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CONTENTS
o Regular Features
5 From the Editor 6 From the Manager 10 Management News 12 New Members 24 Calendar 44 Committee Page 46 Final Countdown
Contributions Sports Sections If you would like to contribute to OUTPOST contact Bea Grunwell on 258 9509. All photograplls and While Members are 19 Tennis articles must be rece ived by Bea on encouraged to write 21 Cricket 1S[ of each month to OUTPOST the 22 Golf Club reserves the right to edit any 23 BCLG contributions both 26 Badminton j for reasons of space 28 Squash o and appropriateness . •1 Features ~. 7 Elephant Round Up ~I 8 Loy Kratong It' 9 Children'S Sports Camp 16 Guy Fawkes 43 Guess who this is
Specials
30 St Andrews Ball 33 Churchilds Bar 34 Intersection Sports Day 36 Bangkok's Half Hour ADVERTISING o 38 BC Brewery Round Up 40 Ploenchit Fair 45 Club Photo Round-up Please contact The British Oub 48 Poetry Bea Gnmwell 189 Surawong Rd on Bangkok 10500 Tel/Fax 258 9509
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o Regular Features
5 From che Edicor 6 From che Manager 10 Management News 12 New Members 24 Calendar 44 Commiccee Page 46 Final Countdown
I Contributions SPOrts Sections If you would like co contribuce co OUTPOST contan Bea Grunwell on r 258 9509. All phocographs and While Members are 19 Tennis articles muse be received by Bea on encouraged co wrice 21 Crickec 1sc of each month co OUTPOST che 22 Golf Club reserves che righc co edic any 23 BCLG contribucions boch 26 Badminton for reasons of space 28 Squash and appropriaceness. Features
7 Elephanc Round Up 8 Loy Kracong 9 Children's Sports Camp 16 Guy Fawkes 43 Guess who chis is
Specials
30 Sc Andrews Ball 33 Churchilds Bar 34 Intersenion Sports Day 36 Bangkok's Half Hour ADVERTISING 38 BC Brewery Round Up 40 Ploenchic Fair 45 Club Phoco Round·up The British Club 48 PoeCly Please contact Bea Grunwell 189 Surawong Rd on Bangkok 10500 Tel/Fax 258 9509
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Dear Readers,
Well, all has settled down again .. . eat something different every time for now anyway. I have been told they visit the Club, Just to make off by some readers about my sure that quality and quantity is the article on people throwing things in same as the F&B Committee rubbish bins in England. planned it to be, but they cannot Apparently the Brits are eat every single item on the menu environmentally conscious and do every day. Plans are on the way to use separate bins for plastic, glass devise a special children's menu, so etc. So I am afraid I will just have any suggestions, write them down to tell my in laws off and say which and send them to Joy Masood. bin they should use for what. This This month in Outpost the usual ., would have made an excellent sports sections, an article on the j article for Outpost of course, so Ploenchit Fair, an article from a next time you have any comment member (Yippeee!!!) and all sorts to make on Outpost writings, of interesting bits and bats. Still please put pen to paper and send more help is needed with articles them to Ille! and advertising. Sorry to badger Last months sports day for the Club so we are not going there." If you all the time, but IS THERE children was an excellent event, so something is planned and ANYBODY OUT THERE? much 50, that the tennis section has announced and we have to cancel it I f Outpost looks slightly different requested a day a week - especially because of lack of interest people from previous months, this is due when tennis events are on - so jf say: " Anything that is ever to it being done completely "in there are any volunteers around planned at the Club, is always house". In previous months we we'll have a go. cancelled so why book up for it." have had the excellent services of The rugby ball should have been on Let's break this trend, surely all of Blakes to do all the artwork, now on 15th October, hopefully us Members would like to see the we are on our own . So excuses Bangkok was not nooded on that Club as the thriving social centre already, before you complain about day . Predictions of nash noods on point of Expatriate life. With layout, spelling mistakes etc. It will 6th October made us all hold our major and minor events on, a good be alright on the night! breaths. place to visit, to bring friends and If there is any budding artist out What an unfortunate sight it is to clients to. An enormous amount there (adult or child) who would see "CANCELLED" stamped all of work has gone into getting the like to design a nice front cover for over announcements of events food up to scratch, and is still going the December issue, please give us coming up at the Club. There is on. The menus have been revised, a buzz and we will select the best always an awful lot of work no items have been taken off that one and use it for our special involved organising these evenings, were ordered by any off you during Christmas Outpost and give the afternoons etc. Sponsors must be a two month period. Some new winning artist a prize. Please send found, dates set, bands booked delicious foods have been on the all design to me before I 5 (sorry once again to the Brass Band menu now from I st September and November 1994. for the Oktober Fest, who we apart from a few teething forgot to cancel, please forgive us problems, these have all been tried Regards, and come next yead). It is like a and tested (tasted) and are up and vicious circle, if there is nothing on running. If you have any Bea Gr/illwell at the Club, people will say"There complaints, please let the F&B is never anything on at the Committee know, all the ladies and XXX the new edition, Mr. Bill Caddy,
5 ) From the Manager
The sad death of Khun Kulwadee and the injuries to Khun Nopadol cast a sad blight on all the Staff in early October. The poo lslde service staff were the most affected and a very large than k you must go to all the members who frequent th e Sala/s/ for their kindness to the staff over those sad days. Also a big th ank you to those of tile members who helped th e poolside staff in collecting money for Khun Kulwadee's mother and who help ed the staff cope with their loss. Members wil l be pleased to know that the Club is fully insured for accidents like this and could therefore make a full and generous contribution covering all the expenses surrou nding th is sad event, as well as making a significant award to Khun Kulwadee's mother. On a happier note, at least it is for me, exactly a year ago I started here at th e British Club, and doesn't time fly? I well remember my indoctrination into the ways of the Club, it was the celeb ra tion of Guy Fawkes day 1993. That was a day which, for many reasons, will live in my memory for a very long time! Guy Fawkes Day is coming round again and this year there will be rigorous safety precautions, or as rigorous as we can make them within th e limitations of the Club. These ru les have been sent to all members and are reprinted in the magazine as well, so do please read tllem. The main imposition til is yea r is that in order to STRICTLY control the numbers at the event, the Club will be closed until 2.00pm on Saturday 5 November and when we do open up at 2.00pm only those with Guy Fawkes tickets will be allowed in. Please also rememb er that there will be no cars allowed into the Club on Saturday 5 November until after th e event is over, instead AlA have kindly agreed that member's can use their car park once again this year. Lets have a wonderful and sa fe firework disp lay this year! November will also see the start of building works designed to improve the appearance of th e Club and tile services provided for members. These works have been explained in detail by letter to all mem bers but in brief tile areas affected will be the I rubbish area (by tile children 's pool), and the access points onto the back lawn. Tile inconveni ence to members will be limited but there may be noise during the construction phase, periodic limitations on access to some parts of tile Club and piles of building materials may appear from tim e to time, the work is scheduled for 3 months, so please bear with us for this short time. The Loy Kratong festival will soo n be wi til us once again and on Sunday I 3 November the Club will be celebrating til is unique festival with a traditional Th ai style dinner and dance on the back lawn. After which the Kratongs will be cast off in tile swimming pool, do not miss this spectacular event! Novemb er also sees tharspecial charity event, tile Plo enchit Fair, held in the grounds of th e British Embassy on November 19, do go along and support the UK Comm ittee for Thai Charities, they rea lly do a terrific job. Also on 19 November, the Be takes a party to Surin for the Elep hant Round Up . Lastly, November sees tile St Andrews Society hurling tllemselves, and otllers, around tile From Lawn every Mon day night in preparation for the St Andrews Ball on 2S November. On 23 November th e final practi ce for the Ball will see a super marching, danci ng and musical display from tile band of tile 1st Royal Tank Regiment, certainly the best Pip es an d Drums in the Armou red Corps of the British Army! Don't miss it .. .. enjoy November at the Club!
David Viccars Gen era l Manager
) OBITUARY Khun Kulwadee Members will be saddened to learn of the death of one of our staff, Khun Kulwadee. On the morning of Friday 30 September, she was returning to Bangkok with her husband, Khun Nopadol, (a lso a BC employee, a cook In th e Clubhouse), when the bus they were travelling in was involved in an accidem and overturned, killing Khun Kulwadee and criti ca lly injuring Khun N opadol, who, at the time of writing is in a very serious condition in hospital. The accidem happened in the area of Singburi and Khun Kulwadee was cremated in Chairat on Monday 3 October. Khun Kulwadee joined the Club in February 1984 and was employed as a PoolsId e waitress until moving into the Clubhouse as the Housekeeping Storekeeper earlier this yea r. She met her husband at the Club and they have lived together since 19 89, they had no children. Khun Kulwadee was a very cheerful, consci entious and reliable employee and was a very popular member of Staff. She will be sorely missed.
6 ) Elephant Round-up Surin
18, 19 & 20 November 1994 Surin
For those of you who are participating in the British Club Elephant Trip to Surin we have put together a schedule, so you know exactly what is going on. David has organised this with military precision, so please don't be late at the train station, the train WILL leave without you. There will be a British ClUb Bar available in surin, and the excellent Thai Railways will have drinks available on the train. We would suggest, if you have any special needs, like speCial brands of beer, milk for babies etc. please bring your own coolbox and snacks for the train trip. we have a large group of people joining in for this trip, so ) one and a half cabins are booked. Hopefully everyone will have a wonderful (and tiring) time.
