O Flower of Scotland... when will we see your like again?

8 Dogs turned up to play on the last game of the year. Kurmitola was soooo quiet !! We were round in 3 hours... can you believe it !!!!

The scores were variable ... as always !!! A quick manual adjustment to a couple of handicaps was made before we started and I immediately regretted so doing !!! Lilo started off badly and finished very strongly having been adjusted upwards by 2. Holger also was upwardly adjusted and promptly played the game of a demon on the first nine... then the skids came off. Ross (my Lad) was adjusted from 8 to 12 having not played in a year and immediately parred the first 6 holes !!! But the second nine is the one that separates the men from the boys !!!!

So the final awards of the year..... Ian Wright cuddles the trophy over the new Year with 18 points.... 14 on the front side !!! At the other end we had Lilo in 3rd place with 28 points beating Khor on count back. In 2nd place was Major Chin of the Malaysian army and a friend of Khor's who is visiting Bangladesh. He lost on count back to me on 31 points... so I [Alan - the Bruce] am Leader of the Pack at the end of the year !!!

There will be golf next weekend... I think there will be about 8 people playing again next week. I will not be here as I am off to Kathmandu for a week. Khor will be the Top Dog next week.
See you in a couple of weeks and may 2007 bring you everything you wish for.

Merry Xmas & Happy New Year

Wishing all Dogs & Friends a relaxing Merry Christmas and a prosperous and healthy New Year 2007. Keep a positive outlook even if the Panni threatens and the ballboys cheat! Best regards from Switzerland

Lars

Medeau, maitre du monde...

The dogs hunt on.... no matter what !!! We had 10 mongrels turn up to play this week.... a surprisingly good turn out for this particular time of year. Our lady Champion graced us with her presence.......... well done Pascale on winning the banglalink Cup this weekend............. The DOGS rule !!!!

The weather continues to be very pleasant and the course in good condition but it gets no easier.... does it Holger ?? Holger for the second week on the trot kennels the Doodoo Trophy have only got 21 points. Ian Wright accumulated 23 but having played with Holger probably realised that his kennel was being spared the dubious honour of housing the Doodoo. Must have been an interesting battle towards the end..... Holger got 1 point on the last 4 holes whilst Ian managed only 2 !!!

To the other end where the real balls lie.... Greg missed out on 3rd place with 34 points, leaving Top Dog in 3rd place loosing on count back to Kim M with 35 points. But most fittingly, Leader of the Pack this week in his final game with the Dogs is Philippe on 36 points......... who would have believed it 3 years back ???? Well done Philippe. You will be missed but we have no doubt that we will meet up again somewhere in this world. We will be seeing Pascale again in a few weeks when she passes through Dhaka to take up residence in Beijing. Good luck to the pair of you.

It goes without saying that the Dogs will be there at Kurmitola again this coming Saturday .... for those still in Dhaka I look forward to seeing you. For those elsewhere, have a great Xmas and a very happy and prosperous New Year when it comes.

Klorious Khor

This will be quick note as I am due to go and watch Bangladesh teaching Scotland the art of playing cricket. The English have devoted centuries to trying to achieve this and have, to date, failed miserably !!!
Thanks to Philipe and Pascale for a great day on Friday.... the Medeau Golf Day was fun and we all had a very good time at the golf in Savar and the "Apres Golf" which went on until the small hours of Saturday morning !
The numbers were down this week mainly due to people abandoning their fellow mutts to visit their home kennels for Xmas.... next week we will be even fewer !! 14 mongrels suffered a tormentingly slow round of golf !! The problems of playing golf on a Public Holiday, I am afraid !! The results were not spectacular!! At the "derrière", Holger was suffering.... with only 21 points, he is Dog Doodoo of the week !! Barry came very close to it with 22 points having had 16 on the front nine !! And to the balls......... we did have a Nearest to the Pin winner this week.... on the 12th Putu had a magnificent short to within 8 feet of the pin but could not convert it into a birdie. In 3rd place beating Pascale was our 'Jail bird' with 32 points.... the first balls OK has had in months if not years !!! In 2nd place was Wati with 33 points. Our Leader of the Pack this week who was well ahead of the rest with a very solid 36 points was Khor. Well done Khor.
For those of us who are going to enjoy a Bangy Xmas, we will play at our usual time next week at Kurmitola. For those of you seeking a change of scenery have a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. We look forward to seeing you on your return.
Cheers
Alan

