Great fun at the 2nd Windsurfing Marathon in Jomtien

by Daisy Vogt

With all the prizes, nobody had to go home empty handed.

The 2nd Annual Singha Windsurfing Marathon took place on Saturday & Sunday, December 8 and 9. The first day was packed with Slalom Races around a set course.

On Sunday morning the marathon to Koh Larn Island took place which included not only surfing to Koh Larn & back, but stopping there, climbing up a tree to “rescue” objects like pots, pans, buckets end even bananas, which were not to be eaten until safely back in Jomtien in order to get points.

Sunday night “the survivors” were treated to a beach party in front of Pattaya Park with live music by “The Soulhouse Band & Friends”, a buffet dinner and lots of prizes. Nobody had to go home empty handed. Prizes included surfboards sponsored by Svein Rasmussen & Star Board Company, a surf sail & 2 plane tickets to the Malaysia Open in January, where we hope that our Pattaya contestants will do as good as here in Thailand.

Thank you all sponsors who made this event possible for the 2nd year in a row.

Terry Summers takes the crown

Second IPGC Championship

The second annual IPGC Championship was played December 12 and 14 at Phoenix Golf Club over the Mountain and Ocean courses. A separate competition was held on each day with the two days combined to determine this year’s Champions. The field was split into 4 divisions, 1st (0-14), 2nd (15-28), Rabbits (29 -36), and Ladies.

Day 1 proved to be the end of many aspirations, with the wind picking up as the day grew longer and the later starters getting the short end of the stick. The strongest man of the day, who supported the whole field, was “The Grim Reaper”, who after following the example of another famous strong man, had his famed moustache removed just before the tournament. This resulted in total loss of power and direction and a dismal score of net 88. Len Jones kept Derek company at the foot of the list, but did not have the same excuse, as he had had his hair removed several years earlier.

The day finished with 19 players in contention for the championship title, “Mr Loy” led these in the second division, carding a fantastic 68, and Hans Collett with an unbelievable 65 off his 9 handicap and big Magnus Johansson returning a 66 off of 10 led the first division.

The ladies were headed not surprisingly by Oradee, who carded a 74, with Lamud closely behind by one shot.

In the Rabbits section, David Johnson recorded a lifetimes best with a net 61 off his 30 handicap to lead by a street.

Following the day’s exertions the players returned to Lewiinski’s where Steve and Stan laid on a sumptuous buffet, while the throng waited in expectation for the results and the second day pairings.

Day 2 saw the whole competition teeing off from two tees, led by the Ladies and Rabbits sections and followed by the 1st and 2nd divisions mixed together according to their first day scores. The leaders started last, and the pressure was on.

The Rabbits were led home by David, who whilst unable to quite match his first day’s effort remained good enough to keep the charging Renato Stojnic, who shot a career best net 66, at bay and take the honours.

Oradee once again just beat Lamud by one shot to secure the Ladies Championship and ensure an immediate order for a new trophy cabinet together with another reduction in her plummeting handicap.

At the front of the main competition, Derek, who had gained overnight strength from his modern day Delilah, carved out an impressive 69, while poor Len emulated Derek’s first day score and cemented his position at the bottom.

Meanwhile, the front contenders were dropping like flies under the fierce competition from the baying pack. The big losers were Hans with an 81 and Mr Loy with a 78. Big Magnus survived a little better, but was still unable to stop the tear-away Terry Summers, shooting a second fine round of 67, and the fast improving Joe Sebastian. The day’s honours went to Bob Lindborg in the second division from Joe. Stan Fry led home the first division, getting serious when the money was on the table, just edging out Klaus Schackt who was also determined to try and keep some part of the trophy cabinet for himself.

When all were done and counted, Terry had secured the Championship by virtue of two great under par rounds, with Joe taking the runner-up position. The ever-popular Steve Mascari returned two solid rounds to take the best gross score award by a distance.

The final awards were presented at The Haven, accompanied by the usual fine buffet presented by Lumyai and her capable staff. Richard Livingston, the resident PGA professional did the honours of emcee and thanked Bob Lindborg and “The Doc” for their efforts with the reception and scoring, and Phoenix for the well prepared and organised golf days, whilst club captain, Stan Fry handed out the trophies and congratulations to the winners.

