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Alcano wins all Philippine 9-Ball final in Pattaya
Ronnie Alcano, third right front, receives the 9-Ball Invitational
winner’s trophy and a cheque for 300,000 baht from Pattaya Mayor
Itthiphol Kunplome, center pink shirt, with the runner-up, Lee van
Corteza standing third left.
Staff reporters
Former world champion Ronnie ‘the volcano’ Alcano won
an all Philippine showdown at the inaugural Pattaya 9-Ball Invitational
pool tournament held at the Royal Garden Plaza last weekend.
Alcano took advantage of opponent Lee van Corteza’s
foul shot in the opening frame of Sunday‘s final to run off four racks
on the bounce and in the process threaten to finish the match in short
order.
Corteza however had shown some excellent form on his
way to the final and he gradually fought his way back into the match
with some impressive clearances en route to tying the scores up at 7-7.
Alcano surveys the table on the way to winning the final 11-7 over
compatriot Lee van Corteza.
The pivotal fifteenth frame proved to be the crucial
point in the match with both players starting to feel the tension and
making mistakes. It was Alcano however who rode his luck best to take
out the rack and he used his superior breaking power thereafter to keep
Corteza sat in his seat as he took the last four racks needed for
victory.
The 38 year old from Calamba City in the Philippines
received the winner’s trophy and a cheque for 300,000 baht from Pattaya
Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome while runner up Corteza took home a consolation
prize of 50,000 baht.
The tournament, the first of its kind in Thailand, proved to be a big
hit with the Pattaya public and visiting tourists who packed out the
ground floor of the Royal Garden Plaza on each of the three days to
watch the cream of the world’s pool players battle it out. Everyone
involved will be hoping to see this event back here again next year.
United sunk by Thai Port
in battle for fourth spot
Staff reporters
Pattaya United gave a somewhat flat performance in a
1-0 defeat to Thai Port FC at a rain swept Nongprue Stadium last
Saturday, and in the process they passed up the opportunity to push for
a top four spot in the Thai Premier League.
Pattaya United bring the ball downfield during the rain swept second
half of their match against Thai Port FC at the Nongprue Stadium,
Saturday, Oct. 2. (Photo/Ariyawat Nuamsawat)
United were lucky not to fall behind in the opening
minute of the match when Thai Port’s Chakrit Boonkham found himself
clean through on goal after a mistake in the Pattaya defence, but with
just Narit to beat he fired his shot wide from 10 yards out.
It should have served as a wake-up call for United
but they seemed to be playing the game in second gear while Thai Port’s
striking duo of Jacob Aikhionbare and Sarayuth Chaikamdee were causing
all kinds of problems for the shaky Dolphin defence.
The visitors went close on a number of occasions in
the first half with Chaikamdee striking the side netting from 20 yards
and the same player seeing his fierce left foot shot well parried by
Narit.
Against the run of play United nearly took the lead
with their only real chance in the first half, but Somchai Singmanee saw
his shot unluckily bounce back off the foot of the Thai Port goal post
and out to safety.
With the United defence coming under pressure
whenever Thai Port attacked it came as no surprise when the visitors
took the lead in the 37th minute through
Kiatcharoen Ruangparn, the midfielder running onto a clever through pass
from Chaikamdee to beat the offside trap and slot the ball past Narit in
the Pattaya goal.
With the half time whistle came a heavy downpour of
rain which made conditions difficult for both teams as they emerged for
the second period.
United sent on Tana Chanabut to replace the
ineffective Arthanas and they began to look more lively up front,
forcing Thai Port keeper Pattarakorn Tang-anurat into a couple of smart
saves.
The visitors were also dealt a blow just after the
break when Rangsarn Iamwiroj received his second yellow card of the game
following an obstruction on Anucha and Thai Port were reduced to ten
men. United failed however to make their numerical superiority count for
the remainder of the half and indeed it was Thai Port who looked the
most likely to score as the game drew to a close, with Narit being
called on to produce a number of saves.
With just three matches left in the current season United will be
looking to consolidate their sixth place position in the league as both
SCG Samut Songkram and Osotspa M-150 threaten to close the gap. United’s
next match is this coming Sunday against bottom team Bangkok United.
Kick off scheduled for 6 p.m.
Thai Raver Dick Sanders
Memorial has sailors smiling
Kipsan Beck
In September, Ocean Marina yacht racing saw the largest
fleet of the year sailing from Jomtien, around the islands to Sattahip and
back in beautiful September conditions.
Dick
Sanders R.I.P. at the Helm of “Thai Raver” in 2009.
Sadly, event founder Dick Sanders and his crew on “Thai
Raver” began the race last year, but earlier in 2010 Dick passed away, with
his ashes scattered in the Harbour at Sattahip. As a close friend of all the
sailors, many new boats chose to enjoy the race as a way to stay close to a
dear companion on the water and off it.
Saturday thus saw 22 boats spread over cruising, racing,
sportsboats and multihull divisions, heading out on the course around Koh
Khram then into Sattahip Harbour. Conditions were challenging, with a dying
5-8 knots breeze and a building incoming tide pushing boats back towards the
start.
Off the line, David Bell’s “Magic Roundabout” sailed a
close inshore course, beating the rest of the racing division to the
shortened course finish ahead of “Dynamite”. In the Cruising division, Jean
Rhault’s “Souay 1” used the opposite strategy, staying well clear of the
islands and enjoying slightly more breeze out to sea, taking the honours for
Saturday, followed by “Dutch Raver” and “Suansanook”.
IRC
Racing’s “Le Vent” in action at this year’s event.
Scott Galle won the multihulls ahead of “Voodoo Doll”.
The sportsboats proved to be the quickest boats of the day, with Shaw 650
“Pornstar” reaching Sattahip harbour while the rest of the fleet were still
at Koh Khram; the 2 platus finishing 2nd and 3rd.
A big party on Saturday evening had everything from
prizes to an Elvis impersonator, as many enjoyed talking about their
favourite memories of Dick, and not even a late night thunderstorm could
dampen spirits.
Sunday morning saw glassy conditions, as the rain clouds
sat over Sattahip hills; more than a few boats were seen making offerings to
Dick Sanders as the boats sailed out of the bay. Off the start, a short
upwind leg then saw the fleet on a shy reach which gradually turned into a
deep downwind run as winds swung southerly, peaking at 6-8 knots.
Mikael Pophillat’s new Thompson 650 “CU Later” gave the
fleet a nice view of their keel as they hoisted their enormous grey
spinnaker in the shy conditions, but as winds gradually swung south, further
down the channel, navigators needed to choose to stay out to sea, in
stronger winds but fighting the tide, or hug the shore line but give up some
wind pressure.
In the cruising division, “Souay 1” sailed well to reach
the finish first, but on handicap Andrew Watt’s “Suansanook” took the
honours from “Dutch Raver” in 2nd.
Sportsboats saw “Pornstar” winning on line, but “Puma”
and “CU Later” in 1st and 2nd
once handicaps were applied.
