Pattaya Sports Club Bowling League

200 Bowlers: Somrit, Tue & Kran.

Bavaria made a move up the standings from fourth to second place after winning three points from Tea Party who dropped to fourth place. Antero Ronkainen led Bavaria with a 521 series and Joe Ferral was best for Tea Party with a 504.

La Montgomery bowled a 529 series and Morn Mack had a 501 to help Indiana salvage a two- two split with VFW Post 9876. Ooy Pluemkamon bowled a 526 series for VFW.

Lek Reaper bowled a 538 series and Tue Pettae had a 203 game, 518 series, to lead Canada to a three point win over Green Tree who fell from second to third place.

Caf้ Kronborg won three points from Brother D behind Kran Nielsen’s 209 game and days best 561 series.

Somrit bowling as a spare bowled a 217 game which was the best of the day.

Big fish prove elusive once more

Sea fishing with KPK Food Services Ltd

Leif Jansson (right) and Ken Woolley (left) hold up their prize catches.

Mike Gerrard

Our first trip of the New Year on January 26, and it was a beautiful day out on the ocean; there was a nice cooling breeze, the sea was calm and we hoped it was also full of very hungry fish.

When we arrived at the first fishing ground the captain advised us that the tide was running very fast and it would be better not to use small rigs to start with and put out only larger rigs and hope the biggies would hit. Sadly one or two of the passengers were not very experienced and insisted that they throw in their small rod set ups as well. After about 20 minute and many tangles the large rigs were pulled in and it was drifting all day for the smaller species.

Also, unfortunately beyond my control, we did have too many passengers on board today which compounded some of the problems. However it was not all doom and gloom: the smaller species were in abundance and all the passengers caught many fish ranging from 1 pound to 4 pounds in weight. Very tasty they are too.

Leif Jansson claimed the biggest fish prize of a 500 baht voucher donated by KPK Food Services Ltd. With a fish of the same species only one quarter of a pound lighter was Ken Woolley.

The next trips will be limited to 6 passengers maximum and will be on the 11th and 25th February. If anyone would like to come along, please call me on 087 091 7565

Gaussa cans an ‘Ace’ as the Scribe comes through

PSC golf from Tropical Bert’s

Derek Brook

Tuesday, January 31, Green Valley – Stableford

This was the last day of the month and thus the conclusion of the January ‘MBMG Golfer of the Month’ that promised much as the Scribe was leading, closely followed by ‘The Browns’, Daryl Evans and most dangerous lurking in there was Mashi, who always seems to come through despite all the odds.

The Scribe (left) receives the MBMG Golfer of The Month award from Dick Warberg.

We had a full house for this visit to Green Valley and these days you are straight away onto the most difficult hole, and usually into a wind. This day was no different, although we did take the easier tee because some of our players have no chance of getting over the water.

The course proved to be in reasonable condition, despite what I can only assume has been heavy use of late. Some of the areas were a bit worn and used and there was evidence of someone using ‘metal spikes’, a thing we also noticed at Crystal Bay, and something which is banned on all the courses.

The pace of play was actually quite good considering the numbers on the course, and in my group two of the danger men were playing well - Mr. Brown and Mr. Mashi - much too well, as I was just hanging on. After finishing the first nine we stood to watch the group behind play the ninth hole, which happens to be a Par 3. Bang, one of the balls went straight into the hole, and we were watching. Then up came a beaming Mike Gaussa who told us it was only his second ‘hole in one’. Well done Mike!

Hole in one man Mike Gaussa.

As our group came to the last, both Mashi, Rob and I were still in contention, but it is amazing what a bit of pressure does. Rob didn’t play it well and I was just off the putting surface in two with a chip and a put to win all. Mashi was 18 inches from the hole in four for a putt and two points. For the first time in years I double hit my chip and failed miserably. Mashi, who as most know is just about the safest short putter in the game, had his putt now to win all - and it lipped out. Now it was all back in the melting pot and we had to rely on others. We would see.

Back at Bert’s it was late and we had much to do so into the presentation. In the A Flight, 0-18, the winner was Martin Henneberger with 36 points. In second was Mashi Kanata with 35 points ahead of Mike Gaussa on count back with Rob Brown in fourth with 34 points.

In the B Flight the winner was Bernie Cairns with 35 points ahead of Dick Warberg in second, on count back. In third was Les Charles with 34 points ahead of Rita Zoebelli in fourth with 33 points.

Tuesday’s winners with one of Bert’s finest.

Now to the real hero: In the MBMG Golfer of the Month competition, with all the leaders failing, and Mashi missing an 18 inch putt, the winner by default and quite amused was your humble correspondent. Well done me! Incidentally this was not the end and the ‘hole in one’ man very kindly bought a few beers and Frank fell off his stool. T.T.F.N.

Near Pins: Rob Brown, Mike Gaussa, Derek Brook, Rita Zoebelli

Long Putts: Frank Pilkington, Kenny Chung

Joel & Clive have a ‘Pleasant’ day

PSC Golf from Mulligans Lakeside

Tuesday, Jan. 31, Plutaluang - Stableford

Firstly to Tuesday, when we had a visit to Plutaluang for the first time for a while: I don’t know whether we were lucky or what, but we were able to play the East & South courses without any dramas of changeovers after 9 holes or delays in tee-offs.

Clive Hoseason.

The course was in the best condition I have seen for a few years, with the greens cut to a reasonable height, which allowed a decent roll of putts. Jeff Wylie (7) managed his way around the East course quite well before a few loose shots crept in on the South. He finished with 35 points to lead home Bob Edwards (9) with 33.

Near Pins were secured by Bob, Jeff & Graham, with 1 going to Banglamung Boys Home.

Thursday, Feb. 2, Pleasant Valley - Stableford

As the headline suggests, Thursday was a trip to Pleasant Valley - you know, the course that some people love to hate. Invariably I find the harshest critics are those that have been there and played poorly. News Flash! It’s not the course!

On this day the competition was played from the white tees, with some extraordinary scores being the result. Joel Flor (22) won the day on count back 24/21 from Clive Hoseason (29) after both signed for an outstanding 43 points. Both Joel and Clive have been struggling with their games lately, so it was good to see them gain some encouragement with good scores.

An honourable mention goes to Jimmy Fortune (27) who had his best game for a long time with 39 points. Our single figure handicappers played a Skins game from the blue tees as a warm-up for the upcoming PSC Tournament, with Jeff getting the nod.

Note; Mulligans Lakeside plays golf generally on Tuesday & Thursday, with ML hosting prompt presentations on both days. Call 089 094 1841 for scheduling or enquiries. Hope to see you there, cheers & good golfing!

Blackburn & Herridge on top at Treasure Hill

PSC Golf from the Café Kronborg

Peter Blackburn

Monday, January 30, Treasure Hill – Stableford

There had been overnight rain and the sky was overcast but as usual we were confident of fine weather and had it not been for yet another annoying “no show” we would have had a full field of 40 for the challenging Treasure Hill Golf & Country Club.

Hearty welcomes were handed out to Peter Sindberg from Denmark, Jacky Wan from Hong Kong & Pierre Zbinden and Noy Phintam from Nairobi, Kenya.

Mike Herridge.

We arrived at the course to find the checking in area quite busy with lots of people arriving at the same time. There was no rush for us though and after waiting for a couple of groups to tee off we sent our first group 15 minutes ahead of schedule. Once more the course continues to improve with lots of work going on and the greens were excellent and at times very quick. The pace was good and after a drink break on the second nine we managed to finish our round in four hours & fifteen minutes.

Most found the going tough on the day as there were only two golfers that managed to play better than their handicap. After slowly improving over the past few weeks your writer found some good form and managed to win A Flight with 39 points from Ken (let’s hear it for) Bernek in second place on 37 points. There were three players on 35 points so after a count back third place went to Richard Kubicki (20 point back nine) with Peter Hammond (16 point back nine) fourth and Rob Brown (15 point back nine) in fifth place.

Another count back for sixth place saw four golfers with 34 points with Niels Hansen (21 point back nine) easing out Takeshi Hakozaki (19 point back nine), Mike Gosden (15 point back nine) and Leif Kirkgaard (15 point back nine).

Ken Bernek & Chris Walsh.

Mike Herridge was victorious in B Flight with 36 points ahead of Elias Magnusson in second spot with 35 points. Three players on 34 points saw another count back with Bo Cardwell (18 point back nine) taking third place from Pierre Zbinden (16 point back nine) fourth and Jan Lovgreen (15 point back nine) in fifth place. Yet one more count back gave Bjarne Kjaer (17 point back nine) sixth place with veteran Hugh O’Donnell (13 point back nine) just missing out with his 33 points.

Poor old Dick Braimbridge is still trying to find some of his form from yesteryear but to his credit is sticking with it although once more being the recipient of the Compass Cap (the day’s worst score).

Peter Blackburn, Bo Cardwell, Dave Richardson & Richard Kubicki.

A Flight (0-20)

1st Peter Blackburn (13) 39pts

2nd Ken Bernek (19) 37pts

3rd Richard Kubicki (14) 35pts

4th Peter Hammond (20) 35pts

5th Rob Brown (8) 35pts

6th Niels Hansen (15) 34pts

B Flight (21+)

1st Mike Herridge (24) 36pts

2nd Elias Magnusson (23) 35pts

3rd Bo Cardwell (31) 34pts

4th Pierre Zbinden (21) 34pts

5th Jan Lovgreen (23) 34pts

6th Bjarne Kjaer (21) 33pts

Near Pins: 2nd Don Richardson; 6th Ken Bernek; 13th Ulla Ravn; 17th Eddie Glinsek

Long Putts: 9th Mike Winfield; 18th Jacky Wan

Wednesday,February 1,Wangjuntr – Stableford

This was a first time for most of us to the Wangjuntr complex and today we elected to play the Valley layout. After an overnight cancellation we were left with a good Wednesday field of 27 golfers and we welcomed Mike Deverell from London and Mike Gaussa, paying us another visit from Tropical Berts.