Overall Winners

	HCP	D1	D2	Net
Rabbits Champion David Johnson	30	61	79	140
Ladies Champion Oradee Kaesavane	17	74	66	140
Best Gross Steve Mascari	6	76	78	154
Champ Runner Up Joe Sebastian from Magnus Johansson	27 10	74 66	66 74	140 140 cb D2
Club Champion Terry Summers	15	69	67	136

Sultans of Swing new leaders

Pattaya Sports Club Friday Bowling

Sultans of Swing moved past the House of the Golden Coin and are the new leaders of the Pattaya Sports Club Friday Bowling League. Behind Dang’s 224 game, 517 series and Peter’s 209 game, the Sultan team took three points from Three Sisters. Mai rolled a 218 game, 531 series and Tue knocked down 503 pins for the Three Sisters.

200 Bowlers: Mai, Peter, Dang and Ken Crow

Shakey Pete’s got back on the winning track, taking all four points from the Winchester Club team. Ken Crow led the Three Sisters with a 212 game and a 546 series and Bill chipped in with a 501 series.

Jim’s 505 series and Ooy’s 501 was enough for VFW Post 9876 to take three points from Cafe Ole. Aun with Cafe Ole had a 601 series with handicap.

House of the Golden Coin and Cafe Kronborg played to a two-two tie. Mio led Golden Coin with 519 pins toppled and Kran led Kronborg with a 532 series. Gerhart also tipped over 503 pins for Golden Coin.

League Standings

Team	Points	14 Dec
Sultans of Swing House of the Golden Coin Cafe Ole Shakey Pete’s Winchester Club VFW Post 9876 Cafe Kronborg Three Sisters	27.5 - 20.5 27 - 21 24.5 - 23.5 24 - 24 24 - 24 23 - 25 22 - 26 20 - 28	3 - 1 2 - 2 1 - 3 4 - 0 0 - 4 3 - 1 2 - 2 1 - 3

Kran strengthens lead, but still close

T.G.I.F. Wilson!

IPGC Pattaya Golf Sociey at the Bunker

On Tuesday, 11th December, the Bunker Boys made the trip to beautiful Bangpra International Golf Club to play their weekly medal competition off the white tees. There cannot be a finer or more picturesque course in the whole of the Kingdom and it was a joy to play there.

In division one, Mr Loy and Stan “The Man” Axon played steadily to tie for the lead with net 71, followed by American visitor Michael White, who pipped Norman Brooks on count back to register net 72. Michael’s back nine was an incredible 38 shots.

In division two the runaway leader was the Friday Man, Kevin Wilson who carded a sizzling 65, ten shots ahead of his nearest rival Neil Griffin and Danny Greer who was a further two shots back.

The Bunker Super Sawng award was shared by Mr Loy, Neil Griffin and Norman Brooks who all showed a two on their cards.

The stimulating nearest-the-pin award on the par three twelfth had been donated by Fireman Danny and was won by David Johnson. Go easy on the free Viagra my son!

The Bunker Banana Booby could have been won by Chris John who parked his pickup at the clubhouse door and locked it with the keys inside and the engine running. It could have been won by Jon Wood who took seven putts on one green. Instead it was awarded to the Transport Manager for his careless attempt to burn the Bunker to the ground before the boys left for the course! The Bunker is certainly a hot place at the moment.

Check them out at http://www.thebunkerboys.com

Fitness Tips: Weight lifting techniques under the microscope - Part 8b Effective abdominals

by David Garred, Club Manager Dusit Resort Sports Club

How do you recruit the deep abdominal muscles?

The deep abdominal muscles need to be consciously recruited in all movement. The action of pulling the navel in during expiration activates the transverse abdominus. Try to ‘narrow your waist as you breathe out’. This position is often called the set position or the brace position and should be aimed for in all activities. This is the same position that I’ve been going on about (referring to) in every article in this series of resistance training articles.

Crunches performed slowly will greatly increase the contribution of transverse abdominus and internal oblique. Having said that, slowly means at the highest speed 3 seconds up and 3 seconds down for each repetition, you can slow that speed down as you get stronger.

Prone (lying face down) abdominal work requires contribution of the deep stabilisers and is an excellent method for improving endurance in these muscles. It also puts the pelvis and spine into the neutral position and decreases stress on structures such as the intervertebral discs and nerve roots along the spine. Bringing more of the body off the floor in a slow progression increases demand. The aim of these exercises is to hold the position for increasing periods of time as endurance increases. It is recommended that 50% of abdominal work be done this way.

What are the most effective abdominal exercises?

