Pattaya Mail backing the ‘Dolphins’ for championship glory

Big results pledged after Pattaya United gain 2 new sponsors

City Mayor and Pattaya United’s Chief Advisor Ittiphol Khunplome (left) presents a team jersey to Pattaya Mail Media Group’s Business Development Director Suwanthep (Tony) Malhotra (right) at a press conference held at City Hall, Friday, March 4, to announce new sponsors for the football club.

Phasakorn Channgam

Pattaya United Football Club officials are promising big results after the acquisition of two new sponsors has pushed the team’s treasury to more than 70 million baht.

American International Assurance Co. and the Pattaya Mail Media Group both signed on as sponsors March 4, giving the team the resources to obtain the players it needs to reach the top of the league standings, according to Pattaya United President Sonthaya Kunplome.

AIA Regional Manager Krit Attasara said the company has watched the team’s progress over the years and is now convinced the club can attract a lot of fans to every match. He said more funds would be allocated to the team in the future. AIA also sponsors Chonburi and Sriracha’s Premier league teams and has taken a big interest in local football.

Pattaya Mail Business Development Manager Suwanthep Malhotra said the media group has watched Pattaya United evolve of the past couple of years since its inception and that there is a desire among top management to promote the club.

He added that the paper’s reach across Thailand and the world would help publicize the team’s activities. Malhotra said the Pattaya Mail has high hopes Pattaya United will reach the pinnacle of Thai football in the not too distant future.

At a press conference with his brother, Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome, Sonthaya thanked the new sponsors and said their support has boosted the team’s spirit, along with its fortunes.

Fans can check on the progress of the team this Sunday March 13 with a home fixture against Osotspa M-150 at the Institute if Physical Education Stadium in Chonburi. Kick-off for the match is scheduled for 6.00 p.m.

AIA eastern region agency director Krit Attasara, AIA vice president of agency management, M.L. Jiraseth Sukhsawat, Pattaya United football club president Sontaya Khunplome, Mayor Ittiphol and Pattaya Mail Media Group Business Development Director Suwanthep Malhotra announce the signing of the new sponsorship deal.

Team officials, club sponsors, players and trainers
pose for a group photo at the press conference.

Thai Premier League Standings (March 6, 2011) Team                              P   W   D     L    F     A    +/-   Pts. Army United                  2    2    0     0     6     1      5      6 Osotspa M-150             2    1    1     0     5     2      3      4 Chonburi FC                  2    1    1     0     4     2      2      4 Buriram PEA                 2    1    1     0     3     2      1      4 SCG Samut Songkhram                   2    1     1     0     3      2      1   4 Pattaya United              2    1    1     0     3     2      1      4 Police                               2    1    1     0     2     1      1      4 TTM Pichit                     2    1    0     1     4     3      1      3 Sisaket FC                      2    1    0     1     3     2      1      3 Chiang Rai United        2    1    0     1     4     4      0      3 BEC Tero                       2    1    0     1     3     3      0      3 Khon Kaen FC              2    1    0     1     2     3     -1      3 Bangkok Glass              2    0    1     1     1     2     -1      1 Sri Racha FC                 2    0    1     1     2     4     -2      1 Thai Port FC                  2    0    1     1     1     3     -2      1 Muang Thong United   2    0    1     1     0     3     -3      1 TOT SC                           2    0    0     2     0     3     -3      0 Navy FC                         2    0    0     2     1     5     -4      0

Fashion and spectacle makes Pink Polo a big hit with fans

Thai Polo and St. Regis battle for possession of the ball at the Queen’s Cup Pink Polo event held at Thai Polo Club in Pattaya, Saturday, February 19.

Elfi Seitz

Hundreds of enthusiastic spectators arrived at the Thai Polo Club in Pattaya on February 19 to attend the Queens Cup Final polo match between two all women teams representing Thai Polo and St. Regis. Most of the female fans were decked out in hats of all types of styles and it showed again that polo is not just a dynamic equestrian sport but also a real social event.

The ‘best hat’ award went to Lee Puenboonpra

The traditional Pink Polo spectacle is used to collect money for Her Majesty Queen Sirikit’s centre for breast cancer treatment, which provides female patients in need with the - very often – life saving surgery and treatment they desperately require.

Included in the attendees at the polo match were Dr. Kris Chatamra, president of the breast cancer centre and his wife Khunying Finola.

Other VIP guests at the event included the owner of the Thai Polo Club and CEO of B. Grimm, Harald Link, his daughter Caroline, Nunthinee Tanner, the executive director of LBG Ltd. Group and chairwoman of the Pink Polo organising committee, Paul James, the global brand leader for the St. Regis Hotels & Resort Group, which were the main sponsors, plus representatives of various foreign embassies and important businessmen.

Miss Pink Polo Queen 2011.

The special guest of honor was ML Khunying Piyapas Bhirombhakdi, who - on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen – presented the beautiful trophy to the winning team.

Prior to the exciting polo match a lunch buffet was served, followed by a terrific fashion show on horses where models and famous actors and society ladies wore designs by La Martina, Burberry and Cymberline.

Of course raffle tickets were available with great prizes to be won. The “Miss Pink Polo Queen” contest winner was rewarded with a voucher of 50,000 baht from The St. Regis Lhasa Samui. The best hat contest was won by Lee Puengbonpra, the head of the HI! magazine who received a 35,000 baht voucher.

Finally the polo game started with St. Regis in their fitting pink polo shirts and Thai Polo wearing their customary grey jerseys. For a long time the game ebbed and flowed and it seemed that St. Regis were gradually gaining the upper hand, but the traditional “stamping” of the field by the spectators before the 4th and last Chukka saw a transformation in the game and the Thai Polo Team of Caroline Link, Catalina Oettinger-Wallenstein, Claudia Zeisberger and Isabel von Morgenstern, rallied to score the match-winning goal in the last 20 seconds of the game to win the match 4-3.

The victorious Thai Polo team (from left) Isabel von Morgenstern, Claudia Zeisberger, Ina Oettinger-Wallerstein and Caroline Link receive the trophy from ML Khunying Piyapas Bhirombhakdi (right) acting as representative for Her Majesty The Queen.

A fashion show with a difference.

The two teams race downfield in the final chukka.

PCC find total too much to chase on minefield of a wicket

Pattaya Cricket Club could not overhaul the target of 211 runs in their latest Premier League match against Aditya Birla-ICC away in Bangkok last weekend.

The team resembled a travelling circus rather than an aspiring cricket team attempting to finish in the coveted top four of the league and they did not disappoint as only nine players were available to take the field due to our friends in brown uniform detaining the opening bowler and square leg fielder for speeding.

PCC had been asked to bowl first in sweltering conditions and on a turf wicket that would not have looked out of place in an allotment. This is very frustrating when there is a perfect artificial wicket next to this minefield.

AB-ICC took an instant liking to the makeshift bowling attack as Andy ‘Boots’ Emery was obviously struggling with blisters to his feet, a result of practicing for hours in the nets!

Having paid their speeding fine, Shan eventually entered the attack, the team could afford a slip and immediately the run rate slowed. Together with Usman and the maturing Dutch spinner Leon, PCC reduced the opposition to106 for 5. Leon bowled beautifully and finished with figures of 8 overs, 4 wickets and 13 runs. However, tired fielding and dropped catches contributed to a powerful finish to the innings from Vincent as he completed a masterful century (107) and was ably assisted by Vidit (58 not out) to help AB-ICC post a total of 211 runs from the allotted 40 overs.

PCC needed a solid start but with only 19 runs on the board they had lost 3 wickets. The wicket had deteriorated rapidly as Leon had already been hit on the head from off a length, Adam Oyston had been hit on the foot from a bouncer and Sunny had been rapped numerous times on the gloves.

It was left to Simon and Hansie to rescue the innings. Hansie grew in confidence and some marvelous clean hitting started a counter-attack that soon rattled the opposition. After 2 sixes and 6 fours Hansie finally succumbed, more to exhaustion than a good delivery, for 57 and PCC were 104 for 4.

Once Simon was clean bowled trying to maintain the required run rate for 30 the innings lost its momentum. Richard Harvey and Shan had brief cameo appearances but PCC closed their innings on 171 for 8.

PCC’s next league fixture is away again against the Southerners at the Thai Cricket Ground on Saturday 12th March.

Alcazar welcomes Maradona to Pattaya

Argentinean football legend Diego Armando Maradona (center right) and his girlfriend Veronica Ojeda (center left) meet some of the stars of the Alcazar cabaret show on Friday, March 4.

The Alcazar Show in Pattaya was delighted to welcome Argentinean football legend Diego Armando Maradona and his partner Veronica Ojeda as guests of honour for a special performance at the cabaret show lounge on the evening of Friday, March 4.

During his brief visit to the city for a private holiday, Maradona had the chance to experience the spectacular song and dance show and get up close and personal with a few of the Alcazar’s beautiful stars.

‘Fun Regatta’ goes from strength to strength

Multihull “Miss Saigon” cruises past some limestone outcrops during Race Day 1 of The Bay Regatta. (Photo/www.acyc-phuket.com).

Held from February 9 - 13, 2011, the 14th The Bay Regatta once again met with the distinction as being labeled the ‘Fun Regatta’.

An astounding sailing route and anchorages leaving from Phuket through majestic Phang Nga Bay to Krabi and back to Phuket with five nights of prize giving presentations and parties have made this event one of the most memorable ones on the Asian yachting circuit.

Varying wind conditions and impressive course designs through the stunning scenery of Phang Nga Bay and the provinces of Phuket, Phang Nga and Krabi in addition to fantastic parties allowed this year’s Bay Regatta to be hailed as the best ever yet.

