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Jet skis against drugs
Two popular singers and
actors, Jetrin Wattanasin (2nd left) and Songsit Rungnoppakunsri (far
right), along with members of the Thai National Jet-ski team, held a jet ski
exhibition at the Ambassador City Jomtien Hotel to entertain guests at the
anti-drug rally, organised by the Grammy Group at the Ambassador City Hotel.
William Rice atop PGS weekly
William Rice shot a net 2 over par 74 to win the weekly
meeting of the Pattaya Golf Society on Tuesday, June 3. William used a hot
putter to outplay the field.
Peter Johannson finished second with a net 4 over par 76. Roy Mitchell
placed third with a net 77. Kevin Wilson came in fourth with a net 78. Colin
Morgan rounded out the top five with a net 82, winning on count back over
George Meigh.
Nearest to the pin honors were achieved by Colin Morgan on #5, Kevin Wilson
on #7, Peter Johannson on #12 and George Meigh on #16.
The Pattaya Gold Society will be celebrating its second anniversary and
100th tourna-ment on Tuesday, June 17th.
Mighty Moe Deverdenne wins TAGGS Medal
Moe Deverdenne blitzed his way around Phoenix Country
Club on Wednesday, June 4, winning The Alternative Golf Gentlemen’s Society
monthly medal round with a net 5 under par 67.
Moe was out in 42, back in 44 for a scratch 86 off his 19 handicap in a
round that included 6 natural pars and a birdie. On the 496 yard par 5 Ocean
#4, the long hitting Moe cranked his second shot 250 yards off the fairway
to within 3 feet of the green, then chipped to within 2 feet. Unfortunately,
his putter left him temporarily, and he missed his birdie putt, but sank the
par putt for a net birdie. The highlight of his round, however, was the fact
that he only needed 12 putts to complete the front nine. Sadly, Moe took a 7
down the 18th, but had enough to achieve his best score ever in Thailand and
the victory of the tournament.
Jonas Bergstrom shot the best round of his life, a scratch 90 off his 21
handicap for a net 69, good enough for second place. Jonas shot 6 natural
pars during his round, but unfortunately wasted his chance of winning on the
8th of the Lakes. With his tee shot finishing in the far right bunker 160
yards away from the green, Jonas suddenly thought he was Tiger Woods. With a
tree directly in front and water beyond, Jonas nonetheless attempted to
reach the green from the bunker. The result of this aberration was a wet
ball and eventually a triple bogie 7.
Eddy Henheffer finished joint second with a gross 87, net 69 off his 18
handicap. Eddy’s round included 7 natural pars, but he, too, was unfortunate
on the 18th, finishing with an unexplainable 7.
Roundup of previous TAGGS tournaments:
Eddy Henheffer shot a net 66 off his (then) 20 handicap to win
the TAGGS medal last month at Pattaya Country Club on May 6. Paul Kraft
finished runner-up with a net 67 off his 15 handicap.
The Claire brothers, Malcolm and Peter, combined for a net 61 to win the
Pairs Better Ball tournament at Khaow Kheo on May 13.
Kevin Butkowski scored 38 Stableford points to win the 4 Club Competition at
Phoenix Country Club on May 20th. Marc Jernigan finished second with 37
points. The tournament saw the top 8 players finish within 4 points of the
lead, showing good consistent scoring and good course management with only 4
clubs, prompting one participant to exclaim, “Why do we need the other 11
clubs?”
News and Notes:
TAGGS and the Hare House will be organizing a U.S. Independence
Day Stableford tournament on the 4th of July at Pattaya Country Club. The
900 baht entry fee will include T-shirts, food, prizes, green and caddie
fees. Early sign-ups at the Hare House are requested.
The inaugural Las Vegas Open is scheduled be held at Pattaya Country Club on
Friday, August 1, 1997. The 1000 baht entry fee will include T-shirt, food,
technical prizes, “lots of fun” prizes, green and caddie fees. The
tournament will be divided into two divisions, also awards for best front
nine, best back nine, long drive, nearest the pins and best gross. TAGGS
will be organizing the tournament along with Las Vegas Bar. The sign-up list
is not yet open, but should be sometime next month.
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GIS vs ISR friendly
The spirit of friendly competition brings out
the best in our youth.
Students from the Garden International School, Rayong, and the International
School of the Regents, Pattaya, got together for “international friendly”
matches of soccer and basketball on Monday, May 30th.
