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Diary No. 271 Week of 21st June 2010 - 27th June 2010 Updated
1st July 2010
Brian Abbott brings Jerry Back
Wonderful week at Jameson's so much going on
I don't know where to start, but anyway here goes. Last Friday
we had a wonderful Prize Giving for the Pattaya Sports Club
Golf Society. Brilliantly organized and great fun. As you can
see from the pictures. Nigel and Max in particular I must single
out for praise, but there were many heroes, that night. Especially
the Jameson's kitchen that bravely fed everybody so quickly.
As usual I was having too much fun to notice exactly who won
what, but I do know that nobody walked away empty handed as
there were a lot of very good door prizes given away during
the course of the night. For exactly what happened in the event,
have a look at the pictures or look up the true story in the
Pattaya Mail Sports section at www.pattayamail.com
Saturday saw Steve lead the Bangkok harks into Jameson's for
some food and more than a little Beer. Jameson's now has Towers
of Heineken and Tiger on sale at 750 Baht a Tower that's over
3 liters of Beer, which you can then serve yourself with at
your own Table.
Sunday was a sporting extravaganza with first of all the Formula
One Grand Prix who's huge Jameson's crowd was as usual led by
Dr. Iain Corness. This was followed by the World Cup Football
which I won't trifle with you about on these pages. We did spend
most of the game looking for Brian Abbot and his trustee sidekick
Jerry and their Jameson's Flag, again with no luck.
Surprisingly the most exciting thing we have to offer this weekend
on the Telly will be the Tennis from Wimbledon, quite an unusual
weekend this one as there is No Premier League Football, No
Rugby, No Cricket with Pattaya Cricket Club at Horseshoe Point
(Simon and Debbie are to busy looking after new Dog Taz). No
Pattaya Panthers, and No Stuart and F.C. Nova. We might actually
have to talk to each other for amusement! Monday saw a fabulous
visit from the Pattaya Hash House Harriers of course led by
Gary and our very own Jameson's Hasher Dai Coe.
The Jameson's Youth Policy led by Pagey, and RayC have drank
their way through the Blues of the World Cup, have lost another
Dobbs as Paul has now scampered back to Libya (I expect to play
loads of Mafia Wars). But were given another shot of life with
the triumphant arrival back of Jameson's Football Captain and
Spitfire Pilot Brian Abbott. As I write this there has not been
a sighting of Jameson's Football Hoolie Jerry, but as you can
tell from the photos he may still be recovering from the trip
to South Africa.
Brian's
Trip in South Africa
We also had a flying visit from Jesters Captain
Steve Ponter, Geoff Evans, and Steve and Sue Turner. On Wednesday
the Jesters Charity Care4Kids Drive Committee held their what
have now become weekly meeting always god to catch up with Woody.
Judi Macnamara is now back on the committee, which makes it
more fun. The Care4Kids Charity Drive is just around the corner
so for more information on that please look up the website at
www.care4kids.info Jameson's of course has it's own stall at
the Fair on Sunday September 12th at Diana Driving Range and
Resort. The Stall is actually called the Jameson's Used Book
Stall for which we will be needing your help with any used books
you may have to please bring into Jameson's so we can get them
sorted.
Sports fans do prepare though for next week when Jameson's will
start it's coverage of the Rugby Tri-Nations kicking off with
the game between New Zealand and South Africa at 2.30 next Saturday
10th July.
Enough from me for now enjoy the weekend, and the week to follow,
Kim, Rony and Moo.
Pattaya
Sports Club Golf Section have a fabulous Monthly Golf
Tournament prize giving at Jameson's last Friday.
The Landlord's thanks go out to all
The back of Deano, Des, Dai, John, Wayne, and Malcolm.