There’s always a large emphasis on having fun at this annual nautical event. (Photo/www.acyc-phuket.com).

Scott Duncanson and his crew on Quantum Fusion M were certainly lavish in their praise for the event organizers.

“The race management under the direction of Simon James and Andy Dowden was simply superb in some very challenging weather conditions,” said Scott. “The courses were the best thought out in many years and most competitive yachties would agree Simon is providing the most professional race management in the South East Asian region.”

Yacht racing is often a selfish sport but The Bay Regatta offers the opportunity to involve the whole family both on and off the water. Competitive sailors, cruisers, boozers there’s something for everyone.

The London Corinthian Sailing Club chartered four boats - Venture, Kinnon, Villon and Rachawadee - and have sailed in many other regattas but this was their first experience in sailing in The Bay Regatta and they found it to be much more fun. Says Steven Gear-Evans, Venture, second in Bareboat Charter, from this club, “This was the most stunning race course we’ve ever been on. We’ll definitely be back!””

The Regatta saw Day 1 of racing in Phang Nga Bay off the east of Phuket with the opening party and the prize giving and second party held at The Village Coconut Island at Koh Maphrao with that day providing Phuket-based sailors the opportunity to participate. The course then followed a route to the anchorage at The Paradise Koh Yao Boutique Resort and Spa.

Particularly scenic surroundings took the fleet to the anchorage in Krabi at the Sheraton Krabi and then off to a more invigorating sail to the southeast point of Phuket Island where the final party was held by the Ao Chalong Yacht Club (ACYC), the organizers of the Regatta.

Although low winds plagued the first two days resulting in shortened courses for several classes, the last two days provided some terrific sailing with a particularly invigorating sail back to Phuket.

In Racing class, Phuket local Scott Duncanson, owner and skipper of Quantum Fusion M took first place while in Bareboat Charter, it was Paul Kendall on Lychee who took top spot on the podium.

Neils Degenkolw’s Phoenix won first in Cruising A and in Cruising B, Jim Ellis’s Remington, a participant and winner since the first rally in 1998, took first.

Multihulls saw first time Regatta participant Sidewinder owned by Alan Carwadine taking honours.

Despite rumours that the event wouldn’t happen, the Ao Chalong Yacht Club (ACYC) stepped in on short notice and organized a successful event that moved approximately 300 people around Phang Nga Bay, from one 5-star hotel to another. Fantastic food, great entertainment (DJ Jay Le Shark at The Coconut Village Island and a band), and bands at The Paradise Koh Yao Boutique Resort and Spa and at the Sheraton Krabi Resort and for the first time, free flow drinks (booze) (no tickets had to be purchased). The final party at ACYC also saw outstanding food and drinks with two bands.

The Bay Regatta is a non-profit event. Thanks to the support of sponsorship, the Regatta can continue to provide varied and interesting race courses through some of the most breathtaking maritime scenery in the world to reach unparalleled anchorages and party venues - all factors which contribute to this exciting event which keeps participants returning each year.

For more information on The Bay Regatta - Phuket, Phang Nga, Krabi, see www.acyc -phuket.com/bayregatta.htm.

City hammer league leaders

MBMG International League Div 1 & 2

Paul Frain

Pattaya City met the unbeaten league leaders Londoner last weekend, going into the match trailing their opponents by four points with six games left to play. Pattaya knew they could not afford to drop any points in this game as only a win would keep them in touch with the top teams.

Although both sides settled down quickly, it was the Londoner who took the lead in the sixth minute of the game when the City defence failed to clear the ball and the Londoner’s forward made no mistake from twenty yards to give his team the lead.

City quickly replied and the Londoner’s keeper had to make a smart save from Ndjanna, but equally the City keeper had to be alert and dive at the feet of the Londoner forward’s feet to stop them scoring a second.

As it was the Bangkok team went further ahead when one of their forwards went down in the City area to gain a penalty which was converted, even though the City keeper got his hand to it, to make it 2-0.

This was certainly far from the kind of start City had wanted, but they carried on with their passing game, using the width of the pitch and making the Londoner players run around in the hot sun on the large playing area. But City still lacked the final killer ball so chances were few and far between even though possession wise they had the better of the first half.

After the break City came out all guns blazing and straight from the kick off they worked the ball out to the wing before centering to the unmarked Ndjanna, who was unceremoniously sent crashing to the ground by the Londoner’s keeper. A penalty was the result and Craig Banks made no mistake from the spot to pull a goal back to make it 2-1.

City continued their open football and ripped the Londoners defence apart time and again and their keeper made two important saves to keep the Londoner in the lead. It seemed only a matter of time though before City would score an equalizer as the Londoner defence began to panic under the constant pressure of the attacks by the Pattaya forwards. City continued to miss easy chances but when Alan Mulberry hit the post, Ndjanna was the quickest to react and prodded the ball home for the equalizing goal to make it 2-2.

Now back on level terms the Pattaya team pressured the ragged Londoners defence even more and from a corner kick Phillip Walter headed down for Ndjanna to hook the ball home to put City in front for the first time in the match. Victory was all but assured soon after when a long kick by City’s keeper was controlled by Ndjanna before he slotted a pass into the path of the unmarked Alan Mulberry who made it 4-2.

Pattaya were not about to sit back, even with a two goal lead, and they signed off with the best goal of the game when Knorr put the finishing touch to an eight man move to notch City’s fifth goal and make the final score 5-2.

The second half was City’s finest display of the season and they are now only one point behind the Londoner who have the harder run-in of the two clubs until the end of the season.

City Res were unable to follow the lead of the senior team as they fell to a disappointing 3-2 defeat by ipod in an entertaining end to end game.

Pattaya City are at home against the German All Stars this weekend while the City Res have no game.

FC Nova heading for top flight after weekend win

MBMG Bangkok International League Division 2

FC Nova.

FC Nova travelled up to Bangkok last Saturday to take on the inform Bangkok Storm and came away with a well deserved victory. The 3 points gained effectively means FC Nova, in only their second season, have gained promotion to the top tier of amateur football in Bangkok, a fantastic achievement by all involved with the football club.

Coach Stuart Levy however will not let his side rest on their laurels and with only 2 games remaining in the season will concentrate on winning both those fixtures and go up as worthy champions.

Levy once again had to tinker with the players he had available last weekend to provide the best formation. He reverted back to the tried and tested 4 4 2, with inspirational captain Lee Homer coming back to partner Mark Mckeown in the middle of the park and Paul Derbyshire reinstated back to his favoured centre forward position to partner the inform Bjorn Ellingsen.

The formation seemed to give more stability to Nova’s play and they certainly had the better of the opening exchanges against the Storm. However, similar to the previous week they could not turn their early pressure into goals although both strikers Ellingsen and Derbyshire had good opportunities to open their account.

The pressure was telling and Nova finally broke the deadlock on 25 minutes; Sit Namthong, making a rare appearance for the Pattaya outfit due to his naval commitments, burst down the left wing before providing the perfect cross for leading scorer Ellingsen to calmly slot home.

Nova now firmly had a grip on the game, Mckeown and Homer were bossing the centre of midfield and new signing Deow on the right of midfield was seeing plenty of the ball. The young Thai midfielder looks a great signing and with a little more composure at times could have got a couple of goals himself as he jinked his way past the Storm players time and again.

With 10 minutes remaining in the half Nova suffered a blow when one of their senior players Derbyshire suffered a nasty clash of heads with a young Storm centre half. The Nova player came off worse and had to be carried from the field dazed and suffering concussion as well needing 14 stitches in a head wound!

Coach Levy had an adequate replacement in the experienced Nicholas Creasey who was soon in the action linking up play well. With minutes remaining in the half a well worked move saw the ball arrive to the feet of Creasey, who cleverly laid the ball back into the path of his captain Homer who unleashed a screamer from 25 yards that crashed into the roof of the net.

Soon after the half time whistle blew and Coach Levy got his players together and demanded more of the same stuff. Telling his players not to take their foot of the gas as Bangkok Storm had hit a bit of form of late with some strong second half displays themselves.

Levy introduced another new signing Alex Milburn for the start of the second half and the player, who has trained with Nova all season but has been unable to find his way into the squad until now, relished the opportunity and was a constant menace to the Storm back four as he chased down everything.

Nova were looking comfortable with their two goal lead but midway into the half Levy was forced into making a couple of changes with the impressive Lee Turner and young Deow having to be replaced through injuries. This somewhat upset the balance and cohesion of the team, however captain Homer had reverted back to centre half to shore up the defence alongside young Ton, who gave another assured display.

Storm were now pressing in search of a goal that would get them back in the game, however they could not find a way passed Homer and his well drilled defence and Jesper Karlsson was giving a more than competent display in the Nova goal.

After weathering the “Storm” Nova had chances to extend their lead in the final ten minutes as their opponents committed more players forward. But they failed to capitalise on these opportunities and in the end the final whistle blew and Nova had ran out comfortable 2 goal victors.

After the game the celebrations could begin as Levy and his players were in jubilant mood after gaining promotion to the higher echelons after only their second season as a club.

Levy and his Nova side will certainly want to end the season in style and a win over BSL Youth in Bangkok this coming weekend will see them crowned champions. They then finish off their league campaign the following week with a home fixture against Picked Liver.

Coach Stuart Levy will certainly know it will be a hard ask in Division 1 next season as there is a big gap in standard between the two divisions, with the top division extremely demanding in terms of speed and fitness. A number of clubs are recruiting African players to cope with the demands of the physicality of the league, however Nova are a club built on strong principles, effectively started up by a group of lads that fancied a game of football, and they have done remarkably well this season.

Levy knows he will need to improve his squad for next season but will continue to keep to the clubs traditions, that is first and foremost looking for players from the local ex-pat community.

