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Kenyans run away with revamped Pattaya Marathon
Crowds of spectators and runners gather outside
Pattaya City Hall
prior to the start of the event.
Vimolrat Singnikorn
The revamped and renamed 17th
“Power Plus” Pattaya Marathon was held in almost ideal running
conditions last Sunday morning, July 18, with the slightly overcast
skies providing some welcome relief to the elite athletes and less able
foot-sloggers who woke up early to pound their way around the city’s
streets.
Women’s marathon winner Fridah Tepkite Lodepa receives the Queen’s
Cup trophy from Pattaya City Mayor, Itthiphol Kunplome.
In keeping with local tradition here, the race was
once more dominated by the visiting Kenyan runners who filled the top
ten positions of the main marathon event and also provided the winner in
the women’s field.
Kenyan male runner Maisei Julius Kipilmo won the
overall race in a time of 2:23:13, to set a benchmark for the new course
this year that featured fewer hills for the runners to negotiate and
more chances for spectators to see the action. The marathon (42km) and
half-marathon (21km) followed a circuit from Pattaya City Hall, up to
Naklua Soi 18 and back along Beach Road to Pratamank Road. Athletes then
returned along Second Road to City Hall. Marathoners made four laps
while those in the half-marathon did two.
Maisei Julius Kipilmo was the overall marathon winner.
More than 10,000 athletes including large entries
from Ethiopia, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Taiwan and other countries turned
out for the early-morning event, which also featured quarter and
wheelchair marathons and a 5km. race for runners under age 15.
Chonburi Gov. Senee Jittakasem and Mayor Itthiphol
Kunplome fired the opening gun to set the runners on their way with VIP
guests, including the former Tourism and Sports Minister Sonthaya
Kunplome, and Lt. Gen. ML Parsopchai Kasemsan, the vice president of the
Athletic Association of Thailand, also in attendance.
Half marathon winner Sanchai Naamket.
Kenyan Kipilmo was followed across the finishing line
outside Pattaya City Hall by compatriots Charles Mwai Kenyao (2:23:26),
Soibei Richard Kiprotich (2:23:34) and Robert Kilagat Kosgei (2:25:01),
who finished in second, third and fourth places respectively. The winner
received the prestigious King’s Cup trophy along with a cheque for
200,000 baht from Pattaya Mayor, Itthiphol.
The best placed local male runner was former Thai
champ Bunthung Srisang, who crossed the finish line in a personal best
time of 2:32:56. He won 70,000 baht after finishing in 11th
place overall.
Sunisa Sailomyen. |
A future marathon winner? |
In the women’s event, last year’s winner Sunisa “Ped”
Sailomyen from Thailand had to be content with the runner-up spot this
year as she trailed in just under 3 minutes behind the Kenyan winner,
Fridah Tepkite Lodepa. The 20 year old African runner finished in a time
of 2:54:10 and received the Queen’s Cup trophy and 200,000 baht for her
efforts while Sailomyen picked up the consolation of winning the award
for best female Thai athlete.
There was better news for Thailand in the
half-marathon event where first place was taken by Sanchai Naamket in a
very respectable time of 1:11:44. He finished a full 2 minutes clear of
the runner up, Kenyan Mokoa Jared Masita.
The race this year was Pattaya’s final prep before next year’s event,
which will coincide with the Asian Marathon Championships.
Chonburi Gov. Senee Jittakasem and Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome set the
athletes on their way.
Runners are wished good luck at the start
and later celebrate as they
cross the finish line.
Junior takes the easy way to complete the course.
Ludovick strike seals
the points for United
Staff Reporters
Pattaya United secured a hard fought 1-0 win against
TOT Cat FC at a revamped Nongprue stadium last Saturday in a match that
suffered a 15 minute second half interruption caused by a floodlight
failure.
Pattaya United striker Ludovick, right, holds off TOT
Cat defender Theerachai Ngamcharoen, left, during the Thai Premier
League match at the Nongprue Stadium in Pattaya, Saturday, July 17.
(Photo/ Ariyawat Nuamsawat)
United began the game in bright fashion (to pardon
the pun) and it wasn’t long before Theerawesin Seehawong tested the
reflexes of TOT’s Cameroonian goalkeeper Jean-Marc Engoulou. The United
midfielder picked up the ball in center field and unleashed a 25 yard
dipping shot that Engoulou acrobatically tipped over the bar.
TOT, despite wallowing in mid-table in the league,
were not just there to make up the numbers however and they created two
good opportunities of their own with long range efforts from Slovakian
Tomแ? Kozแr and Georgian Georgi Tsimakuridze going just wide of the
Pattaya goal.
Spurred on by a vocal home support, Pattaya had one
further chance in a competitive first half when Somchai Singmanee fired
in a 30 yard screamer that grazed the TOT crossbar.
In the second half it was the visitors who started
the stronger with Wichan Nantasri forcing a great diving save from Narit
in the 52nd minute. However it would be left to
the home team to break the deadlock just 3 minutes later through top
scorer Ludovick. The Cameroon striker picked up the ball on the left
wing and sent over a pinpoint crossfield ball to Singmanee whose
cross was met by the head of United’s Patipol Phetwiset. The TOT keeper
somehow managed to block Phetwiset’s initial effort but Ludovick was
lurking close by to turn in the rebound.
In what was becoming an open second half, TOT center
half Mariแn Juhแs saw his point-blank header from a corner kick blocked
on the line by Pattaya defenders on the hour mark and at the other end
Ludovick spurned a golden chance to double United’s and his own goal
tally when he blasted over from 10 yards out with just the TOT keeper to
beat.
There then followed a 15 minute delay as a
transformer feeding power to the stadium blew and the ground was pitched
into darkness. When the electricity was eventually restored both teams
decided to make substitutions and brought off Tomแ? Kozแr and
Wutthisak Maneesook who had been waging a running battle with
each other prior to the unscheduled delay. Pattaya replaced Maneesook
with striker Tana Chanabut who was making his first appearance since
injuring his hand against Sisaket FC three weeks ago.
Chanabut’s appearance certainly had the effect of
galvanizing the Pattaya forward line and he came close to getting on the
score sheet himself on 77 minutes when he played a clever one-two with
Ludovick but he volleyed the return straight at the TOT keeper.
The visitors had the last clear cut chance of the
game on 80 minutes when midfielder Yuttana Chaikaew headed just wide of
the Pattaya goal from a right wing cross. Thereafter United were able to
play out the remaining 10 minutes of the match without any further
serious threats to their goal.