What a Table
Dobsy makes Des and Ray laugh
Jameson's front row John Coe, Wayne Organoski (Blowfly),
and the Root of all Evil Malcolm Clare who will be leaving
these shores for Kenya next week, so Nova Table could
have a few Ports floating around it in the mean time
Irish Paul
Rock 'n' Roll Ashley and Chicken Nick
Jameson’s
Set Menu (28 June - 4 July 2010)
From midday to midnight 3 courses
255 Baht / 2 courses 230 Baht / 1 course 195 Baht
STARTER Homemade
Onion Soup with a Cheese Crust
Or
Crab Cocktail with Marie Rose Sauce
Or
Sauté Mushrooms on Toast
MAIN
COURSE
Jameson’s Kebab Chicken, Pork, & fillet of Beef on a skewer
with fruit and veg. served with rice
Or
Spinach Lasagne Served with Jameson’s chips
Or
John Dory Fish Fillet in a Tomato and Onion Sauce Served with boiled potatoes and peas
DESSERT Homemade
Sherry Trifle
Or
Selection of Fresh Fruit
Or
Chocolate Nut Sundae
Jame Keeley on the front page
A budding young Jester Care4Kids representative
The return of Steve and Sue. How do they do it they have
not changed a bit where as the Landlord was a young man
the last time he saw them
The Jameson's Youth Policy in full force with Paul Slack
Tigers
in Jameson's
This is definitely a copy and paste for the album Graham
MacDonald, Shelley Quirke and Steve and Sue Turner
Amongst all the carnage of a Saturday Night Des and Simon
take time out to discuss Dogs!
Slack, a Dobbs and a couple of Daly's
Jameson's Beer Towers shown off to good effect
Graham holds court
Saturday Night
The wonderful Turners
John
Hagan and Sean
Happy
Birthday
Graham MacDonald
'The Font of all Knowledge' and all round good guy is
surprised by Birthday celebrations at Jameson's. Graham
maybe famous for knowing a thing or two, but we have some
of our own tricks up our sleeves at Jameson's too
Some
good news from Captain Confident and his dog Taz
----- Original Message -----
From: Pattaya Cricket Club
To: Pattaya Cricket Club
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 9:34 AM
Subject: PCC v Phuket CC 24/25th July
Boys
We have a weekend of cricket against
Phuket CC on the weekend of 24/25th July with a 40 over game
on Saturday and a 20Twenty game on the Sunday.
Please let me know if you are available to play.
PCC plan to have a return trip to Phuket in the latter part
of August/early September.
Cheers
Simon
PATTAYA CC TRIUMPH
BUT CRICKET IS THE REAL WINNER
Sunday saw the inaugural Horseshoe Point
Inter-Club Cricket Tournament with Pattaya Cricket Club, Pattaya
City Football Club, Pattaya Panthers Rugby Club and Pattaya
Golf Club all playing each other at the wonderful game of cricket.
In between everyone was reminded by the newly established Pattaya
Thoroughbreds (over 50’s) how the game should be played,
albeit at a more relaxed and sedate pace, who played a 7 over
game.
Playing an 8-a-side and 6 overs an innings
format the tournament provided a fast paced spectacle for those
playing, as well as the many locals who turned out to support
their respective teams. Of course the local cricket team had
an unfair advantage, but the games were played in the true spirit
of the sport.
PCC and the Golfers were the early form
teams and both won their opening fixtures to set up a much anticipated
final. The footballers, who missed their opening bowler due
a late night World Cup experience, slowly got to grips with
the game and its many vagaries to improve sufficiently to look
expectantly forward to a third/fourth place play off against
their oval ball rivals. It was the rugby team that took the
day’s biggest hammering in their opening match at the
hands of the golfers by conceding 90 runs, but they too soon
adapted well to the unfamiliar game to have high expectations
of clinching the bragging rights over their round ball opponents.
A day at the cricket would not be complete
without rain and it duly arrived, quite literally with a bang,
that halted play for half an hour and the players took the opportunity
to revive themselves with some of the copious amounts of beer
on offer.
Before the final matches the Thoroughbred
teams, captained by the founding members Joe Grunwell and Graham
Evans played their first ever match and in doing so established,
what will surely be, a playing tradition that will last a very,
very long time. The game went to the last over and Graham worked
the penultimate ball smoothly through the covers to secure the
joyous victory. The game gave all players immense satisfaction
and most a new lease of life as memories of yesteryear came
flooding back. To top off a wonderful day for the ‘more
experienced’ cricketers the wives provided a cricket tea
that personified the quality and class the Thoroughbreds bring
to Pattaya Cricket Club.
In the playoff the footballers batted
first, but their skipper Rick Bryant failed to live up to his
hard hitting pre-match talk and was comprehensively clean bowled
for a three ball naught by the wily Richard Reardon. Harpic
Bryant valiantly carried her bat to finish 10 not out, but tight
bowling and expert fielding positioning by Paul Crouch restricted
the score to 28, with Richard Holt being the pick of the bunch.