Furthering the relationship between the two schools, the matches were played
competitively and in good spirits. Well done to all involved and a special
thank you to Ms. Fiona Walker, Mr. Mike Newman and Mr. Raz Samy. Rematches
are planned already.
Splinter Golf Group
Monday, 2 June, Natural Park Hills (Stableford)
The low Stableford scores reflected the tightness of this
beautiful course and the prevailing conditions on the day. The best
performances came from Harry Riley winning with 33 points, closely
followed by Ron Glaister second, also with 33 points but losing on count
back. Third, surprisingly, was Steve Ross with only 32 points.
Wednesday, 4 June, Noble Place (Stableford)
Both flights produced identical winning scores on this
testing Peter Thompson course. Playing the C/B nines, results were:
Winner A flight: Stan Fry with 37 points; 2nd Bill Thompson with 33
points.
Winner B flight: Arthur Bailey, 37 points; 2nd Steve Ross, 33 points.
Friday, 6 June, Pattaya Country Club (Stroke)
This was a perfect June day with strong cooling breezes and
the course, as ever, in excellent condition. Stan Fry completed his
second win of the week with a net 70, and new member Mel Davis was
second with a net 71 from gross 82.
Rising Sun wins Sunday quiz league
Which pigment is secreted by the cuttlefish? Who was King of England in
the year 1800?
Although the final outcome was never in serious doubt after a succession
of early victories in March and April, eggheads at the Rising Sun never
put on the brakes in the Sunday trivial pursuits boozers’ league. They
emerged the winners by a comfortable 23 points, fighting tenaciously
until the very last round. Second place was disputed until the very last
moment with Cheers achieving the runner-up position by a single point.
Following a party on June 8, Pattaya’s intellectuals will settle down to
a new season starting on Sunday June 15.
In the season as a whole, there were 700 questions on geography, sport,
movies and TV, science, music, books and general knowledge. Top scoring
Rising Sun managed a worthy weekly average of 78% compared with 68% for
the bars collectively. Mistakes and ambiguities in the questions set
averaged at 3% which isn’t bad considering the number of hawk-eyes in
the bars whose specialty is tanning the administrators. Appeals are
granted where an alternative documentary audit trail can be identified,
for example a cookie is an expression in computing but was also a
nickname for a bomb in world war two.
The final scores are:
Rising Sun 1079 Points
Cheers 1057 Points
Mick’s 1056 Points
Pleasure Dome 1034 Points
Bob’s 966 Points
Britannia 929 Points
Palmer’s 883 Points
Wild Chicken 812 Points
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Pattaya Sports Club Golf
Keith Watson (left) gets congratulations on
best gross score from visiting team captain Dick Umbarger.
Siam Country Club, June 2, 1997
A group of members from the Philippines emanating from
Archie’s Bar paid a visit for a week and joined Pattaya Sports Club
regular golfers for a medal round in jovial rivalry. The home team
managed to win 8 of the 13 technical prizes.
Keith Watson, Svien Vistung, Jim Smith and Mark Lord took the honours of
nearest the pins on par threes. John Orlebeck and Im Woodruff won the
long putt competition on holes 9 and 18. Visiting team captain Dick
Umbarger released a monstrous drive on #7 to easily take the long drive
prize.
Keith Watson once more proved his ability with a gross 74 off his 4
handicap to capture best gross score prize.
Alex Coles produced a net 65 to win B flight and muted admiration from
his teammates from the P.I. Ever consistent John Moore and Andy Anderson
came second and third with 67 and 68 respectively.
Much to his and his teammates surprise, Alec Chilcott took A flight with
a net 69, followed home by Keith Watson and George Howe on count back
with 70 apiece. However, at a stewards enquiry after an excellent buffet
put up at the Cafe Kronborg and prize giving, it was discovered that
Paul Kraft also achieved a net 69, suitable commiserations all round.
Khaow Kheo June 6
Once again the senior golf association turned out a big field
for the low season on this ever improving course. A factor shown by the
excellent scoring in a Stableford format marked by the return of PSC
long time member from Newcastle Oz, Messrs Tony Kelly, Bill Davis,
Warren Hines and Evan Frotman, who with the exception of Warren, who won
long drive, fared no better than their countrymen currently playing
cricket in England! A fact drawn to their attention by the chairman.
