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Pattaya Sports Club Bowling League

200 Bowlers: Noodle and Aht.

Indiana gained one point on second place Green Tree after winning two points in their match against Bavaria. Scores were not very good in this competition but Stienar bowling as a pacer had a 531 series.

Kran Nielsen bowled a 536 series and Yeow Gale had a 522 to lead Caf้ Kronborg to a three point win over second place Green Tree. Noodle Russell had a 224 game, 541 series and Aht Johansson bowled a 200 game and 544 series for Green Tree.

Ralph Oderbolz bowled a 537 series to lead Brother D to a three point win over Canada and dropping Canada down from fifth to sixth place. Tue Pettae bowled very well for Canada with games of 181, 195 and 199 for a 575 series.

VFW Post 9876 continued their winning ways taking all four points from Tea Party behind Ooy Pluemkamon’s 536 series and Nok Ostbo’s 500 series and they moved up the leader board from sixth to fourth place. Tea Party dropped from fourth to fifth place.


No plain sailing on night trip

Pattaya Sports Club Fishing News

The big greys coveted by the Pattaya fisher folk.

Capt. Dene

Six of us set sail from Khram Marine Fishing Lodge on Saturday, 3rd March, on calm waters and commenced fishing some 90 minutes later on arrival at one of our regular fishing spots.

Initially, it was a bit of a let-down after such a great month in February with 5 very successful trips. In the morning the fish were sleeping or not hungry and action was slow. Fortunately with a tide change around lunch time the fish became more cooperative.

By the end of the day we had our usual bag catches of 6 to 10 kilos each. Our prized big grey cod also participated and we landed several of these beauties around 1ฝ-2 kilos each.

We were all well satisfied with the day’s fishing by the time we docked at 6:00 p.m. and even more so after our snacks and ales at our usual restaurant. We were pleasantly surprised when Robert (Yai) joined us after recently returning from Belgium. We wish him well in the forthcoming week when he undergoes surgery.

A special night trip on Monday, 5th March was organized by our regular member Jeff Doutch who, if my memory serves me correctly, has participated in all but one of our trips during the last 2 years, accompanied by his lovely wife Khammoon on half of those trips. It was his wish (and one or two others) to have a night time excursion.

Alas, it is difficult to find much to put in this report about the trip. The five intrepid anglers, which included 4 regulars and Ban Chang Adrian, set out at 18:00 hours Monday evening, returning at 06:00 hours Tuesday morning with an overall catch of approx 10 fish, only 2 of which are worthy of mention - 1 nice grouper around 2 kilos and 1 good sized snapper.

I think the fact that no further night time trips are planned for the future sums up what they all thought about the trip. Even the captain was subdued and reluctant to talk about the trip when I spoke with him later.

For our trip on 8th March the attendance was down and I am loath to mention this was possibly due to the unsuccessful night trip 3 days prior. The word “fiasco” springs to mind when I refer to that trip.

Anyway, only 4 of us set out on perfect waters, a little apprehensive about the weather forecast of summer storms. On arrival at our grounds around 8:30 a.m., we immediately started hauling in our usual good sized snapper, grouper, yellow tail and pladang and we were kept busy for the next 2 hours.

We kept a weather eye open however, and we were not surprised when heavy black clouds rolled in from the south west. The captain headed off for the leeward side of one of the islands and we spent 20 minutes in light rain on the edge of the storm which by passed us on its way to Bang Saray, Pattaya etc. The rest of the day was perfect, smooth waters, light breeze intermittent sunshine & cloud and brisk fishing.

Champions for the day were Peter (2 big grey cod of 2 kilos each) and his wife Summai, with the most fish. Between them they caught an estimated 17 plus kilos. They beat Jeff and me and won the bet (no money involved). Nevertheless on weighing my clean and gutted fish at home, I had 13 kilos but was disqualified as the skipper contributed to my catch.

Our next trip on Saturday, 17th March is full but there are several vacancies for 22nd March.


Graeme extends his form in Thailand

PSC golf from The Outback Golf Bar

John Cogan (centre) with Tuesday’s scramble winners Dennis (left) & Martin (right).

Monday, March 5, Khao Kheow A & B – Stableford

Twenty-six Outbackers travelled to Khao Kheow for our normal Monday outing. The course was well booked and all three nines were in play. KK has unfortunately suffered some damage to greens on B and C nines with a disgruntled staff member pouring diesel on five of their greens but they are thankfully recovering quickly.

We played A and B, with all A’s greens flat and fast, the greens on B were the same for except for the damage to B3 and B7. The course has been well watered and the fairways and tees were lush and well tended. Pace of play was good with a smooth transition from A to B.

(From left) Friday podium placers Bob Dibben, Tony McDough and Sel Wegner.

Scores were generally poor, apart from the winners of both divisions who shot 38 points. The winner of Division 2 (17+) was Paul Crijns on 38 points off his 19 handicap, from Graeme Crofts with 36 points off his 20 handicap, with Ken Holman on 35 points in third and fourth spot going to Andy Makara on 33.

Division 1 saw Graeme Holmes continue his love affair with Thailand golf with 38 points off his 9 handicap, from Laurie Rive with 34 points off his 16 handicap, ahead of Sel Wegner with 33 points on a count back from Ranay Singh also with 33.

There was only one 2 for the day and that went to Sel Wegner on Hole A3.

Div A (0-16)

1st Graham Holmes (9) 38pts

2nd Laurie Reve (16) 34pts

3rd Sel Wegner (15) 33pts

Div B (17+)

1st Paul Crijns (19) 38pts

2nd Graeme Crofts (20) 36pts

3rd Ken Holman (20) 35pts

Monday, March 5, Burapha – Stableford

Seven players on Burapha A & C today off the whites, we regret there is again no report today.

Div A (0-13)

1st Conor Doyle (12) 42pts

2nd Al Bryce (9) 40pts

3rd Dennis Pelly (11) 38pts

Div B (14-20)

1st Shane Crane (20) 37pts

2nd Bob Cannon (19) 35pts

3rd John O’Keefe (15) 34pts

Div C (21+)

1st Ricky Poe (30) 41pts

2nd Doug Douglas (21) 38pts

3rd Steve Croy (28) 33pts

Tuesday, March 6, Pattaya C.C. – Stableford

There have been many ‘fun’ golf days at Pattaya Country Club from the Outback Bar during the last few years and today there was another one – however this was tinged with a little sadness as it was the swansong of John Cogan who leaves Pattaya next month to return home. In true ‘John’ fashion he generously sponsored the day, which was to be a ‘two person’ scramble.

John hails from Cork in the ‘Emerald Isle’ where he spent his working life in farming, and to where he is returning with his two young children in order for them to be educated in Ireland. That some 68 played today is a measure of his popularity and showed appreciation for the ever smiling John, who has lived in Pattaya for 6 years.

The organizing today was in the hands of the two Tuesday regulars, Chad and Nigel with help on the first tee from Neil Lavery.

So up to Pattaya Country Club and the first teams were away before time on a fine day for golfing. Amongst the 68 were three working caddies and two former caddies – with some success.

Back in the clubhouse, Chad was busy translating the score cards to work out the leading groups – the top prize was donated by John and there were a further 8 places plus ‘2’s!

Upon return to the Outback the place was buzzing. Among those present were the 3 caddies who played and a few others – including ‘Mumma’ - John’s long time caddy who is the mother of Bob Pearce’s caddy.

Time for the presentation, opened by Capt. Bob who after welcoming all informed us that this was to be his last day at the Outback and asked they all continued to support the bar and General Jack, who is taking it over 100%, after reaching an agreement to buy Bob’s half.

Regular Outback MC Nigel took over and said some words of appreciation to John Cogan, then announced the results:-

In place were Bob Pearce and Chantel with 65.0, taking second were Kevin Taylor and Lee Adderley 64.6, and the winners of John’s top prize went to Dennis Pelly and Martin Kingswood with 61.4. Interesting to note these two signed up individually and were paired up by the organisers!

Finally Nigel handed John a book which had messages from today’s players and other friends.

Thursday, March 8, Eastern Star – Stableford

Forty Outbackers travelled to Eastern Star on an overcast and relatively cool day. The course was well booked, but we hit off on time and credit to Eastern Star staff, their marshalls were on the course and talking to slow groups, so we all managed to complete the course in just over four hours.

The course itself was well presented with lush fairways and well grassed tees; but the greens were slow and the front nine have not fully recovered, with many patchy areas but the back nine had plenty of grass and overall the course continues to improve.

We had three divisions for the day and apart from three players the course was the winner, especially as the breeze picked up as the day wore on and it proved to be a tough day for most players - three shots tougher than par according to the computer results.

A belated welcome to all the TIAC boys, 22 of them, up here from Oz for their annual TIAC Cup which starts next Monday at Burapha, followed by Khao Kheow on Tuesday. They didn’t all play with us today but a good few of them did, including Lumpy Lee and Graham Holmes and welcome back also to John & Lyn Foote.

Division C (22+) was won by Dave Collier with the best score of the day, 38 points off his 25 handicap from Paul Squibb (29) with 36 points on a count back from Liz Collier (22), with fourth place going to Murray Smith a long way back with 29.

Division B (16-21) was won by Tony Cooling (16) with 33 points from Fidge Button (16) on 32 points, with Ade Gurman (19) in third with 31 points and Barry McIntosh (21) rounded out the placings with 30 points, beating Graeme Crofts on a count back.

