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St. Patrick’s Day Parade Pattaya’s biggest so far
Now in its ninth year, Pattaya’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade grows in size each year, and 2019 was the biggest ever. This was the first year that the newly installed Ambassador at the Embassy of Ireland, His Excellency Tony Cotter, together with his wife Marie Cotter, took part in the parade. Shown here, Ambassador Cotter, Mrs. Cotter and Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh march in the parade with a new friend. (Full story and more photos on page 17.)
National Elections on Sunday Sale or gifting of alcohol prohibited
The first national elections since 2014 take place this Sunday, after which a new legislature will be formed and a new prime minister will be named. There will be a heavy law enforcement turnout to make sure the elections run smoothly and to quell any possible violence. To help ensure safe and smooth elections, the law prohibiting the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages will be in effect. This means that, by law,
Pattaya will have another dry Saturday night March 23 as the country continues voting in the first general election since 2014.
bars must be closed by 6:00 p.m. (1800 hrs.) Saturday night, March 23 and remain closed until the election is
declared over on Sunday, March 24. Continued on page 2
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Pattanakarn sidewalk project nears completion Jetsada Homklin The first phase of construction of sidewalks along Naklua’s Pattanakarn Road is expected to be completed by the end of April, sub-district officials said. Engineering chief Thongchai Kamlangthai said March 10 that the project begun Sept. 28 was now partially finished, opening a good amount of footpath for pedestrians and joggers to use. Reinforced concrete pavements are being laid alongside the thoroughfare through Moo 10 and Moo 13 villages. The sidewalks will be 1.8 meters wide and span 3.5 kilometers. Contractor Supattra Joint
National Elections on Sunday Sale or gifting of alcohol prohibited
From page 1 The “no alcohol rule” applies to all entertainment areas, including restaurants, although restaurants may remain open if they do not sell alcohol. It is also prohibited to give away free alcoholic
beverages, even at private parties. Election laws of municipalities (year) 2482, amended 2523, section 12CH states: “as of 18:00 hours on the day before the election until the end of the day of the election, it is forbidden for
anyone to sell, distribute, give away alcohol or have parties or social events that have alcohol served” Section 76 states: “whoever breaks this law is subject to a fine of no more than 10,000 baht or jail of no more than 1 year or both”
Encroaching billboard removed Jetsada Homklin The first phase of construction of sidewalks along Naklua’s Pattanakarn Road is expected to be completed by the end of April.
Venture will complete the first phase by the end of April, Thongchai said. The second phase will be started
from the front of Tarapattana School to Tungkom-Tanman Road. Neither phase affects vehicle traffic.
Blocked canal worries C. Pattaya residents Jetsada Homklin
Plastic bags and furniture scraps blocked the waterway behind the Boontavorn shop.
Soi Paniadchang residents complained about trees and garbage blocking a central Pattaya canal, fearing it will lead to flooding. Plastic bags and furniture scraps blocked the waterway behind the Boontavorn shop March 11 as shown in social media posts. Residents called on city hall to clean out the canal and better ensure people don’t dump rubbish there illegally.
Tour bus loses wheel Patcharapol Panrak Two cars were damaged when a wheel flew off a tour bus carrying Chinese tourists in Najomtien. A Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by Radsamee Kulalai, 45, and a Toyota Vigo plate driven by Jamnien Sangngam, 37, both suffered dents. No one was injured. Bus driver Eakachai Seranon, 60, said he was bound for a Sattahip tourist attraction when he heard a strange noise from the back of the coach. He then heard the accident on Sukhumvit Road at the Ban Amphur
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Pattaya removed a large advertising billboard on Thepprasit Soi 11 following complaints from motorists that it partially blocked the road. Deputy Mayor Pattana Boonsawat led workers to the area to check angles and sign placements March 14. They found a 15-sq.-meter billboard installed 20 meters high on steel posts. But the base encroached on the street, leaving little room to turn around it. Pattaya workers remove a large advertising The billboard was removed to billboard on Thepprasit Soi 11 following complaints widen the road for motorists. from motorists that it partially blocked the road.
Baywatch Broken traffic mirror prompts complaints Jetsada Homklin East Pattaya residents say broken convex mirrors on Soi Nongyai 10 may cause accidents because motorists can’t see hazards. The mirrors help drivers see cars coming from the opposite direction at a curve in the street. Currently one of two is broken with pieces scattered on the ground. Residents want city hall to replace it before an accident happens.
10,589 cast early ballots in Nongprue Jetsada Homklin
Two vehicles were damaged when the tire flew off a tour bus carrying Chinese tourists in Najomtien.
intersection March 12. Inspection showed the 8
lug nuts holding the wheel had sheared off.
More than 10,500 people cast ballots in Nongprue in the first round of voting for Thailand’s general election. A total 10,589 people registered to vote at Nongprue Kindergarten March 17, the date for those who can’t make
it back to their home constituency to vote to cast ballots. Polls were open until 5 p.m. with many subdistrict staffers and volunteers on hand to assist voters. Residents questioned said they were looking for a
leader possessing the ability to develop Thailand’s economy and manage the country. Early voters urged Pattayaarea locals to make their voices heard on the official Election Day March 24.
The visually impaired voted at the Redemptorist Technological College for People with Disabilities.
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Ekasit re-elected 2 lost cyclists rescued from Takhiantia forest PBTA president Teerarak Suthathiwong
Two Bangkok mountain bikers had to be rescued after getting lost in a Takhiantia forest. Exhausted but unhurt, Satjapong Pattanasukasan and Pongsak Sittitham, both 39, were found by a search party of about 20 rescuers and residents after four hours deep in the Song Pi Nong forest March 14. Satjapong said he had biked in the jungle famous
for mountain biking about 10 years ago and came with a friend to do it again. They parked at Tumpratun and cycled into the forest in the morning. But the two wandered off the set path and found themselves lost and unable to get back to the road. With it getting late, they called a friend to ask for help Satjapong said he got lost because he didn’t realize the forest hand grown and changed in 10 years.
Exhausted but unhurt, Satjapong Pattanasukasan and Pongsak Sittitham, both 39, were found by rescuers and residents after spending four hours deep in the Song Pi Nong forest.
Pattaya sets rest of 2019 tourism calendar Jetsada Homklin
Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh (left) congratulates Ekasit Ngampichet (right) on his election to a third term as head of the Pattaya Business & Tourism Association.
Jetsada Homklin Ekasit Ngampichet was reelected to a third term as head of the Pattaya Business & Tourism Association. The son of former Deputy Health Minister Sansak Jaroon Ngampichet and brother to current MP candidate Poramet Ngampichet was unopposed in the ballot at the PBTA’s
March 13 meeting. Ekasit, a PBTA board member since 2011, said he plans to continue the association’s cooperation with the public sector and private businesses to promote Pattaya tourism. He added that the association has become a member of the Tourism Council of Thailand to work with others more efficiently.
Pattaya has packed its tourism calendar full of events, hoping monthly happenings will drive tourism to new highs. Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh revealed the AprilDecember calendar at the March 13 Pattaya Business & Tourism Association meeting at the Green Park resort. He predicted the events would drive steady tourism revenue to the city. March’s remaining event is a “khon” Thai masked play on March 31. April features the Songkran water festival, the Taekwondo Thailand Championship April 5-8, World Muay Thai competition April 6-12 and Thailand
Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh says Pattaya has packed its tourism calendar full of events, hoping monthly happenings will drive tourism to new highs.
Windsurfing Championships & Pattaya International Windsurfing Cup April 26-28 and an international regatta on April 30.
For May, events include the Amazing Seafood Festival scheduled May 10-12 and International Fireworks Festival May 24-25.
June features the Bikini Run on June 8, Pattaya Music Festival on June 21 and Knock Knock Pattaya Music Festival June 28-29. The Pattaya Marathon highlights July’s events on the 21st. August will see the International Foods and Beverage Festival Aug. 8-10 among smaller events. September has the World Weightlifting Championships Sept. 17-28, but nothing is set for October. Loy Krathong falls on Nov 13 and December will feature the Jet Ski World Championship on Dec. 4-8, the Wonderfruit Festival Dec. 19-22 and then all the usual Christmas and New Year’s activities.
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4 S. Koreans nabbed at online gambling den in Pattaya Boonlua Chatree Police raided a South Pattaya condominium and arrested four South Koreans for operating an online-gambling website. Immigration, Chonburi and Pattaya police announced the apprehension of Kim Kangseon, 41, Park Haekeun, 35, Kim Youngsun, 38, and Suk Jongho, 39, at a March 12 news conference. The four are accused of running an online casino from a fourth-floor unit at The Glass Condominium on South Road for the past two weeks. Police said they took bets from South Koreans back home on football, the lottery and other games of chance, with cash flow estimated at 2.5 million
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6,400 ya ba pills seized in Nong Plalai drug bust Boonlua Chatree
Police raided a South Pattaya condominium and arrested four South Koreans for operating an onlinegambling website.
baht during that time. For their work, each man was paid 80,000 baht a month, police said. In addition to charging the Koreans with various
gambling and immigration offenses, authorities also plan to charge the condo owners with failing to inform the Immigration Bureau of foreigners residing in their property.
Police seized 6,400 methamphetamine tablets and a halfkilogram of crystal meth when they arrested an alleged Pattaya-area drug dealer. Kittipong Cherdwongsung, 32, was captured in a sting operation near a Nong Plalai resort March. 9 Police accused Kittipong of dealing drugs across Pattaya, moving his base from rental room to rental room. Taken to Banglamung Police Station, the suspect cried and dropped to his knees apologizing when he saw his relatives.
Kittipong Cherdwongsung, 32, was captured in a sting operation near a Nong Plalai resort. The suspect cried and dropped to his knees apologizing when he saw his relatives.
Truck hauling gas cylinders overturns in Najomtien Jordanian arrested for drowning toddler son in Pattaya Bay
Boonlua Chatree A Jordanian father was arrested for allegedly strapping his 21-month-old son into his stroller and drowning him in Pattaya Bay. Immigration Police chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachet Hakpal and top officers from Provincial Police Region 2, Chonburi and Pattaya police announced the capture of Wael Nabil Salman Zureikat, 52, March 12. Surachet said the Jordanian confessed to dropping his son Omar’s stroller into the sea near Bali Hai Pier after dark on March 8 without telling his wife. The child’s body was found three nights later. His devastated mother, Adyan Mohammad Mahmoud Badawi, 24, is now under the care of doctors at Chonburi
Three people were injured when a six-wheeled truck carrying 70 gas cylinders overturned in Najomtien.
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Jordanian Wael Nabil Salman Zureikat has been arrested for allegedly strapping his 21-month-old son into his stroller and drowning him in Pattaya Bay. Here, he reenacts the crime for police.
Hospital. Zureikat, meanwhile, was charged with malicious murder. Police said Zureikat killed his son after a day of fighting with his wife. He told
police that he never wanted a child in the first place, he didn’t want to visit Thailand and was angry over the cost of the trip his young wife wanted. The Jordanian physically assaulted his wife on March 7 and, still angry, killed Omar the next day, police said. He initially denied the accusation, saying he didn’t know where his child was, then confessed under interrogation, Surachet said.
Three people were injured when a sixwheeled truck carrying 70 gas cylinders overturned in Najomtien. Empty tanks ranging in size from seven to 48 kilograms scattered across Sukhumvit Road in front of the Najomtien Sub-district office March 14, causing a massive traffic backup and fears
of a gas explosion. None occurred. Truck driver Pisit Pongsura, 56, and coworkers Nongnooch Noiprai, 40, and Rawin, 44, were hurt and taken to Queen Sirikit Naval Medical Center. Pisit told police he was taking the empty tanks to be refilled in Sattahip, but was cut off by another vehicle. He swerved and the topheavy truck overturned.
Najomtien woman’s death prophesy comes true Patcharapol Panrak A Thai woman who told a housekeeper she might die soon was found dead three days later in her Najomtien condo. The decomposing remains
of Intuon Tientub, 44, were found lying on a bed in the Moo 4 village luxury condominium March 15 by the same housekeeper who was alerted by the smell. Police said Intuon had lived alone after her Swedish
husband returned home two months ago. Since then, Intuon had drank heavily and recently complained of a stomach ache. She asked a condo maid to keep an eye on her apartment as she thought she could die soon.
Young motorcyclist injures 2 in Sattahip road wreck Patcharapol Panrak Two people were hurt when a 15-year-old motorcyclist slammed into another motorbike in Sattahip. Masseuse Jeerawan Damrod, 48, was knocked unconscious at the U-turn in front of a PTT gas station at Sukhumvit Soi 41 March 10. Her 18-year-old son riding pillion escaped with minor injuries to his bare feet. Nearby lay the wreckage of a Honda Scoopy driven by teenager Chanasorn
Chakawannorasing who suffered broken bones and was transported to Queen Sirikit Naval Medical Center. Tirawat said his mother was making a U-turn on Sukhumvit Road when Chanasorn slammed into the side of their bike. Chanasorn Chakawannorasing suffered broken bones but was conscious enough to take selfies before being transported to Queen Sirikit Naval Medical Center.
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Ambassador Virachai Plasai passes away at 58
H.E. Virachai Plasai, Thai ambassador to the United States, passed away at the age of 58 on Saturday, March 16.
At the Father Ray Day Care Center.
Derek Franklin For the people of Denmark there is one name from the world of show business that is known in all households, and known to the young and old alike. Johnny Reimar has been entertaining the Danes for over fifty years, first as a member of The Cliffters, who released their first album in 1961. But Johnny is more famous as a solo singer, and well as a guitarist and producer. But while he is known for his numerous hit records, his concerts and as a television host, he is known to many here in Pattaya for his charity work.
For many years Johnny was a board member of the Danish Pattaya Foundation, which raised money and donated it to three local Pattaya charities; the Father Ray Foundation, Pattaya Orphanage and the Child Protection & Development Center. Making a recent visit to Pattaya his first stop was to the Father Ray Foundation where he was welcomed by Father Peter. He also visited the Redemptorist Foundation for People with Disabilities and the Father Ray Fay Care Center, where the younger children danced to one of Johnny’s biggest hits, Skille’n Fest’, translated to ‘What a party’.
Father Peter welcomes Johnny Reimar to the Foundation.
Visiting the students with disabilities.
Redemptorist Technological College hosts early voting present, lining up to vote. The disability lobby is big, The general election will be loud and influential. Polititaking place nationwide on cians are well aware that Sunday 24th March, but for people living with a disabilthose who are unable to vote ity will no longer be easily that day early voting took place influenced. They don’t want around the country a week to hear promises, they want earlier on the seventeenth. to see action. No longer will The Redemptorist Techno- they be treated as inferior logical College for People and as second class citizens, with Disabilities was one lo- today they want, demand, to cation in Pattaya where a be treated as equals in socilong line formed early morn- ety. Politicians should be ing with students, past and suitably warned that broken The disability lobby is and forgotten promises will growing each year. not be overlooked. Derek Franklin
Washington – H.E. Virachai Plasai, Thai ambassador to the United States, passed away at the age of 58 on Saturday, according to the Thai Embassy in Washington D.C. Virachai had been battling primary bone cancer before succumbing to his illness in the early morning of March 16 (local time). Born on June 9, 1960, Virachai received his doctorate in law in 1986 from the University of Paris (Pantheon-Sorbonne) in France. Plasai assumed his position as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to the United States in June 2018. Prior to his appointment, Virachai was the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations since March 2015. Among a number of notable achievements while serving at the United Nations, Virachai successfully led the Group of 77, the largest grouping of countries
at the United Nations, as Chair of the Group of 77 for the year 2016. From 2009-2015, Virachai was Ambassador of Thailand to the Netherlands, after serving his country in a variety of international economic, legal and diplomatic capacities. Beginning his diplomatic service in 1987 in the Department of Political Affairs, Virachai progressed through posts in the Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, eventually becoming Director-General of the Department of International Economic Affairs, in 2006, and of the Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs in 2008. Among Virachai’s experiences in international litigation for Thailand, he served as the country’s Agent in the International Court of Justice for the case concerning the Temple of Phra Viharn for which a judgement was rendered in 2013. (NNT)
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New Zealand digs graves as mosque massacre toll rises to 50
Akhtar Khokhur, 58, shows a picture of her missing husband Mehaboobbhai Khokhar during an interview outside an information center for families, Saturday, March 16, 2019, in Christchurch, New Zealand. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Nick Perry & Juliet Williams Christchurch, New Zealand (AP) - Anguished relatives were anxiously waiting Sunday for authorities to release the remains of those who were killed in massacres at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, while police announced the death toll from the racist attacks had risen to 50.
of the cultural and religious needs. So we are doing that as quickly and as sensitively as possible.” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said authorities hoped to release all the bodies by Wednesday. Police said they had released a preliminary list of the victims to families, which has helped give closure to some relatives who were waiting for any news.
Mourners link arms in Hagley Park near the Al Noor mosque. (AP Photo/Kristen Gelineau)
Islamic law calls for bodies to be cleansed and buried as soon as possible after death, usually within 24 hours. But two days after the worst terrorist attack in the country’s modern history, relatives remained unsure when they would be able to bury their loved ones. Police Commissioner Mike Bush said police were working with pathologists and coroners to release the bodies as soon as they could. “We have to be absolutely clear on the cause of death and confirm their identity before that can happen,” he said. “But we are so aware
The scale of the tragedy and the task still ahead became clear as supporters arrived from across the country to help with the burial rituals in Christchurch and authorities sent in backhoes to dig new graves in a Muslim burial area that was newly fenced off and blocked from view with white netting. The suspect in the shootings, 28-year-old white supremacist Brenton Harrison Tarrant, appeared in court Saturday amid strict security, shackled and wearing all-white prison garb, and showed no emotion when the judge read him one murder charge and said more would likely follow.