The journey here is a fairly long one and after departing the Kronny we arrived at Wangjuntr one hour & twenty minutes later. The weather was great and the course looking ominous for us first timers and we sent the three-ball away first.

There were many positives to come out of our excursion and unfortunately a couple of negatives. As stated before, the course was awesome and in fine condition and although the greens were massive & undulating they were in terrific condition. On the down side there were no drinks available on the course and on such a hot day this was somewhat of a drawback and also many of the caddies were extremely inexperienced; in fact none of the caddies in our group knew which way to go to the second tee from the first green. Fortunately a couple of golfers in our group had played the course before so we eventually got on the right track.

Apart from the lengthy walks from some greens to the next tees there were no other delays as the course was very quiet but it was nonetheless a five hour round. Most of the field enjoyed the experience and look forward to returning and having seen the “lie of the land” are very confident of much improved efforts.

The difficulty of the course was apparent on the day as 33 points was the best score that any of us could muster. Ken Bernek took out the A Flight with 32 points, 2 points ahead of Stu Rifkin in second place. A count back was necessary to determine third & fourth spots with Mike Gosden (17 point back nine) edging out Mike Deverell (14 point back nine), both having 29 points. Yours truly (15 point back nine, 9 points last 6, 6 points last 3 holes managed to secure 5th place in a count back on 28 points from Mike Gaussa (15 point back nine, 9 points last 6 & 4 points last 3 holes.

The B Flight was won by Chris Walsh with 33 points, with Bo Cardwell close behind in second place with 32 points. In another count back on 30 points Bjarne Kjaer (16 point back nine) finished third with Henry Wong (11 point back nine) in fourth spot. Veteran Kevin Dinan finished in fifth place with 28 points.

A Flight (0-19)

1st Ken Bernek (19) 32pts

2nd Stu Rifkin (14) 30pts

3rd Mike Gosden (11) 29pts

4th Mike Deverell (17) 29pts

5th Peter Blackburn (13) 28pts

B Flight (20+)

1st Chris Walsh (22) 33pts

2nd Bo Cardwell (31) 32pts

3rd Bjarne Kjaer (21) 30pts

4th Henry Wong (23) 30pts

5th Kevin Dinan (24) 28pts

Near Pins: 6th Walter Baechli; 8th Mike Herridge; 13th Mike Gaussa; 15th Mike Gaussa

Long Putts: 9th Ken Bernek; 18th Leif Kirkgaard

Thursday,February 2,Mountain Shadow – Stableford

Another good field of 34 golfers were signed up to take on the challenge of one of our favourite courses, Mountain Shadow and we welcomed Martin Hennerberger from Vancouver, Canada, Terry Pettitt from Surrey, England & Ing Magnerdsson from Iceland.

We arrived at our destination to find the course reasonably busy. As has been the policy of late, we sent a couple of three-balls off first and the first one hit in fine but overcast conditions. The course was as usual in excellent shape and the greens splendid although some were a tad slower than normal.

As the skies grew darker and thunder & lightning appeared it was necessary to take shelter for around 15 minutes just past the half way mark but the rain soon cleared and we were able to continue without any further delays. Even with the delay we completed our full round in four hours and twenty minutes.

A couple of 42 point rounds meant a count back was necessary to determine the winner of A Flight and Tricky Dicky Kubicki (23 point back nine) emerged victorious, with Rob Brown (20 point back nine) taking second spot. Peter Sindberg finished third with 40 points ahead of veteran Don Richardson in fourth place on 39 points. In a count back for fifth & sixth places yours truly (17 point back nine) edged out Leif Kirkgaard (16 point back nine), both having 34 points.

There is just no stopping eight and a half month pregnant Bo Cardwell who had a great 41 points and won the B Flight from Kjeld Ravn with 39 points. Bo reckons that this will be her last win for a while but only because the arrival of the baby is imminent and we all wish her well for that. In third place was Elias Magnusson with 37 points and in a count back for fourth & fifth the consistent winner of the fashion award Bjarne Kjaer (20 point back nine) finished ahead of Peter Hammond (18 point back nine), both on 36 points. Yet another count back was necessary to determine sixth place and Noy Phintham (20 point back nine) prevailed over Ulla Ravn (14 point back nine) both with 34 points.

A Flight (0-19)

1st Richard Kubicki (14) 42pts

2nd Rob Brown (8) 42pts

3rd Peter Sindberg (14) 40pts

4th Don Richardson (13) 39pts

5th Peter Blackburn (13) 34pts

6th Leif Kirkgaard (19) 34pts

B Flight (20+)

1st Bo Cardwell (31) 41pts

2nd Kjeld Ravn (21 39pts

3rd Elias Magnusson (23) 37pts

4th Bjarne Kjaer (21) 36pts

5th Peter Hammond (20) 36pts

6th Noy Phintham (20) 34pts

Near Pins: 5th Pekka Mustonen; 8th Noy Phintham; 15th Peter Sindberg; 17th Richard Kubicki

Long Putts: 9th Eddie Glinsek; 18th Pekka Mustonen

The Compass Cap (awarded for worst score on the day) was awarded to Eddie (The Eagle) Glinsek and Hunter paraded Deefa the Dog who once more collected many donations to charity from the ever generous Kronny crew.

High scores abound at Captain’s birthday bash

PSC golf from The Outback Golf Bar

Joe Mooneyham (right), Div B on Friday, chats with Ed Turner, one of the many visitors to the Outback.

Monday, Jan. 30, Burapha A & B- Stableford

Well it was the Capt’s actual birthday today so it was to be a special day out for him; playing with Lumpy Russell is always a bit of fun but with 1ฝ bottles of Sang Som it is a real pleasure: Irish coffees all around for 18 holes and what a mess he was in at the finish as the party carried on into the night!

We had an excellent turnout with some 38 players on the A & B nines from the blues providing some great scores, helped a little maybe by the winter rule (lift clean and place on fairway only), as no carts were permitted on the fairways. They must have had a lot of rain as there were wet patches everywhere. We didn’t get rained on but before we started it certainly looked as though it was coming.

The greens were in great condition but my mate Lumpy couldn’t seem to get the ball to the hole; must have been something to do with him playing Siam Old Course most of the time and their greens are like lightening.

So we had three divisions with Cottee securing the day’s top score of a remarkable 43pts to win Div B from the Roscoman on 38 and Bernie Stafford (sausage) back in third on 37. Div A also did well with two guys breaking 40pts; Mitch Black who won with 42 (a great round of golf, 71 gross) ahead of another great round from Paulie with 41. Div C weren’t to be left out as John Player shot his best round this trip (40pts) to take the honours ahead of four players all tied on 35pts.

There were eleven ‘2’s from Paul Avery, Mark McDonald (2), Paulie O’Mahony, Bob Philp, Bernie Stafford, Terry Stielow, Ed Turner, Rosco Langoulant, Keith Meehan & Jerry Quin.

Div A (0-14)

1st Mitch Black (5/Hi3.7) 42pts

2nd Paulie O’Mahony (11/Hi8.1) 41pts

3rd Keith Buchanan (14/Hi11.1) 35pts

Div B (15-21)

1st Wayne Cotterell (16/Hi12.8) 43pts

2nd Rosco Langoulant (15/Hi12) 38pts

3rd Bernie Stafford (16/Hi13) 37pts

Div C (22+)

1st John Player (25/Hi20.6) 40pts

2nd Ivan Plunkett (25/Hi20.6) 35pts

3rd John White (28/Hi23) 35pts

Monday. Jan. 30, Khao Kheow B & A – Stableford

What started out to be 6 four-balls changed a little as three called in sick in the morning leaving 21 players in two divisions. B and A was the order of play and we were away early. Here (Khao Kheow) had also suffered heavy rain the day before and like Burapha, the carts were restricted to the paths and winter rules (lift clean & place on fairways only) were in place.

The course was in excellent nick with superb greens and no “real golfer” should miss this tough test of golf, with the Outback enjoying some excellent rates for green fees and carts.

Chris Thompson had a up and down sort of round leaving probably one of his most memorable shots to the par 5, 8th hole on A, where he pulled his third shot hard left and it would have certainly gone OB; instead it slammed into the top of a coconut tree, dropping two coconuts to the ground in the process, much to everybody’s amusement. He still managed to finish with 32pts, earning himself a podium place in Div B.

The two Grahams did the business; Johnson in Div A with 38pts and Woollett in Div B, also with 38, both with comfortable wins over the remainder of the field.

A couple of welcome backs to Barry Welling and Patrick Engles and also Pierre Cere, having his first game with the Outback.

There were two ‘2’s; Owen Walkley and Graham Woollett.

Div A (0-16)

1st Graham Johnson (8/Hi7.4) 38pts

2nd Barry Welling (5) 35pts

3rd Owen Walkley (11/Hi10.2) 35pts

Div B (17+)

1st Graham Woollett (26/Hi23.7) 38pts

2nd Barry McIntosh (22/Hi20.1) 33pts

3rd Chris Thompson (25/Hi23.2) 32pts

Tuesday, Jan. 31, Pattaya C.C. – Stableford

Standing in for the recovering ‘Chad’ was Nigel Cannon, who organised the 15 Outbackers who decided to enjoy their last game of the month at the local Pattaya Country Club.

