Lock up your sister - Lewiinski’s & Haven tie

PSC TAGGS... golf from The Haven

Monday, August 21 - Khao Kheow Country Club (Team Match Play)

Frank Howard, the legendary American football coach at Clemson University, used to say that a tie was like kissing your sister. It is not totally without pleasure, but you better not enjoy it too much.

The Alternative Gentlemen’s Golf Society (TAGGS) played the Lewiinski’s/Orchid Golf Society in a re-match of the golf challenge they played on the 17th of July at Green Valley. In that first meeting, Lewiinski’s beat the gentlemen from The Haven by a score of nine to seven. This time around the match was played at Khao Kheow and ended in a draw, seven to seven. But if a tie is like kissing your sister, the denizens from The Haven had a prettier sister. They seemed to enjoy it a little more.

Wednesday, August 23 - Bangpra International Golf Club (Two Man Scramble)

1st: Steve Donovan & Rick Sharp, 66.8 net C/B

2nd: Dave Ball & Dan Dyke, 66.8

3rd: Mark Campbell & Harry Riley, 68.8

Lock up the women and children! Big bad Steve Donovan and Rick “The Ripper” Sharp raided The Haven and ran off with all the loot. The two Lewiinski’s regulars played the TAGGS Two Man Scramble at Bangpra on Wednesday, August 23, and took home the first place trophies with net score of 66.8. These Yanks started slowly, making a bogey on the first hole. They then reeled off sixteen pars and one birdie to finish with a 72 off the stick.

Second place went to the dynamic duo of Dave Ball and Dan Dyke. They shot a scratch 74, but their slightly higher handicaps landed them in a count back with Steve and Rick. Third place went to Mark Campbell and Harry Riley who shot a 68.6 net.

Friday, August 25 - Plutaluang Royal Thai Navy Golf Course (Bogey)

1st: Jeff McLaury, 1 Up

2nd: Neville Seward, 1 Down

3rd: Mark Campbell, 2 Down C/B

4th: Stephen Beard, 2 Down

American Jeff McLaury was the only winner in a TAGGS Bogey competition down at Sattahip. Playing off 12, Jeff managed to beat the North/West combo with a score of one up.

Bogey has become the preferred format for the gentlemen from The Haven. It helps the higher handicappers because the worst that can happen is a lost hole. It helps the lower handicappers because it keeps the scores down. There are no four point or five point holes as there are in Stableford.

Neville Seward finished second at one down to the course. Mark Campbell and Stephen Beard, who both came in at two down, followed Neville.

Charity Marathon scheduled for November

Pattaya City is organizing a quarter marathon and a half marathon on 5 November to raise funds in support of education and AIDS prevention programs. Trophies in the name of HRH Princess Soamsawali will be awarded to the winners.

City planners, government officials and the TAT Region 3 Office are organizing the marathon. They hope to promote Pattaya and adjust the city’s image by increasing tourism and at the same time promote sport as an alternative to drugs.

In addition to the 21.1K half marathon and the 10.55K quarter marathon there will be a 3K walk-run marathon for age groups between 15 to 60.

For further details call: (038) 420324 or 428656.

Pattaya Panthers Rugby

After a lightning tour of outback Australia to take the Wallabies to a pre Bledisloe cup and Tri-nations championship (see picture of training ground), Pattaya’s premier (and only) rugby side - the Panthers - will be launching a new season of rugby on Sunday 3rd September with a trial and training session at the International School of the Regents starting at 4 p.m.

The rugby team would like to invite all returning, new players and interested parties to attend.

The Panthers are a social side who play about once a month either here in Pattaya or in Bangkok. After just 2 seasons we have hosted an International 10’s tournament, and been on many memorable tours. The Panthers won the Pattaya 10’s, were runners-up at the Phuket 10’s and semi-finalists (twice) at the Bangkok 10’s. We have a number of up and coming fixtures between now and December.

For more background details on the Panthers check out the web site at www.pattaya-panthers.com

Usual training takes place at the Ambassador Hotel in Jomtien on Tuesdays at 7pm, contact Secretary David Garred at Dusit Resort Sports Club on 425611-fitness, email [email protected] or contact Club Captain Adrian Sparrow on 226131 for further details.

Race Officers Regatta this weekend

Lewiinski’s breaks into the lead

Pattaya Sports Club Friday Bowing League

Lewiinski’s made a clean sweep and now stands alone in first place by defeating Cafe Ole 4 to 0. Cafe Ole drops into a tie for second with TQ 1 Bob, who won 3 points while losing only one against a tough Snowman team. The upcoming VFW Post 9876 team defeated House of the Golden Coin 4 to 0, moving up to a tie for third.