Despite Dave Brown and Mark Thomson’s best efforts with
the ball and Helen Ball’s golden duck the rugby team easily
reached their target, whereupon the drinking started in earnest.
In the final the golfers elected to bowl
first in their game with PCC and it seemed a great decision
as Andy Emery and Simon Philbrook removed the openers and kept
the cricketers on the back foot. However, the senior players
of Salman Khan and Leon Bouter capitalised in the final two
overs with some big hitting to post a competitive 64. Lindon
Giuffrida showed how to bowl fast and straight and the cricket
captain for the day Leon displayed his left arm artistry to
keep the pressure on the little ball players and despite a well
constructed 24 not out from Gareth Gill the cricketers finished
10 runs short. The sigh of relief from the red leather ball
team at the realisation that humiliation had been avoided was
audible around the ground!
Special thanks go to the umpires Kim
Fletcher and the irrepressible George Jackson and Mim the scorer.
Whilst there were winners and losers
on the day the biggest winner was the game of cricket. This
was a day that represented another giant step for the development
of cricket in Pattaya and the ‘friendship of cricket’,
the motto of Pattaya Cricket Club.
1. President of the largest steel
company?
2.. President of the largest gas company?
3. President of the New York stock Exchange?
4. Greatest wheat speculator?
5. President of the Bank of International Settlement?
6. Great Bear of Wall Street?
These men were considered some
of the worlds most successful of their days..
Now, 80 years later, the history
book asks us, if we know what ultimately became of them..
The Answers:
1. The president of the largest
steel company, Charles Schwab, died a pauper.
2. The president of the largest
gas company, Edward Hopson, went insane.
3. The president of the NYSE, Richard
Whitney, was released from prison to die at home.
4. The greatest wheat speculator,
Arthur Cooger, died abroad, penniless.
5. The president of the Bank of
International Settlement, shot himself.
6 The Great Bear of Wall Street,
Cosabee Livermore, also committed suicide
However, in that same year, 1923,
the PGA Champion and the winner of the most important golf tournament,
the US Open, was Gene Sarazen.
What became of him?
He played golf until he was 92,
died in 1999 at the age of 95.
He was financially secure at the time of his death.
The Moral:
Sod
work.
Play golf.
Stuart Daly has officially joined the Jameson's Staff
as their sooth sayer
Guitar blows full time at Jameson's
Sambuca time with Dai, Paul Dobbs, Kim and Action Man
Des
Dr. Iain Corness prepares to race
Paul Slack
Sunday
Night at Jameson's
Ice
Creams including Knickerbocker Glories at Jameson's
World
Cup fever temporarily gets in at Jameson's
Nova Table with Des, The Dusit Thani's top Executive German
Chef Adrian W.O Herlihy. Kim talking Rock 'n' Roll with
Kevin, and Dai Coe
Hello Mottman
Hold on
Paul gets yellow carded back to Libya by Ae
Des's delightful Sister
Malcolm Clare 'The Root of All Evil' joins the Youth
Policy to celebrate his upcoming journey to Kenya
Steve enjoys his Jameson's Special
Happiness at Jameson's
Brian enjoys this week’s Special Kebabs
Gary leads the Hash House Harriers running meeting
Farewell to Paul Dobbs and welcome back to Brian Abbott
Kim pilots Brian's Spitfire. Please put your own captions
Jameson's first poetry reading
led by Paul Strachan, as you
can see the audience is captivated.
Or was this Paul announcing the arrival of young Tyler
to a visibly shocked Landlord?
My
Mate Canadian Jeff,
if you have a look at the Care4Kids Auction website you
will see that
Ron has put up a lot of new items
on the auction site this week
a lot of them kindly donated by Jeff
Some
wonderful pictures from the Flying Frog of Patrick's Wonderful
Restaurant
in the Avenue by Soi Diana Inn (Try the Fondue unbeatable)
These pictures were taken on the 'Betty Boop' Pattaya Hash
House Harriers Run last week, amazing fun.
I think Tom Drago missed his mark I think he looks quite
fetching?
The Pattaya Hash
House Harriers Betty Boop Run for 2010