In other matches over the weekend, Chonburi FC let
slip their lead at the top of the standings with a shock one nil defeat
away at Thai Army who moved off the bottom of the league on the back of
their victory. Muang Thong United were the main benefactors of
Chonburi’s defeat as they crushed Sisaket 6-0 to move three points clear
at the top. Buriram remain the only undefeated team in the league after
they scored a one nil away victory at Osotspa M-150.
Pattaya United’s next match is a local derby this coming Sunday, July
25, away at Navy Rayong FC with kick off at 5 p.m. Chonburi meanwhile
play leaders Muang Thong on the same day at the Chonburi Stadium in what
should be the match of the weekend.
Nongprue Municiplity announces charity boxing event
Young
fighters attend the press conference
to announce the July 24 boxing tournament.
Thanachot Anuwan
A charity boxing tournament will be held on Saturday,
July 24 to help raise funds for the Nongprue Volunteer Civil Defense against
Drugs welfare campaign.
A press conference was held on July 15 to announce the
contest and was chaired by My Chainit, the Mayor of the Muang Nongprue
Municipality. Chainit said that economic, social and political conditions
have turned some young members of society towards drugs and life of crime
and he hopes the sporting contest can provide funds for the local people
with problems to be invited into training for Volunteer Civil Defense, or in
short called Or Por Por Ror. This is for supporting government operations
and work and training has already been completed for 5 groups numbering some
442 people.
The boxing contest will be held from 8 p.m. onwards at a venue behind
Tesco Lotus in Central Pattaya and will feature 10 separate bouts in
different weight and age categories. It is expected that both Thai and
foreign tourists interested in boxing will attend the charity event.
Thais fall in both singles & doubles finals at ITF Chang Thailand tourney
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Thailand’s Nudnida Luangnam
lost to Shiho Akita in the final. |
Shiho Akita from
Japan (ranked 311th
in the world) was the singles champion at Chang ITF Thailand Pro
Circuit 2010 held at the Siam Bayshore Resort and Spa. |
Thanachot Anuwan
Thai women tennis players lost both the singles and
doubles finals at the International Tennis Federation’s Chang Thailand Pro
Circuit tournament held at the Siam Bayshore Resort and Spa on July 10.
ITF fifth-ranked Nudnida Luangnam lost 6-3, 6-4 to No. 1
Shiho Akita of Japan in the singles event while in the doubles final,
Varatchaya Wongteanchai and Indonesian partner Jessy Rompies fell to
Taipei’s Yi Chen and Japan’s Sakiko Shimizu 6-3, 7-6.
The total purse for the tournament was $10,000 and more
than thirty-two players from 12 countries competed in the initial qualifying
draw.
Among other Thai players were Luksika Kumkhum, who lost in the second
round to Hyun-Hui Hong of South Korea 6-4, 3-6, 6,2, and Kanyapat Narattana
and Nicha Lertpitaksinchai who were both eliminated in the first-round
action.
Shiho
Akita hits a ground stroke during the singles final.
Cooney bags back to back wins
PSC golf form The Bunker Bar
Monday, July 12, Khao
Kheow - Stableford
Playing stableford, the scores were very close today with
only one point separating the top three. It took a count back to separate
William Macey and Roger Privett, William coming out on top to take the
runner up spot, while Gerry Cooney narrowly took the win with a point more
than those two.
Double winner Gerry Cooney with Friday’s winner Roger
Privett in the background.
Mashi and Colin Greig shared the near pins, getting two
apiece.
1st Gerry Cooney (11) 34pts
2nd William Macey (16) 33pts
3rd Roger Privett (17) 33pts
Wednesday, July 14, Burapha - Medal
Playing a Medal round today, Gerry Cooney slaughtered the
field winning by a massive ten shots with a two under par score on his card!
PJ Redmond claimed second place by way of a countback ahead of Colin Greig
in third place.
1st Gerry Cooney (11) net 70
2nd PJ Redmond (18) net 80
3rd Colin Greig (12) net 80
Friday, July 16, Green Valley - Medal
Gerry Cooney had a good start to the week, winning at
Burapha and Khao Kheow, but he was away trying his luck at Treasure Hill in
the Pattaya Sports Club Monthly Medal today and Roger Privett took advantage
by winning with 38 stableford points. Eddie Martin was second three points
back and Peter Habgood came third a further three points behind.
Geoff Parker claimed one of the near pins and Eddie
Martin won two with the fourth green not hit.
1st Roger Privett (17) 38pts
2nd Eddie Martin 35pts
3rd Peter
Habgood 32pts
Brits retain the ‘Roo Cup’
PSC Golf from The Outback Golf Bar
Joey’s column
Monday, July 12, Burapha –
Stableford
The 30 Outbackers faced the Cypress (white tees) &
Augusta (blue tees) nines and most of them complained how difficult the
course is becoming as the fairways seem to be getting narrower and narrower
and the rough longer and longer, particularly on Cypress. Nevertheless, two
played better than handicap, Art O’Connor, who won Div A with an excellent
38 points and notably Paul Smith (runner up) with a fine one over gross 73.
Rogan & John (The Kiwis) flank Steve Milne with the ‘Roo
Cup’.
The Brits have been holding the ‘Roo Cup’ for some time
but the Kiwi pair of John Low and Rogan Hampson had some other ideas about
for how much longer. It was a closely fought match going right to the wire
as Steve Milne & Andy Butterworth clinched victory on the 18th
to win by the narrowest of margins, 1 up.
Div B was a story of low scoring as the shorter hitters
and higher handicappers were punished by the conditions with the exception
of Steve Milne, the winner with 36 points; as he was six points clear of the
next placed guys, Donny Everett and Christophe.
There were a load of ‘2’s coming from Mark McDonald, Don
Everett, Steve Budrys, Art O’Connor, John Low, Tony Garnett & Capt’ Bob.
Div A (0–15)
1st Art O’Connor (14) 38pts
2nd Paul Smith (3) 38pts
3rd Tony Garnett (10) 36pts
4th Bob Maloney (13) 36pts
Div B (16+)
1st Steve Milne (17) 36pts
2nd Don Everett (26) 30pts
3rd Christophe (28) 30pts
4th Eldridge Suggs (18) 29pts
Monday, July 12, Green
Valley - Stableford
Today the alternate Monday for the Outback Golf Bar was
Green Valley, only seven Outbackers played as some of our regulars were out
of town celebrating a birthday.