After the trip back from Bangkok the lads from Nova were treated to splendid array of food laid on by Jamesons Irish Bar before celebrating long and hard into the night.

Also on a nice note congratulations to Nova’s influential captain Lee Homer, who became a father for the first time on Monday and all the players and management wish Lee, Sar and their new arrival all the very best for the future!

Another tight contest for monthly master

The IPGC Monthly Members’ Tournament

Wednesday, March 2, Phoenix – Stoke/Stableford

The first Wednesday in March saw the largest field of IPGC members for a few months assemble at Phoenix for the third IPGC members’ tournament of the year. The Ocean and Mountain combination was quite well presented and with the top flight playing from the blue tees and white for the rest, there was a fine contest in prospect.

Each monthly member’s tournament provides three winners in the divisions and one from the ladies, who will go forward to the finals to compete for the Gold and Silver Medals later in the season. In addition the tournaments will also be used to determine the IPGC gentleman player of the year, with between 1 and 15 points to be won in each division every month, dependant on final positions, which will then be aggregated for the year to establish the overall winner. As usual the first division contested a stroke play format whilst the second, third and Ladies’ division played stableford.

In the first division the competition was very close with only two shots (gross) separating the top five golfers. It was left to handicaps to decide the outcome and in third place, playing off nine, was Brian Libbey with net 75. In second place was organiser Russell Exley with net 74 and the flight was won by Jim Slattery with a competent net 73.

The second division played stableford and the pressure was rather less acute as Patrick Engles finished third with 34 points, a handful behind runner-up Phil Groves with 39. The winner was Shuichi Kodaka who produced his best round for a while to take the flight with 43 handsome points.

The third division was won by Danny Greer with 35 points, Roar Berger finished second with 33 points and a count-back separated Rod Howett and Ted Murphy both on 30 points, with Ted losing out for third place after only managing 15 points on the back nine.

The ladies’ winner was Tik Mayer on 32 points, edging out Noi Emerson on 31.

In the ‘2’s competitions there were only six birdies, with Brian Beaupre and Jim Slattery winning in the top flight and Shuichi Kodaka, Alan Griffiths, Patrick Engels and Emmet White being successful in the second flight. There were no ‘2’s in the third flight. The near-pin winners are listed below.

After the tournament there was the usual excellent presentation buffet at The Haven. The function and prizes were sponsored generously as always by the IPGC, and those who had contributed to the success of the day were warmly thanked. They included the perpetual Registrar Glyn Evans, Starter John Mason, results coordinator Stephen Beard and the hard working event organiser Russell Exley for whom the day had been another resounding success.

The official prize-winners are listed below but the full list of results can be seen on the excellent official IPGC website at http://www.ipgc.org.

Division 1
1st Jim Slattery net 73
2nd Russell Exley net 74
3rd Brian Libbey net 75
Division 2
1st Shuichi Kodaka 43pts
2nd Phil Groves 39pts
3rd Patrick Engels 34pts
Division 3
1st Danny Greer 35pts
2nd Roar Berger 33pts
3rd Rod Howett 30pts
Ladies
1st Tik Mayer 32pts
2nd Noi Emmerson 31pts
2’s: Brian Beaupre, Jim Slattery, Shuichi Kodaka, Alan Griffiths, Patrick Engels, Emmett White.
Near Pins: Peter Ditz, Mauri Friman, Noi Emerson, Jim Slattery (2), Patrick Engels, Roar Berger, Kare Lunde, Marty Rock, John Radcliffe.

Thorne squeezes out 40- pointer at damp Eastern Star

Jomtien Golf with the IPGC

Monday, Feb. 28, Green Valley – Stableford.

There was heavy rain overnight here in Jomtien and a few showers early morning and we were all not sure what to expect today. We have been so lucky lately with the weather on golfing days with this intermittent rain, unheard of normally for this time of the year.

There were only two divisions for the men today with the cut at 5-15 and 16+ and of course the ladies as well.

Green Valley winners - Valentina Hiller and Raivo Velsberg.

Playing off 9 the best score of the day in all three divisions was 39 points, well done Raivo Velsberg who won the top flight. In second place was Tony Thorne on 37 points and Georges Faber beat Yasuo Suzuki 22/19 on the back nine for third after they both came in with 36’s.

Kari Aarnio won division 2 with 36 points, that Frenchman Jean Morel was second three points behind and Jerry McCarthy edged Harry Vincenzi 10/9 on a back six count-back for third place after they both scored 32 points each.

Valentina Hiller meanwhile took the ladies division with just 28 points.

Timo Ahvenainen birdied the ninth and Adi Mayer the twelfth to share the ‘2’s pot in division 1 and in division 2, Kari Aarnio, Fred Duffy, Ernst Egeskog and Jean Morel shared the rollover purse.

Near pins went to Pranee Bossett, Mikael Andersson, Georges Faber, Raivo Velsberg, Harry Vincenzi, Jim Connelly and Jean Morel.

Friday, March 4, Eastern Star - Stableford

There were 57 names down on the sheet on Thursday evening at Siam Cats with seven ladies playing but as the evening progressed a few cancellations came in and four no shows the next morning left us down to 4 ladies and 44 men in four divisions. The reason was torrential rain in the Ban Chang area starting at around 7.00 a.m. and lasting for over an hour.

As we drove towards Eastern Star the clouds were very heavy in the distance and there was a very light drizzle. The first of the 13 groups teed off and the light rain lasted until the fifth hole, then the skies brightened slowly and conditions improved throughout the round. This was reflected in the scores today with the best in division 1 for Tony Thorne winning with 40 points, playing off six, while Adi Mayer was second with 33 and Steve Jones beat Paul Butler and Kari Kuparinen 20/18/17 on count-back after they all scored 31 points.

There was an amazing cut in division 2 of 15-17 with 14 players and Arvo Hiller won it with 37 points. Dennis Scougall took second place on 35 points and Grant Cadell came in third with 34.

Joe Peters won division 3 with an even par 36 points, William Chang was one point behind for second and in third place was Tony Holehouse on 34.

Noi Emmerson topped the ladies division with 38 points.

Two birdies on the third hole helped Wilf Latham and Tony Thorne share the rollover ‘2’s pot in division 1 and there were no successful candidates today in the second division so four rollovers moving on to next week’s extravaganza game here.

Near pins were claimed by Mam Morel (2), Paul Butler, Risto Hakkenen, Tony Thorne (2), Lee Casey and Joe Peters.

Covill top scores at St. Andrews

PSC golf from The Caddy Shack

Wednesday, March 2, Greenwood - Stableford

A pre-game rainstorm meant a reduced field of 20 players arrived to take on the challenge of Greenwood off the white tees. As it turned out the rain returned and only 16 players finished their rounds.

Damian Trant - A Flight winner at Greenwood.

Damian Trant coped best with the conditions to win the A Flights ahead of Rick Culley and Ted Gardner. A one over par score was enough to give Greg Ritchie victory in the B Flight with Derek May and Bruce Tollitt completing the podium.

A Flight
1st Damian Trant (11) 38pts
2nd Rick Culley (13) 36pts
3rd Ted Gardner (8) 35pts
B Flight
1st Greg Ritchie (22) 35pts
2nd Derek May (18) 29pts
3rd Bruce Tollitt (18) 29pts
Friday, March 4, St. Andrews – Stableford

Another group of 20 players arrived at St. Andrews on Friday to find the course in very wet condition after overnight rain.

Rick Culley and Emmet White battled it out for top spot in the A Flight with Rick just edging it on a count-back. Dave Hester took third place with an even par round.

Ian Covill was the top scorer of the day with 39 points to win the B Flight ahead of Dave Strang and Mike Pledger someway back in second and third respectively.

Dave Hester had the only ‘2’ of the day to scoop the purse.

A Flight
1st Rick Culley (13) 38pts
2nd Emmet White (12) 38pts
3rd Dave Hester (6) 36pts
B Flight
1st Ian Covill (14) 39pts
2nd Dave Strang (18) 34pts
3rd Mike Pledger (19) 33pts

South Herts take the Challenge Jug

IPGC golf from The Haven

The South Herts golf team.

Sunday, Feb. 27, Green Valley - Stableford
CSS 72
Division 1 (0-15)
1st Frank McGowan (15) 38pts
2nd Joe McArdle (11) 36pts
3rd Jim Slattery (11) 35pts
Division 1 (16+)
1st Stephen Lewis (18) 38pts
2nd Wayne Harmon (17) 38pts
3rd Tony Pieroni (16) 35pts

Once again the Sunday group got back on to the usual course with seven groups forming into two divisions and with no delays in starting times it meant the usual suspects were to be found at the top of the leader boards.

Frank McGowan took charge of the first division with a two-under return that was enough by two to take the top spot, with sparring partner Joe McArdle in second just one ahead of Jim Slattery.

The second division needed a count-back between Stephen Lewis and Wayne Harmon, which the former won by a margin of 22 to 20 with Toni Pieroni relegated to third three back from them.

The 2’s were shared by Joe McArdle, Jim Slattery, Wayne Harmon and Otto Haeling.

Monday, Feb. 28, Mountain Shadow - 2 Person Scramble
Division 1 (0–12)
1st Peter Skinner & Bob Heath (9) 47pts
2nd Marc Jenson & John Chelo (11) 45pts
3rd Jim Slattery & Gerald Decio (10) 45pts
4th Michael Cutmore & Stephen Beard (9) 45pts
Division 2 (13+)
1st Max Gard & Leif Lossius (18) 47pts
2nd Shuichi Kodaka & Danny Greer (17) 46pts
3rd Edward Butcher & Garry Carstairs (14) 45pts
4th Rod Howett & Roar Berger (20) 43pts

As usual the monthly scramble was well attended with over twenty teams contesting this very popular format at one of the most popular venues for a scramble, played from the blue tees.

