Classroom wins after four defeats

On Sunday 13th August Banchang Sports Club held the latest of their bi-monthly cricket matches against the Classroom Bar Pattaya Land 2.

These events always create considerable interest and this time was no exception with both teams and their supporters turning out in full at the oval in Ban Chang.

The Classroom Cricket Team looks proud in victory.

Ban Chang won the toss and decided to put the Classroom boys in to bat first. The Classroom had a new secret weapon, Dean, whose previous match in England was in the Bradford league some 3 years ago. He made 104 not out in that game. With such a repetition it is no wonder that the opposition tried to negotiate a transfer before the match started, but Rob flatly declined the transfer.

The match was reduced to two 10 overs a side as it was difficult to get some of the boys away from the nearby pub. The Classroom made a daunting score of 92 for 3 in their first innings with Dean top scoring with 29 not out and Ackers making 25 not out.

Ban Chang battled and were restricted to 57 for 6 in their 10 overs with Mark making 22. Dean and Tony were Classroom’s two best bowlers.

In their 2nd innings the Classroom made 64. Dean was again top scorer with 20 and Mark making 18. David Garred, Classroom’s star batsman replaced Rob for this 2nd innings but for the 1st time in 2 years he failed to lay bat on ball, falling to a magnificent catch by Mark on the boundary. Classroom totaled 64 in their 2nd innings.

Ban Chang needed a total of 100 exactly in their 10 overs to win the match. They managed to score 23 for 3 after seven overs. With no chance of making 77 runs in 3 overs Andy, the Ban Chang captain conceded the match.

The match was played in a very friendly atmosphere and everyone had a great time. The next game will be at the Pattaya Oval on Sunday 8th October. Anyone interested in playing can contact Scotty at the Classroom Pattaya Land 2.

Hakkinen actually cracks a smile

Reprimanded later by Erja the Ice Maiden

Mika Hakkinen in the McLaren Mercedes scored a good win in the damp conditions at Spa in Belgium, to move him a few more points away from second placed Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari, with Ralf Schumacher in the BMW Williams joining big brother on the podium for third.

The race began behind the safety car, in rainy conditions, with all teams running full wet tyres. Hakkinen kept his lead from Trulli in the Jordan, with young Jenson Button in the second BMW Williams right on his tail, then Michael Schumacher.

Trulli spins out of contention and the race

The young Englishman had the bit between his teeth and was obviously revelling in the wet conditions, being all over Trulli like a rash. On the third lap Button was through, only to run wide and Trulli took the 2nd spot back again. Later in the lap, Button tried again, but had the door firmly shut by Trulli, while Schumacher slipped the Ferrari down the inside to relegate the BMW Williams to 4th. Experience, treachery and animal cunning beat youth and enthusiasm every time!

On the 4th lap, Schumacher squeezed past Trulli and Button tried to slip through the same hole touching the Jordan mid corner and Trulli spun out of contention and the race. In the waltzing manoeuvre that followed, Button’s teammate Ralf Schumacher speared through to take 3rd place.

Unnoticed while all this drama was unfolding, Jean Alesi in the evil and unreliable Prost shot into the pits to be the first driver to revert to dry tyres, and then dramatically leap-frogged his way through the field in a wonderful display of “ballsanall” opposite lock driving. The others followed suit into the pits and by lap 9 all were now on dry weather tyres. Hakkinen was still in the lead, followed by Big Schumi, Little Schumi and Jean Alesi!

Lap 13 and Hakkinen got two wheels up on the kerbing and gracefully spun, but kept all four corners clear of immovable objects and continued, but now in 2nd place with the Ferrari fans hysterical as Schumacher the elder took the lead.

By lap 29 all the top 10 had pitted again for fuel and tyres, with Schumacher still in front and leading Hakkinen by 5 seconds, Ralf Schumacher in 3rd with Barrichello in the second Ferrari 11 seconds adrift, Alesi was 5th by 3 seconds and Button 6th and Coulthard 7th and looking nothing like championship material.

