New Diaries are uploaded around midnight on Thursday, local time, here in Pattaya by the Landlord Kim Fletcher.

Another glorious weekend for Rugby Fans. The Six Nations is like a warm up for the real thing, The Chris Kay's Pattaya Rugby Tens. Now we are talking proper sport. Please look at our Pattaya Panthers Rugby section for all the news ahead of the event.
The Root of All Evil Malcolm Clare is back from his triumphant visit to England, and is back to terrorize us all. The Jameson's Football Team led by Captain Brian Abbott has also returned to these wonderful shores. Their playing abilities remain much the same as our beloved Reading Football Club. Bit unpredictable, but fun to watch if you have nerves of steel.
No Rugby on the T.V. this week, but lots of other sport to keep you entertained, please look up our sports and events pages for further details.

Just my weekly reminder to everyone, don't forget the Jesters Care4Kids Charity Drive 2009 which is now in full swing. There are loads of ways of supporting us, even clicking onto the link at the side of this page to have a look at the work we are doing supports us, or just click here and it will take you straight to it, www.care4kids.info you could pick up a Charity Drive sticker from Jameson's, and display it on your car, bring us your old books for The Jameson's used book stall at The Jesters Charity Drive Fair 2009 at The Diana Driving Range and Resort on Sunday 13th September 2009, or by arranging to come to The Jesters Care4Kids Charity Drive Party Night on Saturday 19th September 2009 with all the fun of the Auction, Music from Mike Gerard, Paul Jackson, Rick and Harpic, and Pop's Pattaya All Stars, and the culmination of the Grand Raffle. Jesters Care4Kids Charity Drive 2009 our 12th Year a good cause to support.

Malcolm Clare, better known as The Root of All Evil has returned to the Land of Smiles, and has slept all the way back from his home (hell I presume) so as I write this, I await his arrival with trepidation. This will be my last comments on this weeks diary as I have a night with Root tonight in Jamo's, followed by a visit to the dentist tomorrow. Any way The Root of All Evil wishes to let all know he has arrived back safely especially Sir. Peter, Peter of Reading and most importantly The Hostess from Hell, who The Root would like to thank very much for looking after him during his very pleasant vacation. Birthday's coming up this week, Geoff Evans, and Lady Di.
Well that's it for me this week, have a good one, Kim, Rony, and Moo.

The returning victorious Jameson's Pattaya Angels Football Team from the Manila Football 7's celebrate in the most famous of sporting locations Jameson's The Irish Pub with their Trophy for the Penalty Shoot out of the competition. The Jameson's Pattaya Angels also held the record for being involved with a clean sheet in every game they played. Seen here holding the magnificent Trophy is The Jameson's Football Captain, and Top Tournament Goal Scorer for Jameson's is Brian Abbott, with David Dobbs his trustee sidekick Captain Steve Ponter (Social Secretary) and The Jameson's Cheerleaders

France	vs	Wales		Scotland	vs	Italy		Ireland	vs	England
21		16		26		6		14		13

	France	vs	Wales	Pts	Scotland	vs	Italy	Pts	Ireland	vs	England	Pts	Previous	Total
Mark Coombs	15		21	0	15		9	3	24		21	3	15	21
Paul Baker	21		18	3	18		12	3	28		15	3	16	25
Chris Bradshow	14		24	0	10		14	0	28		10	3	16	19
Karen Brent	26		17	3	12		35	0	17		15	6	9	18
Harpic Bryant	26		17	0	12		35	3	17		15	0	17	20
Malcolm Clare	24		21	3	20		16	3	31		23	3	17	26
David Brent	20		31	0	26		16	3	22		28	0	17	20
Des	25		16	3	31		24	3	14		26	0	14	20
Fitters	16		24	0	36		12	3	28		14	3	17	23
Matt de B				0				0				0	15	15
Eoin Quirke	26		25	3	15		9	3	27		21	3	18	27
Shelley Quirke	18		28	0	24		15	3	21		24	0	12	15
Kim Fletcher	12		17	0	29		12	3	38		9	3	15	21
Jimmy Howard	21		17	6	15		18	0	24		18	3	15	24
Debs Philbrook	25		18	3	22		6	3	30		22	3	12	21
Graham Mac	18		21	0	15		13	3	23		18	3	19	25
Mickey	14		25	0	15		15	0	10		21	0	12	12
Tom Murphy	18		15	3	18		13	4	29		19	3	21	31
Simon Philbrook	19		22	0	24		18	3	26		20	3	22	28
Paul Crouch	29		18	3	25		18	3	22		36	0	14	20
Graham Watkins	21		27	0	30		9	5	28		22	3	20	28
Rich Wibrow	15		30	0	32		10	3	18		24	0	16	19

