RAYMOND CUP 2011

Raymond Cup 2011
5th. November



After a long break of 3 years, the Changi Duffers got together again on 5th. November 2011 competing for the Raymond Cup Challenge Trophy. Almost all the old kakis turned up, and we also have a few new faces to join our event.

Although the response was overwhelming and encouraging, but we could not say the same about the weather. It had been raining almost every day leading up to 5th. Nov. And all of us, especially our Captain Raymond, prayed hard for a sunny afternoon. A wash out would be a great disappointment – we still remember the last event.

Fortunately, the Changi Duffers are a bunch of lucky golfers. We were blessed with blue sky that afternoon as it turned out to be a perfect weather for golf. We managed to have all our games completed smoothly.

After the game, we proceeded to Thai Pan Restaurant to have our dinner in a private room reserved. The atmosphere was like of a kind of reunion dinner, the room is filled with cheerful conversation, people shouting and laughing. Everyone seemed to be in a joyous mood.
We had 2 tables of 10 course Chinese Dinner. Food served on that night was good, except the olive fried rice was a bit saltish, all the rest went well.

Dinner started with the first highlight-announcing the Lychees of the game. This year, the Lychee went to Alice Lu and she is accompanied by Alan Loi and Willie Tan, the second and third Lychee respectively. Just like traditionally practised, the three Lychees have to bottom up their beer after reading the pledge. With the cheering from the room, all three drank up and pocketed the two Pro Vs.

Our very active emcee, Tommy Tan, also followed up with the winners from both men and ladies division – Mr. Chionh Chye Hion and Ms Hng Siew Choo. Captain Raymond presented the Raymond Cup Challenge Trophy to the overall winner-Chionh Chye Hion.

We would like to sincerely thank the people that contributed to make this event a successful one:

• First, Captain Raymond Chan who chaired the event, and sponsored the umbrella for door gift and also brought along 2 bottles of XOs.


• Tommy Tan has been working out all the prizes, door gifts and made arrangement for the dinner.


• Daryl Wong took the responsibility to schedule all the flights and making sure all tee-off are problem free.


• Roland Chan, Cheng Soon Mong, Chionh Chye Hion all bring along some liquor. ( these alcohol helps to build up the atmosphere for a perfect evening.)


• We also thank all participants for their support and looking forward to the next game scheduled to be played in March next year.

A special mention : We were very glad that Chee Cheow Eng managed to return in time from his overseas posting to join us for dinner. It was good to see him again, he had been MIA for a long period and we hope he will be able to join us soon.

Cheers to all Changi Duffers and see you again in the next challenge for more fun.


PHOTO GALLERY

Before Tee-off, at the starter point

At the Tee-Box


Flight #1 (L-R) Pam, Jeffrey, Tommy, Alan

Flight #2 (L-R) Ching, Cheng SM, Raymond, Koh KT

Flight #3 (L-R) Alice, Angeline, Siew choo, Felicia

Flight #4 (L-R) Ivan, Gordon, Leong BH, Alfie

Flight #5 (L-R) Jason, William, Chionh, Chum

Flight #6 (L-R) Willie, Daryl, Lau TL

Warming up for the challenge

Snap shots around the greens

Relaxing moments at the turning point

Tommy, Pam and Jeffrey arranging all the prizes for the evening

.......and the outcome

The man of the evening.........

Our Lychee # 1 - Alice

..........but she is not lonely, reading the pledge together with Lychee #2 & 3 -Alan + Willie

Our overall Champion receiving the Raymond Cup from Captain

The winners from Men Division - Chionh, Chum and Gordon

and the other prize winners- (clockwise) William, Tommy, Jason & Lau

The winner of ladies division - (clockwise) Champion-Hng Siew Choo,

Angeline and Felicia

Dinner in Thai Pan Restaurant

DUFFERS CUP 2009

Due to last minute withdrawal of our Duffer members from the game last Saturday (15th August 2009) afternoon, we have decided to postpone Raymond Cup to a later date, and only play the Duffer Cup. Through the last minute scramble, we managed to fill up all the 20 slots, thanks to William and Gordon.

The day started on shaky grounds as the sky was laden with threatening gray clouds in the morning. In fact it rained in the late morning. Fortunately for us, the rain stopped on time for our 5 flights to tee-off at 12 noon.

As if Mother Nature knows of our tradition at our Turning Point, rain came down hard mid-way through our second round, forcing all of us to congregate at our favourite drink hole. This is our chance for some bonding and camaraderie, and of course, a chance at Tequila and/or Whiskey shots. This time, the rain you may say came in handy.

The game ended with drink and light snack at 19th hole. After shower, we headed to First-Stop Ubin restaurant for our seafood dinner (feast) and yum-sengs. I like the steamed lobster and fried mee suah. For others, their favourite will probable be Cordon Bleu or Remy Martell.

It was a re-sounding yes for Oh-Nee (yam paste) for dessert. Ask those who were there and they will agree that Steven Black does very good sign language which speaks a thousand words. We also hear about “Aiyoh, break so much” putt from our first flight. Guess who said from ?

I hope that everyone had a good time and is looking forward to Raymond Cup later this year. It was all agreed and decided that Raymond Cup Champion and Lychee winners attendance is prerequisite for Raymond Cup. So, past winners, please take note.

NEW FRIENDS

• Mr Loh Ser Kiat
• Dave Ong
• Ang Boon Hai

Welcome to Changi and to Changi Duffers, it was nice to meet you.


