Jomtien 8 Ball League
by Paul Donahue
Two foursomes teed off at the Buraphra Golf Course April 18. The course was in great shape and the weather was HOT. Only two greens were recovering from airing but otherwise all greens were good. If you didn’t hit the fairway, you were in big trouble. While a cart-path sized line went from [...]
by Geoff Parker
It’s that time of year again that all Pattaya expats dread, and when the sensible ones leave town. It seems that each year the water madness gets worse, with reports that it started on the 9th and will go through to the 19th. How the city authorities can class the mayhem as a [...]
The Little Big Honda With i-VTEC Power
by John Lindgren
Editor-in-chief: carsanook.com
Now. First of all, A/T stands for Automatic Transmission, which today is the dominant automotive transmission mode in Bangkok, Pattaya, Chiang Mai and Phuket; here we talk about family sedans. Not pink and yellow NGV/LPG Toyota (meter) taxis and the ubiquitous Thai pick-up trucks; these guys [...]
Acqua Gwapings powerhouse brigade continued to showcase their brilliance and savvy, pulling off a stirring 65-53 victory over CBI Kumpadres in the championship finals of the 14th All Filipino Basketball Challenge Cup at Planet Football.
It was a hotly-contested battle between two of the best Filipino basketball teams on Thailand’s Eastern Seaboard. The game started with [...]
The first official test session for the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup is being held at Germany’s Oschersleben circuit just outside Magdeburg. Sandy Stuvik–sponsored by Singha Corporation, The Pizza Company, Dacon Inspection Services, RAAT and SAT–arrived as the fastest driver from the previous test in Spain, to race at the Oschersleben Circuit for [...]
by Derek Franklin
Congratulations go to the team from the Father Ray Children’s Home who lifted the winner’s trophy at the 2012 Shai Davis Soccer Tournament which was played at Planet Football on Soi Siam Country Road.
Now in its fifth year, this annual soccer competition saw regular teams from the Pattaya Orphanage, Father Ray Children’s Home [...]
The Jack Bryant Memorial Trophy was hotly contested at Coco Club Resort on 14th March. Coco Resort is the proud location of the only in-door lawn bowling facility in Thailand incorporating 4 rinks of quality green carpet, flood lighting, bars and restaurants. 48 entrants from all over Thailand competed for this coveted trophy which was [...]
by Derek Brook
Khao Kheow (Stableford)
There are no courses here that everyone likes, all have their favourites. Some like the open courses, so they can get the drive away, hit the ball, find it and hit it again. Some like courses where they must plan every shot, some prefer courses that do not charge too [...]