Unbelievably, division A (0-15) was won by Daryl White (15) with a mere 32 points from Tom Morris (15) with 31 points on a count back from Dave Thomson (14), with fourth place going to Lloyd Shuttleworth (6) with 30.

There were three ‘2’s from; Gavin Henderson, Shane Crane and Paul Squibb.

Div A (0-15)

1st Daryl White (15/Hi14.9) 32pts

2nd Tom Morris (15/Hi15.1) 31pts

3rd Dave Thomson (14/Hi13.4) 31pts

Div B (16-21)

1st Tony Cooling (16/Hi16.1) 33pts

2nd Fidge Button (16/Hi15.9) 32pts

3rd Abe Gurman (19/Hi18.5) 31pts

Div C (22+)

1st Collier Dave (25/Hi24.4) 38pts

2nd Paul Squibb (29/Hi27.5) 36pts

3rd Liz Collier (22/Hi21.2) 36pts

Friday, March 9, Green Valley – Stableford

A good turnout of 41 Outbackers here at Green Valley today, and although we were 15 minutes late teeing-off everything after that ran smoothly.

The course was in good condition and the greens were average, perhaps a little too average for poor Sugar Ray as he had a nightmare putting, not like the Sugarman that we know who always fancies himself as a bit of putter, especially round this course.

Birdie man, Tony McDonough, birdied the fifth and sixth holes but that wasn’t quite enough to give him the win, falling short by two shots to his good mate, Sel Wegner, who took division B with 37pts.

Bob Dibben won Div A on count back from the consistent Dennis Pelly, with a lower than usual score of 35pts, with Paul Bourke and Jim Brackett right behind on 34.

The equal top score of the day came in Div C from Greg LeBlanc, who is now on a bit of a run of form which has seen his handicap come down to 24 (from 26) and all this before the big tournament down in Hua Hin which starts Monday week (19th March) at Banyan.

The PSC’s Charity Classic is at Green Valley on the 16th so we move across to St Andrews for the same price as Green Valley but carts are compulsory and numbers are limited, so be quick to get your names down.

There were five ‘2’s from: Hole 4, Dennis Pelly; Hole 9, Martin Crichton and three on Hole 16; Paul Bourke, Sel Wegner & Noel Taylor.

Div A (0-11)

1st Dibben Bob (7/Hi8.2) 35pts

2nd Dennis Pelly (10/Hi11) 35pts

3rd Paul Bourke (7/Hi8) 34pts

Div B (12-17)

1st Sel Wegner (13/Hi13.6) 37pts

2nd Tony McDonough (13/Hi13.9) 35pts

3rd Martin Crichton (16/Hi15.9) 33pts

Div C (18+)

1st Greg LeBlanc (25/Hi24.4) 37pts

2nd Doug Douglas (22/Hi21.5) 36pts

3rd Greg Hill (18/Hi18.2) 34pts

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.


Gosden & Hammond victorious

PSC Golf from the Café Kronborg

Peter Blackburn

Monday, March 5, Crystal Bay A & B – Stableford

There were a couple of late cancellations but we had a waiting list which gave us a full field of 32 golfers to take on the popular Crystal Bay golf course. We welcomed Kevin Callahan from Newcastle, NSW, Australia and Art Sohlin from Detroit, Michigan, USA. Sadly we were saying farewell to Carole & Richard Kubicki who were returning to the UK the following day after their annual long holiday in Pattaya. Bon voyage to them and we all look forward to seeing them again just before Xmas.

Peter Hammond, The Admiral, Deefa the Dog & Mike Gosden.

After departing the Kronny a couple of minutes early at 0813hrs we headed off down Highway 3 and arrived at the course 46 minutes later in beautiful weather conditions. We were allocated A & B nines and invited to tee off as soon as we were ready which meant our first group got away 27 minutes ahead of schedule at 0933hrs.

There was a Korean ladies four-ball in front of us who were fairly quick on the first nine but as it got hotter they tended to “run out of steam”, which resulted in a very slow back nine of two hours & thirty five minutes. The course was up to its usual immaculate standards with the slick greens once more posing problems for those left with long downhill putts. As mentioned previously B nine was slow and we had a couple of enforced drink breaks which saw us complete the whole round in four hours & fifty minutes.

Scoring on the day was quite reasonable although nobody managed to reach forty points which is unusual when we play this venue. The winner of A Flight was Mike Gosden with 39 points, 1 point ahead of Leif Kirkgaard in second place who in turn was 1 point clear of Dr Paul Cardwell in third spot. Aussie Martin Todd was fourth with 36 points and on 34 points in a four way count back for fifth place it was Richard Kubicki (20 point back nine) who took the honours ahead of Takeshi Hakozaki (17 point back nine), Mike Allidi (17 point back nine) and Ken Bernek (16 point back nine).

Graham Buckingham, The Admiral, Deefa the Dog & Mike Gosden.

Peter Hammond took out the B Flight with 37 points and in a two way count back on 36 points. Elias Magnusson (19 point back nine) finished second with Tom Cotton (16 point back nine) in third spot. There were four golfers on 34 points scrambling for fourth & fifth places and on a count back Carole Kubicki (17 point back nine, 14 points on last 6 holes) finished fourth with Bo Cardwell (17 point back nine, 11 points on last 6 holes) in fifth place. The unlucky ones were Jan Lovgreen (15 point back nine) and Peter O’Brien (14 point back nine).

A Flight (0-20)

1st Mike Gosden (11) 39pts

2nd Leif Kirkgaard (20) 38pts

3rd Paul Cardwell (17) 37pts

4th Martin Todd (9) 36pts

5th Richard Kubicki (12) 34pts

B Flight (21+)

1st Peter Hammond (23) 37pts

2nd Elias Magnusson (21) 36pts

3rd Tom Cotton (24) 36pts

4th Carole Kubicki (24) 34pts

5th Bo Cardwell (29) 34pts

Near Pins: A5 – Walter Baechli; A8 – Bo Cardwell; B4 – Carole Kubicki; B6 – Mike Allidi

Long Putts: A9 – Peter Hammond; B9 – Peter Hammond

The Compass Cap (awarded for worst score on the day) was awarded to Beat Michel and Hunter paraded Deefa the Dog who once more collected many donations to charity from the ever generous Kronny crew.

Thursday, 8th March – Royal Lakeside – Stableford

Another full field of 32 golfers were signed up for the competition at the popular Royal Lakeside Golf Club and we assembled at Caf้ Kronborg in readiness for a slightly later than usual departure. There were hearty welcomes handed out to Ulf Larsson from Sweden and also Arne Max & Liselotte from Denmark. It was also time to say bon voyage to Ulla & Kjeld Ravn who are returning to Denmark after their long annual holiday in Pattaya.

Due to a 1030hrs tee off time we departed the Kronny at 0828hrs and headed off down Highway 7 and just 58 minutes later arrived at the course where as is often the case we were invited to tee off as soon as we were ready, which enabled our first group to get away 35 minutes early at 0955hrs.

The weather was good although somewhat overcast as we proceeded at a “cracking pace” and enjoying the excellent condition of the course we completed our front nine in just under 2 hours. Unfortunately after 11 holes we came to an abrupt stop as the threatening thunderstorm hit and we sheltered under a nearby “resting hut” for about 25 minutes until the worst part was over. We continued in drizzling rain and although the fairways were soggy for a while the greens amazingly were perfect with very little sign of what had just transpired.

It is a credit to the greenkeeping staff and the quality of this golf course as a similar occurrence at many courses would have meant the end of the competition for the day. Even allowing for a drinks break and the 25 minute storm delay we completed our full round in four hours & twenty five minutes.

This golf course was once again the winner as not one golfer played better than handicap and of course the scoring on the second nine was mostly very ordinary due to the adverse conditions. There was a three way count back with 34 points to determine the first 3 spots in A Flight with last start winner Mike Gosden (16 point back nine) emerging as the victor from Ulf Larsson (14 point back nine) in second place and in third spot was Brian Gabe (13 point back nine). Another 3 golfers contested fourth & fifth places with 33 points and Martin Todd (18 point back nine) edged out Tore Eliassen (17 point back nine) with Dr Paul Cardwell (16 point back nine) just missing out.

Yet another count back was necessary to decide the winner of B Flight with Graham Buckingham (21 point back nine) beating Mike Winfield (16 point back nine), both with a creditable 36 points. In third place was Leif Kirkgaard with 35 points, one point ahead of Bjarne Kjaer in fourth spot and Eddie (The Eagle) Glinsek finished fifth with 33 points.

A Flight (0-19)

1st Mike Gosden (11) 34pts

2nd Ulf Larsson (16) 34pts

3rd Brian Gabe (19) 34pts

4th Martin Todd (9) 33pts

5th Tore Eliassen (14) 33pts

B Flight (20+)

1st Graham Buckingham (22) 36pts

2nd Mike Winfield (22) 36pts

3rd Leif Kirkgaard (20) 35pts

4th Bjarne Kjaer (20) 34pts

5th Eddie Glinsek (34) 33pts

Near Pins: 3rd – Mike Gosden; 6th – Peter Hammond; 12th – Mike Gosden; 15th – Martin Todd

Long Putts: 9th – Ulf Larsson; 18th – Mike Gosden

The Compass Cap (worst score on the day) was awarded to the luckless Art Sohlin and Hunter paraded Deefa the Dog who collected many donations to charity from the ever generous Kronny crew.