Tarrant, the suspect, had posted a jumbled 74-page anti-immigrant manifesto online before the attacks and apparently used a helmetmounted camera to broadcast live video of the slaughter. Ardern said the gunman had sent the manifesto to her office email about nine minutes before the attacks, although she hadn’t gotten the email directly herself. She said her office was one of about 30 recipients and had forwarded the email to
who had flown in to help. “As soon as people die we must bury them as soon as possible,” Hakim said. “We are all here to help them in washing the body, putting them in the grave.” Javed Dadabhai, who flew from Auckland after learning about the death of his 35-yearold cousin Junaid Mortara, said the Muslim community was being patient. “The family understands that it’s a crime scene. It’s going to be a criminal charge Students pay their respects during a vigil to commemorate victims of Friday’s shooting, outside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, Monday, March 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Christchurch mosques acted alone but may have had support. Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant was arrested moments after the shootings on Friday. He was charged with a single count
The second attack took place at the Linwood mosque about 5 kilometers (3 miles) away. Ardern has said Tarrant was a licensed gun owner who legally bought the five guns used in the crimes.
Mourners lay flowers on a wall at the Botanical Gardens in Christchurch, Saturday, March 16. New Zealand’s stricken residents reached out to Muslims in their neighborhoods and around the country on Saturday, in a fierce determination to show kindness to a community in pain. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Parliamentary security within a couple of minutes of receiving it. Bush said at a news conference Sunday that they found another body at Al Noor mosque as they finished removing the victims, bringing the number of people killed there to 42. Another seven people were killed at Linwood mosque and one more person died later at Christchurch Hospital. Another 34 victims remained at Christchurch Hospital, where officials said 12 were in critical condition. And a 4-year-old girl at a children’s hospital in Auckland was also listed as critical. Dozens of Muslim supporters gathered at a center set up for victims, families and friends across the road from the hospital, where many had flown in from around New Zealand to offer support. About two dozen men received instructions on their duties Sunday morning, which included Muslim burial customs. Abdul Hakim, 56, of Auckland, was among many
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against the guy who’s done this, so they need to be pretty thorough,” he said. Still, it was hard, he said, because the grieving process wouldn’t really begin until he could bury his cousin. People across New Zealand were still trying to come to terms with the massacre that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described as “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.”
Linwood mosque shooting survivor Elliot Dawson, right, and a friend Shay Kenny hold a sign at an intersection near the mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
A girl lays flowers on a wall at the Botanical Gardens in Christchurch. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
A steady stream of mourners arrived at a makeshift memorial outside the Al Noor mosque, where hundreds of flowers lay piled amid candles, balloons and notes of grief and love. As a light rain fell, people clutched each other and wept quietly. Under a nearby tree, someone had left a potted plant adorned with cut out red paper hearts. “We wish we knew your name to write upon your heart. We wish we knew your favorite song, what makes you smile, what makes you cry. We made a heart for you. 50 hearts for 50 lives.” New Zealand Police Commissioner Mike Bush says gunman who killed 50 people and wounded others at two
of murder and a judge said Saturday he may face other charges. Bush said at a Monday news conference that “We believe absolutely there was only one attacker responsible for this.” But he added that the support of other people hasn’t been ruled out and is “a very, very important part of our investigation.” The gunman livestreamed 17 minutes of the rampage at the Al Noor mosque, where he sprayed worshippers with bullets. Facebook, Twitter and Google scrambled to take down the video, which was widely available on social media for hours after the bloodbath.
Arden used some of her strongest language yet about gun control, saying that laws need to change and “they will change,” adding, “gun law reforms will be announced within 10 days following the Christchurch shootings that killed 50 people.” She said Cabinet ministers had met and made an in-principle decision to tighten gun ownership but details still need to be worked out. Ardern also announced an inquiry into the country’s intelligence services. The Australian white supremacist charged in the massacre wasn’t detected before his well-planned attack on two mosques and there have been concerns intelligence agencies were overly focused on the Muslim community in detecting and preventing security risks. Neighboring Australia has virtually banned semi-automatic rifles from private ownership since a lone gunman killed 35 people with assault rifles in 1996. Before Friday’s attack, New Zealand’s deadliest shooting in modern history took place in 1990 in the small town of Aramoana, where a gunman killed 13 people following a dispute with a neighbor.
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Dinosaur tracks make fresh impression at Valley Forge Park Mark Scolforo Valley Forge, Pa. (AP) - The national park on the site where George Washington and the struggling Continental Army endured a tough winter during the American Revolution boasts a new feature that’s a couple of hundred million years old - dozens of fossilized dinosaur footprints discovered on rocks used to pave a section of hiking trail. The trace fossils, as they are known, are scattered along a winding trail at Valley Forge National Historical Park, on slabs purchased in 2011 from a nearby commercial quarry. To the untrained eye, they appear as indistinguishable bumps in the sandstone rock, with the largest about 9 inches long. On a recent weekday, hikers, joggers and dog walkers used the trail, oblivious to the marks of prehistoric animals beneath their feet. Those marks drew the attention of Tom Stack not long after he began working as a volunteer park ambassador at Valley Forge in 2017. Stack, who has a background in geology and paleontology, recognized the approximately 210 millionyear-old rocks known as argillite as being similar in age and type to fossil-bearing rocks used to construct a 1930s-era bridge on the
Gettysburg battlefield, about 100 miles to the west. Most of the tracks left in what were once muddy flats consist of three-toed foot impressions from the early days of dinosaurs, although Stack also found footprints from a nondinosaur reptile, a relative of the modern crocodile. The largest would have been a bipedal theropod that was 6 to 9 feet long and 4 to 6 feet high. “They’re subtle, they’re not easy to spot, but once you learn the characteristics of them, given the right sunlight angle and, at times, the moisture on the rock, then they are easier to identify,” Stack said. There are also distinctive patterns in the rock thought to be caused by the cracking of dried mud, and from the ripples of a lake or river. The National Park Service requested the exact location of the rocks not be publicized, to help protect them from being damaged or removed. Officials said visitors will be told about the rocks and how park resources are protected, but not where to find them. The 5-square-mile park has about 30 miles of trail. The dinosaur footprints Stack found are not unique or even particularly rare, and don’t add to the body of scientific knowledge about the creatures, said National Park Service paleontology program
In this Feb. 28, 2019 photo combination shown are fossilized dinosaur footprints and a non-dinosaur reptile, lower right, a relative of the modern crocodile, on paving stones at the Valley Forge National Historical Park in Valley Forge, Pa. A volunteer at the park outside Philadelphia recently discovered dozens of fossilized footprints on flat rocks installed to pave a section of hiking trail. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
coordinator Vince Santucci. They date from later in the Triassic period and before the Jurassic era that’s so familiar to moviegoers. “There’s no question that they are” dinosaur trace fossils, said Santucci, who examined them in person last April. “They’re consistent with the tracks that occur in equivalent-age beds all over the East Coast.” More than 270 National Park Service properties contain some sort of paleontological
resource, from Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado and Utah to the fossils scattered in rock used to build the Lincoln Memorial and Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. Most fossils found on Park Service land are still where they were discovered, in the original bedrock location. But others were moved by human activity, including a set of burrows from an ancient species that appear on the rock facade of a visitor’s
center bathroom at Valley Forge. Those rocks originated outside the park. There also happens to be a significant Ice Age fossil location beneath the Valley Forge Park, the Port Kennedy bone cave. First discovered in 1871, it has produced fossils that include giant tapirs, ground sloths and saber-toothed cats. Port Kennedy is considered one of the most important mammal fossil sites in North America, with some
findings having been displayed at the park visitor center, although most are at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. That 750,000-year-old site was lost after a quarry was filled - partly with asbestos - before being rediscovered by scientists in 2005. It is not accessible to the public. There are at least 35 Park Service properties known to have fossil tracks of ancient vertebrates, and vandalism and theft have been a problem. Federal law prohibits visitors from disturbing park elements. A park spokesman said there have been preliminary discussions about developing an interpretive program to give visitors information about the trace fossils. Stack said the park should consider removing rocks that contain the best fossils, to prevent damage or theft. “I would think they are of value as an educational tool,” said Helen Delano, a senior scientist with the Pennsylvania Geologic Survey. “Dinosaurs are a wonderful way to hook people into paying attention to the geological environment. Every kid loves dinosaurs.” Stack said the rocks are abundant, cheap and durable, so they have long been used for paving, sidewalks, garden walls and similar features in the Philadelphia area.
How Facebook stands to profit from its ‘privacy’ push Frank Bajak At first glance, Mark Zuckerberg’s new “privacyfocused vision” for Facebook looks like a transformative mission statement from a CEO under pressure to reverse years of battering over its surveillance practices and privacy failures. But critics say the announcement obscures Facebook’s deeper motivations: To expand lucrative new commercial services, continue monopolizing the attention of users, develop new data sources to track people and frustrate regulators who might be eyeing a breakup of the social-media behemoth. Facebook “wants to be the operating system of our lives,” said Siva Vaidhyanathan, director of media studies at the University of Virginia. Zuckerberg’s plan, outlined Wednesday, expands Facebook’s commitment to private messaging, in sharp contrast with his traditional focus on public sharing. Facebook would combine its instant-messaging services WhatsApp and Instagram Direct with its core Messenger app so that users of one could message people on the others, and would expand
the use of encrypted messaging to keep outsiders - including Facebook - from reading the messages. The plan also calls for using those messaging services to expand Facebook’s role in e-commerce and payments. A Facebook spokesperson later said it was too early to answer detailed questions about the company’s messaging plans. Vaidhyanathan said Zuckerberg wants people to abandon competing, personto-person forms of communication such as email, texting and Apple’s iMessage in order to “do everything through a Facebook product.” The end goal could be transform Facebook into a service like the Chinese app WeChat , which has 1.1 billion users and includes the world’s most popular person-to-person online payment system. In some respects, Facebook was already headed in this direction. It has dabbled with shopping features in its Messenger app for a few years, although without much effect. And WhatsApp, which Facebook acquired for $22 billion in 2014, embraced a strong privacy technology known as “end-to-end encryption” nearly three years
Zuckerberg’s new “privacy-focused vision” for Facebook looks like a transformative mission statement for the much-criticized social network. But critics say the announcement obscures Facebook’s deeper motivations: To expand lucrative new commercial services, continue monopolizing the attention of users and to develop new data sources for tracking people. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
ago. Messages protected this way are shielded from snooping, even by the services who deliver them. But Zuckerberg said nothing in the Wednesday blog post about reforming privacy practices in its core business, which remains hungry for data. A recent Wall Street Journal report found that Facebook was still collecting personal information from apps such as user heart rates and when women ovulate. Facebook, which perfected
what critics call “surveillance capitalism,” knows it has serious credibility issues. Those go beyond repeated privacy lapses to include serious abuses by Russian agents, hate groups and disinformation mongers, which Zuckerberg acknowledged only belatedly. “Until Facebook actually fixes its core privacy issues - and especially given their history - it’s difficult to take the pivot to privacy seriously,” said Justin Brookman,
who was a research director at the Federal Trade Commission before joining Consumers Union as privacy and technology chief in 2017. Combining the three messaging services could allow Facebook - which today has 15 million fewer U.S. users than in 2017, according to Edison Research - build more complete data profiles on all its users. The merged messaging services should generate new profits from the metadata they collect, including information on who you message, when you do it, from where and for how long, said Frederike Kaltheuner of the advocacy group Privacy International. That is the information that users leave behind when they message each other or conduct retail, travel or financial business, she added. And Facebook doesn’t just use people’s information and activity on its platform, dissecting it to target people with tailored ads. It also tracks people who don’t even use the platform via small pieces of software embedded in third-party apps. Privacy International published research in December showing that popular Android apps including KAYAK andYelp were automatically sending user
data directly to Facebook the moment they were opened. KAYAK, which was sending flight search results, halted the practice and said the transmission was inadvertent. Yelp continues to send unique identifiers known as “advertising IDs” that link to specific smartphones. Facebook also has trackers that harvest data on people’s online behavior on about 30 percent of the world’s websites, said Jeremy Tillman of Ghostery, a popular ad-blocker and antitracking software. “When they say they are building a private messaging platform there is nothing in there that suggests they are going to stop their data collection and ad-targeting business model,” he said. In a Wednesday interview with The Associated Press, Zuckerberg offered no specifics on new revenue sources. But “the overall opportunity here is a lot larger than what we have built in terms of Facebook and Instagram,” he said. Privacy advocates, however, do admire one key element of Zuckerberg’s announcement. “In the last year, I’ve spoken with dissidents who’ve told me encryption is the reason they are free, or even alive,” Zuckerberg wrote.
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Cheap meds! Is it a risk? A few years ago, I was interviewed by a German TV channel which wanted to show that taking over the counter drugs was a dangerous practice, and had gone to great pains to do some secret filming in Thai suburban pharmacies (of which there is one on each corner, beside the 7Eleven convenience store). The drug they wished to highlight was our old friend (or probably better described as the “friend of the old”), Viagra, the blue diamonds. They had chosen Thailand because so many blue diamonds were being taken here, and they wanted to show the disastrous side effects from taking fake pills. During the course of the interview I pointed out that Germany has its own very well-known red light areas, so they could have saved money on plane fares and get the blue diamond statistics much closer to home. I also pointed out that we were not inundated with octogenarians with heart failure and loaded condoms, and “over the counter” (OTC) drugs could be found all over the world, and not just here. It might come as no surprise to those who have an inkling of television “news” that they cut my interview out of the feature. Do not forget the journalist’s creed – “Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story”!
So back to counterfeit blue diamonds, how do you find out that yours are real or otherwise? Every day I receive Spam, as I am sure you do as well, offering me the opportunity to keep a battalion of beauties satisfied. These are the internet email offers of cut-price drugs that will keep me in a state of perpetual priapism, a continuing (and painful) male erection after which the term was coined from the Greek god Priapus who is shown in paintings to have a central member like a third leg (or an elephant). Offers like these which are too good to be true, are usually just that – too good to be true! These cut-price drugs are not the real deal. The chances are very high that they are counterfeit. One of the patients showed me a box purporting to be genuine brand name Cialis tablets, which were not having the desired effect. I was immediately suspicious as the box was not all that well printed. I was quite sure they were counterfeit when I read the Patient Information slip (the printed sheet in the box that you usually don’t read). The English grammar was incorrect, and there were spelling mistakes. Eli Lilly, the ‘real’ manufacturer does not send out mis-spelled literature with their product.
So how real is the threat of fake drugs? The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one in three drugs on the worldwide market today is counterfeit. One in three! Pfizer’s laboratories analyze fakes and stated, “We’ve seen boric acid, heavy metals, road paint, floor wax to coat the pills and give them a shine.” This is actually a serious situation. If specific drugs are only available through pharmacies, on the prescription of a doctor, is it safe to just buy over the internet (or counter) without any doctor’s advice? The answer is a no-brainer. According to the WHO, drugs commonly counterfeited include antibiotics, anti-malarials, hormones and steroids. Increasingly, anticancer and antiviral drugs are also faked. And you can add to that, the ‘blue diamonds’. Get your medications on a doctor’s prescription. There is a reason for it. I do know that some of our patients complain that my hospital’s pharmacy is more expensive than the cornerstore pharmacy, but that is the price of guaranteeing that your medications are real and not the WHO’s one in three fake medications in our pharmacy! We may be more expensive, but the medication is the real deal! Don’t take the risk.
California man learns he’s dying from doctor on robot video Janie Har San Francisco (AP) — Ernest Quintana’s family knew he was dying of chronic lung disease when he was taken by ambulance to a hospital, unable to breathe. But they were devastated when a robot machine rolled into his room in the intensive care unit that night and a doctor told the 78-year-old patient by video call he would likely die within days. “If you’re coming to tell us normal news, that’s fine, but if you’re coming to tell us there’s no lung left and we want to put you on a morphine drip until you die, it should be done by a human being and not a machine,” his daughter Catherine Quintana said last week. Ernest Quintana died just two days after being taken to the
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center emergency department in Fremont. Michelle Gaskill-Hames, senior vice president of Kaiser Permanente Greater Southern Alameda County, called the situation highly
unusual and said officials “regret falling short” of the patient’s expectations. But the hospital also defended its use of telemedicine and said its policy is to have a nurse or doctor in the room at the time of remote consultations.
“The evening video televisit was a follow-up to earlier physician visits,” Gaskill-Hames said in a written response. “It did not replace previous conversations with patient and family members and was not used in the delivery of the initial diagnosis.” Hospital officials say the technology doesn’t replace in-person conversations with the patient and loved ones. Granddaughter Annalisia Wilharm, 33, was alone with Quintana when a nurse popped in to say a doctor would be making his rounds. A robot rolled in and a doctor appeared on the video screen. Wilharm figured the visit was routine. She was astonished by what the doctor started saying.
Weeks after 2030 HIV pledge, report shows US headway stalled Mike Stobbe New York (AP) - Three weeks after President Donald Trump announced a campaign to end the U.S. HIV epidemic by 2030, new government data shows that progress against the disease stalled recently. After declining for several years, the estimated number of new HIV infections held about steady from 2013 to 2016, the latest available data, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Health officials already knew HIV diagnoses had stopped declining. But that is a flawed measure, because in some cases people are not diagnosed until years after infection.
This latest CDC report estimates how many new infections happen each year, whether they’re diagnosed or not. And it too shows a stall. The new numbers show the government fell well short of previously set goals for reducing the spread of HIV by 2015, noted Dr. David Holtgrave, a longtime HIV expert who is dean of public health at the State University of New York at Albany. What does it say about the 2030 goal? CDC officials said there’s reason to be optimistic, but Holtgrave said the new report and other data do not bode well. Barring new government funding of at least several billion dollars a year, “it’s
extremely unlikely that will occur,” Holtgrave said. The report found: - An estimated 38,700 new HIV infections occurred in the United States in 2016. - Nearly 20,000 of those 2016 infections happened in the South. That’s more than the combined total for the rest of the country. - New infections have been dropping among many groups of people, including black women, those younger than 24 and gay white men. - But there’s no longer a decline in infections among people who inject drugs; it stopped declining in 2012. Experts believe the nation’s opioid epidemic is to blame. - Infections are rising among black and Latino gay men who are ages 25 to 34.
