Charity boxing scores KO

by Howie Reed

Last Friday night’s Indoor Dinner and Boxing Gala scored a resounding KO on all counts. The event at the Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa, which benefited the Camillian Social Center, had an evening of great food, good drink, the best in entertainment and excellent boxing. The SOR crowd raised 100,000 baht for the center, assisting children with AIDS in the first day of World AIDS Awareness Week. The fans? They had more fun than a monkey with ten foot of rope.

Patrick and Yodium Look Nakhlua mix it up for charity

Most came to see the main event in which promoter Patrick “the Belgian” would fight under international rules against Yodium Look Nakhlua. The International flavor of the evening was heightened with referee Bob Logist (Belgian) and judges Glenn Townbridge (Las Vegas Nevada), Daniel VanderVieler (Belgian) and Peter Stuke (Switzerland). The ring announcer was Howie Reed from Las Vegas Nevada. In Patrick’s last fight he fought very well but was done under when his trainer was also the trainer of other fighter, a Thai, and all judges were also Thai. Most that viewed the contest thought Patrick won with ease. But then, this is Thailand.

Friday night Patrick took no chances as he took round one with a good combination of body punches and a stinging right to the head which had the very tough and big hearted Thai in trouble. In the second Patrick scored a clean knockdown with a thundering right which had Yodium on shaky feet until the round ended. Down again in the third the Thai would survive the round but not the next. Early in the fourth round Yodium went down and referee Bob Logiest stopped the contest.

Ace reporter Howie Reed doubled as ring announcer for the big event

While most in attendance dined on great food, it could be said that Yodium dined on rights. In the end the diet did not serve him well.

The entertainment came from Alcazar Cabaret, a very good Richie Newton Elvis impersonation and the Aerobic Dance Team from the Marriott, so the fans had consistent entertainment between the international, Muay Thai and amateur boxing contests.

The entertainment portion of the show came to a rousing finish with a display of Ancient Muay Thai that culminated with a blind folded boxing match. The two boxers, from the Sitydtong Gym, were joined in the ring by a referee. All three wore bells around their waist. After the two contestants were blind folded, the bell was rung and all hell broke loose. Swinging at sounds, the boxers hammered each other, the referee and even some ringsiders for three rounds like a baht bus driver that tried to charge 100 baht for a trip down Beach Road. The crowd loved the display almost as much as if someone had “rung the bell” at their local.

The Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa provided a great venue, white table clothed tables and chairs, and a sumptuous buffet, while Patrick and Fini a well balanced night of boxing, some 30 sponsors their time and effort and the children of Camilliam Social Center the reasons. As they say in America, working together they hit a Grand Slam.

Panthers and Panties sweep Bangkok Patana

The Pattaya Panthers and Panties rugby teams were triumphant on the weekend against Bangkok Patana in a friendly held on the grounds of the International School of the Regents.

The ladies were first up with the Pattaya Panties playing the girls from Bangkok Patana School. The Panties were in top form after having just returned from a successful tour in Vietnam.

Fleet-footed David “Forrest” Garred breaks away for the try line, and he scores!

At the half-time whistle the Panties led the game 3 to 0. Back into the second half and in the opening minutes, the playing captain Sue scored a try to bring the score to 4-0. Setsuko quickly followed with another try to increase the Panties lead on Patana.

The Patana ladies hit back, Roz scoring a corner try to put their first points on the board. A flurry of bodies and rugby balls ensued with Patana again scoring.

In the closing minutes, the Pattaya Panties sweet girl, Oanh scored the final try for the match bringing the score at the full time whistle, Pattaya Panties 8, Bangkok Patana 2.

Next up were the men in a 12 a side game, the Pattaya Panthers vs. the Bangkok Patana Tigers. After the defeat at the hands of the Tigers in the Bangkok Rugby Seven’s Tournament earlier this year, the Panthers have been in serious training on and off the field. Their efforts paid off, as they played an excellent game against the visitors, especially in the back line.

She’s not going to get through the staunch Panties defense.

