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Klaus Schackt scores 44 to win Wayne Tischbern Memorial 2002
Julian Clarke double-bogies last to finish 1 over par - scratch
Every year now for the past 3 years, some of
Pattaya’s best (and worst) golfers play a tournament in honor of a lost
hacker, Wayne Tischbern. Wayne wasn’t exactly known for his golfing
prowess; au contraire mon fraire, in fact his antics on the links were
legendary. His golf cap, complete with fish lures, buttons and propeller,
his eccentric dress, the Mekong (or Sangthip) Coke always within reach,
and his propensity to finish each tournament he entered (which, in fact,
were few each year) sometimes up to an hour after all others, were in part
the impetus for the birth of the now-famous “Dream Team”. It
wouldn’t be a stretch to label Wayne a “hacker’s hacker”.
Winners
of the Wayne Tischbern Memorial 2002: (L to R) Alan Alexander (Rabbits),
Arthur Bailey (3rd Division), Nora Haugsjordet (Ladies), PGA Professional
Richard Livingston, Overall Champion Klaus Schackt, and Russell Finch (2nd
Division).
The tournament now known as the Wayne Tischbern
Memorial was birthed many moons ago to celebrate Wayne’s birthday. It,
too, became legendary as a raucous day on the links when, for many,
especially those of similar golfing ability to Wayne, finishing the round
with empty bottles (and without spilling too much), as well as all the
antics that would produce, seemed more important than where one finished,
like in 1998 when Mats Mueller ran his golf cart into a tree on the very
first hole, just missing out on the coveted “Lassie’s Outstanding
Achievement Award”. Or in the last “Hare House Open” (which was what
this tournament was called before its name change) in 1999 when fellow
Dream Teamer Jack Levy earned the “American Award” for his truly
remarkable 186 scratch for 0 Stableford points - a truly proud day for
Jack and the Dream Team.
Mention was made of turning around the format of this
tournament so that the “worst golf” would win the day, but alas that
would be a hard sell. This is, after all, considered one of the
“majors” on the golfing calendar. Besides, and perhaps this is
attributable to the great golf instruction available here in Pattaya
(thanks Richard), scores have improved over time, and some great scores
were turned in this year in the 3rd Wayne Tischbern Memorial Golf
Tournament played at Phoenix Country Club on Friday, January 11.
Klaus Schackt shot what was arguably the best round of
the day. Klaus went out in even par 36, including two birdies on the
Mountain, and came back in with a 3 over par 39 to finish with a scratch
75 and 44 Stableford points off his 11 handicap to win the Wayne Tischbern
Memorial championship trophy.
Seven-handicapper Julian Clarke played an amazing
round. Julian went out on the Ocean nine, carded 2 birdies, a bogey and 6
pars to make the turn at 1 under par - scratch. Julian continued his form
on his back nine, the Mountain, carding 1 birdie, 1 bogey and 6 pars, and
was 1 under par on the day going into the last hole. Unfortunately, Julian
hiccupped on the last and double-bogeyed, but nonetheless finished his
round just 1 over par (73) to win low gross honors. His 42 Stableford
points also earned him the runner-up spot in Division 1 to Klaus’s 44.
Alan Alexander shot what might have been his best round
ever, and raised a few eyebrows along the way. Alan carded 48 Stableford
points (12 under par) off his 34 handicap to win the Rabbits Division.
Nora Haugsjordet shot a scratch 89, net 64 off her 25
handicap to card 44 Stableford points en route to winning the Ladies
Division. When asked if it was her best round ever, she replied, “No, I
once shot an 84”. Well done Nora.
Russell “Pin Eye” Finch, who admitted to everyone
who would listen that, “I’m hitting the ball great,” did just that,
winning Division 2 on count back over Thomas Breslin with 41 Stableford
points. Both men had 20 points on the back nine, with Russell getting the
edge by virtue of 13 points to Thomas’s 12 over the last 6 holes.
Russell amassed 21 points on the front nine, which included one hole on
which he didn’t get any points.
“Steady” Arthur Bailey put together 4 pars on the
day, and no “big” holes en route to scoring 43 points, winning
Division 3 by one point over Harald Cranz.