The trend towards ‘core abdominal work’ has given rise to a deluge of exercises, many of which are performed incorrectly. The best way to ensure an abdominal exercise gives maximum benefit is to check it meets the following guidelines (these guidelines provide the order for introducing abdominal exercise into your routine based on a progression from simple and easy, to more complex and difficult). An easy way to remember them is to use the acronym SLOB (the Doc will like that one, he’s particularly fond of Acronyms, Pilots, on the other hand just call them TLA’s, i.e. NDB, ILS, FOD, LBT, BRT, USC…)

S = Stable base

The easiest exercises to perform are those starting with a stable base. The greater the surface area that you are in contact with and the more stable the exercise feels, the less demanding the movement pattern becomes both for your brain to figure out just exactly what you should be feeling as well as the level of stimulation for the muscles - difficulty.

L = Levers

Once a stable base is established, a lever can be added to increase the difficulty. A longer lever away from the stable base increases the load to the core, thus increasing workload. Things like extending arms will increase effective lever length.

O = Open

Once levers are added, the next step is to open up the movement. This can be done by adding multiple planes to the movement, such as reaching across the midline of the body. Rotation is also an option provided it is performed slowly (I know that I am harping but you would be surprised how little time it is before people forget how important the speed of lift is and go back to old fast lifting habits).

B = Base

The final way to progress the exercise is to decrease the size of the base of support. The smaller the base of support the greater the demand on the stabilising muscles to maintain correct posture. For example, the hover exercise performed on a fitball has a smaller base of support than the hover performed on your knees. The crunch has a much larger base of support than any of the hover exercises. It may also mean changing the stability of the base, such as using a fit ball, a set of dumbbells, etc.

Note: The order of the above steps must always remain the same. This suggested ordering of exercise demand gives programming options from beginner through to advanced trainers. With a novice exerciser it is essential to first establish movement competency with a stable base of support, and once this has been established, you may gradually increase the size of the levers from short to longer. Next, move the levers and open them up, working through different planes. Finally, decrease then de-stabilize the base of support.

It is important to remember that SLOB is a process for developing a skill, and for this reason it will take some participants longer to progress though each level than others. Not everyone will be capable of performing at the same level, so it is essential that you perform easier options until they are simple, then and only then should you progress. Most people will rush their progress and this impatience will hinder actual physical development; please, take you time to develop the skill and then take more time to develop the strength to perform it well.

Next week we will begin to look at effective abdominal exercises. Until then,

Carpe Diem

Jim Montgomery rules the day

Kenny Mau (left) came in a distant second with 21 points behind Jim Montgomery (right), who scored an outstanding 43 points to win PSC Three Sisters Golf bragging rights for the week.

Ebrahim and Admiral win at Pattaya CC

PSC Golf from Cafe Kronborg

A Happy group of PSC Golfers returning to the Cafe Kronborg on Friday the 14Th December 2001-about 6 nationalities present!

On Monday December 10, Pattaya Sports Club Golf from the Cafe Kronborg headed to Pattaya Country Club for a stroke competition. Two flights were run, A from 0-16 and B from 17 upwards.

Ebrahim took 1st place in A flight with a creditable net 73, followed by Bill Ziegler (enjoying the summer weather) with net 73. Jeff North followed with net 74, edging out (no smoking) Doug Maiko on a count back.

B Flight was won by the ever-present Admiral Dave Richardson. Big Pete Galle took 2nd place with a net 73 and Stefan Hoge 3rd with net 74.

Near pins were won by: Hole 5 Ahti Suutari, No. 7 Bill Ziegler, No. 12 Paul Coutonmas and No. 16 Erriki Pyhalto.

Eastern Seaboard Sailors Dominate King’s Cup Regatta

BMW Principal Sponsor for the first time

Introduction

Peter Cummins is a Pattaya Mail special correspondent - very special when it comes to a yacht race or regatta anywhere in the Kingdom, in the region or even in the world, for that matter.

Naval Academy team from Sattahip goes for the finish line, BMW Andaman Sea Race

As such, he has reported on and photographed every one of the fifteen Phuket King’s Cup Regattas held since 1987, established to honour His Majesty the King - a Gold Medal dinghy helmsman in regional games - to honour the Monarch’s fifth-cycle sixtieth birthday, 5 December, 1987.

The Regatta, which has progressed from its humble beginnings back then to what has now become a world-class “Phuket Week”, rivalling the best such events around the world, is re-dedicated every year to the King who is the Regatta Royal Patron.

