PSC golf from the P J Pool Bar

Neil Duncan
Tuesday, July 17, Khao Kheow B & C, Stableford
1st Jeff Wylie (7) 43pts
2nd Ed Horrocks (28) 37pts
3rd Allan Cassin (12) 33pts
Khao Kheow is a superb test of golf, and missing a green by even a narrow margin will nearly always result in a chip out of thick, tough grass.
Eleven players tackled the B & C layouts and although the Howler monkeys were unusually silent, the course was soon taking the monkey out of most of the players.
Ray Allison was hitting his irons with crisp precision and was throwing them about equally proficiently, remembering of course to always throw forward so as to avoid needing to go backwards to pick the clubs up.
Jeff Wylie must also have been hitting his shots with crisp precision, ripping the guts out of the course with a very creditable gross 72, thereby racking up 43 stableford points off his handicap of 7. Ed Horrocks was next in line returning 37 points off a 28 handicap and in third spot was 12-handicapper Allan Cassin with 33 points.
Having left two near pins for the others on the previous Tuesday, Jeff Wylie was not so generous at Khao Kheow, bagging 3 near pin prizes (one green missed by all players) and making birdie twice.
The average score on the day was 29.6, a fair reflection of how good Jeff’s score was.
Thursday, July 19, Plutaluang N & W, Stableford
1st Jeff Wylie (7) 43pts
2nd Neil Duncan (13) 40pts
3rd Steve Hanstad (12) 36pts
4th Bruce Lawrence (11) 32pts c/b
5th Barry Quirk (14) 32pts
Not content with Tuesday’s sterling effort, Jeff Wylie proceeded to rip apart Plutaluang’s North & West courses, carding another gross 72 for another 43-point haul. Referee!!
Of the four nines at Plutaluang, the players generally find the West layout to be the toughest. I nickname this nine “The Cobra” because of the sneaky, snakey stream that coils its way across the course. The stream, which also presents itself laterally on several occasions, has to be crossed eight times with the result that it consumes golfers’ balls like a cobra feasting at a bird’s nest.
The field of twenty players returned an average score of 26.6.
Now this is the sweet bit - no near pins for Jeff (collective sigh) the prizes going to Neil Duncan, Phil Russell, Jim Smith and Willy Nachbar. The longest first putt on 18 went to Barry Quirk.
Jeff and Neil birdied the lighthouse hole to earn themselves a beer - thank you Mal. Aussie Ron Philips also had a ‘2’ but this consisted of the number of stableford points he put together over the North course. His marker was heard to ask Ron to simply pipe up whenever and if ever he managed to garner a point!
If any golfers are seeking to play with our group, please visit P J Pool Bar & Restaurant on Soi Watboonsamphan (Soi Kanoi) or phone Neil on 089 511 0575.

Thursday’s winners (minus Jeff Wylie): From left, Neil Duncan, Phil Russell, Willy Nachbar and Steve Hanstad.

Sharples and King have the edge

PSC golf from Tropical Berts

Derek Brook
Tuesday, July 17, Phoenix, Stableford
The test for this day was to be the Mountain and Ocean Nines, and we had a more than full turnout for the challenge.

Tuesday winners Paul Sharples and Pete King with Pu.
As this course matures the golf is becoming more difficult and good scores have been hard to come by recently, but on this day, with the nines we were to play and with little wind and a quiet course, we hoped for some better luck. Certainly Phoenix is now in excellent condition and a pleasure to play.
Back at Bert’s the golfers awaited the scores, which were really pretty good. In fact if you did not have 39 points you had no chance, and even with 39 points Mick O’Meara lost out.
In the A Flight, 0 to 15, the winner was Paul Sharples with 41 points ahead of Vince Smyth in second with 40 points and in a count back on 39 points, Rick Evans eased out Mick O’Meara for third.
In the B Flight, 16 up, the winner was Pete King with 40 points ahead of a count back for second on 39 points which saw Ian Covill in second with Joel Flor in third.
T.T.F.N.
Near Pin: Gareth Weeks (2), Rick Evans, Vince Smyth
Long Put: Dick Warberg, Anders Pederson