Once again the Pattaya Bowl beat up on the bowlers and only Fritz, Captain of the VFW team, managed a credible 530 series. He also had the high game of the day with a 193-pin count.

Team Standings Lewiinski’s Cafe Ole TQ 1 Bob Snowman House Of The Golden Coin VFW Post 9876 Cafe Kronborg Three Sisters

Points 20 - 8 16 - 12 16 - 12 15 - 13 14 - 14 14 - 14 11 - 17 6 - 22

25 Aug Results 4 - 0 0 - 4 3 - 1 3 - 1 0 - 4 4 - 0 1 - 3 1 - 3

Pleasure Dome and Country House remain undefeated

Race tightens in Mickey Mouse Darts

Six weeks into the Mickey Mouse Darts League and a clear frontrunner has yet to emerge. Three teams are now tied for the lead, whilst three more are just one game back. This is shaping up to be one of the closest seasons ever.

In week 6 matches, Cheers defeated Rising Sun to move up into a tie for first. Pleasure Dome won match and beer over Palmer’s to gain their share of the lead. Yorkie, meanwhile, lost the match to Beer Put to allow the others to catch them at the top of the table. Mick’s Place won match and beer over Devonshire to add their name to the list of second place teams.

Ian from Yorkie holds the league lead in highest out, 138.

This week (Sept 1) sees Cheers v Beer Put, Palmer’s v Rising Sun, Devonshire v Pleasure Dome and Mick’s Place v Yorkie.

	Won	Lost	B/L	U10s
Yorkie  Pleasure Dome Cheers Rising Sun Palmer’s Beer Put Mick’s Place Devonshire	4 4 4 3 3 3 2 1	2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5	5 4 2 3 2 2 3 3	31 38 40 23 44 31 47 45

Fitness Tips: H2O and Tai Chi studies

by David Garred
Club Manager Dusit Resort Sports Club

G’day Pattaya,

With the Jesters Fountain of Life Children’s Fair coming up and one of the big parts of the day being the mountain bike race I thought that this bit of research might be interesting. If memory serves me correctly, both the winner and runner up from last year’s ride, Cameron McMaster and Ralf Clim, consecutively, crossed the finish line wearing a back mounted water bottle. The other advantage they had over the field was that they ride really fast.

Rehydration for Mountain Cyclists

Title: Fluid replacement during mountain bike races in the heat - rack mounted Vs back mounted rehydration

Authors: JM McClung et al. (Berry College, Georgia, USA)

Discussion: One of the newer forms of rehydration for mountain bikers is referred to as back mounted hydration. This method incorporates a water bottle situated in a pouch located on the rider’s lumbar area. The bottle incorporates an extended tube running from the bottle up the back and over a selected shoulder. To rehydrate, the rider simply turns their head to the side and uses the extended bite valve to attain fluid. Twelve experienced mountain bike riders completed a 48 km time trial on three separate occasions: no water; rack mounted (RM); and back mounted (BM). The riders stopped every 16 km for eight minutes, during which time fluids were topped up and data was collected.

Results: There was no difference in the amount of fluid consumed between the two methods (RM consumed 2.2 liters, BM consumed 2.5 liters); however, the BM was less dehydrated (2.61%) as compared to the RM (2.99%). There were no differences between the RM and RM trials with regards to lactate produced, rectal temperature, sweat rate, or heart rates.

Pros: good to see that research is being conducted into new rehydration techniques.

Cons: mountain bike riding requires concentration and focus so the effectiveness of back mounted hydration will probably depend on how easy it is to use, i.e., there is a possibility that locating the tube for rehydration may distract the cyclist’s attention from the road/mountain. The study also did not explain how the back mounted system resulted in a six minute improvement in performance.

Competitive mountain bike riders and cyclists should look for further information on back mounted rehydration.

Tai Chi benefits

Tai Chi is becoming the ‘in’ exercise around Pattaya, so with that in mind it was nice to come across a reasonable bit of research.

Title: Comparison of flexibility and heart rate responses between Tai Chi practitioners and non-practitioners

Authors: Dr Youlian Hong. The Chinese University, Hong Kong

Discussion: Dr Hong investigated the effectiveness of classical Tai Chi Chun exercise on aerobic fitness and flexibility in 50 older males (average age of 68 years). Fifty percent regularly practiced Thai Chi over the past 13 years, while the offer half were sedentary. All subjects lived in the same community and led normally active lifestyles. Participants were tested in the sit and reach flexibility test, resting heart rate, heart rate in a three minute step test, and total body rotation (left and right).