Great racing, resulting from fine offshore and land-based management, an incomparable setting and ambience and a superb social scene are guaranteed every year. Enhanced by beach parties and awards ceremonies held at successive Phuket Five-Star resorts, these highlights are the hallmarks of excellence which bring participants back year after year, from the far corners of the globe.

Radab Kanchanavanit pilots “Cedar Swan” to victory under a BMW spinnaker

However, although the man-made parameters are stable and predictable, every so often the vital catalyst in a regatta decides to have a by-pass: the wind - or, rather, lack of it - has dogged the last two editions and nearly wrecked this year’s. A determined race committee and co-operative fleets, however, held on - some days for hours - and, even with racing abandoned on two days out of five, the Regatta finished on schedule and on an upbeat note.

Since it started, the Regatta has been traditionally held over the week surrounding the King’s birthday. Now, the Organizing Committee has decided to take a “new tack” - nautically speaking - and announced that the Sixteenth Regatta is scheduled to be held the week following, racing from Monday the 9th until Saturday the 14th of December, 2002.

It is a worthy gamble, as the north-easterly comes into Phuket a little later than in the Northern Gulf and it may just work. As a footnote, the Pattaya Mail reporter took two days off after this year’s events. Having Mom Tri’s marvellous Kata Beach Boathouse at his disposal, who would not? The point, however, is that being at Kata during the days of 9 and 10, he observed the north-easterly starting at about 7 a.m. and blowing all day until a 6:30 p.m. Kata sunset: Sunday, about 8 - 10 knots, steady; Monday, 12 knots, gusting to 15, steady. I could barely open my Pattaya Mail in the wind. Let’s hope for next year!

Seaboarders Supreme

At the just-completed Fifteenth Phuket King’s Cup Regatta, sailed off Kata Beach from 3 - 8 December, it was the teams out of the Royal Varuna Yacht Club in Pattaya and the Royal Thai Navy Sailing Academy in Sattahip which dominated the event.

At the end of the racing on Saturday, Royal Varuna Yacht Club teams had won three of the seven classes and finished second in another, namely: David Bell, George Foose, Radab Kanchanavanit and Viroj Nualkair. The two Royal Thai Navy teams, entering yachts for the first time, finished third and fourth, respectively, in their class.

Malaysia’s “Pla Loma” scuds along under BMW power

Cruising Class 2 saw 2000 regatta champion David Bell’s “Graffiti” edge out erstwhile Class leader Malaysia’s “Gotcha Lagi!”, raced by Amir Zohri Rahim.

Thailand’s George Foose, winning the Andaman Sea Race in Pattaya-based yacht “Free Wind”, thus consolidating his grip and winning the “Cruising Class 3” title from the ‘baby’ of the 76-strong fleets, “Cinders”.

Radab Kanjanavanit was undisputed master of the Multihulls, a clear winner this time after having been relegated to minor placings over the past few years.

In Cruising Class 1, Hong Kong entry Jeremy Mead’s “Zephyr” just scraped in ahead of 1999 champion Thailand’s Viroj Nualkair’s “Octopussy”; these two skippers - racing identical Farr MRX 41’s - almost match-raced throughout the regatta.

Sub-Lieutenant Veerasit Puangnak, many-time Laser National Champion of Thailand and the only Thai dinghy sailor to compete in the Sydney Olympiad last year, showed that he can also handle a keelboat among the world’s best. Veerasit finished third in the Cruising Class 2, four points clear of fellow-rating Lieut. Pornphom Sakultern.

Varuna Blue

An entry of great interest was the all-Royal Varuna Yacht Club crew on “Emerald Blue”, skippered by Varuna Vice Commodore J.K. Robert England and boasting three Commodores on board: Adolph-A. Knees, Christopher J. King and incumbent Don Mackenzie. Another well-known Pattayan Davis Wales was also part of the 12-man team which included Robert’s son Paul, a handy lad on fore-deck duty.

Hong Kong’s “Hocux Pocux 2”: a study in sailing perfection

This crew could perhaps have been a maritime interpretation of tinsel town’s “Dirty Dozen” film, but could more appropriately have been known as the even dozen “Maverick Mariners”. The Pattaya Mail scribe would have been quite at home aboard the good ship “Emerald Blue”, with its crew of Royal Varuna Blues, ranging in age from 24 to 66. Even owner Nick Band’s ‘ancient’ craft, clocking up 30 years, was thus considerably younger than the average Varunian’s age.