Ray’s Day at Bangpra

IPGC Pattaya Golf Society at the OK Corral

The Pattaya Golf Society visited Bangpra on Sunday, July 15, to play the latest in their series of Sunday stableford events, as usual with only one flight, and on a beautifully presented course.
Receiving their always warm welcome, the group was invited to tee off earlier than planned and this was another bonus on the sunny day.
David Thomas took fourth place with a round of 34 points to indicate that his hard work on the practice range may be paying off, tweaking parts of his game that had lost their sparkle, whilst Carl Lovatt went one better, his card of 35 points giving him a well-deserved third place.
Paul Quodomine found the form for which he has been searching for many weeks when he shot a level-par 36 points, playing his shots right to left in uncharacteristic but successful fashion.
The day’s winner was Ray Underwood whose cleverly crafted round of 39 points was the highlight of the day, and on a personal note was his second best performance of the year.
The birdie 2’s pot was shared by Tom McCarthy whose chip-in on the 17th was matched by Ray Underwood’s more traditional effort on the eighth.
Bill Hewitt, who six weeks ago shot his best score for years on this same course, manfully struggled with the pain of arthritis and recorded only one point on the first four holes and his dismal card was eventually rewarded with the Booby Bevy.
It had been another good day, for Ray Underwood in particular.
Teachers record high marks
Tuesday, July 17, the Pattaya Golf Society visited Phoenix for a stableford Order of Merit event over the Mountain and Ocean nines. The day remained heavily overcast throughout and towards the end of the round persistent drizzle added a dark vista to the day.
Unusually for the PGS, the event was an all-male affair but when the first group teed off thoughts were only about the matters in hand and not distracted by the very forward red tees.
All the principals managed to return sub-par rounds with Gilles Akoum, Masashi Iizumi and David Thomas presenting scores of 37 points for a share of fourth place. Carl Lovatt continued his recent good form with an excellent 39-point round and he could be forgiven for thinking that he would be adding a mass of Order of Merit points to his monthly tally.
But elsewhere school was out! Current teachers John Rehm, on holiday from his Swiss classroom, and Ian Grout, similarly “escaped” from Bangkok, were having the rounds of their lives. Ian had fired his best ever, a magnificent gross 77, and John had matched this in points off a higher handicap and they both returned a staggering 43 points for the victory. They had certainly given a lesson to the others on the day.
The large birdie 2’s pot was shared by Masashi, Markku Tynell and John Rehm whilst the dunce’s hat went to Michael Sim, making a welcome return to the OK Corral after an absence of many months.
Phoenix historically is a course which is more forgiving than most and this may have explained the high average score for the day, but those who continue to disparage teachers with “Those who can, do; those who can not, teach” may well be suffering verbal indigestion after the wonderful display by golfing teachers John Rehm and Ian Grout.
Terrific Tracey!
Green Valley always attracts a large field and it was no exception on Thursday, July 19, when the Pattaya Golf Society called to play a stableford competition on the testing course. The day was fine and the lightly sanded greens did not detract from the challenge as the two flights, cut at fifteen and under, took to the first tee.
In a competitive second flight, Tom McCarthy and Markku Tynell tied for runner-up with well-earned scores of 32 points apiece whilst old warhorse Ray Underwood took a firm grip on the first prize with 33 points. Was it really only a couple of weeks ago that he was laid low by a virus and couldn’t bear to even think about golf?
A high quality top flight saw Tony Kitchen break par again with a fine 37-point card which gave him third place, two behind Roy Thornton’s 39 and whose week had been one of excellent scores.
The highlight of the day was the performance of lady golfer Tracey Brown who fired the day’s best gross of 74 to record a massive 40 points for the win. All round her game is “class” with both length and accuracy immaculately controlled and she thoroughly deserved the plaudits back at the OK Corral.
Surprisingly there were no birdie 2’s and on a day when the PGS said a temporary goodbye to four of its many friends, the Booby Bevy was kept in abeyance for a few days.
The golfing week had ended in fine style.