There were a few new ‘Tuesday’ faces today – Roy and Paul Studds from the UK, Barry Ennis from Canada and local lad, Geoff Couch.

The course was recovering from some recent heavy rain and whilst carts were allowed on the course (using the 90 deg rule) there were a number of bunkers which still held water. We were away on time for rounds of around 4 hours or so.

With 15 players it was 1–4 plus ‘2’s.

Showing the ‘boys’ what she knows about the course was PCC caddy Noy Kamsantia (23) with best of the day 39 and just a shot back was Tom Murray (8) with 38.

Both Barry Ennis (15) and Roy Studds (36) came in with 35 points with Barry getting the nod on count back.

There were three ‘2’s from Noy Kamsantia, Paul Studds and Tom Murray.

1st Noy Kamsantia (23/Hi22.2) 39pts

2nd Tom Murray (8/Hi9.3) 38pts

3rd Barry Ennis (15/Hi16) 35pts

4th Roy Studds (36) 35pts

Wednesday, Feb. 1, Plutaluang – Stableford

It’s about two years ago when the Outback last came here and a surprise turnout of 38 players fully justified the visit: great value for money but you just have to accept that it might be a slow round, depending who’s in town, and it was. The course was in good all round condition but even so it’s hard to remember how hard you have to hit the ball against the grain and uphill and how careful when going in the opposite direction.

North & West were the nines to be played and the General had been down the day before to confirm the tee times and collect a scorecard so he could set up the course on the handicap system. After the slope (143) and rating (72.6) the resulting starting handicaps looked more like something we played to when we first took up golf. A nine handicapper was playing off 12, the General off 21 (up 5) and a 28 handicapper off 36! Anybody with a Handicap Index of more than 28 were maxed out at 36 otherwise they would have been off the planet!

Many thought the system had gone mad and one player chose not accept his additional shots and declined to play in the competition as a result but what we were seeing is what happens behind the scenes of the PSC administered USGA.

When the results came in, they were not as ridiculous as one might have thought, with only two in each of Div A & Div B playing to handicap or better, and three in Div C! The Outback’s opinion is the rating is about right for a course of this length off the whites but the slope is a little steep, perhaps more around 133 would be nearer the mark.

Capt’ Bob came down to help with the input of scores only to find out that something wasn’t quite right with their input and it wasn’t him! The pro shop had given Jack an old scorecard by mistake and all the hole indices were totally different compared to the cards used on the day; fortunately the problem was easily solved and did not require all the cards to be re-entered.

Top scorer was Tony McDonough with 41pts, winning Div B from Sel Wegner on 39. Suzi, playing off 26, won Div C with 40 and Paul Bourke (38) and Eddie Smith (37) filled the top two places in Div A. General Jack, who came third in Div C with 36 said after, “I can’t remember when I last got two shots on a hole!”

Today was also another in our eight event series of the Kirwan Asia sponsored ‘Hidden Pairs’ with an added 1,000 baht up for grabs, the winners being Sel Wegner & Kissy Buchanan with a massive 49pts, a total which is going to be hard to beat and will surely win them the added 2,000 baht bonus.

There were four ‘2’s from Mark McDonald, Jack Moseley, Barry Ennis and Tony McDonough.

Div A (0-14)

1st Paul Bourke (12/Hi8.7) 38pts

2nd Eddie Smith (14/Hi10.2) 37pts

3rd Mark McDonald (3/Hi2) 33pts

Div B (15-20)

1st Tony McDonough (19/Hi14.9) 41pts

2nd Sel Wegner (18/Hi13.8) 39pts

3rd Buchanan Keith (15/Hi11.1) 35pts

Div C (21+)

1st Suzi Lawton (26/Hi19.8) 40pts

2nd Barry Ennis (21/Hi16) 37pts

3rd Jack Moseley (21/Hi16.2) 36pts

Thursday, Feb. 2, The Emerald – Stableford

Poor scoring amongst the 15 Outbackers at Emerald led to the course rating going up by three shots and even after that only one person managed to match handicap. Doug Douglas scored 33pts to win Div B by three from Roger Pearn (30) and Chris Thompson (27). We had two divisions, despite the small field, as no one could muster a ‘2’, so Div A went to Neil Lavery with a mere 32pts, beating the Capt’ on count back.

In the Kirwan Asai sponsored hidden pairs, Neil teamed with two players because of the odd number of starters; on the one hand his score was paired with Jack Piercefield for 37pts, and on the other he was with Paul Sharples, who had quite literally just flown in from the UK this morning. They managed to equal the better ball score of 42pts also achieved by Capt’ Bob & Roger Pearn for a tie.

Div A (0-19)

1st Neil Lavery (12/Hi12.5) 32pts

2nd Bob Philp (11/Hi11.2) 32pts

3rd Ed Turner (15/Hi14.7) 31pts

Div B (20+)

4th Doug Douglas (23/Hi22) 33pts

5th Roger Pearn (22/Hi21.1) 30pts

6th Chris Thompson (25/Hi23.2) 27pts

Friday, Feb. 3,Green Valley – Stableford

With the golfing season now at a high, more and more people are packing on to the courses resulting in us being exasperated by a shortage of caddies here at Green Valley on Friday. All courses are experiencing high demand, so please sign up as early as possible at the Outback to play at any venue to avoid disappointment because it is proving very hard to get extra tee times and the start lists will have to close early.

The 45 Outbackers did get away eventually but it was a tough start for many, some guys trying to go off without caddies and having to let them catch up as they became available, as it seemed some 200 Koreans had exhausted the normal supply.

As for the golf, Jack Butler and Joe Mooneyham shared the top score (38pts) to win their respective divisions, with newcomer to the Outback, Toni Buerli taking Div C with 37.

There were five ‘2’s; two on hole 9 from Jack Butler & Mike Davidson, two on hole 12 from Ian Heddle & Mark McDonald and Ken Williams got one on the 16th .

Div A (0-10)

1st Jack Butler (10/Hi11.2) 38pts

2nd Gary Hogg (5/Hi6.5) 34pts

3rd Ian Heddle (2/Hi3.9) 33pts

Div B (11-19)

1st Joe Mooneyham (14/Hi14.8) 38pts

2nd Pete Stonebridge (17/Hi16.9) 36pts

3rd Sel Wegner (12/Hi12.9) 36pts

Div C (20+)

1st Toni Buerli (26/Hi25) 37pts

2nd Greg LeBlanc (27/Hi26.1) 35pts

3rd Mark Rendell (22) 35pts

Note: For more information contact the Outback Golf Bar on 087 941 2474.

Book closes on Monthly Medal

PSC golf from The Golf Club

Steve Weller with the Crystal Goblet.

Steve Ellison

Monday, Jan. 30, Green Valley (white tees) – Medal

1st Barry Tregurtha (18) 68

2nd Dale Shier (12) 68

3rd Mark Reid (8) 70

4th Bob Newell (8) 71

Barry the Book (he’s an avid reader they tell me) had one hell of a day last Monday and walked off the 18th at Green Valley with a big 41 circled at the top of his scorecard. Mr. Tregurtha has been in fine form of late and whilst he was not the bookies’ favourite, he was no dark horse either. Tregurtha’s recent captaincy at the Mulberry Ryder Cup at Soi Dao a few weeks back provided ample practice to fine tune his game.

Barry Tregurtha.

Dale Shier- a rigs to riches story himself- also had a fine 68 but lost on the dreaded count back. Mark Reid turned in his 70 for third spot on the podium for the January Monthly Medal. But Barry, what colour shirt mate?

Our thanks go out once again, and probably not for the last time, to Bob Newell for his latest last stint at running the golf for us. Bob will be moving into his new luxury Jomtien beach condo soon, but hopefully he will run the golf roster for the Wednesday outings. Cheers mate, remember… black is the new brown!

Wednesday, Feb. 1, Greenwood B & C– Stableford

A Flight

1st Ed Wycoff (11) 39pts

2nd im Hickey (5) 37pts

3rd Bob Newell (7) 36pts

4th Peter Hynard (14) 36pts

5th Bert Ulrich (11) 36pts

B Flight

1st Paul Robinson (16) 40pts

2nd Ken Kelly (18) 37pts

3rd Gabriel Enright (16) 35pts

4th Amin Ajit (17) 35pts

5th Chris Barrett (14) 35pts

C Flight

1st David Dunne (20) 38pts

2nd Mick Beresford (21) 37pts

3rd Kale Jaskata (35) 36pts

4th Martin Allard (22) 33pts

5th Pat Harney (24) 34pts

Right now, Greenwood might possible be in the best shape it has ever been. It is also the best deal in town so you really should try this course for a great day out.

We had 82 golfers out there today for the 4th monthly comp with our pals at Lewiinski’s. The consensus was that this should be a regular fixture for our monthly competitions and so the other venue will change as required, but Greenwood will be played on either the Wednesday or the Friday for the near future.

Congrats to Ed Wycoff (in great form these days), Paul Robinson and David Dunne who all won their flights with scores better than their handicaps. Also a special mention to Kalle Jaskata from Finland who was visiting us for the first time and a great addition to the players of The Golf Club. Kalle came in with a 35 handicap proving you do not have to be a low handicapper to have fun and play by the rules, just a positive attitude and a smile is all we ask! Thanks again Kalle, great to meet you and have a good trip back mate.