Victor Horn secured victory for South Herts.

Two divisions were required with the split being made at 13 and above with teams handicaps being calculated on their two handicaps added together and then being allowed 40% of the combined total and rounded to the nearest whole number. This allowed for all levels of handicap to compete although each player had to play at least seven tee shots during the round.

The first division was led in by Peter Skinner and Bob Heath, with Peter leading the way in the chipping and putting department and Bob looking exceptionally good in the tee to green areas. The four hours a day spent practicing, without a single lesson or pro in sight, on every non-golf day proved to be the difference as they swept to the top at eleven under, ahead of a very competitive chasing group who all had to be separated by count-back.

Marc Jenson and John Chelo made good use of their slightly higher handicaps to take second spot with a better 8 to 7 over the last 3 three holes to deny Jim Slattery and Gerald Decio, who had tied them for the back nine at 23 and the back six at 14. Michael Cutmore and Stephen Beard took fourth with the same points but a worse 22 on the inward nine.

The second division was also a very close fought affair with Max Gard and Leif Lossius, a last send team match up, taking the top spot also at eleven under and Shuichi Kodaka and Danny Greer combined some excellent team work, after having spent many hours in bonding sessions in most of the establishments of Walking Street, to place second a shot back.

Edward Butcher and Garry Carstairs made light of their first outing out of Soi 13 with a third place one more behind, leaving Rod Howett and Roar Berger in fourth two more behind them.

The 2’s were suspended for the day due to the format.

Before presenting the prizes The Doc welcomed new members Garry Carstairs, Edward Butcher and John Chelo and also welcomed back Phil Mitchell, Stuart Hibberd, Stephen Lewis, Robin Peach and Brian Randall.

Friday, March 4, The Emerald - Stableford
CSS 72
1st Brian Libbey (9) 37pts
2nd Russell Exley (8) 37pts
3rd Jim Slattery (11) 34pts
4th Max Gard (15) 34pts
5th Gerald Decio (14) 34pts
6th Roar Berger (27) 32pts

As the rain lashed down in Soi 13, watched by the players who had braved the conditions having left their homes in a thunderstorm, it was clear that the numbers for the day’s activities would be severely restricted and the next decision was whether to even start out for the course. But following a phone call to ascertain that the course was indeed still open and that carts would be allowed in the rough only, a much smaller number than usual set off in the rain.

As the journey to the course progressed the rain got steadily lighter until finally everyone arrived at the Emerald to overcast but dry conditions that continued throughout the day’s rounds.

Following the overnight and morning downpours it was decided that the day’s competition should be played under a ‘lift and place’ on the fairways ruling.

With much fewer contestants just one division was required and this was led by Brian Libbey whose one under was enough on the day to secure another win to add to his recent list of successes, but he needed to win the count-back over Russell Exley, who is also going through a small purple patch, which he did with a better 20 to 16 as Russell took a nap over the last six holes having won his match that he was playing simultaneously by then as Brian still battled to win his match right up to the 17th hole.

Jim Slattery, also involved in the two formats, took third place after a count-back which he won with 13 on the back six after he had tied the back nine with Max Gard and Gerald Decio on 17 points. Max then took fourth place with a better 12 on the back six as Gerald could muster just 11 points.

Roar Berger slipped into sixth place two more behind those three.

Challenge Jug Match - South Herts 4.5 v The Haven 3.5
(Haven players first):
Russell Exley (8) won 7 & 6 Michael Cutmore (0)
Brian Libbey (9) won 3 & 1 Peter Skinner (10)
Yasuo Suzuki (10) lost 3 & 1 Jim Slattery (11)
Rick Roberts (13) lost 5 & 4 Bob Heath (13)
Max Gard (15) drew A/S Gerald Decio (14)
Steve Lewis (18) lost 5 & 4 George Oakley (15)
Stephen Beard (22) lost 1 down Bruce Horn (15)
Roar Berger (27 won 2 up Jimmy Norris (26)

While the normal Stableford competition was being played, the South Herts Golf Club Tour Team were making their fourth attempt to grab the “Thailand Challenge Jug” from the wizened claw like grip of The Doc and at last succeeded in their quest for what had seemed to be an impossible task. But with a weakened Haven team having many of the stalwarts still cowering under the sheets with the thunder crashing, it looked like it was going to be their best chance for years to claim the prize.

The first two matches did not bear out that promise as Russell Exley swept to an imperious 7 and 6 win over the over Singha’ed Michael Cutmore, although Michael played some fantastic tees shots that were both very long and very straight, the wobbly bits around the green made the difference.

In the same four-ball Brian Libbey finally settled the match on the 17th winning 3 and 1 against the inform Peter Skinner with some very steady play from Brian which Peter could not quite match on the day. So 2- 0 to The Haven.

Next up was the promising Yasuo Suzuki but his usual spark was not quite firing up as he went down on the 17th 3 and 1 to Jim Slattery whose application made all the difference in the end analysis. In the same group Bob Heath again took full advantage of several hundred practice strikes out of the middle of the practice bay allied to an unerring radar sense on the greens to see off the challenge of Rick Roberts after fourteen holes.

That left the score finely poised at 2 – 2

Next up was Max Gard, having been shoehorned into the team at the last minute, who managed to hold Gerald Decio to all square after the match had swung from one side to the other throughout the round, while in the same group George Oakley, the old plumber, wrenched out a 5 and 4 win after fourteen hard fought holes leaving Stephen Lewis slightly shaken to put South Herts up three and a half to two and a half.

The final two groups were advised of the match situation as they approached the eighteenth green and Roar Berger, having just won the seventeenth to go one up, continued the pressure to claim the last to leave Jimmy Norris two down. So it was all down to the Doc, who having come back from seven down, yes seven down to all square on the seventeenth to either win, draw or lose the match on the last. He unfortunately took the last and least attractive option by taking four from the edge as Victor Horn, his old drinking buddy and erstwhile provider of London lodgings, took the win with a stupendous bogey to claim their match and the Challenge Jug for South Herts by a margin of 4.5 to 3.5.

In a strange but possibly not unconnected coincidence, The Doc won the correct score draw pool and then attempted to make apologies and amends by trying to buy drinks for the rest of the evening.

Note: If you would like to play with The Haven group you can contact mobile 084782 4582 or call in to the hotel at 185 Soi 13 between Beach Road and 2nd Road. All transportation to the course is arranged and you do not need to sign up prior to the day, but you should be there by 8.30 on Mondays, Wednesday, Fridays and Sundays on the days you wish to play. A schedule of courses to be played can be found on our web site at www.thehaven-hotel.com.

Schramm ends the month on a high

IPGC Pattaya Golf Society at Rabbi’s Elephant Bar

The Pattaya Golf Society visited Bangpakong Riverside on Monday, 28th February and found the welcome warm as usual and the course in excellent shape with greens consistent but a little “crusty”. The course is now played “backwards” beginning on what was previously the tenth hole and is considerably more difficult as a result. However the quality of the golfer decides the scoring rate and again on this occasion the better golfers were to the fore.

In the single flight Japanese golfers Joe Niisato and Takeshi Hakozaki shared third place with 36 points each whilst Dave Moriarty went one better to record the second best score of 37 points. Once again it was left to Rick Schramm to stamp his influence on the field and he ended such a fine month for him with a two-under 38 points for the win. It was the third sub-par round of the month for the confident and clinical Canadian and propelled him to the summit of the Society’s “Player of the Month” stakes after a string of excellent performances. His gross of 78 was as good as any he has turned in recently.

The ‘2’s pot was shared by Larry Slattery, Takeshi Hakozaki and a newly returned Steve Jones. The day was superbly marshalled by John Mason and the presentation ended with a birthday celebration back at Rabbi’s in Soi Buakhao for Khun Peung, the good lady of the house.

It had been another fine golfing day from the Elephant Bar.

Maple leaves predominate at Greenwood once more

The Pattaya Golf Society travelled to Greenwood on Friday, 4th March, a very stormy day indeed, but found the A and C courses dry and conditions perfect with overcast skies making golfers comfortably cool. The field was divided into two flights at sixteen and under and not for the first time at Greenwood the Canadian entrants were to feature strongly in the frame.

In the second flight Dave Wilkinson incredibly finished third on 30 points whilst John Lindsay, playing for the first time with the group, finished second with 32 points. The organiser for the day Jack Robertson had soldiered his round well for the winning score of 35 points.

In the top flight Jean Morel joined Rick Schramm in third with 33 points, whilst Ronnie Ramsay made an impressive return from work to post 36 points for second. The winner, with the best gross of the day, 75, was Brian Beaupre and his 38 points continued an excellent spell for the Canadian currently.

There were no ‘2’s and the Booby Bevy went to out-of-form Jimmy Cloy for his low score of the day.

Full marks to Jack for his stewarding in the absence of Mr. Len as he waits for some minor surgery.

Khao Kheow avoids the rain as Outback take the honours

PSC golf from the Outback Golf Bar

Tuesday’s Div A and B winners, David Day and Dennis Persson, relax after their respective victories.

Monday, Feb. 28, Burapha - Stableford

Forty-seven players at our regular Monday spot at Burapha as the Outbackers we were joined by the TIAC boys from Aussie, here for their annual challenge. The day was hot and rain threatened but didn’t eventuate; the course was in great condition and playing the whites on C and D the scores were generally on the better than average side.

Peter Sapwell (TIAC) won Div A with 37 points ahead of Owen Walkley (36pts) who always seems to play well here; with Div B going to Tony Pieroni, who had the day’s top score of 41 points (to follow his recent success at Khao Kheow, but that day he won with only 31).