The whole gang, nevertheless, was happy with their fourth placing in the Cruising Class 1 Division and the two-masted ketch is booked for 2002. Paraphrasing the immortal words of General Macarthur almost 60 years ago, “We shall return”, skipper Robert England informed the press and media.

Women to the fore

“A women’s place is in the home” has been the typical male chauvinist’s (MC) somewhat futile rallying cry down through the ages. At this year’s Phuket King’s Cup, this tired old clich้ was finally laid to rest.

The yacht “Taniwha”, participating in Cruising Class 3, featured an all-female crew. “Outdoors in Asia”, a new sports and adventure company, supported by “Cirque du Soleil”, a renowned performance arts company, entered a ladies team which, according to their spokesman - oops! spokesperson - comprised “nine high-powered executives based in Hong Kong or Singapore.” The women were selected, continued the spokes-person, “for their sense of adventure, passion, ability to face a challenge and team spirit.” I rather fancy the second of their attributes, myself!

“Stormvogel” squeezes past the start vessel

Hailing from Australia, Finland, France (2), Hong Kong (2), Japan, Korea and Singapore, these flying females are as diverse as the human race itself.

Though not exactly covered in glory, nevertheless, the “Taniwha” finished 13th in a fleet of 18. And take heart, oh dying breed of MCs, “Taniwha” was skippered by a man - Paul Jennings of Singapore which goes to prove that ONE man is worth ... No, let’s leave it at that.

BMW Andaman Sea Race

Although the last race of the six-day Fifteenth Phuket King’s Cup Regatta was scheduled to be sailed on Saturday, Mother Nature had other ideas and showed who was REALLY in charge! By mid-day, on a virtually wind-less sea, the Race Committee abandoned any hope of holding the host sponsoring hotel’s - the Kata Beach Resorts - “Olympic Courses” - off Kata Beach.

Thus, the last race of the week-long Phuket King’s Cup Regatta was sailed on Friday. Curiously enough, with the wind out of the north, it allowed for a running start under spinnaker, reflecting the Andaman Sea Races of yore, starting at Phi Phi Ley.

The Royal Varuna “True Blues” show how it is done

So the standings at the end of Friday’s BMW Andaman Sea Race became the final results and one can only congratulate Andy Dowden and his race management team who have grappled with shifting, fading and, at times, zero winds, to ensure that there was, indeed, a regatta.

Nevertheless, although somewhat light, the wind stayed in long enough for the completion of the regatta ‘blue riband’ event which was followed with great interest by BMW officials, amongst others. As the principal sponsor of the fifteenth regatta, BMW exercised the prerogative of also sponsoring the signature event, the classic Andaman Sea Race.

It was, certainly, a long day for the sailors, the race committee and the vast army of marshals, mark-layers and other officials spread around the vast racing area.

In the Racing Class, Singaporean Mark Jewell’s “The Dogs II” won the event from Neil Pryde’s Hong Kong-based “Hi-Fidelity”. In Premier Cruising Class, Richard Grimes’ “Yendys” beat David Kong’s “Hocux Pocux 2”. Horst Lakits’ Dutch entry “Big A”, David Bell’s “Graffiti” and George Foose’s “Free Wind” won the Cruising Classes 1, 2 and 3 respectively, while Kim Bunting’s “Star of the West” won the Andaman Sea Race Classic Class and Japan’s Shuji Hagihara’s Summersalt” won the Multihulls.

“Viroj Nualkair’s “Octopussy” drives hard

The Fifteenth Phuket King’s Cup Regatta, dedicated to His Majesty the King of Thailand, featured 76 entries from some 25 countries.

A piece of sad news received at the Regatta was that New Zealander Sir Peter Blake, arguably one of the most successful sailors in yachting history was murdered by pirates on the boat “Seamaster”, lying at anchor at Macapa, Brazil, two weeks ago.

Sir Peter, manager of New Zealand’s victorious America’s Cup teams in 1995 and 2000, was acknowledged as a yachtsman of inordinate ability and his untimely death at only 53 is a heavy blow to the yachting fraternity. He was known in life - and death - as “the Pele of yacht racing.”

Sponsorship

As has been pointed out numerous times, regardless of the event, sponsorship makes it all possible.

Principal Sponsor BMW joined for the first time, appropriately enough having just ‘launched’ its initial venture onto the Asian Golf Circuit, with the BMW Asian Open at the Westin Resort Ta Shee, Taiwan.