The more “eventful” golf on the day didn’t go
unnoticed. Dream Teamer Kurt Farnham finished the day (early) with 0
Stableford points - not necessarily because he shot particularly bad,
although being on the Dream Team it wouldn’t be far-fetched to assume
so. Instead, Kurt had to “retire” early from the competition due to a
“delicate” condition. Word from other members of the Dream Team was
that the wait at each succeeding drink stand was becoming increasingly
longer. After giving it his best shot, Kurt finally had to trot off the
course. A commendable effort under difficult circumstances.
Meanwhile, a certain 28 handicapper named “Frank”
carded an amazing 5 (five) Stableford points to finish the day with the
lowest score for those who actually finished the day.
Also worth note, two judges made their presence felt in
the long drive competition. Judge “FF” Brian Brizzell crunched a
booming shot off the tee on Ocean #9 to win the Rabbits Division long
drive, and Toto, under the watchful eyes of Richard Livingston, our
resident PGA professional, out-drove all others in Division 3. “Dirt
Groupie” might have been proud.
Every golfer who participated on the day, whether they
shot a good score or bad, were treated to a great day out, probably the
best shirt ever for this event, and an absolutely mouth-watering buffet at
the prize giving ceremony back at The Haven.
A big thanks to all who worked very hard behind the
scenes to make this tournament a success: tournament organizer Stephen
Beard, on course marshal Richard Livingston, scorekeeper Wayne Ogonoski,
MC at the prize giving Mike Franklin, and Lamyai and all the staff at The
Haven.
And finally, a Mekong-Coke toast to Wayne Tischbern - a
legendary hacker taken from us well before his time.
Results:
Overall Champion: Klaus Schackt, 44
Low Gross: Julian Clarke, 73
Division 1:
1st: Klaus Schackt, 44
2nd: Julian Clarke, 42
Division 2:
1st: Russell Finch, 41 (cb 9 - 20, cb 6 - 13)
2nd: Thomas Breslin, 41 (cb 9 - 20, cb 6 - 12)
Division 3:
1st: Arthur Bailey, 43
2nd: Harald Cranz, 42
Rabbits:
1st: Alan Alexander, 48
2nd: Peter Barett, 39
Ladies:
1st: Nora Haugsjordet, 44
2nd: Lamud Chaidara, 39
Near pins: M4 Div. 1 Anders Pederson, Div. 2 Peter
Stonebridge, and Div. 3 Terry Coles. M8 Div. 1 Gavin Knox, Div. 2 Stephen
Beard, and Div.3 Tyrone Renggli. O5 Div. 1 Mike Morris, Div. 2 Roy
Mitchell, and Div.3 Nick Hurn. O7 Div. 1 Rick Sharpe, Div. 2 J.P. Carcabal,
and Div. 3 Nick Hurn.
Long drives: O9 Div. 1 Stephan Andersson, Div. 2 Karl Holm, Div.3
Dan Dorothy, Rabbits Brian Brizzell, and Ladies Lamund Mili.
VFW Post 9876 closes in on Sultans of Swing
Pattaya Sports Club Friday Bowling League
VFW Post 9876 won all four points from House of the
Golden Coin and moved into a tie for second, just one half a point out of
first place. VFW was led by Jim with a 202 game and 505 series, Ooy with a
500 series and Lada with a 569 (with handicap). Golden Coin’s Mio bowled
a very good series of 576 with a 224 game but the rest of her team did not
have a good day.
 200
bowlers for the past two weeks, Rich, Mai, Morn, Hartmut, Mio, Jim, Ta and
Kran (Udom and Sven not shown)
Winchester Club gained a share of second place after
taking three points from Cafe Kronborg behind Jon’s 541 series. Captain
Kran from Kronborg, was the best bowler of the day with games of 223, 175,
208, for a 606 series.
League leader Sultans of Swing fought to a two-two draw
with Cafe Ole, winning two games but losing overall pin count. Bill
Thompson led the Sultan team with a 521 series and Dang knocked down 506
pins. Bill Key was the best bowler for the Ole team with a 525-pin count.
