Lion’s charity golf tournament deemed a success

The Lion’s Club of Pattaya held a charity golf tournament on August 7th at the Laem Chabang Golf Course. The winner took home the coveted Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn trophy.

Sonthaya Khunpleum, Deputy Minister of Communications, shows his putting skills in the Lion’s Club charity golf tournament on August 7.

The proceeds will be presented to such organizations as SightFlight, drug rehabilitation centers, education projects, eye and cataract care, and the school kids hot lunch program.

Prizes were presented in both men’s and women’s divisions, with a senior flight, men’s A-D flights, a grand prize, first prize, and nearest the pin awards. A Toyota Soluna was also up for grabs in the event of a hole in one.

Suphoj Phojnetrakhom, President of the Lions’ Club of Pattaya, and Surat Mekhawarakul, former president of the Club, along with many members were present. The tournament was presided over by Sonthaya Khunpleum, Deputy Minister of Communications and other dignitaries.

The game was a huge success and a festive party was held afterward.

PSC Charity donations

The Pattaya Sports Club has been giving away gifts to worthy causes. On Tuesday the 11th of August, Harry Riley (Charity Chairman) and John Macallen (Softball Chairman) went to Bahn Rongpao School at Banglamung, where there is over 700 Children, and donated a 25" TV, a VCR and a stereo system to be used in the School library. The staff and children gave the Sports Club representatives a warm welcome and expressed their heartfelt thanks to the PSC and all its members for the items.

Later that day John and Harry visited the School for Deaf Children, where there are 65 students, and on behalf of the PSC they donated a 29" TV.

Seaboard Gourmet Products (SGP) slips past Bull Ring to take another first

Maybe because of the rain, the PSC Sunday fishing tournament on Sunday, Aug 9, had a smaller turn out. Only two boats were entered with eight anglers on board. A bit rainy and cloudy but cool temperatures. These guys still brought home the fish. A total of 15 fish were checked in for a total weight of around 25 kilos.

First Place: SGP Cafe, (Seaboard Gourmet Products). Fisherman: Jens Paterson, 3.5 kilogram Queen Fish. Captain: Gay. Location: Ko Phi.

Second Place: The Bull Ring Bar. Fisherman: Selwyn Lightley, 2.5 Kilogram Queen Fish. Captain: Jong. Location: Ko Phi.

Boat #1 SGP (Seaboard Gourmet Products). Fishermen: Middy Campbell, Jens Paterson, Greg Paterson, Mike Johnston.

Boat #2, The Bull Ring Bar. Fishermen: Selwyn Lightley, John Roberts, Richard Roberts, Chris "the Paddy".

The next tournament is scheduled for Sunday August 23rd. Join the fun.

Each boat entered pays an entry fee of 600 Baht to the Pattaya Sports Club.

Entrance fee must be paid the day before the tournament starts and listing name of boat captain, and names of fishermen on entered.

Each team hires their own boat. No limit on number of anglers on board.

All tournaments start no earlier than 12:01 a.m. and weigh in starts at 5:30 p.m. at the Pattaya Municipal Pier, and closes at 6 p.m.

The Pattaya Sports Club will award certificates to the winners for each tournament. The fishing committee has established: All Game Fish = Weight X 1.0; Sharks, skate, rays, etc. = Weight X 0.5.

Reserve your boat early because the boats are hard to get on Sunday. If you need boat captain telephone numbers call 038-410-228, or better, fax 038-426-121 or e-mail http://www.pattayasports.org for information.

Registration and fees can be left at the following places: Poteen Still, Soi Yamoto, Central Pattaya; 60s Bar, Soi Pattayaland 2, Central Pattaya; Bull Ring Bar, Soi Yodask, North Pattaya; Atlantis Café, Soi 15, South Pattaya.

