John Howarth, MD of Asia
Pacific Pensions and Tim Gladwin, MD of Sallmanns.
Paul Strachan
The Thai Garden resort was the fabulous venue for the Lighthouse Club
Pattaya’s monthly networking event held on Friday the 2nd of November.
The sponsor for the evening was a CEA (Cranes Equipment Asia) and they did a
magnificent job of branding the evening with many backdrops, displays and an
abundance of staff from CEA and CES (the company that supplies safety
helmets and harnesses, etc.).
The poolside setting at Thai garden was very convivial to networking as over
two hundred people came along to mingle, make new friends, enjoy some drinks
and a laugh or two.
In addition, many of the local people who are sponsored by CEA were also in
attendance, including Dr Iain Corness with his Mk 1 Escort, Thomas Raldorf
with his Honda City, and Ben Fortt with his motorbike.
Kevin Fisher from CEA has been a staunch supporter of the Lighthouse Club
and the Melissa Cosgrove Children’s Foundation for many years, but Kevin
also likes to be involved in sports. This became even more apparent when the
MC introduced the networkers to a short video with exciting news for next
year. In the video, we were told that in 2013, four boxing legends would be
coming to Bangkok and Pattaya.
Irena & Alex De Ribas.
In March there will be Sugar Ray Leonard, in June Frank
Buno MBE, in August Nigel Benn and in November Mike Tyson. These events will
include VIP lunches and dinners and even some bouts. More details regarding
this will announced shortly and there will be a dedicated Facebook page and
website.
The evening also included a silent auction and about five items that were
auctioned live. This kept the pace moving along nicely as the guests were
entertained by some female violinists and kept refreshed by the staff of
Thai Garden expertly overseen by General Manager Rene Pisters.
The Lighthouse Club has now done away with the dual pricing, so it was a
flat fee of five hundred baht for males and females. The party continued
afterwards at the ever popular Moon River Pub.
Note: The Lighthouse Club Networking event that was due to take place on
Friday the 23rd of November at the Centara Grand Mirage has now been
cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. The Club’s next networking
evening will now take place on Friday, December 14 at a venue yet to be
confirmed. For updates, visit
www.facebook.com/LighthouseClubPattaya.
(L to R) Chanida Pornpipat,
Sales Executive, Lawrence Knowles, Sales Manager, both with Compass Real
Estate; and Chompoonuch Thanaphisutjinda.
(L to R) Kevin Fisher,
Managing Director of CEA, with Rosanne and Patty Diamente.
(L to R) Danilo Becker,
Resort Manager of the Thai Garden Resort; Wongduan Roberts, Kevin Fisher, MD
of CEA; and Rene Pisters, GM of the Thai Garden Resort.
(L to R) Peter Banner, The
Happy Auctioneer; Ray Fisher, Kevin Fisher, MD of CEA; Joe Cox, MD of
Defence International Security Services and Paul Strachan.
Dave Buckley (2nd left) and
Bjorn Hellesylt (2nd right), MD of Hosting-Group Co., Ltd.
(L to R) Soren Kauc, Thomas
Raldorf and Dr. Iain Corness.
(L to R) Gib Siriraj, Bou
Kuyk, Dang Kobkue.
(L to R) John L. Hamilton,
Director of Business Development & Industrial Services for WMS, Paul
Cadwell, MD of Itic Global and Tracy Cosgrove.
(L to R) Mark Thomson,
Director of Australasia Holdings Ltd., Nittaya Thomson and Gavin Perfect, MD
of Paradise City Property.
(L to R) Simon Dutton,
Business Development Manager of ltic Global Construction & Completion;
Jennifer Conn and Malcolm T. Williams, GM of Promech Resources Co., Ltd.
(L to R) Bill Gray from
Custom Homes, Terry Fitzsimmons from Pattaya Exclusive Properties and Philip
Thompson, Sales Manager for Paradise Ocean View Pattaya.
(L to R) Gerard Porcon,
Patrick Devereux and Manita Porcon.
(L to R) Brian Wilkings, Bob
young and Gary Wrighton, Sales Executive for Powerhouse Properties Co., Ltd.
(L to R) Joe Cox, MD of
Defence International Security Services, Stuart and Renu McKenzie, Joy
Hughes, Rod McNeil from RodMcNeil.TV and Paul Strachan.
(L to R) Natthaporn Changtor,
Nitjaree Jaemsawang, Chanapa Strachan and Gibgae Nitiprasertwit.
(L to R) Joe Grunwell, MD of
Comcon Group, Darren Allcock, Sales Executive with Heights Holdings, Simon
Philbrook, Client Advisor for MBMG Group and Clark Mckeown.