Students from 3 Southern provinces set for sports tour

Ariyawat Nuamsawat
A hundred students from different schools in the Southern provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat will visit Pattaya City on a special sports tour to be organized by Siam Hero, Pattaya Police Station and Pattaya City Hall.
Colonel Adul Maliphan, former Thai national football player, said that this youth development project was held last year and was highly popular with the youngsters attending. Consequently, it was decided to hold the event again this year.
Southern children will take part in the 10-day tour between October 13 and 22, and train in various sports, including football at Soi Chaiyapruek Football Youth Stadium.
Adul said 10 children aged between 10 and 13 years would be selected from 10 schools and would be accompanied by their own teachers. They will join local students and participate in sports activities such as football, horse riding, golf, and martial arts.
Adul added that in this way, youngsters from two parts of the country would be able to share their interests and their experiences, and build up camaraderie.

You get out - what you put in!

PSC Golf from the Bowling Green

Barry Hooper
Tuesday, July 17, Bangpra, Stableford
A Flight:
1st Fergus Brennan (11) 36pts
2nd Derek Eastham (14) 33pts
3rd Takeshi Hakozaki (11) 32pts
B Flight
1st Tom Breslin (21) 35pts
2nd Alun Webber (25) 34pts c/b
3rd Peter Marsh (24) 34pts
2’s: Derek Eastham
Thursday, July 19, Mountain Shadow, Stableford
A Flight
1st Tom Herrington (16) 39pts
2nd Dick Warburg (15) 34pts
3rd Tewin Lamthong (16) 30pts
B Flight
1st Eddie Cochrane (30) 33pts
2nd Bob Short (22) 32pts c/b
3rd Mike Todd-White (19) 32pts c/b
4th Tony Geeland (22) 32pts
Near Pins: Bob Short, Amphan North (2) and Mashi Kaneta
2’s: Takeshi Hakozaki, John Beck, Tom Herrington, Mashi Kaneta and Donald Pearson
Saturday, July 21, Greenwood C & A, Stableford
1st Michael Brett (17) 39pts
2nd Alan Evans (27) 36pts
3rd Tom Breslin (21) 31pts c/b
4th Barry Rothberg (22) 31pts
Near Pins: Barry Rothberg and Fergus Brennan
2’s: Barry Rothberg

Saturday’s prize winners: Michael Brett, Alan Evans and Tom Breslin. (Inset - Barry Rothberg ringing the Bell).

I made mention last week that Michael Brett had been seen along with others getting in some serious practice at the Diana Driving Range.
Well the adage that “you only get out what you put in” has some credence as the resulting win on Saturday at Greenwood for Michael justified the effort he has put in recently to improve his game.
Michael had a three-point win over Alan Evans (Fergus’s right hand man) with Tom Breslin getting third. This followed a B flight win for Tom on the Tuesday in the week before his planned return to the Emerald Isle.
Barry Rothberg cashed in on the near pins and the 2’s pot, despite missing out on third place on count back, and he promptly rang the bell back at the Bowling Green. Cheers Barry!
Tuesday’s outing to Bangpra saw Fergus take the A flight and as mentioned Tom Breslin taking the B flight.
Thursday at Mountain Shadow saw two flights. Tom Herrington was the winner of the A Flight and Eddie Cochrane the B Flight. Alongside the normal competition it was decided to have a separate contest between Europe and the Rest of the World as the entry worked out nicely in setting up that format. The prize was to be that the winning group had to buy the loser a drink. The result went to Rest of the World with a 303 - 274 score over Europe.
Meanwhile, everybody was trying to get in on the 2’s and near pins with nine winners sharing the spoils.
Reminder - If anyone is interested in golfing with the Bowling Green we play every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. We meet at Bowling Green at 7:45am and new players are always made to feel welcome. Call Tewin on 086 056 7019 or the Bowling Green on 038-720741.

