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Hard Rock plays ‘hardball’ to
win 6th Annual Mike Futsal Cup
“We are the Champions” - Hard
Rock Hotel Pattaya this year’s winners of the 6th Annual Mike Shopping Mall
Futsal Tournament in the Hotel & Shopping Center category.
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
The Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya (HRHP) and Jomtien Palm Beach Hotel battled it
out on the Futsal court to steal the show during the finals of the 6th
Annual Mike Shopping Mall Futsal Tournament.
The month long event, with 64 teams competing wound up last Saturday with
the match between the hotels proving to be the highlight of the day. The
hoteliers’ final match of the competition saw the Hard Rock team get off to
a flying start with a goal in the opening minutes. Jomtien Palm Beach fought
tenaciously but were hard-pressed to keep up the pressure and by the end of
the first half HRHP led 3:0.
 Jomtien
Palm Beach Hotel (blue-white) was out played by the gifted Hard Rock Hotel
Pattaya team to lose the final 5:1
During the second half Jomtien fought back, taking control of the ball most
of the time and managing to score a solitary goal. Not to be outdone
however, HRHP were quick to sink Jomtien Palm Beach Hotel’s hopes for
victory, slamming in another two goals and running out 5:1 winners to take
the championship and claim the 10,000 baht first prize.
The annual Mike Shopping Mall Futsal tournament has seen incredible growth
since its inception. Split into various age classes for the youth section,
in the winners circle for the under 10s was team Thai Fuji FC; Mike Shopping
Mall team had the home advantage in the U12s class whilst in the U14s, ‘For
Father’ (Puea Por) brought home the trophy, joining the younger players with
5,000 baht in prize money. Moving on to the U16s, Pattaya School No.7
multiplied the school’s winnings to take home 7,000 baht for first prize.
Surat Mekavarakul, Mike Shopping Mall Co., Ltd president revealed that he
was very happy with this year’s event.
“We’ve seen more teams from outer lying districts compete this year as the
event grows and next year we may need to have a larger playing area,” said
Surat.
Surat added that after amounts had been tallied and prize money taken out
there would still be plenty in the coffers to purchase and donate sporting
equipment to schools in the Chonburi area.
Fairtex bank on Pattaya Stadium becoming a magnet for international fights
Pattaya has become a primary focus for international
Muaythai competition, following Fairtex taking over the management of the
city’s Thepprasit Stadium.
The Fairtex Thepprasit Stadium, it is hoped will attract the best of
international Muaythai fighters who want to show their credentials in the
ring against recognized Thai competitors.
 The
Fairtex Thepprasit Boxing Stadium could become a major venue for
international Muaythai events.
Currently only a limited number of foreign fighters can get matched at the
main Muaythai arenas in Bangkok. But now that the official Muaythai arena in
Pattaya is open for all international Muaythai practitioners, the door is
wide open for foreigners to get matched regularly against professional Thai
fighters.
“Muaythai is popular all around the world, and there are many foreign
fighters who want to prove themselves in real competition against the Thai
professionals,” said Philip Wong Chairman of the Fairtex Group.
Fairtex Thepprasit will be including more international match-ups against
Thais each month resulting in the stadium becoming a genuine international
Muaythai venue.
“Pattaya is a holiday location that attracts many foreigners. The Fairtex
Thepprasit Muaythai stadium will be another great attraction for the premier
resort city.”
Fairtex has its own multi-million dollar sports club with a fully equipped
Muaythai training camp linked to various sporting facilities including a
state-of-art gymnasium.
“What is being offered is the opportunity for foreigners to train with
champion Muaythai fighters in a first class training camp inside a sport
club and then go and fight in an official stadium,” enthuses Mr Wong.
Experienced Muaythai fighters are being pitted against seasoned Thai
professionals at Fairtex Thepprasit while beginners - who show potential -
can be matched against less experienced Thai competitors.
“It doesn’t matter if you’re a potential world champion or just a Muaythai
enthusiast Fairtex will find a match-up. What this means is that those who
dream of fighting in a major arena can do so at Fairtex Thepprasit Stadium,”
asserts Mr Wong.
The Fairtex owned and operated sports complex and Muaythai training camp is
located a short distance from the Pattaya Beach front. The complex includes
four outside tennis courts, four indoor badminton courts, a basketball
court, four muaythai rings, two squash courts, stretch room and aerobic
floor as well as a spacious outdoor swimming pool.
“Rabbit’ Run raises 160,000 baht so far
Marathon runner extraordinaire, Del McArrick a.k.a. ‘Roger Rabbit’ called in
at Pattaya Mail offices last week to request that we post a ‘Big’ thank you
on his behalf to all the generous people in the Pattaya community who
sponsored his fund raising half marathon run to raise funds for the local
Ban Jing Jai children’s foundation. At the time of going to press, the
amount donated so far totals more than 160,000 baht with many more pledges
still to come in.
Whilst expressing his sincere thanks to everyone who contributed to this
worthy cause, Del would also like to acknowledge all the thousands who
supported him on his run around the Pattaya course and also to the
organizers of the Pattaya Marathon 2006 who made this year’s event such a
memorable one.
Sus & Herb take the honours while Bobby sits in the cellar
PSC golf from The Three Sisters Bar
Tuesday July 11, the weather was good and so were the
scores. Sus Ige again had a hot stick as he took the lead with 39 points.
The week before he had won with 42 points and he followed it up with another
win. Kenny Mau and Dale Murphy were right on his heels with 38 points
apiece, followed by Larry Emerson with 37 points. It was tight at the top
but Sus prevailed in the end.
For this past week’s outing the weather was bleak as the rain clouds
gathered, and it looked like a washout. A few drops fell on the third hole
but funny enough it stopped and it turned out to be a great day for golf.
Herb Ishinaga took full advantage of the situation, as Sus was suffering
from a hangover and the others were not at their best. Herb got in with 38
points, enough to carry the day. The next closest was Larry Emerson who
carded 36 points.
The bag holder for the day was a new comer to the position. Bobby Clark
slipped and went down past Tully to take the bottom spot this week. I
believe it may have been too much booze the night before. Also, Tully back
from his trip to Vietnam was well rested and shot a good game to leave Bobby
floundering in the cellar.
Brendan puts on a show at Sri Racha
PSC golf from The Peacock Place
Monday, July 17,
Treasure Hill,
Stableford
Monday saw a small group of player’s take off after breakfast for the
Treasure Hill’s layout for a Stableford round.