Under spinnaker - fighting for every breath of wind

“We are happy to join this great event dedicated to His Majesty the King,” Karsten Engel, President of BMW (Thailand) pointed out at the Regatta. As principal sponsor, BMW joins a long line of perennial Regatta supporters, including Mom Tri’s Boathouse Wine and Grill at Kata Beach, the Evason Phuket Resort, House of Kangaroo Europe AS, QBE Insurance, Sunsail Thailand and the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

Proteus Sports, which promotes the Asian Yachting Circuit, is also a strong supporter of the King’s Cup which, Andrew Owen, managing director of Proteus calls the “jewel in the crown of Asian yachting.”

It was, in fact, just three years ago, after the Regatta had moved to Kata Beach from Nai Harn, when Khun Pamuke Achariyachai, managing director of the Kata Group said, “This (Kata Beach Resort) is now your home” and, in fact, remains as host sponsor and “home of the Regatta”.

Neil Pryde, the Yacht Haven Marina, Thai Marine Leisure, Phuket Water Taxis, the Thavorn Beach Village and Phuket Marine Services also continue supporting the event.

The fleets dwarf the committee boat: start of the first race

Co-organizing clubs, the Royal Varuna and Phuket Yacht Clubs, co-ordinated management with the authorizing body, the Yacht Racing Association of Thailand, while the Royal Thai Navy under-wrote the safety and security of all concerned, with logistical, material and human resource support.

Phuket Magazine has continued to provide excellent Regatta literature, Phuket Island Lager entered its “New brew” for the first time into the Regatta social rounds while Pepsi catered to the non-alcoholic sector.

Rivers of whites and reds flowed like the tides from Berlei Jucker wine cellars, greatly adding to the enjoyment of the social milieu.

The splendid evening candle-lit ceremony to honour the King’s seventy-fourth birthday was held in front of Mom Tri’s Boathouse, jointly sponsored by Boathouse and QBE Insurance.

And on to 2002

And so, as we say goodbye - and ‘good riddance” - to a year of butchery, catastrophe and mankind’s ill-will towards his fellow-man, 2002, in terms of yachting and yacht racing looks good. Locally, three big events will be held in Pattaya in the first quarter: the Varuna Cup, January, the Koh Larn Classic, February and the ‘Grand-daddy’ of them all, the Pattaya Mail PC Classic, the Royal Cliff Beach Resort’s International Regatta, in March.

Big teams are already in Auckland, preparing for the Louis Vuitton qualifying round, starting in October, to see who will challenge New Zealand for the America’s Cup Challenge in February, 2003. Undoubtedly, the shadow of Sir Peter Blake will be ‘writ large’ in the Cup memorabilia at Auckland’s America’s Cup Maritime Museum.

And, of course, the Sixteenth Phuket King’s Cup later in the year, in December.

So little wind that the crew of “Maligaya” are obliged to sit on the lee rail

Results, The 15th Phuket King’s Cup Regatta

Racing Class: 1. Neil Pryde, “Hi-Fidelity” (Hong Kong, 9 points); 2. Peter Ahern, “Yo” (Malaysia, 10); 3. Keith Moore, “Pla Loma” (Malaysia, 18).

Premier Cruising: 1. Richard Grimes “Yendys” (Malaysia, 6); 2. David Kong, “Hocux Pocux (Hong Kong, 8); 3. Andreas Soriano III, “Maligaya” (Philippines, 9).

Cruising 1: Jeremy Mead, “Zephyr” (Hong Kong, 7); 2. Viroj Nualkair, “Octopussy” (Thailand, 8); 3. Horst Lakits “Big A” (Netherlands, 13).

Cruising 2: David Bell, “Graffiti” (Thailand, 4); 2. Amir Zohri Rahim, “Gotcha Lagi!” (Malaysia, 5); 3. Sub-Lieut Veerasith Puangnak, “Royal Thai Navy 2” (Thailand, 9).

Cruising 3: George Foose, “Free Wind” (Thailand, 3); 2. Stuart Crowe (UK, 6); 3. Mike Downard, “Bourgeois Tag” (UK, 10).

Classic: Kim Bunting, Star of the West” (Australia, 3); 2. Christopher Edwards, “Xyphias,7); 3. Julian Hill, “Sanook” (USA, 9).