The Panthers poured on the attack at the sound of the first whistle and in opening minutes Hiro put the ball across the line, drawing first blood of the Panthers onslaught. Soon after that Hilton scored a magnificent try, running from the halfway mark to score under post quickly bring the score after a conversion to 14:0 in favor of the home side.

The Panthers stayed on top of Patana with intense teamwork and after a slight misunderstanding and an exchange of blows between a Panthers’ player and a Patana player, the referee awarded a penalty to Patana enabling them to score their first and only try of the match.

The Panthers roared back, with Hilton scoring his second try to increase the home side’s lead to 21-5.

The second half was filled with surprises as the Ministry of Sound’s Peter Bowden, playing for the Panthers, scored his very first try. Needless to say no one was more surprised than he was. David Garred scored the next two tries to complete the Panthers trouncing of the Tigers, 38 to 5.

The next rugby match will be this Saturday at ISR with the Panthers taking on the Pot Bellied Pigs. Kick off is at 4 p.m.

ISR defeats Swinburne in football friendly

The International School of the Regents defeated Swinburne Tummasiri School of Engineering (Laem Chabang) 3 goals to 1 in a friendly game of soccer.

(right) Swinburne star player ‘Boy’ (left) manoeuvres the ball away from ISR’s Adrian Sparrow.

The International School of the Regents team clearly demonstrated their advanced teamwork against the newly reformed team from Swinburne by putting away two goals in the first half.

With both teams tiring in the second half, ISR put another goal away in the first ten minutes, followed by Swinburne shortly after.

Camel Charity Golf

Somrak bowls 623 series

PSC Friday Bowling League

The Winchester Club lost 3 -1 to Three Sisters in week 10 of the PSC Friday Bowling League, but remain in first place, two and a half games ahead of Cafe Ole.

200 bowlers Somrak, La, Porn and Jon

Cafe Ole beat House of the Golden Coin 3 -1 to move into 2nd place, with House of the Golden Coin a half game back in 3rd place.

Sultans of Swing moved into 4th with a 3 -1 win over Shakey Pete’s.

In other action, Cafe Kronborg beat V.F.W. 3 -1, but are still tied for last place.

Somrak was bowler of the day with two over 200 games and a 623 series. Porn had a 230 game, La 222, and Jon a 213. The rest had a lot of fun.

League Standings

	Captain	Points	30 Nov
Winchester Club Cafe Ole House of the Golden Coin Sultans of Swing V. F. W. Post 9876 Shakey Pete’s Three Sisters Cafe Kronborg	Hartmut Jeed Mio Peter Morn LA Tue Kran	24-16 21.5-18.5 21-19 20.5-19.5 20-20 19-21 17-23 17-23	1-3 3-1 1-3 3-1 1-3 1-3 3-1 3-1

Kran holds narrow lead

PSC Cafe Kronborg Tuesday Bowling League

Kran’s team holds a narrow half game lead over Jeed and the surging Mio through 12 weeks of the PSC Cafe Kronborg Tuesday Bowling League.

Mio Aamlid rolled the day’s best string, a 221.

After a slow start to the season, Mio’s team have been on a tear, losing only 3 games in the past 6 weeks whilst winning 21 to move from last place into a tie for second. In week 12, Mio’s keglers recorded their 3rd shutout over that span, defeating Nual’s team 4-0.

Both Kran and Jeed’s teams recorded 3-1 wins in week 12, Kran besting Somrak’s team whilst Jeed took down Otto’s team.

Only Mio was able to break the 200 barrier in week 12, knocking down 221 pins in one string. But, as usual, after the match was over, other individual matches were played during which Kran showed her skills by rolling a 277, opening with 9 straight strikes. She finished with a 3 string series of 675.

Team standings after Nov. 27

	Won	Lost
Kran Jeed Mio Somrak Otto Nual	29 28.5 28.5 22 19 17	19 19.5 19.5 26 29 31

Fitness Tips: Weight lifting techniques under the microscope

Part 7 - Biceps

G’day readers, today we’ll be looking briefly at the muscles in the front of your arm. Three muscles flex your arm, but the one we will be mainly concerned with is the Biceps Brachii.

