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PCEC honours Max Rommel
Pattaya City Expats Club
Board Chairman Pat Koester thanks Max Rommel for his many years of service
on the PCEC Board. With many new responsibilities with Rotary, etc, Max felt
it best to resign from the board for the time being. Pat presented Max with
a certificate recognising his new title ‘’Board Member Emeritus”.
Max Rommel received honour at the Pattaya City Expats
Club meeting on January 6. Max is one of the three founding members of the
Club. After his many years of continuous service on the PCEC’s governing
board, Max is stepping down because of other commitments. In honour of his
many contributions to the Club, Max was presented with a certificate
formally proclaiming him to be Board Member Emeritus. The presentation was
made by current Board Chairman Pat Koester and the other current Board
members in attendance.
Max and fellow board members
Thor Halland, Richard Smith and Roger Fox present a donation of 50,000 baht
from PCEC members & friends to then Pattaya Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn,
as aid for the victims of the 2004 Andaman Tsunami.
Max was also the presenter at the meeting. Max has
maintained a history of the Club since its inception. As a disciple of the
old adage, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” Max regaled his audience
at this week’s meeting with a history of the Pattaya City Expats Club in
photos.
The story of the Pattaya City Expats Club began in early 2001 with three
expat residents of Pattaya who felt that there should be a way they and
other members of the Pattaya expatriate community could meet to share advice
and information about the best way to live and enjoy life in Pattaya. Thus,
the club came into existence in early 2001.
Max presents Pattaya Deputy
Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh with some birthday cake, on the occasion of the
club’s 7th birthday.
In addition to being a founding member, Max continued to
contribute his time to the club as a Board member; holding several officer
positions including Treasurer, Vice-Chairman, and Chairman. He is the club’s
historian as he has kept continuous records of the club that now fill
numerous binders. Likewise, he has taken and kept numerous photographs as a
visual record.
Max shared photos of the club’s Sunday meetings, member’s dinners and many
anniversary celebrations. He also showed photos of outings organised by
members of the club, such as to butterfly and crocodile farms, crystal
factories, fruit farms and temples. Max talked about some of the special
events in which the PCEC participated, such as a carnival in Pattaya, a
public exhibit of photos of the Thai royal family, and a public meeting
organised by the governor of Chonburi province during the bird flu scare.
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a founder member of Pattaya City Expats Club, Max shared the interesting
history of the club with members and guests, new and old.
Max reminded his audience that PCEC organised a funding
drive to help victims of the tsunami that hit Thailand and other countries
in December 2004. Max also showed photos of some of the speakers who have
entertained members at the club’s Sunday meetings over the years.
After Max concluded his presentation, Master of Ceremonies Richard
Silverberg provided an update on upcoming events and called on Roy Albiston
to conduct the Open Forum where questions are asked and answered about expat
living in Thailand; Pattaya in particular.
For more information about the many activities of the Pattaya City Expats
Club, visit their website at
www.pattayacityexpatsclub.com.
Max and Pete Watson man the
membership table in this photo from the early years of the now 11 year old
club, with membership then costing 100 baht.
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Growling Swan helps Mercy Pattaya
A strong trampoline for safety.
William Macey
Members of the Pattaya Sports Club are fully aware of the problems that
exist for the underprivileged and handicapped in Pattaya and many PSC venues not
only support the club’s stance on this subject, but have risen to the challenge
by raising funds in order that they may make donations to those that have very
little to call their own, including a family to support them.
The conventional method of raising money is to have a charity golf day but the
Growling Swan have adopted a different strategy during their regular golf days.
Fines are imposed for the smallest indiscretion like arriving late, forgetting
shoes or socks, hitting the ball into the water or perhaps going to the wrong
golf course. Each demands a contribution to Deefa the Dog who is the guardian of
this treasure. Nobody objects to fines that are imposed and, although they are
quite small, it is amazing that such a substantial sum can be generated each
year.
Ken & Wendy - Guardians of Deefa
the Dog.
Such was the situation recently and after contacting Pattaya
Sports Club it was agreed that a new trampoline be purchased for the Mercy
Pattaya much to the delight of the children.
Mercy Pattaya is now situated close to route 36, having 30 children in their
care. They visit slums on a regular basis and have approximately 250 children
receiving help to enable them to continue their education.