Multihulls: 1. Radab Kanchanavanit, “Cedar Swan” (Thailand, 3); 2. Shuji Hagihara, “Summersalt” (Japan, 6); 3. Tony Lough, “Securicor Fine Pitch” (UK, 7).

The Royal Thai Naval Academy team, with skipper Sub-Lieut. Veerasith pose with Aussie’s Nancy and Mark Pryke Eastern Seaboard winners: Radab Kanchana-Vanit (L), David Bell (2nd R) and George Foose (R), pose in the winners’ circle

Pattaya municipal police/Eastern Asia win 5th Banglamung Cup

A team from the Pattaya municipal police station won the 5th Banglamung Cup football competition which wrapped up earlier this month.

The competition began on November 9, and each weekend games were played at the Banglamung athletic field. The competition was divided into two categories: eight teams from outside of Pattaya and Banglamung district competing in an open category, and 10 local teams competing in a separate category.

Banglamung district chief officer, Vichien Chawalit, presented the trophies to the winning teams during a closing ceremony on December 2 at the Banglamung School athletic field. The Pattaya municipal police station team took the trophy in the local category, which also included a B20,000 cash prize.

The championship play-off game in the open category was a close call, with a team from Ban Amphoe, located south of Pattaya, competing against a team from the Eastern Asia University. Time ran out with a 1 : 1 tie, forcing a round of penalty shots to decide the winner. Eastern Asia won the shootout and the trophy and a B30,000 cash prize.

The “5th Banglamung Cup” football competition was organized by Banglamung District and Pattaya City officials, assisted by the private sector, as another athletic program to promote sports, healthy exercise and to sharpen player’s skills for future national level competitions.

Eastern Asia University, winners of the open category in the “5th Banglamung Cup”.

PSC Charity Classic appeal for sponsors

For the benefit of underprivileged kids

The Pattaya Sports Club is a registered, government recognized, non-profit association whose main objective is to promote sporting events and contribute to local charities. Each year, the Pattaya Sports Club makes substantial donations to local charities.

Every year the Pattaya Sports Club organizes the PSC Charity Classic, traditionally the primary fundraiser of the year. Last year, over 300,000 baht was raised for the new Girl’s Home for Street Kids.

This year, 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”.

Money raised by the Charity Classic comes, in part, from the entry fees of the tournament participants. The Pattaya Sports Club 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.

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 below. 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.

Jackson and Bruce win ‘One Ball’ Scramble

George Jackson, with Shenanigans newcomer Clive Bruce, returned the best of the day with a net 69.6 off their modest team handicap of 4.4.

Runners-up were Tony Stevens and Philippe Berra with a net 70.8 off their 5.2 team handicap.

Near pins were claimed by Steve Ryser, new member Dermot Keith, Terry Phur and, guess who? Kim Fletcher himself on the very difficult 15th.

Not to be outdone, Mike Franklin sank a very long putt on the 6th to take the prize there and Bob Lindborg had the long putt on the 14th.

Eastern Star was playing well with the course well presented. There is now more noticeable improvement to the greens and little evidence of G.U.R. The weather was perfect and it was another good Shenanigans day out.

There is no tournament on Christmas day, so the next outing will be on Tuesday January 8th for another Pairs Scramble to start the New Year.

Shenanigans announce Ladies Match Captains for the Asia Challenge Cup

Friday 25th January is the date for the inaugural Ladies Match, Asia vs. The Rest Of The World, to be held at Eastern Star Resort.

The tournament format, ‘Pairs Combined Stableford’, allows for a good size field of up to eighty players, forty each, from Asia and the ‘Rest of the World’.

The predominantly Thai, Asian Team is to be captained by Usa Chaiyusit, and her counterpart, leading a likely formidable ‘Rest of the World’ Team, will be Kitty Stor of OK Golf Fashions, who is also a sponsor of the event.

In addition to the ‘Match’ there will be a range of technical prizes and trophies for pairs and individual performances.

Ladies who have played in the two previous Ladies International Open tournaments will not need reminding that Landlord Kim Fletcher guarantees Shenanigans hospitality on the course, and afterwards back at Shenanigans, Pattaya.

For more information about Shenanigans, The Irish Pub, and Shenanigans Very Friendly Golf Society fixtures for the year, log-on to the web site at www.shenanigans-pattaya.com

The entry form for Shenanigans Asia Challenge Cup, Ladies Golf Match, Asia vs. The Rest Of The World, can be downloaded from the web site, or just call into Shenanigans and pick one up.

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