Captain Bob and Peter do it again

IPGC golf from The Haven

Wednesday, March 7, Rayong C.C. - Stableford

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Division 1 (0-16)

1st Bob Heath (13) 39pts

2nd Jim Slattery (11) 36pts

3rd Mike Flynn (13) 35pts

4th Gerald Decio (15) 35pts

Division 2 (17+)

1st Alwyne Burley (17) 35pts

2nd Leif Lossius (30) 35pts

3rd Don Everett (20) 35pts

4th Shuichi Kodaka (18) 35pts

Following a very successful IPGC Monthly Medal competition on Monday it was back to the usual stableford game being held at Rayong Country Club on the occasion of the Bank Holiday being held for Macchabucha Day, the Buddhist Lent, with prices of green fees at most of the other courses in the area almost doubled, this day’s total cost was just 1,100 baht.

Alwyne Burley.

Once again two divisions cut at sixteen and below found the general condition of the course to be good with scoring to match, although only one player bettered their handicap while just one other equaled it, both of them in the first division.

In the first division the top scorer turned out to be the very much in-form Captain Bob Heath, who found himself once again on the top step with fellow clubman Jim Slattery trailing by three in second place, a position that Bob has now become familiar with over the last few weeks, and with Jim having been struggling with the techniques of the game during the same period, it was a welcome relief to him to get back amongst the proper golfers at last, albeit on the second step. Meanwhile Bob’s handicap will at last be adjusted to something like a real one after his home club handicapper’s 70th birthday exemption finally expired.

Rounding out a nap hand of South Herts members, the third place went to Mike Flynn after he won a count back over Gerald Decio, with a better 20 to 17 over the inward half.

Bob Heath.

The second division was an extremely tight affair with all the top four returning one over cards for thirty five points, the top spot being taken by Alwyne Burley whose 8 points over the last three holes, determined that Leif Lossius took second as his six points was unusually not enough, after they had both tied the back nine at 17 each and the six at 13 apiece.

Don Everett slipped into third after dropping out after the back six were counted with just 9 but ahead of Shuichi Kodaka who also had 17 on the nine but just 8 through the last six holes.

There were no 2’s in either division which underlined the level of difficulty to which the course was playing on the day.

Before presenting the prizes for the day Stephen Beard welcomed back Maurizio Guidi, Pat Prenderville, Erik Donnestad, Alan Venner, Michael Steele, Michael Flynn, and Michael Cutmore the last four being the second wave from South Herts Golf Club, and which leaves no “Michaels” back at Links Drive.

Friday, March 9, Treasure Hill (Yellow tees) - Stableford

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Division 1 (0-10)

1st Peter Skinner (10) 39pts

2nd Erik Donnestad (4) 36pts

3rd Michael Cutmore (0) 34pts

4th Alan Pilkington (9) 33pts

Division 2 (11-17)

1st Tony Barritt (15) 34pts

2nd Alan Hanlon (12) 33pts

3rd Bob Akapita (17) 32pts

4th Alwyne Burley (17) 31pts

Division 3 (18+)

1st David Bowles (20) 37pts

2nd Frank Dunstan (22) 36pts

3rd Torild Lossius (33) 35pts

4th Shuichi Kodaka (18) 34pts

An even larger turnout meant the formation of three divisions, with the cut coming in the first division at 10 and below.

David Bowles.

Yet another previous winner and South Herts member took the top honour with a three under handicap round that owed much to the pinpoint accuracy of his approach shots and it was a great surprise to his playing partners that he could not convert more of them into the birdies that they so richly deserved, although it did save them some considerable expense at the end of the day. Peter did put the hammer down over the back nine after a slowish start, which had encouraged his playing partners immensely, as he then went level par gross over the next eight holes before tripping up over an anchor with a bogey on the last.

Second place went to Norwegian teaching professional, Erik Donnestad who has traded two weeks of snow and ice and a few lessons for several rounds of golf, no lessons and a bar tan. Erik’s gross 76 was bettered by one of the teaching professionals from South Herts, Michael Cutmore, who had also decided that two weeks in Pattaya was just preferable to two weeks in North London and watching Arsenal play Spurs. Michael finally managed to get a few of those little ones to drop as he returned a gross 74 for third place. This was indeed a fine effort that included a one under gross for the last thirteen holes after he had started a little blearily. Alan Pilkington just did enough to claim fourth another point further back.

Peter Skinner.

The second division was taken by Tony Barritt at two over handicap, a mirror image of one of last week’s results, as he just kept Alan Hanlon at bay by a single shot, with Bob Akapita anther shot behind in third and a strangely out of sorts Alwyne Burley back in fourth also a shot behind third.

The third division was also keenly contested with David Bowles just getting the edge over the closing holes after he had started out over a front nine that included three blobs, he started the back with 18 points from the first six holes, added yet another blob and closed the nine at four under handicap to win his first competition on this visit.

Frank Dunstan was going well through nine but lost his chance to win on the 15th with an errant tee shot from which he failed to score and from then second place was the best that could be achieved.

Torild Lossius kept the family name in the frame with a one over round that took third and left the still recovering Shuichi Kodaka to round out the day’s podium in fourth place.

With so many players it was inevitable that the roll over pools for the 2’s would be won, which they were, with Michael Cutmore, Jason Cole, Alan Pilkington and Erik Donnestad with two sharing the first division and David Bowles and Maurizio Guidi sharing the second division.

Prior to the presentations there was a welcome for new member Bob Akapita and welcome backs for Shane Heavey and John Teague.

Note: If you would like to play with The Haven group, you can contact mobile 082 219 0965 or call in to The Haven 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 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 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.


Makha Bucha ... and all that

IPGC Pattaya Golf Society at Rabbi’s Elephant Bar

Wednesday, 7th March was Macha Bucha Day and for us it was a trip to Century Chonburi where we encountered horribly slow greens, horribly slow Thai six-balls, six hours rounds and no beer! Happy holiday!

The winner today was Masanori Takano on 36 points ahead of Robbie Taylor (35 points) and Peter Ditz, Ken Grimes, Bryan Barrell (all with 32 points).

PJ Mitchell collected the ‘2’s pot with a birdie on the 17th

Quality restored

The Pattaya Golf Society visited Green Valley on Friday, 9th March, to play a stableford event on the course for the first time in many months. The absence had been caused by some strict and quirky conditions laid down by the management during the low season but now was the chance to return.

The course was in excellent condition, probably one of the best courses played this year so far, with well grassed fairways and clean and well paced greens. The field was divided into two flights at thirteen and under and play got underway before time.

In the second flight Richard Dobson, Pat Murphy and Kevin McBride all shared third place with 33 points, just one behind Ken Page on 34 points. The flight winner was Mr Len with 38 points.

In the top flight Joe Niisato was a comfortable third with 36 points and Dave Moriarty took runner-up place with 37 points. The best score of the day was recorded by Richard “Banjo” Bannister, his gross 79 giving him 41 stableford points for an emphatic win after a long time in the doldrums this trip.

The ‘2’s pot was shared by Stuart Thompson,Banjo, Masa Takano, Rick Schramm and Ken Page.

Wichai Tananusorn took a very rare Booby Bevy award as he recorded the largest split of seven points between the two nines. It had been a joy to return to Green Valley and it is to be hoped that wise heads will prevail when it comes to the low season in a month or two’s time.


Thierry crowned Lewiinski’s Open Champion

PSC golf from Lewiinski’s Golf Society

Sunday, March 4, Green Valley– The Open Day 4

1st David Palmer (13) net 70

2nd Dale Hoek (9) net 74

Plate (Day 2)

A Flight

1st Gary Blackburne (7) 39pts

2nd Rannay Singh (12) 36pts

3rd Chris Davisson (10) 36pts

B Flight

1st Mikko Mutanen (18) 40pts

2nd Loe Carrol (18) 38pts

3rd Sayer Gill (18) 37pts

Near Pins: No 4 Bob Newell; No 9 & No 12 Colm Mullen; No 16 Alex Ferraz

The leaders from the previous week went out in reverse order of the field, with the contenders, therefore off last. It was Thierre Petrement, Paul Crijns and Dale Hoek in the final group and then ‘Broad more’ Bob, Colm Mullen and Jim ‘No’ Bell.

Lewiinskis champ Thierry Petrement.

Thierry started out with a double bogie and another double and completed a gross 44 for the front nine. Meanwhile Dale started bogie-double bogie-birdie and did not give away another shot thereafter for a gross 40. Paul’s nightmare treble bogie-double bogie, and another treble on the eighth for a gross 51 ended his chances. He came back strongly but he had left himself too much to do and ended with a gross 44. Dale’s three double bogies on the inward nine gave him a gross 43. Thierre managed to steady the ship a bit as he carded a gross 41.

And so it was Thierre Petrement who had his name etched on the perpetual trophy, with defending champion Dale Hoek taking the runners up spot.

In the Plate, Sayer Gill coupled a 37pt first day outing with his 34 points for a total over the two days of 71 points. The red hot fist day winner Colin ‘the donkey’, with 68 points, took second place as Lou Zigzag filled the podium a stroke short.

A special mention goes to Jim Bell who won the “No Bell Prize for Economics.”

