PSC golf from Lewiinski’s Golf Society
Sunday, Feb. 16, Green Valley – Stableford
A Flight
1st Vinny Connelan (14) 40pts
2nd Bruce Andrews (10) 40pts
3rd Paul Hack (12) 38pts
B Flight
1st Terry Mangan (15) 37pts
2nd Pierre Bietry (17) 34pts
3rd Jim Reilly (15) 33pts
C Flight
1st David Dunne (19) 37pts
2nd Michael Stafford (20) 36pts
3rd Alistair Gall (20) 34pts
Near Pins: No 4 Mark Bonner, No 9 Bruce Anderson, No 12 Terry Mangan, No 16 Colin Davis
It was a great day for the Irish as they filled all the top spots in A B and C Flights. Vinny Connelan was the top man in A Flight with 40 points, courtesy of a count back verdict over Bruce Andrews as they shared the man of the match honours. Aussie Paul Hack took the bronze with a solid 38 points.
Terry Mangan, Vinny Connelan and David Dunne.
In B Flight, Co. Wicklow’s Terry ‘pork chop’ Mangan was three clear of Pierre ‘the magician’ Bietry. Jim Reilly rounded out the flight as he got the verdict in a count back over Lou ‘the pied piper of Australia’, who could not believe his luck and demanded a recount.
David Dunne completed an Irish rout as his 37 points took the top spot in C Flight. David was one clear of Michael Stafford and a further two clear of Alistair Gall.
Peter LeNoury and Peter Winkless (Winkless Jim) shared a very healthy 2’s pot
Monday, Feb. 17, Greenwood A & B – Stableford
A Flight
1st John Stewart (8) 37pts
2nd Thierry Petrement (13) 36pts
3rd Pat Duane (8) 34pts
B Flight
1st David Dunne (19) 35pts
2nd Reg McKay (13) 34pts
3rd Jim Byrne (19) 34pts
C Flight
1st Brian (Kent) Cooper (25) 42pts
2nd Aiden Murray (21) 41pts
3rd Jim Reid (27) 40pts
It’s always tough not to win when you have 40 points. Well it happened to both Aiden Murray and Jim ‘I’m getting better’ Reid, who had 41 and 40 points respectively in C Flight as Brian (Kent) Cooper returned a splendid 42 points to top the flight and the day.
Irishman David Dunne continued to have his way with Pattaya as he made his second pay window trip in as many attempts, winning the B Flight. David left the lower steps of the podium to be sorted by count back between Buckie boy Reg McKay and Jim Byrne; Reg having the better of it.
The senior circuit was won by John Stewart with 37 points. John was followed closely up the podium steps by monsieur Thierry Petrement with a steady even par return while Pat Dune closed the flight on 34pts.
Pat Duane, Pen Caruthers, David Dunne and Charles Cunningham shared the 2’s pot
Tuesday, Feb. 18, Bangpra – Stableford
A Flight
1st Eric Gobert (5) 36pts
2nd Kevin Rogers (9) 35pts
3rd Pat Duane (8) 35pts
B Flight
1st Nadine Goyons (13) 33pts
2nd Jim Reilly (15) 32pts
3rd Pierre Bietry (17) 31pts
C Flight
1st John Hartigan (22) 37pts
2nd Mick Coghlan (22) 45pts
3rd Jim Lanzo (19) 37pts
It was off to Bangpra to battle the lightening fast greens and the monkeys and John Hartigan kept the Irish theme going as he was the only player to better par. John’s 37 points took the top spot in C Flight and man of the match honours and he was two clear of Mick Coghlan and a further four from Jim Lanzo.
Eric Gobert led the premier flight home with a creditable even par round. Kevin Rogers and Pat Duane had to be separated by a count back, with Kevin getting the nod for the silver and Pat receiving his second bronze of the week.
Nadine Goyons was the toast of the bar as she took B Flight with 33 points. It was a tight pack that followed Nadine home as Jim Reilly lifted the silver a shot back and three players vied for the last flight place on 31 points; Pierre ‘the Magician’ Bietry waved his magic putter to make Freddy ‘the quite one’ Starbeck and the colorful Walter Baechli disappear
Kevin Rogers was the delighted recipient of the 2’s pot – a missing person report was filed shortly after the presentation.
