Kim Fletcher's famous weekly pub diaries at Jameson's started with the first publication Wednesday, January 26th, 2005. Each Thursday night, local time, a new diary will be uploaded for your viewing pleasure.
Please contact Mr. Kim or Reception at Nova Park ........
Tel: (038) 415 304 - 8
This Saturday
19th May there are Two Cup Finals at the same time
The Super 14's Rugby Final, and The F.A. Football
Cup. This of course is not a problem at Jameson's
we will of course just split the screens putting the games on in different
areas. So if you are a football fan who has got a slight curiosity about what
is going on in the rugby finals or a rugby fan who is really a closet F.A
Cup enthusiast Jameson's is the place to be. There
will also be room for the cricket test match between the West Indies
and England at Lords, if the game manages to stagger into a third
day or more likely is not raining. So all sporting viewing needs can be sorted
out at Jameson's. See the sport schedule for full details.
Plenty of good news this week. This week Samantha Faeste
was born to Lars and Nok Faeste to hearty congratulations
from all.
At Nova Table with Gregarious Greg from Mackenzie,
Smith and Law, Spanner (the most adjustable person you will ever meet),
Mike Mike, and Mike Watkins, the proudest Welsh Captain there will ever
be
Olav wearing a very special shirt designed by Spaghetti head, Micky Angel
and The Landlord Kim
As many of you know Big Dave has now sold Jools Sukhumvit Soi 4 Bangkok, just down the road from Nana Plaza, opposite the Ra-Jah Hotel, to Matt and Rung, Matt has been a long time friend of Jools even before he married the beautiful Jools manageress Rung. Now the two of them are working together at Jools. Matt of course is trying to drag Jools into.....Well at least the 20th Century if not the 21st. Lots of new developments at Jools including a website at www.joolsbar.com (there will be a permanent link between the two bars on every page of the Jameson's website on the side panel underneath the Nova Group link). The website is already up and running with a superb picture gallery of all the pictures round the wall, so if you have not been to Jools in a while you can look up the pictures and see if you are still there be patient though as this as you can imagine is an on going job (lot of pictures equals a lot of time). There are also pages for up coming events, menus etc. Well worth a look. Tony Ritchie should have a word with Matt to set up the old Buffoons Club again.
Olav gets tucked in
Aha beauty at Jameson's
Panic has also been afoot around Nova Table as our Trustee Junior Assistant Trainee Deputy Manager Ian (Lady Di) Harrington prepares to move to Bangkok, at first the search was on for a replacement until we immediately realized the search was pointless, as Lady Di is irreplaceably.
Many folk have escaped the early light rainy season by popping back home for a few days including our boxing expert Sid Silk, Mike Watkins back in the valleys with the lovely Meow, Mike Mike (Mike Mike will you please contact Khun Tira as he has some news for you and I forgot to get your contact number before you left). John Hagan and Jerry were not happy about leaving, nor was Graham or Steve. Geordie Darren is still here, I think looking for his mate Geordie Chris every night. Peter and Bo have arrived, and in just a few days Bo has emptied all the shoe shops in Pattaya, so they have gone off for a holiday within a holiday, no there is posh for you. The good news is that we have actually got the company of both our Roving Ambassador Mark Stubbs and Rick Bryant all week without them being sent away across the world. Andy McTighe at last came back to renew his confrontation with Terry Schofield of North Shore Real Estate for the Jameson's T & A Golf Trophy currently held by Terry. The Landlord also wishes to thank Andy for his Classic Rock magazine. The same can be said to the returning Franks. Aussie Mick also arrived back. Lots of nice visits during the week Paul Baker came in on Sunday morning to join, the returning Neil Sandilands, Eoin and Shelley Quirke, and Graham Watkins for a drink on Sunday lunch, well one..two...three...four....five....six... Well let’s just say that Sandilands was at Nova Table for over thirteen hours, a good way to start Sunday.
Olav and Kim trying to keep a straight face
Olav and Kim keeping a straight face (Just)
Landlord Kim Fletcher and Grand Master of the Hash House Harriers Patrick
The Hash Tuck in
This was followed by Iain Corness
and his Racing Club watching the Formula One,
after which they reconvened for Car Club on Monday.
Iain always holds court every Formula One Grand
Prix and every Car Club at Jameson's.