Special thanks to the lads from Down Under in WA’s Peninsular Golf and Social Club, to Lou and Colin for their tournament work, to all the Lewiinski’s staff for the unbelievable buffet, and above all to those who participated.

Tuesday, March 6, Greenwood - Stableford

A Flight

1st Tony Gliddon (13) 39pts

2nd Dave Palmer (5) 35pts

B Flight

1st Mike Jeffreys (18) 37pts

2nd Mikko Mutanen (18) 36pts

A modest and to be honest a disappointing number turned out to play the monthly Golf Club and Lewiinski’s two day stableford at Greenwood. Aussie Tony Gliddon led the senior flight with a best on the day 39 points. Tony was four strokes clear of Dave Palmer.

B Flight honours went to the Welsh Wizard Mike Jeffreys on 37 points while Mikko Mutanen edged Gavin Wright for the sliver and last podium place.

Shi Chudbamia slotted home the only ‘2’ of the day.

Friday, March 9, Greenwood - Stableford

A Flight

1st David Shelton (8) 37pts

2nd Peter Hynard (12) 36pts

3rd Greg Bates (13 36pts

B Flight

1st Warren Holland (20) 31pts

2nd Geoff Kubas (21) 31pts

3rd Peter Henshaw (15) 30pts

B Flight found the Greenwood course extremely hard to master as Warren Holland and the out of tune Geoff ‘Elvis’ Kubas managed just 31 points apiece. Warren’s points total had a better inward nine dispersal than Geoff’s. To say that Peter Henshaw was gob-smacked to collect the bronze on 30 points would be an understatement.

The premier flight showed why it is called that today as it provided the only player to better par and three others that played to it. David Shelton’s 37 points proved to be the day’s top score while Peter ‘the right honorable’ Hynard, Greg Bates and Tony Gliddon were all logged jammed with even par rounds - Peter emerging from the heap to grab the silver as Greg Bates took the bronze.

Tony was not left out in the cold however as his 36 points added to his first day 39 gave him the lead crystal two day winner’s trophy.

Peter Hynard and Ken Aihara split the 2’s pot.

Note: Lewiinski’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.


Dannie L produces his best golf of the year

The Backyard Golf Society

Esteemed members of the Backyard Golf Society pose for a photo outside Kisses Bar.

Another good turnout this week for the Backyard Golf Society’s Friday round at Emerald Golf Course. We welcomed back Gavin after an absence of a few months and started with 8 players, of which 7 were in all competitions.

Dannie L won the stableford competition after playing his best golf for a long while and ending up with 36 points. Terry C came in second with 33 and Mike won the nearest the pin prize. Dan was the big winner in the skins with (8), and other winners are as follows: Mike (5), Andy Oz (2), Terry C (2) and JJ (1).

After a blistering hot day on the golf course it was nice to wonder down the road afterwards for a few cold ones and wishing Dannie L all the best because he’s off to work next week.


Hughes turns up the heat

PSC Bunker Boys @ The Bowling Green

Monday, March 5, Bangpakong – Stableford

We had a good turnout of 22 golfers today for one of our rare visits to the always enjoyable Bangpakong course. Every time we play this course someone seems to turn in a remarkable score and there was no question who was the star today, as Geoff Cox followed up a modest front nine (16 points), with a stunning back nine, carding 4 birdies, for 27 points and a gross back nine score of 35 to run away with the A flight.

John Hughes.

Newcomer Frank Sharkey took the honours in the B flight, ahead of Reg Smart, who was making a return after a couple of week’s absence due to illness – welcome back Reg, and we’re now waiting for your mate Peter to recover as well.

It was also Mike Corner’s last game before returning to the “chippy” in the U.K., so a special thanks to him for all the help he’s provided over the past few months.

A Flight

1st Geoff Cox (15) 43pts

2nd Colin Greig (9) 39pts

3rd Tony Robbins (13) 38pts

B Flight

1st Frank Sharkey (22) 40pts

2nd Reg Smart (26) 38pts

3rd John Hughes (17) 38pts

Near Pins: Alan Freeman, Mashi Kaneta and Tony Robbins

Wednesday, March 7, Plutuluang W & N – Stableford

We always try to play one of the cheaper courses on public holidays, so today we paid a return visit to the Navy course. Only 10 die-hard golfers turned up, the remainder preferring to avoid the anticipated chaos of an overcrowded course, delays and associated problems. In the event, we weren’t surprised to find that there was a shortage of caddies, and a delayed tee off, but the hard-core golfers eventually had a good although slow day.

The course was in surprisingly good shape with the greens looking good, but as usual very slow. Ex-champion John Hughes backed up his claim that he’ll win this month’s Golfer of the Month title by winning on the day, ahead of arch rival Colin Greig. Gez Williams had a great day on the par 3’s taking three prizes, and also taking 3rd place in the competition, beating Gordon Melia on a count back.

1st John Hughes (17) 35pts

2nd Colin Greig (9) 34pts

3rd Gez Williams (19) 33pts

4th Gordon Melia (17) 33pts

Near Pins: Gez Williams (3) and Ken F.

Friday, March 9,The Emerald – Stableford

Back to the regular number of 22 golfers today for our visit to the always popular Emerald course. The day started off very warm, with some of the less acclimatized members struggling on the front nine, but the breeze picked up on the back nine to everyone’s relief.

It’s still early days, but John Hughes continued his push for the Golfer of the Month title, beating newcomer Roger Mitchell on a count back after both scored 37 points. John’s now only 3 points behind last month’s winner Colin Greig, but with Colin facing an impending cut in his handicap, it could be a tight contest.

A Flight

1st Alan Freeman (3) 36pts

2nd Colin Greig (9) 33pts

3rd Paul Smith (3) 33pts

B Flight

1st John Hughes (17) 37pts

2nd Roger Mitchell (20) 37pts

3rd Steve K (20) 36pts

Near Pins: Alan Freeman, Lee Butler, Mashi Kaneta and Tore Eliason.

Note: The Bunker Boys are a PSC affiliated golf society who now play out of the Bowling Green on Soi X-Zyte between Pattaya 3rd Road and Soi Buakhaow. We play three times per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, so if you enjoy a fun day out and a friendly but competitive golf competition why not come and join us. We meet at the Bowling Green at 9 a.m. and new players with valid handicaps are always welcome. For more information call Dave on 087 146 9978, email dave.evelyn18@ yahoo.co.uk.


Aussies make better golfers than cricketers

IPGC golf from The Links

Martin Grimoldby.

Sunday, March 4, Green Valley – Stableford

Today we were back home to our preferred Sunday destination, albeit a month earlier than originally intended. With places limited to 24, demand exceeded supply and a number of golfers unfortunately applied too late to get a slot – get your names down early for the next month or so to avoid disappointment!

With the course extremely busy, the first tee off was delayed by 45 minutes, giving everyone ample time for lunch/practice (and one golfer to get over from Pattaya Country Club, where he’d been waiting patiently for the rest to arrive). Once we got started, however, the pace of play was generally good. With one late cancellation due to illness, 23 golfers meant the usual two flights, with the cut coming at 0-18 and 19+.

In the A flight, Green Valley specialist Joe McArdle took third place, losing out to holidaying Aussie Neville Duncan on 19 to 17 count back after both carded 33 points. The winner was the genial Irishman Charlie Lapsey, who played steady golf in difficult conditions to card 35 points, the only player to score anywhere near handicap.

The B flight was an all Aussie affair, indeed all 3 winners are currently visiting from the same club, Wakehurst, in Sydney. Frank Dunstan and Peter McKenzie could only be split by 17–16 count back after both scored 32 points, with Russell Gilroy triumphant on 33.

The ‘2’s went to Neville Duncan (2), Peter Skinner, Joe Peters & Russell Gilroy.

A Flight

1st Charlie Lapsey (9) 35pts

2nd Neville Duncan (11) 33pts

3rd Joe McArdle (12) 33pts

B Flight

1st Russell Gilroy (19) 33pts

2nd Peter McKenzie (24) 32pts

3rd Frank Dunstan (23) 32pts

Tuesday, March 6, Royal Lakeside - Stableford

Eighteen players made the trip to Royal Lakeside for our first time since the greens have been re-laid, and found the course to be in generally good condition, (for some that meant when they finally found the course, after taking an unguided tour of Bangpakong province).

Rob Taylor & Mike Korney.

We arrived to an almost deserted car park and were able to tee off immediately on arrival, but with a strong wind blowing all day and the new greens difficult to hold and with some tough pin positions, scoring was generally difficult.

Eighteen players meant only one division with four places, and only an excellent round by Martin Gimoldby prevented another Aussie clean sweep. Three players tied on 32 points, with Glenn Eldershaw taking fourth place, ahead of Russell Exley and Jun Ishikara, his 17 point back 9 proving one better than his counterparts. Russell Gilroy and Neville Duncan were again in the places, with 33 and 34 points respectively, but Martin Grimonldbys excellent 37 points meant the day belonged to him. Better news followed as he also registered the only ‘2’ of the day.

Back at The Links, the presentation was briefly interrupted, and the Aussies day soured somewhat, as we all watched their cricket team soundly thrashed by Sri Lanka in the one day match.