Friday, Feb. 3,Crystal Bay A & C – Stableford

A Flight

1st Steve Weller (8) 41pts

2nd Vinney Connellan 38pts

3rd Dale Shier (12) 38pts

4th Peter Ennis 38pts

B Flight

1st Ken Hole (14) 41pts

2nd Peter Hynard (13) 40pts

3rd Vic Hester (14) 39pts

4th Alan Bridges 38pts

C Flight

1st Paula Pedersen (20) 40pts

2nd Jim Brown (13) 39pts

3rd Raj Mavath (30)34pts

4th Mick Beresford (22) 33pts

Another fine day of golf lay ahead of us as we headed out for our 10:00 tee time at Crystal Bay. The A & C courses were the test of the day on this, the second day of competition between Lewiinski’s and The Golf Club.

The course was in beautiful shape once again and the greens rolled quick and true. As the cards were coming in there was much mumbling and grumbling about scores and great speculation of the possible winners.

After the round, we all headed back to The Golf Club for a great spread of food and the famous B-B-Q which is all part of the tournament . Dale Shier did a fine presentation to the days’ winners and proceeded to show everyone the finer details of how to properly consume alcoholic beverages.

It all came down to the draw and the format for this is that we pick 10 random scorecards from the Lewiinski’s players and 10 from The Golf Club, add them up and the most points wins. As it turned out, The Golf Club were the winners for the second month in a row as their 10 golfers totaled 341 points and averaged 34.1 points and Lewiinski’s had a total of 295 for a 29.5 points average. Well played lads!

The story of the week though was Steve Weller, our good buddy from Vancouver way who is out on an extended visit from the cold. Stevie shot 35 on Wednesday and a 41 today for his Crystal Goblet at Crystal Bay victory. A great result from the 8 handicapper.

We must give thanks to Peter Hynard for herding cats for the comp and we will be seeing more of Peter on Mondays and Fridays. Come out and join us for next months’ comp!

Note: The Golf Club is located on Soi LK Metro. We play on Monday, Wednesday and Friday so come join us for a fun day out. For more information mail us: [email protected] and see updates at www. facebook.com/golfclubpattaya

JJ shines at Eastern Star

Backyard Golf Society

Change of venue this week for the Backyard Golf Society as Emerald was fully book so we wandered down the road to Eastern Star Golf Course. Needless to say it was extremely busy but luckily we managed to tee off just before Jomtien Golf and even though it took us nearly 5 hours to get around it was nice for everyone to play on the course before the match-play event next month.

JJ (right) celebrates his winning golf day outside Moonshine Bar.

Seven players took part in all competitions today with JJ cleaning up in most of them. He won the stableford competition with 37 points and proceeded to take nearest the pin prize and 11 skins to complete a very successful day out. Other skin winners are as follows: Kit (1), Mike (1), Neville (1), Dan M (1) and 2 rollovers.

Finally we wish Bob G all the best for his trip back to the UK and look forward to seeing him in the various bars again at the end of May.

Worl in the groove

PSC golf from the Three Sisters bar

Kevin Worl (left) with Jim Hern.

The Pattaya Country Club may have an inside track with the weather gods. This 1st of February found cracks in the overcast showing that there was, in fact, a sun back there. Good overcast until around the 14th hole when the sun appeared in all its glory. A good turn out with 17 players teeing off beginning at 6:30 AM.

The course was in good shape, fairways nicely mowed and greens-green. Back at Caddy Shack II the scores were tallied and coming in first was Kevin Worl with 41 points. Jim (free drop) Hern came in with 37 for second and Larry Emerson and Vance Millar followed with 36 and 35 respectively. Herbie furnished the usual snacks along with sliced ham and sausage links.

Warren Gallop and Tim Knight take the Medals

The IPGC Monthly Medals

IPGC Medal winners: Warren Gallop, Theresa Connolly and Tim Knight.

Wednesday, Feb. 1, Crystal Bay – Medal

CSS 72

Division 1 (0–12)

1st Warren Gallop (11) 68

2nd Ted Lodge (11) 68

3rd Alan Pilkington (9) 70

4th Rainer Helling (8) 71

Division 2 (13+)

1st Tim Knight (23) 42ps

2nd Larry Slattery (17) 40pts

3rd Bryan Priestley (19) 39pts

4th Gordon Everingham (25) 39pts

Ladies

1st Theresa Connolly (25) 36pts

2nd Toni Nichols (23) 26pts

‘2’s: Alan Pilkington, Noel Reynolds, Brian Kelly, William Chang.

A pleasant day started out under cloudy skies with the threat of rain that fortunately never materialized until everyone was on their way home. All who played today enjoyed a very good day’s golf over a fairly amenable course which covered the C and A nines.

As usual there were two divisions for the gentlemen cut at 12 and below for the first division and 13 and above for the second and one for the ladies.

The scoring as expected on an open course was good in the first division although just five players managed to better par with the medal eventually going to Warren Gallop, after he won a count back over Ted Lodge with a better score of 32.5 to 35 over the C course.

Alan Pilkington took third two shots worse than them with Rainer Helling snaring fourth after a count back which he won with a better 32 to consign Rick Schramm to 5th as he could only garner 35 over the inward nine.

All the count backs for the day were taken as usual from the last nine played on the card, rather than the order in which they might have been played. This saw Rainer sneaking into fourth after he had actually had a quadruple 9 on the ninth on A, his last hole, when a par would have earned him the medal for the month following the best outward nine of the day at gross level par.

The second division was a slam bang affair with the top contenders all shooting well below their handicaps, with Tim Knight, the Medal winner, coming home in six under - a feat that when other rounds were taken into account meant a four shot reduction in handicap for the near future.

Larry Slattery was just two behind him after returning his equal best round ever in Thailand to take second spot, with Brian Priestly just getting the edge over Gordon Everingham after winning a count back by a margin of 20 to 18.

The ladies division was won by Theresa Connolly with a level handicap round to leave Toni Nichols in second and Brita Metzger in third both some way behind.

Following the golf almost everyone returned to the Rabbi’s Elephant where after a very good buffet laid on by the Pattaya Golf Society and the Rabbi, Len Jones and Jeff Cohen presented the prizes as Russell Exley emceed proceedings. Prior to the presentations Len Jones thanked all those that had made the day such a success starting with the IPGC venue golf organizers for promotion and Glyn Evans for registration, Stephen Beard for scoring, and Russell Exley for setting everything in motion and organisation in general.

As usual following the presentations a draw was held for the non prize winners for over 25 items from the IPGC merchandise stock.

‘Doc’ finds the right medicine

IPGC golf from The Haven

Monday, Jan. 30,Mt. Shadow -Rainbow Medal

1st Mike Dabanovich & Stephen Beard (12.8) 59.2

2nd Rodney Hayes & Don Everett (13.2) 59.8

3rd Brian Lewis & Sekio Ojima (18.4) 60.6

4th Paul & Martin Hartley (17.2) 60.8

5th John Oswald & Alwyne Burley (11.2) 61.8

6th John Batty & Mike Korney (10.8) 62.2

The format for the day was a rainbow 2 person scramble with each player having to take at least six tee shots and the card requiring six tee shots to be made from each of the red, white and blue tees, with a handicap allowance of 40% of the combined to establish an exact number handicap to be deducted from a stroke play score.

Mike Dabanovich.

Following an extremely long time in the wilderness, Stephen Beard at last found a partner strong enough and with sufficient stamina to carry him to victory in a pairs competition, as Mike Dabanovich found a way to keep the round moving with some prodigious drives, which on some holes required just a chip on to the green. Unfortunately neither player’s putting form was in very good shape, but even finishing with a bogey on the last they still managed to return a level par round that was just enough to secure the victory by the slimmest of margins from Rodney Hayes and Don Everett, with Rodney also relying on Don’s long game to put them in contention until the last hole which they also bogeyed to take second place.

That old sometime Shadow, Brian Lewis, teamed up with in-form Sekio Ojima, who he last saw in the audience when playing with the Shadows in Japan on their far east tour in ’94 and met up with again at an apr่s golf soiree in the Haven, combined well to take third place just a hair’s breadth ahead of the father and son duo of Paul and Martin Hartley, who relied on dad’s big hitting and son’s deft touches around the greens.

New member John Oswald was thrown in the deep end as he teamed up with Alwyne Burley but fortunately, with both speaking roughly the same language and agreeing that England can’t play cricket, it worked out well enough to take fifth ahead of the inspired team selection of Jon Batty and Mike Korney, who with a lot more luck would have finished a little higher in the pecking order.

At the end of a very enjoyable day when there was almost no pressure to perform, the consensus was that more of this type of golf should be organised in the future, which will surely be the case.

The 2’s were suspended for the day due to the format.

Prior to the prize giving there were welcomes for Juhani Falt, Jari Kaartinen and John Oswald.

Friday, Feb. 3, Pattaya C.C. - Stableford

CSS 71

1st Sekio Ojima (25) 41pts

2nd Alwyne Burley (17) 37pts

3rd Rodney Hayes (12) 36pts

4th Paul Hartley (19) 35pts

5th Yasuo Suzuki (11) 35pts

After the very relaxing day out on Monday and the strains and stresses of the IPGC Monthly Medals on Wednesday, it was back to the usual Stableford competition to be played at the nearest course, the very local Pattaya Country Club.

Sekio Ojima had a day to remember, no doubt having learnt a lot during his round on Monday, firing his best ever round at 5 under handicap which proved to be sufficient to split the rest of the field apart and take the top spot on the podium by four clear points. His round could have been so much better as the inward half was completed in a gross 44 that included two quadruple bogeys.

Following the presentation of the prizes and his blowing of the horn, Sekio had a very nice speech prepared and fortunately when recounting his day’s round, he started at the eighteenth so it was almost over when the drinks were finished.