The winner on the day was Mark Joshua with a surprisingly low score of 34
points, with Ken Little runner up on 32 points: the course played hard as
you can see from the winning scores.
There was only one “two” on the day which was taken by Ken Little; nice to
see you in the winner’s circle Ken, keep up the good work. The free beer was
won by Nigel Cannon - I hope you received it Nigel, if not remind me next
time and I will make sue you get it.
Thursday, July 20,
Sri Racha
International, Medal
Sri Racha was this day’s venue and the turn-out was unbelievable
- 37 players all told which was fantastic. The round was Medal and the
scores were something else again. I think the winners played a different
course than I did.
Starting with the ladies; first on the day was Mam Trayling with a great 73
net, runner-up was Thong Pimblett on 78, congratulations girls.
First in the men’s Division A was Jack Spencer with a fantastic 68 net,
pushed all the way by Jay Nakagawa with a fine 69.
The B Division was won by Brendan Dougal with a unbelievable 65 net;
runner-up was Phil Smith with an equally great score of 69. I had the
pleasure of playing with Dougie and to see him take this course apart was
something to else - although he will be playing off his new handicap on
Monday.
There were 2 “twos” on the day; Steve Nowells and Bob Pearce took all the
money -congratulation’s fellas - there are no easy “twos” anywhere on
Sriricha so well done.
After a delayed presentation due to some late finishers, we all adjourned
back to the Peacock Place for a huge buffet put on by Dao and Mike and it
was appreciated by everyone. A big thanks go out to all the staff. Hope to
see you there next week.
Masayuki holds off the chasing pack
to claim Club Champions Trophy
The IPGC Championship 2006
The IPGC Club Championships were held over two days over two courses
that are arguably two of the toughest of the local ones that are
generally played in the Pattaya region. This was born out by the scores
achieved this year that were some way off those achieved in previous
years in all the divisions. The Gentlemen’s divisions were split this
year at 1st Division (0-11), 2nd Division (12-17) and 3rd Division
(18+). The Ladies division was for all handicaps. An outstanding feature
was that over 25% of the entries were single figure handicappers, which
provided a field of the very highest quality.
Day 1 - Crystal Bay
The first day was held at Crystal Bay over the A and B
courses which the management and green keepers had worked into a very
difficult but fair test of golf; with the greens running at
approximately nine and a half on the Stimp Meter, although downhill
putts seemed more like putting down a glass slope rather than a grass
one. This left many of the hopefuls bemoaning their approach shots that
were frequently to be found in three putt land. But good play was
rewarded if proper attention had been paid to the pin position and a
general requirement to be below the hole, even if that meant chipping
from the front edge.
 Men’s
Champion Masayuki Matsumoto claims the Club Champions trophy for 2006
A slight spanner was thrown into the works at registration as the
starter requested that the whole tournament should start from two tees
instead of the one tee start that had been agreed. But the registration
team of Steve Donovan and Stephen Beard seemed to take it in their
stride as they wrestled with the groupings, with many of the contestants
being rearranged and some being asked to tee off as much as one and a
half hours before their original allotted time. All took it in good part
and chalked up another one to experience.
Poo Supraporn headed the ladies division with a tenacious 77 just ahead
of Apple Jitchana after the small ladies group had started off the
tournament at their correct tee time.
Division 3 was led home by Tom McCarthy who had recently been showing
good form following a series of lessons from about half of the teaching
professionals in Pattaya and several non qualified would-be instructors.
Emiel Van de Wiele and Mike Seely were to be found just one shot behind
and Ray Handford, a winner from last year, a further shot back, setting
up an enthralling contest on the final day.
 Mark
Sherwood collects the Division 1 prize from Steve Mascari and Richard
Livingston. Mark was in contention for all the main prizes throughout
the 2-day tournament.
Division 2 was actually led by Yasuo Suzuki from Al Rolnik with Paul
Shaw another seven strokes behind, but with the rule that a member could
only win one prize, which ever was the higher ranked, Al was declared
the days victor. So that division looked as though it was almost
settled.
The same, one person-one trophy situation occurred in Division 1, that
being headed by an outstanding net 2 under by Mark Sherwood and Klaus
Schackt with Simon Philbrook, John Emmerson and Barry Winton all just
one back from them. In the event Klaus was awarded the Day 1 winner’s
trophy in the division.
The honour of being called the Club Champion with the best gross score
was also a very close run affair with Masayuki Masumoto firing an
outstanding 73, with Mark Sherwood and Barry Winton on 75 and Simon
Philbrook one more off the pace.
Day 2 - Mountain Shadow
With the draw for tee times being made on the basis of
division and the best placed teeing off last, everyone in contention was
able to watch their nearest challenger’s every shot which added a fair
amount of pressure to what was already looking like a stern test of
application and ability.
If the contestants thought that it was a little difficult at Crystal
Bay, they were in for another pounding to their golfing egos, as they
took on the even more daunting Mountain Shadow from the blue tees. Again
the greens were posted as nine and a half on the Stimp but again
anything above the hole was a complete nightmare from where three putts
was the norm with some even having to note down four or maybe five with
a chip in between. In short only the extremely tough survived with many
a grimace towards the organising committee, none of whom were to be
found among the entrants, although it must be said in their defence,
medical unfitness was the reason in each case.
Apple Jitchana took the overall Ladies Champion prize for the second
year in succession with a very creditable two-day result that needed all
her efforts to keep going to achieve a winning outcome. Toy Theobald
took the days honours.
Mike Seely posted the second best result in Division 3 behind Norm
Robinson’s steady three over to claim the 2-day winner’s title in that
division, while Norm Robinson took the days spoils and Ray Handford
dropped one place from his 2005 result in the overall placings.
Division 2 saw a very closely contested result with Tony Barritt just
getting the better of Yasuo Suzuki, who was unable to recreate his form
of the first day as he slumped to a poor eleven over, but due to his
great first 18 he was still in contention at the end.
Tatsumi Noguchi was awarded the division’s second day honours with his
battling 2 over which was the best of the day in the division, apart
from the round of Paul Shaw who was to be given a higher rated trophy
later.
Division 1 was again a titanic struggle between the usual suspects,
which included all the final group that consisted of Mark Sherwood,
Simon Philbrook, Barry Winton and Masayuki Masumoto who were all in
contention for the best gross and the coveted Club Champions trophy and
they were joined by Larry Watson, Jim Brackett, John Emmerson and Dave
Stockman, who were also very handily placed.
