Bar & Restaurant, Pattaya, Thailand - Kim Fletcher Landlord Jameson's the Irish Pub


New Diaries are uploaded around midnight on Thursday, local time, here in Pattaya by the Landlord Kim Fletcher.
Diary No. 226 Week of 6th July 2009 - 12th July 2009 Updated 16th July 2009
The Huge Half Marathon Well.................. By the time you read this I will either be trying not to think about the upcoming early morning forage into Pattaya, or trying to get away from MacDonald's clutches on Saturday night after the Rugby, or even possibly on the run itself (this could take quite a while so very possible) or lying in a darkened room trying to recover, either with a bright heart of success or with the grim reality of defeat if I didn't make it. I must say that from one flippant remark the whole thing has quite caught fire, and I have no option now but to get myself out of bed on Sunday morning at 3.30 a.m. and get on with it. Sam Peebles has laid off some of his money by betting on the Landlord's physical out come of the event. Sponsorship has been huge and quiet overwhelming, so far stepping up to the plate have been, my mate Bill Ponter who got the whole sponsorship thing off to a huge start, then we have had e-mails from Bruce Robertson, and everybody's favorite Headmaster Ken Sly who will be dropping into see us in a couple of weeks, Paul Gambles of the wonderful MBMG, Rony Fineman and family from Nova Group, Ray Campbell (RayC), Steve (Pagey) Page, Happy Birthday Steve and watch out you are growing out of the Youth Policy. Derek Hunter, Derek and Sa McTighe, Ian (Lady Di) Harrington, Chris Lock, Sam Peebles, Steve Hogarth, Kevin Johnston, Victor Zac, Hoser, Blowfly, Paul Slack, Nick Johnston (Have I got that right, anyway Kevin's Son), Rich Wibrow (who actually rang me up to see if it was true), Little Big Dave, Peter Malhotra of the Pattaya Mail, The Executive Chef of the Dusit and my Golf Partner Flemming Schulthess, The Mighty Bouncer Geoff Evans (who's iPod I will be clasping to my ears all the way round), Tony Bailey, Sid and Richard, Graham MacDonald ('The Font of All Knowledge' who should know better), P Hogra, Paul Dobbs (Dobsy), The wonderful Paul Holmes, Martin Simons, and Alex Wood who has threatened to come too. Major sponsors are also the Jesters M.C and Mark Stubbs. To all of you that have sponsored me so far, a very big Thank you, and for those of you that still would like to make a donation please either come in the Pub and sign up or click on the sponsorship link on the left hand side of this page as you read the Diary. The more money I can raise makes it more and more important for me to finish. All the money collected will be handed over to the Jesters Care4Kids Charity Drive 2009, so you know that every baht will reach the children. The Sponsorship Form Of course my little stroll is only a small part of the whole event this year, Robert and Eric will again be doing their Bike Ride, and of course there are the main events. The Jesters Care4Kids Charity Drive 2009 Fair will be held at the Diana Driving Range and Resort on Sunday 13th September, a marvelous day out with naturally all the fun of the Fair. There are lots of things that can be done to help out at the Fair. Firstly by going! It's so easy to do good isn't it, buy a beer and you have fed a kid for a day or more. All the money that you spend on the Jesters Beer Tents goes directly to Charity as all the beer is donated by generous souls, and the Jesters themselves man the tents, the of course there are the two raffles the Children's Raffle on the day of the Fair sponsored by The Pattaya Sports Club, or the raffle for the Grand Raffle which is drawn on the Party Night. There are two stalls that need your help as well at the Fair. Firstly we have the Jameson's Stall which this year will be selling, Books, DVD's and CD's, plus as a huge bonus this year we will also be selling 7 fully refurbished Computers through the generosity of Rugby Tony, Judi McNamara (who will be running the stall), Ian (Lady Di) Harrington, and Ron Keeley of the magnificent World of Wines, who have all either donated computers or put there hard work into ensuring that these computers are in the best possible Nick come the day. Ingrid will also be running a White Elephant Stall (in other words anything that you have that you don't want Ingrid will sell for you and give the money to The Jesters Care4Kids Charity Drive). All items, can be dropped off at Jameson's, Tropical Bert's, Tahitian Queen, or the Pattaya Mail office. All items will be gratefully received, and put to a good cause. If you would like to know more about the Charity Drive, please look up our main site at www.care4kids.info or you can pick up Brochures, Stickers, T-Shirts or the brand new Wristbands at Jameson's.