Once again the San Miguel Chiang Mai International Cricket Sixes are nearly upon us. This year, the 22nd successive year there will be played from Sunday March 29 until Saturday April 4, as usual at the Gymkhana Club. It has become one of the world’s most popular amateur cricket tournaments, and once again is being sponsored by San Miguel.
This year there are 32 teams from around the world, Australia & England are well represented by 7 teams each. Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Greece, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, U.E.A., Vietnam and Zimbabwe are all represented. Thailand has 6 teams including the home team of ‘Gymkhana Cavaliers’ as well as ‘Stuffed Beavers’ and the ‘Thai Thevada’ a team of young Thai nationals who have been taught the game and coached under Chiang Mai’s Cricket Development program some of whom the organisers are hoping to see represent Thailand in the Asian Games.
There are five tournament trophies to be played for, Chiang Mai Sixes Cup, Bromley Shield, Bowl, Plate and Spoon.
Once again this year, every day of the Chiang Mai sixes will be broadcast in both audio and video formats. New equipment is being procured to improve the presentation of the live video feed. Full details of the broadcasts and other details of the tournament can be found on the Sixes website at www.chiangmaisixes.com

The Chiengmai Gymkhana Club is situated on the old Chiangmai Lamphun Road just north of Nong Hoy Market (before the Holiday Inn Hotel) and is an easy tuk-tuk or songthaew ride from any part of Chiangmai. Admission to the beautiful, spacious grounds of the Gymkhana Club is free and there is ample, shaded seating for cricket spectators. As always, there will a wide variety of foods on sale, plus cold San Miguel beer and other beverages will be available from the "Boundary Bar" which is located right in the heart of the action. The Sixes is sure to be a fun-filled seven days and a big crowd puller for residents of Chiangmai and visitors to our northern city.

G'day all,
It's funny how I keep going to the Jameson's web every couple of weeks and looking at the familiar faces and the very good friends I made in the 6 months I was there.
I miss you all, and I hope you are all feeling super, Kim,. Bob, JJ, Ae, Tukky, Charm, X, Alice (especially little Alice), Narise, Mal, & Neil, and anyone else I have missed
Hey Alice ............... check your email
Tuk ,,,,,,,,,,,, are you still wearing your birthday necklace ??
Get a copy of my address folks I would love to get an email from you all
Have a great day
Col

This Square Ring is brought to you by The LittleBuddha Inn, The Island Lager Bar(all of Patong Beach), Island Lager Beer, Patricks’s Belgian Restaurant , Jamenson’s Irish Pub & The Diana Inn all of Pattaya Beach, Bourbon Street Hotel on Bangkok’s Washington Square, and The Lakeside Inn/Resort/Casino at Lake Tahoe Nevada USA

The Square March 1, 2009 by Howie Reed

One of the most popular sports radio chat shows is ESPN’s Colin Cowherd heard Monday thru Friday. Last week in a moment of brilliance he may just have focused a lazier like beam on boxing’s problem. “A friendly media is a sports worst enemy. A media that takes an adversarial role can be a sports best friend. The media that questions and demands is the best that a sport can hope for.” Cowherd was actually speaking about an individual team in a sport but there is no reasons not to believe that the same premise isn’t the “pie are squared and cake are round” for all sports.