The course was again in great shape but only one person
shot better than their handicap and he was Ray Dell, shooting 37 points to
win, with Barry McIntosh right on his heels (they played together) with 36
points.
Suzi Lawton, just returning from her vacation in America,
had a ‘2’ as did Joe Mooneyham, the day’s organiser.
There is no alternate on 26th July
as it is a Thai Holiday. So we return here on 2nd
August, and Joe Mooneyham will as usual have vouchers with Green Fee 600 Bt,
caddie 250 Bt.
1st Ray Dell (12) 37pts
2nd Barry McIntosh (17) 36pts
3rd David Day (19) 32pts
Tuesday, July 13, Pattaya
C.C. - Stableford
An excellent turnout of 22 Outbackers showed up at
Pattaya Country Club on a day that turned out to be one of slow play,
courtesy of some group out the front that even had to call a five-ball
through and of high humidity. There was no rain although there were some
dark clouds around and the course was in reasonable shape, with signs of
further work being done to the edges of bunkers and the greens recovering
slowly from the recent hollow tining; however a couple of them (7th
and 16th) were pretty dreadful.
The resident Tues organiser, Barry Chadbourn, who was
standing on the sixteenth tee with 34 points already on his card, proceeded
to throw out the anchor almost too far as he failed to score on both the 16th
and 17th before birdying the 18th
for 4 points and a total of 38, the day’s top score. Little did he know
then, that he would win Div A by six from four players all on 32; second
going to Billy Fitzgerald and third to ‘The Golf Club’s’ golf organiser,
Brad Sproxton, who was here on a recce and to discuss the upcoming Ryder Cup
event due here in Pattaya in September.
Welcome back to Dion Lane, having his first game with his
Kiwi mates but no sign yet of his single figure handicap form of last year,
and goodbye to the two Sharjah ladies, Maddie & Jane, who were having their
last game with the Outback and have thoroughly enjoyed themselves, vowing to
return next year.
Regular PCC player, Terry Marney, took Div B with a
steady 36 points ahead of Dave Spendley (35pts) and Alan Pearce (34pts) who
beat his playing partner, Arthur Bailey, on countback.
There were just two ‘2’s, one from Chad and the other
from General Jack.
Div A (0–18)
1st Barry Chadbourn (17) 38pts
2nd Billy Fitzgerald (16) 32pts
3rd Brad Sproxton (9) 32pts
Div B (19+)
1st Terry Marney (28) 36pts
2nd David Spendley (23) 35pts
3rd Alan Pearce (23) 34pts
Wednesday, July 14,
Phoenix - Stableford
An International field of 19 Outbackers at Phoenix,
playing the Mountain and Lake nines, comprised of 10 Aussies, 4 Kiwis, 3
Brits, and an Irishman and a Belgian.
The scoring was fairly ordinary with a couple of bright
spots appearing in Div A with both Murray Hart, who has been in the frame a
lot in recent weeks and Tony McDonough playing to handicap with 36 points
apiece. Keith Buchanan’s been knocking on the door in his recent outings and
today he made it to the top of Div B with 35 points to win by three from Bob
Lindborg and Ivan Plunkett one point further back.
There were no ‘2’s.
Div A (0-16)
1st Murray Hart (15) 36pts
2nd Tony McDonough (13) 36pts
3rd John Low (13) 35pts
4th Paul Greenaway (10) 33pts
Div B (17+)
1st Keith Buchanan (18) 35pts
2nd Bob Lindborg (19) 32pts
3rd Ivan Plunkett (20) 31pts
4th Bruce McAdam (22) 30pts
Friday, July 16, Laem
Chabang - Stableford
Thirty-three Outbackers played today on the A and B nines
from the white tees, providing some excellent scoring, particularly in the A
division. Andy Butterworth led the way with 41 points, giving him a
comfortable win from the two of the visiting Kiwis, John Low (37pts) and
Dion Lane (36pts). Capt’ Bob (35pts) was fourth after a six way countback.
Div B was won by Murray Hart, playing his last game for a
couple of weeks as he heads home to Aus and surely will return to find
himself with a brand new handicap, given his form of late. His 42 points was
the top score of the day from in second, Ian Jones (39pts) with Christophe
(38pts) in third and these three were a long way clear of the fourth placed
man, Bob Lindborg on 32.
There was a ‘jackpot 2’ bagged by Andy Butterworth.
Div A (0-14)
1st Andy Butterworth (13) 41pts
2nd John Low (13) 37pts
3rd Dion Lane (13) 36pts
4th Bob Philp (8) 35pts
Div B (15+)
1st Murray Hart (15) 42pts
2nd Ian Jones (21) 39pts
3rd Christophe (28) 38pts
4th Bob
Lindborg (19) 32pts
Buckingham on the mark at Pattana
PSC golf from Tropical Bert’s
Tuesday’s top three: Graham Buckingham,
Brian Gabe and Derek Brook with one of Bert’s helpers.
Derek Brook
Tuesday, July 13, Pattana
A & B – Stableford
I thought there was something strange going on when
Pattana contacted me last month and asked me to confirm we would be playing
on that day. Of course as we had scheduled it I confirmed and we turned up
on time for our 1009 hrs Tee time. All was then revealed as we were told we
would be following the Thai L.P.G.A. competition, but we were not to get too
close.
On the Tee at A1 we had to wait until the ladies were a
couple of holes ahead until we were allowed to go by the three starters who
then kept an eye on us to ensure we did not get too close. So it was a nice
amble around on a course that was in first class condition. If it is good
enough for the L.P.G.A. it’s good enough for us. In fact we played off the
tees where the ladies played off essentially. I say essentially because many
of the markers had been moved to the side and I had to replace them. It is
nice to know that the yellow tees that we play off at 6,500 yards are what
these slim young ladies bang the ball past us on.
Still we were around in about 4 hrs 30 mins and it proved
a great day out on a course in top condition.
Back at Bert’s we also saw that the scores were also
quite good and Ted Morris who shot a level round of 36 points just missed
out. So the winner with 40 points was Graham (The Treasure) Buckingham ahead
of Brian Gabe with 38 points. We then had a two-way countback on 37 points
that saw yours truly in third and Bill Knight in fourth.
Near Pins went to Daryl Evans, Graham Buckingham, Mick
O’Meara and Al Laurie.
With Bert’s happy hour and ‘Golfers Special’ to finish things off is
completed a fine day out. T.T.F.N.