Some face was saved by Tony Kelly winning nearest to the pin on A3.
Doug Powell, Mick O’Meara, and Nalinee Surya also gained nearest to the
pin honours.
Jim Montgomery celebrated his return with a win in A flight with 37
points on count back from Mick O’Meara. Neil Munroe placed third with 36
points.
Jonas Bergstrom returned a fantastic 41 points to win B flight (welcome
to A flight!). Terry Patterson and Fred Lewis were second and third with
38 and 37 points.
Alas, PSC had to say au revior to Keith Watson and John Orlebeck, only
to return in the fall.
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Familiar Pattaya skymark disappears (temporarily)
When the Kiwi-Thai Bungee Jump was dismantled on 29th May 1997 a well
known Pattaya Skymark disappeared, temporarily. The Bungee Jump, which
has been located on Thappraya Road for the past six years, is going to
be given a birthday by a thorough overhaul and a new coat of paint
before being relocated at its new site.
Directors Bryant Berry, Ron Herbert, and Richard Bunch are very excited
because it will now be situated off Thepprasit Road inside Pattaya
Go-Kart Speedway to join with Paintball Park and the Go-Kart Speedway.
This will in effect create a 3 in 1 entertainment park for both tourists
and resident families to enjoy. Another great bonus is that the Bungee
Jump will be positioned over water to enable those enthusiasts to touch
the water when they jump.
The relocation is timely also as it coincides with the wishes of both
the government and the Tourism Authority of Thailand to upgrade existing
tourist features to world class standards.
On the opening day after a blessing ceremony the first ten jumpers will
jump for free. Opening date is expected to be June 21st for the latest
information contact the following numbers, Pattaya (038) 300 608, 426
242 or 425 836, fax 426 243.
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Fish of the month
Mike from TQ1 landed a 19 kilo African
Pompano to earn the Fish of the month honors for the month of June. The
monster from the deep will most likely be providing meals for the month
as well.
Improve your Bridge
by Barrie Kenyon
If you are to avoid moral or financial bankruptcy, one of the
skills you have to pick up fairly smartly is what to bid with a good
hand when the opponents have already opened the bidding. In each of the
cases below, your right hand opponent has opened one spade. What do you
bid if holding the following hand?
S 7 4
H Ace Queen 10 4 2
D Ace King 9 6
C King Jack
One possibility is to call two hearts because you have enough high card
points to open and a strong five card suit. The problem with that is
your partner might mistake your bid as a weak overcall, say 11 or 12
points, whereas in fact you have plenty of values to spare with your 17
points. You certainly can’t call one no trump because that would suggest
some strength in spades which you do not have. The correct bid is to
double the right hand opponent’s one spade. Assuming the left hand
opponent passes, your partner is bound to reply to your take-out double,
unless he happens to hold a string of spades, in which case he converts
to your take-out double to a penalty by simply passing. More likely, he
will call one of the re-maining suits which you will ordinarily pass.
Remember that partner has been forced to bid and he may hold a very weak
hand indeed. The exceptions are if partner happens to reply two hearts –
oh joy oh wonder – in which case you are not likely to be assassinated
for trying four hearts, or if partner gives a jump or skip bid in clubs
or diamonds, in which circum-stances you would be wise to show your
heart suit at the next available level. There is likely a game somewhere
for your partnership.
But what if your hand is even stronger and the right hand opponent has
again opened one spade? You are lucky enough to hold:
S -
H Ace King Queen
D Ace King 7 3
C Ace King 10 8 6 4
This is a hand of which dreams are made. You have 23 high card points
and a void in the opponent’s bid suit. Far and away your best bid is two
spades. Over-calling the enemy suit on the first round is the strongest
bid in bridge and should alert your partner that, no matter how awful
his hand, you are looking for a game. In actual play at the bridge club,
the player with this hand did bid two spades over one and his left hand
opponent advanced to three spades trying to protect his partner’s
original bid. Your partner passed as did your right hand opponent. So
what should you do now? Your correct call is four spades, clearly an
instruction to your partner to say five clubs or five diamonds or five
hearts according to his longest suit. Partner’s hand was actually:
S 5 4 2
H 7 6 3
D 9 3 2
C Jack 9 5 3
So he bid five clubs which made easily. In fact, there is a small slam
in clubs to be made on the actual distribution when the enemy club queen
dropped on the second round of leading trumps from ace and king. The
only loser remaining is a small diamond. Bravo!