That number grew 65 percent from 2010 to 2016, offsetting decreases in other groups. During his State of the Union speech earlier this year, Trump said he was launching a campaign to end HIV in the U.S. by 2030. Separately, federal health officials said the government hopes to reduce new infections by 90 percent over the next 10 years. The president did not say how much new money will be spent on the effort. CDC officials have calculated that as many as 130,000 new infections were happening each year in the mid1980s, when the nation’s AIDS epidemic took off. The count fell to around 50,000 in the mid-1990s.
“This guy cannot breathe, and he’s got this robot trying to talk to him,” she said. “Meanwhile, this guy is telling him, ‘So we’ve got your results back, and there’s no lung left. There’s no lung to work with.’” Wilharm said she had to repeat what the doctor said to her grandfather, because he was hard of hearing in his right ear and the machine couldn’t get to the other side of the bed. “So he’s saying that maybe your next step is going to hospice at home,” Wilharm is heard saying in a video she recorded of the visit. “Right?” “You know, I don’t know if he’s going to get home,” the doctor says. Steve Pantilat, chief of the palliative medicine division at University of California,
San Francisco, said he doesn’t know the details in the case but that the robot technology has done wonders for patients and their families, some of whom are too far away for in-person visits. The video meetings are warm and intimate, he said, adding that not all in-person discussions have empathy and compassion. “No matter how well we deliver very difficult news, it’s sad and it’s hard to hear,” he said. Wilharm said her grandfather, a family man who kept every childhood drawing she ever gave him, deserved better. She said that after the visit, he gave her instructions on who should get what and made her promise to look after her grandmother. “He was such a sweet guy,” she said.
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Germany: Woman cries ‘murder’ over car blocking garage Berlin (AP) - German police say officers called to investigate a murder arrived to find that the woman who had reported it just wanted someone to remove a car blocking her garage. The woman, who wasn’t named, rang emergency dispatchers early Thursday and claimed that her husband had been killed, sending police and first responders rushing to the scene in the Bavarian town of Berchtesgaden. German news agency dpa quoted a spokesman for southern Upper Bavaria police, Stefan Sonntag, saying: “The woman thought, if she calls in a murder the police will get there faster.” The woman, who was visibly drunk, attempted to get into her car before officers took away her keys. She can expect a hefty bill and a criminal investigation for misusing the emergency number.
In deceit proposal: Feds say man wed stranger to stay in US Raleigh, N.C. (AP) - Prosecutors say a couple was panhandling along a North Carolina road when a foreigner pulled over with a proposal for the woman: Marry him so he could stay in the country, and they’d receive $12,000 along with payments for a house and car. Citing court records, The News & Observer reports that 31-year-old Melissa Anne Godshall accepted the offer from 44-year-old Levan Lomtatidze, a native of the country of Georgia. Her boyfriend, 46-year-old Robert Kennerly, served as a witness during the marriage ceremony. The U.S. attorney’s office says all three are now indicted on charges involving marriage fraud. News reports didn’t include comments in their defense.
What goes up: Striker faces long drop after goal celebration Sapporo, Japan (AP) - Striker Anderson Lopes may be keeping his goal celebrations more down to earth in future. The Brazilian celebrated his second goal of a soccer game in Japan by jumping over advertising boards at the side of the field totally unaware there was a 3-meter (9-foot) drop on the other side. In footage shared on social media, Lopes was briefly attended to by team officials. He appeared fine, got up and claimed four goals in total at Sapporo Dome as Consadole Sapporo beat Shimizu S-Pulse 5-2 in the J-League on Saturday.
Man linked to $500M art heist to be released from prison Hartford, Conn. (AP) - A reputed Connecticut mobster who authorities believe is the last surviving person of interest in the largest art heist in history is nearing the end of a four-year prison sentence in an unrelated weapons case. Eighty-two-year-old Robert Gentile is scheduled to be released from the Fort Dix federal prison in New Jersey on March 17. Federal prosecutors have said they believe Gentile has information about the still-unsolved 1990 heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Thieves stole an estimated $500 million worth of artwork, including works by Rembrandt and Johannes Vermeer. Gentile has denied knowing anything about it. He pleaded guilty in the weapons case stemming from federal agents’ seizure of firearms and ammunition from his Manchester home. He cannot possess firearms as a convicted felon.
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German police nab driver over impossible date on license Berlin (AP) - A driver caught speeding in western Germany got himself into even deeper water when police found his license contained an impossible date. Police said Thursday they pulled over the 56-year-old man driver during speed checks in Dortmund, whereupon he showed officers a Polish license containing the date Aug. 32, 2017. In a statement, police said that “because this date didn’t exist in the Polish calendar either, officers did a bit more research.” They found the car he was driving had been decommissioned months ago. Police seized the car and the “cleverly forged driving license.” The man now faces prosecution for suspected forgery.
Colorado rescuers save moose trapped in window well Keystone, Colo. (AP) - Rescuers in Colorado hauled a bull moose to safety after it became trapped in a window well. Summit Daily reported Sunday that rescuers first tranquilized the animal Saturday night before attempting a rescue from the five-foot-deep (about 1.5 m) enclosure at a private home about 77 miles (124 km) west of Denver. Authorities say they erected a pulley system to lift the young male weighing between 800 and 1,000 pounds (363 and 454 kg) that may have been trying to avoid snowdrifts by walking close to the house. Colorado Parks and Wildlife personnel, local fire and emergency services and Keystone ski resort employees assisted in the rescue. A parks spokesman says the operation took nearly six hours and included 30 to 35 people. The moose returned to the woods without any injuries.
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Painting with light – or Painting with dark?
Getting to grips with the concept of “light” is an important factor for photography, and good photographers are the ones who have learned how to harness it. Along with the light there comes the “dark” which is another factor that good photographers are aware of (ended the sentence with a preposition, sorry Mr. Editor). Unfortunately, with the sophistication in cameras these days, the casual photographer can be excused for thinking that there is nothing to getting good shots. Set the camera’s mode to G for Great pix and the electronic ‘smarts’ does the rest.
Pity about chaps like Ansel Adams who used to set up his camera and then wait hours if necessary to get the best light resulting in the magnificent photos he has left us. In actual fact, it is pity upon us with our new cameras which do everything for us – but they can’t change the position of the sun! And much of photography is to do with harnessing the rays given to us by the great lighting technician in the sky. Take, for example, photographing the waves rolling into the shore. The white caps on the top of the waves look great, but to get that shot you need to have the sun coming from behind you, at an angle that is almost parallel to the beach. This way the water remains dark, but the white caps catch the sun’s rays and show very brightly. So how do you get this shot? Well, you have to find
Dear Hillary, I have two girlfriends on the go at present. One is studying at university and the other works in a bar. The university one is dumb (and her varsity friends as well) and knows nothing about the world outside (the world I come from). The bar girl is worldly wise, knows about Trump, Europe, BREXIT, ASEAN, computers. Comes across as a well-educated young woman, and knows far more than the other one. So why do I stick with the university student? She’s better in bed. Randy Dear Randy, Re-reading your email, it looks to me like you have to educate the bedmate in the ways of the world, and educate the bar girl in the ways of the bed. Quite a turn-around, however, bar girl is already on the game and is therefore able to be taught. Dear Hillary, What is the fine for not wearing a helmet? I hate wearing the thing as it is so darn hot. Up till now I have not broken any rules, but if the fine is low enough, I’ll enjoy myself. I ride a saleng (the sidecar shop/kitchen) and I believe the rules are the same for them as far as helmets go. Can you please advise me on this? Gus Dear Gus, What do you consider is a low price for breaking the law? A fine? Or how about brain damage? Well more damage than you obviously have already. Look at it this way my Petal. Broken arms and legs get better with time. Brains do not. Finally, do you sell crepes from the saleng? Please park it off the road when you stop. I have just missed a few of your group when they stop on the road.
a beach where the early morning sun’s rays go out to the sea. If you can’t find one, sometimes the late afternoon sun will then be coming from the direction you want. This is something that your fancy e-camera cannot replicate. And those two times – early morning and late afternoon have always been the best times to get good shots. “Cold” ambience in the early mornings and “warm” ambience in the afternoons. You can use an 81A or 81B “warming” filter, but the end result is not as good as that coming from the ethereal light technician. I have just mentioned color “temperature” which is a term that is borrowed from physics. However, the photographic color temperature is not exactly the same as the color temperature defined in physics, as photographic color temperature is measured only on the
relative intensity of blue to red. However, we borrow the basic measurement scale from physics and we measure the photographic color temperature in degrees called Kelvin (K). The next confusing aspect is that the photographic color rendition and the human eye do not see the colors with the same intensity. The usual camera colors are ‘balanced’ to around 5,000 K, so light sources lower in color temperature will look orange, even though it does
Dear Hillary, I have just had the best time ever with a lovely Thai girl, touring all over your beautiful country. We began as me needing a guide and she offering. She is such a lovely person, I couldn’t believe my luck. I have extended my visa by 14 days, but I have to be getting back home. She says she will keep in touch with me and look after me next time I come over. Does this sort of thing really happen? I know I am going to miss her terribly until October when I can get back here again. I just need to know that she will be the same as I don’t think I could handle rejection. Cyril Dear Cyril, You’ve got it bad, haven’t you Petal. This isn’t love, this is infatuation. How old are you anyway, I think you are too young to handle this situation? Stay in touch with her, but remember that she has to live, so will be working during the next six months. You won’t believe this, but in six months you will be able to handle the situation and will meet another angel. Dear Hillary, You always have advice for all the lovelorn men out there to be very wary of the bargirls, but what about us women visitors? Is it the same for us? We are just looking for a good time while we are here, not looking for a long term relationship (we’ve all had those and have escaped from them at home TG). What do you have to say for us? You know, woman to woman. Is it safe? And where are the best places? Ethel
not look orange to the naked eye. This is why tungsten light sources produce the orange hue. However, when you balance the color, the light is balanced against tungsten light by exposing it to a blue tinge, so this time the light bulb will look white. Slightly confusing. You also do not have to know the degrees Kelvin table off by heart to get some different photographs when you turn the flash off. The main thing to remember is that the color you perceive
via the naked eye, is not necessarily the color you will get in your photograph, but if you know your photoshop, you can correct post production. Let’s get some spectacular low-light photographs. Firstly, inactivate the flash, but turn on the automatic mode for your camera. If you have a tripod, dust it off, but even if you haven’t, continue. We are about to explore the 1000 K to 2000 K end of the scale. Go to your local markets and take some photographs using just the stall-holder’s naked bulb for illumination. Be prepared to lean against a telephone pole to stop camera shake. But give it a go. Now try photographing some of the hotels at night. Most are quite brightly lit and once again, you may end up very surprised. Even try some portraits lit by candles only. Use your imagination, and not the flash!
Dear Ethel, A new tourist attraction! Thailand’s bar boys, and here I was thinking that you all went to Spain or Uganda or somewhere like that. I must let the Tourism Authority of Thailand know you are coming. They might even lay on a welcome committee at the airport for you and your girlfriends. How many of them will be coming over here as well? There will be no problem for them to find a willing partner (non-long term). You will recognize them as they wear trousers with a zip on both sides, so they can swing either way. Dear Hillary, The local noodle shop has got a gorgeous young girl doing the deliveries. They’ve only been going two weeks but I’ve already become friendly with them. Mom does the cooking and daughter does the running around. I am getting on really well and would like to take the next step with the girl, but how do I do this, Hillary? She has a little English and I have a little Thai, so it’s not too bad. Where do I begin? Do I talk to the Mom first or what? I am pretty serious about this, so don’t throw me in the waste bin. Danny Dear Danny, What makes you think your ‘kwiteo’ girl is as interested as you are? Sure she’s not just being polite and getting you for business for her mother’s noodle shop? This is all far too fast, my Petal. How old are you? I would guess at much older than the noodle girl. Perhaps you should be looking at her mother instead? At least you will always get fed, though noodles three times a day might get you down in the end. Hope you handle chopsticks OK.
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Fabulous Fruit! Mark Beales After learning about the delights of durian and the brilliance of bananas, students visited a huge fruit farm. Year 3 students from Garden International School (GIS) visited Suphattra Land in Rayong recently. They were treated to a ‘Longan Shake’ when they arrived before boarding an open-air bus. Their tour wound through the beautiful and expansive fruit orchards, stopping to let get off and pick exotic fruits such as Rose Apple and Salak straight from the trees. They also got to try their hands at tapping a rubber tree.
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Try this one! GIS students test out some new flavours.
After the tour, students indulged in a variety of fruits at a fruit buffet. They had the Thai classic, som tam, as well as some barbecued chicken and sticky rice. Students then set off to
discover even more orchards and spot some beehives. That brought them to the final part of their adventure, where they got to taste sweet honey straight from the comb.
More than 1,300 boys and girls learned how to find their way through life and the great outdoors at the Pattaya Scouting Jamboree March 13-15.
More than 1,300 boys and girls learned how to find their way through life and the great outdoors at the Pattaya Scouting Jamboree. Deputy City Manager Sutham Petchket opened the March 13-15 camp for 1,340 boy and girl scouts at Vajiravudh Scout Camp in Sriracha. Noppasit Na Nakorn of the Education Department
laid out the objectives before the youths paid respect to a portrait of HM King Vajiralongkorn. About 200 Pattaya Scout Commodores were on hand to lead lessons and activities that required both practical and mental practice. Lessons during the camp included hiking, mapping, compass navigation, adventuring
and pioneering. Fun, of course, also was on the agenda with a huge group campfire held Thursday night. The goals of the fourthannual event are to develop scouts in body, mind and soul, teaching them morals and responsibility and promoting unity and self-sacrifice. (PCPR)
Banglamung School hosts graduation GIS students got to try lots of fruit at Suphattra Land.
Satit Udomseuksa Students win Silver and Bronze at International Mathematics Challenge VIII Farewell 2019 graduates of Banglamung School.
Jetsada Homklin Banglamung School bid farewell to its seniors and congratulated another class on reaching high school at its annual graduation ceremony.
Satit Udomseuksa Students won Silver and Bronze in the first round of the International Mathematics Challenge VIII held at Pan Asia International School March 9.
Ms. Mae Amor Flores On 9 March 2019 the International Mathematics Challenge VIII First Round was held in Pan Asia International School, Bangkok. 20 different countries participated, including s Bolivia, Canada, Russia, Egypt, Iraq, Africa, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia,
Indonesia, The Philippines, Lao, Cambodia, Tajikistan, Thailand and others making up 250 teams and 800 students. The 3 categories were Primary 4 – 5 Category 1, Primary 6 – Secondary 1 Category 2, and Secondary 2 – 3 Category 3. Satit Udomseuksa School participated for the first time
with 3 teams (1 team per category) made up of students from Primary 4 through Secondary 3, having a total of 9 students. These students earned Silver and Bronze for the school. The award ceremony was held at Suryadhep Music Sala, Rangsit University, in Bangkok, March 11.
The school was full of flowers and photo snappers March 12 as proud parents watched ninth and 12th graders receive their diplomas and certificates. Students paid respect to their teachers and sat for a
final bit of advice on keeping pure minds, the need to concentrate on further studies and keeping joy in their lives. When the ceremony wrapped, students joined friends and relatives in taking photos.
Registration open for March 20-April 5 kids summer camp Pattaya children can join a summer camp for kids aged 6-15 to enjoy swimming and other sports. Football, futsal and volleyball are being organized for the athletic and music classes – keyboard and ukulele – for the creative at the March 20April 5 camp at the Pattaya Youth Sports Center and at various Pattaya public schools. Applications are being taken at Pattaya Education Department until Friday. Call 038-253-232 for more information. (PCPR)
Pattaya children can join a summer camp for kids aged 6-15 to enjoy sports and music classes.
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Countries and carriers around globe ground Boeing 737 Max Singapore (AP) - Airlines and countries around the world have grounded Boeing 737 Max jets or banned them from their airspace following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people on March 10, five months after a similar Indonesian Lion Air jet plunged into the ocean, killing 189. A partial look at those countries and airlines: Australia: Australia announced a temporary ban on flights by 737 Max aircraft, although none of its airlines currently operate them. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority said that the ban will affect two foreign airlines - SilkAir and Fiji Airways - that use them for flights to Australia. Canada: Canadian closed its airspace to the Max 8. Canadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau said a comparison of vertical fluctuations found a “similar profile” to the Lion Air crash that killed 189 people in October. Canada lost 18 of its citizens in this month’s crash, the second highest number after Kenya.
China: China’s civil aviation authority directed the planes to be grounded indefinitely. The country has 96 Max 8 jets in service, belonging to carriers such as Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines. There were eight Chinese citizens on the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed shortly after taking off. Europe: The European Aviation Safety Agency issued a directive grounding all 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft. EASA said in its emergency airworthiness directive that “at this early stage” of the most recent investigation, “it cannot be excluded that similar causes may have contributed to both events.” The grounding applies to all European Union airspace. Hong Kong: Hong Kong banned the operation of all 737 Max aircraft “into, out of and over” the key Asian aviation hub. The announcement from the Civil Aviation Department said the ban would continue “until further notice.” It said the department has been in close contact with the two airlines,
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In this image from video taken on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, officials make inspection inside the cockpit of a Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft is in hangar at Garuda Maintenance Facility at Soekarno Hatta airport, Jakarta. The Indonesian Transport Ministry on Tuesday conducted inspections of 737 Max 8 aircraft owned by Garuda Indonesia and Lion Air. (AP Photo)
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operations of its two Max 8 planes and replaced them with Boeing 737-800 planes on routes to Japan and Thailand. The airline said it hasn’t found any problems, but is voluntarily grounding the planes in response to customer concerns. United States: The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration grounded the Max, saying “new information” indicated some similarities with a Lion Air crash in the Java Sea that killed 189 people in October. The agency suspended the jets while investigators determine whether there was a shared cause of the two crashes. The FAA, long the gold standard in flight safety regulations, has been criticized for not grounding the flights earlier. Vietnam: Vietnam has banned Max planes from flying into its airspace. The ban lasts until further notice. None of Vietnam’s four airlines uses the Max model planes in their fleets, but Korea’s Eastar Jet, Thai Lion Air and Malaysia’s Malindor Air fly those planes to Vietnamese destinations.
