Announcements

This years EGC / Vijf Margen Challenge will be played on Thursday 8th May (at ESTEC) and Thursday 22nd May at Vijf Margen (at GolfCentrum Noordwijk, Van Berckelweg 38, 2203LB Noordwijk)

This event was really enjoyable last year, and we will again play a pairs stableford scramble format.

On 8th May at ESTEC we will have a shotgun start at 14:00. There will be 3 nearies, with prizes of bag towels – and also there will be a prize for the best pairs score on the day. After the golf we will meet in Escape for a drink & snack (1 drink per player will be “on the club”) and for the prize-giving.

On Thursday 22nd May at Vijf Margen, EGC players will pay 20 euro for 18 holes of golf (normally 29:50 euro) and it will be a “tee times” start (details will follow) and again we will gather (hopefully on the terrace like last year !) for a drink. The sum of the best 3 pairs scores for each team, on each day will determine the winning team. Unusually, the losing team takes away the trophy (see photo) and last year that was EGC. Lets try to give it back this year !

Registration is now open for both dates in Proware. Please register as soon as possible…..preferable for both dates. If possible please register by 22nd April, to ensure a place in this fun exchange with our nearest neighbouring golf club.

The first social of the year, King’s Social Scramble will take place on: Saturday 26 April 2025 with a Shotgun start at 13:00 – meeting at the Check-In at 12:30.

Please see attachment for further details and remember to register in Proware, open until Thursday 24 April 2025 at 18:00 hrs.

Reno (EGC Competition Secretary)

On Saturday Morning, May 3rd, a special clinic is organised for;

Members who want to gain more golf experience…..

Members who find it difficult to walk on the course alone……

Members who would like to know more about what the club can do for them….

Jeanine Gelevert (golf pro) will provide the clinic

There is a choice to follow the clinic only, or to also play a Texas Scramble afterwards. This is led by Jeanine

The costs are respectively 10 or 20 euros (the clinic and the Texas Scramble together are 20 euros)

So click on the attachment, register with the QR code before April 28th

(if this does not work for some reason, write a short email to robvandenbassen@gmail.com)

Golf Greetings – Rob Jansen (Club Captain)

Dear EGC Members

As many of you know, Salim Ansari is a long term EGC Member and active golfer. Now retired and golfing mainly in Spain and Austria, Salim has also found time to write a book. Heres what Salim has to say about his latest venture;

The novel, Adventures of a Golf Ball that I have written was inspired by conversations I had with some of you ten years ago. I had this idea of creating a character — a golf ball — that would be capable of telling its story. I put myself in the mindset of a golf ball and thought, “what tales would such a ball recount, if it could tell its story of where it had been and what it had seen?”

Admittedly, when I started writing the book I wasn’t sure where I would go with it. Was it going to be an adventure thriller or a book about golf? But then I drew inspiration from contemporary events shaping our world today. The political predicament we find ourselves in, the hi-tech pace in which things are developing, the consequence and impact of decisions taken in the ESA world. All of this shaped the story, which remains a work of fiction!

ESA and ESTEC are mentioned! You may recognise some of the characters in the book who are actually members of the EGC!  

I found empathy with some of our partners who, from one day to the next lost everything …. well, I’ll leave it to you to recognize those passages without sounding cryptic. 

Some of the golf courses mentioned in the book I have actually played—certainly all the ones in the Netherlands! My background and the high-tech industry also played a role in shaping the plot. And the ultimate technological product I imagined? It’s real—prototypes exist today. But I won’t say more; I don’t want to give too much away!

Lastly, I dedicated this book to one of our members who left us far too soon—a dear friend with whom I spent countless hours on the golf course: Bob Davis.

Enjoy the book. I would love to hear your thoughts! 

The book is on Kindle/paperback/hardcover at:

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DDQXHPXX

NL:  https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B0DDQXHPXX

DE: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0DDQXHPXX

Salim will soon be sending a copy of the book to be placed in the Check – In hut, for you to take a look at.