Alwyne Burley, playing the day with his fourteenth different set of golf clubs since arriving in Thailand and grateful that he did not leap at the chance to buy any of the previous sets, seems to have found at least one or two of them in this set to suit his game, at least for the time being, as he staked his claim to second place ahead of Manley club mate Rodney Hayes, who is also showing signs of a return to his old form with a level handicap round.

Paul Hartley won a count back over Yasuo Suzuki with a better 23 to 19, which also could have been an exceptional nine as he collected a zero pointer on the last, to take fourth spot.

Once again there were no 2’s in the first division but Hal Hart scored one in the second division to collect a much smaller pot after David Bowles had cleaned out a multi roll over on the previous Friday.

Back at The Haven there was a welcome back for Yasuo Suzuki together with a special welcome back for Shuichi Kodaka, now well on the mend following his tangle with a 1200cc motor bike. Shuichi is expecting to be back on the courses in the near future now that he has shed the crutches.

Note: If you would like to play with The Haven group you can contact mobile 082 219 0965 or call in to The Haven 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 9.00am on 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.

Jesters support Special Olympics Thailand

Bernie Tuppin

The Special Olympics is an international organization that changes lives by promoting understanding, acceptance and inclusion between people with and without intellectual disabilities. Through year-round sports training, athletic competition and other related programs, the Special Olympics have created a model community that celebrates diverse gifts for almost 2.5 million children and adults in more than 170 countries.

Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the Special Olympics provide opportunities for people with restricted capabilities to realize their potentials, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy and friendship.

In Thailand, there are 33 annual events held in 4 regions with the venues changing each year, except for Pattaya, which hosts an annual event. Jesters Care for Kids has been proud to have been a part of this for the past three years, donating B250,000 during that period. This year the competition was held at School No 7 and attracted 202 special athletes from nine districts surrounding Pattaya.

Locally there were children and young adults from Sattahip, Rayong and Chonburi, including the Guranyawet Disabled Ladies, Special School No 7 and Khao Bai Sri Special Education. From further away, there were also teams from Chachengsao, Samut Prakhan and Trat.

Event winners show off their medals.

The disciplines contested were futsal, bocce ball and field and track, which also included shot put. What is commendable is the work of the volunteers necessary to stage the event with 90 coaches, carers and monitors who give of their time freely.

Last year this process identified 32 special needs athletes to represent Thailand at the World Special Olympics held in Athens, where they competed successfully to win 9 gold medals. That our contribution in some small way enabled these children to have that experience makes it even more worthwhile.

It is doubtful whether the two days uncovered any prospective Olympians (although one boy from Chachongsao looked very speedy), but, nevertheless, the spirit of competition and the joy of participating was evident. A fist pump from a small autistic girl finishing last said it all!

The proceedings passed with only one small incident when a boy collapsed from heat exhaustion midway through the 200 metre race; he was soon revived and will suffer no lasting harm.

Fortunately, the last event was just completed before a severe storm hit; but I doubt that it dampened the spirits of these special children. As for results, well there were no losers; only winners, especially those of us privileged to witness the spectacle.

If you would like to help special children like these, please visit us at www. care4kids.info and/or www. facebook.com/jesterscare. forkids.

This year, please remember that our Children’s Fair is on Sunday, September 9th and Gala Party Night on Saturday, September 22nd.

Racing towards the finish line, where everyone is a winner!

Pancake is full of concentration on her way to winning the bocce ball competition.

Hilton Pattaya team enjoy success at Columbia Trail Masters 2012

The team members of Hilton Pattaya led by Harald Feurstein, General Manager (far right, standing row) recently completed the “Columbia Trail Masters 2012”, the first Thailand trail running championship at Khao Mai Kheow, Pattaya. The Hilton Pattaya team also won the 3rd and 2nd runner-up trophies for the marathon discipline. The winners were Chonticha Satprasit, Assistant Spa Manager (1st from right, sitting row) and Phungporn Wingpad, Kid’s Club Attendant (1st from left, sitting row). Congratulations to the medal winners and all who took part.
 

Young racer Stuvik tests Formula 3 at Sepang Circuit

Sandy Stuvik with his Formula 3 car.

Local racing prodigy Sandy Stuvik tested for the first time in a Formula 3 car at the end of last month at the Sepang F1 Circuit in Malaysia. The car was an F304 car, which last raced in the Asian F3 Championship in 2008. The testing is a vital step up for Sandy, as he prepares himself to compete against the best racers in the world.

He started the 2012 season with testing various touring cars in Thailand and following on from the Sepang F3 test, will be doing a series of tests in Europe with Formula 3, Formula Renault and hopefully GP3, in the build up to the Formula Renault season starting in April, where he will race in the Formula Renault NEC series.

Test driving at the Sepang F1 Circuit in Malaysia.

Sandy is working hard to improve his physical and mental strengths, which are just as vital as in-car preparations at this level. The high altitude training camp he did in Austria in December has set the tone for a very rigorous and demanding training program, which has to be juggled between other racing activities, promotions and school. The coming season will indeed be demanding for the 16 year old Thai driver, but he remains fully committed to his racing ambitions.

At Sepang, Sandy started out with getting a feel for the F3 car and had a very good test program with his old racing coach, Philippe Descombes. It was considerably more physical to drive the F3 than any previous car he has driven and in Malaysia’s notoriously hot and humid conditions he had 2 tough days of testing. The track was both wet and dry, so Sepang offered a good variety of different racing scenarios.

Sandy was very pleased with his first F3 outing and looks forward to getting back into the car in Europe within the next few weeks.

Batty back on song

IPGC golf from The Links

Jon Batty and Joe Peters.

Sunday, January 29, Pattaya C.C. – Stableford

The largest turnout of the year for the increasingly popular Pattaya Country Club led to a slightly hectic start as the course initially didn’t have enough caddies and carts to satisfy the demand. However this was soon rectified by the ever efficient staff, and we managed to get off the tee slightly earlier than our allotted time, although the pace of play was a little slow throughout.

The large field was split into 3 flights, with the cuts coming at 0-14, 15-21 and 22+.

In the A flight, JJ Harney, playing off single figures for the first time, made light work of his new handicap, his 38 points good enough for third place, missing out on a 21/20 count back to Jon Batty, playing off the same handicap and finally back playing the kind of golf we all know he is capable of. However, this was not enough as Teddy Lodge took the spoils, shooting the same 79 gross score for 40 points off his 11 handicap.

In the B flight, Andy Galvin narrowly missed out on a place, losing the count back to Cliff North after both players posted the regulation 36 points. Frank McGowan was second with 39 points, behind Noel Reynolds whose 41 points were highest score of all the divisions, and should ensure a sufficient cut to qualify for the A flight now, for quite some time.

In the C flight, Roar Berger won for the second week running, scoring 37 points, ahead of Toni Nichols and Rod Howett, with 34 and 32 respectively.

With such a large field, it was inevitable there would be a number of two’s, with JJ Harney (2), Frank McGowan (2), Teddy Lodge, Andy Galvin and Noel Reynolds sharing the pot.

A Flight

1st Teddy Lodge (11) 40pts

2nd Jon Batty (9) 38pts

3rd JJ Harney (9) 38pts

B Flight

1st Noel Reynolds (15) 41pts

2nd Frank McGowan (16) 39pts

3rd Cliff North (21) 36pts

C Flight

1st Roar Berger (27) 37pts

2nd Toni Nichols (23) 34pts

3rd Rod Howett (24) 32pts

Tuesday, Jan 31, Green Valley – Stableford

26 players made the trip to the old favourite, Green Valley, our first visit since we changed our regular Sunday venue. This is always an enjoyable course to play, and as usual was in excellent condition, with the greens much improved from the last time we visited.

In the A flight, Joe Peters, despite being cut 3 shots last week, took the honours with 37 points on a course he always seems to play well. Joe McArdle, ably aided as ever by his regular caddy, Som, was second with 35 points, 3 ahead of Jon Batty in third.

Sekio Ojima topped the B flight in his final week in Thailand; the always smiling Japanese belying his age to shoot 35 points. His generosity back in the Links afterwards was much appreciated by his playing partners, myself included! Theresa Connolly was second, one point behind, with Frank McGowan back in third.

Frank also followed on from his brace of ‘2’s on Sunday, clearing the pot with the only ‘2’ of the day.

A Flight

1st Joe Peters (15) 37pts

2nd Joe McArdle (12) 35pts

3rd Jon Batty (9) 32pts

B Flight

1st Sekio Ojima (24) 35pts

2nd Theresa Connolly (25) 34 pts

3rd Frank McGowan (17) 31pts

Thursday, Feb 2, Greenwood – Stableford

A few late cancellations, coupled with most regulars playing in the previous day’s IPGC medal, meant a much reduced field took the minibus up the 331 to Greenwood. With only 11 of us, we were unable to take advantage of the full IPGC discount, but at 1,100 baht including caddy, this course is still well worth the money.

We tackled the A&C courses, the most difficult combination at Greenwood, and with the subtly sloping greens measuring 9.5 on the stimp and the rough thick and lush, points were hard to come by, for most.

Three players tied on 31 points, Bill Wilkinson just missing out on a place, his 15 point back 9 falling just short of Sekio Ojima (16) and JJ Harney 17. Your author, however, continued his recent run of form and produced his best golf in Thailand so far, coming home 8 points clear, a score that will no doubt come to the attention of the handicapper this coming weekend.

There were no ‘2’s on the tricky par 3’s, so the pot was rolled over to Sunday.

