Pattaya Mail — Sports

20th Siam Cup - a great success for Pattaya's surfers

The Siam Cup - Pre-Asian Games, held the end of November off Jomtien Beach, turned out to be a big success for Thai windsurfers in spite of strong showings by the Hong Kong, Chinese and Korean teams. Surfers from France, England, Singapore, Japan and Mexico also competed.

In the men’s divisions, out of 7 categories, local Thai surfers won 4 gold medals, four silver and four bronze, with most of the medal winners being based in Pattaya.

The local women windsurfers didn’t fare as well, however, with no medals.

The Siam Cup had its status raised a bit this year by the participation of Miss Lee Lai Shan from Hong Kong, the Gold medal winner of the Atlanta Olympic Games 1996. As expected, Lee won the Mistral Ladies competition.

Lee, who often trains in Pattaya, is currently number two in the world ranking list. She was World Champion in 1993, third in 1995 and second in 1996, besides winning numerous Asian Championship titles and Open-European Championships.

Lee’s coach, Rene Appel of Holland, who has been her trainer for the past eight years, said her victory at the Siam Cup was fantastic and the right motivation for the Asian Games, which will once again be held in Pattaya.

Final results:

Mistral Ladies: 1. Lee Lai Shan, Hkg; 2. Shi Xiao Lin, Chn; 3. Yin Jian Chn.

Mistral Lightweight Men: 1. Ruamsap Phanuthat, Pattaya; 2. Homraruen Arun, Pattaya, 3. Ok Duck Pil, Kor.

Mistral Heavyweight Men: 1. Sakunfaeng Kookiat, Pattaya; 2. Yoon Sung Soo, Kor.; 3. Rangapit Pradab, Pattaya.

Mistral Men Overall: 1. Ruamsap Phanuthat, Pattaya; 2. Arun Homraruen, Pattaya; 3. Ok Duck Pil, Kor.

Mistral Men Overall (Youth): 1. Ho Chi Ho, Chn; 2. Lai Hon Sang, Hkg; 3. Dempsey Nick, GBr.

Raceboard Men Lightweight: 1. Mo Ze Gai, Chn; 2. Hommanee Decha, Pattaya; 3. Sudpumkaew Teera, Thailand.

Raceboard Men Heavyweight: 1. Muhamadkasem Suhimee, Pattaya; 2. Delbray Allan, France; 3. Sakulfang Kreingr., Pattaya.

Raceboard Men Overall: 1. Mo Ze Gai, Chn; 2. Muhammadkasem Suhimee, Pattaya; 3. Hommanee Decha, Pattaya.

Pattaya receives Broke Hill Golf Tour 1997

Everyone was a winner on the Broke Hill Golf Club Thailand Tour 1997.

Broke Hill Golf Club from Great Britain played some of the best courses in Asia in their Thailand Tour 1997 in November. The spirited group of men and women came to Pattaya to play Stableford, Pairs, Texas Scramble and Medal competitions at Natural Park Hills, Laem Chabang, Eastern Star, and Pattaya Country Club.

Adrian Bennett won the overall Order of Merit for the Men’s Division with a score of 87 points.

Tone Clark topped all women golfers, winning the Ladies Division with 33 points.

The group was treated to a "Thanksgiving Dinner" at the Le Mekong Restaurant in the Mercure Hotel, followed by a presentation ceremony and farewell party in the Fun Pub following the week of golfing events.

Day to day winners of the competitions were:

Tuesday, 18 November, Pairs Competition at Natural Park Hills

1st: Bob Ewen and Adrian Bennett, 57 points.

2nd: Alan McSharry and Eugene O’Neill, 56 points.

3rd: Mike Firrell and Michael Gedye, 55 points.

Thursday, 20 November, Texas Scramble at Laem Chabang

1st: Dudley Newstead, Paul Appleton, Michael Gedye, and Keith Saunders, net 62.

2nd: Tone Clark, Tony Clark, Peter Kingswell, and Sue Kingswell, net 62.8.

3rd: Mike Firrell, Nigel Cannon, George Butlin, and Derek Jeary, net 63.9.

Friday, 21 November, Men’s Siam Stableford Competition at Laem Chabang

1st: Adrian Bennett, 41 points.

2nd: Bob Ewen, 38 points.

3rd: Ray Lockyer, 37 points.

Friday, 21 November, Ladies Stableford at Laem Chabang

1st: Margaret Gould.

2nd: Jo Hart.

3rd: Ann Burke.

Monday, 24 November, Stableford at Natural Park Hills

1st: Michael Gedye, 40 points.

2nd: Ray Lockyer, 34 points.

3rd: Adrian Bennett, 33 points.

Tuesday, 25 November, First Day Siam Cup Medal Competition at Eastern Star

1st: George Butlin, 75.

2nd (tie): David Casson and Mark Casson, 77.

Wednesday, 26 November, Second Day Siam Cup Medal Competition at Pattaya Country Club, Final Scores

1st: Bernie Brown, 78 + 72; 150.

