Krathing Daeng Gym KOs Sang Kik Yang in the 8th round

Pattaya hosts World Championship Boxing

Den Kao Saen, known as Krathing Daeng Gym, knocked out WBC Federation Flyweight Champion from South Korea, Sang Kik Yang in the 8th round of the featured bout in North Pattaya last Friday, June 16th.

Thai PABA Organization Champion Krathing Daeng Gym and WBC Federation Flyweight Champion from South Korea Sang Kik Yang go toe to toe in the featured bout in North Pattaya last Friday.

Krathing Daeng Gym, Thailand’s PABA Organization champion, wore down the Korean pugilist with a barrage of blows to the head and body. Finally, in the eighth round of the scheduled 12 round bout, Gym landed a right blow to Yang’s head, sending the Korean to the canvas for a full 10-count.

The victory enabled Gym to retain his PABA Flyweight (112-pound) championship belt.

The international boxing event went off at 4.00 p.m. on 16 June at the temporary boxing arena in North Pattaya, and was televised live on Thai television channel 7. Deputy Defence Minister General Thiradech Miphien presided over the event.

Deputy Defence Minister General Thiradech Miphien (left) and Pattaya Mayor Pairat Suttithamrongsawat (right) with PABA Flyweight Champion Den Kao Saen, known as Krathing Daeng Gym, after knocking out the South Korean champion in the eighth round.

In the first match on the under card, top-ranked Thai PABA champion Phichit I.S.S. knocked out South Korea’s top ranked challenger in the 123-pound division Lee Hung Wu in the first round of the scheduled six round bout.

Following the featured Gym vs. Yang match, two 5-round Muay Thai (Thai Boxing) bouts were fought between Thai and Australian fighters. In the first, a junior welterweight match up, Thailand’s Bunga Sid Paphai won by decision over Australian Daniel I.S.S. Yod. The second, a welterweight battle, saw Chodchoi 13 Rian Tower from Southern Thailand win by decision over Australian Luke Hanson.

Korea’s Sang Kik Yang after loosing to Krathing Daeng Gym.

The final bout of the day was a scheduled eight round WBC lightweight championship match between Chatrachai I.S.S. and Muang Mai Sid Sopha. Chatrachai I.S.S. earned a TKO in the 5th round.

All proceeds from the day went towards two worthy causes: helping Pattaya children from disadvantaged families needing educational assistance and supporting the preservation of sea turtles.

Pleasure Dome crowned champions of Wednesday darts

Mick’s begins to pull away

Mick’s Place defeated Cheers in week 11 of the Friday Night Mickey Mouse Darts League, and has now built a two game lead at the top of the table.

Pleasure Dome, which had been making a run towards the top, fell to Rising Sun in week 11 and now sits in a second place tie with Rising Sun.

Beer Put, meanwhile, which once sat atop the table with Mick’s, dropped another match, this time to Palmer’s, and has now fallen down into 4th position.

In other week 11 action, Devonshire won the battle of the wooden spooners over Yorkie. Yorkie did, however, win the beer leg.

Roy from Cheers holds the league’s highest check out to date, 129.

This week (June 23) sees Devonshire v Mick’s Place, Cheers v Pleasure Dome, Rising Sun v Palmer’s and Yorkie v Beer Put.

	Won	Lost	B/L	U10s
Mick’s Place Pleasure Dome Rising Sun Beer Put Cheers Palmer’s Devonshire Yorkie	9 7 7 6 5 5 4 1	2 4 4 5 6 6 7 10	7 6 3 6 8 4 4 5	33 55 56 40 59 48 58 73

Summer Series 2000 continues this weekend

Gunnarsson finishes with flair

PSC TAGGS... golf from the Hare House

Monday, June 12 - Treasure Hills (Stableford)

1st: Eddie Henheffer, 37 points
2nd: Clive Bruce, 34 points
3rd: Mark Campbell, 33 points

The Hare House Gang has made Treasure Hills a regular site for some of its weekly competitions. On Mondays, it is not unusual for the greens keeper to have the tees moved way back and playing off the white tees is almost the same as playing off the blacks. That means close to seven thousand yards and one exciting test of golf.

On Monday, June 12, Canadian Eddie Henheffer won the Stableford competition with a very respectable 37 points. Eddie plays off 17 and would not be considered a real long hitter. He was, however, well rested after his recent nine day consulting gig in Botswana and he was hitting the ball solidly all day. His round included a quadruple bogey eight on number 18 when the African sleeping sickness finally caught up with his game.

England’s Clive Bruce came in second place with 34 points. Clive started slowly but some twenty baht side action on the back nine awakened the punter to the tune of 21 points. For some guys it doesn’t take much. American Mark Campbell took the last spot on the podium with 33 points.