Still the action continued, with Barichello’s Ferrari crying enough on lap 32, closely followed by Alesi’s Prost which fractured a fuel line, bringing the French Sicilian’s gutsy drive to a close.

By this stage, Hakkinen was catching Schumacher’s Ferrari, but was unable to find a way through, Schumi being the past master in producing a very wide Ferrari. However, on lap 40 Hakkinen pulled a brilliant overtaking manoeuvre on Schumacher as they both passed Zonta’s BAR, Schumi on the left and Hakkinen on the right carrying right through and getting past the Ferrari as they got to the corner. Schumacher admitting at the press interview later that there was nothing he could do to prevent it - though he would like to have tried!

Hakkinen won by 1.1 seconds from Schumacher who was 37 seconds in front of brother Ralf, with Coulthard 4th and Button 5th and Frentzen in the Jordan 6th.

The Championship standings, with four races to go are Hakkinen 74, M. Schumacher 68, Coulthard 61 and Barichello 49. The next race is at Monza on the 10th of September.

PH3 Run 860

Another run, number 860 bites the dust with 102 turning up in perfect conditions after a much-welcomed short bus ride. The circle started with the usual christening of the new shoes. Maybe Sir Airhead has shares in a shoe shop, he seems to be sponsoring all these lovely girls each week and buying them new shoes. Is it just another excuse to get a free beer? As usual, Needle Dick arrives just as the run started, no wonder he has the Hash S@#t award. Is it because of his lack of navigational abilities?

Well what an event, just so many people getting lost has to be some sort of a record. Now we all know that the average IQ of the Hashers is around 50. I think now this figure has to be reviewed as judging by the number of people losing trail I think the average is now way down. The hash hero has undoubtedly got to be Stealth P. who rescued, on his motorbike, two at a time, about 10 dusky maidens who lost their way and helped plenty of others back to the A site.

Back to the circle, yours truly Baby’s Arm was promoted from lowly visitor status to the ethereal heights of a full blown Pattaya Hash runner. What an achievement, all I get is to be the hash scribe. Wonder if I can I get second prize and do it two weeks in a row? Ewok did her usual superb job on the raffle. I won my first prize ever last week, bought more tickets this week and surprise, surprise got FA.

The best icing of the night was, would you believe Sir Airhead. Can you believe he got caught with no helmet moving his bike 10 metres? Serves him right, he should know that the police are very diligent here on certain days of the month. Fini the F, what a joke, is it any wonder he wears the Hash S@#t Hat, pink underwear would you believe? As for Needle Dick, fancy forgetting the hat two weeks in a row. Think he should start drinking tomato juice as I think his memory span has got to that of a goldfish. Quote from Guinness Book of Records “a goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds” unquote.

Great anniversaries, can you imagine Hoser 200 runs; took him a long time though. And congratulations to Festering Streaker 100, Spunk Bubble 100, Rambo WW2 50th.

Bad R.A. Sir Airhead took the circle over and iced the hares Boy George and C face for very little reason apart from all the people getting lost, but their excuse “if you lose paper and carry on, serves you right”. Then the Belgians all got iced because of their closeness to Russia and it was actually their fault the submarine sank. Then a brilliant song emailed to H3 from Australia by our erstwhile member Zippo, and presented magnificently by that Chicken Fellow about the submarine to the tune of the Yellow Submarine.

Nice to see the visitors from the UK and hope the kids enjoyed the action at TQ 1. I wonder if they go to one of these joints at the Quorn Hash. Good to see the new virgins, hope to see them again. Everyone seemed to enjoy the vitamin, protein enriched hot dogs at TQ1. What a meal, great for all those people on a diet. The team just descended on them like a swarm of locusts. Just goes really well with that Heineken. Great music as usual and the bevy of pretty girls. Looking forward to the veterans run next week. Remember, everyone can come. Lets keep the good times rolling.