Three Sisters came out on top in the battle of Soi Batman taking three
points from Shakey Pete’s. Captain Tue had a 524 series and Mai had a
222 game and 503 series to lead the Three Sisters team.
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League
Standings |
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Team |
Points |
Points - 11 Jan |
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Sultans of Swing
VFW Post 9876
Winchester Club
House of the Golden
Coin
Shakey Pete’s
Cafe Ole
Three Sisters
Cafe Kronborg |
36.5 - 27.5
36 - 28
36 - 28
33 - 31
31 - 33
28.5 - 35.5
28 - 36
27 - 37 |
2 - 2
4 - 0
3 - 1
0 - 4
1 - 3
2 - 2
3 - 1
1 - 3 |
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Kran holds onto the lead
Cafe Kronborg Tuesday Bowling League
After week 17 of Cafe Kronborg Tuesday Bowling League
competition, and the league’s little New Year break, they are back in
action again.
 Songkran
started the year out with a 224 string.
This week Kran’s team won against Somrak’s 3-1 (the
team will be renamed team Udom, in the absence of Somrak).
Mio’s team won 3-1 against Nual’s, in a match where
it was down to the last pin in two of the games.
Otto’s team had a good day and came out with a 3-1
win against Jeed’s.
Only one string over 200 on the day, bowled by Kran, whose 224 was a
good way to start the new year.
Fitness Tips: Programming, techniques into practice – part 2
by David Garred
Club Manager Dusit Resort Sports Club
G’day readers,
Fortunately for all of us the fat burn we require as a
result of increased metabolic rate comes from 2-3 good, hard training
sessions per week. About 1 hour each session should see you well and truly
on the right track but correct technique must be employed, that is what
I’ve been showing for the last 3 months, and correct programming is the
other key component.
The chart below is what they are making us train to (at
P.T. Colleges and P.E. Universities) so we know what will work with our
clients. I’ll not be going into why, too long and boring, but we’ll
take a short look at how to make it work for you.
So what does this mean?
Purpose, we’ll go into a little later.
Load and % of 1 RM are for you trainer to help you determine. Load
is relative while % of 1 RM is far more exact. It’s talking about the
amount of weight that you need to lift. 1 RM is an abbreviation for 1
“Repetition Maximum” which means the maximum amount of weight that you
can lift (at the correct speed for your training goal) 1 time only. % of 1
RM is the percentage of the 1 repetition maximum weight that you should
use for your regular training weight.
E.G. if I can lift 70kg 1 time at the correct speed and
can not complete the second lift without help from my trainer or spotter
then my 1RM is 70kg. If I’m a beginner strength training person in that
gym then I should be lifting 70 to 80 percent of the 70kg, or 49kg-56kg
should be my regular training weight range - the weights that I normally
lift when training.
Reps are the number of lifts without stopping
to rest, the repetitions.
Sets are the number of lift groups; you would do x
number of reps in 1 set and then rest before doing it again.
Next week we will get into “lifting speed”. Until
then,
Carpe Diem
Ebrahim and Carriere triumph at Great Lake and Noble Place
PSC Golf from the Cafe Kronborg
Monday 7 Jan - Great Lake (Stableford)
Forty golfers travelled to Great Lake for a Stableford competition,
divided into two flights, A flight 0-19, and B flight 20 upwards.
Steady Ebrahim took the A flight with 41 points, second
with 36 points was Walter Hanak, third with 35 points was Jens Schalberg
and fourth was Mike Dige with 33 points.
 “Steady”
Ebrahim
Britt-Marie Wardstrom took the B flight with 37 points,
second was Arthur Bailey (Mr Steady) with 36 points, third Alf Carlson
with 36 points and fourth Sum Yui Wah with 35 points on a count back from
John Swanson.
Near pins: #5 Johan Reynisson, #7 Barry Kerr, #12
Walter Hanak, and #16 Walter Hanak
Long putts: #9 Ebrahim and #18 John Swanson
Thursday 10 Jan - Noble Place (Stroke)
There are some days when everything seems to point to great golf and
low scores, and Nobel Place on the day seemed to promise just that. The
course seemed to be in good condition, if a little dry and fairways a
little bare. Weather was fine if a little warm, breeze light, so lets set
some low records.