Winning week for Brothers Clare

PSC TAGGS golf from the Hare House

Wednesday, August 12 - Pattaya Country Club (Pairs Medal)

1st: Peter Clare and Malcolm Clare, 55 net
2nd: Jonas Bergstrom and Joachim Hansson, 59 net
3rd: Ronnie Glaister and Harry Riley, 64 net

The term " brother in law" is used in better ball to describe the play of a pair that never do badly on the same hole. They "brother in lawed" the course. Brothers Malcolm and Peter Clare have obviously coined a new phrase as they shot a fantastic 17 under par in the Pairs Medal competition at Pattaya Country Club on Wednesday. They "brothered" this course to its knees and clobbered the field for a net 55 and a new TAGGS Pairs Medal record. It would take a great score to win on this day, as of the eleven teams competing, seven would overcome the pathetic Pattaya Country Club greens and shoot under par. But "under par" doesn’t quite describe what the Clare brothers did. They were twelve under par after the first nine holes!

Finishing second with a score that would normally be a cinch to win was the Swedish duo of Jonas Bergstrom and Joachim Hansson. Having a ball and enriching the Pattaya Country Club concession stands (and probably leaving them short of Singha) this team shot 13 under par and still lost by 4 strokes. Feeling no pressure, the only persons on the course looser than these two were their caddies who fell asleep at the long wait on the sixteenth tee.

Yet another brother combination of Dennis and Larry Willett had a fine score of 64 but lost out third place in a count back to the team of Harry Riley and Ronnie Glaister. This was Harry’s birthday bash and he celebrated with a great effort on the course and afterwards at a Mexican buffet provided by the Hare House. One of the highlights of the party was the serenade by Jonas and Joachim who sang Happy Birthday to Harry in what was thought to be Swedish.

Friday, August 14 - Great Lake Golf & Country Club (Stableford)

1st: Peter Clare, 37 points
2nd: Carl Baumann, 36 points
3rd: Lewis Underwood, 33 points

Peter Clare brought home 37 points and took the first place TAGGS trophy in the weekly Stableford competition Friday at Great Lake. It capped a fairytale week for the Brothers Clare. Malcolm Clare took second place in Division II at the Las Vegas Open the week before. And on Wednesday, the two brothers paired up to win the Better Ball competition at Pattaya Country Club.

In second place with 36 points was Carl Baumann who needed his long drives on the Great Lake course that had the white tees back almost to the blues. Carl’s game is as steady as his demeanor and he quietly went about his business in shooting even par.

Long time Hare House regular Woody Underwood took third place with 33 points on a day when 33 points was a good score. Woody overcame such obstacles as taking over an hour to get to the course. He swears he wasn’t lost and the Insect Bar isn’t open that early. His foursome rushed up to the first hole only to watch in agony as a novice golfer playing with his father took seven shots to get out of range of the first tees. A quick trip to the tenth tee solved that problem and put off the hellish fourth hole for at least a couple of hours.

PSC Golf next week

Another busy week and the opportunity with PSC Golf to choose from eight competitions playing five of the best courses, including the chance to play Rayong Green Valley and Siam Country Club twice.

On Monday the 24th there is a choice of Phoenix from the Cafe Kronborg playing Stableford, or Siam Country Club from the Green Bottle, playing Stroke.

On Tuesday the 25th Pattaya Golf Society, from J.B. Bar, go to Green Valley to play Stroke, the first of two visits to Green Valley during the week.

Wednesday August 26th, Bangpra features from both Hare House and the Green Bottle with a choice of early (08.30 am Hare House) or later (10.00 am Green Bottle) leaving times.

On Thursday the 27th, PSC Golf from Cafe Kronborg holds the second Monthly Mug Medal Competition at Great Lake, see the PSC Golf notice board at the Kronborg for details.

The week finishes with another monthly medal, this time the Diana Group Medal at Green Valley with the Splinter Golf Group from the Green Bottle. TAGGS from Hare House play nearer home and go to Siam Country Club for a Stableford competition.

For more details of August fixtures see Pattaya Mail or visit the PSC Golf Web Site at www.pattayasports.org.

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