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Pattaya Sports Club AGM
The Pattaya Sports Club will be holding its Annual General Meeting on
Wednesday evening, June 18th starting at 7 p.m. inside the meeting room
at Diana Inn. Annual elections will be held at that time. All members
are encouraged to attend.
The Pattaya Sports Club will also be holding its annual Summer Party for
members on Wednesday, June 25th starting at 7 p.m. at the Town in Town
Hotel off Center Road.
For more information on either event, contact any of the department
heads or read the posters that will be placed in various venues around
town.
Thanin and Chiyoko hoist 1997 Wheelchair Tennis Thailand Open trophy
Thanin and Jesada combined to keep the
doubles championship trophy at home.
Thanin Wichiansri from Thailand and Chiyoko Ohmae from Japan won the
men’s and women’s open titles at the 1997 Wheelchair Tennis Thailand
Open played from June 5-8 at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort in South
Pattaya.
Thanin, ranked 233 in the International Wheelchair Tennis Federation
(IWTF) world ranking system, overcame tough competition, including a
semi-final upset over top seed Steve Wood from Great Britain, to become
the first Thai to win the Open in its short but illustrious history.
Thanin’s straight sets 7-6 (2), 6:4 victory in the finals on Sunday,
June 8, came over a valiant effort from Akio Yamakura of Japan. Akio
took the opening set to a tie break and looked ready to take command of
the match, but his loss in the tie break, coupled with Thanin’s break of
serve in the second set proved to be Akio’s undoing and Thanin’s rise to
glory.
Chiyoko Ohmae, ranked 24th in the world and seeded second in the
tournament, crushed top seed Sharon Walreven from the Netherlands in
straight sets, 6:1, 6:1. Chiyoko started strong and never looked back on
her way to defeating the world’s 15th IWTF ranked player. Chiyoko’s
return luggage will be a bit heavier, that with the weight of taking the
championship trophy with her back to Japan.
The 1997 Wheelchair Tennis Thailand Open has the status of being a
Championship Series event featured on the NEC International Wheelchair
Tennis Tour.
Finals Results from Championship round:
Men’s Singles Open: Thanin Wichiansri (THA) defeated Akio
Yamakura (JPN) 7-6 (2), 6-4.
Men’s Doubles Open: Thanin Wichiansri and Jesada Yodyangdang (THA)
defeated Akio Yamakura (JPN) and Steve Wood (GBR) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
Women’s Singles Open: Chiyoko Ohmae (JPN) defeated Sharon Walreven (NED)
6-1, 6-1.
Women’s Doubles Open: Nongnuch Roswan and Narumol (THA) defeated
Christel Seyen (BEL) and Chiyoko Ohmae (JPN) (ret).
Men’s Singles B: Zakaria Musa (MAS) defeated Wittaya Pimee (THA) 6-4,
4-6, 6-4.
Men’s Doubles B: Woranat and Samren (THA) beat Rewat and Boontham 8-4.
Men’s Singles D: Zulkifli Mohd Ali (MAS) beat Daniel Ng Boon Hee (MAS)
6-3, 6-1.
Men’s Doubles D: Zulkifli Mohd Ali and Thangarajoo (MAS) defeated Azman
Hassan and Daniel Ng Boon Hee (MAS) 6-2, 6-1.
Women’s Singles D: Sakhorn Khanthasit (THA) beat Lim Siew Choo (MAS)
6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (7).
Women’s Double’s D:
Men’s Consolation Open: Steve Wood (GBR) defeated Suwitchai Muangprom
(THA) 8-3.
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Mark McKinney captures PSC fishing title
The winning team with their winning catch, a
17 kilo Eagle Ray.
Mark McKinney from the Hog’s Breath Saloon (Sukhumvit Road) fishing team
landed a 17 kilogram Eagle Ray to win the Pattaya Sports Club deep sea
fishing tournament on Tuesday, May 27, 1997. Captain Phagob guided the
champion to the correct spot to land the fish.
The Hog’s Breath Saloon fishing team included Wes Gentry, Dieter, Moe
Deverdenne, Mark McKinney and Tony Arrigoni.
For more information about future events, contact PSC Fishing Chairman
Carl Engel, tel: (038) 410 228, fax: 426 121.
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