In the event it was Dave Stockman who took the day’s best in Division 1
and was left ruing a bad result on day one that effectively took him out
of contention for the overall prizes. He only just managed to take the
day, with a very hard chasing Jim Brackett just missing out on count
back.
In the battle for the final top honours in Division 1, Mark Sherwood
took the overall with an excellent one under with Simon Philbrook just
two back after a very eventful last couple of holes in the final group.
Paul Shaw had an incredible round of 69, which was the only return that
was under or even matched par on the final day and that was certainly
good enough to wrap up the best net Champion Trophy by a shot from Mark
Sherwood.
The last group together with Larry Watson were also the only contestants
to be in contention for the best gross with the result going down to the
last hole where Mark Sherwood’s par was not quite good enough to oust
Masayuki who, after a wobble on the sixteenth hole that saw him take a
bogey, closed out with two fine pars to claim the 2006 title with a
score of seven over, which given the difficulty of the two courses was
an outstanding achievement and made him a worthy Champion by two clear
shots.
Before the presentations Richard Livingston, the resident PGA teaching
professional, congratulated the courses on their presentation and
condition which were both up to the standard required for such a
prestigious tournament. He also thanked the organisers, namely Len
Jones, Steve Donovan and Stephen Beard for a terrific effort in the
build up, promotion, registration and scoring that had helped to make
the event so successful.
Following Richard’s welcome speech, Steve Mascari, the Club Captain
presented the prizes to the winners.
The presentations were held at The Haven where once again the staff and
management, headed by Lumyai, provided a sumptuous buffet in a very
amenable atmosphere that put a final gloss on what had been a very
memorable two days of top class golf played in the very best spirit of
the game.
Granville and Duncan
battle to the wire
PSC golf from The Bunker
Monday, July 17, Green Valley, Medal
Monday, and The Bunker Boy’s travelled the short distance to Green
Valley Country Club for their first Medal competition of the week.
With a relatively small field there was only one flight and we saw
Japanese golfer Mashi Kaneta come out on top, winning with a net 75
ahead of Duncan Lee who was runner up with net 77. Last month’s ‘golfer
of the month’ William Macey claimed third place with a net 78.
Only two of the par three greens were hit so Clarke Alexander and Nile
Sheehan shared the pot between them.
Wednesday, July 19,
Noble Place, Stableford
Noble Place was the venue for the first Stableford
competition of the week, and with two flights and the cut at 18 and
under Duncan Lee continued his fine run, winning the B Flight with 39
points ahead of runner up Brian Walker who scored 35 points.
In the A Flight Roger Privett took the honours with 37 points, 5 points
ahead of Geoff Parker who finished with 32 points.
Near pin prizes were shared between Roger Privett, who claimed two and
Mick Ramshaw and Granville Swanton who got the other two.
Friday, July 21,
Sri Racha, Medal
For our second Medal competition of the week The Bunker Boy’s
travelled to Sri Racha.
With a big field the cut was made at 17 and under and in the B Flight we
had a tremendous tussle between Granville Swanton and Duncan Lee, which
saw Granville come out on top... but only just, finishing his round with
a superb 8 under par net 64, only one shot ahead of Duncan who carded a
7 under par net 65. Brian Walker came a distant third with a net 78.
In the A Flight we had a closer run thing with John Hughes and Mashi
Kaneta sharing first prize; both with a two under par net 70 ahead of
Geoff Parker and Roger Privett who shared third place finishing with net
73 each.
Near pins went to Mashi Kaneta, PJ Redmond, Alan Campbell and John
Hughes.
A Bangpra feast for Bert’s golfers
PSC golf from Tropical Bert’s
Tuesday, July 18, Bangpra, Stableford
I do like a day out from Tropical Bert’s at Bangpra. What more can one
want; a fine free breakfast, a round on one of the best courses, a soak
in the hot tub and to cap it all off a Rainbow Ice Cream: Then some of
Bert’s fine free food.
On this day the course was in fine condition, with a little breeze to
cool us down and greens that were not as fast as we have seen at times
in the past: all in all a great course.
Back at Tropical Bert’s the food was being consumed, whilst Tim worked
out the winners. In the A Div the winner was Marty Allred with Derek
Eastham in second, whilst in the B Div the winner was Bill Knight with
Joel Flor as runner up.
T.T.F.N.
Near Pins: Bob Rasmusson, Mike Gaussa, Kevin Callaghan, Peter
Anderson, Bill Knight, Pete King
Long Put: Ted Morris, Mike Gaussa, Pete King, Peter Anderson
Organiser Keith wins
on count back
PSC golf from Oohsa Bar
The winners enjoy the 19th hole at The Oohsa Bar.
On a day that did not look too promising due to heavy showers in the early
morning we were nevertheless happy to see a good turn out of members who
were in good spirits and looking forward to the off.
Duly fed and watered by the excellent bar staff, we set out for Noble Place
golf course, which we found to be in great condition and although there was
a good breeze blowing this did not affect play unduly.
First place was won by our hardworking organiser Keith Hodges with 35
points, winning on a count back from Roy Pimblett. Colin Cronin was hard on
their heels in third place with 34points. Near pins were won by Jeff Wiley
and Colin Cronin with Nigel Cannon taking out the longest putt award.
Anyone wishing to find out more about golfing with the Oohsa Bar please
contact Keith on 07 916 7171 who will be pleased to furnish you with all
relevant information.