Bland scorches to weekly double
PSC golf from The Golf Club Sports Bar & Grill
Steve, Nat, John, Don and Nigel
toast Chicka on his 4 th
place at Green Valley.
Monday, July 12, Green
Valley – Stableford
1st Don Bland (5) 41pts
2nd Tom Breslin (22) 37pts
3rd Brad Sproxton (9) 35pts
4th Chicka Smith (16) 35pts
Overcast conditions plagued the field today but still
some great scoring occurred. Don Bland played a great game and finished
with gross 72 and 41 points for the win. Well done Don! Tom Breslin was
on form as well and came in second with a fine 37 points. Brad Sproxton
was third with 35, beating out the “quiet gentleman from Oz” Chicka
Smith on count back.
Wednesday, July 14,
Siam Plantation – Stableford
1st Don Bland (4) 38pts
2nd Jon Lay (7) 32pts
3rd Tim
Lazecki (27) 31pts
We had a smaller group join us today at Plantation (B
& C) but the fine play of Don Bland continued. Don shot another near par
round and for 38 points to take the plaudits once more. Jon Lay battled
out 19 points on the back nine to take second place and Tim Lazecki
played steadily to finish on 31 points for third.
Thanks to all who joined us today - lots of laughs on
and off the golf course.
Note: The Golf Club is located on Soi LK
Metro, off Soi Buakhao and Soi Diana junction. We can be reached on 085
434 3377 or [email protected] and our new website is
www.golfclubpattaya.com.
McLachlan lifts Monthly Medal
PSC golf from Lewiinski’s
Sunday, July 11, Green
Valley - Monthly Medal
A Flight
1st Clinton Hazlett (11) net 72
2nd Vic Hester (13) net72
B Flight
1st Keith McLachlan (22) net 68
2nd Peter Henshaw (19) net70
Red Flight
1st Mike Craighead (15) net 79
2nd Kathy Doody (19) net 79
Near Pins: No4 Gareth Gill, No9 Benn Nelson, No12
Bob Newell, No16 John Dearden.
Lewiinski’s golfing damsels: Yui Bietry and Sim Davis.
Clinton Hazlett, who hails from Sydney, Australia, headed
to the ‘land of smiles’ after a breakdown of his marriage to replenish his
pockets and look for a bit of romance, and while one is assured the other is
not. Clinton did the hard task here at Green Valley, taking the bulk of the
pocket money to win the senior flight on a countback over the unlucky Vic
Hester.
A skip down to the junior flight provided the monthly
medal winner, Keith McLachlan, who returned a best of the day net 68 to
relegate Peter ‘Don O’Corleone’ Henshaw to the runner up spot.
For some reason the Red Flight never seemed to get going
today, perhaps it was because they had all qualified. As our frequent
players and readers are aware, all monthly medal winners and ties qualify
for the Gold Medal scheduled for just after the year’s end. While Keith will
be a welcome addition to the senior flight, Mike has five non-transferable
tickets for this gala.
Clint was last seen hoping and skipping down Soi 6.
Tuesday, July 13, Siam Old
Course - Stableford
1st Tim Lazecki 38pts
2nd
Simon Spalding (2) 34pts
We don’t get a chance to go to the venerable Siam Old
Course often, but the proximity is a hit with all, especially those who are
planning a big Wednesday evening.
Tim Lazecki fashioned a solid 35 points to take the day’s
only prize. Frequent visitor Simon Spalding, who plays off a stingy enough
handicap of plus two, came in a point short of Tim for second.
Vic Hester (x2) and our Jim’s brother Barry Elphick
shared the ‘2’s pot
Wednesday, July 14,
Bangpra - Stableford
1st John Haddon (15) 34pts
2nd
Seamus Cotter (12) 33pts
John Haddon brought the gang home through the marauding
monkeys of Bangpra. He cleared Seamus ‘the captain’ by one stroke to top the
podium. Seamus in turn gained a countback verdict over ‘Sugar babe’ Yui
Bietry 18/14.
Seamus Cotter (x2), Yui Bietry and Charles Bennett shared
the ‘2’s pot.
Note: Lewiinski’s is situated on Pattaya Land Soi
1, Beach Road Soi 13/3 near to Walking Street. Anyone wishing to play with
us, just pop in and add your name to the list or call Colin on 089 826 0764.
Transport is provided.
Reed cans an ‘Ace’ at Century
Jomtien Golf with the IPGC
Stuart Rifkin
Monday, July 12,
Century Chonburi - Stableford
There were only seven names down for our listed
course on Monday, so a course change saw us switch the outing to Century
Chonburi. The day before the event we had 32 names down to play so the
change seemed to be welcomed by our group. We had not been to this venue
for over 18 months but we had all heard many stories recently about the
condition of the course, so the consensus was that we should go and
check it out.
Hole-in-one hero Chris Reed poses with the division
winners Miss Noi, Chris Voller and Cully Monks.
There were three cancellations overnight through
medicinal problems and one no show on the first tee, so there were in
total 7 groups of 4 out today.
Noi Emmerson warmed up for the annual IPGC Club
Championship at Khao Kheow later in the week with a whopping 43 points
to win the ladies competition. Nom Foster came in second some way back
on 29 points.
After his two month holiday back in Ireland, and a
few late nights here in Jomtien, Cully Monks bounced straight back to
form to win Division 2 with an even par 36 points. Miss Nom was smiling
again as the ‘old man’ came in second with 32 points and Joe Kubon was
third just one point further behind.
The ‘birdie boys’ fought it out for first place in
Division 1 with Chris Voller beating Mikael Andersson on a 17/14 back
nine countback after they both came in with 32 points each. There were
three players in contention for third place on 28 points - ‘Countback’
Burnie, Bill Hewitt and Bob Poole – and it was left to Bob to edge out
the other two with a better back six. We say goodbye to Burnie now as
this was his last game before his departure back to China.
Near Pins were claimed by Miss Kung, Bob Poole, Chris
Reed, Miss Nom, Chris Voller, David Phillips and Miss Noi.
In the ‘2’s there were two rollovers in both divisions from Pattaya
Country Club plus today’s imput, but this was all won by Chris Reed
after his amazing shot on the par three fourth, a hole in one and his
first ever ‘Ace’. The screams from the two girls he was playing with
were heard all over the course, congratulations Chris! Two weeks more
and it would have been a year since the last one was recorded at Jomtien
Golf by Keith Hector, how does time fly by. The bell was well and truly
rung back at Siam Cats later.