1st Jon Batty (9) 39pts

2nd JJ Harney (9) 31pts

3rd Seki Ojima (24) 31pts

Note: The Links depart from the hotel on Soi Buakhao at 9.30am on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10.00am for Pattaya Country Club every Sunday. Sign up at the hotel or contact Jon on 080 021 1034. A full schedule of courses can be found on the IPGC website www.ipgc.org.

Sumptuous stuff from Sumner

The Pattaya Golf Society (IPGC) at rabbi’s Elephant Bar

The Pattaya Golf Society travelled to Plutaluang on Monday, 30th January, to play a stableford competition on the West and North nines, which were in fine condition. This combination is a little long at 6,700 yards and certainly testing and a twenty minute timeout for rain after six holes certainly added to the challenge.

The field was divided into two flights at fifteen and under and in the second flight Gary Bolger entered a score of 31 points for third place, whilst Henry Mah and Vic Barton shared the win with scores of 32 points.

In the top flight Steve Jones used this, his final round this trip, to show he has not lost it after a dismal run of scores and he produced an excellent card of 36 points for third place. In second was Rick Schramm with 39 points to show everyone that his recovery from bronchitis is well on track. The flight winner was Pete Sumner with an excellent gross 76 giving him 40 points in a round he will savour for a while yet with eleven pars and three birdies making a mockery of the course and the damp conditions.

There were birdie ‘2’s on the Lighthouse hole for Steve Jones, Dave Moriarty, Gary Bolger and Kevin McConnell whilst Rick Schramm birdied the two par threes on the front nine to complete the pot.

The Booby Bevy went to Mike and Yvonne Earley for dashing away on Friday before it could be awarded, leaving Mr Len, bronchitic and weary, to finish both bottles of a beer he dislikes. Bah!! What goes around, comes around at the PGS obviously. The day had been well marshalled by Tony Thorne and the plaudits were all for Pete Sumner after a sumptuous round of golf.

Late burst gives Earley win

On Friday, 3rd February, the Pattaya Golf Society visited Mountain Shadow to play a stableford competition on the testing course which demands accuracy rather than length off the blue tees. The course was in splendid condition with good running fairways and the huge greens receptive and true.

Visits and visa runs had reduced the field to one flight for the day and in third place was Rick Schramm finishing his excellent week with 34 points. In second was Dave Moriarty with 36 points but the “Giants” fan could be excused if his mind was elsewhere this weekend. The winner was Mike Earley whose round was steady, if not spectacular, until the final four holes when he finished with ten points to shoulder his way into top place.

There were birdie ‘2’s for Will Bean, Dave Moriarty, Joe Niisato, Larry Slattery and Martin Hennessy (two) and the Booby Bevy went to Rob Alexander on his first visit to Pattaya and its golf. Harsh lessons lie ahead but his first lesson was that a change of clothes is essential after golf!

Yui dishes it out

PSC golf from Lewiinski’s Golf Society

Sunday, January 29, Green Valley - Stableford

A Flight

1st Yui Bietry (9) 42pts

2nd Ian Grout (9) 37pts

3rd Jan Erikssen (11) 36pts

B Flight

1st Jez Lees (17) 40pts

2nd Mark Bonner (16) 40pts

3rd Jerry McCarthy (15) 38pts

Near Pins: No 4 Pierre Bietry, No 9 Pat Regan, No 12 Ian Halfpenny, No 16 Yui Bietry

Yui Bietry lit up A Flight and the day with her superb 42 points and near pin on No. 16. Yui’s score was 5 strokes clear of the ‘Shrewsbury Mauler’ Ian Grout who has just returned for a brief holiday. Jan Erikssen and Vic the ‘inflictor’ Hester locked it up with a level to handicap 36 points apiece. A count back put the remaining flight loot in Jan’s back pocket as Vic was left satang-less at sea level.

The trend of the higher handicappers having a better day on the Sunday shortened Pete Thompson design continued as Mark ‘Mussels’ Bonner posted a fine 40 point effort to better good pal Jez ‘the Principal’ Lees by one shot or so he thought all the way to the presentation. Back at Lewiinski’s it was discovered that Jez had played off a wrong handicap i.e. 16 instead of 17 and the resulting count back gave Jez the top spot and Mussels the silver. Mussels’ reply to this is unprintable.

The Irish were not to be left out as the inform Jerry McCarthy closed the flight.

There were seven ‘2’s recorded on the day.

Monday, January 16, Pattana - Stableford

A Flight

1st Colm Mullen (15) 39pts

2nd Tim Hickey (5) 36pts

3rd Morgan McEvoy (13) 34pts

4th Tore Eliassen (15) 34pts

B Flight

1st Ken Kelly (18) 37pts

2nd Shay Byrne (18) 33pts

3rd Tom Morrisroe (18) 33pts

4th Geoff Kubas (21) 32pts

Royal Lakeside’s superb condition and somewhat forgiving layout was expected to yield some good scores, but that was before some tightening up of the course and introduction of some carefully placed sand traps. It is now a different kettle of fish altogether, not that Dublin’s Colm Mullen minded - Colm used every trick in his well worn bag to put together a splendid 39 points, for the man of the match and A Flight top spot.

Tim Hickey’s solid even par round was good for the silver while Morgan McEvoy and tore Eliassen faced off in a count back on 34 points that dictated that they finished in that order, as the size of the field required a fourth podium spot.

Ken Kelly attacked the layout with nearly the same fervor as the Senior Flight as his 37 points found him four clear of Shay Byrne and Tom Morrisroe, Shay getting the nod in the ensuing count back. Geoff ‘Elvis’ Kubas took filled final slot on the podium.

Chris Martin and Gerry Roche split a very healthy 2’s pot.

Note: Wednesday and Friday was a competition held jointly with the Golf Club on Soi LK Metro. For full results of the 2-day comp, turn to their report on page 50.

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.

Bartley’s Bonanza

Phoenix Tuesday/Friday Golf Group

Royal Hills road trip golfers pose with wives and girlfriends for a group photo.

Mike Gerrard

January 26-27 - Royal Hills Road Trip

The last time we went to Royal Hills it was possibly the wettest two days I and the rest of the group had ever tried to play golf in. So bad was it that on the second day most of the players had to give up. Really speaking the course would never have been opened in any other country, however it seems green fees and money take precedence here.

One good thing out of it was that the management were very gracious and allowed us some rain checks for a future date. These we used for this latest trip.

What a change! We had been told that this venue was one of the best and most picturesque and so it proved when we played this last two days in perfect weather conditions.

The course is somewhat similar to Soi Dao but bettered manicured with a more modern hotel. However it still holds all the hazards and difficulty of Soi Dao golf course.

Playing from the blue tees also set quite a challenge for some of the players. The course length is about 6,500 yards from the blues.

Two days of fun and serious golf ended up with the following results:

Day 1 Singles

1st Stuart Gordon 32pts

2nd Mike Gerrard 31pts

3rd John Bartley 30pts

Day 1 Pairs

1st Mike Gerrard & Keith Etherington 39pts

2nd Stuart Gordon & Eamon Murtagh 39pts

3rd Bill Hewitt & John Bartley 38pts

Day 2 Singles

1st John Bartley 38pts

2nd Peter Rawling 36pts

3rd Keith Etherington 33pts

Day 2 Pairs

1st Bill Hewitt & John Bartley 44pts

2nd Mike Gerrard & Keith Etherington 38pts

3rd Peter Rawling & Minere Khan 37pts

Singles 2 Day Total

1st John Bartley 68pts

2nd Keith Etherington 62pts

3rd Stuart Gordon 61pts

Pairs 2 Day Total

1st Bill Hewitt & John Bartley 82pts

2nd Mike Gerrard & Keith Etherington 77pts

3rd Stuart Gordon & Eamon Murtagh 76pts

So, ‘Big’ John Bartley claimed the winning trophy as best singles player over the 2 days. The best pairs (John Bartley & Bill Hewitt) team were awarded with vouchers to the value of 500 baht each donated by Nemo’s Music Lounge situated in Soi Diana.

Near pin winners for the two days were: Minere Khan (2), Angel Matamala, Peter Rawling (2), Keith Etherington & Bill Hewitt.

We had many lucky draw prizes to give away to anyone who did not win anything and some of them were kindly donated by Joe Miller. Thanks Joe.

The Wooden Spoon went to Angel Matamala.

After the presentation it was then left for everyone to make their way home, hopefully before it turned dark

General verdict by everyone – Fabulous! It will be done again.

Tuesday, January 31 - Phoenix

The last Tuesday of the month is reserved for our Stroke Play competition for the Trattoria Italiana voucher donated by Giorgio Baccioli.

It was Lake and Ocean course at Phoenix today, again in perfect weather conditions for the field of players to challenge for the title.

Winner today was Keith Etherington with a fine score of net 69 to claim the winning place in A Flight and the best score of the day to receive the Trattoria Italiana voucher.

In second place in A Flight was Angel Matamala with a net 71. This was also great to see by the fact that Angel was awarded the Wooden Spoon at Royal Hills. Great comeback! Unfortunately it was to be his last score on his holiday before going back to his native country.

In third place was Gary (Mr. Consistency) Blackburne with a net 74.

In B Flight the winner was Bill Hewitt on net 72 ahead of Sergio Volpi (net 75) in second and filling the podium in third was John Stafford on net 77.

Near pins went to Bill Hewitt, Denis Dixon, Keith Etherington & Adriano Reale.

The lucky draw prizes donated by The Relax Bar at Ban Amphur went to Joe Miller and Richard Baldwin.

After the presentation we said our fond farewells to Minere Khan and Angel Matamala who leave after a fine holiday here in Fun City.

