Christina
Boden
On October 30, the Charity Club of Pattaya’s annual Gala
Dinner went ahead at the Pinnacle Grand Resort & Spa Na Jomtien. The beach
had a lovely breeze, which kept everyone nice and cool.
The Pinnacle Grand laid on a spectacular buffet with the
tasty wine to accompany the food being donated for the second year by Mr.
Waller and Ron Keeley of the World of Wine. The wine was enjoyed to the very
last drop! So a big thank you to Ron Keeley and Mr. Waller.
As always, John Collingbourne <www.collinbourne-auctioneers.com>
was on hand to oversee the auction for us, so thank you John for your time.
The economy didn’t help with the auction this year, so John had to fight for
every baht!
Fohn &
Joe from the World of Wine deliver the wine to the Pinnacle Grand.
Auction items were donated by: All Season’s Pattaya;
Absolute Sanctuary Samui; Six Senses; Banyan Tree Phuket; Massic Travel
Pattaya; Indochine Phuket; Andara Resort Phuket; Dewa Resort Phuket; Malcolm
Glenny; Thai Decor; Villa Salika; and Ron Hall.
Platinum Sponsor Pure Bliss went one step further and
donated Bvlgari gift sets on the evening, to the delight of the sponsors’
wives. So a big thank you to M.D. Antony Chapman. <www.pureblissthai.com>
Raffle Prizes were donated by: Six Senses; Conrad Hotel
BKK; Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square; Sheraton Grande on Sukhumvit BKK; Amari
Rincome Chiang Mai; Mercure Patong; Le Meridien Kho Lak; Cape Panwa Phuket;
Imperial Queen’s Hotel BKK; Rembrandt Hotel BKK; Kandaburi Resort Samui;
Pinnacle Lumpinee Hotel BKK; Pinnacle Grand Jomtien Resort Na Jomtien;
Pinnacle Samui Resort; Shangri La Hotel Chiang Mai; Marisa Resort Chiang Doa;
Alois Restaurant; Gian’s Restaurant; Manhattan’s Restaurant; Yorkies Pork
Platter & Casa Pascal.
The
live entertainment was provided by “Mandy and Willie” - a great couple who
normally sing in Jomtien.
All the prizes were claimed on the night, so no
outstanding numbers.
A special thank you also goes out to our Platinum
Sponsors for 2010: John Richardson of U.T.S. (Steel Construction Thailand);
Alan Bolton of Alan Bolton Property Consultants; John Seymour of Northern
Thai Realty; Tom Coghlan of C.S.P. Construction; Matvic (wholesale
butchers); E.F.S. (Expatriot Financial Services); C.E.A. (Cranes and
Equipment Asia); Pure Bliss (hotel amenities); Lodge Pattaya West Winds
1803SC and Steve Puttock.
The most import part of the evening was what did the
Charity Club raise? As numbers were well down on previous years, this also
reflected on the money they raised. But - they were still pleased with the
332,000 baht raised on the night.
For more information, contact
[email protected]
Bertram
the Bear is always a popular “guest” at the Charity Club events.
Platinum
Sponsor Pure Bliss went one step further and donated Bvlgari gift sets on
the evening, to the delight of the sponsors’ wives.
Numbers
were down this year, but the club still managed to raise 332,000 baht on the
night.