Ken has a ‘Pleasant’ birthday
PSC golf from Mulligans Lakeside
Tuesday, July 13, Green
Valley - Stableford
Tuesday dawned with clear skies as we set off for our
visit to Green Valley, where the course had been re-arranged (again), but
was in very good condition with well grassed, smooth fairways and true,
rolling greens.
John Swanson and ‘Birthday Boy’ Ken Hole toast Ken’s
successful week.
A couple of late arrivers for their previously organised
game with another bar joined us today, welcome to Brian and Gareth. Ken Hole
(15) showed some decent form, especially on the back nine, where his 19
points secured a countback victory over newcomer Brian Wilkinson (12) with
15, after both had scored 35 points.
The technical prizes were picked up by Jeff, with 2,
while Gareth and Allan (who is heading back to Australia for 3 months) got 1
each.
Thursday, July 15,
Pleasant Valley - Stableford
Thursday saw a small group head up to Pleasant Valley for
our monthly trip to this apparently polarizing course; some hate it, some
love it. Following some recent greens maintenance over the last 2 months the
course was once again found to be in good condition, and is ever improving.
With the small field we had a front nine, back nine and
overall prize fund, with a reduction in technical prizes. Jeff Wylie (5) &
Ken Hole (15) shared the front nine with 17 points each, while Ken kicked
well clear on the back, with 21, to scoop up the back nine and overall with
a creditable 38 points.
Jeff and Ken each got a near pin, and no, Jeff and Ken
were not the only players, it’s just that the other boys struggled and one
who shall remain nameless drowned 10 golf balls, while another was not far
behind.
Note: Mulligans Lakeside plays golf generally on
Tuesday & Thursday (we sometimes change to accommodate a Thai Holiday).
Presentations are made at the course on Tuesday, with Mulligans Lakeside
hosting the Thursday presentation. For more details on scheduling etc.,
please call Jeff on 089 094 1841 or Ray on 081 935 8088. Hope to see you
there, Cheers & Good Golfing!
Arnold shoots
best of the day
PSC golf with the Three Sisters Bar
Once again Mother Nature spared the Three Sisters
golfing group as they teed off this past July 14 at the Pattaya Country
Club. Partly sunny but mainly overcast skies made for a comfortable
round on a course that was in good shape, except for Hole 16 that was
aerated and sanded.
Wednesday winner Arnold Van Der Graff, left, with
runner-up Herbie Ishinage.
Back at Caddy Shack II a tally of the cards showed
that Arnold Van Der Graff had the best of the day, winning with 39
points. He was followed in the pecking order by Herbie Ishinaga with an
even par 36. Close behind these two were Dale Murphy and Kevin Worl,
both with 34 points apiece.
The aprés golf food was great, the beverages better, and the company
just great.
Trant continues hot form
PSC golf from The Caddy Shack
Wednesday, July 14,
Bangpra – Stableford
1st Graham Beaumont 36pts
2nd David Hausman 33pts
3rd Don
Wilson 30pts
On Wednesday at Bangpra Golf Course, Graham Beaumont
secured his first win in a while, narrowly beating David Hausman by a single
point in the stableford competition. Don Wilson rounded out the podium in
third place, some six points behind the winner.
Friday, July 16, Green
Valley - Stableford
Div. 1
1st Damien Trant 39pts
2nd Vince Smyth 38pts
Div. 2
1st Ben Findon 37pts
2nd Don
Wilson 34pts
Green Valley was the venue on Friday and Damien Trant
continued his winning form with another sub-par round to take first place in
Division 1. Vince Smyth put up a good battle to finish just one point behind
Damian for second place.
This was the first week for a while we had two divisions
and Ben Findon took advantage to take top spot in the second tier with a one
under par thirty seven points.
Bernie battles on for monthly award
PSC golf from the Café Kronborg
Stuart Rifkin
Thursday, August 15,
Phoenix – Stroke/Monthly Mug
There were 15 brave souls who were loaded into the buses
at 9.15 a.m. sharp by the Admiral (Dave Richardson) to dual for the Caf้
Kronborg monthly mug stroke event held at the lovely and picturesque Phoenix
golf course. Brave for two reasons; one being the suspected inclement wet
weather and the other being that many of the players would have been “under
the weather” due to the previous nights PSC Summer Party held at the Town in
Town Hotel off Pattaya Klang Road. The PSC committee should be congratulated
for putting on a terrific night with excellent food, drinks and
entertainment provided, not to mention the many fabulous lucky door prizes
of which at least 20 attendees were lucky enough to win.
Bernie Seagrave, left, receives his substitute Monthly
Mug from the ‘Admiral’ Dave Richardson.
The first group teed off about 9.40 to tackle the
Mountain and Lake courses and as predicted the heavens opened up after only
six holes. The first group took refuge in the nearby drinks station for 40
minutes as the rain hammered down. Undeterred, groups two and three played
through the first group during some lighter moments only to find themselves
sheltering also after a few holes as the rain increased in severity for a
further 20 minutes. The course drained very well and the greens maintained
their form despite the minor flooding they just received.
Eventually the storm moved away, the sun shone through
and so did some of the scores, surprisingly! All players managed to complete
their round although the rain delays made for a long game.
We welcomed back Mike Allidi and friends and said
farewell to ‘Big’ John Naponick who returns to Cambodia to complete his
commitments to the Ministry of Health there, upon which he will retire and
be back in Thailand to continue with his love of playing golf.
The net winner today was a “wounded golfer!” Sure enough
the favorite adage was again predictable as with a heavily bandaged infected
right forearm Bernie Seagrave battled to a fine 67 and easily took home the
Monthly Mug. (Well not really, as the new shipment of pewter mugs had not
yet arrived so a stand-in mug was used for presentation purposes). Fear not
Bernie as your mug will be delivered to you as soon as the new ones are
received.
Four others were in the rundown of the day’s honors list
with Graham Buckingham coming in as ‘best of the rest with a fine 71’, Mike
Allidi came second with 72 and Takeshi Hakozaki took out third on a count
back with John Naponick, each with 74.
The dreaded Compass Cap was won by Brian Gabe who stated
he should have left the PSC party a lot earlier! The donated total for this
award, which will see all proceeds going to a children’s charity here in
Pattaya at the end of the year, now stands at 2,360 baht.