1st Martin Grimoldby (6) 37pts

2nd Neville Duncan (11) 34pts

3rd Russell Gilroy (19) 33pts

4th Glenn Eldershaw (20) 32pts

Thursday, March 8, Pattana – Stableford

A strong field of 26 players meant we were back to two flights, with an unusually low cut coming at 0-11 and 12+. We played the B&C courses, and with 17 of the 26 players falling in Congu handicap categories 1 and 2, the decision to play off the white tees was more than justified.

We managed to tee off about 20 minutes early, but torrential rain after 3 holes meant we had to take shelter for 45 minutes until the greens were playable again. The course on the whole withstood the downpour well, although we had to revert to ‘clean and place’ on the fairways, and the greens understandably slowed during the day as the sun came out and encouraged the blades to rise.

Scoring was generally good in the A Flight, with Jun Ishikara taking third place with 35 points. 8 handicappers Rob Taylor and Phil Groves both carded the regulation 36 points, Rob taking first place by virtue of a 19 to 17 count back.

Scoring was understandably harder in the B Flight, with Mark Stanley, unusually relegated to the flight despite having a12 handicap, coming third with 30 points. Frank Dunstan was yet again in the money, coming second with 32 points. A deserved victory, however, went to Mike “Papa” Korney, for the first time in his illustrious Links career, showing perseverance will sometimes pay off. Victory was all the more sweet for Mike, who after deciding to start taking his putter to bed with him at night, registered no 3 putts for the first time in 200 years, on his way to 33 points.

The ‘2’s pot was shared by Seil Revels & Martin Grimoldby.

A Flight

1st Rob Taylor (8) 36pts

2nd Phil Groves (8) 36pts

3rd Jun Ishikara (11) 35pts

B Flight

1st Mike Korney (19) 32pts

2nd Frank Dunstan (23) 31pts

3rd Mark Stanley (12) 30pts

Note: The Links depart from the hotel on Soi Buakhao at 9.30am on Tuesdays and Thursdays and for Rayong Green Valley every Sunday. Sign up at the hotel or contact Jon on 080 021 1034. A full schedule of courses can be found on the IPGC website www.ipgc.org.


Peter Booth claims victory in the valley

PSC golf from The Golf Club

John Emmerson, Peter Booth & Tay.

Steve Ellison

Monday, March 5, Green Valley (White tees) – Stableford,.

1st Peter Booth (12) 41pts

2nd Brad Gearie (13) 38pts

3rd John Emmerson (12) 38pts

4th Brett Chan (16) 36pts

5th Henry O’Brien (20) 35pts

Loads of golf this week so let’s get right to it! Visiting Australian Peter Booth showed the locals how it is done as he walked away with his first TGC victory on Monday. These Aussies are a good bunch of golfers and generally seem to have had to earn their handicaps on tougher courses than we play. Well played to Peter, and also to the familiar face of Brad Gearie who once again is right up there.

I must also mention John Emmerson’s third placing or he will never let me hear the end of it. Brett and Henry also played well enough to sneak in with 4th and 5th places.

Tuesday, March 6, Greenwood (White tees) – Stableford

1st Gavin Wright (13) 36pts

2nd Johannes Murlen (8) 34pts

3rd Peter Hynard (12) 33pts

4th Ken Aihara (8) 31pts

This was the first day of our monthly 2-day comp with our pals at Lewiinski’s, which is now on our third month of heated competition. Unfortunately, we had a rather small turnout for this day as our Siam members had already scheduled their tee times for their regular Tuesday outing. We had chosen to play a Tuesday/Friday comp this month as Wednesday was a big Buddha day (Macha Bucha Day) so therefore holiday rates prevailed.

Yet another Aussie, Gavin Wright , took top spot by shooting his handicap on the day. Gavin is wheels up by now and winging his way home for a few weeks, so see ya soon mate!

Thursday, March 8, Khao Kheow (White tees) – Stableford,.

1st Ken Aihara (6) 38pts

2nd Haro Kato (8) 38pts

3rd Brad Gearie (13) 37pts

4th Peter Larsson (13) 37pts

We have had 12 nationalities play with us this week, but today it was our Japanese buddies who ruled the podium. Ken Aihara is a very consistent golfer who makes few mistakes. He is down to a 6 now and is usually in the frame on our outings. This week, he outdid himself and claimed a first with his 38 Stableford point effort at Khao Kheow.

Countryman Haro Kato was just beaten on count back by Ken’s backside 19, whilst Brad Gearie was in there again (remember his 61 last week to nab the Monthly Medal?) with another great round. In fact, it was a double count back with Peter Larsson bringing up the rear with another 37 pointer. These guys are good!

Friday, March 9, Mountain Shadow – Stableford,
White tees.

1st Dave Shelton (8) 37pts

2nd Peter Hynard (12) 36pts

3rd Ken Aihara (6) 34pts

4th Warren Holland (21) 31pts

And so on to the second day of our 2-day comp with the Lewiinski’s crew. As luck would have it, The Golf Club done good once again to claim victory for the 3rd straight month with an average Stableford score of 27.3 to Lewiinski’s 25.0. It was closer than it sounds which is what makes this competition such great fun.

We had two first place finishes and also claimed the ‘2’s with Peter Hynard and Ken Aihara tapping in putts for their deuces. There were 35 golfers out for this event and we all headed back for some fine food at Lewiinski’s afterward for the presentation of the crystal goblet.

As a reminder, we have a road trip scheduled for Soi Dao on the 20th-21st of March and our Songkran trip this year is 13-20 April and up in the Khao Yai region at Pak Chong for some terrific new courses, including Mountain Creek by Seve Ballesteros, so drop by for details and signups.

Note: The Golf Club is located on Soi LK Metro. We play on Monday, Wednesday and Friday so come join us for a fun day out. Just call 085 434 3377 or see our website www.golfclubpattaya .com and for more information mail us: pattaya4golf @gmail.com and see updates at www.facebook.com/golfclubpattaya.


Czernie churns it up

Phoenix Tuesday/Friday Golf Group

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

Mike Gerrard

Friday, March 2, Phoenix - Stableford

It was a fine day on the Lake/Ocean course today and with a large part of the tourists gone the speed of play became a little more tolerable.

John Bartley and Denis Dixon shared the honours on the course, both with 35 points, while Eamon Murtagh claimed third place with 34 points. Scoring high points is becoming rare at present with fast greens and tricky flagstick placements making putting very difficult.

Back at the Relax Bar we enjoyed our first drink free and duly awarded the prizes, plus the lucky draw prizes donated by the Relax Bar.

The near pin prizes went to Mike Gerrard, Eamon Murtagh, Ted Oreton & Denis Dixon.

Tuesday, March 6, Phoenix – Stableford

Mountain & Lake course was our challenge today; it has been some time since we played this combination and most players consider it the hardest of the Phoenix courses.

The fairways and the greens are now very hard and dry due to a prolonged spell of fine weather, which makes the greens very tricky indeed. However with the fairways harder there is more run on the drives (if you hit it straight that is), which in turn leaves one with a shorter shot into the greens (in some cases the second shot, and in others the third or fourth?)

Our winner today was the lovable David Czernie. David not only won the first prize but also the coveted KPK Food Services voucher for the best score of the day. David scored a fine 39 points to be the only player to beat handicap the whole of the week. In second place was Sergio Poggi with 33 points, third place went to Denis Dixon with 32 points and joint fourth went to Stuart Gordon & Bob Neylon.

Hugh Byrne and Eamon Murtagh would have figured in the places but sadly did not make it back to the presentation.

Near pins went to Bong Thonsaphon (3) and the other was not claimed so the prize went into the lucky draw. This meant four lucky draw prizes, sponsored by our hosts the Relax Bar and they went to Ad Adriaans, Mike Gerarrd, Bill Hewitt & Peter Harris.

We said a fond farewell to Peter Harris who is going off to the U.K. to try and get his knee repaired. Can’t cap that!

It will soon be getting into low season and the management of Phoenix will be publishing their intended green fee rates for the duration. I will inform everyone as soon as I know what they are going to be; usually Tuesday’s fall into the Sports Day rates.

Also if anyone is interested in sea fishing (strictly fishing) give me a call on 087 091 7565.

And finally, someone said to me a couple of weeks ago, “People are reading your reports and laughing at you.” I replied, “I have been trying to achieve that for the last forty years on stage. Thank God, at last!”


A historic week for Travellers Rest golfers

Travellers Rest Golf Group

Tim Dalton

Firstly I am delighted to report some good progress for our friend & colleague Barry Hooper, who after a terrible road accident which led to months of being unable to move or communicate is now getting around in a wheelchair and is able to talk. Let’s hope this progress continues and leads to a full recovery

Seamus Farrel shot a record 46 points last week at Emerald.

This past week saw the Travellers Rest Golf Group take residence at their new home of The Bowling Green, and thanks to some logistical masterminding by Fergus the move went without a single hitch or a single complaint of missing clubs or equipment. All lockers were emptied, bagged and tagged and rehoused at the Bowling Green in less than 2 days.

We have also introduced a few new features to the way that we play our golf, the most important of which is the new “Over 65, Over 19” rule. In simple terms any player over the age of 65 with a handicap of 19 or more can, if they so wish, play off the “Yellow” or non comp tees.

As Fergus explained, this now brings in competitive play players who previously were there just to make up the numbers, in 2 ways. Firstly the obvious yardage advantage, but more importantly the belief that they can compete with the rest of the field. Having played a few times with some of our more “mature” players I think this brings a great new aspect to the whole spirit in which the game should be played.