Look up Iain's column in the Pattaya Mail
for more details. We also had a good crew in for the Championship
Football play off's last Saturday and Sunday led
by Rick Bryant, The Pattaya Football team, Motorbike Shaun, Vince,
and the man himself Sam Peebles. I fact this week we have
seen quite a lot of families and friends all the Bryant's Rick,
Harpic (with pickled onions and stilton, hard luck Root
I tried to save you some), Jake, Paige and Abi
(the correct spelling), Jason, Nui and the quickly growing
Leo Payne, Stuart, Moo, Sophie and James.
Also seen gracing Nova Table was Simon Edmonds
and Diane, mates of Lisa Lurve's Jenny and Dave.
The Font of all Knowledge Graham MacDonald, Jimmy Howard, Mark Coombes,
Simon Quigley, a very fit looking Maurice Brown. Simon
and Debbie, Richard Holte, and traveling all the way from the big
city Bangkok Paul (Bubbles) Davies which caused endless
discussions around the table of which guitarist was better than whom. Michael
Schenker got the Les Dawson award for guitar playing
after his last concert in Bangkok. By special delivery
we had the company of Big Dave Hoyle ex of Jools
bar, who brought his massive chair with him from Jools.
It took four very strong boys to lift it into the bar, and set it up, but
once it was in Dave sat very snugly into it. This will
hopefully make Dave come down to Jameson's
more often, as we are now the only pub in Thailand with
a chair big enough for him. The resemblance to Jabba the Hut
from the Star Wars movies is quite remarkable though. Rich
Wibrow was in for a much needed dinner after being run off his
feet by Richard Holte at squash. The boys at the bar have
been rather depleted in number after a few departures and holidays, but
what they lack in numbers they certainly make up for in quality Rob
and Wit, Denis and Lek, Chicken Nick, Ian, Welsh Graham, Jimmy, Joules,
David Garred, the incomparable Moose, and hopefully
by the time you get to read this the Root of all Evil Malcolm Clare
and Johnnie Live will be sat at the table.
Always great to share and drink and a yarn with Steve Ponter
around Nova Table, Steve's work this year
goes well beyond any normal call of duty to which I take my hat off to him,
since he joined the Jesters fair group he really has instilled
a lot of enthusiasm and professionalism, whilst also adding a huge element
of extra fun. As I said hats off to Steve. See you at the
bar, Kim.
Peter sitting all on his own at Nova Table, you can actually see he has been left all on his own by all the glasses left behind
Of course there is one way never to be lonely at Nova Table buy a round
for all the staff
John Hagan and sidekick Jerry tower above our Half Pint
Spanner readjusts the staff
Referee Bruce Birchal the man of never ending enthusiasm, and Landlord
Kim Fletcher the man who is falling to bits
Half Pint gives the Landlord a beautiful cherry tree sadly this was Half Pint's last night with Jameson's although we all hope she will return soon in the role of a customer
David Garred in the Land of
the Giants sitting (well perching in Jabba The Hut's chair)
The beautiful Sue
As you can see Nova Table is rightly reserved. Sitting
at the Nova Table are Paul Jackson, Harpic Bryant (the maker of the best pickled
onions in the World), Landlord Kim Fletcher and Rick Bryant. And do you know
what this quartet of people is drinking. It's in black and white so it cannot
be lie vinegar! Yes these people were so desperate for more of Harpic's wonderful
pickled onions that they were prepared to drink the pickle juice to remind
them of how lovely the onions were. Good job the Rot was not there otherwise
he would of swigged the lot
Sitting at Nova Table in
order of size Jason, about 60 kilos Landlord Kim about 95 and Big Dave
about 200. Anybody else notice how much Jabba the Hut from the Star Wars
movies looks like Big Dave. Or is it the other way round
Peter and Bo
Now you can see why Big Dave's chair has been moved into Nova Table
Simon Edmonds is actually eating in Jameson's something not in liquid form, entertaining Diane
Mike and Banjob Franklin.
