PSC Golf from Lewiinski’s Golf Society
Sunday, Nov. 16, Green Valley – Stableford
A Flight
1st Bill McGarvie (11) 42pts
2nd Aittola Petteri (7) 41pts
3rd Barry Copestake (12) 41pts
B Flight
1st Lou Szigligeti (21) 42pts
2nd Colin Davis (18) 39pts
3rd Christian Boysen (14) 37pts
Silver Flight
1st William Peach (18) 40pts
2nd Peter Henshaw (21) 39pts
Near Pins: No 5 Sukh Jantiao, No 8 Peter Henshaw, No 12 Freddy Starbeck, No 16 Matt Doyle
Well the first of our entitled ‘old dogs’ – Aussie ‘no nickname please’ Zig-zag – was co-man of the match and top in B Flight with an excellent 42 points. Lou has returned for one of his many vacations to the Land of Smiles and, as is usually the case, it takes a couple of weeks of acclimation and work on his swing to round into form. It appears that period of adjustment has been completed.
Lou Szigligeti (left) with Bill McGarvie.
The Donkey followed Lou up the B Flight podium steps with39 points and was two strokes clear of Christian Boysen and Gerry ‘the Irish rover’ Roche, both tied on 37points with the scales of justice falling in Christians favour.
Bill McGarvie was the other co-man of the match and took the gold spot in A Flight with his 42 points. Second and third places needed a count back to separate Petteri Aittola and Barry ‘the boot’ Copestake that saw Petteri edge Barry 22-19.
As there were six players playing off the Silver tees the Donkey decided to introduce a separate flight for them. The fact that this then moved him into second spot in B Flight was purely coincidental.
The winner of the Silver flight was Sir William Peach with a splendid 40 points while Peter Henshaw finished just a shot adrift. They also sunk a ‘2’ each and shared the pot with Petteri Aittola, Barry Copestake, Thierry Petrement, Hans Lemstra and Gerry Roche.
Monday, Nov. 17, Greenwood – Stablefrod
A Flight
1st Ken Hole (17) 40pts
2nd Andy Byrne (11) 36pts
3rd Bill Stewart (15) 36pts
B Flight
1st Michael Stafford (21) 36pts
2nd Tim Shaw (24) 35pts
3rd Lou Szigligeti (21) 33pts
A fair Monday crowd of golfers set out for the always popular Wolveridge and Thompson designed Greenwood course, which was found to be in fair condition and that suited Ken Hole down to the ground as he was tops in A Flight and man of the match with a sparkling 40 points.
Ken was followed into the barn by Co. Offaly man Andy Byrne and Bill Stewart who had to be separated by a count back as both returned even par rounds; Andy’s back nine managing to edge Bill for the silver.
The laurels in B Flight went to Michael Stafford with a solid 37 points. Tim Shaw, who once again appeared in the winners list even though he could not match his recent rounds, was two strokes adrift of Michael. Aussie Lou ‘no nickname please’ Zig zag was a further two strokes back as he closed the flight.
The belle of the bar Kim Crijns was the sole heir to the ‘2’s pot.
Tuesday, Nov. 18, Pattana B & C – Stableford
A Flight
1ST Christian Boysen (14) 37pts
2nd Francis Goyons (12) 35pts
3rd Barry Copestake 34pts
B Flight
1st Pierre Zbinden (20) 41pts
2nd Gerry Cooney (18) 39pts
3rd Eddy Beilby (19) 35pts
C Flight
1st Geoff Williams (22) 39pts
2nd Tim Shaw (24) 38pts
3rd Lou Szigligeti (21) 35pts
It is always a pleasure to hold a competition at Pattana and the day’s play over the B+C courses proved to be no exception, even though the greens were rather slower than would normally be expected.
Pierre Zbinden showed real class to fire a excellent 41 points in windy conditions that resulted in hardly any run and therefore playing every inch of the yardage. Pierre was two clear of B Flight compatriot Irishman Gerry Cooney, who was four clear of Eddy ‘the Eagle and Colin the Donkey, both with 35 points. When shove came to push in the count back it was the Donkey who fell off the podium.