Drader, Baccioli & John top the scores

Diana July Seniors & Ladies Open

Mike Franklin
Ann Drader topped the field with 44 Stableford points in the Diana Seniors & Ladies Open held July 19 at Pattaya Country Club. Tong Pimblett was runner-up with 34 points.

July winners: Chris, Ann & Giorgio.
Giorgio Baccioli returned 42 Stableford points to win the Super Seniors with Danny Dyke a close runner-up on 40 points. Chris John won the Seniors with 39 points and Alan Pearce took second place with 38 points, beating Mick Leighton on count-back.
Mick O’Meara claimed two of the near pin prizes, Alan Pearce and Will Hindsjo taking the others. Arthur Bailey sank the longest putt on the ninth and Giorgio Baccioli on the eighteenth.
It was a fine day at Pattaya Country Club, and a field of 27 players enjoyed the course. It was good to see Mick Leighton back for an extended stay this time, and newcomers Alan Ainsworth, Wayne Farrell, Willy Hindsjo and Giorgio Baccioli were welcomed.
To avoid another date clash the August Seniors & Ladies Open will be held on Thursday, August 23 starting at 09am. Sign-up sheets are available at the Green Bottle or the Diana Garden Resort Driving Range.

No monkey business for Geoff as he leads standings for monthly award

PSC golf from The Bunker

Monday, July 16, Bangpra, Stableford
Monday saw the golfers travel to Bangpra for a Stableford competition at the notorious “monkey course” - and the cheeky little things didn’t disappoint.
On the first par-five 5th hole, Geoff Parker chipped onto the green only to see one of the monkeys pick up his ball and leg it whilst trying to take a bite out of it!
It didn’t put Geoff too much out of his stride as he finished third in the B Flight with 30 points. Jim Wooler was second with 31 points and the winner was Roger Privett with 33 points, who surprisingly found himself in the Diadora league because the cut was at handicap 15 and under.
Mashi Kaneta stole third place in the A Flight with 30 points, beating Gerry Cooney on a count back, and Colin Greig lost first place to Paul Smith on a count back too, both finishing with 34 points apiece.
Paul Smith had a very profitable day by winning two of the near pin prizes, the others going to Geoff Parker and Roger Privett.
Wednesday, July 18, Greenwood, Medal
A Medal competition was played at the ever-improving Greenwood golf course on Wednesday, and again Mashi Kaneta claimed a prize via a count back, this time he took second place ahead of William Macey after both finished with two-over par net 74’s. Meanwhile Geoff Parker put himself into the running for golfer of the month award by winning with a one-over par net 73.
Near pin prizes were shared between William Macey, Roger Privett, Colin Greig and Gerry Cooney.
Friday, July 20, Phoenix, Stableford
Geoff Parker was in the frame again in this latest Stableford competition held at Phoenix Golf Club where he finished third with 36 points behind Eddie Martin. Eddie lost out to Roger Privett for first place on a count back after both finished with 38 points.
Mick Benton, Paul Smith, Gerry Cooney and Eddie Martin were all on the mark and shared a near pin prize each.
This week’s results has left Geoff Parker out in front for the golfer of the month title but Roger Privett and Gerry Cooney are breathing down his neck with four more games to go.