David has the Ace, Vic the Medal
IPGC Golf From Lewiinski’s
Sunday, July 9, Green Valley White
Tees, Monthly Medal
A Flight:
1st Nick Strasshine, net 68
2nd Jim Wickstrom, net 69
3rd Jim Brackett, net 69
B Flight:
1st Vic Hester, net 67 - Monthly Medal Winner
2nd Garreth Gill, net 70
3rd Ray Dell, net 71
C Flight:
1st Seamus Cotter, net 70
2nd Mike Shrosbree, net 70
3rd Brcue Milner, net 70
D Flight:
1st Poo Supaporn, net 70
2nd Trudy Chadbourn, net 70
3rd Sugar Ray Handford, net 70
Near Pins: #2 Jack Spencer; #9 Nick Strasshine; #12 Klaus Schackt; #16 Dave
Porter (hole-in-one)
2’s: Nick Strasshine, Jim Brackett, Mark Wood, Darren Smith, Jack Grindvold,
Garreth Gill, Joe Sebastian, Terry Phur, John Hillier, Robbie Bennett, Jez
Lees, Eddy Beilby
Non 2: Klaus Schackt, Dave Porter (hole-in-one)
I think this Scribe, in one of his many spewings, prioritized which
accomplishments earned one the Title Slot. If the rum-sodden memory recalls
correctly, Hole-in-One trumped Monthly Medal. That was going to form when
The Valet’s Best Friend canned one on the round-heeled 16th and “wanted to
send the article to his parents”. The fly in the ointment came when Victor
the Inflictor said he couldn’t wait to “read the article”. Enter rock and
the hard place. Fortunately, through the wizardry of The Scribe’s prose,
both parties were satiated and calm (are you listening Jacko and Flipper)
returned to The Society. One word on Dave’s golden swing, the fourth of his
young life (compared to trees), it would have swept the 2’s pot, but,
aaarrrggghhh, he wasn’t in it!
Vic’s net 67 was one clear of A Flight’s Big Nick for the Medal and three
clear of B Flight’s second place Garreth Gill. “Farmer in the” rounded out
the second flight.
Nicky’s 68 took A Flight by a single digit over Jim Wickstrom and Jim
Brackett. Dudley Dooright won the second place count back.
C Flight’s Irish Seamus Cotter, much like his A Flight mates, edged Mike
Shrosbree, esq. and Aussie Bruce Milner. The Scales of Justice titled to
Mike for second place.
The First Lady edged her sister Trudy, Sugar Ray, K4, Nice Guy Robbie and
The Mechanic by a whopping nine strokes in the junior circuit. Ms. Trudy
broke from that pack for the silver, and SRH did it for the bronze.
Tuesday, July 11, Green Valley White Tees, Stableford -
Eclectic
A Flight:
1st Nick Strasshine, 46 points
2nd Klaus Schackt, 45 points
3rd Phil Mitchell, 44 points
B Flight:
1st Joe Sebastian, 47 points
2nd Mike Shrosbree, 46 points
3rd Vic Hester, 45 points
C Flight:
1st Eddy Beilby, 38 points
2nd Seamus Cotter, 36 points
3rd Poo Supaporn, 35 points
Stableford Flight
1st Don Lehmer, 34 points
2’s: Klaus Schackt, Simon Philbrook, John Pegrum, John McHugh, Eddy Beilby
Big Nick, making a strong bid to have three names in the Title, swept the
day’s competition, the 2-day Eclectic. Today’s hole scores were combined
with Sunday’s to put the Big Guy atop the Premiere Flight. The
Volkscomputer, wouldn’t ya guess, calculated second, and Flipper took the
gloves off to edge Our Man in the Whitehouse, Jim.Brackett.
Joe “NR” Sebastian, filled in most of the little boxes over the two days and
topped B Flight with 47 points, one clear of The Barrister and two clear of
Victor and GiGi, Gareth Gill. For the second day running, Blind Justice saw
fit to award The Barrister the laurels. With the Scribe counting, there was
talk of honor amongst thieves.
Wednesday, July 12, Burapha C & D, White Tees, Stableford
A Flight:
1st Matsumoto Masyuki, 39 points
2nd Kuni Wakabayashi, 37 points
B Flight:
1st John Hillier, 38 points
2nd Tom Breslin, 37 points
2’s: John Hillier, Keith Dyson
It was all Tora, Tora, Tora in A Flight as 4 handicapper Matsumoto Masyuki
shot gross 73 for 39 points. That edged his mate, Wakabayabshi-san, who
himself shot gross 79 for 37 points. Johnny Hillier topped out B Flight with
a fine 38 points, one clear of the recently steady Irishman, Tom Breslin.
Friday, July 14, The Emerald White Tees, Stableford
A Flight:
1st Simon Philbrook, 37 points
2nd Jan Eriksen, 36 points
B Flight:
1st Norm Robinson, 37 points
2nd Charles Sheppard, 37 points
2’s: John Hillier, Keith Dyson
Simon of Philbrook edged the tandem of The Quiet One and Our Man in the
Whitehouse in A Flight. Jan counted up better on the inward nine to capture
the second spot. Stormin’ Norman locked up with Charlie in B Flight. Norm
took first by going up the podium first when Charlie “drifted”.
Sunday, July 16, Green Valley White Tees, Stableford
A Flight:
1st Jim Munns, 39 points
2nd Joe Mooneyham, 39 points
3rd Larry Watson, 38 points
B Flight:
1st Don Lehmer, 38 points
2nd Seamus Cotter, 37 points
3rd Steve Ellison, 36 points
C Flight:
1st Tom Breslin, 39 points
2nd Norm Robinson, 38 points
3rd Barry Cahdbourn, 38 points
Near Pins: #2 Markku Tynell; #9 Nick Strasshine; #16 Ted Lodge
2’s: Nick Strasshine (2), Nick Payne, Ted Lodge, Peter Emslie, Sugar Ray
Handford
The rumors that Capt. Fogg was not winning were quickly dispelled as he
edged The Groom on count back for first in the top Flight. Both were one
clear of the tandem of Irish Larry and Big Nicky. Not wanting to rile the
beast, Larry quietly took the count back win.
C Flight’s Irishman, Tom Breslin, joined his two A Flight brethren as MoM,
with a C Flight winning 39 points. Stormin’ Norman took his second count
back in as many comps, relegating the fella known only as Trudy’s husband.
The Lady’s Man sat atop a B Flight one point cascade, with another of those
omnipresent Micks, Seamus Cotter in second and the Photographer to the Stars
in third.
Friday, July 21, Phoenix White Tees, Stableford
A Flight:
1st Kris Kritsanajootha, 39 points
2nd John Hillier, 36 points
3rd Frank Pilkington, 35 points c/b Watson, Grout
B Flight:
1st Nat Meesuk, 37 points
2nd Warren Holland, 35 points
3rd Norm Robinson, 34 points c/b Mol
Near Pin: #16 John Low
2’s: none
Newcomer Kris Kritsanahootha, which for the sake of fitting in the allotted
newspaper slot, will hereinafter be known as Kris made his inaugural Society
visit a worthwhile one, prevailing in A Flight with an unobtrusive 39
points. Nice Guy Johnny, although three back, found himself one point ahead
of the trio of Watson, Frankie the Pilk and Ian “Tile” Grout. The Pilk
sorted himself into A Flight third.