In the keelers, “El Coyote” bounced back with a 1st
ahead of “Dynamite”, with K Pote’s stylish Sunfast “Le Vent” taking out 3rd
place on handicap. “Black Swan” once again took out the multihull honours.
October sees a peak in yacht racing with fleet sailing on the weekend of
October 9-10, then the finale in the Platu Championship running 22-25
October, which is one of the region’s largest one design fleets.
Greg Ritchie gets his first hole in one
PSC golf from The Caddyshack
Wednesday, Sept. 29,
Greenwood - Medal
Fifteen players took on the challenging Greenwood A&B
layout from the white tees in a Medal competition.
Greg
Ritchie tells the world about his ‘Ace’ at Greenwood.
Nick Toon put on a master class in the A Flight to record
a gross 71 off his scratch handicap. He was joined on the same score by
Graham Beaumont but Nick had the edge in the count-back to take the top spot
in the flight.
Greg Ritchie had a day to remember in the second
division, winning the B Flight with a net 63 off his 20 H/cap and
along the way recording his first ever hole in one, coming at the 155-yard
par-three 6th hole. Brian Orr took the runner up spot
in the division some way behind on net 76.
A Flight
1st Nick Toon (0) net 71
2nd Graham Beaumont (11) net 71
B Flight
1st Greg Ritchie (20) net 63
2nd Brian Orr (13) net 76
Friday, Oct. 1,
Green Valley - Stableford
Thirteen Caddyshack golfers played at a wet Green Valley
course off the white tees on Friday, the layout playing all of its 6,309
yards with little or no run on the fairways.
Ted Gardner topped the A Flight on 35 points, edging Arch
Armstrong on count-back.
Brian Orr had the top score of the day (38pts) to win the
B Flight ahead of Ben Findon just the one point back in second.
Peter Henderson and James Savage split the ‘2’s pot
between them.
A Flight
1st Ted Gardner (7) 35pts
2nd Arch Armstrong (8) 35pts
B Flight
1st Brian Orr (13) 38pts
2nd Ben Findon (19) 37pts
Note: The Caddyshack is situated in Soi 8 Threppasit, just follow the
soi to the old English style bar/restaurant/hotel. We play golf twice a
week, Wednesday and Friday, until the punters return then we play on Mondays
also. We can also arrange golf outside these days and have a notice board
with future venues and an entry list. Email [email protected] for
more information.
JJ signs off in style
PSC golf from The Bunker
Monday, Sept, 27, Khaow
Keow - Stableford
Millionaire’s golf today as we found ourselves to be the
only golfers on the course. Although we drove through a heavy shower of rain
on the way to the course, the weather when we arrived was bright and sunny,
and remained that way for the duration of the round.
Geoff
Parker, left, with the September golfer of the month JJ Harney.
Always a tough test of golf, we played the B and C nines,
and although some maintenance work is being done, the course was generally
in good shape.
JJ continued his run of good form, particularly on the
par 3’s, almost making a clean sweep, but Mark West managed to take one.
Mark and JJ finished level on 34 points, with Mark taking first place on the
count-back.
Near pin winners were Mark West and JJ with three.
After the round we all enjoyed the free beer in the
clubhouse, provided as part of the current promotion, certainly an excellent
way to round off a great day’s golf.
1st Mark West (16) 34pts
2nd JJ Harney (12) 34pts
3rd Geoff Parker (15) 32pts
Wednesday, Sept. 29, Green Valley - Stableford
A good turnout for Green Valley for what was to be the
final shootout for the Golfer of the Month title between Geoff Parker and JJ
Harney. Both were level on 56 points going into the final game, however the
battle never really materialized, with Geoff struggling from the first hole,
and JJ continuing his current steady form.
Reg Smart has returned to form after his 75th
birthday party last week and proved to be JJ”s biggest rival on the day,
eventually losing on a count-back after missing an 18 inch putt on the 18th
green. Well done Reg, and on current form you might manage to keep your
handicap down to a bit less than half your age!
Near pins went to Geoff Parker, Mashi and JJ with two.
JJ also provided food for all the golfers back at the
Bunker, as well as traditionally ringing the bell. Congratulations JJ, enjoy
your trip back to Ireland, and maybe someone else can have a chance of
winning next month.
1st JJ Harney (12) 35pts
2nd Reg Smart (27) 35pts
Friday, Oct. 1, The Emerald - Stableford
First game of a new month, and a small field headed out
to Bang Chang. The weather was good and the course was in good shape, but no
one managed to better their handicap on the day.
Unusually, there was a 3-way tie for first place, with
the Japanese duo of Mashi and Homma taking first and second respectively,
and Geoff Parker losing out following a blob on the 18th
hole.
Near pin winners were John Graham, Homma and Peter
Habgood.
Back in the clubhouse we watched the rain lashing down at
the Ryder Cup, and felt real sympathy for all our friends back in the U.K.
before heading off to Bang Chang - just another day in paradise.
1st Mashi Kaneta (10) 34pts
2nd Homma (15) 34pts
3rd Geoff
Parker (15) 34pts
Voller tastes double success
Jomtien Golf with the IPGC
Monday, Sept. 27, Century
Chonburi – Stableford
A contingent of golfers went to Kanchanaburi to play four
rounds over six days so numbers were down this past week here in Jomtien.
The
winning 1-2-3 stableford team at Emerald: Mikael Andersson, Chris Voller and
Mark West.
Today’s course is not everyone’s cup of tea but we get
reasonable turnouts every four weeks that we visit here. The course was
deserted as we arrived (as with most at present times) and our four groups
got out just before our allocated tee time. Conditions were slightly damp
and with no run on the fairways it was set up to be a good test today.
The best score of the day was 34 points to win division 1
for Frank Kelly, while the optician from Luxembourg, Georges Faber, took
second one point behind Frank, and beating Alan Maxwell on a 16/15 back nine
count-back.
Ben Findon’s 32 points was enough to take division 2
honours with ‘count-back’ Burnie in second place on 31 (many thanks to
Burnie for organizing the golf here in Jomtien this past week).
Mam Morel was smiling again as she won the ladies
division with 28 points.
Colin Bradwell birdied the 17th and
Jean Morel the 4th to share the ‘2’s pot in division 1
and a rollover ensued in division 2 to the Emerald.
Wednesday, Sept. 29, The
Emerald – Stableford
As always, the last Wednesday of the month is our fun
game, this time an individual stableford competition for three divisions
plus a team 1-2-3- contest. There were 8 three-ball teams signed up the
previous evening but as we approached the course there was still one no show
back at Siam Cats. In the end there were just seven teams out and two
players still in the normal competition.
Similar to Monday it was damp conditions here but with
buggies allowed on the fairways at a 90 degree angle there was no ‘pick,
clean and place’ ruling in use. There were many remarks back in the
clubhouse afterwards regarding how tough the course was today and this was
reflected in the scores in division 2.