There are literally hundreds of ways to get in and work this muscle group, not only by themselves but in conjunction with other muscles also. Following along the theme of articles, here is the simplest way to work this muscle.

Usual safety tip before we go, make sure that you have a physician’s clearance before commencing any exercise programme and have a registered professional teach you the exercise.

Bicep curls are executed with the elbows maintained in a fixed position next to the trunk. The bar is held with the hands slightly wider then hip width to allow for the natural carrying angle at the elbow. The curl movement is performed in a controlled manner with careful weight selection to minimise trunk sway. So there is your simple and effective way of getting the biceps (as well as stimulating, at the very least, the 2 assisting muscles) up and working.

If, on the other hand, you are looking for more aesthetic development, a restricted and supported concentration curl in the gym hitting one arm at a time using weights to failure will maximise your arms development. Take a look at the other picture of the exerciser leaning over the incline bench. With the emphasis on performing each and every lift slowly throughout the entire range of motion and you getting your brain inside your arms, i.e. concentrate on making each and every single muscle fiber to fail at or near the last repetition, you’ll see some great results in a month. The strength gain should come a couple of weeks before that.

Next week is a big one, I’ll be taking a long hard look at the abdominal section and presenting you all with the latest and greatest ways to get your mid section strong and looking great. Yes, 100% there will be new things that you’ve not seen before and they will revolutionise your abs training. Watch this space.

Carpe’ Diem

Doug Powell finishes on top, Gordon McKnight on bottom

PSC Three Sisters Golf

On Monday last, the Three Sisters golfers converged on Siam for their regular Monday golf. The going was rough in winning the bragging rights for the day. Charging to the front of the herd of golfers were Doug Powell and Don Ratcliffe. Both came in with 41 points, with Doug winning the bragging rights on count back. As usual, Doug was hitting his driver with authority and Don, after a long layoff, has finally found his game.

Following the front-runners were Alan Pearce with 40 points, Rollie Weese with 39 points and Steve Donovan with 38 points. They were all shooting well but could not catch up to the front-runners.

Dick Caggiano, with 26 points, and Bobbie Clark, with 25 points, were fighting it out for being the bag holder for the week, but they got blind sided by Gordon McKnight who managed an incredible 19 points. This week Gordon gets to hold the bag and keep everyone else on his shoulders. Anyway, fun was had by all as Rollie and Marvin supplied the snacks for the day at Caddy Shack Two.

Ian Warwick Aces #12 at Burapha

On November 25, Ian Warwick, of Shenanigan’s fame, aced the par 3 number 12 hole at Burapha. Using a 9 iron, the ball landed four feet in front of the hole and rolled right in. Ian and his playing partner, Larry Willett, were so ecstatic they wore out the batteries in their cell phones calling all of Ian’s friends. After many years of playing golf, this was Ian’s first hole in one. The other playing partners were Trevor Allen, also of Shenanigan’s fame, and Andy Hill.

Four clubs no problem for Pearce and Ward

Alan Pearce and Kevin Ward, playing off a combined handicap of seven, played the Four Clubs Pairs Scramble with relative ease, returning a gross 73 to produce a winning net 66. Clearly the ‘no restriction’ on tee shots proved to be an advantage for four handicap Kevin, so it’s almost certainly back to six tee shots apiece next time.

In hot pursuit were the inevitable Traylings, Ed and Mam, with a gross 78 and net score of 69.6.

Only two of the near pins were claimed, by Usa Chaiyusit on Hole 4 and Joyce Jones on Hole 12. Long putt prizes went to Alan Pearce and Cecil Williams on Holes 9 and 18 respectively.

The other feature of the day was the private ‘Ryder Cup’ battle fought out by the Dream Team resulting in a win for the Fletcher/Levy duo.

The weather was good, and the course in good shape apart from the continuing problem on a few greens.

Next outing is on Tuesday 11th December for a regular Pairs Scramble.

Sign-up, in pairs please, at Shenanigans.

Monty wins the Lewiinski’s / Orchid Open

Golf from Lewiinski ’s / Orchid a member of the I.P.G.C.