The Square Ring: by Howie Reed

There is nothing more distinctive than the voice of Jimmy Lennon when he says, “Now the big men of boxing.” Lennon of course talks of the heavyweights. So in the best tradition, let’s start with the “big men” of boxing.
One can only deduce that WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev’s manager, the not ready for prime time Dennis Rappaport, is looking for any way to derail a fight with Samuel Peter. The fight is scheduled for October 6 on American cable giant Showtime, but Maskaev is refusing to sign the contract.
Peter’s promoter Dino Duva echoed words read many time in the Square Ring.
“For the past year, all Dennis Rappaport has done is find phony ways for Maskaev to avoid his legitimate #1 challenger, Sam Peter. First it was the nonsense with Vitali Klitschko, and then they consistently refused to sign bout agreements. This is becoming absurd. It’s all a smokescreen. The lawsuits being threatened, the public games ... they’re all a big smokescreen to keep Maskaev from getting knocked out by Peter.”
The President of the Africian Boxing Union, Houcine Houich, has written to the WBC asking that the title become vacant and that Peter fight the highest rated available contender for the crown. That would be either Vladimir Virchis (23-1) or Oliver “The lights are on but no one’s home so don’t” McCall.
Way to go Denney! Oleg worked his butt off and you have completely “screwed the pooch.”
You can now exhale (I know you’ve been holding your breath), as it has officially been announced that Vitali Klitschko (35-2) will make his first comeback fight on September 22. The fight will be held in the Olympiahalle in Munich against Jameel McCline.
If nothing else in boxing is predicable, when it comes to promotional names they can always do the expected. The title of this fight is “The Champ is back - October-Fist.” In truth that’s kind of clever.
This will be Vitali’s first fight since 2005 when he successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title against Danny Williams, who is mainly unknown.
“I would like to write history together with my brother,” said Vitali. Sure why not? What the world really needs is another book. As for McCline, Vitali commented, “McCline doesn’t have anything to lose, however I have everything [to lose].”
Pal Stitch will be in the corner of Klitschko so guess the ‘Square Ring’ will have to yell, “Go Vitali.”
About the same time that Michael Crighton had penned Jurassic Park and Stevie Spielberg was producing it, boxing was well on its’ way to a similar situation. They didn’t so much go back in time as bring back heavyweight boxers that were well past their prime, if indeed they ever had primes. That scenario will continue with an ‘All Dinosaur’ card in sandy Utah, USA.
The top of the card features “The Tuaman” David Tua (47-3-1) against Saul Montana (48-14, 42 KOs), who is probably the best Mexican heavy. The term is relative though as Montana has lost to the likes of Sinan Samil Sam, Tye “Barren” Fields and Grigory Drozd. One could argue though that Montana is a step up for Tua from Edward Gutierrez, Maurice Wheeler and Robert Hawkins.
On the same card is Joe Mesi (35-0) against Tank Williams.
The problem with the “big men of boxing” is that they no longer rule the roost. Back in their day the heavyweights called the shots - but not now. It’s the smaller men of boxing like Pacquiao, Nonito Donaire and Miguel Cotto that can step up to shape the face of boxing. The problem is that Pacquiao, even though exciting, has probably blown his chance through terrible management and almost disappearing from free TV. His last out against Jorge Solis dropped like a Hiroshima bomb, not only at the gate, but more importantly on PPV. Thanks to the wisdom of promoter Bob Arum even the replay was never shown.
Now Pacquiao will again fight Marco Antonio Barrera on “PPV”, but at least with HBO involved it will be shown free the following week.
Barrera comes off a unanimous decision blow out (118-111 twice and 118-108) at the hands of Juan Manuel Marquez. Does Pacquiao fight the winner of that fight? Nope, he gets the loser, who after 18 years and 68 fights might well be sneaking up on his “sell by date.”
Well “Holy Moly”, who would of thunk it? Daisuke Naito, who WBC fly champ Pongsaklek Wonjongkam once KO’d in 34 seconds back in 2002, wasn’t even given an “ornamental opportunity “ of winning when they met for the third time. Wonjongkam was going for his 18th title win but this time came up short when all three judges saw it for Naito. In fact it wasn’t even close. Cousin Bruce McTavish (Philippines, TQ and Bourbon Street) had it 118-113, so that’s what it was.
Going into the fight some had said that Wonjongkam had lost his previous zip, sharpness and punching power. The Square Ring’s favorite boxing scribe Joe Koizumi wrote, “Unheralded and unexpected Daisuke Naito amazingly captured the WBC flyweight belt as he fully frustrated long-reigning defending champ Pongsaklek Wonjongkam Kratingdaeng-gym with his tricky mobility and roundhouse attacks in earlier rounds, withstood the champ’s furious retaliation in the ninth, and earned a close but unanimous decision.”