Most local papers distain a local boxing beat reporter which leaves boxing covered only on websites, “bloggers” and or employee’s of media that have a vested commercial interest in boxing. ESPN,HBO and Showtime cover boxing but they all have a vested interest. Of the three ESPN seems to take that responsibility most seriously. Boxing websites are beholden to boxing interests for revenue. Loose favor with a cable network or a promoter and kiss that revenue good bye. Bloggers should they print a discouraging word will find themselves on the outside looking in when it’s credential time. HBO, Showtime and ESON can hold boxing’s feet to the fire should they choose. They have the money the power but usually not the will.

Top Rank’s Bob Arum said after Antonio Margarito was suspended for a year by the California Athletic Commission, “We’ll fight in Mexico.” That may be true but they won’t fight for big dollars if HBO or Showtime says “No way Jose”. Without cable or PPV dollars boxing joins the world economy in “deep do-do”. HBO and Showtime are the only entities that can put some teeth in the California’s Commission’s suspension. They can use their economic molars to put some bite in the California action. Actually all boxing commissions in the world should use the California ruling to send a message to boxer’s, managers, trainers and promoters. “Break the rules and go directly to the sin bin.” Will they ? “Shirley you jest.”

Out of the sin bin

One of the best kept secrets in boxing is Edwin Valero who’s record of 24-0 includes all 24 big wins by KO. Valero, trained by TSR’s pal “The Sgt.” Kenny Adams, has been absent from boxing in the USA since December of ’03 when he KO’d Tomas Zambrano in 1. In February of ’01 Valero was involved in a sever motorcycle accident where he suffered various injuries along with a fractured skull. Following surgery to remove a blood clot a Venezuelan doctor cleared him to fight. He turned pro in ’02, ran up a record of 11-0 when he ran into trouble by failing a MRI in New York. They denied him a boxing license which other USA Commissions respected. He’s now been cleared to fight and makes his return to the USA against Antonio Pitalua (46-3) on a double-dipper PPV for Golden Boy Promotions on April 4. As Valero is the #1 WBC and Pitalua is the #2 lightweight contender they could fight for the title. Manny Pacquiao surrendered the WBC title to fight at Super Lightweight against Ricky Hatton. It would be a Lawerance Welk fight “A….ona.. ana… tua” Pitalua and Valero have combined for 64 KO’s from 70 wins. The “leather will fly.”

Sounds from the pond

Sir Frog contributes his take on Cotto-Jennings and Pavlik-Rubino. “ Great fight Cotto vs Jennings, Jennings was quick but not strong enough for the hard hitting Cotto. Back to the gym for Jennings and keep away from boxing out of the UK for a while, great fight would be Cotto vs Mosley, in the make???’ Leading up to the Cotto-Jennkings ESPN’s Teddy Atlas said, “Jennings came across the pond. He’s going to get wet.” TSR advised that Jennings was in deep water and he didn’t have a life vest. Cotto’s future plans are up in the air.
As ESPN’s Dan Rafael reported the Cotto Camp is furious with Top Rank’s Bob Arum for his defense of Antonio Margarito. Cotto cleverly side stepped the subject at his post fight new conference. “I’ve been saying all along I’m a clean fighter. I do my best. I don’t know what they did. What they did, that’s on them.” Top Rank’s Bob Arum wasn’t at the Cotto fight but rather sent step-son Todd duBoef. When the subject of a Mosley rematch came up deBoef answered, “I believe we already beat Shane Mosley.” “We already beat Mosley ?” Kind of like “Me and Pa killed a bear.” Cotto won a UD (116-113,115-113 twice) over Mosley in November of 07. Regardless the original plan of Cotto-Margarito in the Garden on the Saturday of Puerto Rico Day is off.
One more croak from Sir Frog, “Also the fight with Duddy, I never saw him box so good and smart. It’s probably caused by new trainer the same trainer from Hollyfield?” Duddy may have been impressive boxing but Matt Vanda is somewhat damaged goods. After his loss to Duddy he’s 4-7 over the last 11. Two of Vanda’s win’s in that 11 fight run were against guy’s that were 0-10 and 0-8 since their last win’s. “Pavlik vs Rubio, this Rubio kid can take a punch, waw, Pavlik was back to his normal routine and out boxed Rubio big time, Pavlik, stay on that weight, don't do stupid things again!” Sir Frog with some sage advise for Pavlik. He went up in weight and got his fanny handed to him by Bernard Hopkins.