Wednesday, Feb. 19, Eastern Star – Stableford
A Flight
1st JP Maffray (11) 37pts
2nd Bruce Anderson (10) 35pts
3rd John Stewart (8) 34pts
B Flight
1st Maurice Goyons (17) 37pts
2nd Jim Lanzo (19) 37pts
3rd Walter Baechli (17) 36pts
C Flight
1st Jim Elphick (21) 37pts
2nd Rudi Eggimann (23) 34pts
3rd Fergus O’Brien (23) 32pts
JP Maffray, Maurice Goyons, Jim Lanzo and Jim Elphick, who all made strong bids to have their names in the title, swept the day’s competition as all were co-men of the match with 37 points each. JP Maffray was the top dog in the senior circuit and Bruce Anderson stood on the second step on the podium with 35, as John Stewart occupied the lower podium spot.
Maurice Goyons, fed up with seeing Nadine‘s name in the paper all the time, put his foot down to take the B Flight gold with a count back win over Jim Lanzo. John Stewart filled the flight with 34 points.
Jimmy ‘two shots’ Elphick joined his 37 point mates as he was stood atop the C Flight podium. Rudi Eggimann stood on the middle step with his 34 and there was no chivalry shown by the omnipresent Irishman Fergus O’Brien (lady’s before gentlemen) as he edged Ayoko Pueschi off the podium on count back.
JP Maffray, Maurice Goyons and Jim Lanzo shared the 2’s pot.
Thursday, Feb. 20, Mountain Shadow – Stableford
A Flight
1st Pierre Bietry (16) 35pts
2nd John Stewart (8) 33pts
3rd Billy Briton (17) 33pts
B Flight
1st Tom Gorey (18) 36pts
2nd John Hartigan (22) 33pts
3rd Noel Masters (18) 32pts
A fair sized field, considering we are at the moment playing six days a week (the one exception being Saturday), took on the toughest par 72 lay out around – Mountain Shadow. The scores on the day reflected the difficulty of a course that sports the toughest set of par fives around.
B Flight was won with a modest 36 points, which also proved to be the best on the day, as Tom Gorey kept the Irish theme going. Co. Kerry man John Hartigan threw his two pence worth in as he took the silver with 33 points and this was one digit clear of Noël Masters.
Pierre ‘the magician’ Bietry stood on the top of the premier flight podium with 35 points, this being Pierre’s third pay window visit this week. Looking up at Pierre on the podium steps were John Stewart and County Wicklow man Billy Briton, both locked on 33 point returns but John got to stand nearest to Tom after the count back.
Pierre conjured up a 2 along with Billy Briton, Thierry Temime and Jim Byrne.
Friday, Feb. 21, Pattavia Century – Stableford
A Flight
1st john Stewart (8) 38pts
2nd Kevin Rogers (9) 36pts
3rd Dominic Downey (12) 35pts
B Flight
1st Pen Caruthers (13) 37pts
2nd John Darby (13) 37pts
3rd Matt Cronin (15) 35pts
C Flight
1st Jim Elphick (21) 38pts
2nd Paul Gibson (28) 37pts
3rd John Heaney (21) 36pts
A perennial favourite, Pattavia Century was the site of Friday’s outing with the red hot John Stewart firing a co-man of the match and top score in A Flight 38 points. John was matched in C Flight by the ever-improving Jimmy ‘two shots’ Elphick. This was John’s fourth visit to you know where (talking about you know who, he’s back in town so you have been warned). John was two clear of Kevin Rogers as Dominic Downey closed the flight on35 points.
Skipping down to C Flight we saw Paul Gibson and John Heaney follow Jim up the podium steps in one shot increments.
B Flight had the only count back of the day; Pen Caruthers and John Darby tied on 37 points apiece but Pen’s fortune was to the dismay of John’s. Rightly so, the final spot of the week went to a ‘Mick’ as Matt Cronin closed the flight with a steady 35 points.
Dominic Downey, Jeff Horsfield, Pen Caruthers. Chris Barrett, Jim Bell and John Heaney shared the 2’s pot.
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
