss Weightloss

06.00 - 07.00 Boot Camp (Peter) 07.30 - 08.30 Artistic Yoga

07.30 - 08.30 07.30 - 08.30 Artistic Yoga Artistic Yoga 08.45 - 09.45 08.45 - 09.45 Zumba Primary Ballet (Tracy) (Lisa) 08.45 - 09.45 09.00 - 10.00 09.45 - 10.15 Beginner Pilates Reformer Kettlebell Training Intermediate/ Ballerinas Intermediate/ Advanced (Lisa) Advanced (Amanda) 10.00 - 11.00 10.25 - 11.15 Pilates Mat Pre Primary Ballet (Amanda) (Lisa) 11.15 - 12.30 11.00 - 12.00 Grade 5 Ballet Bollywood Dance (Lisa) 13.15 - 14.00 13.30 - 14.30 Grade 1 Ballet Private Dance Lesson (Lisa) (Lisa) 14.15 - 15.15 14.30 - 15.30 Grade 2 TAP Grade 2 Ballet (Lisa) (Lisa)

18.00 - 19.00 Artistic Yoga

17.00 - 18.00 Bollywood Dance 18.00 - 19.00 Bollywood Dance

18.00 - 19.00 Artistic Yoga

19.00 - 20.00 Artistic Yoga

19.00 - 20.00 Bollywood Dance

19.00 - 20.00 Artistic Yoga

20.00 - 21.00 Artistic Yoga Weightloss

20.00 - 21.00 Artistic Yoga Weightloss

20.00 - 21.00 Artistic Yoga Weightloss

For reservations, please call +971 4 417 9850 or email egcfitlab@dubaigolf.com dubaigolf.com

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ensAsia Urban Spa is “pampering for pink” in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Breast Cancer Research. Let us introduce your favorite Balinese Massage with a twist of pink – A 60min Balinese with a 15min cotton candy ‘Pamper for Pink’ foot wrap. Add a little extra aaaah in your spa-aaaah & do your bit!

‘Pamper for Pink’ - 75min / AED 370 will be available throughout the month of October @ all SensAsia Urban Spas, with part of the proceeds from each treatment sold being donated to Friends of Cancer.

“At SensAsia Urban Spa we encourage the renewal of mind, body and spirit for all our guests, breast cancer patients and survivors.”

– Salina Handa, Founder

Andy Meech

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SUNDAY

TOURNAMENT CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER 2012 Monday

5

Ladies’ Season Opener 08.30 Majlis

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Friday

Engineers Cup 13.00 Majlis

8

Monday

Ladies’ Monthly Medal 08.30 Majlis

12

Friday

BMW/Rivoli Medal

08.00 & 13.00 Majlis

15

Monday

Ladies’ Seniors 08.30 Majlis

22

Monday

Ladies’ Pink Ball 08.30 Majlis

29

Monday

Ladies’ Competition 08.30 Faldo

Monday Quiz Night Test your knowledge at our weekly Quiz Night, every night from 8.30pm, hosted by resident quiz master Trevor Varri. And once a month, try your luck at Bingo! Enjoy a sumptuous buffet from AED 115 per person.

Thursday Prawn Night Every Thursday from 5.30pm – 10.30pm, enjoy live music from our live band while you choose your favourite from our Chef’s specially selected varieties of prawns, which are then prepared in your own preferred cooking style for AED 25 per 100g.

Friday Sunset BBQ Relax on the Spike Bar terrace and enjoy a hearty BBQ of fresh seafood and succulent meats every Friday from 6.30pm – 10.30pm from AED 110 per person, along with beverage specials. With live music from resident performer Party Pete.

Saturday Arabian Night Enjoy a sumptuous selection of Arabic cuisine including shawarma, kofta and kebab skewers, with a range of delicious accompaniments for just AED 110 per person, served every Saturday from 5.30pm - 10.30pm.

Afternoon Tea Indulge in High Tea daily from 3.30pm – 6.30pm. Relax with a selection of Ronnefeldt Teas accompanied by a delicious platter of sandwiches, scones and a selection of cakes and pastries for AED 55 per person or AED 145 per person including a glass of bubbly.

Spike Bar Promotions For more information, please contact Spike Bar on +971 4 417 9999 or email emiratesdining@dubaigolf.com dubaigolf.com