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY 18 NOVEMBER 9.00 pm Train departs Bangkok for Surin SATURDAY 19 NOVEMBER . 04.30am Train arrives in Surin We are then me[ by tour coaches and a tour guide. We move to Surawittaka rn Boys School (10 minutes by bus) for breakfast, ablutions etc. 05.30am Full breakfast, coffee, tea, croissants, 'Bucks Fizz' " for the hardy travellers - orange juice, fresh fruit etc. prepared by British Club Staff 07.30am Move to showground (5 minutes by bus) 08.00am Show starts 08. 15am Gove rnor of Surin formally opens show. This is then followed by a mass procession of the Elephants, a rocket display, and seve ral demonstrations of Elephants at work etc. . The show ends at 12 .00. 12.15 Move to Prasat Ban Plung (30 minutes by bus) for picnic lunch provided by British Club staff, full bar (using BC chits) available. 2.00pm One bus will then go to Prasat Him Phanom Rung (45 minutes by bus) which is a large Khmer monument on top of a mountain with beautiful views over rhe province. The other bus will go off to the local handicraft centres (45 minutes by bus), there are silver and weaving industries in Ihe area. For those of you who would like to explore on your own, the second bus can drop you off back in Surin. 4.30pm Depart Prasat Him Phanom Rung for journey back to Surin 5.00pm Depan handicraft centres for trip back [Q Surin 6.00pm Thai buffet dinner prepared by Brilish Club staff at Surawittakarn School, full bar (using BC chits) available 7.45pm Move by bus to train station 8.25pm Trai n departs Surln for Bangkok SUNDAY 20 NOVEMBER 05.20am Train arrives Bangkok
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.adies - traditional Thai classic costume - if possible. stume" contest for children and a "Nang Noppamas" contest for ladies. avoid disappointment sign up now at Reception! Children's Sports Camp
19 - 23 December 1994
The British Club plans [0 run another activities camp at the Club for childrenbetween the ages of 9 - 15. The plan is [0 run the camp from 9.00am [0 1.00pm on Monday through [0 Friday. The activities will be tennis, squash, footba ll, cricket, rugby, aerobics, gym work, drama workshop, swimm ing and much more. The camp will be run by a PE teacher. We need 30 children [0 go ahead. The cost for members for the summer camp is B2,500 (inc!. mid morning snack)per child. Non members children will be taken if we have space at B3,000 per child . If you are interested please fill in the fOlm below and se nd [0 the Genera l Manager, David Viccars before 14 December 1994.
CHILDREN'S SPORTS CAMP
1) I would like [0 book ... .. places on the sports camp
2) The children's details are
Name M/F Age ......
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Name M/F Age ......
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3) Their particular imeresrs are:
4) Any other information we shou ld know (i.e. special medication, non·swimmer etc)
Member: Cl ub Number ......
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9 ) Management News
BUILDING PROJECTS CHILDREN'S WINTER SPORTS RECIPROCAL CLUBS November will see the start of a CAMP (19 - 23 DECEMBER) Further additions to our list of number of building projects designed After th e success of the Summer reciprocal Clubs: to improve the appearance of th e Sports Camp we will be repeating the 1. The Lansdowne Club of Lond on. Club, the facilities for members and programme in December. Located just by Green Park the administration of the Club. The camp is aimed at ch ildren underg round station the Club boasts Firstly a low level building will be between the ages of 9 and 1 5. The all the normal wining and dining constructed on the current rubbish dates will be from 19 to 23 facilities and 69 bedrooms. Likely to area, which will provide proper December, the timings will be as prove a very popular location for facilities for the Staff, incluied will be before, th at is from 9.00 am to overnight accommodation when showers, ablutions, changing rooms, 1.00 pm. in London! individual lockers, a rest room and a There will be the same range of dining area. sporting actiVities, including Tennis, MORE RECIPROCAL CLUBS Secondly a proper Workshops and Squash, Water Sports, Volleyball, 2 . The Roya l .lpoh Club of Ipoh, Stores complex will be constructed N etba ll, Cricket, Rounders, Soccer, Malaysia. All normal wining and alongside th e Clubhouse kitchen (in Rugby etc. dining facilities, bedrooms, normal betwee n the gap between the end of Cost will be Baht 2,500 per sports facilities. the Clubhouse and the School) . week per child and th ere will be food This in turn will mean that th e and drink provided. Ifwe have space 'temporary' workshops in the car we will take non membe rs children STAFF BONUS ) pari ca n be cleared. provided they attend as a guest of a Please remember that in acco rdance Lastly, the area by the back entrance membe r, cost in this instance will be with Club Rules (Rule 54 and Bylaw to the Clubhouse will be leve lled, the Baht 3,000 per child. 14.b) all members are cha rged two small stores there will be removed Fill in the proforma elsewhere in the months subscriptions in the month of and a proper, paved access onm the magazine if you are interested. December so as to pay the Staff th eir back lawn will be built. bonus. These extensive works will take in the GUY FAWKES order of 3 months to complete and 5 November will see Guy FawkesDay VISIT OF THE DUKE OF KENT - we apologise now for any being celebrated at the Club as usual. 18 OCTOBER inconvenience to members while the This year there will be stringent The list of guests for the visit to the work is on going. safety controls, please read th em and Club by the Duke of Kent was We must also thank Mr Maurice remember the code of conduct as approved by the Embassy, a general Lamb for all his hard work in printed elsewhere in [he magazine. invitation could not be given to all getting this work underway. members for security reaso ns, instead th e Duke's household speCified that h e wanted to me et PUBLIC TELEPHONES HAPPY HOUR businessmen/women representing the Members will hopefully have seen 1 November will see a change in the complete range of UK interests. that (at last! ) we have a public arran gements for 'Happy Hour' in Thus the membership computer tel ephone in the Clubhouse lobby the Churchill Bar. Currently 'Happy picked a list of names at rand om which can operate to mobile phones, Hour' is from 5.30 to 9.30p.m. on complying with the guidance from ) can call ' up country' and acts as Mondays, from 1 November 'Happy London. Apologies if you would mos t normal phones do! Hour' will be from 7.00 to 8.00 have liked to have been give n the p.m. Monday, Wednesday and chance to meet the Duke, but tile Friday. During this time Members computer failed to se lec( you! will be served two drinks for every NEW YEAR AT THE BC one they order, within the limitation This New Year will aga in see the BC FITNESS CENTRE STAFF that this applies only to soft drinks, take to the rive r for a dinner cruise. Du e to moves within the Company, beers, glasses of house wine and the We have a much large r, and newer(!) Club Performan ce Systems (who normal brands of pouring sp irits boat than last year, bur numbers are operace the Fitness Centre on our (Gin, Whisky, Vodka, Brandy and strictly limited. The book will be put behalf) have changed the staffing of Rum). This new 'Happy Hour' will out on Sunday 20 November so the gym. Khun Me, Khun Noi and run from 1 November to 1 please put your name down if you Khun Aye will be doing their best to December then the effectiveness will want to go. No telephone or fax carry on wh ere Khun Manop and be assessed and a decision made as to bookings can be taken for this very Khun Tak left off! future policy. popular event.