For further information regarding golf and sea fishing in our group please call me (Mike) on 087 091 7565.

High scores at Green Valley

PSC golf from The Caddyshack

Monday, Jan. 30, Plutaluang – Stableford

A Flight

1st Phonsie McGahan (6) 36pts

2nd Jason Barnett (5) 34pts

B Flight

1st Dave Bramley (16) 33pts

2nd Ramsay Smith (18) 29pts

Phonsie McGahan topped the A Flight once again on Monday with a level par round at Navy. Dave Bramley did likewise in the B Flight with 33 points to finish 4 ahead of Ramsay Smith.

The two flight winners also recorded the only birdie ‘2’s of the day to share the pot.

Wednesday, Feb. 1, Green Valley – Stableford

A Flight

1st Rick Culley (11) 42pts

2nd Jason Barnett (5) 40pts

3rd Tony Oakes (11) 40pts

B Flight

1st James Savage (23) 40pts

2nd Les Charles (21) 37pts

3rd Bernard Channing (20) 37pts

Back to the society’s home course on Wednesday where the scoring was much higher than Monday. Rick Culley returned the best tally of 42 points to top the A Flight ahead of Jason Barnett and Tony Oakes, who both had respectable 40 point scores.

James Savage also returned with 40 points to win the B Flight while Les Charles edged Bernard Channing for second on count back.

Jason Barnett, Jack Butler and Eddie Blackwell shared the ‘2’s pot.

Friday, Feb. 3,Royal Lakeside – Stableford

A Flight

1st Arch Armstrong (7) 38pts

2nd Jason Barnett (5) 36pts

3rd Phonsie McGahan (7) 34pts

B Flight

1st Derek Wilkin (18) 37pts

2nd Derek May (16) 29pts

3rd Les Charles (21) 28pts

Two flights again on Friday with Arch Armstrong top scoring to take out the A Flight. Jason Barnett took second with an even par round while Phonsie McGahan edged Brian Orr for third place on count back.

Derek Wilkin returned 37 points to win B Flight, eight points clear of second placed Derek May, and Les Charles won the count back battle over Dave Foulk to fill the flight.

Butler blitz at Khao Kheow

Bunker Boys at The Bowling Green

Monday, January 30, Khao Kheow C & B - Stableford

The large field of golfers arrived at Khao Kheow to find that the management had introduced the “buggies only on paths” rule, following overnight rain. Consequently we decided to play “preferred lies” for the first time in several weeks. This rule always seems to create confusion and controversy, especially at Khao Kheow, where it’s often difficult to differentiate the fairways from the first cut. Fortunately today there were no major disagreements and the round progressed smoothly.

Reg Smart - back on the podium at Lotus Valley.

The best round of the day was produced by Lee Butler with a great score of 41 points to win the A flight. Neil Griffin continued his new found form to win the B flight with 38 points. JJ Harney also continued his consistent form to come third in the A flight and fourth overall, thereby securing enough points to take the January Golfer of the Month title – well done JJ.

A Flight

1st Lee Butler (15) 41pts

2nd Colin Greig (12) 39pts

3rd JJ Harney (12) 37pts

B Flight

1st Neil Griffin (28) 38pts

2nd Eddy Kelly (17) 36pts

3rd Barry Murnin (17) 35pts

Near Pins: Eric Keo, Eddie Kelly, Geoff Cox and Mike Corner

Wednesday,February 1,Pattana A & B – Stableford

On arrival at Pattana we were surprised to find the management requesting 200 baht more for the green fee than the price given to us when we booked the course. Only when we threatened to walk away was the issue resolved, and we were able to tee off on schedule. Pattana is not everyone’s favourite course, and certainly there are some very long and difficult holes, but overall the impression was favourable.

Colin Greig continued his fine run of form (surely his handicap must come down soon) and also took 2 near pin prizes. Geoff Hart lost out on second place to Barry Murnin on a count back, following a disastrous blob on the 18th hole, but the blow was softened by also taking the other two near pins.

1st Colin Greig (13) 38pts

2nd Barry Murnin (17) 34pts

3rd Geoff Hart (23) 34pts

4th Geoff Parker (17) 33pts

Near Pins: 2 each for Colin Greig and Geoff Hart.

Friday, February 3, Lotus Valley – Stableford

We had a disappointing turnout today for our first ever visit to the Lotus Valley course. Admittedly the journey is much longer than our normal trips around Pattaya, and is a little more expensive (especially for those using carts), but the condition of the course is top class, and most of those that made the journey thought it worthwhile – but not a trip that we’ll make every month.

The fairways here were superb, probably only comparable to those at Siam C.C., and the greens were receptive and true, but the main feature of the course is that water is in play on 17 of the 18 holes! Fortunately no one kept count of the total number of balls lost, but one golfer (who shall remain nameless) admitted to losing eight!

Reg Smart produced his best score for quite some time, but lost on a count back to Tore Eliason, who turned in a great score of 23 points on the back nine.

1st Tore Eliason (15) 36pts

2nd Reg Smart (27) 36pts

3rd Geoff Parker (17) 35pts

Near Pins: Alan Freeman, Geoff Parker and Reg Smart.

Note: The (delayed) annual Bunker Boys championship will be played over 2 days on the 13th and 15th February at Crystal Bay and Mountain Shadow courses.

Following the recent demise of the Bunker Bar, the Bunker Boys now play out of the Bowling Green on Soi X-Zyte between Pattaya 3rd Road and Soi Buakhaow. We play three times per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, so if you enjoy a fun day out and a friendly but competitive golf competition why come and join us.

We meet at the Bowling Green at 9 a.m. and new players with valid handicaps are always welcome. For more information call Dave on 087 1469978, email dave.evelyn18 @yahoo.co.uk.

Local sailors make waves at Phuket King’s Cup Regatta

The Phuket King’s Cup Regatta, held every December, attracts more and more Thai sailors each year and the 2011 edition saw Thai sailors taking podium places throughout the series.

Wiwat Poonpat (left) skippered “Royal Thai Navy 1” to victory in the IRC 2 Class. (Photo/Guy Nowell)

The Royal Thai Navy based in Sattahip entered two boats into the competitive IRC2 racing class, skippered by Chief Petty Officer First Class Wiwat Poonpat (Royal Thai Navy 1) and CDR Pornprom Sakultem (Royal Thai Navy 4). The Royal Thai Navy teams have sailed consistently well at recent regattas in Thailand, and true to Thailand’s history as a successful sports sailing nation, “Royal Thai Navy 1” swept to victory in IRC 2 Class again in 2011.

Burapha University also had representation in IRC2 with a crew skippered by Satian Puranawit and a boat named after the University. He spoke of the Regatta’s prominence and appeal; “I’m so excited to join the Regatta for the first time, and so glad to bring students who are national athletes in the name of Burapha University to compete with sailors from around the world. This is a phenomenal event for the international sailing circle in Thailand. The Regatta improves the Thai athletes’ skill to a higher level because they compete with many experienced sailors, learning a lot with each race.

“It also attracts more Thai youths to sailing”, he continued. “The competition was well organised and had very good race management. We will definitely be competing again next year if we have support from the University and from other sponsors.”

(Above) Koravic and Biranubongse Bhanubandh.

Fellow Thai skipper Suwan Poopoksakul skippering “Lawana”, an X-512, battled in the highly-competitive and international Premier Class with entries from China, UK, Hong Kong, Australia, Malaysia, and Thailand. In fact, a majority of the vessels competing in the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta had at least one Thai crew member. Overall, there were 74 Thai sailors who took part in the competition, making the Kingdom the fourth most highly represented nation in the whole Regatta.

It is fitting that Thai sailors should demonstrate such capable ability at the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta which sails under the auspices of His Majesty the King of Thailand, and which was celebrating its silver jubilee last year.

“Burapha University” sails downwind at the 25th Phuket King’s Cup Regatta. (Photo/Rolien)

“Sailing is one of the sports His Majesty loves to take part in,” said Biranubongse Bhanubandh, a sailor who has sailed since 1987 and began on dinghies. “20 years ago, sailing was regarded as an upper-class and costly sport. So its prevalence was limited to specific groups of people and the development was delayed. But then there were supportive factors to raise the popularity of sailing, especially the duty reduction which was a considerable turning point for sailing development in Thailand. It made sailing more affordable and led to the development of Thai sailors’ skills, and now we have world champion Thai sailors.”

A majority of sailors competing in the International Dinghy Class racing series were Thai, thanks to strong efforts by the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta Organising Committee who worked to encourage more Thai youngsters to take up the sport. Thailand can be particularly proud of its performance in the Optimist; Noppakao Poonpat from Sattahip was the 2011 World Champion, and the Thai team took the Team Optimist World Champion title the same year, and, not coincidentally, Noppakao is the niece of Wiwat Poonpat, skipper of the winning Royal Thai Navy 1 in Phuket. (Source Vivaldi PR)

Student athletes compete in annual sports for the blind

The flame of the Games is lit to start the competition.

Derek Franklin

The annual sports competition at the Pattaya School for the Blind came to an end on the morning of Thursday 26th January with the final games of the sports events.

As in previous years the students were split into two teams, blue and green, and the competition saw the students competing in athletics, swimming, table tennis, soccer, checkers, goal ball and volleyball.

The day started with the opening ceremony, which saw all competitors marching around the school grounds until they were assembled in front of the invited distinguished guests, including the Mayor of Pattaya, Itthiphol Kunplome.

Father Matthew presents the winning medals.

Many may think that blindness will be an obstacle to sports participation, but the blind and visually impaired students want to compete just as sighted students do.