Laurie Rive (TIAC) on 38 points prevented a clean sweep from the rest of Tony’s gang; Wayne taking third place, also with 38, and Pat in fourth with 35. Another TIAC boy, Barney Clarkson (35pts) won Div C after beating Burapha regular Ivan Plunkett on count-back and the fourth and last member of Tony’s gang, Doc Vale, took third with 33.

There were just two ‘2’s from Wayne Harman and Bob Green.

We said goodbye to Wayne, Pat, Tony and Doc, all of whom had a successful day, as they’re on their way back to work and other things back in Perth. The lucky draws (free green fee vouchers) were won by a couple of the TIAC lads so they went to auction back at the bar.

The after-golf “barbie” continues to be popular, with burgers and sausages, and the pork or steak sandwiches are slowly catching on.

Some very good friends of the Outback are looking for sponsors for their upcoming Tuk Tuk journey through India from Cochin (in Southern India) to Shillong (in the North East corner). It’s a trek of some 2,500 miles starting on April 16th 2011 which the teams are hoping to complete in about two weeks. The team’s name is “What Tuk Tuk Shillong” and you can read all about it at http://rickshawrun11s.thead venturists.com/index.php? mode=teams.

Thanks to the winners today who contributed their winnings to the above and to the guys who also donated yesterday at the bar. We are looking to get the boys past their 1000 GBP target and will be collecting for the next few weeks. The Outback will then credit their sponsored account from time to time. The charities are Cancer Research and Scad (http://www.scad .org.in /who_we_are.php).

Finally, whilst at Burapha today, it was announced that there will be a Pro-Am, to be played on Wednesday 30th March 2011, so anyone interested in playing, please give Capt’ Bob a call.

Div A (0-13)
1st Peter Sapwell (13) 37pts
2nd Owen Walkley (12) 36pts
3rd Ed Wycoff (9) 35pts
4th Bruce Milner (13) 34pts
Div B (14-19)
1st Tony Pieroni (16) 41pts
2nd Laurie Rive (18) 38pts
3rd Wayne Harman (17) 38pts
4th Pat Quinlivan (14) 35pts
Div C (20+)
1st Jeff Clarkson (26) 35pts
2nd Ivan Plunkett (21) 35pts
3rd Doc Vale (24) 33pts
4th Dino Bin lusimoen (27) 32pts
Tuesday, March 1, Pattaya C.C. - Stableford

Pattaya Country Club continues its rise to stardom as another good field of 29 Outbackers took to the fairways. Chad was, as usual, our organiser, although he failed to produce the result he would have liked, continuing in his current run of poor form. One wonders if playing with John Lawton has any bearing?

Alan Whittingham is playing well but didn’t do quite enough to catch the resurgent David Day, whose fine 39 points was the day’s top score as well as giving him first place in Div A.

Div B went to Dennis Persson with his 37 points and he was disappointed to learn that there was no ladder this month. John Lawton tied with him on points but was beaten on count-back with JinJo O’Neill back in third with 36.

There were seven ‘2’s from Ian Heddle, Nigel Cannon, David Day, Jean Morel, Al McMullan and Dennis ‘the Turnip’ had two.

Div A (0-17)
1st David Day (16) 39pts
2nd Alan Whittingham (15) 38pts
3rd Bruce Milner (13) 36pts
4th Jean Morel (17) 34pts
Div B (18+)
1st Dennis Persson (19) 37pts
2nd John Lawton (20) 37pts
3rd Martin O’ Neill (29) 36pts
4th Don Tyldsley (30) 35pts
Wednesday, March 2, The Emerald - Stableford

It’s always good to report that a course has done a good job, and the Emerald excelled themselves today as we teed-off on time with no interruptions and no shortage of carts. Some 43 Outbackers, not all playing in the comp. started out and many of them were the TIAC boys who are with us all this week, practising for their own tournament which starts on Monday at Siam Old Course.

One of them, Ian (Fidge) Button gained the top score of the day (41pts) which not only earned him first place in Div C but it also saw his handicap reduced by one shot to 15, ahead of him joining us in Chiang Mai on the 13th March, well done Ian!

Tony McDonough is a shrewd golfer; he’s always there or thereabouts but just stays under the handicap radar, which he did again today with 38 points for the Div B win, whilst Ole Aaarrestad took full advantage of a two shot hike in his handicap to pip Paul Greenaway by one in Div A.

Brian Maddox’s 34 points were enough to win a low scoring Div D by three, and fourth place went to Dennis Toal with just 28.

There were no ‘2’s today.

Div A (0-10)
1st Ole Aarrestad (8) 37pts
2nd Paul Greenaway (10) 36pts
3rd Kevin From (6) 35pts
4th Ian Heddle (2) 33pts
Div B (11-14)
1st Tony McDonough (14) 38pts
2nd Owen Walkley (12) 35pts
3rd Peter Sapwell (13) 31pts
4th Bruce Milner (13) 30pts
Div C (15-19)
1st Ian Button (16) 41pts
2nd Patrice Bardy (17) 36pts
3rd Laurie Rive (18) 34pts
4th Doug Douglas (19) 29pts
Div D (20+)
1st Brian Maddox (21) 34pts
2nd Jeff Clarkson (26) 31pts
3rd Steve Bowyer (29) 29pts
4th Dennis Toal (32) 28pts

Friday, March 4, Khao Kheow - Stableford

There would have been a few golfers upon waking who would have turned over and not ventured out, with heavy or steady rain falling and thunderstorms rumbling around most of Pattaya and its suburbs. How wrong they would have been, depending on the course of the day. We heard that the army recruit course in Sattahip was flooded and unplayable, Siam Old Course and Pattaya C.C. had a small amount of rain early and Khao Kheow, believe it or not, had none.

Sixteen of the Outback’s finest took on 16 of the TIAC boys in a two-person Ambrose (scramble) on the A & C nines, and in addition of course there were also the usual team prizes.

Steve Mann and Dave Thomson (Outback) got there first by count-back with the day’s best gross of 72 for a net 66.25, which was matched by Al Bryce and Gavin Henderson (TIAC).

Two more TIAC teams filled third and fourth places but proved to be not quite enough as the local Outback team just got there with a 5 to 3 overall match result.

There were two ‘2’s from Barry McIntosh and John Burns.
1st Steve Mann (9) & David Thomson (14) net 66.25
2nd Al Bryce (11) & Gavin Henderson (16) net 66.25
3rd Kevin From (6) & Dennis Toal (32) net 66.5
4th Graham Holmes (7) & Dino Bin lusimoen (27) net 66.5

Note: The Outback Golf Bar is situated about 6km from Sukhumvit Road along Soi Siam Country. All are welcome to come and join us for a beer and a hit. Just call in and put your name down on the list or give Bob a call on 087 941 2474.

Hall keeps the winning habit

PSC golf from The Three Sisters’ Bar

Winner Richard Hall, left, with runner-up Eddie Kristianson.

It was Richard Hall’s day again as he stomped the field into submission with a brilliant 42 points at Pattaya Country Club. He was hitting the ball well and had an exceptional day at putting. Richard’s form runs hot and cold and this was one of his hot days.

In second place was old timer “Fast” Eddie Kristianson with 35 points. Eddie stayed in Pattaya instead of his normal trip to Canada and for his first game in Pattaya for a while he did not do too badly.

The rest of the field seemed to be asleep or maybe recovering from a hangover. The lower thirties and below were the norm for the day.

Hope to see you all next week with a little stronger field.

Brown has a blast at Khao Kheow

PSC golf from Tropical Bert’s

Tuesday’s ‘four tops’: Brian Parrish, Doug Maiko, Karen Brown and Tom Cotton.

Derek Brook

Tuesday, March 1, Khao Kheow – Stableford

Well at least it did not rain so I suppose we got a result. Mind the caddy did ask if I had a ‘rain cover’ just in case, but lo and behold we got around dry. The skies were overcast, and it was really hot and muggy, but all in all the day was fine and a great success.

The drive up there was nice and slow as befits the driver when the fuel prices rise. I have no doubt that in a few weeks the rise will be forgotten and we will be back to normal!

So onto the course and the test for the day was to be the C & A nines. This is to my mind by far the hardest 18 holes, so with rain possible and the course wet from an overnight deluge we elected to play from the ‘Mickey Mouse’ tees (that is the white here) and just hope nobody actually destroyed the cou rse. This is Khao Kheow though so I felt I was on safe ground.

The round went well, the course was a bit wet so we did not get massive run, the rough was hard to get out of and the greens were very slow, so the ball did not get to the hole. All in all a fine round.

So it was soon into the shower, a quick bite in the fine restaurant and into the car for a smooth drive back down Route 7, what could go wrong?

As is normal I usually drive out of the old exit, the one straight onto Route 7. It is getting a bit unused now but I have come out of there a dozen times. The road is not very clean now, and as I got onto Route 7 a noise was heard from the back, a check spotted nothing but down the road the rear tyre went flat. It is quite exciting changing a tyre on Route 7. I found a nail was the culprit so from now on it is down the clean exit road!

Back at Bert’s it was soon time for the results and in the A Flight (0-16) the winner was Brian Parrish with 37 points, ahead of a count-back on 36 points that saw Doug Maiko in second and Richard Kubicki in third.

In the B Flight the winner was Karen Brown with the best score of the day 39 points. In second was Tom Cotton with 35 points and in third was Henry Wong with 32 points.

Then it was time for a few ‘cold uns’. T.T.F.N.

Near Pins: Derek Brook, Brian Parrish, Walter Bachli, Richard Kubicki
Long Putt: Walter Bachli, Paul Alford

Habgood holds on for monthly title

PSC golf from The Bunker Bar

The Bunker Bar February ‘golfer of the month’ Peter Habgood gets some help ringing the bell from Lily.