10 ) Management News
DUTY MANAGER SYSTEM THE 'NEW' LORDS FRIDAY NIGHT JACKPOT From I November we will be Many Members have already seen Following on from a cha nge of club trailing a Duty Manager system at the the Committee's proposal for policy the jVK Friday Night jackpot Club. There w1l1 be boards at both renovating Lords. The plan includes will stay at B5,000 each Friday Poolside and by Reception which will turnin g the room into a more relaxed night. The draw will be made at indicate who the manager on duty is. environment for chi ldren and 9.00pm and if your name come our The people on the rosta will be the providing a venue for family of the hat and you are on the Club GM, Khun Orasa (Catering entertaInment. If you have not prem ises at 9.00plll, you will get a Manager), Khun Sarakit already seen the plans please take a B5,000 credit on your account! Easy (Main tenance Manager) and Khun look at the display board by the money Novorat (Evening Supervisor). We Reception desk. will have pictures of these employees SWIMMING POOL RULES on the duty boards as well so as to I. Persons with infectious diseases LOY KRATONG ease recognition! The hours of work especially skin diseases, are not Please con't forget the Clu b's Loy for the Duty Manager will be 10.00 allowed to use the pool. Kratong Festival on Sunday 13 a.m. to 10.00 p.m., unless required 2. A shower must be taken before November. Trad itional Tha i to work late r. This scheme has been using the pool. ' dancing, splendid Thai buffet and devised so as to give Members a 3. Pressing down or Sitting on lane then the Kratongs set sail on the readily identifiable person to see in lines in the pool is not allowed. swimming poo l. A super event and the event of a problem, and to give 4. Swimming is not advised if the not to be missed! th e Duty Manager the necessary pool is unattended. authority to deal with other members 5. Any games or activities which may of staff. If the system works we ll lead to other Member's then it will become a permanent THANK YOU inconvenience are not all owed. feature of management at the Club. Thank you to joe Grunwell and his 6. Do not jump into the pool at the merry team of helpers for shallow end. organising the Sports Day. NEXT MONTH'S OUTPOST 7. No pushing in or running by the Watch this Outpost next month for pool edge. specia l Ch ri stmas Recipes, a report 8. Any accident must be reported to on the Rugby Ball including hundreds the Pool Supervisor immedia tely. of pictures (o .k. Joke!), a special Try to keep full details of the GUESS WHO THIS MEMBER IS Christmas Children's Corner and accident for the record. The October Member was jack many more interesting articles. 9. If you find any problem in the Dunford, recognised by Louise pool such as cracked or broken tiles Truslow and many ohers! then please report the damage to the The November mystery baby was Supervisor Kh un Chamnan. Terry Adams recogn ised by CHRISTMAS COVER OUTPOST Suphanee Pickup. A bottle of wine Can you design a special Christmas SIGNAL FLAGS AT POOLSIDE for both ladies sponsored by Alli ed cover for Outpost? We would like * Flags of different colours displayed Walker. one of the Members - or their on permanent flagpo les are used to chi ldren . to design a special indicate swimming conditions. Christmas Cover. Deadline I 2 A. Green Flag - Facility open for November - a prize is avai labl e. Send swimming entrees to Bea Grunwell or David B. Red Flag - Facility closed for • STOP PRESS • Viccars. Hurry, Hurry, Hurry!!! swimm in g The latest report on Khun Nopadon There must be hundreds of budding C. Yellow Flag - Reduced water Is much more encouraging. The artiSts, graphic designers out th ere, quality due to recent rains or plant Club recognised that his injuries were just waiting to be discovered. malfunction too severe for a country hospital to Outpost could be your chance! dea l with and th erefore moved him Last years cover was designed by the to Bangkok. He was diagnosed as FOOD PROMOTIONS Ed itor, you can paste, draw, paint, having a fractured skull and he has Thanks to the Novotel for making use the computer, get a littl e help also broke n a small bone at the top October so deliciously French! from your friends, do it as a class of his neck, he has had an operation December will see atraditional project ... only one condition and his head has been placed in a Christmas menu se lved in the make the I 4 day deadline! frame. The prognosis now is that he Clubhouse, wh il e in january we will may well make a full recovery. be offering an Indian Buffer menu co urtesy of Mrs. Balbir.
11 ) New Members
New Members Night of 3rd October was an evening of "chatty" prospective Members. Suzanne Partridge once again jumped in to help and managed to get round most people. Apologies to Hugh Baxter from Norsonsulut Telematics and Angelo Ferrer from EDS (Thailand) Ltd, who missed out being interviewed. Hopefully we'll catch up with you on a later date. Apologies once again for the photographs, I have dclded there must be a curse on the NMN photo session. This time we managed to stlcke roll of film in twice and ended up with a lovely selection of NM superimposed over the OIi1dren's Sports Day. We printed them anyway, so see if you can spot a new member.
Stephen Heaps is a M erchant Banker who works for Sch roders. He has been here for 2 wee ks and lived in London before. During our brief chat he sa id he thought he could enjoy most of what the BC has to offer. His imerests include cricket and soccer and he wo uld like to learn to pl ay tenn is. He use d to play squash and rugby bu t has give n th ese up for th e milder pursui ts in life . He views on Bangkok ... well he's only bee n here 10 minutes but he thinks he likes it. So rry, no photograp h, Stephen disappeared in among the children.
Graham and Annette Wheeler are from Australia and seem to have lived in just about eve ry big city th ere, Adelaide, Perth, Syney, M elbourne. This was followed by a 3 yea r stint in Pap ua N ew Guinea. After 8 weeks in Bangkok they feel ready for anything even travelling on motor bike ta xis wh ich th ey had to do to get to the Club in tim for NMN. Graham works for Berger Pa ints and his interests, which he shares with Annette, include golf, squash, game fishing an d scuba diving. Both are thoroughly enjoyin g Bangkok but hope the social pace slows down. )
David and Phillippa Kelham have just arrive d from the U K with their new baby girl Poppy. David works for Allied Walker and already see ms to be a we llknown face around the Club and the Ru gby Section. Apart from ru gby, David's interes ts in clud e medi eval chu rch architecture, ornathology, tenniS, th eatre, people an d pubs. Ph illippa is a keen sports wo man and enj oys reading and travelling. She used to absa il in the UK but finds th e sco pe for this in Bangkok somewhat limited. Both think th ey 'll enj oy Bangkok very much.
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. ) Brian and Susan Hutchinson were previously in Cairo and Norman McLeod works for Coopers and Lybrand and has have lived overseas fo r 20 years. Brian is the Corporate been here on and off for over a year. He enjoys golf, Bankin g Manager for Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. They ten nis, ru gby, swimming and snooker and wants to have been here a little over one year and de cid ed to join become involved with the 51. Andrew's Society. Always as their older son has now gone to boarding schoo l in the in for an unusual story Suzanne managed to get Norman UK, and th ey felt it would help their younge r son who to tell her abo ut the time he was bitten by the has fri ends whose parents are members. Brian said he is neighbour's gibbon, and he showed her th e scar. not very sporty but he's lookin g forward to using th e club Appa rently th e naughty ape escaped from his cage and socially. managed to savage Norman who had to have 2 stitches.
Paul March wo rks for Bangkok Exhibition Services and has Graham Smith has been here 2 weeks and says his family been here for one month. His wife Camilla and 2 sons, will arri ve in stages but will be up to fu ll strength by William an d Nicholas, will be joining him next month. He Easter. His interests inclu de bridge, badmiO[on, horse plans to be an active member of the tennis section. Brian ri ding and motor racing. He find s Bangkok fa scinating has spent the last 10 years travelling extensively and is and previously lived In Hamburg for 9 years. lookin g forward to being permanently based at last.
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Saturday November 12th 1994 From 9.00 am to 2.00 pm Showroom Furniture Sale
Only for British Club Members All kinds of furniture - Modern, classic, antique Sofas, chairs, beds, dining sets, lamps, fans and much more
As we leave this showroom space, we will sell below cost price to avoid transport costs to new showroom
Rare opportunity to get some nice pieces of furniture Please bring your B.C. Membership Card Credit cards Amex, Visa accepted as well as personal cheques
Address: ) Scanthai Home Furnishing Co Ltd, Asoke Towers 5th Floor 219/14-15 Sukhumvit 21 Road, Bangkok 10110 Ample parking Tel: 258 0450
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Brian Dawes works for lei and has been here 5 weeks. and is married. II at Parana Schoo l. He en joys eating, De sign drinking and swimming but says on the who le he is not sporty. He does however enjoy a game of bridge. This Typesetting is his first posting outside UK, although he has travelled extensive ly with J. C. J. Printing
MEMBERS LEAVING
Over the last few months we have had to bid farewell to a lot of members. We wish them all well in their new abodes and hope they'll enjoy it as much as they did Bangkok or more. Hope to catch up with you sometime in the future.
Anna Crawford, Andy Hunter, Graham and Hazel Spencer, Mr. Black, Rajiv and Jacqueline Goel, Eugene and Joy Robinson, John and Carol Coxon, Tim and Natalie Martin, W. and Mary Smith, John Call ourCUltO!lle rservia: depanmen{ and Ackey Hilles, Peter and Cheryl McCready, Mr. Mann, M. Smith, Graham and Lynda Hunt, Darryl AFPS (0" LID. and Maee Whiteley, Alan and Maelynn Ellard, H:kh ROOT, Manetr.! Center Building Arthur Sanderson, Mr. Bridal, Jonathan Morgan, 51815l1oenrnil Road Soon Inn and Kim Chwee Ho, Alfred and Irene Bangkok 10J3O ..____ .... m6510761·J~" 652071'1 Newton and John and Patricia Delves.