It is very rare these days to get a picture of Mike which is not all blurry
as he is so busy, what with his work for the Jesters Charity Drive, interviews
for Meet and Greet for Pattaya T.V and working on various other golf projects
especially his work on the inaugural Mike Franklin Golf Classic details
of which are on this page
Billy Sheal (Kidney Wiper) and family
Bo gets the staff a drink before she and Peter head off on their holiday from their holiday
Geoffrey and Tracy Fletcher entertain Goy for dinner on Saturday
Jimmy Howard wearing a Jimmy Howard 60th Birthday Rugby game tournament shirt (to the Font and myself the 65th game seems to be looming on the horizon very quickly). Shelley and Eoin Quirke settle down to watch some rugby last Saturday when we had the luxury of 3 rugby games in a row
The bar gang Stuart, Derek and Jimmy
Chef Geoffrey is ready at the weekend Carvery from 6.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. on Saturday and 1.00 p.m. till 11.00 p.m. on Sunday 350 baht as much as you can eat. Do not forget at Jameson's there are no hidden charges, and children eat for free if their parents are eating the Carvery
Paul Baker as usual sticks to a nice refreshing glass of water at Nova Table
Sam Peebles and crowd enjoy the football on telly whilst indulging in a couple of glasses of beer
Other people get a cake on their Birthday Rick Bryant of course has to be different and gets a jar with a candle in it
HOT NEWS
NOVA GOES INTO THE MOVIE BUSSINESS
On May 16th 2007, Nova Group joined SAHAMONGKOL FILM INTERNATIONAL
As Co- producer of a new Thai Movie called “THE QUEEN OF PATTANI“ seen in the picture front row from left. Khun Chomsajee Techaratanaprasert Vice president of Sales, Mr. Rony Fineman President Nova Group, Khun Nonzee Nimibutr Director of the movie, standing behind left Khun Boonchuen Jitprapai Sales Director of Nova Group, Khun Boonchuay Suwanna Lawyer of Nova Group.
SATURDAY
2nd JUNE 2007
DHL
Bangkok Lions RFC proudly present the Standard Chartered Rugby Dinner 2007
which will feature Jonah Lomu of New Zealand and Steve Thompson of England
along with our good friends and broadcasters Willie Lose and Justin “Sambo”
Sampson. Profiles of each are presented below:
• Jonah Lomu is a former New Zealand All Black who played for his country
73 times included 63 test matches. Born in Auckland of Tongan descent he grew
up in south Auckland and attended Wesley College, Phukekohe. Lomu burst onto
the international rugby scene at the 1995 Rugby World Cup held in
South Africa and is currently the all time try scorer in Rugby World Cups
with 15 tries scored during appearances in the 1995 and 1999 editions. He
has represented several teams in the National Provincial Championships as
well as the Auckland Blues, The Chiefs and The Hurricanes in the Super Rugby.
He is currently making a comeback after undergoing a kidney transplant in
2004.
• Steve Thompson is a former Northampton Saints and England hooker who
was a member of the sinning side in 2003. Having originally starting his career
as a flanker, Thompson was persuaded by former Northampton, Scotland and British
& Irish Lions coach Ian MeGeechan to switch to hooker. He was capped 47
times by England between 2002 and 2006 and twice by the Lions on their 2005
tour to New Zealand. Thompson suffered a serious neck injury whist playing
for Northampton in January 2007 which forced him to miss the entire Six Nations.
In April 2007 and at the age of 28 years old, based on medical advice he was
forced to retire from all rugby.
• Willie Lose is a good friend of the rugby community in Bangkok visiting
us frequently and assisting with the organization of the Bangkok International
Tens in 2006 and 2007 and frequently arranging for rugby memorabilia for auction
at junior rugby events. Born in West Auckland and having played for Auckland
and North Harbour Rugby Clubs, he represented Tonga at the 1995 Rugby World
Cup in South Africa. Willie spent six years playing club rugby in Japan for
Yahama Motor Company. He is currently developing a broadcasting career with
a daily show for Radio Sport in New Zealand sand has also been doing television
commentary for the IRB on the Rugby Sevens circuit at Hong Kong, Dubai and
Wellington and in 2007 has been part of the Sky TV NZ commentary team for
Super 14 Rugby
• Justin “Sambo” Sampson has been with ESPN Star Sports
for over 7 years as a rugby presenter / commentator. In November 2006 he established
Sampson Marketing Services, a sponsorship consultancy, event management and
corporate hospitality company which allows him time to concentrate on being
a prominent speaker, master of ceremonies and auctioneer at various functions
throughout the region, Middle East and Australia. Prior to joining ESPN Star,
Sampson worked with the Singapore Rugby Union for over five years as National
Coach which followed a three year spell playing and coaching for Kubota Corporation
in Tokyo, Japan.