Richard Montgomery became the first winner of the Lewiinski’s / Orchid Open played last week at Green Valley C.C. The stroke event was the first ever four day major held on the Eastern Seaboard for amateur golfers.

The format included a cut after two days, those missing the cut going into a two day Stableford competition.

The first day produced a fabulous round from the leprechaun himself Larry Nicholas, who shot a net 65 to hold the lead going into day two.

After day two the cut was set at 154 plus ties, which kept 22 players in the main competition. Larry led again after day two with 138, but the pack was closing in. Monty was still 12 shots adrift on 150.

Day three saw scores turn around and although Larry was still leading, a terrific round by Monty of net 67 put him into the top four, only 5 shots adrift.

The final day was the most exciting, with the top four going out last. It was a real hammer and tong affair, but Monty made par on the last hole to win the Open by 1 shot.

Results:

The Open

1st: Richard Montgomery, net 287
2nd: Ray Matti, net 288
3rd: Larry Nicholas, net 288
4th: Lamud Chaiadara, net 290

The Plate

1st: Bob Morrison, 75 pts.
2nd: Roy Kapell, 74 pts.
3rd: Claes Ernlund, 73 pts.
4th: David Dines, 73 pts.

Dave Hughes wins Rising Sun golf outing

Golfers from the Rising Sun went to Century Rayong and met with a very windy and challenging day. One player commented that, “The pin placements were more suited to Augusta than Pattaya”.

Dave Hughes won the day with 33 points, even after he nearly demolished the drinks hut with his drive on the 10th hole.

Philippe Berra wins monthly mug

PSC Golf from Cafe Kronborg

On Monday the 26th of November, 25 golfers went to the beautiful Treasure Hills course a Stableford competition. The group was divided into two flights: A flight 0-18 and B 19 and over.

John Graham took the A flight honours with a creditable 38 points. 2nd place went to Harry Cowling on 35, and he was followed by Magnus Johansson (3rd) with 32. 4th place went to Phillipe Berra.

Philippe Berra (right) receives the coveted Kronborg Mug from Bjarne Neilson (center) and Dave Richardson.

John Swanson won B flight with 36 points, followed by Pete Galle on 33, then came the ever present Aussie, Neville Goode with 32 to take 3rd place.

Near pins: #2 John Graham, #6 John Swanson, #13 Jan Svensen, and #17 Kevin Dinan.

On Thursday the 29th of November, the Kronborg crew went to Phoenix Country Club to compete for the coveted Kronborg Monthly Mug. Again, two flights were needed, with A flight 0-19 and B flight from 20 up.

The Swiss skiing ace Philippe Berra took the mug with an outstanding net 64.

A flight was won by the white man Mike Dige (just back from a driving holiday in Europe) with a net 70. Barry Kerr shot a net 71 to take 2nd place and Jeff North 3rd with a net 71. Kevin Ward was 4th with a net 72.

B flight was won by the ever present Pete Galle (just back from his performance at the Ray Roger’s Turkey Day) with a net 68. 2nd place was won by Alan Pearce with a net 70; then 3rd was taken by Hans Probst with a net 71. Tail end Charlie in 4th place was the recently promoted Admiral Dave Richardson with a net 71.

Near pins: M4 Barry Kerr, M8 Peter Kristianson, O5 Derek (KSM) Brook, and O7 Mike Dige

Long putt: M9 Peder Gjestrup

Oradee shoots the lights out and goes down again

IPGC TAGGS Golf from The Haven

Wednesday
28th - Phoenix (Stableford)

1st: Oradee Kaesavane, 45 pts

2nd: Phil Groves, 41 pts

3rd: Tony Barritt, 40 pts

4th: Jean-Pierre Carcabal, 37 pts

Due to the four-day tournament out of Lewiinski’s, the TAGGS only played once during this week. So, with quite a few regulars missing, it being beyond their power to play 5 days in succession, it was encouraging to see a field of over twenty players take on the scenic and well prepared Phoenix Mountain and Ocean courses. At last the windy season seems to have abated and this was reflected in the scores.

Oradee continued her outstanding run of successes, again recording her best round ever of 86 and adding another trophy to her sagging mantelpiece.

