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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Bankers Club Chairman's Trophy 2012 - Staffield Country Resort - 28th November 2012

Friday, February 10, 2012

Bankers Club Bi-Monthly Golf Tournament - KLGCC - 1st March 2012

Cannons all,

The next Bankers Club Bi-Monthly Golf Tournament will be held at

KLGCC East Course

Thursday 1st March 2012

Stableford

Registration at 12:30pm

Tee off 13:30pm

Prize Presentation 17:30pm

Cost. BC Memebers RM305nett. Guest of BC Member RM335nett.

Names to Andrew Robinson

Friday, August 26, 2011

Bankers Club Annual Golf Tournament - Kota Permai Golf & Country Club - 12th October 2011

Send names to Andrew Robinson should you wish to participate.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Bankers Club Tournament - Kota Permai - 2nd March 2011

The Bankers Club are holding their next tournament at Kota Permai on Wednesday 2nd March 2011.
Registration 07:15
Tee off 08:00
Prize Presentation 13:00
Cost
Bankers Club Members RM235
Guest of Bankers Club Members RM285
Discount for KPGCC Members. RM138

For further information and registration contact Richard Moss rickymo@usa.net

Grumpy Old Men with a Golfing Problem

The expression "loose cannon" or "loose cannon on rolling deck" refers to an irresponsible and reckless individual whose behaviour (either intended or unintended) endangers the group he or she belongs to, or just generally winds them up with their wrong-headed logic.

The term originates in the Age of Sail and wooden men-of-war, apparently first used in Victor Hugo’s's novel Ninety Three in 1874. When a storm began, all Cannon had to be securely fastened and lashed in place. A gun that broke free of its lashings would roll uncontrollably around the deck with the motion of the ship, causing havoc. A loose cannon, weighing thousands of pounds, would crush anything and anyone in its path, and possibly even break a hole in the hull, thus endangering the seaworthiness of the whole ship. If a loose cannon fired in the wrong direction, it could severely damage the ship or kill crew members.

In modern usage, it is used almost exclusively to refer to individuals with largely uncontrollable and thus potentially destructive behavior, but it can also be proudly self-descriptive.

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