BABY TIME
OVERSEAS NEWS …from Janice Marler in UK Hello all,
In August Craig Haldane and Aneisha became the proud parents of a baby boy named Haydn, a sister to Zahra. Congratulations.
WEDDING BELLS
We are both fine and loving it here in UK; it has been such a great summer with the Jubilee and the Olympics and all sorts of other things going on, catching-up with friends and family. Also loving walking the dogs in Windsor Great Park. I do not miss Dubai as a place but I do so much miss people although I did get to meet up with some Dubai friends in London and Spain throughout the summer. Best wishes to all
25 Years of Emirates Golf Club Congratulations to Vicky, daughter of Joan and Rai Legnar who got married to Dane Sedgwick in Guildford on July 28th.
David and Lynn Dickinson’s daughter Nichola got married to Simon during the summer also.
March 8th sees the 25th anniversary of the Club opening so we there will be some special events around that time which will be revealed in due course. There are still some founder members at the Club, Margaret and Ed Bain, Jacqui & Tom Barry, Surender & Bubbles Kandhari and Mike Sim. Where did those 25 years go? It would be interesting to have kept facts and figures for those years ..how many rounds of golf have we played, how many hours have we spent at the Club…and how much money?? Meanwhile, here are a few photos of ‘the early years of EGC.
Congratulations to Maggie Neil who married Simon on 16th September on board HMS Belfast on the River Thames in London.
OMEGA DUBAI LADIES’ MASTERS The Omega Dubai Ladies’ Masters is around the corner 2nd 8th December and volunteers are requIred for this event. If you are interested in helping out, all details can be found at www.golfindubai.org
Christmas Day at the Club 1996
T
e-mail: barrydxb@emirates.net.ae
he season is in full flow already and everyone seems to be throwing themselves into all the golf competitions and events that are happening; the Club is certainly busy which is great to see. You really need to have your ‘A’ game with you even this early on as there has been some incredible scoring to date. I’d better get my skates on or it will be Curtisy Cup before I know it and I will be scrambling to get enough points to play in the team in May! Well, enough of fast forwarding and back to the present. Congratulations to the 2012 - 2013 Lady Captain, Glynis Hendry and to her Vice-Captain Barbara Head, a formidable pair on and off the golf course! I’m sure I can speak for the ladies’ section
Issue: October 2012
in wishing them all the best for the season. Congratulations also to Club Captain Moshe Kohli and his Vice-Captain Dick Purchase. Thank you to outgoing Captains, Mike Sim and Caroline Jones who ensured that we had a very a enjoyable 20011 - 2012 season. Enjoy your ‘retirement’. Glynis has gone through the ordeal of her Lady Captain’s drive-in at the Mixed season opener with161 yards and, obviously she was more relaxed the second time around at the Ladies’ Season Opener when she hit a whopping 190 yards. Well done to you. Our thanks must go to Craig and his crew who have worked tirelessly over the summer supervising and implementing the new irrigation system; it meant a lot of hard work in the harsh summer temperatures of 45 plus but each and every one of the maintenance crew was totally committed to getting the course ready for the start of the season. Well done to you all.
In the background, Charley Kamps, Lynne Hood, Mike Sullivan, Allan Kidd, Bernadette Thornberry, Rai Legnar. The kids from left to right are Sean & Zara Thornberry, Ryan Tracey, Robert Legnar The ‘big’ kids are Jim Mullins & Paul Thornberry trying out 5 year-old Sean’s Christmas skateboard,
Winner Richard th Desert Classic Spike Bar staff wi iforms)? hat about those un Green in 1997 (w
H
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Monday, 5th November Monday 12th November Monday, 19th November Monday, 26th November
Editor: Jacqui Barry
Monthly Medal 08.30 Majlis Format to be decided 08.30 Faldo Heritage Trophy Round 1 08.30 Faldo Heritage Trophy Round 2 08.30 Majlis
e official Invitation to th
88
C, 8th March 19
opening of EG
Just had a thought while I was writing this, that Christmas is only weeks away…64 days, 7 hours, 53 minutes and 2 seconds to be precise! Better start writing those greetings cards! And remember...a golf gift given to you at Christmas by a non-golfer is always unsuitable.
ere have been a few changes on the staff front over the summer with our new Spike Bar Manager, Andre Fourie Grove who is doing a fantastic job; he’s hands-on, always around and happy to answer any questions you might have. In Le Classique, Christelle Pourcel has been promoted and is now running Legends restaurant at the Creek.
The new Restaurant Manager is Camille de Compiegne and he is keen to get to know the members over the course of the season. You will see a lot of Golf Experience Manager, Mohammed Al Shaibani, who will usually be seen with a camera in his hand as he records all the events that take place throughout the season. Another ‘newbie’ this season
is Pro Bryan Smith, from Northen Ireland. Many of you will have met him at the Professionals’ Tournament last month, a super event which has been revived after an absence of 11 years. It was well subscribed and a great day and evening. Welcome to you all and I’m sure you can count on the support of the members.