The Growling Swan golfers are a friendly crowd who play from Soi Chayaphun on
Tuesdays and Thursdays and welcome anyone that would like to join them. Contact
Peter Blackburn for more information on 0806351386.
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Royal Cliff executives celebrate with regular guests
Royal Cliff Managing Director Panga Vathanakul is
pictured with long-standing, guests Antonio and Elisa Colombo and Royal Cliff’s
General Manager Christoph Voegeli, Director of Sales & Marketing Victor
Kriventsov, and Royal Wing’s Resident Manager Klaus Bodo Hund.
Royal Cliff Hotels Group held another memorable Regular Guest Cocktail Party at
the Grand Hotel’s Promenade Lounge on Friday December 28.
The executive team, including Managing Director Panga Vathanakul, was elated to
warmly welcome back those who have become an intricate part of the Royal Cliff.
The Royal Cliff Hotels Group hosts a Regular Guests Cocktail Party every year
with over 100 people in attendance. Both guests and the Royal Cliff team enjoy
an evening of reminiscing with old friends and making new acquaintances.
Royal Cliff Grand Hotel’s Deputy Resident Manager
Kritayos Setteemud is enjoying a glass of wine with a group of regular guests,
from left: Mr. Earnshaw, Mrs. Blogg, Mr. Blogg; from right: Mrs. Earnshaw, third
from right Charlotte Louise Andrina Waddington & fourth from right Robert
Lincoln
Royal Cliff’s culinary team prepared a brilliant international spread complete
with a selection of savory desserts for all to enjoy, while the live band
provided the exciting live beats to keep the party moving.
General Manager Christoph Voegeli gave an opening speech about the property’s
innovative developments and many successes, including winning over 100
international and domestic awards to date. Additionally, he thanked the guests
for their loyal support and expressed his fondest wishes to see them again at
next year’s party.
Regular Guests Luulea Laane-Tuupola and Mika Jaakko
Henrik Tuupola enjoy a refreshing fruit punch and the tropical “Beach Party”
theme!
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Redemptorist Vocational School receives a generous donation
Jens Maspfuhl, supporter of the disabled here in
Pattaya.
Derek Franklin
A belated New Year’s gift recently arrived at the Redemptorist Vocational
School for People with Disabilities in the form of a very large container from
Germany.
The container was full of wheelchairs, walking frames, support chairs and
crutches which will be donated to those in need both at the vocational school
and in the local community.
This annual delivery is organized by Jens Maspfuhl and the organization he
founded, DUK, a German based charitable organization whose aim is to provide aid
and support, raise awareness and promote integration for people living with
disabilities in society.
Previous deliveries have included much needed fitness equipment, all designed to
make it easy for a person with a disability to use.
The students were very excited to receive their new wheelchairs and all agreed
that getting around would now be a lot easier.
One of the lucky recipients of a new wheelchair.
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Bunker Boys remember John Preddy
Toilet/showers.
William Macey
Pattaya Sports Club have been donating funds to help those less
fortunate than ourselves for many years but many PSC outlets (bars) have taken
their lead from PSC by coming up with different ways of raising funds for the
underprivileged and handicapped.
Plenty of facilities for the ladies.
The Bunker Boys are one of the oldest golf outlets in Pattaya operating for many
years in Soi Chayaphun aided by the late John Preddy. A stalwart of the Bunker
Bar, as it was called then, both as a player and organizer, they take the
conventional route by having a charity golf day on or around November 23rd each
year to remember John. This year, 60 plus players, most of whom remember John,
made the trip to Mountain Shadow.
With the help of KPK Foods, DHL, Indophil, and The Ranch, 50,000 baht was raised
and was designated to the Anti-Human & Child Abuse Centre. Khun Ja recently
acquired an additional rai of land which will be used for the sole use of the
young ladies but many improvements were necessary to make this possible. The
Bunker Boys funds were used to build 3 toilets/shower facilities, a sala and
many truckloads of soil to level that particular area. When complete the wall be
completed for added security.
The ladies’ sala.
The Bunker Boys play out of The Ranch in Third Road every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, but if you would like to make a donation please contact Khun Ja
0819499349 or William at PSC 0861522754.
View of ladies area.
It looks so much better now.
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