Royal Garden to host festival yachting

by Peter Cummins

The strand of Pattaya Beach in front of the Royal Garden Resorts will be the location of the yachting action on Saturday, 17 April, scheduled to be part of this year’s Pattaya Festival to be held from 12 - 19 April.

In order to bring the colour and excitement of yachting closer to the people, the Royal Varuna Yacht Club has agreed with the Mayor’s office to have a race from the Royal Varuna facilities at Pattaya Point, Kasetsin Beach, to finish on the beach in front of the Royal Garden.

The fleet sails home to the Royal Varuna foreshore: soon to be seen at Pattaya Beach. Photo Peter Cummins.

Yacht racing, due to the necessity of holding races some way off-shore, has always been a rather vague - albeit spectacular - form of sport to the average person.

Now, as a highlight of this year’s Festival, some 20 - 30 craft from the Royal Varuna will "come to the people", with an anticipated finishing time around 14.00 hours, Saturday the 17th. Thereafter, the boats - mainly catamarans with their multi-coloured sails, and the smaller single-handed Lasers - will be drawn up on the beach for the crowds enjoying the seaside festivities to observe first-hand and talk to the sailors.

There will be a "prize-giving" ceremony presided over by the Governor of Chonburi Province or the Mayor of Pattaya City - hopefully both - at the Royal Garden Plaza, during which the Royal Garden will serve food and beverage to the participants and guests.

Prizes will also be sponsored by the Royal Garden. Following this, the crowds will be able to see at first-hand the numerous precise sequences involved in starting a yacht race, as the craft will launch from the beach and manoeuvre to start another race back to the Royal Varuna.

Both the representatives of Pattaya City and the executives of the Royal Varuna regard this event as a most positive step in promoting the resort as a marvellous haven for water sports - particularly yachting, the prime object of the Royal Varuna Yacht Club for the past 42 years around the Pattaya waters.

PSC Pattaya Festival Fishing Tournament

The Pattaya Sports Club is playing a large part in this year’s Pattaya Festival. As part of this participation, PSC will be holding the PSC Pattaya Festival Fishing Tournament on Wednesday & Thursday, April 14 & 15.

Jointly organized by the City of Pattaya and the Pattaya Sports Club Association, Bhichai Rattakul, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, will present trophies baring his name to winners of this exciting event.

Tournament information

Each participant must fill out a tournament entry form and designate which day he wishes to participate, Wednesday the 14th or Thursday the 15th or both days. Entry forms will be available at the Pattaya sports club office.

Entry forms must be submitted to the Pattaya sports club office by 12:00 noon Friday April 9, 1999.

Each participant must pay a tournament entry fee of 500 baht per fishing day.

Each participant will be assigned to a fishing boat on the day chosen to fish. There will be a maximum of four fishermen per boat.

Boats will leave from the Pattaya municipal pier at 5:00 a.m. each morning.

Boats will return and weigh-in starts at 5:30 p.m. and closes at 6:00 p.m. each evening.

Trophies will be awarded for the following: First place, largest fish by weight. Second place, second largest fish by weight. Third place, third largest fish by weight.

If you require additional information please contact Carl Engel, Pattaya Sports Club fishing chairman at phone 038-410-228, fax 038-426-121, or e-mail [email protected].

Thailand Touring Cars at Speed for Songkran

The Bira Circuit will see the Thailand Touring Cars out for the second time this year on Wednesday and Thursday (14th & 15th April). The first day is free practice, whilst the Thursday is Qualifying in the morning and racing in the afternoon commencing at 1.30 p.m.

Toyota Team Thailand are the current points score leaders with the Corolla of Natavud on 40 points, followed by the Hondas of Eakprawat and Apatorn on 30 and 24 points.

Touring cars at the Bira Circuit.

The Toyota Team have been burning much midnight oil to get a second Team car ready for this meeting. At the time of going to press, the second Team Driver had not been named.

Also on the program are the Formula 150 Superkarts, the 400 cc Big Bikes which will again have close competition between the internationals Koji Kaminao and Emilio Malucchi (the Italian crashing out of contention last meeting) and the under 1500 cc Showroom Thailand Tourers.

The Bira Raceway will have a float in the Pattaya Festival Parade on the 12th displaying the Toyota Team Corolla and Soluna and the Honda City R racer of showroom points leader Anothai Eamlumnow.

Interact Club Mini-Marathon next week

The Interact Club of Banglamung School, under the patronage of the Rotary Club of Jomtien-Pattaya, has an ongoing project to educate and assist the development of children in rural areas. For this purpose, they have established special Rural Educational Camps.

This year the Interactors plan to build a flagpole for the Banphur School. This school is located at Tambol Banphur, Amphur Pholnisai in Nongkhai province.

The many projects of this group cost money, so to fund these worthwhile projects the children of the Banglamung School have to organize fund raising programs in the Banglamung community.

This year the Interact Club of Banglamung School has taken a giant step and announced the Interact Mini Marathon to be held on the 17th of April at 7 a.m. The route will be around the Mapprachan Reservoir.

The proceeds of this Charity event will be utilized to support the project, to encourage youths to show more interest in physical exercise, and make their time useful. This should also promote tourism in Thailand.

This event is open to everyone, male or female, young and old. The entrance fee is only 100 Baht for adults and 30 Baht for those under 15 years old.

Winners and runners up will receive trophies and awards.

For registration please contact the Banglamung Secondary school, tel. 038-221620, Khun Sompit tel. 038-429302 or Ms. Nu Chan at tel. 038-410412-42845.