The Nat(ural) edged long time Society friend, Warren Holland. Warren held a
one-point margin over the duet of Stormin’ Norman and the Divine Ms. Mol.
Norman, normally an inveterate gentleman, eschewed such graces and prevailed
on Ms. Bennett via count back, for B Flight third.
Pattaya Mail triumph
at BTC Mini Soccer Championship
After spending many barren years
in the doldrums and following some intense practice sessions in the company
car park, The Pattaya Mail football team finally get their hands on a
trophy.
Vimolrat Singnikorn
The 2nd Annual BTC Mini Soccer Championship, organized by the BTC Soccer
Club came to a conclusion on July 16 as many teams all vied for the honour
of being called this year’s champions. The tournament was conceived with the
idea of using soccer as a means to help create friendly relations between
different sectors of the local community, and starting out on June 18, the
event took place on 5 consecutive Sundays at the local BTC football field in
Soi Phothisarn.
Sunday, July 16 saw the final match take place between Pattaya Mail and 87
Print. Both teams had beaten all-comers on the way to the final and could
count on receiving great vocal support from their respective sets of fans on
the sidelines.
The game kicked off with both teams playing with a certain element of
caution and chances were few and far between. This was all to change on 15
minutes however, when Somchai Kaewmorakot of the 87 Print team apparently
forgot the friendly nature of the tournament, received his second yellow
card of the game and was promptly dismissed.
With a man advantage, the Pattaya Mail team were able to play with a lot
more freedom and it wasn’t long before they opened the scoring. With 22
minutes gone, Supachai Detpaiboon (Boy), on the right wing cut inside and
sent a shot past the despairing dive of the goalkeeper to make it one nil to
Pattaya Mail. Despite many chances, the score remained the same till half
time.
In the second half, 87 Print seemed to solve their problems of being a man
down and played with a lot more fluency, giving their supporters reason to
harbour hopes of a comeback. Pattaya Mail, however were not to be denied and
when Chatchai Permpoon (Song) made the score two-nil halfway through the
second half, it signaled an onslaught on the 87 Print goalmouth which
produced a further 3 goals in quick succession.
Despite having lost the match, 87 Print were still able to summon up enough
reserves to salvage some pride with a consolation goal in the final 3
minutes. Final score: 5-1 to Pattaya Mail.
This is the first time in a long time that the Pattaya Mail soccer team has
had anything to shout about and comes after mainly hours of nightly practice
sessions on the forecourt outside the company building. The exuberant new
champions received 6,000 baht prize money and the BTC Champions trophy. As
part of the awards ceremony, Parkong Saidee from The BTC Club was given a
prize for the highest scorer in the competition; Sommai Seeda from 87 Print
was voted the ‘Best Goalkeeper’ and to add icing to the Pattaya Mail cake,
Chatchai Permpoon from the victorious team was voted to be the ‘Player of
the Tournament.’
Fergus and Pete share the spoils
at Treasure Hill
The Bowling Green Golf Society
The course played by the Bowling Green golfers on
Thursday, July 20 was Treasure Hill. The weather on the day was ideal for
golf but the difficulty of the course was reflected by the fact that nobody
beat par on the day.
Twenty-two players took part this week in just two flights. The day started
off with the customary complimentary and excellent breakfast supplied by the
Bowling Green and after the golfers returned to an equally excellent Thai
meal that was on offer and was eagerly taken up by the players, with many
going back for second portions.
The winner of Flight “A” was the club organiser for the golf, Fergus Brennan
with 35 points; second was Phil Tate with 34 points and in third was Bill
Knight.
The winner of Flight “B” was Peter Harris with 35 points, on count back over
second placed Mike Wing, also 35 points and Joel Flor came third with 32
points.
The “twos” winners this week with a prize fund bolstered from the previous
week (no winner) were Colin Cronin, David Arrowsmith and Peter Harris
The nearest the pin prizes went to Ian Covill, Dick Warburg and Tewin
Lamthong
Frank wins a close battle
for the Monthly Mug
PSC golf from The Café Kronborg
Monday, July 17,
Green Valley, Stableford
For the regular crew of the Café Kronborg the ‘Monday morning blues’ are
very much a thing of the past, having long been replaced by the eager
anticipation that goes with the prospect of pitting their skills on yet
another fine golf course as the Monday challenge comes around.
 Monthly
Mug winner Frank Pilkington with Songkran.
The aptly named Green Valley was the chosen venue this week and although the
weather on the day was somewhat dull and cloudy it was never the less dry,
and just to make things a little more difficult a strong head wind greeted
our competitors as they stepped on to the first tee.
This strong wind was particularly evident on what is now the Par 3 second
hole requiring a precise tee shot over water to a semi-island green, not the
easiest shot to pull off especially coming so early in the round.
However as we all know our boys from the Kronborg are made of stronger stuff
and on the day the scoring was very good with a couple of the ‘usual
suspects’ taking the honors on this occasion.
‘The Big Virginian’ alias Bob Rasmussen it was who mopped up the ‘B’ Flight
with a fine 39 points from newcomer David Wood (not to be confused with
Tiger) taking second place with 32 points on his first appearance with the
Kronborg, and Ged Mason in third with 31 points.
The ‘A’ Flight was won by that consistent performer Ted Morris with an
excellent 40 points, but only just it must be said with Fergus Brennan (39
points) running him a close second and Frank Pilkington announcing his
return to the fold with 36 points in third.
Thursday, July 20
Pattaya Country Club, Stroke - Monthly Mug
This is always an exciting day at The Cafe Kronborg, as the best
regular competition of the month is played and the only one where we all
return to The Kronborg for the results.
We usually play the Pattaya Country Club these days as it is relatively
close to our home base, and we can get back in short order. It used to be
Siam, but that is now in a state of repair. We shall see what the future
brings.
On this day the course was in good condition, but we had a stiff wind that
did us no favours on the way around. Mediocre scores were expected and we
were not disappointed.
Back at the Cafe Kronborg the players were waiting to see the results. In
the A Flight, 0 to 16, the winner was Ted Morris with a net 68 ahead of a
count back for second with net 71 won by Marty Allred, with Clive Robinson
in third.