THANK YOU

Many thanks to our sponsors

• Captain Raymond Chan for his 20 CAT caps and 12 boxes of balls as well as his bottle of Remy Martin XO
• Mr Cheng Soon Mong for his 2 boxes of balls
• Mr Dwight Brannon for his Tequila (very nice tequila, super)
• Mr Roland Chan for his Glenlivet Whisky
• Mr Daryl Wong for his bottle of Cordon Bleu brandy
• $50 each from Mr Roland Chan and Mr Chee Cheow Eng
• $20 each from Mr Raymond Chan, Mr Alan Loi, Mr William Teo, Mr Daryl Wong, Mr Jason Wong and Mr Richard Tan

Special thanks to our organizers

• Mr Alan Loi (game and fixture)
• Mr Wille Tan (treasurer)
• Mr Roland Chan (dinner)

RESULTS

Captain’s Team was victorious. This time, our Vice-Captain played well (32 points) but somehow his team did not perform as well. Heard from the birds, it could be due to the lack of encouragement from Mr Loi.

Vice-Captain gave away the Duffers’ Cup to Captain Raymond. Each member of Captain’s team received a sleeve of balls.

Best Player with 39 points was Jason Wong. He won a box of balls.

For the defeated Vice-Captain’s team, each member received an experienced ball each from the Captain’s team member to help them in the challenge next year.

Organiser of the next Duffer’s Cup is Vice-Captain, Mr Alan Loi.

Raymond Cup 11 Oct 2008

11th. October 2008, this is an important day for the Changi Duffers. On that day, the Changi Duffers will be competing in our annual event – the Raymond Cup. Making the event even more interesting, we are blending this annual event together with our Captain vs Vice Captain game, which we did not complete the last time. 2 trophies (Raymond Cup & Duffers Cup) in one game.

Weather on the day was good, most of our Duffers members signed in for the game before noon and we also have some invited guests to grace the event.

On that sunny Saturday afternoon, the narrow fairways of the Changi golf course, golfers in black and green shirts, representing the Captain and Vice Captain team respectively, were spotted in every tee boxes, fairways and greens. The competition was going aggressively, yet laughter and friendly remarks is not absent. This is the Duffers’ spirit.

One by one, all the worn-out golfers started to return to base, seeping cold beers, joke about the funny moments earlier on greens in the beautiful backdrop of CGC sunset. Willie, however, has no time to enjoy the session as he was busy collecting and tabulating scores for the final result. Later, some began to leave for their shower, followed by others.

Our next destination is the ThaiPan restaurant located in Civil Service Club. Paul, the restaurant owner, had given us a private room to dine. (or rather he knows that we will be a very noisy group) The Martell XO sponsored by our Captain, Raymond, started to go round the tables before dinner. Under the influence of alcohol, everybody is intoxicated, and the atmosphere getting rowdy and high. When the friendly waitress started to serve our dinner, the foods disappeared almost instantly into the hungry duffers’ stomach. In general, the foods were delicious, except the fish and the desert.

After diner, we headed back to Changi Golf Club KTV room. Our guest Ow entertained us with a few Chinese song, the rest did not sing, but waiting for the highlight of the day – result and prize presentation.

The Raymond Cup was won by Daryl Wong, our Lychee turn durian. Daryl had set a positive example to all of us. Cheers, Daryl.

The Duffers cup went to the Vice Captain team with overwhelming result, despite the very poor performance of the Vice Captain himself.

When the final curtain is drawn, I am sure all of us are driving home leaving an enjoyable, fun-filled day of golf outing to remember in the Changi Duffer’s diary.

Duffer's Cup - 7th. June 2008

This is our second game held on 7th June 2008 morning. The 20 participants were split into 2 teams. The team in black played for our Captain (Raymond) and the other team in green played for the Vice-Captain (Alan). The team with the higher team stable-ford point would win the Duffer’s Cup.

Everyone was all charged up and ready for the battle.

Unfortunately, after just 5 holes, we were all held at ransom at the Turning Point by Mr Rain.

Whilst being in “captive” at Turning Point, we all had our lethal Shot which proved to be too much for some. Our spirits were kept high by keeping our stomach filled with food and drinks. Miss Luck’s visit was also another highlight of our stay there.

After all the drink and fun, our Captain is so exhausted, and decided to release his stress.


Our patience and persistence did not manage to convince Miss Sunny to come out of hiding. Finally, after about 2 hours of waiting, the rain was stilling pouring, we decided to bail out and return to the clubhouse.

We had been looking forward to a victory celebration. Needless to say, it was a disappointing day for all of us. We were all dressed and had nowhere to go, except for our banquet lunch.

As the group is still keen on an outcome, Ivan has agreed to help organise the match for another day before our next game in August (Lychee game).

The Duffer’s Cup is a beautiful trophy of a golfer making a swing with his golf club, similar to our logo. At the moment, it is undergoing some enhancement works under the tender care of Richard. It can be sure that all of us cannot wait to make our mark on this trophy.

Our sincere gratitude to our generous sponsors for Duffer’s Cup:
· Chee Cheow Eng Tequila, $100 cash, caps
· Alan Loi Duffer’s Cup (specially delivery by Daryl)
· Alfie Lee Balls

May the worriers of the Captain and Vice Captain meet again for a deciding match very soon.