Playing off 19, ‘count-back’ Burnie won the second flight
with just 31 points. Ben Findon came in second one point behind Burnie,
beating Richard Kings on a 14/12 back nine count-back.
Kari Kuparinen has returned to us now with a 4 handicap
and he finished third in division 1 with 33 points. Chris Voller (7) lost
out on a 20/18 count-back to Mark West (13) after they both finished with 36
points. Well done Mark!
Noi Emmerson took the ladies title with 29 points.
There were no .2’s in all three divisions so the rollover
continued at Green Valley on Monday. Near pins today went to Mam Morel, Kari
Kuparinen (2), Mikael Andersson, Alan Bissell, Richard Kings and Georges
Faber.
In the team competition the lowest score today was 55
points, and in the prizes in third place with 64 were Mam Morel, Georges
Faber and Jean Morel. In second place came Bryan Rought, Burnie Sinclair and
William Chang on 68, but the winners today with 77 points were Mikael
Andersson, Chris Voller and Mark West.
Friday, Oct. 1, Eastern
Star – Stableford
We were lucky with the weather this week as we seemed to
miss all the rain that everyone else encountered in various locations. Here
at Eastern Star we were introduced to the new course management team who
hope to improve the greens and the rest of the course as soon as possible.
There was only one division out today in the stableford
contest and improving each week after his trip back to the US is Tom Sathrum
who finished third here with 31 points. Ya Riley came in second one point
ahead of Tom and Chris Voller took the win with 33 points.
What a surprise, there were no ‘2’s in division 2 but
three in division 1, from Mikael Andersson,Ya Riley and Chris Voller.
There was a warm welcome given to Harry Riley after his return from the
UK following several months away.
Arnold on the march
PSC golf from the Three Sisters Bar
Once again Mother Nature looked fondly down on the Three
Sisters Group, providing beautiful golfing weather. The course at Pattaya
Country Club on this Sep. 29th was in good shape but due to overnight rain
it was quite soggy. Some greens were still showing patchwork in anticipation
of the PCC upcoming tournament. These patches are not a problem as they
qualify as Ground under Repair (GUR).
Winner
Arnold Van der Graffe, left, with runner-up Sus Ige.
Despite the soggy turf some nice scores came in: Arnold
Van der Graffe showed up with a very nice 42 points followed by Sus Ige with
a 40. Not far behind were Dale Murphy (36pts) and Larry Emerson (35pts).
This being the end of the Month for Three Sisters, Arnold wins the trophy
and has his name engraved on it.
The usual post golf goodies were provided by Herbie and adequate
beverages seemed to be on hand.
Kalani blitz at Green Valley
PSC golf from The Golf Club
Monday, Sept. 27,
Green Valley - Monthly Medal
1st Kalani Makaneole, net 69
2nd Keith Worboys, net 70
3rd Henry O’Brien, net 71
John Dearden, net 71
Kalani Makaneole.
Twenty-six players joined us today for our regular
Monthly Medal comp. The man on form today was the sweet swinging
Hawaiian Kalani: big drives and bigger putts led to a net 69. We sure
could have used him for Team North America last week against the
European squad.
Keith Worboys found a short game and was second with
net 70 while the ‘steady one’ Henry O’Brien was third with net 71,
narrowly taking John Dearden on the dreaded count-back.
Welcome back today to McQ and Terry Wagner, another
swinger from Hawaii!
Wednesday, Sept. 29,
Siam Plantation A & B – Stableford
1st Mick Beresford (23) 37pts
2nd Nigel Flanagan (12) 33pts
3rd
Martin Zimmerman (15) 33pts
Sixteen players started the day dry and then were
chased to shelter on the back nine. A tremendous amount of rain and
lightning caused a 1 hour delay. Lightning even struck one of the
shelters causing some to jump and caddies to squeal. When play resumed
Mick Beresford came home the overall winner - a first for Mick. A bell
ring was graciously received.
Flanagan and Zimmerman did battle on the back nine
with Flanagan taking second on count back.
Friday, Oct. 1,
Greenwood A & B – Stableford
1st Mick Beresford (23) 37pts
2nd Mark Wood (9) 36pts
3rd
John Bahng (13) 35pts
What a day for Mick Beresford - two wins on the trot.
He was smashing the ball off the tee and inviting his playing opponents
to “come and join him up here”. Needless to say he won the game within
the game.
Mark Wood, having just returned from offshore, gathered his land legs
and had a fine 36 points for second. Guess who were partners in the game
within the game? We didn’t stand a chance in our match. Long John Bahng
missed a few short putts and finished third on 35 points.
Graham doubles up,
Samrit gets the cash
PSC golf from Mulligans Lakeside
Tuesday, Sept. 28, Green
Valley - Stableford
Tuesday was a visit to Rayong Green Valley, where the
course again was in top condition, with smooth well grassed fairways and
true rolling greens. Even the weather looked after us, despite threatening
with a few spots around about Hole 7.
Thursday’s winners: Jimmy Fortune, left, Graham Hiskett, right, and Samrit
(Graham’s wife) - guess who got the cash!
Graham Hiskett (14) continued his recent good form to
lead the way home with a strong 39 points, heading off the consistent Jeff
Wylie (6) with 37 points, while in third spot, with 32 points, was Ed
Horrocks (24).
Near Pins were spread around between Graham, Jeff &
Brian, while one went unclaimed, resulting in a donation to the Banglamung
Boys Home.
Thursday, Sept. 30,
Bangpakong - Stableford
Thursday dawned and we had a booking at Bangprakong
Riveside C.C., following an earlier successful visit we had decided to make
a return. Again the course was in good order, despite the first 7 holes
being cored and sanded, the rest were fine. Fairways here are in condition
the equal to, or better than any of the courses in the area.
Graham Hiskett (14) again was to the fore, recording a
solid 38 points, followed home by Jim Fortune (28) with 35 points, who
recorded his best ever 9 hole score of 20 on the front 9.
Near Pins were again shared around with Graham, Jim, Dave
and Jeff each getting one each.
Note: Mulligans Lakeside plays golf generally on
Tuesday and 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 089 094 1841 or Ray 081 935 8088. Hope to see you there,
Cheers & Good Golfing!
Makara makes light of tough going at Bangpra
PSC golf from Café Kronborg
San Mig Stu
Monday, Sept. 27,
Bangpra - Stableford
We welcomed the following players who joined us
today: Gordon Clegg, Barry Collier and Graham Faithfull from England and
Patrick Pollssier from France. We also welcomed back Bernie Seagrave who
was finally presented his monthly pewter mug from two or so months ago.
Monday winners Owen Walkley and Andy Makara with ‘The Admiral’.
It appears that either the high season has started
already or Caf้’ Kronborg is becoming more popular as there were 27
starters for today’s outing at Bangpra. Of course the numbers could also
have been up due to the venue? Regardless of the reason, the sun was
shining, the rain stayed away and the monkeys behaved themselves -
although a few had to be threatened off some golf carts.
