GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE AIM GOLF OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 AT THE BANGI GOLF RESORT – 07 APRIL 2018

Welcome to All
The AIM Golf Open Championship would be played on the 7th April 2018 at Bangi Golf Resort. It would tee- off at 2.00 pm. Other details for this championship would include:
a.    Registration:
i. A registration table would be set up at the foyer of the Golfers’ Terrace .
ii. Players are expected to register their names to the staff manning the Registration Table.
iii. On registering, players would be given a score card, a bag tag and a bag of goodies.
iv.  Players are expected to pay for the caddies (if requested at RM 75.00 per caddy) and a CHARITY  Bulls Eye (RM 50.00)
b.    A photograph session would be held at 1.45 pm followed immediately after by a briefing .
c.    Mode of Play: The game would be on a stableford scoring based on the System 36.
d.    The game will commence from a Shot-gun start from holes to be notified.. It would be initiated by a siren sound .
e.    Tee-off would be from the Blue Tee.
f.    Scoring would be done by a member of the flight. A player would not mark his own card.
g.    Markers will insert the total shots made by the player he is marking on the scorecard.
h.    Scorecards will be submitted to the staffs at the Registration table on completion of the game.
i.    Ensure that  all scorecards are signed by both the players and the markers before submission to the collecting staffs.
j.    Prizes. The champion would receive a Challenge Trophy ‘ The President’s Cup’ and a miniature. The challenge trophy need to be returned to the Secretariat and the miniature is for the champion to keep. Other then the trophy the winners will receive the following:
i.    Champion : RM 500.00.
ii.    Runner Up : RM 300.00
iii.    2nd Runner Up : RM 200.00.
iv.    Next 5 Winners: RM 100.00 each.
v.    Next 10 Winners:  RM 50.00 each.
k.    Hampers would also be conferred to others  then the Above
Dinner & Prize-Giving
It will commence at 7.30 pm at the Bilik Teratai at the Clubhouse.
HAPPY GOLFING

THE RAFOC ANNUAL GOLF COMPETITION 2018

Its that time of the year again. The Retired Armed Forces Officers’ Club or RAFOC Golf Championship. Held every year since 2009, the golf championship would draw its members to partake this once-a-year event. It has  gone through many transformation in format, mode-of-play and venue. What is being challenged for is the Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Hamid Trophy.

We have participated since its inauguration in 2009. We had our disappointments, frustrations and anger over these years of participating. Some harsh words were exchanged between our convenor and the organisers once. Still we never failed  to show support for RAFOC. A look through our blog’s archives would indicate our involvement. We were champions in 2011
 

 

and came in second in 2012. The format was an inter-intake competition.
 

 

 

 

 

 

This type of competition draw out the intake spirit of each intake. Each intake try to outdo each other not only in golfing skills but also in spirit and names through display of attires and organisation. Our Club 12/68 has always stood out. Everybody knows us as an intake that take nothing to chance and strive for each other in the spirit of camaraderie and brotherhood. Its also thanks to our President who would never failed to encourage, goad, contribute to ensure our club is represented every year. Its also through the efforts of Hashim Yahaya, Marzuki Andong (Apai) and Ramli Harun that started the gearing-up for the competition. This included a practise round at the site 2 days before the actual game.


The actual date, 27 Mar 2018 arrived. There were lots of messages in our whatsapp group giving encouragement.to our reps. This is what made our group unique. Everybody vying for each other. We saw the first pic in our 12/68 Golfers channel.

 

The Chairman of the Organising Committee wrote in our golf channel:
‘Dear 12/68 golfers, just to report to you that we, who represented 12/68 team in RAFOC Golf today just manage to play an average golf only😄😄. The younger intake 34 and 35 became the star of the day  holding the trophy which we once held in 2011😢😄😄. Our star players , IH and GKL were handicapped by the rain and the wet fairway. Only our President and MM were able to sustain with good scores. Nonetheless we did not go back empty handed. Through luck and perseverance staying through out the prize giving ceremony, we manage to secure 3 complementary flights to play golf at Nilai Spring GCC anytime before June....👍👍👍😄. We hope to use this facilities to organize one game before GKL go back to Singapore and when JL is  in town.....What do you all say???🙏🙏🙏
Mohd Isa Hassan wrote:
‘My apologies to the rest of the team for a poor performance today...
Can only managed 34 points...👏👏👏😛’
But then its only golf.
Sam wrote:
‘Squad, no apologies are necessary. Winning is important. But then again, the camaraderie and participation as 12/68 is held supreme and far more important. Prepare for the next outing. I am proud of Reg 12/68.’
Ahmad Ismail also responded thus:
‘Participation is not all about winning. The esprit de corp is more important. And all the 8 heroes participated in the tournament have made us proud. Congratulations to all Dato President, Dato Chairman of the Organising Committee and the six golfers. Bravo.’
And since some of us managed to get the complimentary game at the venue, its now for the Convenor to set a date for a mini competition amongst ourselves.
Regards to All

JohnH.

CLUB 12/68 GOLF COMPETITI0N ON 28 FEBRUARY 2018 AT AMVERTON COVE GOLF & ISLAND RESORT

 

As part of our 50th anniversary celebration we organised a golf competition. This was on 28 Feb 2018 at the Amverton Cove Golf & Island Resort. A resort about 40 km from KL on Carrie Island- close to Klang.
In all 12 participated. The Magnificent 12. Just like Templar’s Magnificent 12. Just to be sure everybody came, the Chairman Hashim Yahaya called almost everybody at 0500 hrs to jolt them out of slumber-land and head for Amverton. On the average a good one hour drive. Tee off was  planned for 0830 hrs, so the wheels need to roll latest 0700 hrs with half an hour grace for a quick breakfast and disposing the excesses, everybody was ready to tee off.. A quick photoshoot,

 

 
then off we went to the 3 tee boxes arranged for a Shotgun start.
 