Monthly Mug
1st Bernie Seagrave (9) net 67
Flight winners
1st Graham Buckingham (23) net 71
2nd Mike Allidi (3) net 72
3rd Takeshi Hakozaki (14) net 74
4th
John Naponic (6) net 74
‘Rare bird’ makes an appearance at Emerald
Golf from the Travellers Rest
Reporter Barry Hooper
When I was a young student my teacher told me about a
bird that was rarely seen, unfortunately I will be darned if I can remember
its name. Well we have a golfer in our midst that is a bit like that bird,
his name however I do know and it is Richard Talbot. He has played with us
over twenty times but never been anywhere near the winner’s circle. Well
that has all changed.
Richard Talbot, Andy Turner and Liam Horgan support the
Saturday winner Mod Chaviraksa.
For the first time, whilst here in Thailand, Richard made
a podium placing with second position at our outing on Saturday to Emerald.
Upon investigation he told me that he heralds from Stoke on Trent and plays
at the Foxhills course. He was very excited at his success and took a lot of
ribbing from fellow players at the presentation. The downside was that he
was beaten by a lady, namely Mod Chaviraksa, who I must say is playing some
extremely good golf these days and truly deserved the win.
Monday, July 12, Bangpra - Stableford
1st John Franklin (12) 36pts
2nd Fergus Brennan (10) 33pts
3rd Robert Cannon (23) 31pts
4th Gerry Swan (14) 30pts
A small group visited Bangpra on Monday and I have it on
record that the course was in reasonable shape and played long and
difficult.
John Franklin carried on where he left off from the
previous week by taking the win with thirty-six points and he was followed
in by Fergus Brennan, who, as I reported previously, does not seem to be
able to consistently find form these days. Third place went to Bob Cannon at
thirty-one and in fourth was Gerry Swan at thirty. Gerry also recorded the
only ‘2’ on the day as well.
Wednesday, July 14, Green Valley – Stableford
1st George Smith (16) 38pts
2nd Amphan North (11) 34pts
3rd Mod Chaviraksa (12) 33pts
4th Andy Turner (23) 32pts
On Wednesday (yes Wednesday, not our regular Tuesday) we
ventured out to Green Valley with a small group of players. The change of
day did not seem to affect George Smith who took a good win with
thirty-eight points, four clear of second placed Amphan North. Third spot
went to that other regular lady player Mod Chaviraksa with thirty-three.
A single ‘2’ was recorded this time from Amphan North
Thursday, July 15, Phoenix – Stableford
Div. 1
1st George Robinson (12) 36pts
2nd Mod Chaviraksa (12) 34pts
3rd Brian Wilkinson (13) 34pts
Div. 2
1st Paul Mades (18) 35pts
2nd Alan Evans (25) 32pts
3rd Barry Cooke (14) 31pts
Thursday saw us take our usual trip out to Phoenix to
play the Mountain & Lake course. We had a very good turnout so two full
divisions. Bad weather on the day with a lot of rain and a very wet course
resulted in a round of some five and a half hours, so we had some very tired
and very soggy players returning for the presentation.
Paul Mades was top man in Division 2 with his thirty-five
points and in second was Alan Evans at thirty-two, one point clear of Barry
Cooke in third.
In the top flight it was George Robinson that topped the
listings with his even par round of thirty-six points. Mod Chaviraksa was on
his tail and came in second at thirty-four while Brian Wilkinson took third
after losing out on the count back 17 to 18 on the back nine to Mod.
Barry Cooke recorded the only ‘2’ on the day.
Saturday, July 17, The Emerald – Stableford
1st Mod Chaviraksa (12) 35pts
2nd Richard Talbot (19) 34pts
3rd Andy Turner (23) 32pts
4th Liam Horgan (13) 32pts
As I reported last week we made a change to our usual
weekend venue and on Saturday we went to Emerald instead of either Eastern
Star or Khao Kheo. I was told the course was in fine fettle despite the
large amount of rain that it had endured over the two previous days.
Mod Chaviraksa found the course to her liking and after a
third on Wednesday and a second on Thursday she eventually made it to the
top spot for the win with thirty-five points this time out. The “rarely
seen” Richard Talbot was second with thirty-four and Andy Logan was third at
thirty-two after beating Liam Horgan (nice to see you back Liam) on count
back 19 to 16.
We have recently introduced a “Nagger Award” for the
worst score on the day and on this occasion it was presented to Robert
Cannon. My how the mighty can fall – from first to last in a week!
A new lady player who joined us for the first time, Prae
Mattawong, was also in the frame for the award, however there is a ruling
that this award is never presented to anyone on their first time out with
the TRGG.
No ‘2’s were recorded so it was a traditional bell ring
and drink for all those at the presentation.
Note: If you want any further or fuller
information about the golf outings played by the TRGG from the Travellers
Rest Hotel, please contact the hotel manager Tewin Lamthong on 086 056 7019
or just call in to the Travellers Rest in Soi LK Metro, Pattaya and look at
the notice board or visit our website at www.trgg.biz.
Club Champions: Doug Lynch, Kuzuo Takimoto & Patsad Ryves
The 10th IPGC Club Championship
The IPGC Championships were held this year over two days,
Wednesday 14 and Friday 16 July at the beautiful Pete Dye designed Khao
Kheow, which vies for the best golf course in the area and certainly is one
of the very toughest test of golf now that the fairways have been reduced in
width and the rough allowed to grow. On the two days the course was
specially set up by the organising committee as a mixture of yellow and blue
tees, with the stroke index 3 par five A8 reduced to 406 yards and altered
to a par 4 to arrive at a total par 71 for the A and B courses that were in
operation for the two days.
Club & Net Champions Doug Lynch, right, and Kazuo Takimoto, left, with
their commemorative golf bags.
The scores returned certainly showed that the objective
of the organising committee to provide a very tough test of golf had been
attained with the CSS on day 1 remaining at 71 with only around 20% of the
qualifying field managing to play within two of their handicaps. This then
moved out to 73 on day two after a rainstorm made the going even more
difficult with less than 10% of the players playing within two of their
handicaps. The difficulties of the condition for the two days were
underlined with over a third of the field being single figure handicap
players.
With The IPGC sponsoring over 160,000 baht of the cost
for the two days, the total cost to the members was 2,500 baht which
included the two rounds of golf with caddies, IPGC golf shirt, umbrella and
towel together with two buffets, day one being at The Rabbi’s Elephant and
day two prior to and after the presentations at The Haven on Friday evening
and a free pint of beer or soft drink supplied by the course management
following each days round, which represented fantastic value for the
members, especially when the lucky draw prizes, which everyone attending the
prize giving received, were added into the mix.