Our first group teed off on time completed their
round in four hours and fifty minutes, which included a couple of drinks
stops. The course was very busy with grounds staff mowing and carrying
out repairs which had been postponed due to wet weather. The adjacent
lake/reservoir appeared to be as high as it has ever been which
indicates how much water has fallen in recent times.
Given that the majority of fairways and the rough
were longer than normal and there was very little run, it is not
surprising that only one player managed to break par. Andy Makara had a
very good round to post 42 points and take out B Flight, followed by
Graham Buckingham with a solid turnaround from last Thursday’s game to
score 33 points. In third was Patrice Poussier, also with 33 points, but
losing on a count-back. Fourth place went to Ken Bernek on 32 and Dave
Richardson came fifth with 31.
A Flight was won by Owen Walkley with 35 points ahead
of Mike Allidi (32pts) in second and Stu Rifkin in third on 31 points.
Ted Morris took fourth on a count-back over Paul Avery.
One of our most consistent players was today’s
recipient for the Compass Cap charity award. Takeshi Hakozaki was
obviously off his normal game but never-the-less genuinely pleased to be
able to donate today and we thank you Takeshi for your generous
donation.
A Flight (0–17)
1st Owen Walkley (15) 35pts
2nd Mike Allidi (3) 32pts
3rd Stu Rifkin (14) 31pts
4th Ted Morris (12) 30pts
5th Paul Avery (10) 30pts
B Flight (18+)
1st Andy Makara (35) 42pts
2nd Graham Buckingham (23) 33pts
3rd Patrice Poussier (20) 33pts
4th Ken Bernek (19) 32pts
5th Dave Richardson (24) 31pts
Near Pins: No.8 Patrice Bardy, No.12 Bernie Seagrave
Long Putts: No.9 Takeshi Hakozaki, No.18 Mikito Homma
Thursday, Sept. 30,
Plutaluang - Stableford.
Twenty golfers headed to the Plutaluang to do battle
with the North and South nines. As most would be aware, this golf club
has two sets of eighteen holes with the East and West nines making up
the 36 total. Having so many holes to maintain can become a bit of a
nightmare for the grounds staff, especially when the rains hold up
mowing. This in turn becomes a nightmare for the players as the rough
grows so long that even slightly wayward balls become well hidden/lost
and shots which ordinarily would be playable become lost shots.
Given the lack of mowing and heavy going, there was
only one person who managed to shoot better than his handicap today and
that was Mikito Homma.
A notable shot of the day was performed by Paul Avery
who discarded his right shoe so as to stand in the water and
successfully play his partially submerged ball out of the water hazard
on the South 6th hole.
Congratulations also to Ted Morris for finally
breaking his hoodoo and landing his ball on the lighthouse island green
on the first attempt!
Ken Bernek was proudly showing off his new Calloway
driver prior to hit off and he used it to great effect on his first
outing. Unfortunately his chipping and putting did him no favors other
than to help him donate to the Compass Cap worthy charity bin, which now
spills over the five thousand baht mark. Thanks Ken for your donation
and we hope your short game improves.
We also took the opportunity today to welcome back
Gordon Clegg from the UK.
With the now accepted regular afternoon storms
showing themselves during September we were all pleased to finish our
rounds in under four and a half hours without getting wet, despite
thunder (pha laep) all around.
Showers, lunch and presentations were concluded in
good time and all of us who were busing it back to the Kronborg were
looking forward to getting back earlier than anticipated. That was until
Murphy stuck his bit in! Boons bus decided to get a flat tire five
minutes after leaving the clubhouse and as Boon is the senior driver,
bus two had to also stop and its driver assist change the spare wheel.
Any hope of extra time at ones favorite bar/go go bar was soon
dispelled!
A reminder to all Caf้ Kronborg players (and indeed
all PSC members) that proper golf attire should be worn, in keeping with
all clubhouse rules and PSC rule number 7, which states “Players should
be ‘Properly Attired’ both during play and in the clubhouse in a shirt
with sleeves and collar and tailored trousers or shorts.” Please note
that T shirts are not acceptable attire.
A Flight (0–15)
1st Mikito Homma (15) 37pts
2nd Owen Walkley (15) 35pts
3rd Kike Gosden (11) 34pts
4th Martin Todd (7) 32pts
B Flight (16+)
1st Walter Baechli (17) 35pts
2nd Elias Magnussen (18) 33pts
3rd Les Hall (17) 31pts
4th
Mike Winfield (20) 31pts
Mr. ‘2’ is now Mr. ‘1’
Golf from the Travellers Rest
Barry Hooper
For many weeks now I have been making reference to “Mr.
2” when writing about Ted Senior (I am not sure how many ‘2’s he has taken).
Well I am happy to report that this past week he became “Mr.1” after his
comprehensive win at Phoenix on Thursday by two clear points over second
placed man Ito Akitoshi.
Martin
Zimmerman (Saturday’s winner), Amphan North (Saturday third place) and
“Mr.1” Ted Senior (Thursday’s winner).
We have had many players who are always thereabouts in
the placings but never seem to get that essential break for the top spot.
Well Done Ted, you made it.
Another player that most definitely deserves a mention
this week is Martin Zimmerman. He has played with us many times but he
admitted that he pulled out his best ever game here in Thailand to take the
win on Saturday at Emerald. He did that with his forty-four pointer. This
was a full two ahead of Roger Wilkinson who had yet another second placing
(he seems to have had many of those of late). One must say that the
conditions on the day (delayed for rain and a wet course, need I say more)
were not very favourable it would have seemed for high scores. But the top
four places were all thirty-eight points up. So the conditions did not put
them off it seems.
This week we only had two full events after Mondays
planned visit to Bangpra was washed out before it started. On Tuesday the
numbers were drastically reduced after the continued promise of more bad
weather so it was decided to have a non competition day and keep it as
social golf by all parties involved.
Thursday, Sept. 30,
Phoenix (Lakes & Ocean) - Stableford
1st Ted Senior (14) 37pts
2nd Ito Akitoshi (8) 35pts
3rd Roger Wilkinson (14) 35pts
4th
Tewin Lamthong (11) 33pts
Thursday was a visit to our usual venue of Phoenix and as
always a fair group made the journey to enjoy the attributes of this great
course.
As reported above, Ted Senior got the win ahead of Ito
Akitoshi in second and Roger Wilkinson in third. Tewin Lamthong took the
final podium place with 33 points.
Three 2’s on the day came from Ito Akitoshi, Tewin
Lamthong and Fergus Brennan.
Saturday, Oct. 2, The
Emerald – Stableford
1st Martin Zimmerman (15) 44pts
2nd Roger Wilkinson (14) 42pts
3rd Amphan North (9) 38pts
4th
Ted Senior (14) 38pts
Saturday’s planned outing was again it seemed to be
threatened by the weather however some of the hardier of our players decided
to venture out to Emerald and risk it. There was a considerable downpour
early in the round forcing delay but play resumed after a short while and as
I reported earlier some good scores came in.
So the week ended relatively successful after a bad
start.