Results: Dr Hong found that the Tai Chi group had better resting heart rates (69 bpm Vs 76 bpm), better 3-minute step test heart rate results (90 bpm Vs 130 bpm), better sit and reach results (39 cm Vs 30 cm) and better total body rotation results for both the right (47 cm Vs 30 cm) and left (48 cm Vs 29 cm). Dr Hong then compared the results of his Tai Chi practitioners to the American Fitness Standards and found the individuals regularly practicing Tai Chi ranked in the top 10 percentile for sit and reach and total body rotation.

Pros: it is interesting to see that the benefits of regular Tai Chi are not limited to flexibility, as is so often reported.

Cons: given the changes found in resting and exercise heart rates, it would have been very useful if Dr Hong had also measured the heart rates attained while practicing Tai Chi, and any changes in resting blood pressure or cholesterol levels. It would also have been interesting to know the effectiveness in older females.

Carpe’ Diem

Tippy’s wins again

Tippy’s will once again be crowned champions of the Friday Premier Darts League. Tippy’s finished the season with 12 wins without a loss and has won the league a record 7 straight times.

The “steady” Bunker finished second, which, according to Pook, is “the best Mr. Loy can do.”

“Not too bad, Mr. Loy,” he said, “Try harder next season.”

Middy and crew from SGP won the wooden spoon again for being the league’s “strongest” team.

Nung from Mango scored the league’s highest out of the season, 120.

Seven players managed top 180 scores: Steve Rose (twice) from the Bunker, Dennis (twice) from Lazi Pig, Klang from Thistle, Nang and Nee from SGP, Pook from Tippy’s and Nui from Mango.

The awards presentation night takes place Friday, September 1st at the Bunker. Lucky Draw is at 8:30 p.m.; draw starts at 8:45. Entry fee 50 baht. Dartboard from last season can be picked up at the party.

Ottaway and Swanson win the week

PSC Golf from Cafe Kronborg

Monday 21st August - Laem Chabang (Stableford)

Twelve Pattaya Sports Club golfers took on the tough B&C loops at Laem Chabang on Monday August 21st to compete in a Stableford match.

John Ottaway took 1st place with 38 points, Rick Evans was 2nd with 38 and Dave Richardson was 3rd with 37. Danny Dyke won on count back from Ebrahim and Dave Ball with 36 points.

Thursday 24th August - Natural Park Resort (Stableford)

Natural Park Resort was the venue for a Stableford competition. John Swanson placed 1st with 34 points, Ebrahim was 2nd with 31, then Roland Piechocki third with 30 points.

Near pins: Ebrahim on B6 and Alvin Crowder C7.

Mr. Loy tames new course

Pattaya Golf Society from The Bunker

On Tuesday 22nd August, 23 golfers from the Bunker went to the Navy course at Sattahip. Because of the changes to the course everybody played a medal competition. The two courses played were the much changed south course and the north course.

Roy Mitchell won the competition with a 5 under par 67; this was very commendable as the south course has been completely redesigned. Norman Brooks finished second with 3 under par 69 and in third place came Mike Larsen with 75.

Nearest the pins this week were Peter Allcorn, Paul Butler, Gordon McKnight and Wilf Latham.

Delaney’s Drive-In Their Friendly Golf Society

Delaney’s Friendly Golf Society drove-off for its inaugural Two Man Scramble competition on Tuesday 22nd August at Eastern Star, designated to be Delaney’s ‘Home Course’.

Transport was available for those that needed it, leaving Delaney’s at 10.00 a.m. for an 11.00 a.m. start.

Eastern Star was in great shape and, in a strong wind, presented the usual challenge.

Thirty two of the forty or so signed-up members played, with the winning score coming from the two newest members, Eddie Blackwell and Urai Khongnok, scrambling the best score of the day - a net 67.6.

Runners-up were Paul and young Alex Hartley close behind with a net 69.2. Third and fourth team places went to Russell Finch and Bill Thompson, and Dene Mundy and Jim Montgomery returning net 70.2 and 71.2 respectively.

Near pins were claimed by Urai Khongnok, clearly showing good form, and Jim Montgomery. Long putts were sunk by Kevin Fortt and Banjob Franklin. The prize-giving took place at Eastern Star and then it was back to Delaney’s for Pasta Night. All up, a very friendly inaugural outing.

To join Delaney’s very Friendly Golf Society, just see Kim or his secretary Khun Aum at Delaney’s for a registration form. You only need two photos for your member card - there is no joining fee.

The competitions will be fortnightly with the format alternating between ‘Better Ball’ and ‘Two Man Scramble’. The next outing to Eastern Star is on September 5th playing Two Man Better Ball. Sign-up as a Team at Delaney’s. Competition entry fee is B.150 for members and B.200 for non-members.