Pattaya Sports Club joins Pattaya Festival

PSC to sponsor Pattaya Festival PSC Bowling Tournament for Prime Minister’s Trophy

As part of the Pattaya Festival during Songkran week, the Pattaya Sports Club will host an open bowling tournament on Monday and Tuesday, April 12 & 13 at Pattaya Bowl on Second Road in North Pattaya.

The "fun" tournament will not be for money or prizes, but the competition will be for some very nice trophies bearing the name of the Prime Minister of Thailand, His Excellency Chuan Leekpai.

The fun kicks off with first frames rolled at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Monday, 12 April. The first day of competition is expected to wrap up around 6: p.m.

The second day of competition will begin around 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 13th and finish with the finals some time in the afternoon.

Trophies will be awarded to first, second and third place teams; also to high game and high series for ladies, and high game and high series for men. Everyone who participates will receive a certificate of appreciation.

Each team will be made up of three bowlers. A team may carry one spare bowler if desired.

To register your team or get further information you may call or fax: La 411560, Jan & Mio 231370 or Ken 249700.

Cross breaks through in 99 while Lindborg and Soderberg repeat

PSC TAGGS ...golf from the Hare House

Wednesday, March 31 - Laem Chabang Country Club (Two Man Scramble)

1st: Mats Lindborg & Mikael Soderberg, 62.6 net
2nd: George Jackson & Bob Patterson, 62.8 net
3rd: Mark Gorda & Jimmy Little, 63.6 net

The last time the Hare House Gang played a two man scramble at Laem Chabang, it was two days before Christmas. The winners were Mats Lindborg and Mikael Soderberg. The Hare House went back to Laem Chabang on Wednesday, March 31, for a two man scramble and the results were the same. Them boys love Laem Chabang.

Mats and Mikael shot a 33 on the ‘A’ course and a 33 on the ‘B’ course, for a gross score of 66. Allowing twenty percent of their total handicap, they were given 3.4 strokes for a net 62.6 and an extremely narrow two tenths of a stroke victory over the duo of Bob Patterson and George Jackson. This was Bob and George’s third consecutive second place finish in a TAGGS pairs competition. When they break through for a win it will have to be on another course. Mats and Mikael own Laem Chabang.

In third place with a net 63.6 was the Can-Am team of Mark Gorda and Jimmy Little. They knew they were in the hunt for first place when they overcame their playing partners Derek Reaper and Bill Thompson. Derek and Bill birdied the first five holes and looked unbeatable en route to a front nine 32. They faltered on the ‘B’ course and finished in fourth place.

Friday, April 2 - Phutaluang Royal Thai Navy Golf Course (Stableford)

1st: Vic Cross 38 points
2nd: Mark Gorda 35 points
3rd: Mike Dabanovich 35 points

Vic Cross shot a 93 off his twenty-three handicap and won the TAGGS Stableford competition at Phutaluang on Friday, April 2, with 38 points. This was Father Time’s first win out of the Hare House in 1999. That his golf game has finally started to come around is not at all surprising. Vic won more TAGGS singles competitions in 1998 than any other golfer. What should get his fellow golfers’ attention is that Vic looked very solid on a course where the tees were so far back that the total distance must have been close to 6750 yards.

In second place was a Hare House regular whose game is also coming back. Mark Gorda suffered a severe laceration to his hand last year and while he continued to play, he couldn’t grip the club well. His handicap is now back to twenty which is where it was before the accident. Mark had 35 points and took the second spot in a count back over fellow Canadian Mike Dabonovich.

Major PSC golf tournaments in April

John Ottaway’s (60th Birthday) Paradise Classic and Delaney’s ‘Funhill’ Cup

A birthday celebration on Friday April 16th when John Ottaway, a long time golfing member of the Pattaya Sports Club, reaches the 60 year landmark. PSC Golf, in association with the Paradise Club (Soi 8), are staging the John Ottaway ‘Paradise Classic’. Format will be a two-man scramble held at Pattaya Country Club. The entry fee of B.1000 per team of two will include breakfast, Paradise Classic shirt, prize-giving with trophies at the Paradise Club, plus buffet, live band, cabaret and lucky draw prizes.

April ends on Friday the 30th with the Delaney’s ‘Funhill Cup’ at Rayong Green Valley, organised by Pattaya Sports Club Golf and Delaney’s. This new event will be a two-man team scramble with a shotgun start. The entry fee of B.1100 per player will include green and caddy fees, a ‘Funhill Cup’ shirt, free buffet and prize-giving at Delaney’s, plus happy hour and live entertainment.

More details in future issues of Pattaya Mail, on the PSC Web Page at www.pattayasports.org and at PSC Golf venues.

More PSC Golf for April

April continues on Sunday the 11th with Lewiinski’s playing Stableford at Noble Place, then on Monday the 12th there is a choice of stroke play at either Sattahip with PSC Golf from the Café Kronborg, or Khao Kheow with the PSC Splinter Group from the Green Bottle.

On Tuesday the 13th, PSC Pattaya Golf Society from the Bunker goes to Century Banchang for a Stableford competition, while the Smokers from Lewiinski’s go to the other fine Century course at Rayong to play stroke. Scandic Hotel plays Stableford at Sattahip that day.

On Wednesday the 14th there is a visit to Pattaya Country Club from the Green Bottle playing a two-man better ball, or a pairs medal round at Eastern Star from Hare House.

On Thursday 15th April PSC Golf Café Kronborg goes to Pattaya Country Club to warm up with a two-man scramble for the highlight of the week, which ends on Friday 16th April with John Ottaway’s (60th Birthday) Paradise Classic at Pattaya Country Club, and afterwards at the Paradise Club. Sign-up early for this.

The full April Schedule can be seen at the PSC Golf Venues, in Pattaya Mail and at our Web Site at www.pattayasports.org.

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