A full list of results can be found on our website, but a special mention must go to my good pal Seamus Farrell, who welcomed the above rule changes with open arms and shot a club record 46 points, with 2 scratches at Emerald last week. This was a huge score off any tee and we were all delighted to see his handicap slashed by several strokes.

Normal reporting will resume next week with a full results service.

You can find the Travellers Rest Golf Group at our new home, The Bowling Green on Soi Fuengfa alongside the old Xzyite Discotheque. For more information visit website www.trgg.biz or call 038 422 525.


Hart top scores at Terry’s Birthday Bash

PSC Golf from Mulligans Lakeside

“Don’t squeeze me too hard, I’m delicate.” - Mam & Bob.

Tuesday, March 6, Treasure Hill - Stableford

Tuesday we travelled to Treasure Hill where I must say usually I am a big rap for this course and management, but today they let not only us, but themselves down. Last year when they were working on greens, they provided clear advice of this and a suitable discount, so everybody was aware and appreciated their honesty. Tuesday, not so much, no advice, no discount and some greens were unplayable due to sand and mounds of corings etc. Might miss a month or so at TH, which is a pity, but there are always other places to go!

Bob Edwards (9) came to terms with the conditions best, recording 33 points for the win, followed in by Mam (26) with 32.

Near pins went one each to Monte and Bob, with Jonathan grabbing a brace.

Thursday, March 8, Wangjuntr – Stableford

Thursday was a visit to Wangjuntr, to play the Valley course and the consensus was to play the Blues (Gold is the tips), as White was too short to get an appreciation of the course. We decided on no comp today, just concentrate on what is advertised as the highest rated officially (71.8/124 from Blue) course in Thailand.

The course generally was good, although the greens did not quite measure up to the expected standard of the rest of the course. All agreed that the trip was worthwhile, so we may well go back again in the not so distant future.

Friday, March 9, Pattaya C.C. - Stableford

Big day Friday with Terry Phur’s 75th Birthday Golf Day and over 50 players turned out at Pattaya Country Club. With the scheduled tee-off of 12 noon golfers were soon under way, battling it out for the array of prizes offered.

Ladies winners were separated after count back, with Nu Watson (36) edging Kath Doody (17) 18/15, after both signed for 34 points. The men’s winner, posting the best score of the day, was Ian Hart (17) with 38 points, ahead of Geoff Doody (22) who signed for 37. Third & Fourth required a count back; Clive Hoseason (29) getting the nod over Dave Edwards (18) 21/18, both having recorded 36 points.

Near pins on the par 3s were won by Gerry, Clayton, Ian & Kathy, while Jim got the second shot approach on the 6th hole. Not forgetting the longest 1st putt, going to Mam with 9ft4in.

After golf it was back to Mulligans Lakeside for the usual superb buffet & cold beverages provided by Ray, Kheow & staff, before partying into the night. A great day & night was had by all, Many Happy Returns to Terry, hip hip hooray!

Note: Mulligans Lakeside plays golf generally on Tuesday & Thursday, with ML hosting prompt presentations on both days. Call 0890941841 for scheduling or enquiries. Hope to see you there, cheers & good golfing!


Gabe hits form at Navy

PSC golf from Tropical Bert’s

Tuesday’s winner and runner up with one of Bert’s finest.

Derek Brook

Tuesday, March 6, Khao Kheow – Stableford

Off we went to Khao Kheow on a morning when at the last moment some players did not make it, usually due to illness. What is it about this time of the year that seems to lay so many people low? Still, we had a reasonable turnout, so it was not long before we were in cars and racing up Route 7 to this great course. I use the word great because there is no doubt in my mind that on its day this is an outstanding course.

One of the things I look for in a golf course we play on is the atmosphere and the manners of the staff towards the players, and I reported the care with which the staff here reacted when one of our players collapsed last visit. No better care could have been given, and for a long time now we feel this is probably the friendliest course. So arriving there and booking in was a little like coming home.

Onto the first tee and on this day we were due to play the A&B Nines. The A Nine is the low stroke index nine, and on a day like this we knew if the wind was blowing we were in trouble. Well the wind was blowing, and as holes 2/3/4/ were into the teeth of it we all struggled. Still, we did our best and the B Nine proved a little easier. Tough course and one where if you play well you know it is all worthwhile.

Back at Bert’s it was into the results and on this day we only had one flight and the winner with the only score better than his handicap was Joel Flor with 39 points. In second was Walter Bachli with 36 points with a count back for third on 34 points that saw Bob Lindburg in third and Kenny Chung in fourth.

Near pins went to Tom Cotton, Walter Bachli (2) and Barry Elphick.

Friday’s podium placers pose with one of Bert’s staff.

Friday, March 9, Plutaluang - Stableford

Anyone who knows me is well aware of where I put this course in my list of ones to play before I die. I can remember not playing it for years and not missing it, however we have some really weird people who play at Bert’s and slowly like old age the situation has crept in where ‘someone’ now books the course when he thinks I am not looking. And this is just because he has some people who actually like playing there. And some are members.

I have actually played at Navy when it has been in good condition and have to admit there are days when it is quite passable. On this day we played East and South and they were sanding the East. The South was not being sanded so we had 9 holes sanded and 9 holes of assorted green speed.

Well we got around and finally sat in the restaurant, which I have to admit is a fine place to eat with a great view, and most important is great value. We discussed the condition of the course, and as usual I got beaten into the dust and was outvoted by many to one. People actually like playing here and more do than do not. I am just pleased ‘The Admiral’ was not playing with us or I would have been put in the stockade.

The winner today with 42 points was Brian Gabe, ahead of Bob Watson with 38 points and a gross 74, on count back over Walter Bachli, with Brian Parrish in fourth with 35 points.

Near pins were claimed by Brian Gabe, Brian Parrish, Stan Everingham and Bob Watson.

As said the before, the course here is well worth playing and is also reasonably priced and the staff here are very pleasant and supportive. So ‘unloved and unwanted’ the Scribe will be playing next time unless he can accidentally forget to book it, and the ungodly will not let me forget. T.T.F.N.


Butler by four at Green Valley

PSC golf from The Caddyshack

Wednesday, March 7, Green Valley – Stableford

A Flight

1st Jack Butler (12) 42pts

2nd Jason Barnett (4) 38

3rd Mike Phillips (11) 36pts

B Flight

1st Les Charles (23) 39pts

2nd Ben Findon (17) 38pts

3rd Ed Horrocks (19) 35pts

Jack Butler top scored with 42 points on Wednesday to win the A Flight at Green Valley. He was followed in by Jason Barnett and Mike Phillips respectively.

Les Charles headed the second flight with 39 points to edge Ben Findon by one while Ed Horrocks filled the flight on 35.

Jason Barnett and Dave Hester split the ‘2’s pot.

Friday, March 9, Rayong C.C. – Stableford

A Flight

1st Jim McGovern (12) 33pts

2nd Phonsie McGahan (5) 33pts

B Flight

1st Tom Breslin (24) 35pts

2nd Bruce Tollitt (17) 28pts

Two flights again on Friday at Rayong with Tom Breslin top scoring to take the second division honours. Bruce Tollitt claimed second on a count back over Ron Walsh.

Jim McGovern needed a count back also to take top spot in the premier flight after both he and Phonsie McGahan returned 33 points each.


Latham signs off with win at Eastern Star

Jomtien Golf with the IPGC

Wednesday, March 7, Eastern Star – Stableford

A public holiday today so for obvious reasons we came to Eastern Star to play in three divisions for the men and one for the ladies, with an additional 36 hole better-ball competition today and Friday for each two person team with no handicap restrictions. We had 11 groups out with the cut at 7-15, 16-18 and 19+, plus 6 ladies of course.

Friday’s division 3 winners: Paul Chabot, Ian Plummer and Rodney Howett.

The greens here at Eastern Star vary each week and there has been no explanation at all from the management, so who knows what’s going on.

Marty Rock recorded the best score in all four groups, winning division 1 with 40 points. The Scots lad Dennis Scougal beat Wilf Latham on a 16/15 back 6 count back for second after they both scored 22 on the back nine and 39 points overall.

Frank Kelly won division 2 with 34 points ahead of Harry Riley in second place who beat Mathew Bley 16/12 on the back six after they both shot 32 points.

Ian Plummer topped division 3 with 37 points, Russell Benson was second three points behind, and Willy van Heetveld took third with 31.

A 19/19 on the back nine and a 16/12 on the back six saw Miss Nut smiling as she beat Toi Blair, both coming in with 37 points.

Near pins went to

Noi Emmerson, Pranee Bosset, Miss Nut, Ron Miller, Marty Rock, Dennis Scougal, Harry Vincenzi, Russell Benson, Mathew Bley and Jim Connelly.

Ya Riley birdied the 17th for the only ‘2’ in division 1 and Russell Benson the 6th in division 2.

After 18 holes the top six scores in the two person better-ball were Matthew Bley/Ian Plummer 47, Frank Kelly/Marty rock 45, Harry and Ya Riley 43, Chris Voller/Mikael Andersson, Don and Nut Head, Darryl and Toi Blair and Bill Bertram/Wilf Latham all with 42 points.

Friday, March 9, Eastern Star – Stableford

There were 44 players out today with the same equal cut as Wednesday. Thirty none points won division 1 for Mikael Andersson, Ron Miller was second with 36 and Bill Bertram took third on 35.