‘Delaney’s Friendly Golf Society’ Member Card qualifies for discounts at Delaney’s in Pattaya, giving 15% off food and 10% off drinks, including happy hour.

In addition, members joining between now and the end of October will receive a Free Breakfast voucher for the competition days they play in, right up to October 31st. The full Irish Breakfast ( and it really is a full one) is available from 09.00 am daily. Make Tuesday a Delaney’s Day.

John Kendall bows out in style

PSC Golf from Lewiinski’s

John Kendall, who was leaving the kingdom on Saturday the 26th of August, played his last game for a while with Lewiinski’s on Friday the 25th at Green Valley C.C. and it looks like he saved his best till last, scoring an excellent gross 83 net 65 to easily take B flight. As normal with beer in hand, he said, “That was my career best.” He also said he would return in about one month, but when he does he can look forward to playing off a much lower handicap.

Results

A Flight
1st: Rick Sharp, net 69
2nd: Ray Matti, net 70

B Flight
1st: John Kendall, net 65
2nd: Svein Vistung, net 72

Near pins: #7 Mick O’ Meara and #15 Steve Mascari.

Sunday 20 August - Green Valley (stroke)

A Flight
1st: Clive Bruce, net 37
2nd: Steve Mascari, net 35

B Flight
1st: John Kendall, net 39
2nd: Phil Sharpe, net 34

Near pins: # 7 Rick Sharp and #15 Terry Summers.

Wednesday 23rd August - Phoenix (bogey)

1st: Gerry Dubin, 3 up
2nd: Steve Mascari, 2up

Golf News

from Mike Franklin

I was talking last week to Kuhn Michael Mesommont, General Manager at Natural Park Resort, and he tells me that there are still a few of the five-day Privilege Card Annual Memberships available at B.5,900.

This Ronald Fream designed course, a beautiful 27 hole layout and one of the best in the region, is always beautifully maintained and a real pleasure to play. So this offer at 5,900 baht is very good value for both resident and long stay golfers.

The sister course at Natural Park Hill, which had a similar five day membership offer, is already sold out, largely due to a rush by the Scandinavian community, eager to play this tough course as often as possible in order to get their handicaps down.

When you consider a keen player like Hannu Kemila, who has come down from a 23 handicap to 7 in just 18 months, and Ossi Viljainen working just as hard and currently at 10 handicap, you know what I am saying. These are serious competitive golfers and very good for the game. Keep it up guys, and especially you, Ossi.

Having said that, memberships at Natural Park Resort are still available, but don’t leave it too long.

Canadian Jack-a-Lope Open - Friday 8th September

With just a few days to go to the second Canadian Jack-a-Lope Open at Eastern Star Resort, on Friday September 8th here is a reminder once again of the charities that will benefit this year: The El Shaddai Children’s Home and the Banglamung Home for Disabled Ladies.

There are numerous prize categories in the tournament, and these are shown on the entry form, available at all the venues and the Pattaya Mail. The prizes themselves, in the tournament and lucky draw, are well worth winning. For example – two One Year Memberships for Eastern Star, one in the lucky draw and the other for the lowest gross score on the day. A Family Weekend in a bungalow at the resort with full use of the facilities, including golf, tennis, swimming and the fitness center, plus many more valuable prizes.

The shotgun start has been put back to 10.00 a.m. and tournament entries will be limited to 128 players.

Sign-up for the Jack-a-Lope quickly, and let’s hope for good representation from all of the golf venues. The event, after all, is in aid of children and adults who are far worse off than we are.

A new major tournament takes place on Wednesday 22nd September at Natural Park Resort. It is the Thai-Ger Line 2nd Anniversary golf tournament, organized by Carl-Fabian Arp of Thai-Ger Line Golf, in Soi Chaiyapool.

Entry is 1,250 baht, which includes green and caddy fee, transport, trophies and technical prizes, lucky draw and a huge Thai & Bavarian buffet and party at the Bavaria German Restaurant (leather shorts optional). This promises to be a very good day out, and a terrific party with soft drinks and beer free all night.

Fabian is also promoting soft spikes at Thai-Ger Line, given that metal spikes will not be allowed on the courses after November 1st. So why not get used to them now – it is only two months before the rule comes into force!

Full details, as always, at the PSC venues, in Delaney’s, in Pattaya Mail and on the PSC web page.

Finally, another reminder of that important item of news from the Member clubs of the Eastern Seaboard Association of golf courses… From November 1st, just two months away, metal spiked shoes will not be allowed on any of the member courses. Soft spikes will be compulsory. Most of the shops have them in stock in thread sizes to fit the different shoe brands.

Back in a couple of weeks with a ‘golf news’ update – in the meantime, play well!

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