Two 2’s were recorded by Amphan North and Martin
Zimmerman
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.
Warberg win secures
monthly title
PSC golf from Tropical Bert’s
Derek Brook
Tuesday, Sept. 28,
Pattana – Stableford
So off to Pattana we went. These days all the courses
are soaking wet, and as usual at this time of the year it is time to get
out the super glue on the spikes. There must be a set of spikes around
that do not fall apart in the rain.
Gez
Tracy, left, presents The Alan Bolton Golfer of the Month prize to Dick
Warberg.
Fortunately on this day, while it was pouring down in
Pattaya, we got around the eighteen holes without it raining, although
the course itself was wet and we could not use carts off the paths. The
greens were not too bad though and we all managed to get around with
reasonable scores
The changing rooms here are probably the best
anywhere and the clubhouse is second to none, a real top line golf
facility. Sitting in the restaurant the views are stunning, and it is a
real treat of a day out. Well worth a visit and the food is good also,
if not cheap. With the superb facilities one must expect to pay a little
more, but not much, and we all enjoyed our trip out.
Back at Bert’s all the players were reminded that
this was the end of the month and thus the Alan Bolton Golfer of the
Month winner would be declared and at the beginning of the day all was
open, so the results on the day were very important.
The winner today was Dick Warberg with 37 points,
with Mikito Homma in second place on 35 points and Mashi Kenata in third
with 34 points. We then had a seven-way count-back on 32 points that saw
Frank Pilkington in fourth.
Near Pins went to P.S. Basi, Walter Bachli, Dick
Warberg and Mike O’Brien.
So, with his win on the day, Dick Warbeg slid in as the Alan Bolton
Property Consultants Golfer of the Month for September. Well done Dick!
T.T.F.N.
Irish boys have too much power
PSC golf from Lewiinski’s
Sunday, Sept. 5, Green
Valley - Stableford
1st Barry Copestake (18) 40 42pts
2nd
Benn Nelson (14) 39pts
Nothing subtle about the claim for this title slot: Barry
‘The Boot’ Copestake’, who to date had never quite found his top form in
numerous vacations to the Land of Smiles, wanted to elevate any doubt in the
societies mind when he did find it. Does a 42 point effort catch your
attention? Well it was best on the day in a somewhat depleted field as a
fair portion of the gang readied themselves for a four day road trip to the
Lewiinski’s golf festival in Hau Hin.
Hua Hin
flight winners: Seamus Cotter, left, and Christy Knight.
Benn ‘The Admiral’ Nelson took no time to settle in as he
fired a 39 point opener for second (welcome back Benn).
Jim Brackett has always been envied for his accurate iron
play, which was again in force as he pocketed three of the four near pins.
The Good Captain Seamus claimed the last near pin.
Mentioning good guys it is always a pleasure to have
Gerry ‘the Irish Rover’ Power playing with the gang, a big welcome back
Gerry.
Tuesday, Sept. 28,
Springfield Hua Hin - Stableford
A Flight
1st Seamus Cotter (12) 40pts
2nd Colin Davis (14) 34pts
B Flight
1st Christy Knight (21) 40pts
2nd
Jim Bell (21) 36pts
The Lewiinski’s three day golf festival in Hua Hin began
at the Jack Nicklaus designed Springfield Golf Course. The course was in
excellent condition, and the weather was fine.
As one would expect it was the good Captain Seamus who
led the field home in the senior division with a splendid 40 points. Colin
‘the Donkey’ Davis continued his run of good form to take the silver.
The junior flight was not to be outdone as Christy Knight
matched the Captain’s card to win the day, leaving Jim ‘Houdini’ Bell to
round out the flight with an even par round. Don’t them Irish boys travel
well!
Geoff ‘Elvis’ Kubas was on song as he pocketed a healthy
‘2’s pot.
Wednesday, Sept. 29,
Banyan Hua Hin - Stableford
A Flight
1st Pierre Bietry (16) 43pts
2nd Jimmy Day (14) 39pts
B Flight
1st Christy Knight (21) 45pts
2nd
Barry Elphick (22) 39pts
After finding a hotel with a small bed for Jimmy (or was
it Jamie), the Irish contingent were up and ready to continue their assault
on the leader board. The course was the spectacular Banyan golf club which
has been voted in the top four golf clubs in Thailand.
Pierre ‘the Magician’ Bietry claimed the top prize in A
Flight with a majestic 43 points. Co. Wicklow’s favorite son Jimmy in a
‘Daze’ fashioned a solid 39 points for the silver.
The laurels in B Flight went to Christy ‘Good’ Knight who
played out of his skin, carding an unbelievable 45 points; let’s hope
Christy keeps it up as his new handicap will require it. Christy’s score
made Barry Elphick’s fine 39 points look a bit mediocre.
Pierre Bietry, Jimmy Day, Yui Bietry, Norman Oderman and
Mike Jefferies split the ‘2’s pot.
Back at the digs the donkey promptly gave Christy and
Pierre sizeable handicap cuts.
Thursday, Sept. 30, Black
Mountain - Stableford
A Flight
1st Jimmy Day (14) 39pts
2nd Eddy Beilby (16) 37pts
B Flight
1st Jim Bell (21) 37pts
2nd
Christy Knight (17) 34pts
The final day and another fantastic golf course lay in
wait for the Lewiinski’s gang.
B Flight had the bragging rights yesterday but A Flight
stole them back on this day, and the man they sent to do it was the Co.
Wicklow man Jimmy Day, as he nailed another 39 point round. That is
routinely surrounded by a brace of over handicap disasters. If he ever (or
any of us, for that matter) ever adds consistency to his bag of tricks his
handicap will quickly plummet. Jimmy was followed by the fine 37 points of
Eddy ‘the Eagle’ Beilby.
Jim Houdini Bell won the senior flight with a solid 37
points. Christy ‘Good’ Knight took the silver despite a four shot handicap
trim.
Francis Goyons and Seamus Cotter split the ‘2’s pot.
The presentation was held at Lewinski’s the following
night, when everyone returned to Pattaya. The presentation was held after
the superb buffet that was laid on by the management and staff.
Overall winner with a combined three day score of 36.3 in
A Flight was Seamus Cotter. Second place went to Pierre Bietry with 35.3
while in third place was Jimmy Day on34.3.
B Flight was won by Christy Knight with a staggering
three day average of 39.66. In Second place was Jim Bell with 34.66 and
third was Marnie Kregon on 32.
The trip was a great success, and the next one is eagerly
awaited.
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.
ransport is provided.
‘Broken Wing’ storms
to easy win at Emerald
The Backyard Golf Society
Dave R.,
a.k.a. ‘Broken Wing’, with the staff at Mama’s Bar.
This week was the second official round of golf for the
newly named Backyard Golf Society. We had yet another good turn-out at
Emerald Golf Course with nine players in all competitions. After the course
suffered a deluge of rain the night before, the “clean and place” rule on
the fairways came into effect.