Playing B & C courses, our four ball zoomed round
B, then hit the wall on C. Still surely the other 30 players couldn’t
have played as bad. I was soon to find out.
 Chuck
Carriere
When the scores started to come in it became apparent
the course had won, Noble Place 32 Competitors 0 Draw 2, nobody had broken
par and most of the scores were the stuff of nightmares.
Most of the winners were pleasantly surprised, and
perhaps the biggest surprise was in the A flight (0-15) where the
‘better’ players should have been able to handle conditions better
than the B flight (16 up), but obviously could not.
A flight winner was Chuck Carriere with net 72, second
Rick Evans net 76, third Thomas Bergwall net 77 on count back from Ged
Mason.
B flight - winner Neils Jorgenson net 72, second
Ebrahim net 74 on count back from third Mick O’Connor net 74.
Near pins: B2 Chuck Carriere, B5 Johann Reynisson, C3
Elias Magnusson and C6 Ebrahim
Long putt: B9 Jerry Kurtz and C9 Mick O’Connor
Despite the scores most people had a fine day out and all voted it
better than working.
Don Antonio wins bragging rights
PSC Three Sister’s Golf
by Herbie Ishinaga
Monday brought the normal group of golfers along with a
few new ones out for a beautiful day of golf at Siam Country Club. The
holidays must have factored in to the scores, as there were very few good
scores, even though the day was perfect for golfing.
I guess Don Antonio didn’t have as much to drink as
the rest of the field as he carded 39 points to take the bragging rights.
We will have to be cutting Don’s handicap as he keeps winning, even as
his handicap goes down.
 Don
Antonio carded 39 points to win Three Sisters bragging rights for the
week.
Running a close second was Bob Moberg with 36 points -
as I wrote, the rest of us didn’t do so well as the holiday celebrations
caught up with us.
Also for the new players - be sure to count all of your
shots. Air shots, tree shots, and grounding your club in the bunkers count
as strokes played and should be added to your score. Please inform your
playing partners of the rules and enter it on the cards.
Holding the bag for the week was Eddie Rudkin with a blazing 14 points.
I guess Eddie really tied one on over the holidays. Hands shaking on the
putts Eddie? Anyway, Eddie has joined the Monday golf group but will not
be holding the bag for long as most of us take our turn at the bottom.
The Irish take Diamond Dave’s sparkle
It was a different heading a year ago when Dave Pittman
(Diamond Dave) had his team inflict a crushing defeat on the County Cork
Club. Diminished yes, that is the word. But last Thursday at Burapha, the
new team from Ireland and Pattaya, led by their Captain Lumpy Russell,
organized themselves a litter better.
At an earlier breakfast held in the Kronborg, the teams
were announced and it looked like the Irish had a fighting chance when one
of their star players, Sean Ewing (Donegal) arrived on the scene, and the
Kronborg team knew they were going to have a fight on there hands. It was
also a bit like an Australian Rugby match with the captain Lumpy going
around to every one of the 18 players representing Fernhill Golf and
Country Club and saying that he wanted a game of golf never seen before -
and that is what he got.
On leaving the Kronborg to board the coach, captain of
the Pattaya team asked all his golfers, dressed in their very red shirts,
to sit on one side of the bus as he did not want his team talking to the
opposition, who were dressed in very smart white shirts with the collars
and cuffs in green and orange (designed by Bill Davies and Gert Hanson).
It was not long before the first team from the Kronborg,
led by the Diamond himself, hit a screamer down the first and the battle
royal started. As Dave’s partner Nual Russell waited for the Irish Mick
Bowes, proprietor of Fernhill, and his partner Paul O Mahoney, ex captain
of Fernhill, to follow the screamer, Paul did. The match was a scotch
foursome, with the Kronborg taking the first, but that was the last hole
that they won in the match. Mick and Paul went on to win 5 and 4.