 

It was initially a cool and misty morning.

Then as we proceeded, the heat tested us. It became warm – then hot. Still we plod on. Mind you some of us had not swung a golf club for ages. And of course, curses and cheers were heard – more curses though. We ended our game in one piece and proceeded for lunch at the club’s foyer.


Prize-giving followed. As explained earlier by the Golf Convenor the pool money would be won by the top two individuals, followed by a drawn partnership of top 5 with the bottom 5. It was the luck-of-the-draw really.
And the winners were:
Champion - Mohd Isa Hassan.

Ruuner-up - Rahman Jabir
 
Best Pair – Ismail Ahmad and John Hamzah.


2nd Best Pair – Sam and JohnRH

.3rd Best Pair – Apai and Musa Mustakim
 4th Best Pair – Burn and Rodi
 
5th Best Pair –. Hashim and Hadi.

It was a good gathering with lots of  laughter and a bit of rib-rubbing. All in good spirit.
We soon made our way back home. Very exhausted, contented yet feeling pleasant. Gone were the shanked-shots, balls in the ponds and the missed putts. It was a good outing amongst our Band-of-Brothers.
The Chairman of the Organising Committee wrote:
‘The golfers enjoyed their golf and gathering today at Amverton Cove. Thank you to the Golf Convenor who made this event materialise. The subsequent activities to continue celebrating our Golden Jubilee will be discussed in early Mar. A warning order should be out soon. Meanwhile keep yourself fit, busy, cool and cheerful. Have a fruitful days ahead’.And the President said:
‘Great little reunion of golf yesterday. Plenty of fun as usual. Good golf, GOOD LUNCH. Tq RH, HY and Apai and also to the rest. Kipidap’.
Till we meet for the next itinerary of our 50th Anniversary – Adios Amigos.
JohnH

KELAB AIM GOLF OPEN 2018

Please be informed that Kelab AIM Malaysia (the Alumni of Asian Institute of Management, Malaysia) intends to hold a golf competition to compete for their President’s Cup. It is an inaugural competition. It is planned to be held:
On 07 April 2018. A Saturday. Teeing  off at 1.30 pm. There’ll be dinner and prize giving in the evening. There’ll be a challenge trophy dubbed as ‘the President’s Cup’. There’ll be novelties for NTP, NTL, a Bullseye and a Hole- In- One. 
The costs would be RM 1,000 for a flight of 4. Or RM 250 for individual player. It is an: OPEN. So anybody could win the Cup. Besides the goodies, the prizes would be in Cash. The champion would
 receive the Challenge Trophy and a  miniature. The Challenge Trophy need to be returned but the miniature would be for keeps.
The competition would be at the Bangi Golf Resort, on a Saturday afternoon. Whilst lunch would be on individual discretion, dinner would be organised. This would be followed by prize giving.
The champion is expected to pocket RM 500.00 with the runner up taking home RM 300.00 and RM 200.00 for the 2nd runner up.
This is an inaugural ‘Open”. It is also intended to collect funds for our Alumni.
It is hoped that there would be support and a good response for our noble cause. You may join in as individuls or as a group. If joining as individuals we would arrange for your flights.
For joining or further queries do call:
Shamsuddin: 012 3750373.
Dato Arffin Che Mat Din : 010 7665018.
Ayub: 019 3297529
Hiruddin : 012 3351010.
Mohamed Ariff: 012 2015892..
Kol John Hamzah:016 2158143.
FORE

THE FIRST ON THE ITINERARY OF 2018 FOR CLUB 12/68 LUNCH AT THE RESTORAN SELESA D’MASS IN TAMAN MELAWATI

It was a nice setting for the start of our 50th anniversary. Lunch gathering for our squads. Prior to that there were concerted efforts made by the committee to get maximum attendance for our first on our itinerary of the year.
It’s a 12.00 noon RV.

Soon the room reserved for us started filling in. The  List numbered 36 and it included :
a.    Pete Aziz Iskandar.- Rome.
b.    Tairobi Razak. – Banting.
c.    Yusof Jaafar. – Bandar Bera.
d.    KL Goh. – Singapore or Batam.
e.    Amar Kumar Choudhury. KL
f.    Abu Bakar Suman. KL.
g.    Tan Ba Too – Rocky. KL
h.    Khalid Othman. KL.
i.    Chee Eng Boon. KL
j.    KD Richard. KL

We started at about 12.30 pm  with a speech by the Chairman of the Organising Committee.
 
 Hashim Yahaya. He also announced the tentative programme which we  have agreed for the whole year. The President in his speech expressed his happiness of the many that came for the lunch.

 

 He expressed the squads stand of being equal as a ‘ band of brothers’.He also hoped the respond would be just as good for the other programmes in the itinerary.
We took the opportunity to celebrate some of the birthdays celebrated for the month of January and February. A cake was brought out.

 For purposes of deception only 7 candles were lighted. A birthday song was sung.

 

The birtday boys blew the candles and we started lunch. A good spread of asam  pedas, lemak labu, ayam goring and ulam.

 

We were noisy.
 
 And what can be expected of friends who have been together since 1968 and not met for a long long time. There were lots of catching up to do

Most were comparing the number of cucus in the roost. None heard of additional ‘cawangan’ or ‘branch’. So we are alright there.
We had our group photograph taken.

And soon we had to take leave of each other with promises of catching up with each other soon..
The COC is hoping that for all our programmes there would be maximum participation.
Warmest Regards to All.