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Voices of Spring Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough… The other day, I was pottering about in the kitchen making some food for the dogs, when for no obvious reason, those words floated into my head. Now if you have a passing interest in English literature, you’ll recognise them as the opening lines of a poem by A. E. Housman. It’s entitled Spring and it’s one of his best-known. It’s the second poem in his book A Shropshire Lad, a collection of sixty-three poems which Housman published at his own expense in 1896. The emotional feelings and lyricism of these poems resonated particularly with English readers during the years of WWI. The publication became one of the most popular collections of poetry ever written and has never been out of print. “Nothing is as beautiful as Spring” wrote the melancholic poet and Jesuit priest, Gerard Manley Hopkins. There can be no other season that brings such a mood of joyful expectation. It’s the season of rebirth and renewal, full of anticipation of the months to come. Spring has always been a popular theme
company, Ballets Russes. It caused a sensation at its first performance. I first heard the work when I was about fourteen and thought it was the most thrilling music ever written. In some ways, I still do.
Poet A. E. Housman.
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Printemps (Suite symphonique). Orquestra Sinfônica de Minas Gerais (Brazil) cond. Charles Roussin (Duration: 16:43; Video: 480p)
until 1913 but it’s glorious music and bears hallmarks of the composer’s later style with rich harmonies and of course, masterful orchestration. Debussy described the music as representing “the slow, laborious birth of beings and things in nature…their blossoming outward and upward and finally a burst of joy at being reborn to new life.” The music is in two contrasting movements and the second one (09:44) is full of attractive, infectious melodies.
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899): Voices for poets and composers. Compared to the brittle and It has been celebrated in grinding harmonies that of Spring Op. 410. music at least since the fif- characterize Stravinsky’s The Vienna Philharmonic teenth century and probably Rite of Spring, Orchestra cond. Carlos even earlier. Delius wrote Debussy’s orKleiber (Duration: Spring Morning and On chestral essay 06:49; Video: 480p HD) Hearing the First Cuckoo on the theme in Spring, Roussel wrote Pour une Fete de Printemps, Joachim Raff composed Ode to Spring and Karl Goldmark wrote an overture called In The Spring. There’s Schumann’s so-called Spring Symphony and the waltz Voices of Spring by Johann Strauss II. There are dozens more of course, but perhaps the most influential composition on the theme was Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring composed for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev’s
seems somewhat genteel. Even so, at the time the music was considered “excessively progressive” by the conservatively-minded Fine Arts Academy in Paris. Times have changed since then. Today the music is entirely approachable. Spring was always a source of inspiration for Debussy and this was a student work, originally sketched out for piano duet. Debussy didn’t prepare an orchestral version
This well-known piece was composed by the most influential member of the Strauss family. “The Waltz King” as he became known in his lifetime, composed over five hundred waltzes, polkas, quadrilles as well as several operettas and a ballet. Music historians are sometimes sniffy about the Strauss family, because they wrote what was essentially popular music. But at the same time, Johann Strauss II transformed the simple waltz into
Greatest Western film? ‘Wild Bunch’ book argues its case Douglass K. Daniel In 1969 the Western movie enjoyed its best year in a decade before drifting off onto a side trail of American culture. There was “True Grit,” a traditional oater showcasing an Oscar-winning performance from the Western’s greatest star, John Wayne. The buddy movie “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” offered Paul Newman and Robert Redford with a mixture of ’60s-style irony and cool. Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone’s latest spaghetti Western, “Once Upon a Time in the West,” came over from Europe to roil the genre’s conventions. And there was director Sam Peckinpah’s “The Wild Bunch.” No one had ever seen anything like its opening and closing shootouts — bloody and balletic with explosions erupting and bodies flying in
slow motion. Coming during the war in Vietnam and political violence at home, its visceral scenes overshadowed a multilayered story about loyalty and betrayal, sin and redemption, the past versus the future. Critics were divided over whether it was an outstanding film or the year’s worst. In his detailed and passionately argued history of “The Wild Bunch,” writer W.K. Stratton takes the debate to a higher level and convincingly positions the film as the best Western ever made — and among the greatest of movies. Stratton collects the kinds of elements required for a lively movie backstory: a talented if irascible director, quirky cast and crew members, a difficult location shoot and a controversial reception by moviegoers and critics. Best of all, he recounts how an idea becomes
a film and the creative, economic and fate-driven roadblocks it faces. A stuntman, Roy N. Sickner, imagined a story about gringo outlaws robbing a train in the United States and escaping to Mexico, its climax a massive shootout. Screenwriter Walon Green drew on his own love of Mexican history and culture while shaping the story. Both
Sickner and Green wanted their wild bunch to be tough outlaws who lived by a code of honor, the Mexico where they find love and death as free of movie cliches as possible. Stratton’s most interesting perspective comes in recounting how Mexican culture influenced the look, sound and feel of “The Wild Bunch.” Despite Peckinpah’s intentions, writes Stratton, many Latinos remain unhappy with its images. Every now and then filmmakers saddle up to try to recapture the magic of the Western. Only a few in recent years — Kevin Costner’s “Open Range” (2003) and Ed Harris’ “Appaloosa” (2008) come to mind — recall the genre’s glory days. As one of Peckinpah’s cinematic wild bunch laments, “Ain’t like it used to be, but it’ll do.” (AP)
a relatively sophisticated artform and in so doing created a unique style which was quintessentially Viennese. Strauss became one of the most popular waltz composers of the era and with his orchestra toured Austria, Poland and Germany and later, in the 1870s the United States. Voices of Spring was originally written with an optional soprano part and this elegant performance, conducted by the incomparable Carlos Kleiber was recorded at the Vienna New Year’s Concert 1989. If you want to hear Johann Strauss from the horse’s mouth so to speak, you can’t do any better to listen to the Vienna Philharmonic. For members of this orchestra, the music of the Strauss
Family runs in their blood. Watching this video you might get the impression that Kleiber isn’t doing very much. But the work was already done. He was famous for lengthy and painstaking rehearsals. At his Covent Garden debut in a performance of Der Rosenkavalier, Kleiber spent a staggering three hours rehearsing the first eighty seconds of the music. Back in The Old Country the spring months are March, April and May. The inevitable rise in temperatures causes new plant growth to “spring forth” giving the season its name. This year the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere fell on Wednesday, 20th March. At 10:58 pm GMT, to be precise.
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Led Zeppelin: ‘Presence’ (remixed) mott@pattayamail.com Led Zeppelin were, without any shadow of a doubt, the biggest Rock band in the world in 1975. They had just released their multi-million selling fifth album “Physical Graffiti”, a double at that, and had toured this planet (and possibly others) to sell out audiences. A new world tour was being organized to ram home their dominance and music legacy when out of the blue, disaster struck. Robert Plant, the band’s lead singer and talisman, was seriously injured in a car accident whilst on holiday in the Greek isles, which of course terminated all plans for a tour. Plant remembers being moved immediately after the accident in great pain to a small Greek hospital where the level of sanitation left a little to be desired. Whilst trying to sweep all the cockroaches off his bed, he noticed he was sharing a room with a drunken
American sailor who kept on breaking into the song “Ocean” off Led Zeppelin’s “Houses of the Holy” album. Page returned to England to convalesce and whilst he was recovering, band-mate Jimmy Page started to put some ideas together so that once Page was ready to resume singing duties the band would still be one step ahead of the game. The result was “Presence”, which became known to many fans as the Jimmy Page guitar album. Without wishing to detract from the fine efforts of the other band members, every song here is simply dominated by Page’s guitar. Led Zeppelin took up residence in Musicland Studios in Munich after just a month of rehearsals - they only had eighteen days to record the album as the Rolling Stones had already booked the studio for their “Black’n’Blue” album. Plant had to sing the whole album from a wheelchair and because of the time restrictions Page at one point had to stay up for two continuous days to complete the guitar overdubs. With all this adversity could the album live up to expectations? Of course it could. We
Robert Plant (left) and Jimmy Page are shown performing for Led Zeppelin in this 1977 photo in Chicago. (Photo Jim Summaria/Wikipedia)
are talking about Led Zeppelin here - the super-heroes of the Rock world. Stick this offering in your music player, press the “play” button and as soon as “Achilles Last Stand” comes bursting out of your speakers you know that normal service has been resumed. This opening track would of course go on to become a concert standard and crowd favorite. In fact the album is bookended by two epic tracks, the album closing with the amazing “Tea for One”. Both these songs clock in at the nearly ten-minute mark each and are
Music museums keeping Michael Jackson exhibits on display Kristin M. Hall Nashville, Tenn. (AP) — Megastar Michael Jackson’s musical legacy has been getting critically reappraised after a new documentary rekindled allegations of child sexual abuse, but at least two music museums in Detroit and Tennessee aren’t scrubbing the King of Pop from their exhibits. The National Museum of African American Music says some Michael Jackson artifacts will be on display in a planned exhibit called “One Nation UnderAGroove,” when the museum opens in downtown Nashville in early 2020. The museum has previously released renderings of the building’s design, featuring an image of Jackson on the exterior. Meanwhile, in Detroit, the chairwoman and CEO of Motown Museum said its mission is to share the stories and artifacts of the history of Motown. “Michael Jackson’s musical contributions remain part of the Motown story,” Robin Terry said. Motown Records was the first major label to record The Jackson 5, in which Michael debuted as a young star alongside his siblings, and released their hits “I Want You Back” and “ABC.” The HBO documentary “Leaving Neverland” aired
In this June 21, 2010 file photo, a hat and sequined glove once belonging to Michael Jackson are displayed at the Motown Historical Museum at Hitsville U.S.A. in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
detailed and disturbing stories from two men who say Jackson groomed them for sex and molested them when they were just little boys. Allegations of sexual abuse shadowed Jackson throughout much of his adult life, and he was acquitted on child molestation charges in 2005. Jackson died in 2009. There’s been no evidence of major damage to Jackson’s estate or his music because of the new documentary. “The importance of Michael Jackson’s music to the African American culture, and to the American soundtrack, is unrivalled,” said H. Beecher Hicks III, president and CEO of the National Museum of African American Music in
a statement provided to The Associated Press. “As a part of our One Nation Under a Groove gallery, Jackson will be defined by his music, his importance to pop culture, music videos and his impact on changing the course of popular music in our country. NMAAM has collected some artifacts which will be on display in this gallery, each of which will help highlight these aspects of his contributions to African American music. We understand that, like music itself, legacies are constantly evolving, and that we must be able to evolve and shift as needed.” A publicist for NMAAM said the design of the structure is still preliminary, and they have planned on having a rotating display of artist images on the building’s exterior signs.
simply sublime. There’s plenty of overdubbed guitar, but then if you’re a Jimmy Page fan what more could you possibly want? “For Your Life” is a track where Plant returns to his sex god image and succeeds like he has never been away, while “Royal Orleans” goes more back to the “Led Zeppelin 3” feel. “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” is an incredible hard rocker of a song that most bands would give their souls for - and make a complete career out of. On this song the band gels beautifully. “Candy Store Rock” is a rockabilly number brought up to date and “Hots On For Nowhere” gives the audience a chance to let their hair down, the time keeping here is staggering.
All in all “Presence” was a raging success and of course the album went to number one across the world. The album has since been remixed and restored by Jimmy Page, which has given it a whole new crispness. There is also an extra CD of interesting rehearsal tapes and ideas. The extras are definitely worth listening to, but nowhere near as much as the original product. Album Rating: 5 Stars. Track List: Achilles Last Stand For Your Life Royal Orleans Nobody’s Fault But Mine Candy Store Rock
Hots On For Nowhere Tea For One Extras: Two Ones Are One (Achilles Last Stand – Reference Take) For Your Life (Reference Take) Royal Orleans (Reference Take) 10 Ribs & All / Carrot Pod Pod (Reference Mix) Hots On For Nowhere (Reference Mix) Led Zeppelin: Jimmy Page - guitar and producer Robert Plant - vocals John Paul Jones - bass guitar and keyboards John Bonham – drums
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Charity Classic Car Show organizers present proceeds to HHNFT Jetsada Homklin
A dapper young master presents garlands to Winston Gale and Riviera Group Marketing Manager Uboljit Thamchob.
HHNFT Director Radchada Chomjinda, Asst. Director Siromet Akarapongpanitch and staff explain what the Human Help Network Foundation Thailand does to help local children.
Organizers of the recent Pattaya Charity Classic Car Show formally donated the 350,000 baht raised to the Human Help Network Foundation Thailand. Jo Klemm, president of the Chairman of Classic Car Friends Club, joined sponsor Winston Gale, CEO and developer of The Riviera Group, and other club members and show sponsors in presenting the proceeds of the March 1-3 show at the Asia Hotel to HHNFT Director Radchada Chomjinda at the charity’s Drop-In Center. Children under the HHNFT’s care welcomed the guests with flower garlands and put on a musical dance show. More than 2,000 people attended the car show, which featured 82 beautiful classic cars and 15 classic motorcycles, including five driven two days from Malaysia.
Jo Klemm, president of the Chairman of Classic Car Friends Club, Winston Gale, CEO and developer of The Riviera Group, Uboljit Thamchob, Riviera Group Marketing Manager, Martin Koller, and representatives from Pattaya Mail, Liqui Moly Thailand, and Farang Magazine as key official sponsors, present 350,000 baht raised at the Pattaya Charity Classic Car Show 2019 to HHNFT Director Radchada Chomjinda and the grateful kids.
American wins Miss International Queen transgender pageant in Pattaya Urasin Khantaraphan American Jazell Barbie Royale bested contestants from 20 countries to be named the winner of the 2019 Miss International Queen transgender pageant in Pattaya. A community liaison for an HIV/AIDS organization and entertainer, Royale was crowned Miss Continental in the U.S. last year. From the outset the American was the frontrunner in the contest as a skilled opera singer. She also took the Most Talented prize. In her question-and-answer session, she answered the question “Which topic do you think that it’s necessary for the world to know the most?” by saying more information about HIV and AIDS was needed.
The children perform a dance routine for their benefactors.
American Jazell Barbie Royale bested contestants from 20 countries to be named the winner of the 2019 Miss International Queen transgender pageant in Pattaya.
“As Miss International Queen, I would take an oath to be a mouthpiece to publicize this knowledge to the world that PEP medicines are being taken daily and will help prevent
Pattaya Buddhists give 185,000 baht to Chiang Rai temple
HIV infection with 90% efficiency,” she said. The first runner-up was 22-year-old Kanwara Kaewjin from Thailand and 29-year-old Ya Ya from China placed third.
Pattaya-area Buddhists donated alms totaling 185,000 baht at a Chiang Rai temple’s robes-offering ceremony.
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Winners and contestants pose on stage after the show with judges and sponsors of the Miss International Queen 2019 beauty contest at Tiffany Theater, Pattaya.
Pattaya-area Buddhists donated alms totaling 185,000 baht at a Chiang Rai temple’s robes-offering ceremony. Tatsanee Chimwill, better known as DJ Patchara on 102 FM radio in Pattaya, joined Kawinchai Wongpetch of Wongpetch Transport 555 Co. and faithful from Pattaya’s Love Song and Merit Power Group of Pattaya-Nongprue-
Banglamung in the Tod Pha Pa ceremony at Mengrai Temple in the northern province’s Phaya Mengrai District March 12. The ceremony was aimed at raising money to construct Naga stairs leading to the wat’s pagoda and sermon hall. Wilatsrilaphorn, dean of monks for Mengrai Subdistrict Area 1, welcomed the delegation along with the
temple’s abbot, local officials and village chiefs. The ceremony included a tom-tom drum performance and thee circumambulations of the mail hall. The parade then moved to the sermon hall for the presentation of robes and donations. Kawinchai presented Wilatsrilaphorn with 184,950 baht, nearly all of the 218,563 raised by the temple’s Pha Pa ceremony this year.
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St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Pattaya’s biggest so far
Fathers Peter, Sukhum and Michael and the Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh welcome the Ambassador and his wife.
Derek Franklin
Shamrock for everyone.
Steve Devereux, one of the hardworking organisers of the Parade.
Great suit.
That’s an invitation you can’t refuse!
Now in its ninth year, the Pattaya’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade grows in size each year. Taking place on the afternoon of the 17th of March, the weather was overcast, but being Sunday afternoon there were many shoppers and holidaymakers lining the route, which, as it does each year, started at Alcazar Theatre on Second Road, down Soi 4, along Pattaya Beach Road and ended at Pattaya School No. 8. A sea of green, almost a kilometer in length, made its way slowly past the sunbathers on the beach; the sight of elderly and portly men wearing the skimpiest of Speedo-style swimming trunks did bring a smile to the faces of the children parading past. This was the first year that the newly installed Ambassador at the Embassy of Ireland, His Excellency Tony Cotter, together with his wife Marie Cotter, took part
Parading partners.
in the parade. They were welcomed by Fathers Peter, Sukhum and Michael from the Father Ray Foundation and Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh. After the official ceremony of raising the national flags and singing the national anthems of Thailand and Ireland, the parade started and was led by the Royal Thai Navy band. The Ambassador, Mrs. Cotter and Ronakit walked with the children from the Father Ray Children’s Village, while the disabled students followed closely behind, paying tribute to His Majesty the King. The one thing missing from this year’s parade was that Derrick Kane, founder and originator of the parade, was absent, though we wish him a speedy recovery back to good health.
The Royal Thai Navy band.
The sign says it all.
The wonderful Irish musicians.
One of four local school marching bands.
A peacock from Ireland.
Last year they dressed as Star Wars characters, this year Harry Potter.
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PCEC treated to smooth AM tones
A man of many parts.