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NT NOTICE #'Ir IW. Please read for ~J ,?"9,4 Guy Fayjkes '! AT THE BRliE1SH ~~~~iII be CLOSED to all members until i.OOpm o~ Saturday 5 ~ovember. Jhen the~~ub ... i ..... op rb""ONLY members with Guy Fawkes ticketS will be allowed onto the premises.' Members of;W , the dub ~iII be in support ~f the security guardS'at all entrances onl'> the property so as to ensure.;;, compliance with this rule. This restriction is to ensure that we do not exceed the niJmbers we are licensed for ,for this event. . ; 'i;tC"~ 3. Children must be accompanied by their parents, odf in a group then the nominated 'adult in charge . "_ of their group must enter the Club and stay witlUhe Group at all times. : ,~~,,,,.~ 4. ABSOLUTELY NO FIREWORKS, OF ANY DESCRIPTION, CAN BE BROUGlh ONTO THE CLUB PREMISES BY ANY OTHER THAN THE CONTRACTORS. t.::'~ 5. There will be a~ ambulance on sit~ by the Silom Gate and there will be clearly marked First Aid posts on the backlawn and on the front car park. ' ',r.~F " 6. There will be a fire engine on site by \he temporary workshops with hoses deployed ready for use. - .; . 7. There will be fire posts established next to the' firsUaid posts around the Club grounds. There will also be a fire post dose to the point that'- the fireworks are ignited, with water and sand buckets and fire extinguishers. \ j , , , 'I ; . I : , : 8. There will be a fine Il]esh net up to a height 'of 15ft between the crowd and the firworks and a lower level rope to stop the crowd pressing against the net. , . -", \ 9. There will be nominated, stewards in 'bibs' to ' help control 'the crowd. t, ' . , 10. All access points onto the.front la\\lri wl" be, cI~sed off and 11)anned by stewards. , ,:' l , . • , II. All exits from the Club out clIlto ·Silom .and Surawong Roads wilibe lit, manned and opened during the display, ':/' i .' - \ , \ '-' \ J 2. There will be a 25m gapietween the fir~works and\ lle croWd. \ ./ 'j': ...... \, J 3. Spectators will be 'positioned with ··iiJeir. 'backs to the wi~'d. , ..... , - '. - , \/ " I I 16 ROLLER R THE COASTE RI NG For reasons too numerous to go into here, Asia's stockmarkets DI are known for the queasy feeling one gets in one's investments as the markets lurch to great heights only to drop with dizzy ing speed, but without monotonous regularity. It's not so difficult to make a profit on Asian stockmarkets, the truly tortuous part is clinging on to it. You need . .. • Realtime information. Access to hard data as it happens. • Strong administration because god is in the details. • To know where you're going, YOII need a strategy. Investors are seeking a greater return than bank rate but at minimal risk. Rea l returns which remain anchored as an in crement on investment not paper profits which are here to day - gone tomorrow. All this from hair-trigger markets. After five years of intense concentration on this region, a viable strategic pattern is emerging for World Portfolio. It's not just what you do in Asian markets ... it's also what you don't do. ~ Stay safely on deposit until market data says you can be reasonably confident of profits. <> Then invest. but as soon as profit hits 2 or 3 %, this is the time to consider going right back on deposit. <> Accept lost opportunities on deposit; don't be greedy and concentrate on minimising losses. <> Recognise that 2 or 3% gained on a regular basis and held, will beat big gains which are trashed by big losses. Thus inaction brings gains simply by cutting losses. In fact, intelligent gains of just 2 or 3% on (say) a monthly baSiS, net an annual return which will keep all parties happy. And reduce the Big Dipper to a gentler, kinder beast. Sounds fine, how does that pan out in practice? There's much more we would like to tell you about our investment strategy and how well it has been working for us W~LD and for our clients, but we'll leave that for next month. PORTFOLIO Independent Financial Advice Meantime, if you'd like more details about how we could 8th Fl., Manecya Center Bldg., manage your investment portfolio, at absolutely no 518/5 Ploenchit Road, obligation, with no unsolicited phone calls or unexpected Bangkok 10330. Thailand. visits, simply fax your business card to 652 0733. Tel: 6520730/1/2. Fax: 6520733 Or call Peter Downs on 652-0730/1/2 for more details. Tennis YOU WANT MATCHES? We got 'em all this month, home matches, away matches, touring sides, national sides, Chambers of Commerce, not to mention Graded Championship matches (finals: Sunday 27th), ladder matches, league matches ... you name it, we've got it. All this and more; don't forget the Charity Tournament on the I 3th in aid of Wheelchair Tennis. just as well the rainy season is officially over, huh? Told you it wou ld get silly on the LADDER MATCHES The other important Comm ittee run up to Xmas. To the chagrin Wittering is that, due to the or otherwise of the captains, here These changes are intended to calling of pastures new, Maurice . is the inter·port match sched as boost ladder challenges, and were will be resigning as Chainnan of far as we k'now as we know it for passed by your Committee in the section as of this month. At this month: September: time of writing, a successor has yet to be named, but it's Sunday 6th . 8am-1 pm 1. In the rare situation definitely going to be a tough act British v Gennan Chambers of where the first ten active to follow. The amount of time Commerce players above you are all and the attention to detail that men, those women shy Maurice has dedicated towards Saturday 19th 2pm·6pm of challenging members organising the numerous events Away match v Royal Thai Navy of the opposite sex are and making the Section Sunday 20th 8am·l pm now allowed to challenge participating has been Visiting side: Penang Sports Club the first two active ladies tremendous, and a large, social above them, however far and active membership bears up the ladder these two testimony to this, On behalf of The second·Sunday bash in may be. the Committee I would like to November is the Charity thank Maurice for all his hard Tournament on the 13th, and 2. Match format: in work over this past year and a this year all proceeds are response to queries, the half, and all the very best in his eannarked for Wheelchair Tennis, Committee has agreed new assignment. a worthy and relevant cause that a ladder match may indeed. Just turn up at 2pm consist of a three·setter Onto the reports: (amazing how many people still if· and only if· mutually turn up at 3pm every second agreeable to both players JUNIORS ROUND ROBIN - Sunday), and the event will be beforehand. If there is 4TH SEPTEMBER followed by a buffet meal. The any dispute, however, Now given that children's junior Round Robin is on the standard pro-set coaching attendances average 54 Sunday 6th, with a 9am prompt (first to 9, tie-break at kids, what happened here? start please. The Pennant League 8-8) MUST be played. Whatever, the two participants has introduced a mixed double battled it out over a pro-set, with league as well as the ladies However, if you see the dismal David lindsey overcoming doubles ... what monster hath perfonnance in the leagues Courtney Williams 9-4 after been created here?! Matthijs also below, I fear that these several deuce-games. Well done, kicks off another Paradise adjustments will not be enough David. Hope to see more of you coaching sesh this month. last and a complete rethink is in lot now that school is upon us but not least, the Graded order. However, the contents of again. Champs finals will be on Sunday this columns are not necessarily 27th, book your ringside seat in those of the management, so HANDICAP TOURNEY - the sala now. Booking courts wil l they say. I 1 SEPTEMBER certainly be a jolly jape this Cancelled due to last-second lack month; so get stickin' den stickers of organisers. Sorry, and good luck! ( ) 18 ) Tennis HOME MATCH V MOO enjoyable morning of tennis, this, photo. The match where the BAAN PANYA - with several of our flock only player to win both of their 18TH SEPTEMBER swapping sides 10 make up the games was Pat - a deserved pat numbers. Our team comprised: (Har!) on the back there. Did Alessandra, Anki, Bruce, Gaynor, you know that in their le!!er to Gisi, jaree, joy, Les, Malcolm us the CSC infornled us that they (visiting!), Maurice, Mike W, would be sending a 'weak' team? Oud and Roger, whereas Bernie We lost 12-4. In the oft-quoted and joan Adams, Colin Monk words of the Trinkman, any and later Les Ellio(( played for t' comment would be superfluous. other side. Linda (and therefore james) Young and Shelagh both AWAY MATCH V SILOM I us, have excuses for playing for the CLUB 21 ST AUGUST in front of an average sized Panya house opposition - they teach at the skool, so I'll let them off. A rather impromptu match Anyway, we won 13-5; a against a housing estate (an refreshing change or what? As upmarket one, mind) arranged I Gisi commented at the delicious believe by Surin. A close one - new-food buffet, we'll invite OK, we lost, but only by 13- I 0, them back again! Prophetic hardly our usual score, and many quote of the day from james good games were played all Young, having just lost the first round. A mixed bag of match: "And I used 10 think it standards; their lOp players must was the British Club who couldn't have been pre((y good - players win a match - I've found out that The SHorn Club army after thrashing us AGAIN! like Surin and Chalatip, james it's me who can'c win anything. 