Christian Boysen was the gold recipient in A Flight with a fine 37 points. Good mate Francis Goyons held the silver two shots back and three of Lewiinski’s best tied for the bronze on 34 points as Barry ‘the boot’ Copestake kicked both Ian Pickles and Scotland’s Reg McKay into touch.
Skipping down to C Flight we found Geoff Williams standing atop of the podium with a solid 39 points. Tim Shaw, who once again appeared in the winners’ list even though he could not match his recent rounds, was two strokes adrift of Michael, as Aussie Lou ‘no nickname please’ Zig zag rounded out the flight a further two off the pace.
Kim Crijns was again the sole heir to the ‘2’s pot.
Wednesday, Nov. 19, Silky Oak – Stableford
A Flight
1st Michael Prideaux (12) 41pts
2nd Thierry Petrement (12) 37pts
3rd Roger Emery (10) 36pts
B Flight
1st Gerry Roche (20) 39pts
2nd Peter Wallace (18) 37pts
3rd Pierre Zbinden (20) 36pts
C Flight
1st Michael Stafford (21) 41pts
2nd Peter Henshaw (21) 40pts
3rd Richard Snelling (23) 37pts
Michael Prideaux and Michael Stafford left little doubt about who were the men of the match today. Michael Prideaux topped out A Flight and Michael Stafford C Flight, both with 41 points each; this was also Mr. Stafford’s second pay window visit of the week. Nice Guy Thierry Petrement filled the A Flight silver spot with 37 points as Roger Emery on 36 points plus two ‘2’s took the bronze.
Peter ‘the silver surfer’ Henshaw with 40 points secured the C Flight silver place as Richard Snelling closed the flight with a steady 37 points.
Gerry ‘the Irish rover’ Roche topped out B Flight with a two point spread over Peter Wallace on 37 points. The man on form Pierre Zbinden made it a double win this week with an even par round.
Michael Stafford, JP Gasser, Matt Enslow, Craig Girling shared the ‘2’s pot with Roger.
Friday, Nov. 21, Mt. Shadow – Stableford
A Flight
1st Matt Cronin (14) 38pts
2nd Thierry Petrement (12) 38pts
3rd Ed Wyckoff (13) 35pts
B Flight
1st Christy Knight (23) 33pts
2nd Alistair Gall (18) 31pts
3rd Pierre Zbinden (20) 31pts
Silver and Red Flight
1st Lou Szigligeti (22) 37pts
2nd Eddie Henshaw (26) 34pts
3rd Jim Elphick (25) 33pts
The sad story of the day was Trevor Gough and his 47 points off his 23 handicap. Sad because Trevor, not being a member, did not share in the prizes but he did get a bit of compensation as he claimed a ‘2’ and was allowed to keep it.
There was no man of the match but not for the lack off effort. It was because the next highest score 39 points belonged to the lovely Marlene Prudden in the Red and Sliver flight. Sir William Peach took the silver a shot in arrears and a group of three went to count back for the third spot on 33 points; Jim Proctor was the happiest while Peter Henshaw and Marlene’s other half Brian were the saddest.
It was down to count backs in the top flight as Irishman Matt Cronin edged Mr. nice guy Thierry Petrement for the gold, both on 38 points. Ed Wyckoff with 25 points did the same to Co. Offaly gang man Andy Byrne. Andy usually travels to Pattaya with his good mate Kevin McEntee but the latter could not make this trip because of a bad back. We at Lewiinski’s wish him a speedy recovery.
Bar for the magnificent 47 points from Trevor Gough, the middle flight was a bit tame by their standards as Christy ‘good’ Knight’s 33 points took the top podium spot. The calculator was out again to separate a couple of mid handicap vets, Alistair Gall and Pierre Zbinden, both on 31 points, with the scales of justice tipping in Alistair’s favour.
William Peach, Mike Jefferys, Andy Byrne, Thierry Petrement and Matt Cronin shared the 2’s pot with Trevor.
Note: Lewiinski’s is situated on Pattaya land Soi 1, Beach Rd Soi13/13 near Walking Street. Anyone wishing to play with us just pop in and add your name to the list or call Colin on 089 826 0764. Transport is provide.