2nd: George Butlin, 75 + 78; 153.

3rd: Adrian Bennett, 85 + 69; 154.

Order of Merit, Final Scores

1st: Adrian Bennett, 87 points.

2nd: Bob Ewen, 78 points.

3rd: George Butlin, 63 points.

Kelly and Lamb win PGS Pairs C'ship

Brian Kelly and Alan Lamb teamed up to win the Pattaya Golf Society Pairs Championship played at Green Valley on Tuesday, December 2nd. The Dynamic Duo carded 40 Stableford points to win by just one stroke.

Photo: (L to R) Runners-up Les Winch and Peter Johannson; Champions Brian Kelly and Alan Lamb; and third place finishers Roy Mitchell and Big John Williams.

In a truly exciting finish to the 1997 PGS Club Championships, the three best teams battled it out neck and neck all the way to the final green. Played in the best weather the tropics can offer, on a Green Valley course in perfect condition, it was a dream finish with the top three teams separated by just 3 points.

What turned the tide in favor of the champions was probably Alan Lamb’s play on the par threes. As PGS Chairman Peter Johannson put it, "that’s what makes champions... when you need to perform extra under pressure."

Peter Johannson paired with Les Winch to finish second, just one point back with 39 Stableford points. Roy "Tiger" Mitchell and Big John Williams, both of whom have not been strangers to the top of the leader board, teamed up to finish third with 37 points.

In the technical prizes, Alan Lamb edged out Big John Williams by one foot to win closest to the center line on #14. Les Winch once again won the long drive competition. Both winners were presented with PGS golf shirts.

Cheers both lengthens and shortens lead

In which battle of 1746 were a thousand highlanders killed? Was the tuning fork invented in 1514 or 1714 or 1914?

Cheers Bar, one of the leading hotbeds of intellectual trivia and Platonic thinking in south Pattaya, have lengthened their lead in the Wednesday quiz league whilst losing top dog position to the Rising Sun in the Sunday competition. On Wednesday December 3, Cheers chased off a high spending but well oiled Sixties challenge, whilst rivals the Rising Sun went down to a determined and gritty Billy and Da team.

But on Sunday November 30, Rising Sun scored an exceptional 88% against Cheers 82% and have now gotten a narrow lead of four points in the aggregate score. Bob’s Bar are currently standing third in the Sunday stakes.

The answers to the questions above are Culloden and 1714. Wednesday quiz players are asked to note there will be no quiz on December 17 to avoid a clash with the Pattaya Sports Club party. The December 17 competition will be played earlier on Monday December 15.

The latest tally is:

Sunday Quiz
Rising Sun 421 points
Cheers 417
Bob’s 402
Pleasure Dome 391
Palmer’s 369
Mick’s 372
Poteen Still 365
Londoner 362
Billy and Da 361
Tippy’s 295

Wednesday Quiz
Cheers 37 credits
Billy and Da 33
Rising Sun 32
Fawlty Towers 30
Bob’s 29
Palmer’s 28
Rovers’ Return 19
Sixties 16

Londoner and Kronborg share lead

Londoner and Cafe Kronborg have each only lost one match this season and share the lead through nine weeks in the Pattaya Sports Club Darts League. Londoner technically holds the edge by virtue of having won one more beer leg.

Perennial champions Jack’s Bar is lurking just one win back in third place after having lost only two games this season.

To date, Don from Cafe Kronborg holds the league lead for highest check-out at 160. It may prove hard to beat.

So far this season, six PSC darts players have achieved perfect 180s. Gen and Dirk from Beer Put, Michel from Texxan Inn, Martin from Mick’s Place, Ron from Rising Sun and Tim from Pleasure Dome have all reached perfection.

Standings, Week 9:

	Won	Loss	Beer Leg
Londoner	8	1	8
Cafe Kronborg	8	1	7
Jack’s	7	2	7
Beer Put	5	4	5
Texxan Inn	4	5	4
Mick’s Place	4	5	3
Rising Sun	3	6	5
Sports Corner	3	6	1
Britannia	2	7	3
Pleasure Dome	1	8	2

Siam Airsports first civilian course a success

All heads turned skywards on Saturday the 29th of November at Jomtien Beach when Siam Airsports dropped their first ever civilian parachute course in Thailand, from an aircraft at 3,000 feet. Delighted first time jumpers splashed down gently into the sea where they were promptly picked up by speed boats and taken back to shore.

"I just can’t believe how amazing that was," declared one. "It was awesome!" Everyone was in extremely high spirits and several now want to take it one step further and complete an accelerated freefall course to enable them to become accomplished skydivers.

There was just as much amazement from bystanders on top of Pattaya Park Tower earlier the same day when Mike Skeet flew past with his parachute and tandem passenger before landing in open ground nearby.