However, blind students cannot compete on the same level as sighted people, and sports do have to be adapted.

Mayor Itthiphol learns that playing without sight is not easy.

When playing volleyball, the ball is allowed to bounce once and with the ball having a small bell inside the players listen for the sound of the bell before catching it.

Running events will see people standing around the running track and guiding the runners. If the runner is going off course they are told to run straight, more to the left, more to the right.

Some will have a small piece of string tied to their wrists. The other end is held by a teacher or trainer who will run alongside the blind athlete, but will not help in any way. Rules are strict, and if a trainer is seen to be pulling the athlete, then the runner are disqualified.

First competition taking place on the day saw Mayor Itthiphol being invited to wear a blindfold and compete against one of the blind students in a game of table tennis.

Mayor Itthiphol shakes hands with his ping-pong rival.

Table tennis for the blind is played differently than regular table tennis. The ball contains a small bell, and instead of being hit over the net the ball goes under the net. Mayor Itthiphol soon realized that it is not as easy as it sounds or looks, but he played a good game.

There are several very talented athletes at the school, many of whom regularly participate in local, national and international sporting competitions.

Whilst there are many students who stand at the closing ceremony with not a single medal around their necks, others are almost weighed down by their hoard of gold and silver medals.

But for those who won no medals this year - better luck next year.

The green team receives the award for best cheerleaders.

‘Nong Dao’ stars at Pattaya City Asian Windsurfing Championships

Sirirporn Kaewduang-Ngam won the female youth RSX category at the 2012 Pattaya City Asian Windsurfing Championships.

Phasakorn Channgam

Thailand’s “Nong Dao” Siriporn Kaewduang-Ngam, a gold medal winner at both the Asian Youth Games in 2009 and the Youth Olympic Games in 2010, did not disappoint her fans last week as she took the top podium position in the female youth RS-X category at the 2012 Pattaya City Asian Windsurfing Championships, held from January 21-29 at Jomtien Beach. Siriporn lost only 9 points on her way to taking a well deserved first place ahead of Audrey Yong from Singapore (20pts) and Chao Kin Shing from Hong Kong (21pts).

Siriporn’s male compatriot Nakharet Watthana meanwhile took first runner-up place in the male youth RS-X competition on 15 points, just losing out on the gold medal to Cheung Chun Lueng from Hong Kong (9pts).

Indonesia’s Oscar Sulaksana (right) leads Thailand’s Navin Singhsat in the Mistral One Design Asia Championship.

In the seniors divisions, local windsurfer Aek Boonsawat (29pts) put in a strong last day performance to rise up the rankings and take third position overall behind eventual champion Leung Ho Chun from Hong Kong (18pts) and first runner-up Lee Tae Hun of S. Korea (23pts).

The female RS-X category was captured by Sun Lee Muei from China, losing just 12 points, while second place went to Chan Huei Man from Hong Kong (15pts) and in third place was Chan Wai Kay from Hong Kong (18pts), with Thai windsurfer Napalai Thaansai a distant fourth after losing a mammoth 41 points.

Other category results saw Sirichai Phoosiri (11pts) take first place in the male under-17 Techno 293 class, while Shung Yad-yee captured the gold medal in the female equivalent category on 24 points.

The Techno 293 Open was won by Thailand’s Krongkaew Sakulfaeng (32pts) ahead of Tanaka Makito in second place.

RS-X sailors race off from the start line.

Junior (under 15) honours in the Techno 293 class went to Thailand’s Suthee Thong-onn and Singapore’s Lim C Ying in the male and female categories respectively.

Finally, the Mistral One Design Asia Championship for men saw a tight battle between Indonesia’s Oscar Sulaksana and Navin Singhsat from Thailand, with the former just winning out with 13 points to 17 over his Thai rival.

The female division was won by Maah Kha Him from Hong Kong on 68 points ahead of compatriot Loh Sing Yin (78pts) while third place went to Thailand’s Sunaree Sermros.

The 2012 Pattaya City Asian Windsurfing Championships saw 12 nations compete and were seen as a warm-up event for the sailors to prepare for the 3rd Asian Beach Games in China and 30th Olympiad taking place in London in August. Some 33 awards were up for grabs during the course of the week-long event.

Top 60 players heading to Honda LPGA Thailand 2012

The Honda LPGA Thailand 2012 golf tournament being held at Siam Country Club Pattaya Old Course in Pattaya from 16-19 February has once again attracted a star-studded field to compete for the title and US$ 1.5 million in total prize money.

Michelle Wie will be one of the stars to watch at the Honda LPGA Thailand 2012. (Photo/Martin Bilsborrow)

Heading the list of notables will be defending champion and world No.1 Yani Tseng of Taiwan who used last year’s event as a springboard to launch an outstanding year on the LPGA Tour. Teeing off with Yani next Thursday will be an all star cast that includes Ai Miyazato, Suzann Pettersen, Paula Creamer and Michelle Wie.

Crowd favourite Laura Davies will also be taking part as one of the 10 special sponsor’s invites and the local challenge will be spearheaded by young rising stars Moriya and Ariya Jutanugarn, Nontaya Srisawang and Junthima Gulayanamitta.

Channel 7 will have live broadcasts for all four days of the event: 16th-17th February from 14:00 – 17:00 and 18th-19th February from 15:00 – 17:00. Tickets are available at Thaiticketmajor or by payment at the course entrance for 300 baht (Thursday, Friday), 400 baht (Saturday) and 500 baht (Sunday). A 4-day season ticket can also be purchased for 800 baht. There will be free admission for 18 years old or below and 60 years old or above.

With the top 60 leading LPGA Tour players competing it promises to once again be an exciting week of golf in Pattaya.

PTT Pattaya Open 2012 gets underway at Dusit Thani Pattaya

Finals to be played this weekend

Tennis stars, sponsors and dignitaries attend the press conference for the 2012 PTT Pattaya Open held at the Dusit Thani Pattaya, Sunday, Feb. 5.

This year’s PTT Pattaya Open officially began following a press conference held last Sunday, 5 February 2012 at the Napalai Convention Hall of Dusit Thani Pattaya. The event was attended by all the sponsors and the participating tennis stars such as the tournament’s number one seed and world No. 8 player Vera Zvonareva of Russia and number 2 seed Dominika Cibulkovแ.

Zvonareva, the winner here in 2009 and 2010 is looking for a hat trick of wins after losing out in the semi-finals at last year’s tournament but will face fierce competition from Cibulkovแ, fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko, China’s Jie Zheng and the defending champion, Slovakia’s Daniela Hantuchova.

Chinese Taipei’s Kai-Chen Chang showed strong form in the qualifiers on Sunday and Monday.

Part of the highlights during the press conference was the drawing of the singles competition for this US$220,000 WTA sanctioned event, with Zvonareva and Cibulkovแ seeded to meet in the final should they both get that far.

The weeklong event from 5-12 February has previously been voted as Tournament of the Year by the WTA tour players who cite reasons such as the unique experience they have in the resort city of Pattaya and the relaxed atmosphere as well as the warm hospitality from Dusit Thani Pattaya, the tournament’s host hotel for 21 years now.

With many players still arriving from around the world following their Fed Cup matches at the weekend, there were only two main draw matches on Monday. Australia’s Anastasia Rodionova advanced into the second round in comfort by beating Frenchwoman Irnya Bremond 6-4 6-0. She saved all five break points she faced in the match, after getting off to a perfect start with an early break in the first set and then dominating the second by winning an impressive 76 percent of the points.

Seventh seed Sonara Cirstea from Romania then took to the court against Erika Sema of Japan and, like Rodionova, wasted little time in advancing with a 6-2 6-2 victory.

The qualifying rounds were completed, with Chinese Taipei’s Kai-Chen Chang overwhelming Cagla Buyukakcay 6-0 6-2 and her compatriot Su-Wei Hsieh beating Qiang Wang of China 6-4 6-3. Su-Wei is in Pattaya for the first since 2008, when she contested the doubles final with Vania King. A full program featuring all the tops stars was due to get underway at press time on Tuesday.

Come tournament finals on Sunday 12 February, the stadium of Dusit Thani Pattaya will once again be filled with tennis fans that will be supporting their favourite players. The PTT Pattaya Open has continued to hold its reputation of bringing in international athletes to the resort city thereby giving it the recognition as a great destination for world sport tournaments.

Note: Advance and same day ticket purchases priced at 300, 500, 800 and 1,200 baht can be made at the venue daily from 10.00 a.m. The ticket booth is located adjacent to the main grandstand.

Pattaya Sports Club Bowling League

Big fish prove elusive once more

Gaussa cans an ‘Ace’ as the Scribe comes through

Joel & Clive have a ‘Pleasant’ day

Blackburn & Herridge on top at Treasure Hill

High scores abound at Captain’s birthday bash

Book closes on Monthly Medal

JJ shines at Eastern Star

Worl in the groove

Warren Gallop and Tim Knight take the Medals

‘Doc’ finds the right medicine

Jesters support Special Olympics Thailand

Hilton Pattaya team enjoy success at Columbia Trail Masters 2012

Young racer Stuvik tests Formula 3 at Sepang Circuit

Batty back on song

Sumptuous stuff from Sumner

Yui dishes it out

Bartley’s Bonanza

High scores at Green Valley

Butler blitz at Khao Kheow

Local sailors make waves at Phuket King’s Cup Regatta

Student athletes compete in annual sports for the blind

‘Nong Dao’ stars at Pattaya City Asian Windsurfing Championships

Top 60 players heading to Honda LPGA Thailand 2012

PTT Pattaya Open 2012 gets underway at Dusit Thani Pattaya