In the B Flight, 17 upwards, the winner was Fred Theobald, just losing the
Mug on count back, with a net 67 ahead of Derek Brook in second with a net
70 and Dave Richardson won a four-way count back for third with net 71:
Ebrahim, Wayne Koch and Alex Backland were the unlucky trio.
And so to the winner, and with a fine net 67 the champion was Frank
Pilkington, and well done to him.
T.T.F.N.
Miss Amphan strikes again
I.P.G.C golf from the Jomtien Golf Society
Monday, July 17, Plutaluang, Stableford
The Jomtien Golf Society headed out to the soggy and on some holes, the
waterlogged naval course at Sattahip. There were murmurings in the clubhouse
that this would be a tough test as we were playing the North and West
courses. As it turned out... they were right!
It was a cloudy day and it felt very humid; of the original seventeen
starters there were four cards handed in with 20 points or less. But scoring
well in third place was Bev Ewens with 33 points followed closely by Jack
Hinchey, one point ahead. However, Miss Amphan, with some great drives off
the tee took the honours with 37 points: this is the second time in
succession she has been in the top three. I think her fellow lady players
need to tell her where the bell is in our bar?
Wednesday, July 19, Noble Place, Stableford
The one hours drive to the well manicured course at Noble was
appreciated by all the members and guests. The ‘ B ‘ course is still shut
after two months, and by looking down at the ninth hole you can see why. So
we played the C and A courses; the par threes are a test in themselves for
the men, surrounded and protected by bunkers, so our ladies did their best,
but they did not feature in the mix-up this time.
Tying in second place were Gary Bingham and Eddie Behr with 32 points, but
joint winners on 35 points were Jeff Cargill and Dannie Larsen. Well done to
all.
The Jomtien Golf Society meets every Monday and Wednesday at Paweenas, Soi
5, Jomtien Beach Rd, and departs at around 9.15am. Transport and club hire
is available. Please call Glyn on 068375464 or sign up in the bar.
Sri Racha revisited
IPGC Pattaya Golf Society at the OK Corral
Tuesday, July 18, the Pattaya Golf Society chose to
visit Sri Racha International Golf Club for the first time in three
years, as recent reports indicated that the condition of the course was
improving. The fairways are now reasonably good and, even though there
is still a need for some more remedial work on the greens, the course is
perfectly acceptable and is better than some others currently being
visited.
The scene was set then for a Medal event and the large, high quality
field was divided into two flights with the split at 16 and under.
In a tensely fought Division Two, Markku Tynell shook off the cobwebs of
his previous day’s adventure on day one of the annual IPGC Championship
to find his form again with a net 73, which was good enough for third
place. One shot ahead, and in joint first place on level par were
Masashi Iizumi and Len Jones; both jostling for the top spot as they had
been the previous week.
The standard of play in Division One was an indication of the quality of
the field with all three principles breaking par. John Cunningham,
recently struggling in the doldrums, fired a welcome net 69 for third
place on a course he had played only a few times before, whilst Mikael
Andersson shot the day’s best gross of 74, giving him an excellent net
68 on a day when his prodigious drives all found the “short stuff” on
the course’s generous fairways. His second place was one shot behind
newcomer Kris Kritsnajootha who played some fine golf in a round of net
67 to win the day.
The day’s “twos” pot was shared by Jeff Wiggins and Markku Tynell and
the PGS’ newest member, ebullient Texan Bob Martin, enjoyed the Booby
Bevy for his round of gross 77, including a birdie two. Sadly he was
still qualifying for an initial CONGU handicap and was not entered for
the competition! He will be seeking retribution later, no doubt.
The return to Sri Racha had brought back happy memories to some of the
golfers but for those playing there for the first time the day had been
a pleasant surprise.
KK doubles-up at KK
Thursday, July 20 was the sad occasion of the funeral of one
of the Pattaya Golf Society’s favourite members, John Preddy, and with
many wishing to pay their final respects, a smaller than usual field
turned out at Khao Kheow for the society’s weekly Stableford event.
The “A” and “C” nines were the order for the day and the course was
quite difficult in a strong breeze, which blew throughout.
David Thomas overcame the embarrassment of a disastrous first hole to
post a final score of 32 points and this was to be good enough for third
place. Ben Findon and new member, Thai/American Kris Kritsnajootha went
three better to post winning scores of 35 points each and take the
event. It was the second successive win for Kris in his first week with
the group.
Tony Kitchen had the honour of the day’s only birdie two and his smiles
did much to hide the imbalance of his card which bore a paltry seven
points on the first nine, with three times as many on the back nine.
He was spared the Booby Bevy however because of the aforementioned
disaster on the first hole by current Player of the Month,
seven-handicapper David Thomas, and the whole field at the presentation
loved Mr. Denis’ stroke by stroke description. It would not be a
surprise that somewhere John Preddy was also watching and enjoying it.
The Beautiful Game?: Who’s the Villain Here?
By Riz Taylor
It’s not often that ‘The Beautiful Game?’ gets the chance to discuss
Aston Villa. And why would it? Villa are possibly the dullest club in
English football, at least on the face of things over the last twenty
years or so.
If that statement has you choking on your somtam this morning, consider
this: anyone under the age of thirty would have no recollection of the
golden age of Aston Villa Football Club - the league title in 1981,
Peter Withe scoring the winner in the European Cup final a year later,
the days of Cowans, Bremner et al.
According to a good number of its supporters the club have been going
backwards ever since. Doug Ellis returned to the club as chairman after
the champagne nights of the early eighties to preside over a couple of
decades more barren than any others in Villa’s long history. Under
Ellis’ stewardship the club have won just two League Cups, and next
season will be amongst the favourites for the drop. Simply put, Aston
Villa are in serious danger of becoming the new Nottingham Forest - a
fate worse than death.
Many fans have blamed Ellis for the club’s failings over the years. Yet
despite protests against his reign and never-ending suggestions of club
takeovers that would see him put to pasture, the old man still holds the
Villa reigns as tightly as he ever did. In almost 25 years since Ellis
returned he’s seen more than ten managers come and go. You don’t preside
over a club of Villa’s size for a quarter of a century without
possessing a ruthless streak, and you certainly don’t pick up the
nickname ‘Deadly Doug’ without good reason either.
The latest to go was former Ireland defender David O’Leary, who parted
company with the club a little more than a week ago. O’Leary had never
been taken to heart by the Villa faithful, and had even overtaken the
unpopularity of his chairman at the tail end of last season. The former
Leeds boss must have realised his days were numbered when the side
finished last season’s Premiership race in sixteenth place, barely
managing to stay above local rivals and best buddies Birmingham City and
West Bromwich Albion.