Despite being up and performing in a local Pattaya venue until 02:30AM, our entertaining speaker this week not only got up early but regaled the PCEC crowd with delightfully relaxing vocal and instrumental renderings. It was a real treat! After substitute chair Ron Hunter dispensed with the usual beginning announcements and the introduction of visitors, he introduced Mark Hodgkins who took over like the professional he is. Now 52, he began singing in his hometown of Scarborough, England at the age of 11. He sang at church and wherever he could. Thailand has been home to his talents now for a little over 30 years.
flexible and that’s why he added Sax to his repertoire to broaden his appeal. In Pattaya, where he now resides, he has had gigs at the Sand Club and at La Costa on Walking Street. Mark has a Thai wife and three children and first came to Thailand in 1988 to visit family. Since he found a good home for his skills he has been here ever since. Mark bought property in Naklua some 12 years ago and says buildings in the area were significantly sparser - not much between where he bought and Walking Street. How Pattaya has grown! Mark performed six songs for his morning gig; mostly jazz/blues numbers combin-
‘God Bless the Child’ was his first offering, and despite being the first song of a very early AM for him, was sung with panache complemented with a remarkably Kenny-G sounding sax. Mark claimed it was the first song he ever knew the words of. His other offerings were Louie Armstrong’s, ‘What a Wonderful World’, a nice jazz pop cross over ‘Ain’t no Sunshine When She’s Gone’ and Sting’s ‘Fields of Gold’. He honored the previous king’s work by performing his Wedding Song and commented that he had recorded 12 albums of Thai songs that were very popular here in country. Mark
speaks Thai well. Touted as Mr. Cool by Ren, our program director who brought Mark to the club, he proved that nickname true by circulating amongst the morning crowd with his last and soulful sax rendering of ‘Georgia on my Mind’. Although he has no other future performances or gigs planned, other than a March 18 performance at Sand Club, he didn’t seem worried by that. A great and comfortable talent like his will surely find a home soon. Mark’s singing and playing provided a perfect beginning to our week and the club thanks him sincerely.
True cool.
Mark making mellow music.
He began his Thai musical experience at the Brown Sugar Jazz Club in Bangkok, which he says is still going strong. Despite loving jazz, Mark advised that to make a living in performance you need to be
ing vocals with sax and flute. When asked about the seemingly strange instrument combo he commented that the fingerings on the two instruments were the same and so many sax players played flute as well
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Rob Brown shoots gross 71 PSC Golf from the Tropical Golf Group (10) with 38, third was Takeshi Hakozaki (12) with 34 points and Steve Truelove had the top nine-hole score among non-placers with 20 points. In the B flight, (13–21), Alan Sullivan (14), Mick Coghlan (20), and Brian Parish (13) all finished with 41 points but the countback put
Tuesday, 12 March, Greenwood – Stableford Twenty-three hopefuls hit the road for a round at Greenwood where most of the greens were elevated and holding the ball on them was a real challenge. The course was in good condition and we had a fine day for golf. With winners spread over four flights, John Davis carried the A flight (0–13) with 36 points from his handicap of 12. Second went to Gerd Riedler (10) with 35. Rob Brown had the top nine-hole score among non-placers with 20 points. In the B flight (14–20), Mick Coghlan (20) took first with 37 points, Mashi Kaneta (16) came second with 34 and Andre Van Dyk had the top nine-hole score with 19 points. Graham Buckingham (24), was first in the C flight (2126) with 40 points, David Bailey (24) took second place with 36 and Frank Xin
Henry Wong, Carole Kubicki, Alan Sullivan and Rob Brown.
claimed the best nine score with 20 points. In the D flight (27 and up), Roy Dayton (27), was the winner with 34 points, Barry Elphick (28) came second, also with 34 points, but losing the top spot on count back, and Sean Millar claimed the best nine score with 21 points.
Friday, March 15, Pleasant Valley – Stableford This was scheduled as ‘Front Tee Friday’ at Pleasant Valley
as we were playing the shorter white tees instead of our usual blue tees at this course. The golfers took advantage of the shorter distance and six players scored 40 or more points. Rob Brown was under par, shooting a gross 71, from his handicap of 5. Henry Wong had two 5point birdies in a row. With a total field of 25 players we had sixteen winners spread over four flights. The top spot in A flight (0–12) went to Rob Brown’s 42 points. Second went to Richard Kubicki
A full house for Younger PSC Golf from the Growling Swan
Alan Sanders (from left) with Andrew Allen, Steve Younger and Martin Todd.
Monday, March 11, Silky Oak – Stableford Probably our lowest starting lineup ever as just six players made the trip to Silky Oak. The course was in great shape, as you would expect, with fairways mowed and tidy, greens running true and bunkers clean and raked. With only the dirty half dozen we voted and played first past the post with Steve Younger emerging as the winner as well as capturing two near pin prizes and a longest putt. Casa
Rifkin rolled in with two near pin awards of his own.
Thursday, March 14, Khao Kheow Stableford 1st Steve Younger (13) 41pts 2nd Martin Todd (12) 39pts 3rd Andrew Allen (33) 39pts Near Pins: Keith Buchanan, Arne Jorgensen (x2), Patrick Poussier. Long Putts: John Anderson, Dave Maw. Fourteen golfers set out for Khao Kheow, a very popular course indeed and with a 10.00am tee time and green
fee vouchers it was set for a good day. We were playing only the one flight with all novelties in play. We attacked the course from the white (& red) tees and played the C & A nines in that order. Steve Younger led the pack again and his 41 points where by far the best for the day. A countback was required to sort out the last two positions on the podium and winning it to take second spot was Martin Todd, with Andrew Allen having to settle for third place on the podium.
Alan in first, Mick second and Brian third. Mashi Kaneta had the top nine-hole score with 21 points. Carole Kubicki (24), was first in the C flight (22-24) with 40 points. Graham Buckingham (24) placed second with 38 points and Kae Dayton (24) claimed third with 36. Dave Cooper claimed the best nine
score with 20 points. In the D flight (25 and up), Henry Wong (29), had the score of the day, with 43 points besting the second place score by 10 points. Don Carmody (26) was second, on countback over Roy Dayton (27), both with 33 points. Barry Elphick claimed the best nine score with 21 points.
Henning hits the high notes PSC Golf from Cafe Kronborg Monday, March 11, Pattavia - Stableford A Flight (0-22) 1st Peter Bygballe (17) 34pts 2nd Ronnie Ratte (21) 33pts 3rd Mashi Kaneta (16) 31pts B Flight (23+) 1st Patrick Poussier (28) 37pts 2nd Jan Lovgreen (24) 37pts 3rd Peter Hammond (31) 37pts Near Pins: Ty Anderson (x2) Long Putts: Peter Hammond, Henning Olsen. A small but optimistic group took on the challenge of the Pattavia greens on Monday. The course was in pretty good condition and the greens were a reasonable pace. Back in the clubhouse the cards showed that the A flight struggled somewhat, although playing the white tee boxes the difference in yardage shouldn’t have been significant. The B flight faired better with all the top 3 players beating their handicap. The A Flight winner was Peter Bygballe, with a solid 34 points, repeating his victory of our last visit here. The ever-improving Ronnie Ratte came in second with a respectable 33 points and an ecstatic Mashi Kaneta claimed third place with 31. In B Flight there was a three-way countback with 3 players having 37 points. The countback was straightforward as the 3 back-nine scores were all different. Victorious in the tussle was Patrick Poussier with a superb 23 points on the back, which included an excellent one putt on the last hole for a valuable 4-pointer. The ever-present Jan Lovgreen came second with 20 points on the back, a costly 1 point on the last hole preventing Jan from securing another
Karen Brown (left) with Henning Olsen (right) and Dave ‘The Admiral’ Richardson.
victory. In third place was Peter Hammond with 17 points, continuing a superb season with yet another podium finish.
Thursday, March 14, Treasure Hill Stableford A Flight (0-23) 1st Henning Olsen (22) 39pts 2nd Arne Max Pedersen (23) 36pts 3rd Ronnie Ratte (21) 35pts B Flight (24+) 1st Karen Brown (31) 35pts 2nd Kurt Sandgaard (33) 34pts 3rd Carole Kubicki (24) 34pts NearPins:Arne Max Pedersen, Kjeld Jorgensen, Steen Habersaat, Rob Brown. Long Putts: Jan Lovgreen, Steen Habersaat. Treasure Hill was not at its very best on this Thursday, the greens having been aerated so the occasional putt wandered off line. The yellow tees were chosen for all and this time they were in their forward positions, giving opportunities for the bigger hitters to take advantage. Back in the clubhouse the scores were slightly better than
normal, the A flight fairing better while in B flight no one beat their handicap, although several were close. The A Flight winner was Henning Olsen with the score of the day, a superb 39 points, including an outstanding 22 points on the back 9, or should I say the back 8 as unfortunately the last hole bore no points. Arne Max Pedersen was second with a rock solid 36 points and Ronnie Ratte took third place with 35, Ronnie not managing to progress his 19 point front-nine. In B Flight the winner was Karen Brown with another good performance and 35 points, the score being particularly impressive as the ladies tees were not that far away from the yellow tees. There was a countback for second and third places with two players having 34 points. Kurt Sandgaard claimed second place with 18 points on the back, a good score and a good day for Kurt. Third place was taken by another of our ladies, Carole Kubicki with 17 points on the back.
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Gamble sparkles at Crystal Bay The Jomtien Golf Society
Monday, March 11, Parichat G.C. Stableford A 25 minute earlier tee off time today and the cut came at 8-17.9 and 18.3 in the two divisions. There were some crazy pin placements today, especially the par five fifth, an elevated 60ft length green sloping upwards and the pin was two foot away from the font edge. With the highest score of the day, 37 points, Harry Vincenzi won division 1 ahead of John Carlin in second on 33 and Paul Young taking third with 30. Willy Van Heetvelde topped division 2 with 35 points, Leo Adam was second with 30 and a 16/14 back-nine countback saw Magne Gunnarson beat Ken Miller for third after they both came in with 28 points each. Near pins went to (Div 1)
Bob Comartin and Dennis Scougall, and (Div 2) Peter Davies, George Reid, Willy Van Heetvelde and Harry Vincenzi. There were no 2s in either division so rollovers to Crystal Bay on Wednesday.
Wednesday, March 13, Crystal Bay Stableford The A course is still closed and yet again no idea from the management when it will open. There were some slow greens on the front nine today but they were even slower on the back nine and some of our players could not acclimatize to this. We started off on the B course and with 20 points on this nine and 21 on the back Neil Gamble won division 1 with 41 points overall. Dennis Scougall came in second on 32 and George Reid was third with 31.
Paul Young, Tony Molloy, Dennis Scougall and George Reid.
Willy Van Heetvelde topped division 2, one point behind in second place was Paul Young and John Carlin took third on 32. Near pins were claimed by (Div 1) Tony Molloy, George Reid and Dennis Scougall (2), and (Div 2) Willy Van
Heetvelde and Paul Young. There were no 2s yet again so all to play for next Monday at Pleasant Valley It was congratulations today to one of our regular player Bob Poole after his third hole in one in Thailand. On the eighth hole at Green
Valley at 129 yards his 8 iron found the mark.
Friday, March 15, Eastern Star Stableford The numbers are dwindling dramatically now and there were only six groups
out today with the equal cut in the two divisions coming at 7-17.7 and 17.9 plus. On the podium again was John Carlin who won division 2, beating Ron Lavett on a 24/17 countback after two scores of 36. Glyn Evans beat Andres van De Laan on a 20/19 countback for third after they both scored 32 points. Per Forsberg with 33 points topped division 1, Ron Miller was second one point behind and Bob Comartin beat his arch rival Paul Young 18/11 for third after two 31pointers were returned. Nu was happy and Tu was not! Near pins went to (Div 1) Bob Comartin and Ron Miller (2), and (Div 2) Ron Lavett and Harry Vincenzi. Ron Miller scoops the 2s pot in division 1 with a birdie on the 6th and in division 2 three rollovers to next Friday.
Beavers best at Burapha PSC Golf from the Pattaya Links Golf Society Monday, March 11, Burapha - Stableford A-Flight (0–16) 1st Tommy Marshall (7) 39pts 2nd Paul Smith (4) 37pts 3rd Paul Durkan (8) 37pts 4th Petur Petursson (6) 37pts B-Flight (17+) 1st Darren Beavers (17) 41pts 2nd Derek Phillips (18) 37pts 3rd Masa Sugaya (22) 36pts 4th Richard Dobson (29) 36pts It was quality golf again at a quality course on Monday as the society took thirtyfive golfers to Burapha to play a stableford competition on the C and D nines. The course was in fine condition and the weather was hot. In the top flight three golfers tied for the minor places on 37 points, invoking a countback to refine the positions. In fourth place was Petur Petursson, following Paul Durkan in third and runner-up Paul Smith. The flight winner was Tommy Marshall with 39 very solid points. The second flight was no less competitive with fourth place going to Richard Dobson on 36 points, losing on countback to Masa Sugaya on his return from Japan. Runner-up was Friday’s Green Jacket winner, Derek Phillips with 37 points. The round of the day was that of Darren Beavers who bullied the course with some strong and accurate shots to amass 41 points on the toughest combination at the club. Darren is a golfer who is either “hot” or “not” but today saw him at his best.
Darren Beavers (center) with Barry Horman and Tony Browne.
Near pins went to Mitch Carlon (C5), Tony Browne (C8), Connie Walsh (D2) and Tony Leng (D8) whilst the best front nine award (non-winners) went to Phil Davies with 19 points, Merle Humphreys taking the backnine honours with 18.
Wednesday, March 13, Pattavia – Stableford A Flight (0-18) 1st Paul Smith (4) 37pts 2nd Kevin LaBar (13) 37pts 3rd Paul Greaves (16) 36pts 4th Maurice Roberts (11) 36pts 5th Phil Davies (12) 36pts B Flight (19+) 1st David Bibby (19) 39pts 2nd Tip Briney (26) 38pts 3rd Richard Dobson (26) 37pts 4th John Tallet (25) 35pts 5th Greg Gawron (19) 34pts The society returned to Pattavia on Wednesday, not without some trepidation having heard the day before that the greens were back to their pacey best. However,
Pattavia’s management had decided to water them earlier in the day and they were certainly more amenable for the earlier starters. The field was divided into two flights, cut at eighteen and under and the quality design made for some competitive golf. In the top flight the Links’ rivalry between Phil Davies and Maurice Roberts invoked countback as they both recorded 36 points but Maurice retained the bragging rights and took fourth place. In third was Paul Greaves with the countback taking him above Maurice. The runner-up was Kevin La Bar with 37 points but the winner was Paul Smith with another countback deciding in his favour as his 37 points reflected his best gross of 75. Things were a little more clearcut in the second flight as Greg Gawron took fifth place on his return with 34
jet-lagged points, one behind fourth placed John Tallett. In third was Richard Dobson with 37 points and runner-up was Links stalwart Tip Briney with 38. The best points score of the day was returned by David Bibby and he took his first green jacket with a solid 39 points. Near pins were won by Greg Gawron (5), John Evans (7), Pete Seil (12) and Richard Dobson (17). The consolation awards for the best nines went to Petur Petursson (19 on the front nine) and Mike Davies (20 on the back nine).
Friday, March 15, Treasure Hill Stableford A Flight (0-19) 1st John Holmes (16) 40pts 2nd John Chelo (19) 36pts 3rd Chris Barker (11) 32pts
B Flight (20+) 1st Mike Firkin (25) 41pts 2nd Richard Dobson (26) 32pts 3rd Tip Briney (26) 32pts We had one of our smallest fields for quite some time today as, after one no-show and two non-competition players, we started with 30 players in two flights with the cut at nineteen. We were told that this course was in excellent condition and, after playing today, there is no argument about that. Although the rough and beyond has started to brown, the fairways are kept green and in great condition. The renovation of the tee boxes has pretty much settled and the greens are superb, running with good pace and true. The “A” flight saw a return to Links, after a long absence, of John Holmes
Mike Firkin (right) with David Heyes.
who immediately made his presence felt by recording a very sound 40 points to easily win the flight. From the same group, his buddy, John Chelo, had a good result to take second place with 36 points. It seems that this trip there is no keeping Chris Barker out of the placings and he took the only remaining spot in the flight, scoring 32 points to beat last week’s Green Jacket winner, David Bibby on countback. “B” flight provided the star of the day in the shape of Mike Firkin. After being plagued by frustrating injury/injuries, he came back to the front with a power game and his 41 points was way ahead of the rest of the flight and gave him his third Green Jacket. A big gap then to a three-way tie on 32 points which saw the resultant countbacks going to Richard Dobson in second, 21 points on the back nine, and Tip Briney sneaking ahead of the unlucky Bryan Barrell. Bryan didn’t miss out though, as he was then the winner of “best front nine” (non-winners) with 17 points, while Len Jones came home stronger to nudge out John Anderson to take “best back nine” (non-winners) on countback. Near pins went to John Holmes, Colin Service, Jim Ferris and David Bibby.
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Paul & Klaus on par at Burapha Traveller’s Rest Golf Group
Monday, March 11, Pattana - Stableford Division 1 1st Trevor Oliver (11) 38pts 2nd Jonathan Evans (6) 37pts 3rd Jon Dean (10) 37pts Division 2 1st Lawrence Lee (14) 37pts 2nd John O’Donoghue (20) 37pts 3rd Jim Galendez (18) 37pts The course conditions at Pattana are absolutely pristine, the change rooms and showers are first class and the food is always excellent but they really let themselves down today by not advising the players that after the first hole on A course all the other drink stations were closed. Lack of liquid refreshments didn’t affect today’s winner as Trevor Oliver posted two solid nines on his merry way to 38 points and division one’s first place position. In division two the old war horse Lawrence Lee was once again making an appearance on the winner’s podium with another good round of 37 points.