Another Cuban boxers fly’s the coop

German promoters ARENA have snared yet another top flight boxer who has escaped from the workers paradise called Cuba. This time it’s twice Olympic gold medallist Guillermo Rigondeaux who joins fellow Cuban’s Yuriorkis Gamboa, Erislandy and Odlanier Soliis in the ARENA stable. For Rigondeaux the journey was anything but smooth. He first tried to defect in 2007 during the Pan Am Games in Rio de Janiero. As he was awaiting a flight to Germany both he and Lara were found at the Carbo Frio Hotel. They were arrested and returned to Cuba where both were kicked off the Cuban team. Lara was the first to escape while Rigondeaux followed last week. All the ARENA boxers are training in Miami where they should feel right at home.

REASULTS

At The Toyota Center, Houston, TX
Chris John- Rocky Juarez

Indonesia’s Chris John, now 42-0-2 ,came to Rocky Juarez (28-4-1) hometown of Houston Texas to defend WBA featherweight title. In honor of the occasion the Texas boxing authorities assembled three judges with Stevie Wonder like qualities and referee Larry “The Clown” Cole. They
were better suited to being under the Ringling Big Top as opposed to the roof of the Toyota Center. After 12 rounds of almost constant action the judges gave Juarez a gift wrapped draw that defies logic or knowledge of boxing. There was no controversy. It stunk. HBO’s Harold Lederman had the fight 116-112 for John’s while TSR had it 117-112 for Johns. HBO’s Jim Lampley, of course, after announcing a blow out for 12 rounds said, “Well maybe it’s fair.”

Juarez probably fought the best fight of his life but that wasn’t nearly enough to overcome the boxing skill of Johns’. At fights end Juarez’s face was bloody and swollen from the steady stream of laser like punches that rarely missed the mark. Juarez was “out-quicked”, out punched and out worked. “I dominated the fight. He was a tough fighter but what can I say?” Rocky stated “I thought I won the fight.” He did.

Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz

Too many casual fans judge Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1) by his two loses to Manny Pacquiao. That would be a grievous error. JMM may just be the best all around boxer in the pro ranks today. He displayed those talents against Juan Diaz (34-2) Saturday night. Diaz comes forward, throws punches and constantly applies pressure. That’s what he did Saturday night in his hometown of Houston. Through the early rounds Marquez answered each bull rush by Diaz with the skill of a matador leading the bull to the ultimate fate. In the 7th and 8th rounds Marquez, while mostly counter punching, change the tone of the fight. In the 9th a right followed by a left sent Diaz down on all four’s his head under the bottom rope. Diaz was able to beat the count but just moments later Matador Marquez applied the coup de grace that left Juan “the Baby Bull” Diaz flat on his back out colder than the John McCain election message. The time was 2:40

JEEVES TIME

“Your Lordship I have a question. What is this “linear championship” that HBO keeps talking about ?”

“Jeeves it’s a bunch of bull. The term itself is suppose to designate the best boxer at every weight. It’s used totally subjective but by HBO using the term they feel’s they are “above’ the various sanctioning organizations. Those organizations HBO feel’s are the root of all evil in boxing which is “bushwa”. Then being the hypocrites they are HBO use’s the Ring Magazine rankings. Ring magazine ? Owned by Golden Boy Promotions and Oscar deLaHoya. That aside Cheewit dee khrup.”

Kandandum Group had a another Charity Project on this coming 1-3 May 2009 and at the moment we are under process of earn cash for this mentioned project.
One of our plans to do now is to sell a Kandandum‘s Shirt, these shirts are painted by our team.
Selling Price is only 150 Baht.
Sizes are available in SS S M L XL XXL(it is normal size but for man, shirt will be a little bit bigger).
Color is in WHITE only.

Thank you and yours sincerely,
Gap

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