Ellis is notorious for watching every penny, and as the club’s majority
shareholder he has every right to. But his obsession with watching the
purse strings has seen a number of managers leave the club complaining
of not being backed in the transfer market. Ellis last sacked a manager
in 1994 when Ron Atkinson was shown the door. In the years between the
trio of Brian Little, John Gregory and Graham Taylor have all left the
club, supposedly of their own accord.
But last week it was the PLAYERS who were said to have had enough of
their chairman’s ways. A statement, supposedly from the first team squad
complaining of financial cutbacks, said: “There are no positives coming
out of the club. We need to see a plan where the club is going and all
the players feel the same. Every penny is being watched.”
The statement was later said to have come from just one player rather
than the entire squad, but the seeds had been sown. O’Leary was implied
to have taken some involvement in the debacle and was summoned to Villa
Park to explain his actions. He left the ground two hours later clinging
to his job, but a mere two days later his spell in charge was over.
Oh for the days when a manager was fired and left his club with all guns
blazing. Today it’s all ‘mutual terminations’ and details more secretive
that any government dossier. O’Leary’s departure was, according to the
club’s official statement, an “amicable parting of the ways.” It also
said that “a compensation package reflecting the situation has been
established”.
So for all intents and purposes O’Leary was asked to leave, yet the club
is spared any embarrassment by keeping his mouth shut with a financial
carrot. Such is modern life I suppose. O’Leary becomes yet another
manager to tangle with the wily old Ellis and come out second best.
Indeed, the chairman didn’t even see the need to return from his summer
holiday to say his goodbyes to the outgoing Irishman.
Martin O’Neill and Alan Curbishley were amongst the first to be linked
with Villa Park hot-seat after O’Leary’s departure, but can anyone
honestly see either of these astute football men being daft enough to
clamber aboard what seems to be a sinking ship whilst Ellis still holds
onto the company cheque-book?
No, I think we’ll see an up-and-coming young boss take the helm in the
coming weeks, and by this I mean young and desperate. Ellis, meanwhile,
will continue to hold sway at Villa Park and will look for another coach
he can push around. And the game goes on.
Ellis is the last of an old breed of chairmen; a man of the old guard
who has survived 24 years in charge during a period of enormous changes
in football. Protests, bad times and even a heart bypass haven’t managed
to keep him away, and for that he surely deserves respect. Once again a
takeover bid is being lined-up for Aston Villa as we speak, and perhaps
it might lead to an upturn in the club’s fortunes. Yet whatever happens
in the future you can be sure that Doug Ellis’ memory will live long in
the club’s past and, for the moment at least, its present.
Duff Heads to Toon
Damien Duff ended up signing for Newcastle United earlier
this week, as exclusively predicted in this column last week (No it
wasn’t, you said he was all set for Spurs - Sports Ed). Perhaps that’s
not such a big surprise depending on your point of view. You’ll either
see Duff as a greedy so-and-so heading to St. James Park for a bumper
payday with little chance of actually winning any silverware, or perhaps
our Irish readers will prefer to view Duff as a world-class winger that
made an innocent mistake moving to moneybags Chelsea two years ago only
find himself little more than an expensive benchwarmer for Jose
Mourinho. The poor lamb.
Duff claims to just want to play regular football, and about time too.
Yet whatever his reasons for making the move one thing is for certain,
and this is that Chelsea’s supposed intentions of running the club as a
profit-making business in the very near future are still some way off
the mark. Newcastle announced to the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday
that they had paid Chelsea a mere 5 million pounds for the wonder
winger.
Superb business for the Magpies, I’m sure you’ll agree, but for Chelsea
the deal represents a loss of 13 million pounds for Duff, who the club
deemed worth paying 18 million for just two years ago.
But then, who cares about that when you have a billionaire Russian
chairman who’s happy to continue signing every player that moves.
Already a figure of 100 million pounds has been spent on transfers since
the end of the season when wages and other fees are taken into account.
Set to appear on the West End stage for the first time this season will
be Michael Ballack, Andriy Shevchenko, Salomon Kalou, John Obi Mikel and
others. Surely this is getting a bit boring now. There’s no fun to be
had with limitless pots of money, as I’m sure all Aston Villa fans will
agree.
Black Cats
to Bounce Back?
Ten million pounds, or half of Shaun Wright-Phillips, can
even buy you a football club these days. That what a consortium headed
by ex-player Niall Quinn stumped up for Sunderland recently, and after
being unable to find a decent manager Quinn has appointed himself as
boss in the interim. Helping him prepare for the tricky task of
returning the club to the top division will be Peter Reid, who of course
managed the club himself not too recently.
So let’s get this straight - Sunderland have got shot of an experienced
international manager skilled in the art of getting rubbish teams
promoted and instead will now be led by a novice who’ll be instructed by
the man that once paid Rangers the princely sum of 8 million pounds for
Tore Andre Flo. Now that’s progress.
The Square Ring
by Howie Reed
T“Jeeves... JEEVES!! Confound that man. If he’s gone down to Tim’s
again without permission I’ll skin him alive. Oh there you are. Jeeves
what say you break out the chilled mugs and the extra large bottle of
Singha you’ve been saving for a little celebration?”
“What are we celebrating your Lordship?”
“Wandee Singwangcha (49-7-1) winning the WBC ‘interim’ light-flyweight
boxing title. Did it at the Mall Shopping Center. Easy unanimous
decision over Juanito Rubillar (39-9-7).”
“You have to wonder now how good Wandee is. Toss out the year 2003; he
lost four times to really good fighters, all away from the Kingdom, and
he’d probably be the champ without the ‘interim’ tag.”
“On the same card Jeeves, WBC king Sirimongkol Singwancha (54-2) got
another meaningless win: this one against Lito Gonzaga (24-22) via the
KO route in 3. Note on Sirimongkol that I discovered with hard work.
Back in 2005 he had a meaningless fight with Rodney Alba (5-6-2). Got
the following from the record book. ‘Alba was controversially forced to
fight Sirimongkol. On his way to official weigh in, Alba was hurt, broke
and cut his nose when he was involved in car crash. The unscrupulous
Thai promoter of this card, threatened him with not getting paid if he
refused to fight..’ So Jeeves bring on the libations.”