Tuesday, March 12, Green Valley – Stableford Division 1 1st Kim Seung-Hwan (14) 35pts 2nd Jacob Cummings (12) 35pts 3rd Bob Hannon (11) 35pts Division 2 1st Ted Senior (16) 36pts 2nd Nigel Bennett (17) 36pts 3rd David Booth (17) 34pts There were no massive scores recorded today, in fact with thirty two players in the field the best score at the end of the day was just 36 points and only two people managed to achieve this. In division two “Father” Ted Senior was one of those players and he was pleasantly surprised but very pleased to pick up some extra cash for his retirement fund. In division one last week all three places were determined on countbacks with 36 points, this week all three places were also determined on countbacks but with 35 points. Emerging on top was Kim Seung-Hwan who’s eighteen points on the back nine earned him the number one spot.
Anderson fires at Mountain Shadow PSC Golf from Siam Country Resort Pattaya
Jonathan Pratt (left) and Ty Anderson.
Tuesday, March 12, Greenwood Stableford On Tuesday we went with 3 groups to Greenwood and played the B & C course. It was a beautiful day with a clear blue sky and a nice breeze. The course was as usual in good shape although the greens were a little bit slow, but fair. The fairways were good and dry, so we got some extra meters roll out. Dave Smith was in good form today and won with 38 stableford points. Second came Ian Waddell in his last round before going back to Qatar, him beating Willem Lasonder on a countback at the 36 point mark. The par-3’s were a big
problem today and only 1 near pin was claimed, that by Jonathan Pratt..
Thursday, March 14, Mt; Shadow Stableford
Bennie Moses.
Klaus Fast.
Wednesday, March 13, Khao Kheow – Stableford
rising to the top was the well groomed and impeccably attired Ian Bell whose better back-nine just managed to keep Stephen Downs at bay. In division two Lawrence Lee wasn’t hitting the ball long enough to reach any of the hazards and this served him well as he negotiated his way to another victory for the second time this week.
Division 1 1st Ian Bell (07) 35pts 2nd Stephen Downs (08) 35pts 3rd Klaus Fast (02) 34pts Division 2 1st Lawrence Lee (14) 33pts 2nd David Warburton (21) 33pts 3rd Svend Hommel (18) 32pts Khao Kheow suits the lower handicap players and this was indicative of today’s scores with all three placed players in division one being single figure golfers. It was a close finish to determine the winner but
Division 1 1st Mimi Fujimoto (06) 34pts 2nd Bob Hannon (13) 34pts
Friday, March 15, Burapha – Stableford Division 1 1st Paul Durkan (8) 44pts 2nd Kim Seung-Kwan (12) 39pts 3rd Klaus Fast (3) 39pts Division 2 1st Bob Hannon (13) 39pts 2nd Ted Senior (16) 37pts 3rd Chris Lowson (13) 36pts
Thirty-eight players today and Paul Durkan, playing off an eight handicap, parred the course off the stick with a brilliant 44 points. However another player also deserves a mention and that is Klaus Fast, who also parred the course off the stick but he did it off a six handicap. Congratulations to both players. In division two Bob Hannon took out first place on the leader board with 39 points but obviously didn’t spend the prize money wisely as the following day he could only manage a measly 27 points?
Saturday, March 16, Treasure Hill – Stableford 1st Bennie Moses (36) 41pts 2nd Mike Rushant (21) 37pts 3rd Chang Soung-Gueen (3) 34pts We finished the week at Treasure Hill where Bennie Moses took out first place with a brilliant 41 points. Mike Rushant came second with 37 points and Chang Soung-Gueen took the third spot.
Shuttleworth signs off in style PSC Golf from The Billabong Bar Monday, March 11, Phoenix Gold Stableford Phoenix Gold today with just 4 groups playing and a testing day was had by most. The course was in great condition with rough that really punishes you once you get into it. The scoring wasn’t that flash today with a countback on 33 points seeing Derek Teeling take fourth spot on the podium. Sandy Chapo was third with 34 points, second went to Paul Greenaway on 35 and Adam Dwyer was the deserved winner today with 37 points. There were three 2s coming from Sandy, Lloyd Shuttleworth and Steve Dodd.
Wednesday, March 13, Green Valley – Mountain Shadow was our Stableford
venue on Thursday and again it was a beautiful day with a clear blue sky. The course was in good condition, but already too dry on some spots. We had good scores today and Ty Anderson played a very consistent round and won with 40 points. He had some fabulous chip-ins and approach shots close to the pin. Jonathan Pratt came second with 37 points. The near pins went to Ty Anderson, Jonathan Pratt and Dave Smith (x2).
Thursday, March 14, Phoenix Gold – Stableford
3rd Jacob Cummings (07) 33pts Division 2 1st Heo Gil-Sik (19) 39pts 2nd Chang Soung-Gueen (14) 38pts 3rd John Baxter (17) 35pts Phoenix has always been a very popular course with the TRGG members and it has improved so much over the years. Enjoying the conditions and displaying some hidden talent today was Heo Gil-Sik who soared to the top of the leader board in division two with a great score of 39 points, whilst in division one the newly arrived Mimi Fujimoto made a good start to his campaign and took out the number one spot with a very credible 34 points off a six handicap.
There is one thing you can guarantee with Thai ladies, they will never miss an opportunity to celebrate something –or anything come to think about it –they are very good at it and that is what was happening when we returned to the Billabong for it was Miss Paer’s birthday today and we were assailed with a wall of excitement from the party in the ladies room. Unfortunately her happy day was not reflected in her golf today but she was not
Phip, Sasicha, May and Paer.
alone for the overall scores were not overly impressive. Perhaps it was the strong breeze or furry greens. Miss Porn (H/cap 20) occupied fourth place with 32 points, pipped at the post by Miss Thip (15) having one point more for third. Miss Sasicha (21) had a mixed bag on the back-nine, not being able to match the 20 points she had on the front, and missed out on top spot by a whisker on 34 points, the same score as Miss May (11) but the latter had a better inward half to claim victory. Three players in the men’s competition left the rest of the field well behind today, all three on 37 points and 3 points clear
of fourth placed Jeff North (10). Selwyn Wegner (14) had a great front-nine of 22 points but his ball decided not to cooperate after the turn and his 15 points was one short of Barry Copeskate (13) who had 16 on the back-nine for second place. Fittingly, Lloyd Shuttleworth (4), who leaves for an extended trip, recorded a gross 75 which included 11 pars and 2 birdies for first place. There were only three 2s, coming from Sandy Chapo and two by Lloyd.
Friday, March 15, Burapha - Stableford With a somewhat smaller field than normal we travelled
to Burapha to play the A and B loops. The course was in magnificent condition as usual and we just seemed to flow along for a 4-hour round. The white markers were way forward today and you would think that being on the front it would make the course easier not the case in this instance as there was a countback on 34 points between Rick Culley and Steve Dodd, with Steve taking second spot and Rick third. The winning score was a relatively meagre 37 points, which came from Sel Wegner. There was only one 2, coming from a great shot by Graham Beaumont.
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Lloyd delivers the goods PSC Golf from The Bunker Boys Monday, March 11, Greenwood B & C – Medal
Friday, March 15, Bangpakong Riverside – Stableford
1st Mike Lloyd (18) net 68 2nd Ken Davidson (23) net 70 3rd Robby Watts (8) net 72 Sports day pricing was the first nice surprise for the Bunker Boys today making the round less than one thousand baht green/caddie fee. The second surprise was to find we virtually had the place to ourselves so a nice casual round with no delays was had. We were meant to play medal but for reasons known only to Jimmy Carr we ended up playing three different games all at the same time; medal, stableford, and a two-ball multiplier. Having promised to deliver on every occasion since he arrived, Mike Lloyd finally did the business today taking first place with an excellent score of net sixty-eight. Ken Davidson was second with net seventy, whilst Robby Watts rounded out the scoring with seventy-two. Raleigh Gosney and Ken Davidson took out the team multiplier with sixty-six points. Only three of the four near pins were won with Robby
1st Keith Norman (13) 39pts 2nd Geoff Parker (16) 38pts 3rd Keith Smithson (30) 35pts It was another windy day for our last game of the week at Bangpakong Riverside. As expected for low season the pace of play was fine except on a few occasions golfers had to wait for caddies to arrive at their ball. As the grass is spongy caddies understandably use the cart paths to go from one shot to the next which slows play a quite a bit and frustrates players, today the caddies seemed particularly slow which was a surprise at this course as they are normally of a high standard. It seems the new rules changes designed to speed up play are not having the desired effect. Keith Norman continues to perform with great consistency and took first place once again with a fine round of thirty-nine. Keith had a red hot putter today and knocked them in from all distances, proving again (if there was ever any doubt) that if you can’t putt you can’t win
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Watts taking one and Geoff Parker taking two. Today was the last game for our former leader Neil Carter who departs back to his native Canada on Wednesday to start a new life with wife Yaya and son Jack, we wish them all well.
was surprisingly good and the round completed in four hours. Once again the temperature was blisteringly hot and as a consequence, the scoring was on the very low side with nobody registering a decent score. Geoff Parker and Robby Watts finished with thirty-three points each with Geoff taking first on countback. Keith Norman took third a point back as well as winning all three sixes in his group. Despite not living up to the high standard he set on Monday, Mike Lloyd managed two near pins with Robby Watts and Michael Brett taking the remaining two.
Wednesday, March 13, Khao Kheow B & C – Stableford 1st Geoff Parker (16) 33pts 2nd Robby Watts (8) 33pts 3rd Keith Norman (13) 32pts Having enjoyed a deserted course on Monday we found ourselves in a log-jam today at Khao Kheow. Despite being so busy the speed of play
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thirty-eight points. Keith Smithson rounded out the winner’s circle with a score of thirty-five in third place. Near pins went to Keith Smithson, Mike Lloyd and two to Keith Norman.
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at golf. Keith also won all three sixes in his group for the second day running. Geoff Parker is also now starting to play like the golfer we know he is and took second place with
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The Bunker Boys meet at Woody’s Bar on Soi Skaw Beach for golf outings every Monday, Wednesday and Friday (www.bunkersociety.com) or call 094368 3580, 081 788 2338 or 087 693 7803. Transportation leaves from Cafe Kronborg on Soi Diana Inn at 8:15 a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, (contact Dave on tel. 038 602 2117). Colin’s Bar plays golf Sun/Mon/Wed & Fri (www.colinsbar.com). The Growling Swan plays golf on Monday & Thursday (www.thegrowlingswan.com). Lewinski’s in Soi Pattayaland 1 (Soi 13/3), play Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Transport is available, call Marcus on 089 503 9179 for further information and booking. The Pattaya Links Hotel Golf Society departs from Soi Buakhao on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Call Phil on 0625 933 380 or visit www.thelinkshotelpattaya.com. The Golf Club is located on Soij LK Metro. Call Phil on 090 769 3778. Tropical Golf meets at BJ’s Holiday Lodge at 8am on Tuesday’ & Friday. Call Derek on 089 034 0629. Retox Golf Group – contact (Paul) Tel. 0923744276, Email retoxgolf@gmail.com.
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McIlroy emerges from wild day to win Players Championship Doug Ferguson Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP) — His best swing was followed by his biggest drive, both setting up birdies, and from there Rory McIlroy knew how to finish. Suddenly staked to a oneshot lead, McIlroy had a 125yard walk along the water to the 17th hole to face an island that never looks smaller than on Sunday at The Players Championship, followed by the toughest hole on the TPC Sawgrass with water down the entire left side. “Just make three more good swings ... and this thing is yours,” McIlroy kept telling himself. He delivered in a major way to win the next best thing to major. McIlroy made two late birdies to regain the lead, was at his best when the pressure was the highest, and he closed with a 2-under 70 for a one-shot victory over Jim Furyk in his 10th appearance at The Players Championship last Sunday. “To step up and make those three good swings, it’s very satisfying knowing that it’s in there when it needs to be,” McIlroy said. McIlroy could not afford a mistake over the final hour because of Furyk, the 48year-old former Ryder Cup captain who nearly pulled off a stunner. Furyk, one of the last players to qualify for
the strongest field in golf, capped off a 67 with a 7-iron into the 18th so good that he started walking when he hit it. The ball plopped down 3 feet from the hole for a birdie to take the lead. But not for long. Coming off a careless bogey on the 14th, McIlroy thought he was in trouble when his tee shot went well to the right toward a clump of native grass. He was lucky it came down into the bunker, and from there he drilled a 6-iron from 180 yards. “Some golf shot there,” Harry Diamond, his caddie and best friend, said as the ball was in the air. McIlroy called it “the best shot of the day, by far,” and it settled 15 feet behind the hole for a birdie to tie. Then, he blasted a 347-yard drive — the longest of the day on the par-5 16th — into a good lie in the rough that left him a 9-iron to 20 feet for a two-putt birdie and the lead. Most important, he found dry land on the 17th with a 9iron, and relied on a memory from 10 years ago in Hong Kong — pick a target and swing hard — to hammer a tee shot down the 18th fairway to set up the win. He finished at 16-under 272 and earned $2.25 million, to date the biggest winner’s check in golf. The timing was ideal. McIlroy had not finished worse than a tie for sixth in
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, chips to the ninth green during the final round of The Players Championship golf tournament Sunday, March 17, 2019, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
his five previous starts this year — three of them playing in the final group — with no trophy to show for it. And one month away is the Masters,
the final piece for McIlroy to get the career Grand Slam. It wasn’t easy. Eight players had at least a share of the lead at some point, and a
dozen players were separated by two shots at various times. “I think the toughest part is seeing yourself up there, whatever score you’re on, and seeing 10 or 11 guys with a chance,” McIlroy said. “I guess that was the hardest thing was just getting yourself to the point mentally where you say, ‘Well, why not me? This is my tournament. I’m going to finish it off.’” Furyk didn’t know he was in The Players until one week ago, and he was on the verge of winning until McIlroy came through in the end. Furyk started the back nine with two birdies to get in the mix and finished strong. His only regret was a 3-foot par putt on the 15th. Even so, it showed he has plenty of game left after devoting two years as Ryder Cup captain. The runner-up finish moves him high enough in the world ranking (No. 57) to qualify for the Match Play in two weeks. “A shot here, a shot there, maybe could have been a
little different,” Furyk said. “But ultimately, I left it all out there. It was also nice to get in contention, to get under the heat, to have to hit shots under a lot of pressure, and then to respond well to that and hit some good golf shots. It’ll be a confidence boost going forward.” Some of the most entertaining moments came from everyone else. Eddie Pepperell of England, in his Sawgrass debut, ran off four birdies in a five-hole stretch to briefly share the lead, none bigger than a putt from just inside 50 feet on the 17th. One group later, Jhonattan Vegas holed a putt from the bottom left to the top right pin position, just under 70 feet, the longest putt made on the island green since the PGA Tour had lasers to measure them. That gave him a share of the lead, too. “Magic,” Vegas said. “If I tried it a thousand times I wouldn’t even come close to making it.” Both shot 66 and tied for third.
New-style Sports Days prove popular at GIS
Tiger House students earned their stripes during the tug of war.
One of the sprints during the GIS Sports Days.
The PE department at Garden International School (GIS) arranged three ‘new-style’ Sports Days recently. The first was for Reception to Year 2 students, followed by a day for Year 3 to 6 athletes, and then a final day for secondary. The new-look Sports Days saw students compete in their Houses in a range of fun-filled events and track races. As well as the usual javelin, long jump, relays and sprints, there were also tug-ofwar challenges, sack races and ping pong contests. With the introduction of the GIS Titans ‘Wall of Fame’ there was some great competition in the track and field events as students looked to see if they had made it into the record books. GIS is A Secondary student launches a based in Ban Chang near Pattaya. shot putt.
Going for the long jump.
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Wales win 6 Nations Grand Slam by crushing Ireland 25-7 Foster Niumata Cardiff, Wales (AP) — As Storm Gareth battered Cardiff, ‘Storm Gareth Anscombe’ was lashing Ireland at the Principality Stadium last weekend. Both took a soaking on Saturday as Wales completed the Grand Slam to be crowned Six Nations champions. Anscombe, perfect with his boot from far and wide in the pouring rain and swirling wind, kicked six penalties and hit a delicate chip to set up the only try for Wales as they thrashed the defending champions 25-7. Victory earned Wales their first Six Nations title since 2013, and a first Grand Slam since 2012. After seeing his wet-weather game plan executed brilliantly, coach Warren Gatland deflected all praise to his players and staff. “They deserve it. This group of players will run through a brick wall for you,” he said. “I get such a buzz out of watching those guys go up and collect trophies and celebrate.” Gatland finished his 10th and last Six Nations with Wales by winning a fourth championship, and as the first coach to win three Grand Slams in the tournament’s 136-year history. He’s stepping down after the Rugby
The Wales rugby team celebrates after winning the Six Nations championship at the Millennium stadium in Cardiff, Wales, Saturday, March 16. (David Davies/ Pool Photo via AP)
World Cup later this year, when he hopes to collect the biggest trophy yet. “We’re in a good position,” he said. The Welsh saved their best for last in the worst conditions. They harangued the Irish into misfires in the setpieces and forced errors at the breakdowns. The visitors conceded eight penalties in a first half after which they trailed 16-0, too far back in the conditions — slippery ball, hostile stadium, fired-up home crowd — to mount a
comeback. The Irish tried, but the Welsh were too confident. “They were exceptional in the way they managed the game, their physicality,” Gatland said. “They nullified a lot of Ireland’s strengths in terms of scrums and lineouts and runners.” The Irish, Grand Slam winners last year when they were the last team to beat Wales, finished third this time around, unable to reward their departing coach Joe Schmidt and captain Rory Best.