Wednesday, June 14 - Natural Park Hills (Better Ball)

1st: Mark Campbell & Jens Gunnarsson, 69
2nd: Nick Hurn & Brian Kelly, 72
3rd: Larry Ball & Mike Davies, 74

There are odd couples and then there are ODD COUPLES. Iceland’s Jens Gunnarsson, who emotes on the golf course by raising his eyebrows, paired up with the more volatile Mark “Cranky” Campbell to win on Wednesday. Playing Better Ball at Natural Park Hills, this unlikely duo had six net birdies to ice the win.

Second spot went to a couple of guys from the Channel Islands. Alderney’s Nick Hurn and Brian Kelly overcame a nine on the par 5 fourteenth hole to give Nick his first mention in the Pattaya Mail. Mike Davies paired with Larry Ball to take the last place on the podium.

Friday, June 16 - Green Valley (Bogey)

1st: Jens Gunnarsson, 6 down
2nd: Jimmy Little, 6 down
3rd: Mark Campbell, 6 down

It would be nice to call the TAGGS bunch that played Green Valley on Friday a small, but elite, group of golfers. The small would be accurate, but when the entire podium comes in at six down, you can throw out the elite.

Jens Gunnarsson, making his swan song before heading back to sea, overcame a miserable start to finish the back nine at all square and win his first TAGGS Bogey competition. Playing in the same foursome with Jens were Mark Campbell, Eddie Henheffer, and Jimmy Little who all finished at six down and seemed hell bent on making sure it would not be their name that was announced as winner.

Len Jones playing out of his skin

Stan the man wins Lewinski’s/ Orchid’s first Monthly Medal

On a cloudy day at Green Valley, Stan Fry shot a gross 80 net 71 to win the inaugural monthly medal. His accurate approaches were just good enough to edge out Jim Brackett who came a close 2nd with a net 72.

Earlier in the week at Bangpra, Ray Ryan once again showed his true colours with a gross 90 net 67 to continue his run down the handicap board. Well done Ray! One footnote to the day was some very dodgy cart driving from khun Rick, who all but demolished a tree. His excuse was he was watching Stan putting as he drove but I think he was watching the monkeys on the other fairway.

Finally, at Siam on Wednesday, once everybody arrived at the course, which is only a short drive from Pattaya (Messrs. Jim & Pete taking the scenic route one hour and twenty minutes later), play got under way on a sunny afternoon. A footnote to this day from Pete was that Stan Fry who they were supposed to be following to Siam from Lewiinski’s, bolted at the starting gate and lost them after 50 metres.

Sunday 11th June - Green Valley

1st: Steve Ross, 43pts.
2nd: Peter Stonebridge, 42pts.
3rd: Jim Brackett, 41pts.
Near pins: #7 Richard Knox, #15 Jon Berry

Monday 12th June - Bangpra

1st: Ray Ryan, net 67
2nd: Julian Clarke, net 69
3rd: Jim Brackett, net 69

Wednesday 14th June - Siam

1st: Rick Sharp, 39 pts.
2nd: Jim Boyd, 39 pts.
3rd: Jim Brackett, 36pts.

Friday 16th June - Green Valley (Monthly Medal)

A Flight
1st: Stan Fry, net 71
2nd: Jim Brackett, net 72

B Flight
1st: Svein Vistung, net 73
2nd: Clive Bruce, net 73

Near pins: #4 Murray Kerr, #7 Jeff McLaury, #11 Terry Summers, #15 Keith Watson

Fitness Tips: Causes of weight gain - part 2

by David Garred
Club Manager Dusit Resort Sports Club

G’Day All,

Last week I was all over the subject of Energy intake; this week we are looking at the other part of the equation, Energy expenditure.

Obesity and being overweight are common in modern society. While the underlying problem appears to be environmental, there is a range of individual causes. The following is a list of potential culprits. Check to see which is/are the biggest danger(s) for you. The problem could be on the energy intake (food), or the energy expenditure (exercise) side of the equation.

This list is not a whole bunch of excuses but a lot of issues that you need to be aware of so that you might be able to make the best choices in how to cope with them.

Next week I’ll go into other possible causes to round out the entire subject.

As I said last week, be proactive, don’t be a victim.

A. Energy Expenditure

1. A sedentary job: Physical labor in today’s world is a misnomer. Machines do most work and most people have jobs that are either totally or partially sedentary. If you are naturally inactive during work hours, look no further than your job as a cause of the problem.

2. Inactive transport to and from work: In the past, the majority of the population walked or rode bikes to work or school. Increase in the urban sprawl and issues of child safety mean this is no longer feasible. So the chance of catching up on a sedentary life today by active transport to and from work, etc., is rapidly diminishing – causing an opposite effect in the size of the belly.

3. Lack of ‘planned’ movement: This means taking time out for physical activity such as Walking, Jogging, Rugby, Cricket, etc. In a high technology society, this is often necessary to compensate for the inactivity caused by machines.