Siam Airsports would like to give special thanks to Khun Tumunsac of the Sea Falcon Restaurant and his boys with their safety boats, also to Thai Flying, in particular Captain Tanapat Bunyarak for his hard work in administration and his pilots for their excellent flying.

If anyone is interested in going skydiving, Siam Airsports are now taking bookings for the next course.

Hit and Myth

The baseball adage that states, "Good defense beats good offense" proved to be fallible as Nick’s Rangers and Alan’s Cowboys clashed in the weekly Pattaya Sports Club softball game on Sunday, November 30.

Despite some sparkling defensive plays by the Rangers’ Mike (Son of Stick) Ladin at third and C.F. (Fowl Ball) Macallen in center, the Cowboys gorged at the trough of hard hitting and won both ends of the doubleheader.

The Cowboys broke out on top, scoring eight runs in the first inning. The Rangers struck back in the second and when Nick (The Stick) Siemens smashed a two run homer to right, the Rangers were down by only one.

But in the fifth, the Cowboys exploded for nine runs. Mike (Mr. Ice) Berg had a three run homer, M.J. (Coffee) Jim had a bases loaded triple, and Alan (Y.B.) Baa and Montreal (Uppa U.S.) Robert contributed their own four baggers.

Despite a three run homer by Dick (The Trick) Cagg in their last at bat, the Rangers fell way short at twenty-one to eleven.

The second game saw the Rangers jump out to an early three run lead, with Sterling (Silver) Bechtel and Billy Blooper getting run scoring hits in the rally.

However, the Cowboys slowly chipped away at the Rangers lead and when Y.B. and Mr. Ice hit back to back homers in the fifth, the Cowboys were never headed.

The Rangers managed a great comeback and with the tying run on third and the winning run at first, Terry (Five) Strikes of the Rangers smashed a hard liner to right that Alan (Leaving) Vegas deftly snared to insure the Cowboys victory, fifteen to fourteen. On this day, the hits beat the myth.

Pattaya Sports Club - Tennis

Serve, 15–Love, 30 All, Deuce, Your Add, Game, Set, Match—if you recognize these terms then you may be interested in playing tennis with the Pattaya Sports Club (PSC).

The PSC is supporting the formation of PSC Tennis, to complement their other many sports (Golf, Softball, Darts, Fishing, Bowling, etc.).

PSC Tennis is developing a list of PSC members and Pattaya-area tennis players that are willing to play tennis with other interested players.

The PSC believes there are many tennis players of all skill levels in Pattaya and this section would help players meet other tennis players and provide an opportunity to get out and play tennis with many other people.

If enough interest is demonstrated a Tennis Ladder may be developed for those individuals interested in some type of formal competition.

However, at this time PSC Tennis is just interested in providing a means of getting tennis players interacting with each other.

Those interested in more information can contact Craig Lewis, tel. 702-100
or e-mail [email protected]. Please provide name, gender, level of play between 1 and 5 (Level 1 is for beginners and Level 5 is for tennis pros/those who played in formal competition), times/days available, if you are member of a health/fitness center that has courts available, and phone number and/or e-mail address.

This information would be provided to other interested individuals. Remember all skill levels are encouraged to participate. Let’s hear from you tennis players!

Levin, Franklin, Berra and Waack just edge in front at Bangpra and Khao Kheow

Pattaya Sports Club Golf from the Cafe Kronborg

In almost perfect weather, the week’s two popular venues produced some good scores, a turnout of around 50 players and very enjoyable golf.

Bangpra is in excellent condition at the moment and the greens are probably the best, and the quickest, in the region. Khao Kheow has so much to offer in its 27 hole layout, and on Thursday was characteristically having very strong winds making the ‘A’ Course a real challenge requiring accurate and controlled play and good course management. Results for the week were good.

Bangpra, Monday 1 December (Stableford)

‘A’ Flight
Winner: Mats Levin, 41 pts.
2nd: Lumpy Russell, 40 points
3rd: Willie Mercer, 38 points
4th: John McMullen, 37points (C/B John Elofsen)

‘B’ Flight
Winner: Mike Franklin, 39 points
2nd: Bernie Tuppin, 38 points
3rd: Ebrahim, 36 points
4th: Alec Chilcott, 33 points
Long Drive: Lumpy Russell. Near-Pins: #2 Aero Kallinen, #8 Sven Bertlesen, #12 Ove Andersson, #17 Werner Sachse.

Khao Kheow, Thursday 4 December (Stableford)

‘A’ Flight

Winner: Philippe Berra, 37 points
2nd: Alan Laurie, 36 points C/B
3rd: John Elofsen, 36 points
4th: Stan Fry, 34 points (C/B from Aero Kallinen and Roger Smith)

‘B’ Flight

Winner: Udo Waack, 39 points
2nd: Bob Pring, 37 points
3rd: Pete Galle, 36 points
4th: Bernie Tuppin, 35 points
Near-Pins: A3 John Emmerson, A5 Svein Vistung, C3 Keith Watson, C8 Werner Sachse.

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