Leo lying low - again

Firstly let me thank Natthanya and Leo for a really fun night on Friday. It was a lovely evening and the food was wonderful. A great DOGS Dinner. Considering the consumption of 'pooch hooch' it was surprising that as many as 18 mongrels appeared for golf on Saturday !!
The course was in good condition... the greens were a little faster than we are used to and the men's tee boxes were placed far back so the course was 'testy' !! Starting at the 'aromatic' end, the Doodoo trophy found its way back to Leo's kennel once again this week, not courtesy of Natthanya but as a result of Leo's 16 points reflecting his very tired state after the night before !!! Ian Wright only accumulated 2 points more to save himself the humiliation of kenneling the Doodoo.
Now talking about balls and 'balls ups'........ the 8th once again proved to be unreachable with a drive as no one landed on the green.... so no Nearest the Pin this week. That is the second time that has happened on the 8th in recent weeks!!! The other 'balls up' happened in the scoring. Unfortunately one mongrel made a mistake on his card in terms of points which screwed things up but only when it was discovered by Kim and her computer after the event. Kim, it is blatantly obvious that we need you so don't take a day off again.... please !!!!!! Barry may (pun!!!) be forgiven for forgetting where he gets strokes!!! Instead of coming second with 32 points he actually drops to 4th on count back so Mike Tarry comes in 3rd on 31 points losing on count back to Rob Jones. Leader of the Pack by a large margin was Greg with 38 points. I am sure he will be sporting a new handicap next week.... will he not, Kim??? Well done Greg. I will redistribute the 'bollies' next week to Mr Tarry and Mr Jones !!!
I was going to tell you the story of the game played by Gus but after 7 holes there was little point !!!!!! Tee hee !!!!
We will all meet again this Friday to play in the "Medeau Muddle" ..... of course, I refer to the state of our game and not the organization which will be great. I look forward to seeing you all there. We will play Kurmitola next Saturday as usual.
The girls who need a larger size blue shirt please let me know. I have replaced most of them but there are still a couple who need a bigger size !!! Life in Bangladesh is a bit 'expansive"..... must be 'inflation' !!!!
Byeeee 4 now

Natthanya nabs it

17 assorted mongrels including one that managed to get weekend leave from jail were present to play on Saturday. The weather is very pleasant at this time of year and the course is in fairly good condition. So why no really big scores ?? I am not sure what the Standard Scratch was yesterday... no doubt Kim will tell us in her note giving the facts and figures but I would guess that it was fairly low again this week.
Starting at the rear end as always...... Natthanya was at the 'tail end' with 21 points depriving Kim on 22 points from taking the Doodoo home for the first time !!! As Nattanhya knows the trophy feels very comfortable in that kennel..... doesn't it Leo ??!!! And to the bollocks....... it took more than 13 attempts at the 12th to get someone to land on the green and the final group managed it twice !! Khor was closest wrestling the 2 balls away from Pete who would have had the nearest to the pin for the 3rd week on the trot !!! Missing out on balls in 4th place was Top Dog... again.... on 32 points beating Putu on count-back. In 3rd place was Wati on 33 with 3 Putt Pete on 34 points in 2nd. Leader of the Pack this week is Gary on 35 points. Well done Gary.
Sadly, after the drinks and nibbles, and people had drifted off it was found that the money collected for the drinks was short.... by the equivalent of 10 beers !!!! Obviously some people had left without paying their debts !!! Please please ensure that you pay your share of the bill !!! It is unfair, unreasonable and darn right ridiculous to expect the rest of us to have to subsidise the drinks!!!
On Friday we have the Dogs Dinner at Leo and Natthanya's kennel. The address is :
Baridhara, Road 1, House 20, Apartment 502
It starts at around 7 pm.
We will play at Kurmitola at the usual time next week. Meanwhile, have a fun time !!