As seen from the headline, Dave R. had an easy win in the
stableford competition with 37 points, and, keeping it in the family, Dangle
took the nearest the pin prize.
Alan B. cleaned up in the skins with (10) and the other
skins went to Terry C. (3), Andy Oz (2), Martyn (2) and Dan (1). Just a
quick mention to confirm that Dangle has the top three in the scratch
competition with totals of 12, 10 and 9.
After prize giving it was off to Mama’s Bar, where yet again a lot of
bell ringing occurred. Remember your t-shirts guys!
Tilley & Kimber the standout stars at Burapha
PSC golf from The Outback Golf Bar
Joey’s column
Monday, Sept. 27, Burapha
- Stableford
Burapha as usual today with 30 Outbackers starting on the
C course and finishing on D from the white tees. The greens, whilst not
lightning fast, were in great condition as always but carts were not
permitted on the fairways as they have had storms everyday, so the local
rule of preferred lies (on the fairways) was brought into effect. Although
there was heavy rain reported around Pattaya we were fortunate to get in
before the rains reached the course.
Suzi
Lawton, winner of Div B at Khao Kheow on Friday, with the Div A winner,
Murray Hart.
The Capt’ had a bad day, as per usual of late, finishing
last in division A after a late night and there were one or two scores in
Div B that were no better. However, the top boys excelled with Mike Tilley
winning Div B on 42 points, five clear of Bruce McAdam with 37.
Div A went to one of the Aussie visitors, Clinton Kimber
with a fine 41 points followed in by Briany Christie (39pts) playing off
five.
Other notables include Jon Lay (38pts) and Lawrie McBride
(37pts) taking third and fourth in Div A with Ivan Plunkett and John O’Keefe
filling the minor places in Div B, both with 34.
There were four ‘2’s from Mike Tilley, Jim Brackett, Doug
Campbell and John Lay.
Div A (0-15)
1st Clinton Kimber (14) 41pts
2nd Briany Christie (5) 39pts
3rd Jon Lay (7) 38pts
4th Lawrie McBride (13) 37pts
Div B (16+)
1st Mike Tilley (18) 42pts
2nd Bruce McAdam (20) 37pts
3rd Ivan Plunkett (20) 34pts
4th John O’Keefe (18) 34pts
Monday, Sept. 27, Green Valley - Stableford
Today Green Valley hailed the return of alternate Mondays
for the Outback Golf Bar, which proved so popular a couple of months back.
Eighteen golfers played but only two shot better than their handicap, the
reason may have been that the greens had just been verticut making the roll
of the ball a little uncertain. This is necessary maintenance for golf
courses to keep their reputation as a good course that people want to play,
unfortunately some courses choose to wait until it is too late and start
losing their greens. This has not been the case of Green Valley.
The golfer of the day was John Cogan shooting 39 points
off his 18 H/cap followed by the day’s organiser, Joe Mooneyham, with 37
points off 14. The third, fourth and fifth places were all decided on
count-back with three players on 33 points, headed by Paul Bourke.
It also should be noted that all players finished under
four hours and most of the field walked! Even George Bishop who was in the
second group decided to walk today in trying to shed some weight. Well done
George!
There were two ‘2’s today coming from Murray Hart & Joe
Mooneyham.
Note: Our thanks go to Joe for picking up the reins where
he left off, organising the Monday alternates which are to remain here at
Green Valley at least until December but we hope into next year as well.
1st John Cogan (18) 39pts
2nd Joe Mooneyham (14) 37pts
3rd Paul Bourke (10) 33pts
4th Steve Milne (13) 33pts
5th Andy Butterworth (12) 33pts
Tuesday, Sept. 28, Pattaya C.C. - Stableford
It was a fine Tuesday morning when the 18 Outbackers made
their way the short distance from the Outback to Pattaya C.C., following a
good breakfast at the bar for many. It was a welcome back to Barry McIntosh
and Mike Tilley (both in the frame) and those returning from Ryder Cup duty.
Booking in as usual was quick and easy then we were off.
Two groups escaped the rain completely, one just had rain
on the 18th and the last two had to shelter at the 13th
& 16th drink stops for about how long it takes to
drink a couple of beers! Organiser Chad was in the last group, so we had a
little time to wait for him to calculate the results.
Top spot today went to Mike Tilley (16) after a
‘steward’s enquiry’ was declared with a revised 37 points. Second was
‘General Jack’ – Jack Moseley - enjoying his usual Tuesday game, with no
organising responsibilities and 35 points. Barry MacIntosh (18) was third on
33 points and regular Outbackers and friends, Frank O’Neill (20) and Nigel
Cannon (24) both came in with 32 points with Frank taking fourth with a
better back nine.
There was just one ‘2’ from PCC member Nigel Cannon.
The Outback are at Pattaya Country Club each Tuesday with
a booked tee time of 9.30 a.m.
Note: Messrs Alan, Les, Don & Brian all signed up as a
four-ball using just their first names. Looking at their scores we can see
why – no, only joking! We discovered who three of you were, not sure about
Alan. Please fill out your cards properly, complete with full name,
handicap, date and PSC number if you have one. It does make everybody’s job
a lot easier, and after all, that’s why we are all here, for an easy life.
1st Mike Tilley (16) 37pts
2nd Jack Moseley (12) 35pts
3rd Barry McIntosh (18) 33pts
4th Frank O’Neill (20) 32pts
5th Nigel Cannon (24) 32pts
Wednesday, Sept. 29, Crystal Bay - Stableford
Playing the B and A loops, the 19 Outbackers all got away
on time with no hold ups throughout the round. The course was in good
condition considering the amount of rain we have had over the last few weeks
but wet in places and strange that the management allowed the carts on the
course. Perhaps on reflection we should have permitted the ‘lift and place’
local rule as the ball was often covered in mud but as is sometimes the case
we didn’t realise until after we had teed off. Somehow we got round without
any rain but as we sat down for a beer and a bite in the clubhouse, it
absolutely hammered down.
Welcome today to my good friend back from England, Chaten
Patel, and great to see Jack Spencer, Div A winner with 38 points, come and
have a hit with us. Capt’ Bob, off his dodgy 10 H/cap, had the same score to
take second, ahead of Kerry Beck in third with 36. Div B was won by Mike
Tilley (his third win in as many days) also with 38, and he loses two more
shots off his handicap, down to 14.
There were no ‘2’s.
Div A (0-15)
1st Jack Spencer (8) 38pts
2nd Bob Philp (10) 38pts
3rd Kerry Beck (9) 36pts
4th Chaten Patel (14) 32pts
Div B (16+)
1st Mike Tilley (16) 38pts
2nd Jeff Clarkson (25) 32pts
3rd Graham Fletcher (23) 31pts
4th Keith Allen (17) 30pts
Friday, Oct. 1, Khao Kheow - Stableford
One could support the theory that the PSC handicap
committee, who have rated many of the local courses, have got it wrong;
maybe the courses are not as tough as they think and maybe everybody’s
handicap is too low. However, if that were true, most players who tackled
the Khao Kheow B & C nines would need their handicap to go up about six
shots or more judging by the generally poor scores here today.