On On Baby’s Arm

Rising Sun Offering weekly golf outing

Lewiinski’s breaks into the lead

Pattaya Sports Club Friday Bowing League

No team managed a clean sweep at the PSC Friday Bowling League last week and the only change in the standings was the Snowman team moving up from 4th to 3rd and leaping over TQ 1 Bob. Lewiinski’s managed to hold a slim lead over Cafe Ole but the league is getting tighter.

Best game of the day was rolled by Udom (House of the Golden Coin) who had a great 197 scratch, 231 with handicap. Captain Jeed (Snowman) bowled the best series of the day of 540, with two 191 games and a 158 game.

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

Points 21 - 11 19 - 13 18 - 14 17 - 15 17 - 15 15 - 17 12 - 20 9 - 23

25 Aug Results 1 - 3 3 - 1 3 - 1 1 - 3 3 - 1 1 - 3 1 - 3 3 - 1

Monsoon series begins this weekend

Close season continues

Seven weeks down and five teams are still within one game of the lead in the Friday Mickey Mouse Darts League.

Yorkie and Pleasure Dome are knotted at the top of the table with 5 wins and 2 losses apiece. Close behind are Beer Put, Rising Sun and Cheers, each with 4 wins and 3 losses.

In week 7, Yorkie took the match and beer from Mick’s Place to retain a share of the lead. Pleasure Dome won the match but went home thirsty against Devonshire in a match that saw Devonshire score 16 under 10s as a team. Beer Put defeated Cheers in both match and beer leg to close in the ranks for 2nd place. Rising Sun swept the match and beer leg over Palmer’s to remain in the hunt.

Ian from Yorkie still has the league’s highest out so far this season, 138.

This week (8 Sept) sees Pleasure Dome v Mick’s Place, Devonshire v Rising Sun, Palmer’s v Beer Put, and Yorkie v Cheers.

	Won	Lost	B/L	U10s
Yorkie  Pleasure Dome Cheers Rising Sun Palmer’s Beer Put Mick’s Place Devonshire	5 5 4 4 4 3 2 1	2 2 3 3 3 4 5 6	5 5 3 3 2 3 3 4	43 35 55 37 47 29 51 61

Peugeot and Natavud dominate Bira weekend

Thailand Touring Car Champion, Natavud capped a great weekend at the Bira Race Circuit by taking two pole positions and convincingly winning the 10th round of the Asian Touring Car Championship, as well as the 4th round of the Thailand Touring Car Championship.

The international Asian championship saw 18 teams from Asia at Bira for the event. Arriving in Thailand after 8 rounds, the leader of the title chase was Henry Lee Jnr from Hong Kong in the WK Longman Racing Peugeot 306, with countryman Charles Kwan in the EKS Motorsports BMW 2 points adrift.

Natavud on the grid

Local driver, Natavud was given a guest seat in the second Peugeot and showed his mettle by taking pole position from Lee’s Peugeot for the next day for both rounds 9 and 10.

In round 9, Natavud had problems, leaving Lee to get the win from a surprised Lam Wai-Hung from Hong Kong in the Honda Integra and countryman Albert Au in a similar car, after both EKS BMW’s of Kwan and Chan retired as well.

However, in round 10 Natavud showed why he is Thailand’s champion by racing away to be never headed in the 20 lap race. Henry Lee Jnr was second, but unable to make any ground on the flying Thai, who slowed as he crossed the line to allow Lee to take a “Team” formation finish. Charles Kwan came third, but at no time was a threat. EKS Team owner Eddie Koay admitted that they were still having trouble sorting the BMW’s for the new specifications of the Asian Touring Car Championship formula. This leaves Henry Lee Jnr well in front of Charles Kwan, but there are still six rounds to go.