Peter as ever popular with the Staff Gary and Sid Little John and Granddad Nearly as big as John that drinks Saturday night with Amelia Page, and Peter, Debbie, Steve, and Kevin Maurice I don't know but here comes an upside down one Spencer relaxes at the Bar The Man himself The Master of Destruction Kevin Johnston on his holidays The Jameson's front row for Sunday night Kevin, Kim and Martin It's the second Monday of the month therefore it's Car Club with Iain Corness and Cronies. Iain always gathers round him a good crowd for all the Formula One Races. Last week's Race was very exciting with Iain's Country Man Mark Webber coming in First. Iain got almost quite unnecessary Nova Table surrounded by the Youth Policy, Birthday Boy Steve Page, RayC, Derek & Jimmy Lee and Jaya Abbott. With Marathon Man Alex Woods in the background	The Youth Policy at work, Young Steve (Pagey), RayC, Paul, Dobsy and The Mighty Sam Peebles (Hello Jill) Paul Wilkinson Jameson's front row Geoff, Kim, and Fleming Yes it's Strachan, and we all know where he is going Nat and friends Peter and Family Dobsy and Alex Wood discuss the upcoming Marathon run RayC, Debbie, and Peter with Rick take over a corner of Nova Table. Peter and Debbie should of stayed a bit longer they were a very popular addition to the crowd Darren of Lazi Pig fame with his lovely family in for Sunday lunch A good gathering for Sam Peebles Party The Boys outside Jameson's Where The Jesters Care4Kids Charity Drive Committee members come out to play, before knuckling down for a meeting later. Seen at the Pub and at the meeting Captain Steve (Jesters) Ponter, John, Kevin Mitch, Peter Malhotra, Paul Strachan, Wild Bill, Captain Ning, Debbie Philbrook, Judi McNamara, Bernie Tupin, and Three Bob Bob. All of whom came out in grand support of Kim's attempted Half Marathon this Saturday. Special mention must go to those Sturdy fellows The Jesters M.C Mark Stubbs and Three Bob Bob, Captain Steve, Captain Ning and John, who have all now put the Landlord in a position where he is going to have to do the walk Jaya playing with the Landlord
A Marvellous Picture of Farmer Harrington in all his glory. Think this photo should go on the diary every week This coming weekend sees the start of the Tri-Nations Rugby Tournament with Australia kicking off against New Zealand at 2.00 p.m. The full schedule for the Tri-Nations and the rest of the week are on our sports schedule on the link at the side of this page. Many Thanks to 'The Font of All Knowledge' for the Tri-Nations schedule. Rugby Mad he is. Each team will play six fixtures during the 2009 Tri Nations Championship, three at home and the other three will be away, playing each team three times. Times are local: • July 18th New Zealand v Australia, Auckland 1935 (1335 Thai Time [TT]) • July 25th South Africa v New Zealand, Bloemfontein 1500 (1900 TT) • Aug 1st South Africa v New Zealand, Durban 1500 (1900 TT) • Aug 8th South Africa v Australia, Cape Town 1500 (1900 TT) • Aug 22nd Australia v New Zealand, Sydney 2005 (1605 TT) • Aug 29th Australia v South Africa, Perth 1805 (1605 TT) • Sept 5th Australia v South Africa, Brisbane 2005 (1605 TT) • Sept 12 New Zealand v South Africa, Hamilton 1935 (1335 TT) • Sept 19th New Zealand v Australia, Wellington 1935 (1335 TT) Graham MacDonald was welcomed back to Pattaya this week with open arms after his trip to watch the Lions in South Africa, he did manage to tell a few stories, but was somewhat overwhelmed by the Landlord jabbering on about The Victorious Bad Guys Golfing Victory over the fading Good Guys. The actual golf event was three weeks ago now so you can imagine how much the story has increased by now. Peter Bevis will never live this down. Also returning this week, have been our World Famous Football Captain Brian Abbott, back from his trip down under to Australia, Paul Dobbs is back ensconced in the Nova Park, Sid Silk the Man of Steel with his side kicks Gary and Richard. Paul Holmes, Alex Wood who may regret some of the hasty promises he made about the Half Marathon that were made on Saturday night, a pleasure to listen to some of the funniest stories I have ever heard from Martin on Sunday night. Captain Steve (Jester) Ponter has also returned from