Not one of the 32 Outbackers could make 36 points from
tees that were well forward, except maybe Suzi Lawton, who would have had 36
had she played off her correct H/cap of 16 and not made to play off two less
(14), as she is here (at Khao Kheow) when playing in the same competition as
the men.
Suzi won her division (Div B) with 34 points ahead of
Mike Tilley, who ends a good week of golf with a new handicap of 14, whilst
one of our San Francisco friends, Chris Muselman, squeezed into third place
with just 31. His mate, Jesse, took third place in Div C with 30 points
behind Sid Ottaway (31pts) and the winner, Ivan Plunkett (33pts).
The other top score of the day came from Murray Hart with
34 points to take the premier division two ahead of Jim Brackett, with the
big hitting Kev Watson three further back on 29.
There were six ‘2’s from Ivan Plunkett, Jim Brackett,
Steve Mann, Jesse Serna, Chris Muselman & Steve Milne.
Div A (0-13)
1st Murray Hart (12) 34pts
2nd James Brackett (7) 32pts
3rd Kevin Watson (7) 29pts
Div B (14-18)
1st Suzi Lawton (14) 34pts
2nd Mike Tilley (14) 33pts
3rd Chris Muselman (18) 31pts
Div C (19+)
1st Ivan Plunkett (20) 33pts
2nd Sid Ottaway (24) 31pts
3rd Jesse Serna (36) 30pts
Note: The Outback Golf Bar is situated about 6km
from Sukhumvit Road along Soi Siam Country. All are welcome to come and join
us for a beer and a hit. Just call in and put your name down on the list or
give Bob a call on 087 941 2474.
Schwarz sizzler takes Super-Seniors title
September Diana Seniors and Lady’s Open
Nigel Cannon
The last Thursday of the month, Sept. 30, saw twenty nine
Seniors and Ladies arriving at Pattaya Country Club to play in the monthly
Diana Seniors and Ladies Open.
September winners, left-right: Morton Guaslaa, Amphon Phuiphon and Werner
Schwarz.
Following the rain the previous two days it was ‘pick and
place’ on the fairway with buggies kept on the cart paths. As is usual for
this competition, all arrived early, booked in, registered and were away
well before time. The course was very wet in places with water in some
bunkers.
Just 5 ladies today but it was good to see one of the
‘high handicap’ ladies coming to the fore with – Amphon Phuiphon winning
with 33 points. Runner-up was regular Pimusa Tonkhoksoong with 32 points.
The Seniors winner was another regular, Morton Guaslaa
with 36 points. Just a point behind was Kenneth Johansson with 35 points.
The ‘Super Senior’ winner – just a ‘Super’ having reached
65 and playing the first time in this section after playing many times as a
‘Senior’ - was Werner Schwarz with the best of the day 41 points. Just 2
behind was our ‘scorer’ Alan Pearce with 39 points.
All scores are submitted to Pattaya Sports Club.
The October Diana Seniors and Ladies open will be held on
Thursday 28th at Pattaya Country Club with a tee time of 0900. Sign up
sheets are at the Diana Green Bottle 2nd road and the
Diana Driving range.
Nigel Cannon
Ladies
1st Amphon Phuiphon (28) 33pts
2nd Pimusa Tonkhoksoong (13) 32pts
Seniors
1st Morton Guaslaa (21) 36pts
2nd Kenneth Johansson (10) 35pts
Super Seniors
1st Werner Schwarz (18) 41pts
2nd Alan Pearce (22) 39pts
Near Pins: Srisakorn Phankhao, Pimusa Tonkhoksoong, Bengt Borg, Mike
Coleman.
Long Putts: Nigel Cannon, Peter Ranvert
Bridge in Paradise: by Neil Robinson
Imagine that you
are sitting North, you deal and hold the hand below. North-South are
vulnerable. What would you bid?
S: A
H: A54
D: AKQ10542
C: A8
Total high card points
are 21, not quite enough to open the strong artificial 2C bid in most
systems. On the other hand, you have ten tricks in hand - seven diamonds
and the three outside aces. You might in principle lose a trick to the
guarded jack of diamonds, but with only six diamonds out between the other
three hands this possibility seems sufficiently improbable to ignore at this
stage. Even if there is a guarded jack out there, it may be finesseable.
With ten quick tricks
and so many high card points, every system that I am aware of allows this to
be opened 2C. Your partner has eleven high card points, so will certainly
give you a positive response, whatever that is in the system you play. All
you need to know now is whether your partner has three tricks, in any suit,
to cover the only three losing cards in your hand.
You can start by
asking for aces by bidding 4N. Obviously this is a formality, since you
already know you have all the aces, but it allows you then to ask for kings
by bidding 5N. Your partner replies that he has two kings. Now, you can
count at least twelve tricks, your ten plus partner’s two kings. You are
playing duplicate for match points, so making the extra points from a no
trump contract versus a suit contract may be critical. Now what do you bid?
The answer appears to
be a choice between a guaranteed 6N - you know that you have twelve top
tricks - or a slightly more risky 7N, thinking that your partner’s positive
response to your opening 2C bid must surely include at least one useful
queen to give you that thirteenth trick.
So what did you
choose, 6N, 7N, or ?? The full deal is shown below:
S: A
H: A54
D: AKQ10542
C: A8
S: J832 S: K1094
H: 106 H: 73
D: J9 D: 73
C: J7653 C: Q10942
S: Q765
H: KQJ982
D: 86
C: K
As you can see, you
have sixteen tricks available, seven diamonds, six hearts, the ace and king
of clubs and the ace of spades, so a grand slam is a lay down. The strange
aspect is what happened at the table. Of the six tables where this was
played, there were four contracts of six diamonds, not even the lay down six
no trump, and one contract of three no trump. The actual bidding on this
wonderful hand seemed strangely timid!
If you have bridge
questions, or to send me your interesting hands, please contact me at:
[email protected].
Mac leads English trio at Bangpra
IPGC Pattaya Golf Society at Rabbi’s Elephant Bar
The Pattaya Golf Society travelled to Bangpra on Tuesday,
28th September, to play a stableford competition on the popular course. The
track was being set up for a major Thai competition the following day and so
the white tees were well back and the greens, though not at their best, were
still in better shape than most in the area, and quick.
After Pattana the previous week a storm break of thirty
minutes three hours into the round gave the golfers chance to assess their
chances of finishing well or otherwise. Remaining in with a shout right to
the end was fourth placed Tony Thorne with 31 points, just one behind third
placed Alan Maxwell who is “getting there”, in his own words. In his final
round this trip London fireman Mark West racked up 34 points to take second
place but Paul McNally was the man to beat at Bangpra again. His last round
there had seem him amass 42 points and this time he fired a best gross of 77
to give him victory with 36 points. His frustration led him to recall later
that he had three-putted five greens and so the opportunity to collect
another forty point card had been lost.