In his last game with us for around three months, Wilf Latham scored 38 points to win division 2 ahead of Frank Kelly in second one point behind, and the newly returned Neil Gamble beat Mathew Bley 17/13 on count back for third after the both scored 34.

Another count back in the ladies division saw Noi Emmerson pip Toi Blair 14/13 on the back six after they both scored 37 for the round.

Ian Plummer’s 37 topped the division 3 scores, Paul Chabot without his mask was second with 35 and Rodney Howett filled the podium with 34.

Near pins were claimed by Toi Blair, Pranee Bosset, Noi Emmerson, Bill Bertram, Georges Cullen, Georges Faber, Jerry MaCarthy, Mathew Bley, Neil Gamble, Harry Riley and Frank Sharkey.

Bill Bertram scored a ‘2’ on the 13th in division 1and Rod Howett the 3rd in division 2 to take the respective pots.

Technical prizes went to the following:

4th Hole - Nearest the pin in 3 shots: (Ladies) Pranee bosset; (Div 1) Neville Scurell; (Div 2) Bryan Rought; (Div 3) Paul Chabot.

8th Hole - Nearest the pin in 3 shots: (Ladies) Pranee Bosset; (Div 1) Mikael Andersson; (Div 2) Wilf Latham; (Div 3) Willy Van Heetvelde.

9th Hole - Straightest Drive: (Ladies) Miss Nut; (Div 1) Chris Voller; (Div 2) Rudi Schaefer; (Div 3) Jef Hamilton.

12th Hole - Nearest the pin in 2 shots: (Ladies) Virginia Dutson; (Div1) Mikael Andersson; (Div 2) Bryan Rought; (Div 3) Rod Howett

18th Hole - Longest Drive: (Ladies) Toi Blair; (Div 1) Marty Rock; (Div 2) Wilf Latham: Div 3) Russell Benson
Forty four points today and 47 on Wednesday won Mathew Bley and Ian Plummer the 36 hole better-ball competition. Don and Nut Head were second after beating Bill Bertram and Wilf latham on a 44/44 back 18 and 24/22 back nine count back after both pairings scored 86 points.

Note: The date has now been set for our 16th annual trip to Hua Hin for Saturday 12th May with golf on the Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. We are awaiting prices for the courses but these should filter in over the next week or so, but Black Mountain is on top of the list of course.


Jason Cole & Gordon Everingham share the Medals

The IPGC Monthly Medals Report March 2012

Monday, March 5 - Greenwood
(White Tees)

CSS 72

Division 1 (0-12)

Stroke play

1st Jason Cole (7) net 70

2nd Ron Miller (9) net 70

3rd Yasuo Suzuki (11) net 70

Division 2 (13+)

Stableford

1st Gordon Everingham (24) 40pts

2nd Tony Holehouse (23) 39pts

3rd Evan Millar (24) 39pts

2’s: Glenn Eldershaw, Ron Miller, Alan Pilkington, John Hayes, Grant Cadell, Peter MacKenzie, Michael Cutmore (two)

Jason Cole.

This month’s IPGC Medals were held over the very attractive Greenwood course, which while being about the furthest of the local Pattaya courses, always turns out as a very good venue for a large competition. This may have been the reason that the day attracted the largest number of contestants this year with 25 groups teeing it up at the start. This time was another of those occasions when the course was in top condition with the greens playing flat and fairly quick.

A fairly strong breeze welcomed the early starters at around 8.15 am and with the weather staying fine all day good scoring was to be expected. However, with the course having been set up with the tees in the backward positions this did not turn out to be the case with only the second division turning in low scores. This may have be explained partly by the two divisions playing under the now familiar two different scoring systems, Stroke Play for the first and Stableford for the second division.

The second division was led in by Gordon Everingham whose 40 points was his best score for nearly a year, during which time he has been more used to seeing his handicap rise steadily than being in contention. He was followed in by Tony Holehouse who had to win a count back over Evan Millar, which he did with a better 22 to 19, leaving Evan in third place. In general the second division scored very well with Peter MacKenzie returning a one under card and another six players on level par.

The first division turned out to be a much closer affair with Jason Cole finally coming out on top to take the medal with a two under handicap round as he finished with a net 34.5 over the inward half, leaving Ron Miller in second with a count back of 35.5 and Yasuo Suzuki in third with 36.5 on the back nine.

There were plenty of 2’s around the course

Every month the presentations are held at one of the IPGC venues in rotation, this month’s being held at Siam Cats, where as usual an open buffet had been laid on for the participants prior to the presentations.

Russell Exley, who acted as the Emcee for the evening, thanked the golf organizers, Stephen Beard, Len Jones, Glyn Evans and Steve Mascari for promoting the day and Glyn for handling the registration and Stephen for handling the scoring with Glyn presenting the Medals and prizes to the winners.

As usual following the prize giving there were over twenty lucky draw prizes supplied from the club funds to be won by members attending the evening festivities, which due to a slight oversight, on the part of the dogsbody designated to bring back the score cards from the course, had to be drawn with a new method of lucky numbers.

More information can be obtained regarding golf with the International Pattaya Golf Club (IPGC) by visiting the web site at www.ipgc.org.


Murphy makes hay with 40-pointer

PSC golf from the Three Sisters Bar

How the mighty have fallen - from a 43 last week to a 27 this week! Paul Kraft didn’t do too well today this 7th of March in our first outing of the month with a potential for only three more meetings at the Pattaya Country Club. PCC will close 9 holes effective 1 April. Considering the pathetic condition of the greens, this was long overdue. In a rating system of 1 to 10, with 10 being the lowest, the greens are ranked 28.

Some of the players managed to get through the “greens” hazards as Rich Murphy came in with 40 points followed by Larry Emerson with 38. Overall the scores were lower but none lower than the 17 carded by an individual whose name shall not be divulged, particularly since he writes this item.

Herbie came through with the usual chips, peanuts & pretzels as well as entrees of outstanding sliced beef and pork. Of course, this being Makha Bucha Day, only non-alcoholic beverages were available at Caddy Shack II (snicker, snicker). Rumor has it that the Three Sisters group will likely move their venue to Plutalung once PCC starts their repair work.


Vorontsov brace secures maximum points for City

Bangkok Casuals League Div. 1 & 2

Paul Frain

Pattaya City played the French Club Les Gaulois at the Thai Polo Club last weekend and took an early lead in the third minute when centre forward Oleg Vorontsov slotted the ball home after some clever interplay with Tshuma and Dipta.

The French fought back and kept the City defense busy but they could not manage a shot on target, with their forwards continually misfiring.

City kept to their game plan and eventually broke through again when under extreme pressure a French defender misdirected his pass straight to the waiting and unmarked City forward, who converted to make it 2-0, which remained the score at half time.

After the break the lively French outfit put City’s goal under more pressure, and despite the home team defending well they eventually conceded after some slack covering for once allowed Les Gaulois to get back into the game at 2-1.

City tried to reassert their authority once again and the livewire Vorontsov kept the French on their toes, but Les Gaulois continued to attack and threatened to overpower the City defense, however they were let down by poor finishing once more.

Their profligacy in front of goal would come back to haunt them as at the other end of the field Vorontsov broke through the French defense, only to be brought down in the penalty area. The City forward dusted himself down and scored with ease, sending the keeper the wrong way to make it 3-1.

The French, who had control of the half, let their frustrations get the better of them and had two players sent off for violent conduct and the game ended with City running out 3-1 winners.

City Res continue their fine run

Pattaya City Res played league leaders Titans at the Thai Polo Club and the last time these two teams met, City lost 9-1. The home side were out for revenge and took the game to the league leaders, making an early breakthrough when centre forward Phowan ran through the Titans defense, dribbled round the keeper and slotted the ball home to give City Res the lead.

This shook the Titans but City were in determined mood and the centre backs duo of Bowden and Glen Wilkins were magnificent in organizing the defense for the home team. The Titans attacks came in wave after wave but the City defense held firm until half time with the score still 1-0.

The second half continued in much the same vein with City battling manfully to maintain their advantage and midfield dynamo Wutthiphittayapacom covering every blade of grass and tackling here and there. Eventually, with the clock ticking down, the away team’s frustrations boiled over and a melee broke out in the middle of the pitch. After the referee had sorted it all out and play restarted the Titans managed to break through but two good saves by the City keeper kept them from scoring. However, with only two minutes to go, tired legs on the City defenders allowed the Titans forward to brush his way through once more and score the equalizer to make the final score 1-1.

This was by far the best performance by Pattaya City Res this season and just shows what they can do when they want to make the effort. This match is only part one as both teams face each other again next weekend in a re-arranged fixture at the same time, same place.


‘Dolphins’ ready for Premier League kick-off

The Pattaya United playing squad pose for a team photo at Central Beach Pattaya shopping mall, Sunday, March 4.

Phasakorn Channgam

Pattaya United held a pre-season press conference on Sunday, March 4 at Central Beach shopping mall to announce their aims for the new league campaign and also unveil two new signings to the press and public.

Kim Do Yon from South Korean outfit Daechon Citizen FC and former Thailand U 19 player Abhisit Khumwang have been added to the roster this year as the club prepares to launch a concerted effort at capturing the league title. Highly rated 20 year old Abhisit has been signed on a season long loan from Premiership rivals BEC Tero.