11 Young, Mahmoud and David I. I am pleased to report that the all ge((ing beaten early on teachers spotted the deliberate The one that got away; I don't whereas later mixed pairings spelling mistake in the name of know how, but this was (with th ese players and others) the school on the announcement completely omi!!ed from last fared much be((er. All enjoyed banner "" just testing! month's rag, apologies 10 the the buffet. players involved. Despite the CHINESE SWIMMING CLUB strong team field ed, we lost 16- HOME MATCH V. BANGKOK 7TH AUGUST 5, with only one match (between PATANA SCHOOL Henry and Mahmoud and 25TH SEPTEMBER Tonamsak and Pramuan) being really close score-wise. Sigh. What do we do wrong? For a change, most of the matches won were men's doubles (mind you, most of the matches played were men's doubles -G), and Mahmoud gelS the round of applause as the only winner of Th e Chinese Swimming Club of Singapore two matches. A good day around on tour ... with Dave savouring that plate! the corner from our own Club, "Just wait until we see your kids on but the superior strength of the Monday" - Parana school de facto captain Silom boys lives on. graciously acceplS a consolation plaque An extra bit on the back of October's report on this one, 10 Yet again, another blank list of We won!! A laid back and explain the accompanying (late) winners on the ladder draw due 19 Tennis ) to absolutely no relevant matches complete league worry, it's not the beer; played (with the singles league Alessandra and young'un are being once every three months it What's going on out there? staying put until the end of the does kind of reduce the Methinks a drastic overhaul is year, hence his trips back here frequency of ladder activities I well overdue, keep eyes tuned for for tile time being. Hope all is guess). Jackpot on the B500 the next instalment in going well for him in Jakarta. draw for Henry. December's ish. Quote of the month, and I am As for the league, ah yes, that honestly not making this up nor tragi-comedy episode. The taking it out of context, it is from single-sex doubles leagues running Dawn Monk, who sidled into the July through August were as sala one afternoon and said: follows: "Hello Robert, you've got clothes on!" Nudge is as good as a wink LADIES to a blind bat, eh? Kaye Stannard and Julia Freeman (I may have mentioned this Yo, bros before somewhere - G) Typical apres-match nosh-up, Me MENS DlV I XXX Steve Goode and Bruce Gordon - only by virtue of the 'fact that Other news; we have now they- played one measly match restocked in the kit department, and won it; no other matches including wristbands at long last! P.s. This month's silly section: were played. Do we even count Also have the usual section shirts, Where does the expression 'pro this as a victory? skirts, badges, towels, visors, etc. set' come from? I always thought Roll up while stocks last. it meant 'professional set', yet if MENS DIV 2 you think about it, you never see Chris Aspden and John Sands (all For the skinflints, ye olde Aertex professionals play sets of the first matches played) tops still available for the to 9 games; well, not on the telly laughable price of B50. I watch . My guess is that the Think Div I result was bad? 'pro' stands for 'prolonged', Read on for the singles league for Next month I'll hopefully get a which would be more accurate. August September: report on the replacement However, if you think you know October holiday weekend at that better ... all answers on a scrap Div I - Bruno, the only person in old haunt, the Royal Cliff in of paper to the Tennis pigeon that league to play 2 matches Pattaya. Devils for punisllment hole; most original answer gets a Div 2 - Fabien Lefebure (a good down there, eh? And this time Blue Peter badge (or a drink) and result in a complete league) the schedule definitely had no their name in this esteemed Div 3 - No matches played buffet or pizzas ear1l1arked ... column. Div 4 - No one particular winner There was also the Sports Day; here, although I'll give this to Gisi likewise I didn't have details of as a moral victory - she was the this moved date for the last issue, only one to organise all three hopefully reports/pics next matches, even if she lost all three month. (and therefore everyone else got a score of 9) Social news: Clive Tilby now lives Div 5 - cancelled early due to in Jakarta ... but if you think lack of interest you've been seeing him around Div 6 - Newcomer Sanny Bayet - an awful lot for someone who after a better but still not doesn't live here any more, don't I ) 20 Cricket The Gicket season is fast approaching, in fact faster than one of Joe Barker Bennen's famous outswingers - now that's quick!!!! The season will begin during November with the Royal Bangkok Sports Club's Sixes Competition and league games will commence in early December - we hope! Cricket Section receiving 3rd prize at the Inter Section Sports Day_ To kick things off though, the Cricket Section held their magic will wear off on his team mates AGM/Devon Malcolm Appreciation Society Dinner on Monday PAV'S CAPTAINS - Frank Hough/David lamb 19 September and as usual a huge crowd was in attendance - What a great duo - these guys rekindle memories of many great well to watch big revving Devon destroy the South Africans in partnerships' Laurel and Hardy, Cagney and Lacy, Tweedle a Dennis Lillee like display in England. The AGM in Fact Dee and Tweedle Dum and Sill and Sen attracted a record breaking 9 diehards. The meeting went as TCl REP - Adam Cam smooth as a Frank Hough stumping, with the usual discussions What can I say, just a great all rounder in the mould of pruce on the season passed, the season ahead and who wants another Reid, but bats like Devon Malcolm Carlsberg. TOURS - Joe Barker-Bennett Chief! CHief! What to do? Hopefully tours are not as wide as After much discussion on whether Devon's bowling action was his bowling othelwise we may just end up on Mars for next legal, or whether Devon was in fact that superstar of all sports . year's Chiang Mai Sixes! Definetely a legend In his own lunch Joe Barker-Bradman-Bennett. A new Committee was voted in. box. Oh, before one forgets if anybody knows of a night to Calcu.tta OUTPOST SCRIBE - Richie Benaud from Bangkok, departing on a Friday evening and returmng Super bowling that - in fact marvelous Australian team Sunday evening, please contact Mr. Barker-Bennett at performance all round" Richie can be heard saying this regularly Hongkong Sank. during an Ashes series Anyway, the Committee and Captains for the 1994/1995 So for all those interested in playing for the BC/Paviliionaires season will be: this season, please get along to nets which will begin very soon indeed. On Sunday November 6 at about 2pm and then CHAIRMAN - Dr_ Nick White Wednesday 9 November at 7.00pm to make use of the Quick bowler and smashing bridge player wonderful lights provided at the close of last season. SECRETARY - Peter Roebuck Portly opening batsman and nothing like his namesake The format for the two leagues is: TREASURER - Frank Hough PAV's - 25 Over Games on Saturdays, either in the morning Genuine allround cricket genius who keeps wicket a lot better or afternoon than he keeps the books! BC - 5D Over Games on Sundays - all day BC CAPTAIN - Peter Young The same height as Brian Lara - the similarities Stop there but Thanks for joining us, Richie Benaud has had extenisve experience playing in Africa - sponsored by SaFari BC VICE CAPTAIN - Brian 'Sparldes"Diamond Richie Benaud An Aussie, obviously can play and hopefully [hat down under Cricket Section Scribe II 21 ) Golf MATCH VERSUS SCANDINAVIANS SEPTEMBER 25, 1994 The annual match against the Scandinavians took place at Bangpoo, sponsored once again most generously by SWEDISH MOTORS. Several of our regular players were still on home leave, so we were a little understrength but even so the result was very close. The format was a pairs competition with Ryder-Cup style scoring for the team event, and although all of our pairs were under par for their net scores, the Scandinavians were able to squeeze through and win back the Volvo Cup by 4 point to 3. The winners of the pairs prizes were: I st Niels Clausen and Jorgen Jorgenson ) Nett 57 2nd Erki Savolinen and Roland Fisk Nett 58 (c/b) 3rd Sverre Haug and Bjoern Aaslund Nett 58 4th Eric Hudson and Mike Baker Nett 59 The Scandinavians also made off with most of the technical prizes, but Eric Hudson was able to get something for the home team by winning the long drive. ) Our own Mike Baker and Eric Hudson pi cking up 4th Prize. ATTENTION : Recent new Members of the British Club who are interested in joining the Golf Section, please contact our Secretary, Lavita Hughes on 259 3617 or our Treasurer, Mike Poustie, 679 7614 (0) or 285 6172 (H) . Regardless of your standard of golf you are most welcome. ( J 22 BCLG CATHAY CUP - BCGS vs BCLG Sponsored by CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS On Sunday September I I, 1994 the An nual Competition hosted by B.C.G.S. was held at Bangkapong. The format for the competition was Stableford, with the higher total of 10 scores from each team winning the Cup. For the past three years the Cup was held by the B.C.L.G. Last year our team only managed to win by a very slim margin. This year, however, the B.C.G.S. played extremely well to win the CATHAY CUP with a whopping 57 point lead. After golf, B.C.G.S. treated B.C.L.G. to dinner at the Bua Restaurant. To compliment the dinner, wine was supp li ed by , 't Gerry Fisher. Eric Hudson was under the weather hence unable to play, so the CATHAY CUP was presented by Barbara Wehrle to acting captain Ougal Forrest who took great delight in accepting the trophy on behalf of B.C.G.S. The major prizes · return tickets Bangkok· Colombo· were won by Gerry Fisher with 40 Stableford points and B.C.L.G.'s Gill Hough with 39. The runners up were presented with jackets; Brian Hughes 37, Graham Hunt 36, Angela Poustie 36, Neil Buttery 35, Dugal Forrest 35, Mike Poustie 35. Long Drives; Men· Russell Morgan, Ladies· Rita Hadorn . Our sincere thanks to CATHAY PACIFIC for their generosity and continued support and to my fellow Canadian Gerry Fisher for the wine. Congratulations to the B.C.G.S. and thanks a mill ion for a great day. PS. Please keep the trophy polished and if served a glass of 'Barbe d'Or' vintage before tee off next year, we might just take the Cup back. .