Natavud backed up his win with another top spot on the podium in the Thailand Touring Cars with the works team Toyota Corolla Altis. Despite slipping back to 7th after the first lap he cleanly brought the Corolla through to take the lead a few laps from home and was never headed after that. 2nd was Hattai and 3rd Ekprawat in Honda Civics, while early leader Apathorn in the Civic fell back with problems and Natavud’s team mate Pete had to pit to change the deflating left rear tyre on his Corolla.

The next rounds of the Asian Championship will be held in China at the Zuhai Circuit on October 7th and 8th, while the next round of the Thailand Touring Car Championship will be at the local Bira Circuit on the 15th of October.

McLaury drinks for free again

PSC Golf from Cafe Kronborg

Monday 28th August - Pattaya C.C. (Stroke)

Pattaya Country Club was the venue, stroke play was the game! Very windy conditions prevailed but didn’t affect the scoring. Dave Richardson beat Bill Jones on count back with a net 72. Alvin Crowder was third with a net 74 beating out Claes Ernlund.

Thursday 31st August - Eastern Star (Medal)

The Kronborg Monthly Mug competition was held at Eastern Star. Jeff McLaury took the mug for the second month in a row with a net 68. John Hopkins was second with a net 69, Gerry Dubin third net 70, Dick Barbie fourth net 70 and Pete Galle fifth net 70.

Near pins: Holes #4 & #8 Phillip Berra, #12 Ossi Viltanen, and #15 Bert Ekstrom.

Pattaya Sports Club notice to members

An updated issue of the Pattaya Sports Club Discount Brochure is now available.

Membership cards are accepted for reduced green fees at cooperating golf courses plus discounts at leading hotels, shops, restaurants, nightspots and services establishments in Pattaya.

More than 115 establishments now participate in the PSC discount plan, which offers savings to members - they look forward to seeing you and your PSC membership card.

Pick up your free copy of the brochure at the PSC office on Soi Diana or at any of the following PSC affiliates: Cafe Kronborg on Soi Diana, Delaney’s at the Royal Garden Resort on Pattaya 2nd Road, the Pro Shop at Pattaya Driving Range on Pattaya 3rd Road, SGP Bar & Cafe on Soi Yodsak, Las Vegas on Soi Post Office, Globetrotter Hotel on Beach Road between Soi 7 and Pattaya Central, and Taffy’s Tavern in Duck Square.

A message from PSC Golf Chairman Dennis Willett

My first order of business is to thank Michael Franklin for the wonderful job he did for the past three years as the chairman, and Jim Montgomery who served as acting chairman for the past two months. Golf in Pattaya has grown and prospered under this guidance.

For our residents and visitors, it will be our job as the golf committee to continue this growth and try to find new ideas to continue making golf in the Pattaya area the best in the world. Organizing new venues for everyone to play out of, organizing new major tournaments, updating the web site to get more information on golf in Pattaya to everyone are just a few of the things we are discussing. Our web site address is <www.pattayasports.org> Watch for the improvements and more information on the local courses. You can also get information on how to join the Pattaya Sports Club on the web site.

We will continue to use both the USGA and Congu handicap systems. But, there will be only one handicap for each member so let us know which system you prefer.

Remember, beginning November 1, most of the local golf courses are making soft spikes mandatory. I have been assured that the local clubs will have facilities available to change your steel spikes to soft spikes. And, note that golf carts are compulsory on weekends at Laem Chabang International Country Club.

The Pattaya Sports Club has purchased land just off of the Third Road to build a new administration office. Some people have asked me if that will become the only venue for golf once it is completed. The answer is absolutely no; we want to continue supporting the places to meet and depart for golf as well as develop new venues so members and visitors will have several choices of which group they wish to play with on any given day. We will continue to publish and post the schedules around town as well as continue publishing the schedule in the Pattaya Mail. Everyone should get a copy of the Pattaya Mail and check the schedule for venues and formats.

