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New Diaries are uploaded around midnight
on Thursday, local time, here in Pattaya by the Landlord Kim Fletcher. Diary No. 271 Week of 21st June 2010 - 27th June 2010 Updated 1st July 2010 
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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
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.
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Some good news from Captain Confident and his dog Taz ----- Original Message ----- 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. Cheers 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. All players and social members are welcome and please contact us on pattayacricketclub@gmail.com or visit our website at www.pattayacricketclub.com
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Some
sound advice from Muffy (Murray Kerr)
In 1923, Who Was: 1. President of the largest steel
company? 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, What became of him? He played golf until he was 92,
died in 1999 at the age of 95. The Moral: Sod
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Jameson's the Irish Pub - Associated with NOVA Group Mailing Address: 80/164 Moo 9, Soi Sukrudee (Soi A.R.), Pattaya City, Chonburi 20260, Thailand Phone: +66 (0) 38 361 873-4 Fax: +66 (0) 38 361 873 Email: info@jamesons-pattaya.com Web Address: www.jamesons-pattaya.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