=- ) CUMBRIA CUP - September 13 Sponsored by Graham Hunt The event was a great success, with 18 ladies competing for the beautiful Cumbria Cup named after the collnty in the U.K. where Graham was born. Play was at Muang Ake. We were delighted to have both Graham and Lynda join us as they are leaving Thailand at the end of September. The prizes were presented by Graham to the following winners; 1. Low Gross · Gui Yong 71 2. Long Drives: Gui Yong, Barbara, Lorna Low Net · Margaret 72 clb Runners Up · Lorna net 72, Gill net 75 3. Near Pins: Gill (2), Joke, Livia Judi net 75 clb Ade, Vera A SINCERE 'THANK YOU' TO GRAHAM FOR HIS GENEROUS SUPPORT i) 23 CALENDAR BRITISH CLUB SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR ) Ladies Golf 6-8am Early Bird Tennis Mix In Rugby training I Friendly Bridge Aerobics Badminton 1 Football Training Squash Coaching Squash Mix In I Gentlemens Spoof Tennis Mix In J Happy Hour ladies Tennis 7am Ladies Golf Early Bird Tennis Mix In Rugby training BWG Mahjong Bpm Friendly Bridge Aerobics Badminton Squash Coaching 7-9pm Football Training Squash Coaching Squash Mix In Happy Hour 9pm Gentlemens Spoof Tennis Mix In J Badminton Happy Hour Tennis Top 20 Training Cricket Nets Practice New Members Night St Andrews Practice ladies Tennis 7am ladies Golf Early Bird Tennis Mix In -9pm Rugby training I BWG Mahjong Bpm Friendly Bfidge Aerobics -9pm Badminton Squash Coaching 7-9pm Football Training Squash Coaching 9pm Squash Mix In Happy Hour 9pm Gentlemens Spoof Tennis Mix In J' Badminton Happy Hour Be p Tennis Top 20 Training St Andrews Practice Ladies Tennis Ladies Golf Early Bird Tennis Mix In 7- 9pm Rugby training A BWG Mahjong Friendly Bridge Aerobics 17 __ Q"m Badminton T Squash Coaching Football Training Squash Coaching 6- 9pm Squash Mix In I Happy Hour Gentlemens Spoof Tennis Mix In J1 Badminton Happy Hour Tennis Top 20 Training Military Band Display St Andrews Practice Ladies Tennis ladies Golf Early Bird Te nnis Mix In BWG Mahjong Friendly Bridge Aerobics Squash Coaching Footba1l Training Squash Coaching Happy Hour Gentlemens Spoof Tennis Mix In Badminton Happy Hour Tennis Top 20 Training OPENING TIMES VENUES SPORTS SPC Contact the fol 10am - 11 pm CHURCHILL BAR ALL EVENTS ARE AT BC EXCEPT: BADMINTON C RICKET 11 .3cam - 2pm LORDS REST. LUNCH CASUALS FOOTBALL - BANGKOK PATANA SCHOOL GOLF RUGBY 6- 11pm LORDS REST. DINNER BADMINTON (SUNDAYS) - NR BANGRAK POLICE ST. SQUASH SOCCER 7.30am - 10pm POOLSIDE BAR GOLF - AS ADVERTISED TENNIS Sam - 9pm FITNESS CENTRE MON/SAT RUGBY MATCHES - AS ADVERTISED NON BC SP( 9am - 9pm FITNESS CENTRE·S UN/HOLS LADIES GOLF LlGIT LADIES ( 9am - 5pm THAI MASSAGE EVERY DAY EXCEPT MON HOCKEY ) 24 NOVEMBER 1994 6 CLUB CLOSED UNTIL 2PM 11am-1pm Badminlon Guy Fawkes Ce,let>r8tionsI9- 11am Childrens Round Robin Fireworks Display Bam- 1 pm British v German Chambers of Commerce 2pm Cricket Nets P".etiee 5- 7pm Childrens Video 8 - lOam Childrens Tennis 11am-lpm Badminton Coaching 1am Childrens Round 10- 12am Adult Tennis Coaching Tennis Charily 4.30pm Casuals Football Tournament Squash Tony Austin Cup Finals Childrens Video 5pm Loy Kratong Celebrations 1:;'lu,.. n Tony Austin Cup Finals 8- 10am Childrens Tennis 11 am- l pm Badminton Coaching 1am Childrens Round 10- 12am Adult Tennis Coaching Tennis Mix In i 2pm-6pm Tennis Away Royal Tennis Visit Thai Navy Penang Sports Casuals Football Childrens Video EI"Dlha,nt Round up SUfin Be Party Return SUfin Ploenchit Fair Book opens for signing up • River Cruise erobics Childrens Tennis 11 am -1 pm Badminton ~nnis Coaching Coaching Childrens Round Robin -Jappy Hour Adult Tennis C""eh,ing I3 - 6Ipm Tennis Graded 'K Lucky Draw Casuals Football Champ. Finals Childrens Video .RTS SPORTS ...... DON'T FORGET ...... owing to joina Section: DECEMBER DIARY DATES David Overington 3120100 Peter Young 6797644 SIGN UP FOR THE NEW YEARS CRUISE Lavita Hughes 2593617 Joe Grunwell 2620220 XMAS FAIR 3 - 4 DECEMBER Barbara Overington 2587306 Peter Rodgers 2400678 XMAS BALL 17 DECEMBER Maurice Lamb 2724530 CHIWRENS XMAS PARTY 20 DEC ~TS lCLG Wil Agerbeek 2597019 CAROLS ON THE LAWN 20 DEC iOLF Eileen Cook 287 3605 Lois Carson 258 5295 CHRISTMAS CAMP OUT 28 DEC Read all about it In next months Outpost )) 25 ,) Badminton UNOCAL MATCH - SUNDAY 20th NOVEMBER This time it's the real thing, fellow-swatters, so mark this date in your diaries: it's the Match of the Month and it promises to be another closely-fought one. In a bid to get organised, please let someone on the Committee know whether you will be available. Following our 'trial run' for this match back in the heady days of July, for once we have an idea of what sort of opposition we're facing here, so there's no excuse for not putting out a reasonable squad against them. For those who were on leave and haven't read September's Outpost (and why not? - G), we only narrowly lost 6-4 to this group in July, so anything is possible this time. Do us a mega-favour, save Wanna and I the phone bill of ringing around everyone and tell us if you can play please! Thing I'm most interested in is who will Alex and Stephen represent in this one? AMERICAN TOURNAMENT - I 8th September I can only assume that the morning dawned bright and sunny again coz unfortunately I overslept and was a little late arriving. However, having bought the prizes at 2am the previous night (thank the stars for a 24-hour Foodland in Patpong!) I was determined to go ahead with it, and the ensuing competition .J justified this. Luckily there was an even number of players, so everyone was paired up and on court doing battle PDQ. The results of the day read something like this: I. Peter Tinker and Henry 60 points - CHAMPS! 2. Wanna and Kosol 55 points 2. Gaynor and Anant 55 points 4. Barry and David 32 points 5. Katy and Stephen 28 points . CHUMPS! t ) 26 Badminton A few close games among this lot, amazing what a little injection of competitiveness does to your play - both positive and negative effects. Despite Barry's great sense of foreboding he didn't actually come last. Despite being half-asleep, neither did I. Instead, the father and daughter team of Henry and Katy ended up 'winning' the prizes of tins of biccies - one for the winner, the other the booby prize! Congratulations to Peter and Henry for pulling this one off, but boy was it a close race for second place. As previously, methinks the American format spiced up an ordinary Sunday mix-in session, although next time the partnerships will be chosen on a more random basis - especially seeing as the only couple who actually expressed a wish to play together came last! By the way, "next time" will probably be the third Sunday in January, due to everyone being away at odd times during December, although keep your eyes peeled for next month's Outpost, you never know what might happen 'round here. Next month you will be able to read the report about the Ciba Cup, and possibly also a report on the Sports Day (gawd help us!), which was shifted back a couple of weeks from September to October. Talking of which, where were all those commando-types I asked for? No section gossip this month, boring lot. Come on now, do something outrageous that I can get a , I photo oft Otherwise, until December. Lek Farang XXX GAYNOR-GUIDE TO BADMINTON THE 'INS' AND 'OUTS' EXPLAINED The first rule relating to faults (Rule No. 14) in ye hallowed Rules of Badminton says, and I quote: • A f.mlt made by a player of the side which is 'in' puts the server 'out'; if made by a player whose side is 'out' it counts as a point to the 'in' side. " I would love to see this translated into Thai, because native English-speakers themselves have enough trouble with this sort of phraseology (read: gobbledegook), however literally correct it may be. So for those people who are normally scared of the fine print, those non-native English-speakers and those of a nervous disposition, here goes with the first-ever Gaynor-Guide simplistic Rules of Badminton. Hope this helps: I. The basic rule is that you must aim to stay 'in' for as long as possible. This means, obviously, that you've got to avoid putting it out for as long as possible. 2. The initial 'getting In' Is the first hurdle in this game, and depends completely on the toss. If you're 'in' first, and you cock it up and put it out, you are put 'out' straight away. This often puts players olit. 3. During the game, if you are put 'out', you must get it in twice in order to get 'in' again. 4. If you're on the 'out'side and you put it out, you stay put on the 'out'side and they're still 'in'. 5. If you keep it in (or they put it out) when you're 'in', you stay 'in'. You get a point for this. 6. Of course, if you're on the 'in'slde and you put it out, you may still be 'in'. It depends on who was doing what last. Clear as mud. 27 Squash ) This month, a rerum to the fundamentals. Just how do you play a game of squash in n Bangkok? In other, shall we say n more normal parts of the planet, this question would be redundant. You just get a partner, to go to a squash court and .... play squash. In our fair city, of course, things are never so straightforward. Firstly, there's the problem of Duke, has at least survived to the succession your partner twists his actually getting a message through to ripe old age of 25 - no mean feat in ankle and your dodgy knee gives out your intended victim, ah sorry, his line of business. again. And we do all this in the partner, to arrange the said game. Finally, always accept the proposed name of pleasure and relaxation!! As the number of Thai secretaries price for the journey. Never who have actually heard of bargain. The last thing you want Now for some information on recent something called "squash" is zero, piloting your way through the games, gratefully received from the chances of any coherent message mayhem is a pissed-off maniac, who Barbara and Paull being passed to a prospective partner thinks you should be paying him are slim indeed. Naturally, the twenty baht more than he's actually The Handicap Championship and prospective partner can never getting. Plate actually be spoken to directly, as And so you arrive at the British Club they are either caught somewhere in with five minutes to spare, shell Semi Finals Handicap Championship traffic, or as one secretary once shocked, coughing pollutants, Chris Platt bt Uwe Wancke 2-1 ingeniously told me: "in the toilet". drenched in sweat and with eye-fulls David Bryant bt Tom Livingston 2-0 Well, there is nothing like being of grit. truthful about your boss's Naturally, you've forgotten your Semi Finals Plate whereabouts. new "what a terrible photograph of Colin Eversden bt Mike Dwight 2-0 The next problem is getting to the