Note to Thai boxers - that’s what happens when you stay close to home and fight guys that don’t pose any challenge. The loss to Naito leaves the popular Thai on the outside looking in for any final big money fights against either Nonito Donaire or Vic Darchinyan.
Not a surprise was that Aussie Danny Green (24-3) destroyed Otis Green in 3 at the Challenge Stadium in Perth. Griffin was the winner of the “reality” TV series promoted by Oscar De La Hoya called “The Next Great Champion.” Green dropped Griffin three times to end things at 1:31.
One of the hot “now” sports is the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) which many are calling “The Next Great Sport.” One of the stars of the UFC was Tito Ortiz who is managed by his girlfriend Jenna Jameson, who some call a “porn icon” while others call her a harlot who takes her clothes off to have sex with men and women on film.
As it is with everything in sport, Ortiz whines about being underpaid. That didn’t play well with Dana White the president of UFC.
“He’s not the brightest bulb on the porch,” said White. “(In fact) he’s a complete moron. What makes it even worse is he doesn’t think he is. Dealing with Jameson is like ‘double idiot’ power. I’d rather talk to this table right here than have a conversation with that blonde.”
Mr. White though would have to go a bit to match promoter “GB” Gary Shaw who allegedly referred to light heavyweight Anthony Hanshaw as a “black freaking monkey.”
The Square Ring has had its differences with Mr. Shaw but it would be disgraceful if it didn’t step forward stoutly in his defense here: Mr. Shaw would never, never, never use the word, “freaking.”
During the weigh-in for the Bernard Hopkins (47-4-1) v Winky Wright (51-3-1) fight, Hopkins, acting like the jerk he can be, pushed Wright in the face. That action set off an eruption of pushing, shoving and even some punches.
The day of the fight, Nevada Executive Director Keith Kizer ordered 10% of Hopkins purse of US$3 million to be withheld. At he end of the month the commission will decide whether Hopkins will be fined or suspended.
From the report filed by O.R. Cross of Pattaya, the weigh-in may have provided the most action of the weekend in Las Vegas. Here’s O.R. ... “Most of the action took place in the final round. In fact, that round had more fighting than the others combined. All in all, good for you technicians to watch but not so exciting for guys like me who are used to the heart-pounding action of my favorites like soccer, cricket, darts and synchronized swimming.”
O.R. continued, “I agreed with my favorite (announcing) team, Sheridan and Bontempo, that Hopkins won the decision (117-111, 117-111, 116-112) but it was an exercise in Hopkins throwing the right (which is what he should do against a southpaw) and then tying Wright up. Sheridan was overly impressed with Hopkins ability to make it look as if Wright was doing the holding and then making some cute moves that the referee didn’t see. The two fights on the undercard were both better than the main event.”
Like this column, which always ends with predictably, O.R. signed off with “Until next time, it’s now T.Q. time.” TQ time of course being not only a daily measure but also a state of mind.
As part of the triple dipper at the International Arena in Cardiff, Dapper Dave Stewart’s pal Alex Arthur (26-1) won the no longer vacant interim WBO super featherweight title. He did that with a 10th round stoppage of Koba Gogoladze (20-3). The young Scotsman had his way with Gogoladze, dropping him in rounds 6, 8 and 9 before the end at 2:48 of the 10th.
The local soccer hooligans were over the moon when local “fav” Gavin Rees, now 27-0, upset Souleymane M’baye (35-2-1) to win the WBA super lightweight tile. Rees led from wire to wire, winning 118-110,117-112,117-113 to give M’Baye only his second loss. The first came 4 years ago to Vivian Harris.
The evening was capped off when Swansea native Enzo Maccarinelli (27-1) disposed of Wayne Braithwaite (23-2) with the greatest of ease to retain his WBO cruiserweight title. How easy was it? 118-108 twice and a shut out of 120-108. Good night and drive home safely.
“Your Lordship?”
Yes Jeeves
“Your Lordship, I read in the sporting pages that your friend Mr. Hughes has turned the Chicago baseball Cubs around. They’re 19-5 recently. How did he accomplish the task?”
Probably by listening to nothing I’ve said or written about baseball or most anything else, including horse racing and boxing. Listen Jeeves, I know you fancy yourself as a musicologist of sorts so I have a question for you. You remember Helen Reddy? OK, what was her big hit song?
“That’s easy Your Lordship. The song was ‘I Am Women’ and went like this, ‘I am women, hear me whine.’”
That’s quite enough of that Jeeves. Time for the cigars, lager and some Rod Stewart on the music machine.