Monday, Feb. 28, Khaow Kheow - Stableford

A large group turned up to play the always popular Khaow Kheow and it was two regulars who haven’t been winning much lately who took the honours. John Hughes won the B Flight and Alan Sullivan had the best round of the day to win the A Flight.

A count-back decided second and third places in the A Flight; Tony Robbins edging Dave Harvey for the runner up spot and Gerry Cooney was the unlucky one to lose out altogether!

Peter Habgood’s second place in the B Flight was enough to win him the golfer of the month title for February.

A Flight
1st Alan Sullivan (13) 37pts
2nd Tony Robbins (14) 35pts
3rd Dave Harvey (14) 35pts
B Flight
1st John Hughes (16) 35pts
2nd Peter Habgood (16) 32pts
3rd Mike Corner (21) 30pts
Near Pins: Paul Edgar, Mike Corner, Tom Jones and Tony Robbins.
Wednesday, March 2, Greenwood - Stableford

John Graham made a winning return to golf with the Bunker Boys, winning with the best round of the day and taking a near pin prize too! Dave Ashman took second spot and another count-back between three players was needed to decide the minor places; Frank Waterhouse claimed third place, Mike Corner took fourth and Jerry Waselenkof lost out.

1st John Graham (10) 37pts
2nd Dave Askman (13) 33pts
3rd Frank Waterhouse (16) 32pts
4th Mike Corner (21) 32pts
Near Pins: Gerry Cooney, Bernie Stevens and John Graham.
Friday, March 4, The Emerald - Stableford

Steady rain greeted the golfers who turned up for breakfast this morning and with the forecast predicting rain all day it wasn’t looking too good to get a round in.

After several phone calls to check on the weather in different parts of the region the amateur weathermen amongst the Bunker Boys cancelled Crystal Bay and decided to head south of Pattaya, hoping the rain was travelling north, and would have stopped by the time we got to the hastily booked Emerald. Well, lo’ and behold, the forecasters were correct and hardly a drop of rain was seen all day!y!

Cyril Wallwork took advantage of the damp (similar to the UK) conditions and won the comp with a respectable 35 points.

1st Cyril Wallwork (10) 35pts
2nd Mark Stanley (11) 31pts
3rd Arthur Rowley (28) 29pts
Near Pins: Lee Butler, Cyril Wallwork and Mark Stanley.

Gosnells’ gorilla grabs the limelight at Khao Kheow

PSC golf from the Café Kronborg

Monday winners (L-R) Doug Maiko, Mike Gosden and Jan Lovgreen.

San Mig Stu & Peter Blackburn

Monday, Feb. 28, Khao Kheow A&B - Stableford

We welcomed visitors from Denmark, Lotte Boskov and Arne Max Pedersen, and Australian John Howard (not the former Prime Minister, although he has met him) from Gosnells Golf Club in Perth.

There were 29 cards handed in at the end of the round following confrontation with the C and A nines at Khao Kheow today, and a number of golfers deservedly walked off well pleased with their game after battling in fairly hot and still conditions for about four and a half hours.

Having been informed by the caddy-master that he was lucky today as his usual caddy was unavailable and also being the recipient of a recent golf lesson from fellow Gosnells golfer Martin Todd, the gorilla from Gosnells Golf Club, Mike Gosden, went on to play great and shot 41 points, as did Doug Maiko whilst four others, Brian Gabe, Jan Lovgreen, Johannes Jonsson and Rob Brown, played to handicap or better.

SMS was severely handicapped as he forgot to bring along his beer cooler. This presented dire consequences for his day on the course and almost resulted in him winning the dreaded Compass Cap. It did not help his temperament to see the girls in the drinks stop leave the drinks cooler doors open every time they served a drink! How is a man to get a cold bloody beer if he doesn’t have a beer cooler and the bar staff try to air-condition the world via a fridge? ... Patience I am learning here in Thailand, but watching beer cool in a bag of ice is very trying when one has a thirst up!

Other than that complaint, Khao Kheow is definitely a most enjoyable and challenging course to play. Despite some very early season heavy rains over recent days, which made for little run and slower than usual greens, it was and always is very well presented and full credit and appreciation must go to all the field staff concerned. Ditto for the staff at the club house, as the facilities there are also always first class.

A Flight (0-14)
1st Mike Gosden (11) 41pts
2nd Johannes Jonsson (13) 37pts
3rd Rob Brown (6) 36pts
4th Richard Kubicki (11) 34pts
B Flight (15-20)
1st Doug Maiko (15) 41pts
2nd Brian Gabe (17) 38pts
3rd Per-Olav Baarli (17) 34pts
4th Peter Hammond (20 34pts
C Flight (21+)
1st Jan Lovgreen (21) 38pts
2nd Leif Kirkegaard (21) 37pts
3rd Carole Kubicki (22) 35pts
4th Kjeld Ravn (22) 35pts
Near Pins: Kjeld Ravn, Doug Maiko, Lotte Boskov, Brian Gabe
Long Putts: Rob Brown, Mike Gosden

Deefa the Dog was well patronized by all who won a prize today and also by some who just wanted to give a bit of money which they know will go toward helping improve the lives of some less fortunate Pattaya children.

The Compass Cap was won by Kurt Sandgaard and the children of Pattaya thank you Kurt and all the other donors for your contributions today.

Mike Gosden always has a “probing question” which he directs to any unsuspecting golfer at the commencement of presentations. As far as SMS is aware only once has a golfer correctly answered the question which resulted in Rob Brown collecting a prize. Today’s question was strangely enough issued to Rob again but alas he did not know the answer: “What is the 4th hole at the Old Course known as?” Answer: Ginger Beer.

Thursday, March 3, Treasure Hill – Stableford

‘The Admiral’, recently retired from organizational duties, still can’t help himself as he announced at 0814hrs “Load ‘em up” and 32 keen golfers were very soon on their way to Treasure Hill. The weather was fine although ‘The Admiral’ did have some doubt that they would get through their rounds without getting “wet bottoms”. As it was they were lucky as the rain commenced as they were leaving the course to return home.

Reports on the condition of the course were unanimously favourable which is very good to hear although putting was somewhat tricky due to some of the greens being sanded and some pin positions placed somewhat “naughtily”.

The rounds were completed in around four hours and forty minutes which is not too bad for this testing layout.

The difficulty of the course was borne out by the fact that only A Flight winners were able to play anywhere near their handicaps (B Flight winner being the exception).

‘Mr. Consistency’ himself Neils Hansen just took out the top flight while there was a 3-way count-back for second, third and fourth places with Mike Gosden prevailing over another consistent golfer Rob Brown, and Richard Kubicki bringing up the rear.

It was Bon Voyage to Rob & Karen Brown who are heading back to the UK. Thanks to them for their loyal support to Caf้ Kronborg and please come back soon.

B Flight was easily won by Leif Kirkgaard with Per Olav Barli second and Jan Lovgren third. Peter Hammond beat his old mate Mike Winfield into fourth place on a count-back.

Stand in Thursday Organiser Mick O’Connor’s 33 points was good enough to win C Flight with Kenny Chung four points further back in second place. There was another count-back required to decide third and fourth places with Bent Moeller prevailing over Kjeld Ravn.

A Flight (0-14)
1st Neils Hansen (14) 37pts
2nd Mike Gosden (11) 36pts
3rd Rob Brown (6) 36pts
4th Richard Kubicki (11) 36pts
B Flight (15-21)
1st Leif Kirkgaard (21) 39pts
2nd Per Olav Barli (17) 32pts
3rd Jan Lovgren (21) 31pts
4th Peter Hammond (20) 30pts
C Flight (22+)
1st Mick O’Connor (23) 33pts
2nd Kenny Chung (23) 29pts
3rd Bent Moeller (28) 28pts
4th Kjeld Ravn (22) 28pts
Near Pins: Neils Hansen, Jan Lovgren, Rob Brown, Per Olav Barli
Long Putts: Mick O’Connor, Jan Lovgren

Poor old Elias Magnusson had a “horror” day and was presented with the Compass Cap and once more Deefa had a very good day whilst collecting many donations which of course will be handed over to charity at some point in the near future.

Grimoldby a class apart at Pleasant Valley

PSC golf from the Fairway Golf Society

Monday, Feb. 28, Pleasant Valley – Stableford

A very pleasant time was had by everybody today, playing off of the blue tees with 20 golfers so just one division.

Friday’s winner Alan Pilkington.

Except for the runaway winner Martin Grimoldby, with 42 points off a 6 handicap, it was very tight for the rest of the places as Joop Medez and Jason Cole lost out for fourth place to Brian Neal on a 24-16 & 24-17 count-back, all with 36 points. Second place was also won on count-back with Brian Libby losing out 18-16 to Curt Sliven, both on 37 points.

Congratulations to Martin for a fantastic level par round and also to (Jekyl & Hyde) Brian Neals for his magnificent 24 points on the back nine. What went wrong on the front nine Brian?

Near pins went to Martin Grimoldby, Ning Neal, Ken Priddy and Jason Cole.

1st Martin Grimoldby (6) 42pts
2nd Curt Sliven (21) 37pts
3rd Brian Libby (9) 37pts
4th Brian Neal (16) 36pts
Wednesday, March 2, Greenwood – Stableford

Another good day was had at Greenwood except for a 35mins delay due to yet another tropical storm which stopped play (what’s happening to the weather here?)

Most golfers finished the round but a few called it a day and returned to the club house early. Some of the guys that quit early were new to Thailand and could not believe that the course would be playable after such a downpour. But as we expats know, the courses here dry out amazingly quickly so we were patient and went on to finish the round.