The entrants were divided into three divisions set at 0
to 10, 11 to 17 and 18 and above in the Gentlemen’s divisions and a Ladies
section playing Stableford over the two days without a cut. Day one was
played in a stroke play format with a cut being made at around 50% of the
entries in each division, the top half having made the cut, to play a second
day of stroke play and the rest of the competition going into the Plate
competition played under a stableford scoring system.
Day 1
Day one was played over the A and B courses, on which the
management and green staff had worked wonders, considering the recent heavy
rainfall in the area and although the greens were a little slower than usual
they were true without any hint of bounce or bobble. A serious degree of
difficulty had been added to every hole with the pin positions tucked away
in the most inaccessible positions and invariably near the edge of the green
allowing for few errors in the approach shot.
Championship divisional winners (L-R): Rodney Hayes, Grant Cadell and
Brian Henderson.
The round proceeded at a good pace as the whole field was
divided into three-balls for speed and convenience of play.
The Ladies Division was led by Saranya Riley after she
swept round the course in seven under to head a very competitive group of
ladies, with Noi Emmerson at 2 under and Patsad Ryves and Orawan Meeraka at
1 under to be carried forward to day two.
The Third Division was headed by Danny Greer off his 24
handicap at two over par, two in front of Brian Henderson who in turn was
three ahead of John Rehm. The cut in the third division came at 87 net as
the conditions and layout troubled most of the division.
In the Second Division, things were a little closer with
Bubbles Davies on a net three over 74 leading in Grant Cadell and Shuichi
Kodaka both just one shot back. The cut for the division came at 79.
The first division featured the only three players to
better par, Rodney Hayes and Kazuo Takimoto who both stroked it round in
thee under 68’s, and Doug Lynch who had a 70. Steve Mascari, following a
decision regarding a lost ball that cost him three shots, carded 73 along
with Al Keith and Masanori Takano to ensure that day 2 would be very
competitive in the top division.
Day 2
Starting from two tees again with the Plate competition
beginning on the B course and the Championship divisions from the first tee
on A, the stage was set for another tense and exciting final day with 21
trophies to play for plus the commemorative golf bags for the Gross and Net
champions in the gentlemen’s divisions.
As usual the ladies led off the day with all of them in
with a chance to take the top honour of Ladies champion.
Plate winners (L-R): Stuart Thompson, Dave Phillips and Peter Masters.
And after a stirring round that saw the last four ladies
all in the final group and with the pressure mounting hole by hole, finally
Patsad Ryves came through with a strong 44 points to turn the tables on
Saranya Riley who could only manage a solid 33 points following her first
day’s great round. Noi Emmerson came in third just one over par for the two
rounds.
In the Third Division Danny Greer unfortunately fell away
badly with a net 90 to leave the door wide open for Brian Henderson to take
the top spot with a very tidy one under round which left him a massive
eleven shots ahead of Rod Howett in second place, following a good net 77 on
day 2, and Burnie Sinclair taking third with a couple of net 80’s.
The Second Division top spot eventually went to Grant
Cadell when Bubbles Davies took a triple seven down the last, B9, after a
titanic struggle all the way round the course with Bubbles holding the prime
spot right up to the last and then losing out in the count back which was
decided by the Day 2 round in which Grant was the better by a single stroke.
Brian Wilkinson, having struggled all day to contend with the “impossible
lies in the fairways”, still slipped into third place one ahead of Paul
Taylor even with Paul not experiencing the same hardships.
The top of the first division promised to be a real
battle with the top eight from Day 1 all in with a chance for Club Champion
Net and Gross or the 1st Division lead. In the event
Doug Lynch proved to be the strongest contender with his prodigious length
from the tee allowing for a short iron on even the longest of the par 4’s as
the ground conditions gave nothing in the way of roll on the fairways and
distance being determined by where the ball landed. So with a final round of
77 he took the 10th Club Championship together with
trophy and golf bag, with an overall score of 150.
Having played throughout the day in the same group as
Doug, a fair way back on every fairway, Kazuo Takimoto showed great
perseverance as he took the Club Net Champion trophy and golf bag with a net
141. Rodney Hayes, after his great Day 1 score, just failed to capitalise in
the more difficult conditions with a net 75 but still took top spot in the
division as Kazuo was restricted, as were all players, to one trophy per
player. Bob Lamond slipped into second place with an excellent level par
second round and Steve Mascari, getting some reward for two days of very
tidy golf, came in third.
Plate Competitions
Division 3 had David Phillips at the top after winning a
count back by 18 to 12 over John Squitiero in second and Sid Ottaway in
third place.
Division 2 saw Peter Master with the best score in the
plates three divisions take the top spot in front of Chris Knapp and Harry
Vincenzi in third.
Division 1 also had to go to a count back with Stuart
Thompson just getting the better of Russell Exley by 18 to 16 and Paul Smith
in third another two shots behind them after winning a countback with Dave
Stockman by 17 to 15.
Before the presentation of the prizes by Club Chairman
Chris Knapp, ably assisted by Russell Exley, the Chairman, thanked Len
Jones, Glyn Evans, Steve Mascari, and Russell Exley together with their
respective venues, for assisting in the promotion and organisation of
another very successful Club Championship. There was also an additional
thank you to Stephen Beard and Russell Exley who had spent most of the week
dealing with many of the details setting up the course, organising the IPGC
Club banners and custom made tee markers and in organising Start times,
registration, starters and scoring amongst other things together with Glyn
Evans who had assisted very helpfully on the golf days at the course.
He also thanked the management of Khao Kheow for doing
such an excellent job of preparing the courses is less than ideal conditions
and the starters and caddy masters who did a first class job, and then gave
a special commendation to all the members that had supported and contested
over the two days and to Pattaya Sports Supply for once again supplying all
of the trophies. He also thanked Jeff Cohen and The Rabbi’s Elephant staff
for providing the buffet on the Wednesday and also The Haven and Khun Lumyai
for once again providing a first class buffet that went on late into Frioday
night and put a final gloss on what had been once again a very memorable and
well organised two days of top drawer golf played in the very best spirit of
the game.
Following the prize giving everyone attending was
presented with a lucky draw prize of a dozen top brand golf balls.
