Kellett Golf Society

WORDS: CHRIS LI

I wish you all good health and prosperity in the new year!

First, I am pleased to introduce our new Captain of the Kellett Golf Society – René Theil. My dear friend René is an active member of the KGS, a great golf buddy and partner, and we have played competitive matches for many years. He is also a prominent sailor within the Etchells community. As the new Convener of KGS, I’ll continue to support the golf society. Rene and I will try our best to deliver an excellent golf experience for all members.

The first outing of 2023 took place on 5 January at the super scenic but challenging KSC East Course.

We were fortunate with a fantastic, bluesky day that turned out much warmer than predicted. Soon after the first hole, sweaters came off, and almost all 18 holes could be played in our nice KGS polo shirts.

For this first game of the year, 24 players participated. We split into two teams and competed with the format “four balls better ball”. This means that every flight plays their own game up to hole out. The best player score of either team A or B wins the hole. Then we counted all scores to see which team won the most holes overall to become the event winner.

Other prizes to be won were the Longest Drive

(Hole #17), Closest To Pin (Hole #3 & 13) and Closest To Pin in 2 (Hole #12).

The Team winners

The team that won our first outing of the year was TEAM A: Patrick Pender, Chris Li, Klaus Zimmer, Ricky Leung, Daniel Lau, Ruby Yim, Ricky Lau, Ambrose Lo, Niclas Rydin, Glenn Smith, Rene Theil and Niels Jensen.

The Longest Drive

Simon Wong

Closest to Pin (Hole #3)

Niclas Rydin

Closest to Pin (Hole #13)

Ruby Yim

Closest to Pin in Two (Hole #12)

Simon Wong

Congratulations to all the winners of this first outing of the year!

We also had some bonus winners because Albert Cheung was so kind to donate two bottles of champagne for this event. Much appreciated, Albert! Simon Lam and Chris Lee were the lucky draw winners of these nice donations.

New KGS Members

We like to welcome our newest KGS members: Albert Cheung, Niels Jensen, Piers Illingworth, William Mairs, Joshua Foo, Wilson Lee, Sean Taylor, Jonathan Lam and Marty Kaye.

If you are interested in joining the vibrant KGS, please email our friendly and efficient Nicola Ding at golf@rhkyc.org.hk.

Snooker

WORDS: SNOOKER CONVENOR, GORDON ROBINSON, SNOOKER@RHKYC.ORG.HK

Snooker Contact

Gordon Robinson: snooker@rhkyc.org.hk

At the time of writing, we haven’t had any matches recently against other Clubs but by the time you read this we will have played ABC away on 30 January and played with the HK Cricket Club in February. This month however is the long-awaited three-cornered tournament (with ABC and HHYC) will be back on 13 March at the fine three-table set-up at the Hong Kong Club. Coming up in April or May, we shall also get together with KCC, and perhaps some new opponents. Watch this space!

At a glance, the Ladder appears to be popular, with a good number of participants; in reality there are few challenges, and the lower rungs remain stagnant; perhaps we need a penalty to encourage activity.

Recent weddings, where the snooker room is used as the bride’s dressing room, have left their glittering mark on the table; really difficult with brush or fingers to remove every last shred of tinsel. Better that, though, than the chewing gum that somebody smeared on the top left-hand pocket rim! Shame on you.