As the game progressed, the Kronborg were doing well at
the turn, and were ahead in six of the 9 four balls. But Lumpy’s words
kept spreading across the course: “don’t let me down lads”. Sure
enough, as the battle weary lads were heading for the clubhouse an air of
despair came over the Diamond’s face. Defeat? No, it cant happen to us,
we have beaten these Irish 3 years in the running and surely not today.
But as the teams returned it did not look good for the Pattaya golfers.
The
Irish team, resplendent in their white golf-shirts with green and orange
trim, defeated the Kronborg at Burapha.
The only heroes the Kronborg had were Egon Nielsen, the
son of the owner of the Kronborg, and his partner Rick Montana who smashed
poor Joe Banks and Ray (Rocky) Ryan 6 and 5. But, as the names were going
up on the leader board, it grew apparent what the day had in store.
Bob Walton and Willie Mercer, 3 down going to the 15,
again heard their captain’s words: “don’t let me down”. The two
lads responded by winning the next 4. Poor, devastated Geoff Couch bowed
his head in defeat.
Then the Irish captain and his partner Joe Clines came
in with a resounding win of 4 and 3 over Archi Armstrong and Peter (the
King) Thompson. They were followed by Bill Davies, vice captain of the
Irish and ex Irish captain Darl White with a 1 up against the Admiral Dave
Richardson and Jeff North.
At this point it was all over and the Pattaya lads were
beaten 7 and a half to 1 and a half.
The bus back to the Kronborg was something else, as
Diamond Dave took his defeat well. It was a bit like a retuning Rugby
team: lots of Rugby songs (no golf songs).
The Kronborg produced food that would rank with the
very best in Thailand. When that was through, more singing ensued and all
the speeches praised Bill Davies and Gert Hansen for their organization,
and Dow Banks for her video work.
The two captains spoke a resounding yes - they will take on each other
again and next time it might be Cork.
The 2nd Khun Anand Panyarachun Charity Golf Invitational for UNICEF
Eastern Star Resort and UNICEF are pleased to announce
that the 2nd Khun Anand Panyarachun Charity Golf Invitational Tournament
for UNICEF will be held on Saturday, 2nd February.
Last year ‘s inaugural event was a great success, and
1.2 million baht was raised to benefit disadvantaged children in Thailand
through UNICEF assisted projects.
This year ‘s event promises to be equally successful,
thanks primarily to the two platinum sponsors: Cathay Pacific Airways and
Proctor & Gamble; and the two gold sponsors: Thai Farmers Bank and GE
Capital. The four-ball team scramble, a format introduced last year,
proved to be popular among the predominantly Thai field of golfers and
will be repeated again.
In addition to the main tournament, an inaugural
Pee-Wee Tournament for young golfers, aged 7-14 years, will be held on
Friday, 1st February, with sponsorship and proceeds from this event
contributing to the overall sum raised for UNICEF.
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has been
active in Thailand for more than fifty years, and provides education
research, protection, health care and support for the rights of children.
His Excellency, Khun Anand, is the ambassador for UNICEF in Thailand and
he will present the numerous trophies and prizes at the awards ceremonies
on both days.
A limited number of sponsorship packages are still
available for the Khun Anand Charity Golf Invitational on February 2nd.
Please contact Eastern Star Resort (038-630410-6) if you would like to
participate in, and support, this most worthwhile charity event.
“Yesterday’s children are today’s youth and tomorrow’s adults.
They are our future, and we need to invest in their future” - HE
Anand Panyarachun, UNICEF Ambassador for Thailand.
Tony and Noi just in front to win Shenanigans January pairs scramble
Shenanigans Very Friendly Golf Society began the New
Year with a pair’s scramble at Eastern Star, with Tony Stevens and Usa (Noi)
Chaiyusit winning by one fifth of a shot from Ban Chang ‘locals’
Arthur Hancock and Ken Leadstone.
Tony and Usa, off a modest team handicap of 5.2, carded
a gross 71 to produce a net 65.8. Arthur and Ken grossed 72 and a net 66
off their team handicap of 6 to take the runners-up spot.
A surprised Ray and Im Woodruffe, returning a net 70.8,
found themselves in third place.