One division today with 26 players and only two of them managing to break par: Joop Medze going up in handicap to 18 scored 38 points while the ever-improving Harvey Samuels, coming down to 16, still managed to score 37 points. Keep it going Harvey!

Near Pins went to Ning Neal (2), Nicky Clow and Scott Dobbin.

1st Joop Medze (18) 38pts
2nd Harvey Samuels (16) 37pts
3rd Billy Vickers (14) 33pts
4th Tony Duthie (20) 32pts
Friday, March 4, Crystal Bay – Stableford

Buddha was with us today because when we left the Fairways it was pouring with rain and it continued all the way to the course. We decided not to pay a green fee just have a cup of coffee and return home. Miraculously, within 10 minutes, the rain stopped so we decided to take a chance and play. This was a very good decision as we never had another drop of rain and the course dried out really quickly.

Only one player, Alan Pilkington, managed to break par today, although another golfer, namely Nicky Clow, managed to break his 3-wood in half after wrapping it around a tree on the 11th hole. Plenty of comments about this the most obvious being he should have used a tree iron. It just wasn’t Nick’s day as he also lost out on count-back for third place.

Twenty plus players today so we had 1 division and the ‘Muscles from Brussels’ Patrick Engles was in the frame yet again with a 1 over par round. The near pins meanwhile went to Terry Droy, Alan Pilkington, Tony Duthie and Jesse Alpen.

1st Alan Pilkington (9) 39pts
2nd Patrick Engles (17) 35pts
3rd Steve Durey (20) 33pts
4th Nicky Clow (27) 33pts

Note: The Fairways is situated at the top of Pattaya Klang on the Sukhumvit Road and the group plays every Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Anyone wishing to play with our society can call in and put their name down on the lists provided or call Scott on 084 389 2327. Transport & breakfast provided if required.

LeNoury storms home at Green Valley

PSC golf from The Golf Club Sports Bar

Monday, Feb. 28,Green Valley - Stableford
1st Peter LeNoury (10) 39pts
2nd Don Bland (4) 38pts
3rd Tom Balch (27) 37pts
4th Roger Griffin (20) 34pts
Near Pin: Don Bland

Today we welcomed back Roger Griffin, Jeff Johnson and KC from the Lone Star State of Texas and said good bye to ‘Wireless’.

Peter LeNoury stormed the back nine and finished on 39 points to take the frame. Don Bland stumbled early but managed a decent back to finish alone in second on 38 points. January monthly medal winner Tommy Boy Balch was third on 37 and fresh from the plane (via Walking Street) was Roger Griffin in fourth with a respectable 34 points.

Wednesday, March 2, Crystal Bay – Stableford
1st Brad Sproxton (11) 36pts
2nd Jim Mills (15) 34pts
3rd Grant Montgomery (7) 33pts

‘Kaptain Klipboard’ dodged a few sporadic blobs and managed to hold on to a 36-pointer and finish on top of an abbreviated field of 10 players. Jim Mills was second alone on 34 points and Grant Montgomery nipped out Peter Hynard for third.

A smaller field and a virtual empty course made for a sub 4 hour round - nice to see for the tail-end of the high season.

Friday, March 4, The Emerald – Stableford
1st Don Bland (4) 37pts
2nd Grant Montgomery (7) 35pts
3rd Warren Holland (21) 34pts

Overcast skies and a small drizzle did not dampen the spirits of the 19 brave souls who took on the Emerald challenge today.

Don Bland proved the best mudder and finished on top with 4 birdies and 37 points. Grant Montgomery, playing his last round for this visit, went out on the podium with a second place and 35 points (come back and see us again mate!) Warren Holland finished in the deuce pot and third overall with 34 points.

Note: The Golf Club is located on Soi LK Metro, off Soi Buakhao and Soi Diana junction. We can be reached on 085 434 3377 or [email protected] and our new website is www.golfclubpattaya.com.

Tony & Mam lead the way

PSC Golf from Mulligans Lakeside

Tuesday’s podium winners (left-right) Allan, Joel, Mam & Tony.

Tuesday, March 1, The Emerald - Stableford

The start of a new month already and a trip to Emerald where it was hoped some good rounds would be to the fore. The course was in ok condition only, following heavy traffic over the preceding high season, with a couple of tees also undergoing some refurbishment.

Two divisions today, with the split at 20+, where in the higher flight it was Mam (32) leading the way with 31 points to edge out Joel Flor (21) by the solitary point. Joel himself managed to beat both Jimmy and Brian on a count-back.

In the lower handicap flight it was Tony Chetland (18) who had been threatening a good round and who came good with a solid 37 points, again separated by just the 1 point from Allan Cassin (12) with 36. Tony made the most of his good form, snaring 2 near pins while Allan and Graham also nabbed one each.

Thursday, March 3, Mountain Shadow - Stableford

Thursday saw a smaller field gather at Mountain Shadow to test themselves from the blue tees. For some it was more of a test than for others, as putting became a trial that they were unable to rise to, Jeff and Derek come particularly to mind.

Bob Edwards (13) coped best to record a respectable 34 points, with Allan Cassin (12) signing for 31 points to round out the prize rundown. Near pins were shared around between Bob, Jeff and Allan, the latter being the only one to convert for a ‘2’. Due to the afore mentioned putting woes, Jeff managed to convert for a wipe, bummer!

Note: Mulligans Lakeside plays golf generally on Tuesday & Thursday (we sometimes change to accommodate a Thai Holiday). Presentations are made at the course on Tuesday, with Mulligans Lakeside hosting the Thursday presentation. For more details on scheduling etc., please call 089 094 1841 or 081 935 8088. Hope to see you there, Cheers & Good Golfing!

Dayle Hoek - just champion

PSC golf from Lewiinski’s

Lewiinski’s Golf Manager, Colin Davis, left, presents the Club Championship trophy to Dayle Hoek.

Feb. 27 –March 6, Green Valley – Lewiinski’s Open

On the advertising marquee, the Lewiinski’s Open is billed as “just golf and four days of it, at that”. A demanding format that cynics have deemed “over the top” but it continues to grow in popularity.

For the curious, the format is to play all four rounds on the tacit home course of the society, Green Valley. The first two days are stroke play with the top 50 percent and ties going on to day three and four of stroke play after a day’s break between games. Those who feel the lash of the cut clean their slate and play a two day stableford. The girls meantime have their own four day stableford competition running the extent of the event.

Jum Karagit accepts the ladies championship trophy from the Golf Manager, Colin Davis.

Last year witnessed a stirring battle between Nick Strasshine, Dave Dobson and Steve Mulberry (the eventual winner). This year the story was no less compelling but for different reasons.

Steve Mulberry made it quite clear he was not about to relinquish the trophy without a fight as he broke from the gate quickly with a net 69 to establish a two stroke lead. The ten handicapper was closely pursued by an elite group including former winner Jack Grindvold, Peter Le Noury, Ed’ the right honorable’ Wyckoff and ‘the silent assassin’ himself Colm Mullen, all just two shots back. But it is not a one day tournament!

On the ladies side Jum Karagit led the first day charge on 37 points to take a two shot lead over Yui Bietry.

On day two John Dearden surged to pole with a best to date net 64 masterpiece to wrest the lead from Steve Mulberry. Thierry Petremont moved up to second place via a net 69. Defending champ Steve Mulberry slipped down to third with a two over net 74 while Peter Henshaw and Peter Le Noury were hovering on joint net scores of 146.

The halfway cut was made at 154.

In the ladies four day stableford comp, Jum Karagit posted her second consecutive 37 points to move 9 strokes clear of the chasing pack.

Day three saw John Darden’s ambitions nosedive and the wheels well and truly came off as he added a net 83 to his overhaul total. Claude Harder fashioned an even par round to move into first place with a 216 point overall score. Jack Grindvold (net 69) and defending champion Steve Mulberry with a net75 moved back into joint second place.

Dayle Hoek, accompanied by the good Captain Pierre Bietry, were lying just behind a stroke back with an overall total of 219.

The ladies comp seemed to be sewn up as Jum Karagit added 39 more points to extend her mammoth lead.

The final day of the competition had the field abuzz as the pressure mounted. Regrettably the two former winners Jack Grindvold and Steve Mulberry fell back and off the podium altogether. Dayle Hoek, who plays as a member of the Peninsula Golf Club in Perth, Western Australia, showed the stamina as one would expect for a man of his fitness and relative youth to post an even par round that saw him crowned the 2011 Lewinski golf champion. Claude Harder was the first runner up leaving Thierry Petremont to take the last podium place.

The converted low gross went to Bob ‘Seamless’ Newell, a remarkable feat for a man who has suffered multiple illness this last year.

As expected Jum Karagit won the ladies comp with a total 147 four day total points.

There was plenty of action for those not in the hunt for the big prize. Twenty six players who missed the cut or who elected to drop down battled it out for the plate. Two players broke from the gate with 42 points, Gill Sayer and Lawrie McBride, followed by Gary Blackburne two shots back.

The two leading plate competitors swapped places on the second day to give Lawrie McBride the victory on 77 points and Gill Sayer was second on 75 points, leaving Garry Blackburne to fill the podium.

Apologies to those overlooked, while the Lewinski’s Open preparation forced the one week suspension of scribe’s weekly ramblings, undoubtedly a relief to some and certainly so for the English language.

A couple of highlights were Sean Murphy for his gracious bell ring after winning the snowball on the first day, Geoff Kubas for his win at the Emerald on Monday and Eddy Beilby’s fine last day top score of 68.

Sadly we were informed that a caddy from Green Valley was knocked down and killed on her way to work, the lads dipped into their pockets and raised 16,400 to help her family.