Phil, savoring his first visit to The Haven winner’s enclosure, and shooting his best score for a few weeks, closely followed her, but he did have the satisfaction of having the lowest gross of the day with a 77.

Also firing his best round in Thailand, Tony became the second golfer of the day to visit the podium for the first occasion after many weeks of frustration, when even shopping with his new wife was preferable to a round of golf. He was delighted to find at last that the hundreds of hours spent with Richard during the current trip eventually paid off.

J.P., having won the longest drive by virtue of coming all the way from Bangkok to compete, found the ride worthwhile and rounded out the honours list on the day.

Back at The Haven, Richard Livingston, the resident PGA professional, welcomed back Dale Shier from the North Sea, Michael Dige from a sleeper cab somewhere in Europe, Stefan Hoge from the big sand pit in the north and Serge Straetten from a triple hernia somewhere in his lower abdomen.

Late in the evening, Klaus was again seen paying out big bucks to Oradee for once again going down after a fine performance.

The twos pool failed to produce a winner and so the returning players will have much to play for during the next competition.

PSC Charity Classic appeal for sponsors

For the benefit of underprivileged kids

About the PSC - The Pattaya Sports Club was founded in 1979, and in 1996 became a registered, government recognized, non-profit association whose main objective is to promote sporting events and contribute to local charities. As our club membership has grown over the years, so has our ability to donate to children, the handicapped and the underprivileged. Each year, the Pattaya Sports Club makes substantial donations to charities that house, feed, and take care of the essential needs of orphans; train the handicapped in marketable skills so that they may become self-sufficient; provide scholarships, school uniforms, books and lunches to children who otherwise would not be able to attend school, improve facilities at public schools and orphanages, and so much more. All committee members of the Pattaya Sports Club volunteer their time and energy to work for the Association and all of us involved with the Pattaya Sports Club are proud and dedicated to improving the community that we live in and improving the lives of those less fortunate.

About the tournament - Every year the Pattaya Sports Club organizes the PSC Charity Classic, traditionally the primary fundraiser of the year. Last year’s PSC Charity Classic took place at Phoenix Golf Course and offered players more than 120,000 baht in technical hole prizes and more than 300,000 baht in lucky draw prizes, including seven one-year golf course memberships. Most importantly, over 300,000 baht was raised for the new Girl’s Home for Street Kids. The format of the PSC Charity Classic is as fun for golfers as it is beneficial for the community. While the PSC normally makes it one of their goals to educate and inform players on the Rules of Golf, they turn their head away a bit on this occasion and give each golfer 24 Mulligans to use as he or she pleases. A Mulligan can be used to replay any shot on the course, including putts. While it is wild, much strategizing is still required as the four-man teams discuss the right time and place to invoke the use of one or more of their Mulligans. Given the use of these Mulligans, the scores in our PSC Charity Classic Tournaments rival those of the pros on television.

Charity Classic funds - As evidenced by last year’s event, the proceeds for the previous five PSC Charity Classics were earmarked to specific projects. As Pattaya has matured, its needs have changed. Also, as the PSC has continued to increase its charitable activity through the Eastern Seaboard region it has been continually approached by a variety of worthy organizations. Many of these are not requesting large undertakings, but rather small amounts of assistance. Therefore, to meet the required flexibility and to accomplish a varied size of charitable contributions, the funds for this year’s Charity Classic will be put into the “Fund for the Benefit of Underprivileged Children”. That fund will be administered by the Charity Chairman, and upon his recommendation and the ratification of the PSC Executive Committee, the funds will be distributed to worthy charities throughout the year. Circumstances permitting, the Club undertakes the actual purchase and delivery of the charitable items. This ensures that the underprivileged children receive the requested assistance promptly.