4. Lack of incidental movement: ‘Incidental’ movement is that which can be done for you by machines or other people. In an age of remote controls, email to the person at the next desk and effort saving devices, this type of movement throughout the day is a thing of the past. Along with is has gone the taught svelte waistline.

5. Lack of awareness: Because exercise has been promoted as vital for improvements in fitness, most people aren’t aware that all that is needed for weight loss is movement. It doesn’t have to be vigorous and it doesn’t have to be continuous. It just has to be.

6. The wrong type of movement: Vigorous (anaerobic-without oxygen) exercise burns blood sugars, not fat. Weight supportive exercise like swimming and cycling do not require as much energy as movement where the body weight is not supported. Hence the wrong type of regular activity can lead to far less effective weight loss.

7. Fatigue or laziness: Fatigue is a 20th and now a 21st century phenomenon. The harder we strive it seems, the more tired we get. This makes it difficult to do those physical things that would help us lose weight. It’s also often confused for laziness which, together with point 5 can make for a very dull life.

8. Injury problems: Injury is one of the best antidotes to exercise. Unfortunately, often this is a catch 22. Injury (such as joint pain) often comes from being overweight and being overweight comes from being inactive. The cycle has to be broken somewhere.

9. Previous experience with ‘exercise’: Winston Churchill once said that when he felt the urge to exercise he would lay down until the urge went away. For many people exercise reminds them of tortuous sport or PE at school at which they always failed. This sometimes leaves an unfortunate memory that doesn’t fit with the need for movement, rather than skill.

10. The ‘foot-brain’ gap: Like the ‘eye-mouth’ gap, the ‘foot-brain’ gap stops us from objectively realising how active we are. Big people find movement painful and therefore think they do more then the actually do. The only way to really tell is by measuring this exactly and objectively, such as with a pedometer of movement counter.

That is enough to digest for this week.

Carpe’ Diem

No luck this time for Coulthard

McLaren Mercedes driver David Coulthard had a miserable Canadian Grand Prix, along with many of the other fancied runners. However, it was the tiddlers from the Arrows team that packed the biggest surprises, with Jos Verstappen coming home in 5th. The pointed end had no surprises - the Ferrari duo of Michael Schumacher and Barichello coming in an unchallenged 1-2 to put Schumacher even further ahead in the world championship rankings.

Coulthard’s tale of woe began at the formation lap when he stalled the engine, necessitating help from his mechanics to get the fire started again. As this was after the one minute to go board, rule 139 was broken and the Stewards adjourned to deliberate on the requisite penalty.

When the red lights went out, Schumacher started well, to lead Coulthard and then a very fast starting Jacques Villeneuve (BAR) from the 6th grid slot who held out Barichello and Hakkinen (McLaren Mercedes) and the Arrows of De la Rosa from 10th on the grid.

In the initial laps, Schumacher and Coulthard pulled away at one second a lap, while Villeneuve led the tight bunch of Barichello, Hakkinen and De la Rosa, who was looking for every way around the current world champion.

However, by lap 15 the stewards had decided on a 10 second stop-go penalty for Coulthard and he rejoined the race in 11th, and from there his position was hopeless.

The next item of excitement was the sudden rain that lashed the Montreal circuit. Schumacher’s Ferrari crew were ready and the race leader was in and out on wet race rubber without losing his first position. The pits then became a frenzy of activity as drivers came in to change tyres, with some teams totally bungling and sending their drivers out on the wrong tyres and then having to call them back in two laps later!

One team that did not get it wrong was Arrows with Verstappen saying after the race, “The team did a brilliant job to call me in at exactly the right moment as I was in constant contact with them. It started to rain and the track got very slippery and a lot of cars went off, so I came in just at the right moment and made a lot of time.”

One driver who could not say the same was Villeneuve, who was given the wrong set by his crew, and after such a promising start in front of his home crowd ended up taking himself and Ralf Schumacher (BMW Williams) off when he out-braked himself going into the hairpin only five laps from home.

The Jaguar drivers continued on their sorry way, with Herbert, who had out-qualified Eddie the Mouth Irvine for once, succumbing to gearbox maladies, while Eddie has obviously been taking ballet lessons, he pirouetted so often in the slippery conditions.

But at the front, it was all Michael Schumacher, who despite having a few mechanical problems and being advised by his pits to slow, then allowing Barichello to come up for a team formation finish at the end, romped home for another well deserved win. A delighted Fisichella in the Benetton came in for third, Happy Hakkinen fourth, then Verstappen and Trulli in the remaining Jordan.

The next round is on the 2nd of July in France, and Schumacher leads the points score with 56 from Coulthard 34, Hakkinen 32 and Barichello 28. At this stage, approaching the half way mark in the series, it seems as though McLaren do not have an answer to the Ferrari juggernaut.

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