The full 2 day results can be accessed on the official
IPGC web page www.ipgc.org
Club Champion
Doug Lynch (3) net 144
Net Champion
Kazuo Takimoto (7) net 141
Div. 1
1st Rodney Hayes (10) net 143
2nd Bob Lamond (7) net 145
3rd Steve Mascari(3) net 147
Div. 2
1st Grant Cadell (15) net 149
2nd Bubbles Davies (17) net 149
3rd Brian Wilkinson (12) net 152
Div. 3
1st Brian Henderson (18) net 145
2nd Rod Howett (25) net 156
3rd Burnie Sinclair (18) net 160
Ladies Champion
1st Patsad Ryves (18) 81pts
2nd Saranya Riley (12) 76pts
Plate Competitions
Div. 1
1st Stuart Thompson (9) 32pts
2nd Russell Exley (7) 32pts
3rd Paul Smith (3) 30pts
Div. 2
1st Peter Masters (13) 34pts
2nd Chris Knapp (17) 31pts
3rd Harry Vincenzi (15) 29pts
Div. 3
1st Davis Phillips (26) 30pts
2nd John Squitiero (19) 30pts
3rd Sid Ottaway (23) 28pts
Bridge in Paradise: by Neil Robinson
This was a board
from a recent pairs game. Everyone was vulnerable and North dealt.
Imagine that you hold the West hand below. You hear three passes. You
have twelve high card points and the doubleton spade holding gives you a
little distribution. What do you bid in fourth seat?
S: 54
H: AJ87
D: J974
C: AQ4
The answer is that you
pass, in spite of the fact that you have (minimum) opening points. This is
because the hand does not meet the rule of fifteen. This rule is only used
when you want to decide whether or not to open in fourth seat. It says that
you should open if your high card points plus your spades add up to fifteen
or more. The hand does not meet the rule, so pass.
The rule sounds rather
arbitrary - why spades and not some other suit? The answer is that spades
is the boss suit - if you open then either your partner or the opponents are
likely to bid spades at some point. If you cannot either support your
partner or defend against a spade contract (either from good points or long
spades) then it is better to just let the hand be passed out. This was the
full deal, with North dealer:
S: J93
H: K
D: A1085
C: KJ1073
S: 54 S: AK62
H: AJ87 H: Q542
D: J974 D: Q63
C: AQ4 C: 85
S: Q1087
H: 10963
D: K2
C: 962
Only one table passed
it out (resulting in a top for East-West). At other tables the contract was
two hearts or, in one case, one spade, by East-West. The adverse
distribution meant that these contracts all went down. With likely play in
a heart contract, the defense will get at least the two top diamonds, three
heart tricks and one club trick. So, better to pass!
If you have bridge
questions, or to send me your interesting hands, please contact me at:
[email protected].
Masters passes test at Rayong
IPGC Pattaya Golf Society at Rabbi’s Elephant Bar
The Pattaya Golf Society visited an empty Rayong CC on
Tuesday, July 13, to play a stableford competition on the slowly improving
course. It has been a year now since the ownership change and there is
evidence that the new owners are getting it right. But there is still much
to do to make the greens consistent and even paced and cutting only a few at
a time is not the recipe for success, as the group found when holes from 9
to 12 had been cut and then again the fifteenth.
Scoring has always been tough on this excellent and
testing track and on this occasion things went very much to handicap with
Masa Takano and Wichai Tananusorn sharing third place with 31 points each.
In runner-up place was the returning Swiss golfer John Rehm and he continued
his habit of being in the frame on his first round each trip with 32 points.
The winner was Peter Masters whose 33 points represented very good value for
the course and his score was a good preparation for the IPGC Championships
beginning at Khao Kheow the following day.
There were no birdie ‘2’s, unsurprisingly.
Rehm reigns
A small group of PGS stalwarts gathered at Rayong CC on
Saturday, July 17 to play a post-IPGC Championship stableford competition.
The golfing excesses of the previous ten days, which included in addition to
the usual weekly golf a Monthly Medal, a birthday scramble and two days of
intense strokeplay at Khao Kheow, led to some jaded performances on Sir
Nick’s fine creation and scores were generally low.
In third place was Canadian John Robertson with 31
points, his last contribution before leaving for Canada for six weeks,
whilst Dad, Jack, undergoes a long awaited knee operation. In second place
was Aussie regular visitor Brendan Gilsenan whose 34 points marked the end
of a week which saw his golf develop well with new clubs and the experience
of Khao Kheow. The winner was John Rehm, always so consistent on his visits,
and his 36 point card was the pick of the bunch.
There was one birdie ‘2’, Bob St Aubin chipping in on the
fifth, and he also volunteered for the Booby Bevy for his otherwise poor
score. It was the excuse the jaded organiser was looking for! It had indeed
been a tough week for the PGS.
Bernie gets his first win at Emerald
Ban Chang Golf Society
Bernie celebrates his win with the staff at Mama’s Bar.
Another week and yet again more rain greeted us upon our
arrival at Emerald Golf Course. But, no problem, after waiting for only half
an hour we managed to tee off at 9:30 a.m. Two groups again this week and we
welcomed back Bob G., after a trip to England, and Dangle after an enforced
layoff!
Constant drizzle on the front nine meant that lift and
place on the fairways came into play. As seen from the headline, Bernie
finally got a win with a very creditable 39 points and Tom, who leaves us
next week, came in second with a 37.
Danny L. won nearest the pin and the skin results were as
follows: JJ (1) Ton (1) and Dangle (7). With only 9 skins being won this
week the other 9 will be rolled over to next week so there should be some
serious competition on the first hole.
Bob G. tried his hardest to take Dangle’s scratch record
away but fell short by two.
After prize giving all of us retired to Mama’s Bar for a few beers and
also listening to Bob G. explaining to everyone that he will be trying
harder next week.
Café Kronborg the new leader
Pattaya Sports Club Bowling League
Café Kronborg moved up from fourth place to first after
winning three points from USMC. Kran Nielsen led her Kronborg team with a
525 series and Jang Shaw had a 518.
200 Bowlers: Somrak, Nok and Antero
VFW Post 9876 jumped from fifth place to second after
splitting their match with Green Tree. Somrak led VFW with the best bowling
on the day with a 216 game and 579 series. Tue Pettae bowled a 516 series
for Green Tree.
Nok Kennedy bowled a 211 game, 550 series to lead Sabai
Friday to a four point win over Canada and Bavaria won all four points from
House of the Golden Coin. It looks like neither team could figure out lanes
11 and 12 as no good scores were recorded.
Brother D won four points from Jack Tar as both teams bowled good on
lanes 13 and 14. Dang Downs bowled a 556 series and Antero Ronkainen had a
244 game, 564 series for Brother D. Ooy Pluemkamon rolled a 554 series and
Yeow had a 527 for Jack Tar.
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