The evening will feature a traditional Maori welcome for Jonah from the Bangkok
Maori Group and will include a four course meal and free flow wine and beer
– all for a measly THB 2,800. The function will be held at the Imperial
Queens Park Hotel on Saturday 2nd June 2007 from 7pm and there will be a number
of items of rugby memorabilia available for auction as well as other exciting
items which will be included in a raffle.
In advance of the Dinner, the four individuals above along with members of
the Bangkok Lions Committee will on Friday 1st June undertake a number of
community development initiatives including visits to schools and charities.
On the morning of Saturday 2nd June 2007 they will hold a coaching clinic
at Bangkok Patana School.
We’ve had some splendid dinners over the past few years and this please
do your best to support this event and spread the word! Rats – please
inform all at the Panthers and Panties. Jamster – please inform all
the CRAFT.
We look forward to your support and should you have any questions please feel
free to contact me.
Regards.
Bob Merrigan
Events Co-ordinator
Bangkok Lions RFC
T: +66 2 937 4940
F: +66 2 937 4952
M: +66 81 750 7267
E: bob@achmanagement.com
The
Answers for Quiz Last Week
1.
In Baseball,
who won the 2004 World Series?
A.
Boston Red Sox
2.
Who
was the 1988 BBC Sports Personality of the Year?
A. Steve Davis
3. Who won the 2005 Junior Isle of Man TT?
A. Ian Lougher
SPECIAL NOTICES
JAMESON'S WEEKLY SPECIALS
From 12.00 noon - 11.00 p.m.
All served with Starter and Dessert (except a special on Thursday)
MONDAY—
Steak Night
Our famous Steak Night. Fillet Steak served on a
sizzling iron platter with your choice of
potatoes and vegetables,
all for B. 175
TUESDAY—Breast
of Poached Chicken
covered in a white wine sauce with
fried rice, sweet corn,
grilled tomato & green peas
B. 175
WEDNESDAY
A choice of Home made Soup, Mixed Salad, or Mussels Vinai
(Mussels cooked in their shells with butter, garlic, and herbs).
Followed by a ‘Steak & Mushroom Pie’
cooked in a beer sauce served with crisp French fries.
For dessert there is a choice of two items, all for B. 185
THURSDAY—Two
Kebab Mixed Grills
of beef, onion, pork, green pepper,
chicken, tomato, liver, bacon, pineapple,
kidney & mushroom served with butter rice,
salad & BBQ sauce B. 175
FRIDAY—Fish
and Chips
with deep fried fillets of fish cooked in
a beer batter, served with a mound of
French fries and a heap of salad,
all for B. 165
Upcoming Sporting Events
| Friday 18th May |
| |
| 11:00
- |
| Cricket - 1st Test Day 2 |
| 16:45
- |
| Tennis
- |
| 17:45
- Tennis - |
| Tennis
- WTA |
| 17:45
- Tennis - WTA |
| Golf Euro PGA - Irish Open Day 2 |
| 21:00 - Golf Euro PGA - Irish Open Day 2 |
| Saturday 19th May |
| |
| 11:00
- |
| Cricket - 1st Test Day 3 |
| 16:45
- |
| |
| 17:25 - Daniel Pienaar vs Brandwag |
| Tennis
- |
| 17:30
- Tennis - |
| Tennis
- WTA |
| 18:30
- Tennis - WTA |
| |
| 20:00 – Sharks vs Vodacom Bulls |
| |
| 19:55 - Boland Cavaliers vs Witbank Mica Pumas |
| Golf Euro PGA - Irish Open Day 3 |
| 21:00 - Golf Euro PGA - Irish Open Day 3 |
| FA Cup - Final |
| 21:00
- Man Utd. vs |
| Sunday 20th May |
| |
| 11:00
- |
| World Motorcycle Championships |
| 16:00 - French GP - Race |
| Cricket - 1st Test Day 4 |
| 16:45
- |
| Tennis
- |
| 18:45
- Tennis - |
| Golf Euro PGA - Irish Open Day 4 |
| 21:00
- Golf Euro PGA - Irish Open Day 4 |
CRICKET
17th-21st
May 1st Test: England vs West Indies
Lord's, showing LIVE at 16:00
25th-29th
May 2nd Test: England vs West Indies
Headingley, showing LIVE at 16:00
7th-11th
June 3rd Test: England vs West Indies
Old Trafford, showing LIVE at 16:00
15th-19th
June 4th Test: England vs West Indies