Finnish Chamber of Commerce in Japan

SWEDEN-FINLAND GOLF CHALLENGE, 1 DECEMBER 2006

Venue:
Windsor Park G & C.C., Ibaraki Pref.
Team Result:
SCCJ 78.5 - FCCJ 80.6

A beautiful morning and great course welcomes the players (click image for bigger version)

RECAP

The players pose for a group photo before start of play (click image for bigger version)

For the forth time the competition was played at the Windsor Park Golf & Country Club near Mito in Ibaraki prefecture. The course was in excellent condition and the service at the club second to none.

The individual winner (best net) was Pernille Storm (SCCJ) with a net 71. She also took the SCCJ Autumn Golf Cup and one near pin. Second, with same net score but higher handicap was Jukka Viitanen (FCCJ), he will keep the FCCJ Golf Cup for one year. Kalevi Lehikoinen (FCCJ) had the best gross score, 84, he was the third net. The winner of the FCCJ longest drive was Kaj Forsell and the SCCJ longest drive was won by Necip Soyak.. Other near pin winners where Bengt Jönsson (SCCJ), Clas Bystedt (FCCJ) and Kimio Hashida (FCCJ).

This time the event was organized by FCCJ in good cooperation with SCCJ. We would like to thank the title sponsor Stora Enso Japan, Wilson (Amer Sports Japan) who again donated many fine prizes and all the others who brought nice prizes to the competition, and to Oak Associates who ensured that we did not run out of beer at the party. Our thanks go also to the Windsor Park G & C.C., Jim Fletcher and all the other staff for again helping us making this a great event at very reasonable costs.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (top 20)
Pos.	Player	Company	Team	HCP	Gross	Net
1.	Pernille Storm	Oak Associates	SCCJ	15	86	71
2.	Jukka Viitanen	Tekes	FCCJ	26	97	71
3.	Kalevi Lehikoinen	TeliaSonera	FCCJ	12	84	72
4.	Johan Rugfelt	Embassy Commercial Office	SCCJ	15	87	72
5.	Necip Soyak	Volvo	SCCJ	12	86	74
6.	Kenji Matsumoto	Metso-SHI Co., Ltd.	FCCJ	17	91	74
7.	Alan Heggie	Atlas Copco K.K.	FCCJ	20	94	74
8.	Clas G. Bystedt	FCCJ	FCCJ	22	97	75
9.	Bengt Jönsson	Swedish Match	SCCJ	15	92	77
10.	Ian Hamilton	UPM-Kymmene Japan KK	FCCJ	18	97	79
11.	Hans Porat	Gadelius	SCCJ	14	94	80
12.	Martti Varesmaa	guest		17	97	80
13.	Tommy Kullberg	Sweden Food & Forestry	SCCJ	28	110	82
14.	Anna-Maria Lehikoinen	guest		17	101	84
15.	Seppo Rantanen	Koitto K.K.	FCCJ	20	104	84
16.	Masahiro Kuroda	MPS	FCCJ	23	108	85
17.	Hiroaki Sugawara	Finn Corporation	FCCJ	26	111	85
18.	Kaj Forsell	Tekla K.K.	FCCJ	20	106	86
19.	Kimio Hashida	Nokia Japan	FCCJ	16	103	87
20.	Kjell Groth	AstraZeneca	SCCJ	22	109	87
21.	Yuka Miyamoto	Stora Enso Kapan	FCCJ	36	125	89
22.	Michael Blom	Ikea Japan	SCCJ	8	98	90
23.	Naota Kusumi	Stora Enso Japan	FCCJ	24	114	90
24.	Ilkka Pyrro	Nokia Japan	FCCJ	11	103	92
25.	Harry Linnarinne	Finpro	FCCJ	30	122	92
26.	Karl Pisor	Joho Technology	SCCJ	30	123	93
27.	Lennart Johansson	Individual member	SCCJ	30	140	110

Note: if players have same net, the one with lower handicap wins, if still same, the older player wins.

IMAGES FROM THE COMPETITION

FCCJ board member Kaj Forsell welcomes the players	Getting prepared, the eventual No. 1 and No. 2, Pernille Storm and Jukka Viitanen
Hans Porat of SCCJ executing the first shot of the day.	Kimio Hashida of FCCJ tees off on No. 3.
Golfers luncheon... from left Kimio Hashida, Hans Porat and Kjell Groth	Kjell Groth of SCCJ tees off on No. 12.
Hans Porat contemplating on a long birdie putt.	Nice view of 18 green and the club house.
Group (from left) Kenji Matsumoto, Johan Rugfelt, Harry Linnarinne and Masahiro Kuroda approaching the 18th.	Group (from left) Hiroaki Sugawara, Necip Soyak, Kalevi Lehikoinen and Alan Heggie approaching the 9th.
Prize table waiting for its takers.	Before prizes, a nice buffet. Naota Kusumi and Yuka Miyamoto of Stora Enso Japan serving themselves.
From left: Jukka Viitanen, Harry Linnarinne, Kalevi and Anna-Maria Lehikoinen, all FCCJ.	From left: Mikael Blom, Bengt Jonsson and Johan Rugfelt of SCCJ and Ian Hamilton of FCCJ.
Kaj Forsell starts the prize ceremony.	Individual winner Pernille Storm receives the SCCJ Golf Cup from Hans Porat.
Best FCCJ player Jukka Viitanen gets the FCCJ Golf Cup and a Wilson driver from Kaj Forsell.	Kalevi Lehikoinen, best gross
Lucky-7, Alan Heggie with his prize, a Wilson golf bag.	Winner of the SCCJ Longest drive, Necip Soyak.
King of the par-3 No. 17, Kimio Hashida of FCCJ..	FCCJ team captain and Board member Kaj Foresell hands over the Stora Enso trophy to Pernille Storm and Hans Porat of SCCJ.