The night concluded with Bob ‘Seamless’ taking the hat round for ‘Honest’ Lou Zigzag. Bob’s good deed amounted to three bottle tops, one franc, one yen, and a cyanide pill.

Note: Lewinski’s is situated on Pattaya Land Soi 1, Beach Road Soi 13/3 near to Walking Street. Anyone wishing to play with us just pop in and add your name to the list or call Colin on 089 826 0764. Transport is provided.

It’s Lusha ‘the crusher’ again

PSC Phoenix Tuesday & Friday Golf Group

Tuesday’s winners pose for a photo with the staff at the Relax Bar.

Mike Gerrard

Yes folks, it’s amazing. When you are in form it seems to last a couple of weeks. After a sizzling net 68 the previous week, David Lusha scored well again this past week in the A Flight with a fine 37 points to beat the canny Hugh Byrne (36pts) into second and the departing for European skies Goort Gelten, who scored 34 points to narrowly beat Kevin Callaghan on count-back for third.

Hopefully David will become human again by next week and give someone else a chance to win.

The B Flight was even better with the ‘Blarney Boy’ Eamon Murtagh notching up 39 points, and that included a four-putt on one of the greens! In second place was David (the Palm Reader) Czernie with 37 points and coming third was the other ‘Blarney Boy’ John Bartley with an even par 36.

Near pins went to Mike Gerrard, John Stafford, Damien Molloy and David Lusha.

The day started with far more players than we had tee times but I have to say that the course marshals are usually very helpful and seem to turn a blind eye. When they have timed groups at 8 minutes it does not take a genius to work out how to get the players away quickly so that 7 groups get out in the space of 5 tee times.

We all got round the Lakes and Ocean course pretty quickly as well, and with the weather kind to us this week the day went very well.

Back at the Relax Bar the lucky draw winners this week were Peter Wathall (sadly leaving us this week for a few months), Colin Weaver, who luckily won the free massage donated by the Relax Bar (Colin had pulled a muscle in his back playing today so he received the right treatment for nothing), the free drink, also donated by the Relax Bar, went to Damien Molloy and the last lucky draw prize went to Landis Brooks.

So out of 25 entrants this week it was only the ones who did not return to the presentation who failed to get a return.

Our next Monthly Stroke play tournament will be on Tuesday 29th March and this month (as last) we will have the two sponsors of Trattoria Italiana and KPK Foods donating prizes for the best scores.

As of the 1st April 2011, Phoenix Golf Club will revert to Sports Day rates for Monday’s, Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s at 900 baht green fee for all visitors. All the other days of the week will be at their normal rates for visitors, but if you wish to play on a Friday with our little group (from blue tees) you can still enjoy the member guest rate of 1,000 BAHT green fee. For information regarding golf or fishing please call me (Mike) on 087 091 7565.

Count-backs abound in closely contested week

Golf from the Travellers Rest

Division 1 top three from Thursday:
Alan McGarvie, Brendan Moore and Fergus Brennan.

Barry Hooper

Monday, Feb. 28, Treasure Hill - Stableford

We visited Treasure Hills on Monday with twenty one players taking part over the A & B Nines.

Count-backs are always it seems having to be used to secure a finished result at our outings more and more these days and this outing was no different with the second third and fourth spots being an example. The winner was Ian Hunt but Dick Stewart was top of a three-way count-back over Andy Halsey and Larry Simpson, all finishing tied on thirty-five points.

1st Ian Hunt (15) 36pts
2nd Dick Stewart (16) 35pts
3rd Andy Halsey (9) 35pts
4th Larry Simpson (10) 35pts
5th Stuart Mason (8) 33pts
Tuesday, March 1, Green Valley - Stableford

The first day of the new month saw twenty nine players make the trip to Green Valley. Once again count-back were required to sort out the standings but this time it was the top two places in Div. 1 on the line with Ted Senior claiming victory over John Merritt, both with thirty-seven points, and the third and fourth spots saw Brett Cham beat Alan McGarvie by the same method.

Third and fourth in Div. 2 also needed a count-back between Ally Walker and Ian Hunt, with Ally just edging it. The winner in the division was Dick Stewart by one point over second placed Thomas Knudsen. What no count-back?

Division 1
1st Ted Senior, (12) 37pts
2nd John Merrit, (13) 37pts
3rd Brett Cham, (13) 34pts
4th Alan McGarvie, (10) 34pts
Division 2
1st Dick Stewart, (16) 35pts
2nd Thomas Knudsen, (28) 34pts
3rd Ally Walker (14) 32pts
4th Ian Hunt (15) 32pts
Thursday, March 3, Phoenix - Stableford

On Thursday at Phoenix there was a record turnout of 52 players and four divisions and yet again the count-backs came into play. This time it was to decide the second division winner with Tewin Lamthong taking it over Robin Peach, both with 41 points and both shooting the highest scores of the week.

Division 1 went to Fergus Brennan (38pts) despite his handicap adjustment and in second was Alan McGarvie.

The third division saw Noel Larkin (35pts) topping the list ahead of Jim Cleaver three back in second.

The fourth flight (don’t report that very often) was won by Geoff Becket with an even par 36, followed in by Alan Evans just one behind.

Division 1
1st Fergus Brennan (10) 38pts
2nd Alan McGarvie (10) 36pts
3rd Brendan Moore (11) 35pts
Division 2
1st Tewin Lamthong (13) 41pts
2nd Robin Peach (15) 41pts
3rd Roger Wilkinson (13) 36pts
Division 3
1st Noel Larkin (20) 35pts
2nd Jim Cleaver (20) 32pts
3rd Gary Carstaid (18) 31pts
Division 4
1st Geoff Beckett (28) 36pts
2nd Alan Evans (27) 35pts
3rd Mark Krysl (30) 34pts

Note: If you want any further or fuller information about the golf outings played by the TRGG from the Travellers Rest Hotel please contact the hotel manager “Tewin Lamthong” on 0860567019 or call in to the Travellers Rest in Soi LK Metro, Pattaya and look at the notice board or visit their website at www. trgg.biz

Sea fishing from Bangsaray

Keith Keohane shows off his pompano catch.

Mike Gerrard

Ahoy all of you mangy scurvy sea dogs!

Once again, we set sail into the unknown at about 7.00am on Thursday, Feb. 24 and after many local storms in the area we were a little concerned what the weather might be like for the day. No worries though as the whole day was as calm as it could be and not a spot of rain.

Only four of us on the boat today as we learned on the morning that one of our passengers had being involved in a road accident the day before and one of the others (his friend) was helping to take care of a few things for him. Never mind, more room on the boat for the rest of us. We learned later by way of a telephone call that thankfully the guy was not too seriously injured as first thought.

We stopped at a place where we were very fortunate last trip out, only some 30 minutes from the harbour. However, after a couple of hours at this spot it was obvious we were not going to be so lucky again. So off we set for another area of the ocean where there are usually some bigger species lurking. Once again we were unlucky and so the day went on like this.

It was then onto drifting with the tide, fishing and searching for the smaller varieties. This was much more successful and many pladaeng and few snapper were caught.

At last, at the end of the day, our dear mate Keith Keohane got hooked up to a nice pompano. Very fitting this because Keith, who is the owner of KPK Foods Ltd. has started donating a voucher once a month for the best catch of the day - this to be spent in his retail shop at the back of Carrefour off Pattaya Klang. Well, he could hardly award it to himself so this trip it was newcomer Ken Woolley who was the winner.

At about 5.00 p.m. we had all had enough and decided to turn the wheel back to shore. It was suggested that the recent storms had something to do with the lack of larger varieties today and that was supported by the lack of large fish being caught by any other boat this day as well.

Never mind, the day on the ocean with good friends is very relaxing and enjoyable. We charter a very good boat, approx 60 feet long with full bathroom facilities, coffee making facilities and an upper deck for a relaxing snooze if you want one. We also think that our skipper is one of the best in the area, as proved by recent catches. Anyone interested please call me (Mike) on 087 091 7565 for further information.

Pattaya Sports Club Bowling League

200 Bowlers: Christian, Somrak and Leen.

Canada was the only team that did not change positions in week five of the new league and they remain in first place. Tue Pettae bowled a 516 series to lead Canada to a four point win over Brother D.

Café Kronborg won three points from USMC and moved up to second place. Somrak was best for Kronborg with a 201 game and 504 series.

Snow Bowler took three points from Green Tree and they moved up to third place.

Bavaria won three points from VFW Post 9876. Ooy Pluemkamon bowled games of 192, 190 and 192 for a 574 series for VFW.

Christian bowled a 212 game and Leen Schaap bowled a 202 game, 511 series. Both were bowling as spares.

Pattaya Mail backing the ‘Dolphins’ for championship glory

Fashion and spectacle makes Pink Polo a big hit with fans

PCC find total too much to chase on minefield of a wicket

Alcazar welcomes Maradona to Pattaya

‘Fun Regatta’ goes from strength to strength

City hammer league leaders

FC Nova heading for top flight after weekend win

Another tight contest for monthly master

Thorne squeezes out 40-pointer at damp Eastern Star

Covill top scores at St. Andrews

South Herts take the Challenge Jug

Schramm ends the month on a high

Khao Kheow avoids the rain as Outback take the honours

Hall keeps the winning habit

Brown has a blast at Khao Kheow

Habgood holds on for monthly title

Gosnells’ gorilla grabs the limelight at Khao Kheow

Grimoldby a class apart at Pleasant Valley

LeNoury storms home at Green Valley

Tony & Mam lead the way

Dayle Hoek - just champion

It’s Lusha ‘the crusher’ again

Count-backs abound in closely contested week

Sea fishing from Bangsaray

Pattaya Sports Club Bowling League