Thara Prikum, CEO of team sponsors Grandsport Group (left) presents a new 2012 season away team jersey to Pattaya Mayor and club director Itthiphol Kunplome.

“For the 2012 season, many teams participating in the league have improved substantially and as the head coach I have done my best,” said team boss Chalermwut Sangapol. “It is every coach’s dream to win a championship and the potential and management of the team here at Pattaya United makes winning the league a high possibility,” he added.

Sangapol was presented with an award at the press conference after he was voted the Siam Golden Ball ‘Manager of the Season’ for guiding United to a fourth placed finish after the club were in relegation territory when he took over in 2011.

Also in the awards was club skipper Niweat Siriwong who won the ‘Outstanding Defender’ and ‘Most Valuable Player’ prizes.

Suwanthep Malhotra (right) Vice MD of media sponsors the Pattaya Mail Publishing Co. Ltd., presents a gesture of support for the team to Mayor Itthiphol, Club Manager Sombut Pinyasiri, and Team Coach ‘Nui’ Chalermyuth Sangapol.

Not to be left out, the remainder of the first team squad were included in the presentation of a cheque for 5 million baht from sponsors Sophon Cable as a reward to the playing staff for their performance in the second half of last season.

Pattaya Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome, a senior club advisor, said that United had received substantial backing for the new season to the tune of 70 million baht from club sponsors who include True Visions, Bangkok Hospital Pattaya, Grand Sport Group, Thai Beverage Co., Thai Namthip Co., Hutchinson Laemchabang and American International Assurance (AIA).

The club also used the opportunity of the press conference to launch their new strip for the upcoming season, with the smartly designed football jerseys proving to be very popular with supporters who snapped them up in their dozens at the on-site sales booths.

Pattaya United get the new Premier League season underway this coming Saturday, March 17, with a home game against Samut Songkhram FC at the Nongprue Stadium in Pattaya. Kick-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. and as usual, the Pattaya Mail will be following both the ‘Dolphins’ and all our other local team’s fortunes as the season progresses.


Chiang Mai set to celebrate 25th Anniversary Cricket Sixes

Cricket - Chiang Mai Sixes style.

The 25th annual Chiang Mai International Cricket Sixes tournament will run from Sunday 1st to Saturday 7th April, 2012 at the beautiful and picturesque Chiengmai Gymkhana Club, Thailand’s oldest sports club which dates back to 1898.

The event is extra special this year at it reaches its quarter century and promises to be better than ever, with some teams promising some extra entertainment, which presumably could be both on and off the field. As usual it has attracted a keen and competitive range of teams from all over the world.

Each day’s cricket will commence at 8.30 or 9.00am and up to 15 matches are scheduled each day before drawing of stumps around dusk. The fact that up to 15 games will be played per day gives you an idea of how fast and furious the action will be. While cricket is the main theme and topic, fun and socialising are also high on the agenda.

San Miguel Beer (Thailand) are again the official tournament sponsor as part of their recognition of the ever-growing popularity of cricket in Thailand and the consumption of its products will provide much needed liquid refreshment to many during the course of the tournament. With cricket an official sport at the Asian Games for the first time in 2010, Thai cricketers were most welcome of the gracious support of San Miguel.

For 1 week, 32 men’s teams from 12 countries around the world will meet to play cricket and enjoy the warm welcome and unique hospitality and charm that Chiang Mai provides to its visitors. The sounds of willow bats striking rock-hard leather cricket balls, the cries of “Howzat!” as players are out, and the pleasure of a cold drink (or two or six!!) in the early April hot season sun will be enjoyed by everyone who attends. For more information go to www. chiangmaisixes.com.


Local bowlers lead the way at mixed triples tournament

Tournament winners Frank, Dave and Dennis pose for a photo with ‘Rolex’ (right).

One of Thailand’s major lawn bowls competitions was held at the Retreat Lawn Bowling Club just outside Pattaya on March 10-11 and was sponsored by a familiar face to all lawn bowlers in the city, Peter ‘Rolex’ Brown.

This event was a mixed triple competition and saw nineteen teams of three taking part with bowlers coming from Pattaya and Bangkok, plus the Thai Army and Navy. Some of those on show even had previous experience playing for the Thai national team.

The Retreat, run by Albert and Mai is one of the top bowling clubs in Thailand and their greens were in superb condition for this event.

The teams line up on the first day.

With the high standard of teams, the competition was very keenly fought and after the preliminary group stages were played out on the first day and second morning, the final saw a team of expert Thais take on local talent in the form of Dave ‘the pro’, Frank and Dennis. The match seesawed backwards and forwards and because of a delay caused by a rain shower it wasn’t until 8 p.m. that one team could celebrate and the other be left to rue on what might have been.

It was a very close fought match but eventually the local knowledge told as Dave, Frank and Dennis prevailed to keep the home honours intact. The winners were presented with a beautiful perpetual trophy by tournament sponsor ‘Rolex’ while the runners up and minor place getters also received smaller trophies for their efforts.

After the grand dinner and presentation a Karaoke was held with lots of singing, dancing, drinking and swimming (for those who were pushed or fell in the pool).

The sponsor Peter would like to say a big thanks to Albert, Mai and the staff at The Retreat for putting on a wonderfully organised event and also to all the teams who supported it. Next year’s tournament is already eagerly anticipated.

Top bowlers from around Thailand took part in the 2-day event.


Regent’s Pattaya holds Under 13 FOBISSEA Games

Swimming ended with a tire race to fight for first place.

Alicia Warner

The term ‘truly international’ has always gone hand in hand with the Regent’s School, and the recent U13 FOBISSEA games hosted at the school only reaffirmed this further. Six international schools from Southeast Asia shared the grounds and the facilities of the Regent’s to take part in the most awaited school sporting competition of the year. It was certainly easy to tell; the atmosphere was buzzing with excitement from the students to the staff and the attending parents.

International schools from Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam met for a weekend of well planned, competitive events topped off by a Gala dinner at Cholchan Pattaya Resort. The Regent’s was joined by the British International School of Phuket (BISP) and the International School of Bangkok (ISB). From Vietnam, the British International School of Vietnam (BISV), Jerudong International School (JIS) from Brunei and the International School of Penang (Uplands) from Malaysia were all in good spirits despite being away from home.

The international students line up for a group photo.

“It’s great to see students who have progressed – some students have been here since year 4 so this is now their fourth or fifth FOBISSEA games and have FOBISSEA friends,” said Paul McConnell, the event manager of the games who explained the pleasant relationship the competing schools have with one another. “Once the sport’s done they all mix very well and they all are good friends,” he added.

The heat didn’t stop the students giving it their all.

The three-day event began with an intense, yet friendly swimming competition. Despite the sun’s attempts to force all to seek either shade or air conditioning, everyone kept at it with vigour and the competitive mood never waned throughout. There could only be one winner, although all teams pushed themselves until the end, and BISV accepted their victory with grace.

The athletics event, on the other hand, was a different story as the weather took a turn for the worse later in the afternoon. It was an unfortunate affair as the high jump, long jump, javelin and discus all couldn’t take place as a thunderstorm crept in to join the excitement. However, the buzz returned very quickly as it cleared so the relay could go on and BISV walked away as the overall victors.

“One of the best moments was when the thunderstorm finished at the stadium so we could actually do some athletics,” said a relieved Paul McConnell. “We could actually get the kids winning medals - that’s been my highlight so far.”

BISV share team celebrations.

The football and basketball games had an air of great team spirit and the support was endless. BISV won both the girls’ football and boys’ basketball and JIS claimed first place in boys’ football. But it was the final of the girls’ basketball that kept the crowd on the edge of their seats as the home team scored ‘the golden basket’. A thrilling moment, The Regent’s claimed a victory of their own on their own grounds.

After lengthy planning and preparation it seemed to pay off as The Regent’s hosting skills were met with great reception. The head of PE at The Regent’s, Ainsley Harris explained, “The preparation has been phenomenal and that’s enabled all of us to have such smooth games and just enjoy it.”

Phil Drake, the director of sport at BISV saw the perks of the on-site facilities. “The good thing about the Regent’s school is that they’ve got facilities on campus so it reduces the amount of travelling we’re having to do. In Vietnam there’s a lot more travelling to be done because we have to use stadiums and outside facilities as well. The organisation has been first class; plenty of water, plenty of food, that’s the main thing for the students and safety is the key to it as well so it’s been great.”

What three words best describe the events overall? “Exciting, Competitive and Friendly”, Mike Walton, the chairman of FOBISSEA and the principle of The Regent’s School Pattaya, summed up the recent FOBISSEA games with ease.


 
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Thierry crowned Lewiinski’s Open Champion

Dannie L produces his best golf of the year

Hughes turns up the heat

Aussies make better golfers than cricketers

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Czernie churns it up

A historic week for Travellers Rest golfers

Hart top scores at Terry’s Birthday Bash

Gabe hits form at Navy

Butler by four at Green Valley

Latham signs off with win at Eastern Star

Jason Cole & Gordon Everingham share the Medals

Murphy makes hay with 40-pointer

Vorontsov brace secures maximum points for City

‘Dolphins’ ready for Premier League kick-off

Chiang Mai set to celebrate 25th Anniversary Cricket Sixes

Local bowlers lead the way at mixed triples tournament

Regent’s Pattaya holds Under 13 FOBISSEA Games
 

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