me" membership card, and even Phil Hall bt Mike Weekes 2 -I British Club at the appointed hour to though you've been a member of play the game itself. Of course, as the Club for eighteen years, there's Finals - Plate you embark on the journey, a sea of no way the gi rls are going to rent Colin bt Phil 3-0 immobile, fume-belching vehicles are you a towel. stuck in front of your office, and for You rush to the changing rooms to Championship as far as the eye can see. The only wash the grit frolll your eyes. As it After Chris downed a glass of recourse is riding the dreaded happens, the lack of a towel isn't Alkaseltza, he proclaimed himself fit motorcycle taxi - an activity about as going to be such a problem after all and went on court with David healthy as leering over a ... as the water's off. suffering from a long night. What a "Penthouse t1 centrefoJd, in the midst You hurriedly change, realising that pair of finaliSts! Chris won 3-0 of an Australian feminists' you've forgotten your sport socks, so (21-13,21-12,21-17). We did convention. your already sweaty black business consider testing the contents of There are only three rules I can socks will have to do. Chris's glass after the game! ) suggest for surviving Bangkok's Finally, you enter the fetid cauldron motorcycle taxis. Fi rstly, wear a of the squash court, in which lazy crash hat. And not one of those ceiling fans are barely moving the 5 BRITISH CLUB SQUASH silly, spray-painted construction degree centigrade air . Your partner WEEKEND workers' helmets, with no chin strap . is si[{ing in one corner of the court, Admittedly, you'll probably catch sobbing quietly. He'd decided to PATTAYA 24125 SEPTEMBER hat lice, hut better that than take the car and driver, which he AMBASSADOR CITY - jOMTIEN head butting the concrete. then had to abandon at the top of Secondly, select an older-looking Silom and hoof it. You conduct a Attended by I 2 squash players of all driver, i.e. one of about 25, rather heated (literally) debate about standards and some family members. than one of those teenage ninja whether to bother playing at all, or A team round robin was organised. mutant, headbangers with a little just give up and head for the American scoring one game up to brown bottle of Red Bull up their Churchill Bar. Eventually you 21. noses. Such a driver, although still a endure forty minutes of sweat maniac, who thinks he is Geoff soaked torture, until in quick ( ) 28 Squash T oral points scored 9.00pm To Pattaya for nigh t li fe PLEASE NOTE THAT: expos ure I. There will be no more Hyers sent TEAM A to the squash members about the Paul T, Tom L, Betty M 497 I 1.00pm Re turn to Hotel (most) leagues or up-coming events. To TEAMB enter the leagues sign the sheets in David ), Phil H, Richard P 503 Sunday AM Lazy Breakfast the folder at court I or ring Paul TEAMC Some to play squas h Taylor. If he is not available ring Marvyn L, Howard R, Most to Beach Pool for R& R any committee member, a list is on )ongkanee M 522 Sunday PM Trave l back to Bangkok the notice board. Upcoming events TEAM 0 will be advertised in the Outpost, on Dave B, Lek, Pep 459 the Notice Board courtside, and on HIGHLIGHTS: the squash notice board in the club Winning team, Team C with 522 • Betty M beat Dave B (his house. points. on ly defeat) 2. The squash coaching fee will be raised from Baht 125 to Baht 150 * Richard P pulled muscle in per half hour from 1st January, SCHEDULE open in g game but carried on 1995. 3. A misprint in the monthly club Some people arrived on Friday • Marvyn Lewis (captain of calendar - the mix-in is only the first evening, but th e majority were th ere winning team was heard {Q say: Sunday of every month. on Saturday for a 10.00am . "This is the first time I've ever wo n Don't forget the Tony A ustin Cup - 3.00pm non stop squash playing anything at squash. " the Club's veterans over 45 extravaganza with a total of 9 ga mes. co mpetition will be held in October * )ongkanee highest sco re of and November, with the finals ove r 3.00 . 6.00pm Light refreshments th e day despite suffering from bad the weekend of November 12th and around beach pool cra mp 13th. Finally, we welcome David Turner to 6.00pm Ablutions • Both Lek and Pep (he squas h committee . play ingfi rst co mpetiti ve sq uash 7.00pm To )omtien bea ch for Happy squas hing, seafood meal * Dave B arrived fresh from the previous day's victory for over Barry Daniel 45's at the Polo Club 29 ) St. Andrews Ball What has come to be accepted as one of the social highligh" of the year, the St. Andrews Ball, takes place on the 25th November 1994 at the Dusit Thani Hotel. This is the I04th Ball and the 25th held at the Dusit Thani where Dan McCafferty, Khun Narit and their staff provide excellent service through the night. The well proven format will be utilised again, namely Scottish food and drink combined with a Live Scottish Country Dance Band and the undoubted highlight of the evening; the Pipes and Drummers. The Criag McCallum Scottish Country Dance Band will entertain us for a second time. Craig and his wife Hazel along with Duncan Henderson, Tom Murray and Alison Cairel are looking forward to another marathon session and meeting up with the many friends they made last year. The major change, however, is the debut performance in Asia of the Pipes and Drums of the I st Royal Tank Regil11ent under Pipe Major R.E. Hunter and by kind perl11ission of Pipe President Major CM Pelling. With our old friends the I st and 2nd Butterlian Sco" Guards al11algal11ated and serving in Northern Ireland, a change was necessary and we are very fortunate to have persuaded Club Manager David Viccar's old regiment to accept the cha llenge. I listened to a tape of their which was very good. It was only a half·track however ~ think about it. Thanks must go to John -Longman and Stuart Hawkins at the British Embassy for ass istance with the band appearance. A brief history of the Band and the Tank Regiment will undoubtedly be of interest to l11any of the readers of Outpost who will be attending and thanks must aga in go to David Vicca rs for his major input into this. The Pipes and Drums were founded in 1973 on the orders of the Commanding Officer of the Fourth Royal Tank Regiment, Lt. Col. L.A. New, since the Regil11ent recruited its soldiers frol11 Scotland. Sgt P W Elder formerly of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards was the first Pipe Major and he used a mixture of Pipers and Drummers from other Regiments and learner players frol11 within the Fourth to form the Band. In 1972, the Fourth had been granted the unique privilege of wearing the Hunting Tartan of the Roses of Kilravock by Miss Elizabeth Rose, present Baroness of Kilravock and Clan Chief. The Pipes and Drul11s grew from strength to strength and have played in the United States of America, Canada, the former Soviet Union, Europe and are no strangers LO Scandinavia, having performed many times in both Sweden and Denmark. In Scotland, the Pipes and Drums have enjoyed a healthy reputation both on the cOl11petition circuit and as regular performers at the Edinburgh MilitalY Tattoo. On the amalgamation of the First and Fourth Royal Tank Regimen" in 1993, the traditions of th e Pipes and Drums were carried fOlWard to the new Regiment. Now, with the active support of the new Commanding OHicer, Lt Co l P Gilchrist, Pipe Major R E Hunter is rebuilding the Band. ) The Pipes and Drums of the First are not established, they receive no official funding and are consequently the only wholly private Pipe Band in th e British Army. As such, every musician is a fully trained tank crewl11an and devotes a large proportion of his time to training for his war role. 1st ROYAL TANK REGIMENT I st Royal Tank Regim ent came into being as 'A' Company, the Heavy Branch Ma ch ine Gun Corps, which was formed at Elvedon in Norfolk in May 19 I 6. The Company crossed to France in October 19 I 6 and in Ju ly 1917 it expanded to become 'A' Battalion Tank Corps, cOl11l11anded by Co lonel Sir Hugh Elles. . The Battalion took part in the battle of Call1brai on 20 Novel11ber 1917 and on th e 24 April 19 I 8 emerged victorious from {he first ever tank·versus-tank battle. ( ) 30 St. Andrews Ball When the cavalry regi ments were mechanised in 1939, the Royal Armoured Corps was bo rn and at the same time the Roya l Tan k Corps was renamed the Roya l Tank Regiment. The outbreak of the war found . th e First in Egypt as part of the 'Mobile Division Egypt', which was to become 7th Armoured Division (The Desert Rats ). Th e Regiment took part in the ea rly frontier battles against th e Italians and in Wavell's 1940 offensive. In reaction to Rommel's first offensive, the Regiment hasten ed into T ob ruk where it remained throughout the siege. It then took part in the battles of Knightsbridge and Alamein and advanced with the 8th Army all the way to Tunis and then onto Italy. As part of the 7th Armoured Division I RTR landed In France in June 1944 and fought its way across Eu rope, fin ishing the War in Northern Germany. The post wa r years saw the Regim ent based either in UK or BAOR, including 2 emerge ncy tours in North ern Ireland in the early 1970's. Squadrons also se lved in Cyprus and Hong Kong, the latter being the last time an armoured re gim enc served in the Far East. In 1976 the First came togethe r once more as an armoured reconnai ssa nce regiment in Herford, West Germany. It fulfilled this role until moving to the RAC Centre at Bovington in 1982 where it served for 2 yea rs with one squadron detached to Cyprus. In 1984 the First returned to BAOR to rejoin 22nd Armoured Brigade, with whom it had served in the Western Desert, as part of the 1st Armoured Division. The Parade on I st October 1993 celeb rated the Amalgamation of the First and Fourth Royal Tank Regiments. However, the First, Fourth, Seventh and Ei ght Royal Tank Regiments are all represented in the new Regiments by AI D, G and H Squadrons. The vehicles of each Squadron now bear so me of the names of those old Regiments whilst Reece Troop 's vehicles co mmemora te our VC and GC win ners and Command Troop 's our ramo us Generals. In addition the new First Royal Tank Regiment retains the Red