Donations - Money raised by the Charity Classic comes, in part, from the entry fees of the tournament participants. The entry fee for the PSC Charity Classic is approximately twice that of other ‘major’ golf tournaments in the Pattaya area. The Pattaya Sports Club itself makes a sizeable contribution from its annual membership fees. However, the popularity of the tournament and its charitable success is due in large to the generosity of many sponsors in the Eastern Seaboard area, Thailand in general, and throughout the world. These donations are generally of two distinct types: (1) complimentary goods and services, and (2) cash. Many of the goods and services are used as prizes for the tournament contestants so as to encourage participation and to further enhance the reputation of the event as a “fun day”. Those goods and services which are of unusual magnitude, and/or which would elicit great interest, will be part of a separate raffle, targeted to the general public and sold in the weeks prior to the tournament, with the results published in the Pattaya Mail newspaper. Raffles in general spur people’s interest and, of course, provide an avenue of participation for those people who are unable to attend the tournament or who do not golf. The funds earned from the raffle, the cash awards, and the excess tournament proceeds will be handed over to the Fund for the Benefit of Underprivileged Children.

If you would like to make a donation to the PSC Charity Classic for the Benefit of Underprivileged Children, please indicate your pledge on the form. With your help we can make the PSC Charity Classic 2002 a great & memorable event for everyone involved.

Thank you in advance for your participation in this worthy cause.

WBC Convention opens with look to the future

Boxer safety a major theme

The 39th annual World Boxing Council convention opened on December 3 at the Ambassador City Jomtien Hotel.

Thamarak Issarangkul Na Ayuthtya, representing Prime Minister Taksin Shinawatra, Pattaya’s mayor Pairat Suttithamrongsawat, and WBC bantamweight world champion Veeraphol Nakhonluang gave convention delegates a warm Thai welcome. Former world champions from Thailand Chartchai Chionoi and Saensak Muangsurin were also in attendance.

WBC President Jose Sulaiman (2nd left) presents the WBC Lifetime Achievement Award to Ruben Martinez of Spain, the executive vice president of the WBC and the president of the European Boxing Union.

During the opening ceremony, Ruben Martinez of Spain, the executive vice president of the WBC and the president of the European Boxing Union received a WBC Lifetime Achievement Award, and long-time WBC officer Tony Martinez of Hong Kong received a special award, “Mr. WBC”.

In his opening speech, WBC President Jose Sulaiman talked of the past and had encouraging words for the future. “Twenty years back in time,” he said, “I visited Thailand for the first time to find that there was practically no professional boxing and only - I emphasize only - Muay Thai boxing existed, while international boxing was only practiced occasionally.

“Today, twenty years later, Thailand has become one of the boxing capitals of the world and one of the prides of the WBC, based on the dreams, the hard work, the determination and leadership of a great Thai man, Sombhop Srisomvongse, who, with the lion-hearts of the Thai boxers, brilliantly drew the name of Thailand onto the sports map of the world. Thailand has now been so great in boxing that four great Thai champions have left their names for history, Chamroen Songkitrat, Pone Kingpetch, Saensak Muangsurin, and Chartchai Chionoi.”

President Sulaiman paid tribute to the late leader of Thai boxing, and welcomed in General Kovid Bhakdibhumi to the WBC Board of Governors. President Sulaiman praised his leadership qualities, and expressed his confidence in the new leader of Thai boxing, saying, “He will be the architect of a new, great era for safety, rule, order, fairness, and opportunity for everybody.”

The WBC president also talked of how the WBC has changed the sport and has been the leader in the movement to increase the safety of boxers. “Our (WBC) deeds for safety have changed boxing from a savage sport of 25 years ago to the humanized sport that it is today. To our pride, the World Boxing Council, with the work and unity of all of you, has become the most respected, the strongest and most influential international organization.”

However, the president said there is room for positive change. “Let us put on the table at this convention all of boxing’s problems and let us bring a new plan of action to lead our sport to its maximum heights. Let us continue our efforts to improve our ring officials for the sake of safety and justice. Let us dedicate our best efforts in organizing our coming World Congress of Boxing Doctors, which will be the second in history.

“Let us take boxing into the 21st Century with a competition of positives, leaving the negatives behind. Let us show mankind how boxing can lead the way to self-improvement, mutual respect and peace, for the sake of coming generations, where our children and theirs will reign. Let’s work to leave for mankind heaven and not hell,” concluded WBC President Jose Sulaiman.

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