I am planning a meeting where all golfers that have any questions for the golf committee, or any ideas they would like to discuss, can get together for an open air discussion with the idea of improving golf in the Pattaya area. When this is arranged, everyone will be given plenty of notice so they can plan to attend. If you would like to e-mail any ideas at this time, please use our e-mail address [email protected]

Competition golf is available almost every day of the month at one of the PSC golf venues listed in the Pattaya Mail. Check the Pattaya Mail for schedules, times and transportation. Please remember to play by the rules of golf and to follow any local rules that are printed on the scorecards. For those of you on the USGA handicap system, turn in all cards that qualify for a round of golf; for those on the Congu system, please give your card to the organizer of the events you play in.

Golf in the Pattaya area is considered by many to be the best in the world. We have 19 courses to choose from; several were designed by some of the biggest names in golf. Join us in strolling down the first fairway and you will soon join us in saying “just another day in paradise”.

England beat the Rest Of The World

Pattaya Golf Society with The Bunker

On Friday 26th August, competitive golf started from the Bunker with a match play championship pitting England v The Rest Of The World. The match was held at Phoenix Country Club in fine weather. England won the tournament by 5 games to 3 with 1 halved.

Wilf Latham captained the England team and Gordon McKnight from Canada captained The Rest Of The World. After the match Gordon presented Wilf with the trophy, which will in future be known as The Cider Cup.

The results were as follows: Len Jones (Wales) beat John Preddy (Eng), Viv Lill (Philippines) beat Ian Phillips (Eng), Hannu (Swe) beat Peter Allcorn (Eng), Bruce Lawrence (USA) halved with Paul Butler (Eng), Chris John (Eng) beat Bill Jones (Wales), Wilf Latham (Eng) beat George Meigh (Wales), Roy Mitchell (Eng) beat Norman Brooks (Wales), Ken Lill (Eng) beat Jon Wood (Sco) and Tony Callen (Eng) beat Gordon McKnight (Can).

Players lose their way

On Tuesday 29th August, 25 golfers left The Bunker to play a Stableford competition at Century Golf Course in Rayong. Unfortunately, only 18 arrived at the course. 3 went to Eastern Star and 4 ended up at Pattaya Country Club. So a reduced field was split into two groups to play.

In division one, Mike Larsen topped the board with 38 points, followed by Norman Brooks with 37 points and Peter Mackay in third with 36 points.

In division two, the winner was Ian Phillips with a fine 39 points on this undulating course. In second place came John Preddy with 35 points and third Jon Wood with 33 points. Nearest the pins this week were Hannu, George Meigh, Wilf Latham and Bruce Lawrence.

Mr Loy does it again

For the second month running Roy Mitchell has won The Bunker Bonus, thus keeping up his run of fine form. Can he make it a hat trick?

Golf at Asia

The Bunker now plays competitive golf on Tuesdays and Fridays for people with handicaps up to 36. Also, there is a par 3 competition at the Asia Golf Course every Thursday leaving The Bunker at 2 p.m. So if you want to practice your short game all are welcome.

Asian Open Veteran’s Tennis Championships begins Monday

The Siam Bayshore Resort in Pattaya will once again host the Asian Open Veteran’s Tennis Championships, this year from 11-17 September.

Over 200 men and women over the age of 35, representing 10 different countries spanning the globe will compete in singles and doubles events throughout the week on the hard courts of the Siam Bayshore Resort.

The matches begin on Monday, September 11, with the finals slated for Saturday and Sunday, September 16 & 17. Singles matches will be best of three sets with tiebreakers. Doubles matches will be 8 games pro-set up to and including the quarterfinals, with semifinals and finals the best of three sets with tiebreakers.

Countries represented include Thailand, Germany, Japan, Taipei, Sweden, Australia, Singapore, Switzerland, Indonesia and the USA.

The Asian Open Veteran’s Tennis Championships will be conducted in accordance with the rules of the International Tennis Federation and is sanctioned by the Asian Tennis Federation and the Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand. General Wichan Siritham is the Chairman of the Organizing Committee.

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