Spence defends IBF welterweight title with win over Garcia Stephen Hawkins Arlington, Texas (AP) — Errol Spence Jr. had to go the distance to defend his IBF welterweight title for the third time. Still, the outcome was never in doubt for one of the world’s best poundfor-pound boxers. Spence unanimously outpointed previously undefeated challenger Mikey Garcia, a skilled boxer who moved up two weight classes for what he considered a legacy fight last Saturday. “Throughout training camp, a lot of commentators thought he was too smart and I couldn’t box as well as him. I showed I can box and I can move my head if I want to,” Spence said. “The game is to be smart. It’s the sweet science. I had the size and reach advantage, so why not use it to take away the jab? It’s a weapon for me and it takes away one of his weapons.” Spence improved to 25-0 after all three judges awarded him every round. One card was 120-107, and the other two were 120-108. Garcia took a pounding but never went down. He spent the later rounds blocking
Mikey Garcia (left) takes a blow from Errol Spence Jr. during the ninth round of their IBF welterweight championship boxing bout Saturday, March 16, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)
punches instead of throwing them and was never able to find the opening for a fightchanging response. “My brother (trainer Robert Garcia) wanted to maybe stop the fight in the later rounds. He didn’t want to let me get hit more, but I told him I was fine and I tried to go out there and pull it off,” Garcia said. “I thought I could have landed one good shot to change everything, but I wasn’t able to land it.” It was the first time Spence had to go the distance in his last 12 fights.
Garcia, who moved up from 135 to 147 pounds in his attempt to become a five-division champion, lost for the first time in 40 pro fights. WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao was in the building and could be a future opponent for Spence. “He’s broken records here before, he’s a legend in the sport and it’d be my honor to fight him next,” Spence said of the 40-year-old Pacquiao, who wants to return to the ring in July. Spence said he could be ready to fight again then.
Schmidt was philosophical. Ireland played better than they did in the opening loss to England, which threw their campaign off track. He also praised fellow New Zealander Gatland. “I take my hat off to Gats,” he said. “To do 12 years as
an international coach ... I’ve done six and it’s nearly killed me. In last weekend’s other matches, England and Scotland battled to a thrilling 3838 draw, the highest-scoring tie ever between two tierone nations. And no one at Twickenham — fans, coaches, players — knew quite what to make of it. “It’s a unique game,” Scotland coach Gregor Townsend said, looking completely bemused. His England counterpart, Eddie Jones, said his players might need to get in the “right people” to address what he described as a “100 percent mental” issue. “We got seduced by the scoreboard,” Jones added in an attempt to explain how England, who had clinched an attacking bonus for four tries as early as the 29th minute, capitulated in almost record-breaking style. No team had previously come back from more than 24 points down to win a tierone game. From 31-0 behind after 31 minutes to 38-31
ahead in time added on, Scotland’s players just had to repel one more English attack to complete the greatest comeback in the history of international rugby. One of the wildest games ever played still had one final twist, though. In what proved to be the last passage of play in an extraordinary match, England replacement George Ford darted through a gap in Scotland’s tiring defensive line to dot down between the posts before adding the conversion. In Rome on Saturday, Italy’s unwanted record in the Six Nations continued as a relieved France came away from the Stadio Olimpico with a 25-14 win in the teams’ last match. France were ruthless when they carved out rare opportunities and tries from Antoine Dupont, Yoann Huget and Damian Penaud — two of which were converted by Romain Ntamack — handed them what was only their second win in this year’s tournament.
Thiem edges Federer in 3 sets to win Indian Wells title Beth Harris Indian Wells, Calif. (AP) — Roger Federer came out playing like his legendary self. Dominic Thiem needed a set to adjust to what he was seeing across the net. Thiem went on to beat Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 and win the BNP Paribas Open last Sunday, denying Federer a record sixth title in the desert. “It just feels unreal what happened,” Thiem said. “He’s such a legend.” Thiem trailed 4-3 and 5-4 in the third set before breaking Federer with a forehand winner to go up 6-5. Thiem served out the two-hour match that ended with yet another error from Federer, a forehand dumped into the net. Federer was in the final for the third straight year and lost for the second year in a row. He was beaten in a thirdset tiebreaker by Juan Martin del Potro last year. Federer won his 100th career title in Dubai recently. Thiem had lost in his previous two ATP Masters 1000 finals. But the 25-year-old Austrian’s solid serve held up against Federer as it had throughout the tournament. “He did very well when he got up to the ball, stayed calm, made the shot,” Federer said. Thiem was broken just four times out of 61 service games in the tournament. He didn’t lose serve during his
Dominic Thiem raises the trophy over his head after defeating Roger Federer in the men’s final at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament Sunday, March 17 in Indian Wells, California. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
semifinal win over Milos Raonic, facing only one break point in that match. Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu upset Angelique Kerber 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to win the women’s title. 18-year-old Andreescu became the first wild-card winner and second-youngest to claim the title in tournament
history. She overcame nerves, fatigue, arm and leg issues in the final set to earn the first title of her fledgling career. Andreescu won on her fourth match point when Kerber netted a backhand. She broke Kerber three times in the third set, rallying from a 3-2 deficit to take four of the final five games.
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40th Bangkok International Motor Show F1 Season begins with a déjà vu Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) began his 2019 F1 season with an undisputed win. Leading practically from lights to flag, he also set the fastest lap for the extra point at the end of the race. Following Bottas was the lead Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, who was never in the position of challenging Bottas for the lead. Third place on the podium was claimed by Max Verstappen (Red Bull with Honda power) who looked as if he wanted to take Hamilton’s second place away from him, but he was never close enough to do just that, and an excursion late in the race ensured there was no challenge forthcoming. The Ferrari team were never rampant at any stage, with team leader Sebastian Vettel only holding down 4th after his partner Charles Results. 1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 3 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 4 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 5 Charles Leclerc Ferrari The next round is in Bahrain March 29.
Leclerc was even told by their pit wall to stay behind Vettel. Remembering the left front wheel debacle last year for Haas, his team did it again and he had to stop one of his cars out on the circuit once more. The Frenchman Romain Grosjean clearly unhappy. The partisan crowd had Daniel Ricciardo (now in a Renault) to cheer for, but an argument over track space saw Ricciardo lose his front wing on the first lap and eventually retiring on lap 30. Despite three DRS sections which were designed to facilitate overtaking, they were too short to let the chasing car get past. And the much touted new wings are so wide, the ends are out in the breeze and get knocked off in any close race duel, just the same as last year. 1:25:27.325 +20.886s +22.520s +57.109s + 58.23
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Is collecting cars a disease? Fanaticism is a common trait amongst car collectors all over the world. This can be seen at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Goodwood Revival, held each year in the UK. These events attract up to 150,000 spectators daily, many of whom dress in period clothes for the Revival. There is a magic ingredient at these Classic car events – the ability to step back in time and re-live one’s own youth and that of one’s father and even grandfather. Modern mass-produced cars cannot produce such a feeling. So what exactly is a “classic”? The terminology covers over 80 years of automobiles, and it is not rarity that makes for a classic. Austin 7’s are still plentiful, but if you own an Austin 7, you own a classic. Likewise Fiat 500s and 600s, and in Thailand in the
early 1950s, the local agent must have made a killing, with Fiat 1100s still around, quietly rusting in peace (RIP). If nothing else, age has elevated a humble passenger car to become a classic. I race a classic car, a 1973 Ford Escort Mk 1 which was assembled by Ford Thailand. Every race meeting there is a queue of people wanting to be photographed with it. The Mk 1 Escorts were either their first car, or the car that they met their wife in, or other such memorable occasions. When I see an old car sitting forlornly somewhere I think about the day, all those years ago, when that car was bought. Somebody proudly brought it home and parked it in the driveway so that the neighbors could see it. At the weekend it was lovingly washed and dried off, the in-
Autotrivia Quiz Last week I asked which car had an engine designed by Dr. Porsche, six cylinder in line but the car was built by another manufacturer. What car was this? Clue 1937. It was the Wanderer and the car was built by Auto Union. So to this week. Identify this car. Two liter four cylinder, 190 kph, zero to 60 in 7.9 seconds, front brakes were Morris, won the SCCA two years in a row and Qvale. For the Automania dehydrated beer this week (just add hops and water), be the first correct answer to email automania@ pattayamail.com or viacars@gmail.com. Good luck!
Doors open for the public Wednesday 27 March and final day is Sunday April 7. The car that many are wanting to see is the new Honda Accord. I have yet to see it in the metal, but the photographs leave me rather underwhelmed. Not helped either with the car presented in unexciting grey.
– 6,000 rpm, Maximum torque of 315 Nm @ 0-2,000 rpm Combined output: 215 hp @ 6,200 rpm Automatic transmission E-CVT (3rd Generation) Mercedes-Benz G63 2019
New Honda Accord.
New Honda Specifications (engines 1.5 Turbo and 2.0 Hybrid) 1.5L Turbo 1.5-litre DOHC 4-cylinder Direct Injection Dual VTC petrol engine Maximum power of 192 hp @ 5,500 rpm, maximum torque of 260 Nm @ 1,500 – 5,000 rpm Automatic transmission CVT 2.0 Hybrid i-MMD (3rd Generation) 2.0-litre 1,993cc Atkinson-Cycle engine Engine output: Maximum power 145 hp @ 6,200 rpm, maximum torque of 175 Nm @ 3,500 rpm Motor output (AC Synchronous Permanent Magnet Electric Motor): 184 hp @ 5,000
MB G63.
4.0- litre V8 twin-turbo engine 577 hp, 627 Nm of torque 9-speed Automatic transmission Acceleration 0-96 km/h in 4.6 sec If course there will be super cars on display, such as the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro. This little run-about will set you back 300 million baht so bring a large piggy bank. 6.5- liter V12 NA engine Mid-engined, Rear wheel drive Energy Recovery System produces total 1,100 hp and a top speed at 360 km/h Will be displayed on 7 days.
Bad cars that I should have forgotten side vacuumed and the family were all photographed with it. That car was in reality part of the family too. While we don’t get 150,000 people to a Classic Car show in Thailand, the interest is there, and every year we see more and more cars being taken out of storage to be lovingly restored to better than new condition. Of course it costs money to restore a classic car, but if it is wanted, the financial rewards can be very high. This year, a lightweight Jaguar EType fetched over seven million US dollars at Auction. Not only at auction, but Jaguar themselves are building six “replicas” which are expected to command around 5 million USD. There’s money to be made in the Classic car arena. Of course, in Thailand, we have very stringent statutes regarding the import and export of vehicles, including classics. For the classic car collector these regulations will also keep the value up. So if you are thinking of investing, now is the time. Some of the classic cars displayed at the classic car show just might be for sale in the open market. The ROI (return on investment) far exceeds keeping gold bars hidden under the mattress!
A friend of mine sent me an item about the 10 best cars in the past 50 years, and obviously there would be many different ideas from the enthusiasts. Unfortunately, for many people, they are only guessing, because just how many of you have actually driven a Porsche GT3, or even a Lamborghini? I started driving in the 1950’s, and I also have to admit that it was my father’s car. The car? A 1939 Austin 12, made at the beginning of the war. Remember that war? That was the one the Germans lost, so they could come back later and take over Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Mini. What was left, like MG and Rover, ended up in China and even Jaguar ended up in India. But back to Dad’s Austin 12. It was a large four door family saloon produced by the Austin Motor Company and was launched in August 1939 and produced until replaced in 1947 by the similar sized but larger engined Austin A70 Hampshire. With beam axles front and rear and mechanical brakes, it was more comfortable at rest than when in motion. Definitely one of the worst cars I have ever driven. My first ‘real car’ which was mine and mine only, was
Austin 12.
a 1949 Austin A40 and was 10 years old when I took ownership. It was not a good buy, blowing up after two weeks. These days I would be more careful in pre-ownership checks, however it was repaired and did serve me for the next 10,000 miles without too many hiccups. But it was painfully slow. The A40 was actually considered a power machine in its day. A 1.2 liter straight-4 OHV engine produced 40 bhp (30 kW) at 4200 rpm. It also had front coil sprung independent suspension but retained a rigid axle and semi elliptic leaf springs at the rear. The Girling brakes with 9 in (229 mm) drums were operated hydraulically at the front and mechanically at the rear. An A40 tested by The Motor magazine in 1948 had a top speed of 70 mph (110 km/h) and could accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 37.2 seconds. Read that again – 37.2 seconds! To record those sorts of times, I think they probably had to use a calendar! The next in my list of personal dreadful cars came from
Italy, the home of GT motoring, Ferrari, Maserati De Tomaso and Lamborghini. Mine was not a GT car, but a Fiat 1100 D I purchased for five British pounds and it was a well-worn example. So worn that it used more oil than gasoline. I used to collect oil from my local garage that had been drained from better cars coming in for a grease and oil change. Remember those days? In its heyday (the first week after coming out of the factory the Fiat 1100 D boasted performance figures of: top speed 120 km/h (75 mph) (factory); acceleration zero-60 mph 27.2 seconds; 0- 100 km/h 30.2 seconds and 0- 1/4 mile 23.2 seconds. My rather more knackered version would go nowhere near those figures. Another very bad car. Incidentally, I never sold it. I parked it on Tilbury docks in London, threw the keys in the water and hopped on to the MV Adelaide Star where I was to be the ship’s surgeon for the voyage to Australia. It may even still be there? However, being left in lightfingered London, I doubt it.
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Events The next meeting of Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) will be held on Sunday, March 24. The PCEC program varies, but usually involves a guest speaker on a topic of interest to Expats. The program starts at 10:30 am with a buffet breakfast available from 9:00 to 11:00 am on the 4th floor of the Holiday Inn’s Executive Tower located behind the Holiday Inn’s Bay Tower on Beach Road. The Eastern Seaboard Businessmen’s Dinner is a monthly event taking place at the Mantra Restaurant at the Amari Pattaya Resort on the last Thursday of the month. It brings together business leaders from various backgrounds including Automotive, Aerospace, Real Estate, Architecture, FMCG, Electronics, White Goods, Logistics, Recruitment, Legal, Consulting, and others in a relaxed atmosphere. If you are interested in attending please contact Anuttra.Sukruen@tinfish.co.th. A Farmers’ Market takes place every 2nd Saturday of the month at the Holiday Inn hotel on Pattaya Beach Road from 10.30 am - 3.30 p.m. Products range from wellness items, jewelry, freshly prepared food, organic vegetables and fruits. The next market will be held April 13. A stamp market is held every Sunday from 10.00 a.m. till 3.00 p.m.at Rahnpintang Moe Kata Restaurant, Panji Place, on Soi Ponphraphanimit 7 (200m from the Bangkok Highway underpass). Here can you exchange stamps from the whole world. Call 089 091 3418 for more information and directions.
The Singha Sattahip Navy Beach Run 2019 will take place at HTMS Chakri Naruebet in Sattahip on Saturday, April 20. For runner registration, visit website: www.runningconnect.com/ event/STH2019
Dining Enjoy a grilled Seafood and BBQ buffet and live Samba dance show at “Flames” restaurant of Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya every Friday night from 18.30 – 22.30 hrs and priced at only THB 1,199++ for adults and half price for children under 12 years of age. For more information and reservations, call 038 301 234. Throughout March and April, Horizon Rooftop Restaurant & Bar at Hilton Pattaya invites you to experience the succulent taste of ‘Giant Lobster’ while enjoy a stunning view of Pattaya Bay at one of the best rooftop restaurant & bars in Pattaya city. Try Lobster Thermidor served with 3 flavors of dipping sauces including BBQ sauce, Thai seafood dipping sauce and mango salsa, with a choice of your favorite side dish selections include Spaghetti Aglio e Olio with Truffle, Sauté Heirloom Potato with Chimichurri Sauce, Grilled Pear with Fennel Salad, Saffron and Lemon Rice or Baked Macaroni and Cheese. A set of Giant Lobster Thermidor is priced at THB 3,250 net per set. Horizon is located on level 34 at Hilton Pattaya. Open daily for dinner at 6pm – 11pm. For more information or reservation, call 038-253-000 or Email bkkhp.pattaya.horizon@ hilton.com.
Fax: 038-427596 Persimmon restaurant at Pattana Golf Club & Resort offers 3 weekly theme nights for customers to enjoy exciting dining concepts. Pizza/ Pasta Night, 299 Baht net per person, every Tuesday invites you to personalize your favorite Italian dishes. Wednesday is Seafood Night, 399 Baht net per person, with unlimited amounts of the freshest seafood from the local market. On Fridays, enjoy a variety of barbecued meats during the Carnivore Night at 499 Baht net per person. Book your seat prior and enjoy your dinner at Tel. 038 318 999 ext. 11230 or email to: restaurant@ pattana.co.th. L’Olivier Restaurant invites you to enjoy a daily cold buffet and 4-course menu comprising soup, salad bar, main course and dessert for only 395 baht. The buffet menu is changed every two days. The restaurant specializes in French Provencal cuisine, traditional Thai food and rare Vietnamese dishes. Dine in air conditioned comfort or on the terrace. Located on Jomtien Walking Street between View Talay 2 and Jomtien Complex on the main taxi thoroughfare. For reservations, call Ms. Wan on Tel. 061 854 4848 (French, English & Thai spoken). The Bay Grill & Buffet at Dusit Thani Pattaya: Dine with a sea view and enjoy seafood and meat barbecue accompanied by Thai and international items from soup, appetizers and main courses to dessert for only THB 1200++ per person. Free flowing beverage for additional THB 599++ per person. The Bay is open
daily from 18:30 - 22:00. Call 038 425 611-7 ext. 2149 0r 2150 for more information and reservations. Saturday Night Buffet is back at AVANI Pattaya Resort & Spa. Experience regional favourites galore, street dishes an artisan desserts, as you relax with classical Thai dance and live music. Every Saturday night at Sala Rim Nam Restaurant from 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Priced at THB 599++ per person. Kids under 5 eat free. For more information and reservations, call 038 412 120 Big Fish restaurant at Siam@Siam Design Hotel Pattaya enhances its seafood buffet with more premium catches and live music entertainment. The restaurant offers a nightly Seafood BBQ Buffet at only THB 777 net or THB 1,099 net with free-flow wine. Enjoy highquality, premium seafood cuisine as you listen to acoustic guitar and piano music from prominent local artists. Seafood BBQ Buffet at Big Fish is available every night from 6:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. For reservations call 038 930 600 or email fbsec @siamatpattaya.com. After 14 years as the Landlord of an Irish Pub, the name Kim Fletcher has not disappeared. Kim may have gone from Jamesons, but his wife Goy has ensured that the name Fletcher has not died by opening Fletchers’ Folly, a boutique pub on the Dark Side. Kim is trying to get used to being retired, but the new ‘pensioner’ loves regaling the drinkers with stories from his lifetime in pubs, punctuated with his characteristic laugh. Fletchers’ Folly is on Siam Country
Club Road, opposite Maxxis tyres and 300 meters before the “Chicken Crossroads”. Food and drinks at very reasonable prices. Pizza and Pasta All You Can Eat at Mövenpick Siam Hotel Na Jomtien: Twist Restaurant features Italian classics like creamy Carbonara or meaty Bolognese with a choice of pasta, or the delicious Prosciutto Pizza with your choice of regular or whole wheat dough. The menu also includes original Thai-fusion pizzas and pasta such as the Tom Yam pizza with chili paste, prawn, squid and Thai herbs or the tasty Green Curry Pasta. Available all day from Sunday – Thursday at only THB 500 per person, with a glass of soft drink. For more information or reservation, call 033 078 888.
make your booking at www.thaigarden.com under “buffet reservation”. Thai Garden Resort is located on North Pattaya Road, 200 meters from the Dolphin roundabout and 200 meters before Tesco Lotus. Yupin’s Restaurant in Jomtien Complex offers some fabulous culinary options including Fines De Claires Oysters arriving fresh ‘Par Avion’ from Normandy in France. Served on ice with lemon and on request a spicy Thai sauce for dipping. An amazing experience. Only 595 baht per six oysters. Yupin’s fantastic French onion soup is now available again! For more information or reservations, call 038 250394 or visit website: www.yupins.com.