Winfield takes Monthly Mug

PSC golf from The Café Kronborg

Monday, July 16, Crystal Bay, Stableford
The Crystal Bay A & C nines were host to a Stableford competition in one flight. The course on the day was quite playable, but a bit tatty, with weeds growing into the fairways, and patches on several greens.

PSC vice president Derek Brook (right) presents the Kronborg Monthly Mug to Mike Winfield.

Dave Richardson won the day with 40 points, Paul Sharples was second with 38 points, Doug Maiko came in third with 37 points and Takeshi Hakozaki was fourth with 34 points.
Thursday, July 19, Pattaya Country Club, Monthly Mug – Medal
The day dawned on this, the biggest day of the month at The Cafe Kronborg, and the weather looked fine.
The players gathered at The Kronborg, and as time went on more slipped in until we had the largest group for some months.
Some of the players were in good form, with Dave shooting 40 points on Monday and Paul shooting 50 on Tuesday. Of course they were suitably dealt with on handicap, but after playing so well this week anything was possible.
On the course the wind was thankfully quiet early on, and it was ideal for playing golf. Meanwhile, the fairways were fine, the greens tricky and fast, and the rough more forgiving than of late. As the day progressed the wind rose a little, and at the end we just got in before the rain arrived.
Sat in the restaurant as the cards came in, it was obvious that the pre-competition favourites had not performed well on the day. It is always difficult to follow a great round with another one.
Back at the Cafe Kronborg the results were eagerly awaited. In the A Flight, 0 to 17, that old warrior Bob Benda came through to win in a close fight in the division. Bob shot a Net 69 ahead of a count back for second on Net 70 that saw Ebrahim in second ahead of Derek Brook in third.
In the B Flight, 18 up, the winner was Kevin Dinan with a Net 65, James Flanaghan was in second with a Net 66 and in third was Wayne Koch with a Net 70.
So to the winner of the Kronborg Mug for July, and with a fine Net 65, beating Kevin on count back, the winner was Mike Winfield. Well done!
T.T.F.N.

Mega-break 9-Ball Handicap Pool League

Barry Hooper
Both of the semi-final matches, played on Wednesday, July 18, failed to live up to the expectations of the pundits and spectators who knew that the line up had four of the best Pattaya 9-Ball players at the tables.

Nop (left) and Chris line up prior to last Sunday’s final.

In the first semi-final, Nop ran out an easy 4-1 winner over Charlie and Chris followed it up with a similar winning score over Baz in the second match
Due to another event being held on the Saturday, the final between Nop and Chris had to be delayed until Sunday, July 22.
Going by the form of the earlier rounds, Nop was the man to beat and he proved this with a sound 4-2 win over Chris in the final match. Congratulations Nop!
The next 9-Ball league is scheduled to start at the beginning of August. If you are interested in taking part please submit your names as soon as possible as the entry is restricted and take on a first come first served basis. Call 038 428 858 or send an email to contact@ megabreakpool.com