Australia, so all is well with the world. Making devastating visits to the Pub and particularly Nova Table this weekend were Kevin Johnston (who nearly did for us all with his generosity, and general 'Bon Homie definitely a permanent feature around Nova Table and Jameson's from now on). Pagey's friends Peter and Deborah, Derek Hunter, and of course Sam Peebles social gathering for a Goodbye Party before his holidays nearly ran the Pub out of the Amber ale. Good to see Paul from Bangkok in the Pub, although he couldn't see us as the first thing he did when he arrived in the Pub was break his glasses. Good job Wanchai was around to fix them. See you at the bar, Kim. The 100 Day Ceremony for Aoi. A nice ceremony for the 100 days of the passing of Aoi. It was a sad day to remember, but Aoi would of approved as it was very well organized, as it was always Aoi that organized us all in the past, I think she would of been very proud of the day. As ever Geoff and Nat behaved with great dignity. As ever later on we shared a drink or two which I feel that Aoi would of approved of to The Nova Gold Hotel next to Jameson's spreads very higher and nearer to competition The beautiful Temple wall round the corner from Jameson's
Kim Fletcher and Jameson's thoughts turn to the Jesters Care4Kids Charity Drive 2009 The Jesters Care4Kids Charity Drive is coming up very quickly. Let me just remind you of the dates for the main events on Sunday 13th September 2009 is the Jesters Care4Kids Charity Fair at the Diana Driving Range and Resort, which this year looks like it is going to be even bigger and better this year than last (if that is possible). Kevin Mitch once again stepping into the breach, and doing all the organization in his usual brilliant military precision style. Now whilst talking about the Fair can I also remind everybody that Jameson's amongst other things, has a Used Book Stall at the Fair run by Judi McNamara. The Used Book Stall is always great fun and also raises a nice lot of money for the kids. It is simple logic. (A) You kindly donate to us all your old used books, which can be dropped off at Jameson's or TQ any time, the earlier the better so we can get them sorted. (B) You come to the Fair, and then buy a lot of good books at a cheap price, come early for the best selection. (C) We give all the money we raise to Kevin who hands it on to the Care4Kids Charity Drive. Easy. The next event after the Fair is the Jesters Care4Kids Charity Party Night at Jameson's on Saturday 19th September 2009 which will feature Paul Jackson as our compeer, Music from Mike Gerrard, Rick and Harpic Bryant, and to bring us all to a Rockin' close Pop's Pattaya All Stars and assorted guests. On that night there will also be the arrival of Eric and Robert from their marathon Charity Bike Ride always an amazing feat of endurance, the climax to the Raffle and the fantastic Jesters Care4Kids Charity Auction. The Auction Site is up and running, with lots of good things up there already, all you have to do is click on the link on the left hand side of this page and you will be whisked into Ron Keeley of World of Wine Auction Site, there is plenty to look at and you might even fancy putting a bid in yourself. Plenty already have. There are plenty of ways of helping the Jesters Care4Kids Charity Drive 2009, Obviously by coming to the Fair, and the Party Night, making bids on the Auction Site, buying Raffle Tickets, buying T-Shirts, taking a Bumper Sticker for your car, taking and reading one of our brochures and showing them to other people (all available at Jameson's or TQ). If you would like to know some more right now please click on the link on the right hand side of the page for the Jesters Care4Kids and you will go on a journey to see all about us the website. It is regularly updated and is run by our Chairman, Lewis (Woody) Underwood, and our Webmaster David Smith, a very good Charity, run by some wonderful people, to help those less fortunate than others. Please click this link - Jesters Charity Drive Corporate Letter 2009
	Cheers, see you at the Bar *Kim* landlord@jamesons-pattaya.com
Please contact Mr. Kim or Reception at Nova Park ........ Tel: (038) 415 304 - 8

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