Fines De Claires Oysters at Yupins.
The happy BBQ chef at Thai Garden.
The Thai Garden Terrace Restaurant offers nightly dining presentations with different themed “all you can eat” buffets at the resort poolside: Monday – Italian buffet; Tuesday – BBQ buffet; Wednesday – multi-cuisine buffet; Thursday – German buffet with roasted pig; Friday – Thai buffet; Saturday – international buffet; Sunday – steak & skewers buffet. The buffet starts from 6 p.m., runs until 9 p.m. All this for just 399 baht net per adult. What you see is what you pay, no additional service charges or VAT. For reservations call 038 370 614 or
Linda’s Restaurant is large with seating for 200 people, with a covered al fresco verandah outside for those who wish to smoke. Inside, in air-conditioned comfort, there are comfortable chairs and decent sized tables, with white starched napery. Linda’s Restaurant is located on Thappraya Road opposite the Jomtien Complex. Open seven days a week from 7.30 a.m. until late. For reservations, Tel: 038 252 726, visit w w w. l i n d a s r e s t a u r a n t .com, or Email linda@ lindasrestaurant.com. Yamato Restaurant located on Soi Yamato has been around for more than 39 years and the soi was named after its oldest tenant. This is a restaurant to take a few people with you. The prices Continued on page 31
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Portofino – a little part of Italy?
The all-day Breakfast pizza.
There is no getting away from it – people in Pattaya should never go hungry. Look around you at the number of restaurants, some well established and others newcomers, within walking distance, no matter where you are standing. This week’s Dining Out was at a “new” restaurant, but one with strong ties to an “old” restaurant. Portofino Italian restaurant has taken over one third of Jameson’s Irish restaurant floor space and many of the staff could be seen flitting between both. There is one connecting door between the restaurants and going toilet wise from Portofino gives one a sense of déjà vu, going round the end of the Jameson’s bar to get there! The “real” Portofino is a fishing village on the Italian Riviera coastline, southeast of Genoa city. Pastel-colored houses, high-end boutiques and seafood restaurants fringe its Piazzetta, a small cobbled square overlooking the harbor, which is lined
The menu is simple and easy to follow. It begins with Antipasti (B. 90-395) with a cheese platter at the top end. A choice of pizzas (B. 195295) with all the usual types, with the Four Cheese Pizza top of the list. Pasta is not expensive at B. 195-260. The menu then diverges into Thai and European with a Beef Wellington no less (B. 395) and lamb chops! Thai favorites (B. 140-190) are bolstered with a Thai Pizza with Krapao, something you
(easy over comes from America I believe) bacon and English sausage. My favorite pizza was the Four Cheese, the blue cheese in it just adding to the wonderful taste. We also tried a pasta carbonara, just to maintain the Italian atmosphere of Portofino, and then moving away from the pizza style of eating. The open kitchen is kept busy with two chefs, cooking lamb chops and a Beef Wellington came to our
with super-yachts. A path leads from the Piazzetta to Castello Brown, a 16th-century fortress and museum with art exhibitions and panoramic views of the town and the Ligurian Sea. “Our” Portofino does have exposed brick walls, pastel colors, Italian wall décor and very comfortable chairs and grey tables. At the far end is a cocktail bar, fresh vegetable salad bar and a small pizza oven. A glass side wall looks out on Soi AR from an alfresco dining area for smokers. No Super-yachts in the soi, however.
Experienced and attentive staff.
was very good and the menu covers Italian, English and Thai, so they are all covered. The venue itself was clean and well organized, once you got used to the toilets being ‘next door’ (Jamesons). Despite being conjoined,
the two restaurants are quite different, but the welcomes are just the same. Well worth a visit. Portofino Pizza, Soi AR, adjacent Jamesons Irish Pub, telephone 038 411 930, open 11 am. till midnight, seven days.
Lamb chops, specialty of the house.
Happy chef Portofino.
don’t see in other pizza shops. Another interesting variation was the Breakfast pizza (which can be ordered up to 9 p.m.). We were a larger group than normal, so were able to taste many of the items. With the Thai members, the moo pad krapao pizza was a big hit and be warned, very spicy. The English breakfast pizza was popular with the two English reviewers, complete with its two fried eggs
table as well as the pizzas, with the chops in particular, getting universal acclaim. Yes, there is a drinks menu, and the alcoholic choices just come from next door, a very handy arrangement. We chose some beers, which went with pizzas very well. So we have a new Italian pizzeria in town. Will it get acceptance amongst the Italians, or those who just want a pizza? The food
Pasta Carbonara, everyone’s favourite.
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From page 29 are certainly not over the top, and the quality is superb. Yamato Japanese restaurant, 219/51 Soi Yamato (13/1), close to Beach Road end, telephone 038 429 685 or 038 421 618. Open 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for lunch and 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. for dinner. The legendary Somsakdi Restaurant has been in operation in Pattaya for more than 40 years. Proprietor and Chef Somsakdi is still cooking and running his amazing restaurant at 78 years of age. The menu is probably the largest in Pattaya, with 374 individual items. Each dish is in Thai with an English explanation underneath. Rather than be swamped by choices, let Somsakdi guide you. After all, who knows his dishes better than he? Somsakdi Restaurant, Pattaya Soi 1, tel. 038 428 987, 038 423 284, 038 429 869, limited parking plus on-street parking in the soi. Hours 11 a.m. until 11 p.m., seven days.
Entertainment Popular Thai singer Wonderframe will be appearing in concert at the Hard Rock Café Pattaya on Saturday, March 30. Tickets are priced at THB 580 and include 1 drink. Call 038-428755 for more information and ticket reservations. Mövenpick Siam Hotel Na Jomtien Pattaya invites all ladies to a special “Ladies Night” on each Friday night throughout March. Buy 1 drink get 1 free for all the Ladies both wine and cocktail every Friday in March from 9 pm – 12pm at Red Coral Lounge, Ground floor. For more information, call 033 078 888. A three day theatre show by Siam Drama Studio will take place at Ben’s Theater in Jomtien on Fri. 29, Sat. 30 and Sun. 31 March 2019. Ticket price THB 600 incl. drinks of choice. Note: curtain time: 7pm. For information and reservations, email to benstheaterjomtien@ gmail.com.
Wiener Schnitzel Every restaurant that has any pretensions to having ‘European’ cuisine will have Wiener Schnitzel on the menu. It is a traditional dish from Vienna (Wien), and although the original recipe calls for veal, this can be substituted for meat more readily available, such as pork or chicken (or even turkey). The traditional recipe also called for the meat to be fried in lard, but today a polyunsaturated cooking oil would be much superior.
Ingredients Serves 4 Veal/pork/chicken 4 x 120 gm sliced thin For the breading Flour Eggs 2 Breadcrumbs (commercially available) Salt to taste Oil for frying
Cooking Method Pound the meat thin and flatten out carefully. Lightly salt. Prepare three plates: Put flour on one, whisk the two eggs and place on the second and cover the third with the breadcrumbs. Now dip the meat in flour first, then into the egg (covering both sides) and then into the breadcrumbs. In a frying pan, place the oil, with enough to float the schnitzels. Fry quickly, turning both sides. Do not overcook or they will become tough and dry. Serve with your choice of potatoes, though a sliced pan-fried potato with onion and bacon goes very well with this dish.
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Despacito Fridays at Siam@Siam Design Hotel Pattaya –Start off the weekend with a sensual step Latin night at the Roof Sky Bar, every Friday from 4pm – 10pm with DJ Ro-Bi-El Gordo and DJ Rocky, plus zumba classes. Free admission, ladies enjoy a free drink until 5pm. For more information, call 038 930 600. Enjoy great music from Thomas Reimer, one of the most famous European Jazz guitarists, playing live every evening (except Tuesday) from 6.00 p.m. - 10 p.m. at the Sugar Hut restaurant on Thappraya Road, call 038 364 186 for details.
Community Services The North Star Library on Sukhumvit Road, north Pattaya holds regular Thai language classes Mon - Fri from 10.30 a.m. till 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. till 2.30 p.m. Cost of admission is 100 baht per session for library members and 200 baht for non-members. Private lessons are also available for 200 baht per hour. In addition, the library also holds Yoga training every Tuesday from 1 - 2 p.m. at the Father Ray Foundation. Cost is 1200 baht for 6 sessions (first session free). For more information, call 081 575 4854 or email wan_nujan@yahoo.com Alcoholics Anonymous: The Pattaya Group meets Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. All meetings are closed (alcoholics only) and are held at Soi Skaw Beach (off Pattaya 2nd Rd). Contact Carl 08-456-31671. The Good Morning Pattaya Group meets 9 a.m. every morning. All meetings are ‘open’: contact 084 564 8479. The Jomtien Group meets every day at noon at
Jomtien Long Stay Hotel: Contact, Andrew 086 107 6631. The Scandinavian Group meets on Tuesdays and Fridays 6 p.m. at the Norwegian Seaman’s Church, Thappraya Road Soi 7: contact Hans 085 135 7755 or Rune (Rayong) 089 754 9515. 10.30 a.m. meetings every day at Satree Pattana Centre on Soi Skaw Beach off Second Road. Call 084 564 8479. The Samaritans of Thailand English Help Line operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide support to the expatriate community. English-speaking staff, trained in crisis intervention will provide active, nonjudgmental and empathetic listening services on the phone. All calls will be handled on an anonymous basis and are free of charge. (02) 713-6791. Overeaters Anonymous The ‘Up to You’ group meets Wednesdays 9:30-10:30 a.m. in the housing area just behind Pan Pan Restaurant in Jomtien on Thappraya Road. Call Steve at 038-364-207(h) or 089-250-1359 (cell) for directions or more information. Narcotics Anonymous Hotline: 082 811 2686. 3 English speaking meetings in Pattaya near Central Festival and 2 in Jomtien each week. Also regular Thai speaking meetings at 12 noon every Sunday, and Persian Farsi speaking meetings at 5.30 pm on Thursdays. Please call the Hotline for details.
Groups & Associations Rotary Club of JomtienPattaya (English) meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at Royal Cliff Grand Hotel, Pattaya City. Fellowship begins at 18.30 hrs and Dinner meeting at 19.00 hrs. President Vutikorn Kamolchote Email: <vutikornk@hotmail.com>
Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard (English) meets at the Siam Bayshore Hotel, 17.30 hrs for 18.00 hrs on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month, followed by dinner (Fellowship) President Brian Songhurst Email: <bjs2904 @yahoo.com> Rotary Club Phönix Pattaya (German) meets every Tuesday at the Holiday Inn Pattaya at 19.00 hrs. President Peter Schlegel Email: info@rotaryphoenix-pattaya.org. Le Rotary Pattaya Marina, seul Rotary Francophone d’Asie, vous accueille les premier et troisième vendredis de chaque mois, début des réunions 19h, à l’hôtel Pullman G Pattaya Wongamat 445/3 Moo 5 – Soi 16 – Pattaya Naklua Road. Venez agir avec le Rotary pour changer des vies. Pierre Yves Eraud Président 2018-2019 Email: < info@rotarypattayamarina.org. Rotary Club of Pattaya (Thai-English) meets at the First Pacific Hotel, Central Road on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month. Meetings begin at 19.00 hrs. President
Stephen Devereux Email: < stevecarlow@gmail.com> Post 12146 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States of America (Ban Chang – U-Tapao, Thailand) meets the second Saturday of each month at 13:00 at Sinthavee Park Condo, 2/ 1 Moo 5, in Ban Chang. If you are interested, please contact Membership Chairman Dan Morgan at <ban changvfw12146membership@ gmail.com> or visit website: www.banchangvfwpost12146.org. The Royal British Legion Thailand meets on the last weekend of every month at various locations around the city. Please join and like the Face Book page and you will see the all the social events listed. You do not have to have served in the Armed Forces to become a member and can join in the many social events arranged throughout the year. The Legion’s primary aim is the care and welfare of those who have served and/or their dependents. For general enquiries send an email to - chon buri.secretary@rbl.community.
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Thousands enjoy 2nd Charity Classic Car Show Pattaya
The luxurious 1964 Bentley S2 owned and driven by Klisada Eineew led the Classic car parade around town.
The elegant 1955 Mercedes-Benz Adenauer 300 S convertible driven by Nandor von der Luehe grabbed the attention of onlookers.
Organized by the Classic Cars Friends Club of Pattaya the show of Classic Cars was held in ‘tent city’ on the front lawns of the Asia Pattaya Hotel with 82 classic cars and 15 classic motorcycles on display. The majority of the classics came from Pattaya itself, with some from Bangkok but the prize for the greatest distance covered went to a team of five classics from Malaysia who had undertaken the epic two-day drive to be with like-minded folk in Pattaya. True enthusiasts. Classic cars are a worldwide phenomenon, with the Goodwood Revival in the UK hosting several hundred cars on display, and thousands of interested spectators as well. This is an annual event. While today’s motorists are getting the onslaught of research into autonomous motoring (cars that have no human driver) and ending up with vehicles that no ‘ordinary’ motorist can work on, the classic movement is getting stronger. The classic enthusiast recognizes spark plugs, coils, valve tappets and can work on them and adjust where needed. There is so much to motoring more than going from A to B. The The authentically recreated vintage Opel 1909, best known as the ‘doctor’s car’ was the star of the show.
Martin Koller, Phisut Sae-khu (Asia Pattaya Hotel), Ubonjitr Thanchop (Riviera Group), Jo Klemm, Dr Iain Corness, Peter Malhotra (Pattaya Mail) and Martin Rüegsegger (Der Farang) preside over the ribbon cutting ceremony.
classic car owner understands these things. The Classic Car Show also appealed to the general public, with over 2,000 people coming through the gates, some of the younger folk having never seen such classics as a 427 Mach 3 Mustang, 1966 Alfa Romeo Spider (two of them) as used in the movie The Graduate with Dustin Hoffman, early 1970’s Ford Escort Mk 1 (two road going and the third being an all-out race car), 1961 Jaguar E-Type (probably the most beautiful car ever made), 1955 MGA 1500 (three of them) and a 1951 MG TD, two magnificent Bentleys and a Mercedes Adenaur turning the clock back to preWW2. Other makes included Volvo, Audi, VW, Chevrolet, Pontiac and Dodge, Porsche, Bentley, Mercedes Benz, Austin Healey, Buick, Ford Europe, Ford America, Corvette, Citroen, Lincoln, Range Rover, Triumph, Plymouth, Morris, Dodge, Chevrolet Pick Up,Austin, Fiat, Mini, Wolseley, and even a total restoration of an Opel from 1909. There was more to the Classic Car Show than just static old motor cars as Jo Klemm, President of the Classic Car Friends Pattaya and his team arranged with the authorities a Classic Car Parade with the priceless vehicles stopping the traffic in downtown Pattaya. In the evening there was a charity BBQ held in the Asia Hotel which was an unparalleled success, being a sell-out, with the proceeds going to the Human Help Network Foundation under the care of Ratchada Chomjinda (Khun Toy), director of the foundation. Before the BBQ dinner the children of the Drop in Center Pattaya performed a dance show. After 262 charity tickets were sold the doors had to be closed because the Asia Hotel terrace restaurant reached its limit. After dinner was an auction of motoring memorabilia. The fun entertainment
Soo Ong Chong, one of the staunchest supporters of the Classic Car Show bid a handsome sum of money for this rare Mille Miglia book, chronicling the greatest road race in the world.
Winston, Sukanya and Austin Gale of the Riviera Group, one of the major sponsors of the show, ride in elegance in the 1955 Mercedes-Benz Adenauer.
Dr Iain Corness speaks lovingly of his 1972 Ford Escort race car, including the adventures and top podium positions he achieved throughout the years.
of this year’s show was “Classic Cars meet the Blues Brothers” with 100 guests dressed with a “BB hat and BB dark glasses” dancing to the “Blues Brothers Revival Band” with Paul Jackson. Sponsors of the event included the Riviera Group, being one of the majors. Riviera presented a totally restored immaculate Buick Le Sabre from 1960 (simply huge). At the venue the
Liqui Moly ‘brolly dollies’ outfitted in eye catching blue-white and red checkers and net stockings, were kept busy all afternoon posing for photographs. Media partners like Pattaya Mail and Der Farang handed out free newspapers and magazines. The proceeds totaled 350,000 baht from the Classic Car Show. Will there be another next year? Pattaya enthusiasts hope so.
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