‘The Contender’ has begun a new season and The Square Ring’s official
Contender observer has reported in.
O.R., taking a break from research on various forms of “walking to
music” at the TQ sent the following account: “I didn’t even finish
watching the last one (Contender) because I think it has lost the pizzaz
that the original had. Ray Leonard just doesn’t seem comfortable without
Stallone and the sideline characters don’t show me much. The fighters
have not been packaged with the same excitement that the others had and
the whole thing seems too contrived. I will bet you a short-time bar
fine at the TQ that it will not even come close to the first one because
it looks like a tired re-hash.”
I could not agree more. The Contender lost me when one of the boxers was
on the telly with his ‘main squeeze’: “We got to get married”, “Most
definitely”, “I can make it happen”, “Most definitely”, “Well I made
this happen... “ click... the sound of the TV changing channels.
Most real boxing fans are eagerly awaiting the third leg of the triangle
that is Manny Pacquiao-Eric Morales. They’ll complete the triangle on
November 18 in Las Vegas at the Thomas & Mack Arena. I know “ Thomas &
Mack” sounds like the name of an upscale steakhouse but live with it.
Both have won a fight with the last going to Pacquiao.
Many times in boxing the camps for a fight of this magnitude will “trash
talk” to build a gate. That’s not the case here. Frankly it’s easy to
dislike Morales and those that he surrounds himself with. They are
thugs. I love that Morales always enters the ring waving the Mexican
flag with shouts of Viva Mexico. What a phony. Morales, born in Mexico,
now lives in the United States. So much for “Viva Mexico.”
The usually quiet Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, is doing the
talking this time.
“I don’t like when someone bad mouths my fighter. Manny is a good kid.
He works hard and I stand behind him. I’m not going to sit back and be
silent when Morales says things like, ‘Manny sucks’ as a fighter and
that Morales just had a ‘bad night’ in their second fight. Manny was the
first fighter to ever knock him down... let alone knock him out!
Obviously Morales has a problem accepting that. He also said that the
reason Manny is famous is because of him, and that he will take away all
of Manny’s fame when they fight in November. I’m not going to let him
get away with saying those things about Manny!”
This probably started after the first fight which Morales won. At the
post fight conference Morales said Pacquiao took him lightly and that it
was a mistake in fighting him. When Roach got to the mike he said, “We
won’t make the same mistake again. He (Morales) told me to ‘sit the ****
down and stop crying. I do respect Morales as a fighter. In fact, he’s a
great fighter! But I don’t respect him as a person. I don’t respect
anyone who tells me to ‘sit the **** down!”
Another boxer who trained under Freddie Roach was Wayne “The Pocket
Rocket” McCullough. Well since his second loss to Oscar Larios he’s been
looking for one more fight to get back into title contention. Whilst
awaiting that fight he’s training middleweight Enrique Omelas for an
August 18 encounter with Sam Soliman.
Promoter Dan Goossen says of McCullough, “He’s always been one of the
hardest workers as a fighter and if he can bring that work ethic to the
boxers he trains they will become excellent fighters. This will be a
great opportunity for Wayne to make his mark as a trainer here in
America.”
McCullough is using the same techniques that he learned when he was
trained by the late Eddie Futch. Fact is that Futch told McCullough that
some day he’d follow in his footsteps. Wayne got a certificate to mark
the moment.
There is a truism in boxing that added weight doesn’t always mean added
power. Arturo Gatti (40-8) went into last Sunday’s WBC title match
moving up in weight to 147 to challenge Champion Carlos Baldomir
(34-9-6). It was a really bad idea.
Baldomir was quicker, faster, hit harder and was in control from the
opening bell. Gatti landed punches that at a lower weight might have
been lethal but had no effect on Baldomir. The end came amid a flurry of
punches at 2:50 of the 9th round.
Prior to the fight the Baldomir camp had complained about New Jersey
Commission Dictator Larry Hazzard jr. appointing Wayne Hedgepeth as the
referee. They were right. He was horrible. On the road to the KO,
Baldomir may have been aided by referee Hedgepeth when he landed one of
many “border line blows” that affected Gatti. The outcome, however,
would have been the same regardless.
Ricky Hatton’s camp were also KO’d by Baldomir as they had a “big bucks”
fights lined up with Gatti for later in the year. Trainer Billy Graham
talking to Sky Sports said, “That has just cost us a lot of money. I am
stunned and gutted at the result and although Baldomir fought well we
were all looking forward to a Gatti-Hatton match. We had been offered a
lot of money and too much to refuse to go to the USA and fight Gatti. It
would have been such a great fight.”
Baldomir showed some class, which is unusual from many Latin fighters
plying their trade in America: “I made good on my promise. I said that I
would beat Gatti before the 12th round. I hope that the boxing world
knows who I am now, and there will be more to come for me.”
Negotiations are under way for a Mayweather jr.-Baldomir fight for later
this year - watch this space!
Sadley it may now be the end of the road for Gatti: “He is a very strong
welterweight. Now I know why he beat Zab Judah. Me, as a fighter? I
don’t know if I’m ever going to fight again. I had a good time doing it.
Thank you for coming out and God bless.”
Jeeves: “You want the fluted glasses and the Dom Perignon? And
what would his Lordship be celebrating now?”
His Lordship: “What would I be celebrating? Tiger won the British
Open on the Royal Liverpool Golf Course, a burned out ‘Cow Pasture’ in
Hoylake, England. Just a few hours earlier ‘Yank’ Floyd Landis showed
his backside to the cheese-eating, wine- swilling, garlic-breathed,
surrender monkey French as he rode down the Champs Élysées capturing the
Tour de France bike ride. Tis a Great Day.”
Jeeves: “You ‘Yanks’ are really an insufferable lot.”
His Lordship: “What was that?”
Jeeves: “I said, ‘Let’s party’ your Lordship”.
The Grape Vine keeps winning
Pattaya Sports Club Friday Bowling League
200 Bowlers - La, Mai & Tui.
Grape Vine took three points from Friends and
continue their hold on first place. House of the Golden Coin keeps pace
as they took three from Domicil whilst Montana captured three points and
third place from Café Kronborg. Jack & Tar got two and a half points
from France whilst La shot 220 as Three Sisters garnered all four points
from VFW Post 9876. Mai’s Thai Restaurant also grabbed four points from
Shenanigans and Café Ole took three points from Brother D.
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