Frenchman Olivier Tahon recorded the day’s only birdie
‘2’, on the seventeenth, and a hapless John Robertson took the Booby Bevy
for recording the lowest ever competition score by the group and losing
fifteen balls into the bargain! Never mind John, you can buy them back at
the Monthly Medal next week!
For the PGS Bangpra once again was all about quality,
from the moment one enters the clubhouse until the moment one exits the
gates, especially with McNally in this form.
Lay shares Morel victory
The Pattaya Golf Society visited Rayong CC on Saturday,
2nd October to play a weekend stableford competition on a course thankfully
softened by the recent heavy rains. On this occasion the course was full but
the PGS still made good progress except for a short break for the
omnipresent showers.
The day was competitive enough with Tony Thorne remaining
in the frame with 31 points, sharing third place with Steve McGill who was
making his first visit to the podium with PGS. There were joint winners on
the day as Jon Lay huffed and puffed his way to the day’s best gross of 82
and 32 points for a share of the win with Jean Morel, for whom the course is
one of his favourites.
There were no birdie ‘2’s and the Booby Bevy went to the
newest IPGC recruit Aussie Tim Dale, a twelve handicapper who managed just
sixteen points with an immaculate eight-eight split.
The day had been expertly marshalled by Tony Thorne in
the absence of a babysitting Mr Len and it had been yet another fine golfing
experience at the regular weekend course. But weekend golf is very much
under notice as the Soi Buakhao based group prepares for a change of playing
days to Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 1st November as it attempts to broaden
the choice offered to IPGC golfers.
Rodney Hayes prepares for surgery
IPGC golf from The Haven
Monday, Sept. 27, Mountain
Shadow (Blue Tees) - Team Scramble
1st Al Keith, Bob Lamond, Alan Pilkington,
Chris Knapp (4.6) net 57.4
2nd Rodney Hayes, Mike Dabanovich, Trevor Schirmer,
Stephen Beard (6.6) net 59.4
3rd Paul Smith, Tom Atkins, Bubbles Davies, Dave
Knight (6.5) net 59.5
4th Russell Exley, Chris Voller,
Mikael Andersson, Kazuo Takimoto (3.8) net 62.2
The once a month four person scramble came back to life
following the cancellation of last month’s competition with a flurry of low
scores, the best belonging to the winning team comprising Al, Bob, Alan and
Chris, who carded a gross 62 which included ten birdies and eight pars to
win by two clear shots.
Rodney
Hayes.
As usual the format was teams of four with a handicap
allowance of 15% uncapped and each player allowed a maximum of five tee
shots, stroke play scoring.
Second best were Rodney, Mike, Trevor and Stephen with a
gross 66 which included seven birdies but marred by an ugly bogie on the par
three 17th but just squeezing into second with a 0.1
higher handicap ahead of Paul, Tom, Bubbles and Dave, who also had a gross
66.
Fourth spot went to Russell, Chris, Mikael and Takimoto
who had the third gross 66 but with the day’s lowest handicap had to be
content with a well played place only.
As usual prior to the prize giving, conducted by Russell
Exley, everyone had a choice of any dish from the extensive Haven menu which
was included in the entry fee.
Wednesday, Sept. 29,
Greenwood – Stableford
CSS 72
1st Rodney Hayes (9) 39pts
2nd Russell Gilroy (18) 36pts
3rd Mike Dabanovich (10) 33pts
4th Russell Exley (7) 32pts
5th John Harris (15) 31pts
6th
Roar Berger (26) 31pts
After so much rain over the recent weeks, it was a
pleasant surprise to find the Greenwood course in such good shape, although
preferred lies were once again in use as the ball was liable to collect a
lot of mud in the fairways even though golf carts were allowed on the short
mown areas.
Bob
Lamond.
Rodney Hayes made light of the length with the tees set
well back, in stark contrast to many previous visits to the course when the
tees were set to afford a quick and easy round, as he kept it on the short
grass the whole way round and then chipped like the single figure
handicapper that he is, to claim yet another first place.
Russell Gilroy also made it look fairly straightforward
with an effortless first round back in Thailand and an easy level par return
for second place.
He was followed in by Mike Dabanovich, three back, in
third with Russell Exley another shot away in fourth spot.
John Harris and Roar Berger got the honourable mentions
with John edging the count back with a better 13 to 10 over the last six
after he and Roar had tied the nine on 17 each.
In keeping with the difficulty of the course there were
no 2’s in either division.
Before presenting the prizes The Doc welcomed back John
Harris, Alec Woods, Ole Stamnes and Russell Gilroy.
Friday, Oct. 1, The
Emerald - Stableford
CSS 71
1st Bob Lamond (5) 39pts
2nd Russell Gilroy (18) 39pts
3rd Rodney Hayes (9) 38pts
4th Rod Howett (26) 38pts
5th
Russell Exley (7) 36pts
Bob Lamond started slowly and picked up speed over the
inward half to return a gross 35 net 32 for 22 points and a fine three under
total that took top spot. It still needed a count-back with Russell Gilroy,
which he won with a better 22 to 20 score, to consign Russell to the second
tier of the podium.
Rodney Hayes was once again to be found among the winners
and his days scores added to the previous outing will result in another
reduction in handicap down to 8 for the coming week’s events.
Rodney claimed third with a better count back of 22 to 15
over Rod Howett as Rod faded badly after an excellent outward half of three
under handicap which had all the makings of a winning score until wayward
shots spoiled a good card.
Russell Exley ended up with an honourable mention with a
solid level handicap round in fifth place.
Note: If you would like to play with The Haven
group you can contact mobile 084782 4582 or call in to the hotel at 185 Soi
13 between Beach Road and 2nd Road. All transportation to the
course is arranged and you do not need to sign up prior to the day, but you
should be there by 8.30 on Mondays, Wednesday, Fridays and Sundays on the
days you wish to play. A schedule of courses to be played can be found on
our web site at www.thehaven-hotel.com.
Pattaya Sports Club Bowling League
VFW Post 9876 won all four points from Bavaria as a
result of a forfeit by Bavaria as none of their bowlers showed up. Somrak
had a 213 game and 524 series for VFW.
200
Bowlers: Somrak and Joe.
Café Kronborg lost ground to VFW as they only managed to
win one point from Sabai Friday. Jang Shaw was bowling by herself for Café
Kronborg because one bowler is in the U.S. and Captain Kran Nielsen was a no
show. Nok Kennedy bowled a 515 series for Sabai Friday.
Dang Downs bowled a 530 series and Antero Ronkainen had a
524 to lead Brother D to a four point sweep over House of the Golden Coin.
Mio Aamlid bowled a 535 series for Golden Coin.
Canada won three points from Jack Tar as La Montgomery
had a 515 series for Canada and Ooy Pluemkamon had a very good 554 for Jack
Tar.
Noodle Russell bowled a 528 series to lead Green Tree to a three point
win over the USMC team. Joe Ferral had a 201 game and 514 series for the
Marines.
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