Arthur and Ken further demonstrated their current form
by claiming near pins on holes four and eight respectively, and Arthur
adding to his spoils by sinking the longest first putt on hole six. Ed
Trayling and visitor/newcomer Vanna Adams claimed the other two near pins,
and Mike Franklin the long putt on the fourteenth.
The weather was near perfect for golf, the course was
in great shape, but play was slow for most, due to much traffic on the
course.
Tuesday January 22nd is the next outing for a pairs better ball -
sign-up at Shenanigans for that and ladies, don’t forget to sign-up for
the Shenanigans Asia Challenge Cup Ladies Match: Asia vs. The Rest of the
World, that takes place a few days later on Friday 25th January. Entry
forms are on the notice board in Shenanigans.
The Square Ring
by Howie Reed
OK, Veeraphol Nakhonluang (35-1-1) has successfully
defended his WBC Bantamweight title by beating up on yet another fighter
from South of the Border (South of the USA Border. That would be Mexico
for those of you in the Sunday Night Quiz), Sergio Perez (23-8-1).
Veeraphol, besides being undefeated since 1998, has beaten four fighters
from Mexico. Going into the fight Perez said, “It’s a curse. I am not
afraid.” Note to Senior Perez, “It is not a curse. It’s called
inviting someone you can whip into your house and then whipping them.
It’s called Thai Boxing.” Yes it is.
The fight itself was one sided. Perez had about as much
chance as a “farang arguing with a baht buss driver”. In truth, as
that’s what we deal in here, Veeraphol should have knocked him out.
Perez was almost down and out in the 5th and the 11th but he’s one tough
hombre. The judges had it 118-111, 118-110, and 120-108.
Pitchit Siriwat (25-1) gets a chance to knock off
Nicaragua’s Rosendo Alvarez (30-2-1, 19 KOs) and capture the WBA Jr.
Flyweight Title as part of a 4 hours national TV card on America’s
Showtime Cable. (The bout should be seen sometime Sunday morning Jan 20 in
Pattaya). The fight, which will be held in the Jai-Alai Fronton in Miami
Florida, will certainly seem like home for the champ considering the large
Latin population in the Miami area. Alvarez has only two losses on his
record. One when he was DQ’d for a low blow and the other to perennial
105 champ Richard Lopez.
Pitchit Siriwat (25-1, 12 KOs), of Chaiyaphoom, won the
WBA 108-pound crown in his 18th career bout with a second-round TKO over
Keiji Yamaguchi on Dec. 3, 1996, in Osaka, Japan. The Thailand native
successfully defended the title five times from June 1997 through February
2000. Siriwat has captured 18 consecutive contests since suffering his
lone defeat at the hands of Leo Gamez on Oct. 9, 1994, for the WBA
108-pound championship.
You gotta laugh every time one of the rankings
organization throws a “hissy fit.” Pattaya saw the WBC’s version
when they held their convention in Pattaya last December. Well, batten
down the hatches boys and girls cause there’s another one a brewing. The
entire world knows that Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson are going to fight on
April 6th in Las Vegas. That is unless Mike does something usual and ends
up in the Monkey House. The WBC issued a statement to the effect that
unless the fight was signed by a week ago Tuesday, the WBC would put it
out to “purse bid”. In a “purse bid” any promoter can bid on the
fight. The WBC would take the highest bid. The champ (Lewis) would get 75%
of the purse while the challenger (Tyson) would get 25%. How did the two
fighters’ camps handle the deadline? They ignored it. The WBC has called
for purse bids to be in by the 24th of January. Lewis-Tyson will be a done
deal by then. The WBC will posture, stamp their feet then take their
sanctioning fee and move on. Gotta love it.
GOT a note from Patrick “aka The Belgian”. “My next fight and
promotion will be in the Thepprasit International Stadium on 8 March”.
Then on the 10th of March he’s off to Belgium to get his boxing license.
He’ll probably fight sometime in April in Gent or Antwerp. He writes,
“Maybe a title shot for the Belgium title?” There are plans for a
Friday Night Fight in Pattaya that will include 3 Muay Thai and 3
International Fights with some entertainment. In July there will be a
Dinner Gala for Charity much like the one held at the Marriott in Pattaya
last December. Yep that’s what he did say.
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