Lanyard of the old First and th e Chinese Eyes of the old Fourth which are painted on all 'A' ve hi cles . The Band of the Pipes and Drums from the old 4RTR is also retained maintaining the Scottish influence, these soldiers are recruited rrom with in the unit and are all crewmen in their own ri ght. The Regiment will celebrate T obruk as one of its princi pal battle honours beca use all four Regiments were heavily involved there during the Desert War. 4TH ROYAL TANK REGIMENT The early Fourth originated from 'D' Battalion of the Tank Co rps which fought at Ypres, Cambral - the nrst notable tank battle - and in may other operations in 1917 and 19 18. Disband ed in 1918 and reformed in February 1920, the Regim ent remained in England un til 21 September 1939 when, equipped with the Infantry Tank, it join ed the BEF in France. III 1940 the Fourth and th e Seventh took part in the famous A rras counter-atta ck which reputedly bought enough time to undertake th e evacuati on of the BEF from Dunkirk. In November 1940 'B' Squadron sa il ed for the Middle East to join the Eritrean Campaign. The Regim ent th en re-united in the Wes tern Desert and fou ght at Tobruk in 1941 and 1942, initially alongside 'D' Squadron of th e Seventh and later with the whole Regiment. It was for ga llantry during the ngh tin g of November 1941 th at Captain PJ Gardner MC was awarded th e Vc. After heavy fighting in June 1942 the Fourth and th e Seventh we re forced to surrender at the fall of Tobruk and both Regim ents went into suspensio n. Th e Fourth was revived on I March 1945 from 144 Regiment RAC (East Lancashire), equipped with amphibious veh icl es, its first operation was the cross in g of the Rh in e. Between 1945 and 1959 the Regiment served in the Middle East, \,lK and Germany, whe re the amalgamation with 7th Roya l Tank Regiment t'ook place. Well th at what wraps it up. If you are lu cky enough to have a friend that is a mem ber of the Society who has invited you, I'll see you on the ni ght. Perhaps we can get 'tanked' up together. 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Tennis 5 men tied/Lois Carso n Soccer A lan Black/Carol Goisby Snooker Alan Black/Babita Golf Graham Carson/BettY M adaine Cricket Alex Forbes/Carol Aspden Rugby Colin Hastings & Alex Forbes/Carol Aspden Badminton Graham Carson/Carol Aspden Darts Mark Partridge/Carol Aspden There were also other tYpes of performances. Vaughan Elias with his radar guided boot, steered the ball over th e bar in the Rugby game, it went over the trees, over the wall and round the mesh nettIng. It came to a stop when it hac! been through the schools window! Petra (aka known as Peter) Young, was another player displaying unknown talents, representing th e Cricket sec~ i o n as their "lady" player. ) Swimming Game I ) 34 There were, however, some sad events. Barbara and David Overington had to rush their son, Matchew, to hospital with a large cUt to his foot. In the end he had to have 20 stitches and spent the rest of the day home, in bed. Daughter Rebecca, injured herself wh ilst playing the rugby game, she slipped in the mud and Injured her leg . We hope both of them still enjoyed the day and recover quickly. r and bags. Well done! Graham Carson and Carol Aspden. At th e end of the day, th e final positions we re very close indeed. First prize went to Rugby (45 points), Second prize to Tennis (40 poin ts) and Third prize to Cricket (39 points). The contest for Sportsman and Sportswoman of th e Year was also close . Graham Carson side stepped Guy Hollis and Mark Partridge for Sportsman of the Yea r and Carol Aspden oUt vo lleyed Carol Golsby to take the title o f Sportswoman of the Year .. Congratulations to all participant and many thanks to the referees. A very specia l thank you mUSt go to RenlY Th ailand who gen erollsly sponsored the day. )) 35 , ) BANGKOK'S HALF HOUR A cautionary tale by Barry Daniel Getting out of of Bangkok was always a daymare. The heat was so appalling that Burwho was almost slapped backwards into the air conditioning of the Miami Hotel's lobby, as he tried to get underway. Gaining the apparendy recendy-grenaded pavements of Sukhumvit Road, he wasn't at all surprised to see gleaming metal gridlock in both directions. Yet the stifling heat blast didn't seem to deter the drivers of these marooned vehicles from revving their catalytic converter-free engines, just in case another millimetre of tarmac could be covered. It certainly presented the already emotional Burwho with the Asoke traffic lights . a koan-like paradox_ All modes of access to the bus It is true to say, in fact, that these pristine station appeared closed. The logical response in a rational environments, which the various types of trout are willing world would be a rapid return to the Miami's pools ide to call home, are rapidly disappearing from our planet. bar, followed by a significant stream of iced Kloster. But If, by some miracle, the process were reversed and an Burwho was certainly not acting logically at present. And alarming outbreak of quietude and oxygenation were to this was Bangkok, rather than a part of the rational world. be unleashed, Burwho mused that this very intersection, in this very hot city, would probably the last outpost of Hence, he began to walk. It was Burwho's belief troutlessness to be touched by the miracle. that wa lking in Bangkok had two distinct advantages. . He looked about. Not a dimpled trout ring to Firstly, Thai street life was mind-blowing. Just that. It be seen. Not a lazy swish of a venerable bu ilt cane fly blew you away. What were you going to see next? A rod to be heard . But rather an explosive death-rattle hiss dancing elephant? A legless beggar playing spoons? All from behind him. The image of a giant cobra, poised to entirely possible. Secondly, the bomb-sites that purported strike, appeared in his mind. Whirling round, Burwho to be the highways and byways of the City of Angels, came to the unlikely conclus ion that an advertising were populated by mini-skirted office girls delicately billboard was hissing at him. Unusual as this might seem, picking their st il etto-shod way through the rubble. in the midst of this inferno, he supposed that there was Set against these two votes in favour of walking, no real reason why normally silent inanimate objeccs ) were about three hundred good reasons not to. But shouldn't give vent to their disp leasure by letting off a Burwho had a bus to catch. So he walked. As he sweated furious jet of steam. and choked his way east, Burwho allowed his mind to The lights changed, and after the mandatory drift, as it regularly did, onto the subject of fly fishing for lapse required for this development to be accepted by trout. about a quarter of a million motor cyclists, Burwho and There was little doubt in Burwho's mind that a the miniskirts began their crossing. singular lack of fly fishing opportunity in Bangkok was a Somehow a green minibus, em itting a trail of major cause of the malaise that haunted it denizens, or black exhaust, had broken loose from the pack, its the malaise that certainly haunted Burwho at present. underage, amphetamine-crazed driverdidll'[ rea lly see the Burwho believed that the trout, though possessed of a point of allowing a minor consideration, such as a red simple nervous system was clearly blessed with enormous light, constrain his celebratolY charge into the spiritual perception. It had the great good sense to li ve intersecriol1. on ly where there was abundant clean, fresh, oxygenated Burwho, his nerves already ajangie from the hiss water. Such locales were usually accompanied by of the billboard, was lucky. The bus missed him, but by endless quietude and sweeping pastoral vistas. Qualities a suffiCiently small margin, that it ripped the su itcase he longed for by Burwho's fume-addled brain as he reached was canying from his trailing hand. The bus ricocheted ( ) 36 BANGKOK'S HALF HOUR A cautionary tale by Barry Daniel off the traffic light itself, then broadsided into the back of Walking into the darkened interior of the Renoir Club at a stationary pick-up, packed with the regulation band of three thirty in the afternoon, both men became forty or so construction workers. temporarily blinded. Clattering into a sea of bar stools, It was as though so meo ne had pressed the freeze they eventually stabilised themselves amidst the laughter frame button on life's video. The event had occurred and of the barmaids . its result was now evident, but no-one cou ld yet move. Halfway through the first icy beer, Burwho It took a little time to grasp the actua lity of the tableau recovered himself suffiCiently to speak. now presen ted at the intersection. Several of the pick-up "Whatever you might say about Bangkok's enduring workers had been nung about like broken dolls. The bus ability to invo lve you in life th reatening situations, there's was on its Side, its uppermost wheels still spinn in g. always resp ite and succour to be found in the arms of The video-reality started up again . The tableau Madam Kloster." became infused with sound and motion. There were "lhaes right, not to mention the best medical attention screams and shouts. People rushed towards rhe epicentre that our technological world can provide." chortled of the collision. Burwho looked down at his left hand Hopkiss looking at th e reddened wad of toilet paper from which his case had been torn. His palm was slashed, staunching the now from his friend's non-drinking hand. and blood of a surprisingly sticky consistency was runn in g "Where were you going in such a rush anyway, when the ] off his fingers onto the scorched concrete . Jolly Green Giant stole your case?" The somewhat chastened bus driver climbed out "The Bus station. My Thai partner was arrested for of the now horizontal window of his cab, looked quickly drunken driving by the Pataya police over the weekend abollt 'him, then hobbled across Asoke as quickly as he and I was going down there to bai l him out." could. His leg had been fractured so badly that BlIIwho "I thought drunken driving was mandatory during the was later able to joke that rather than "fleei ng the scene", weekend in Pataya?" as is normal in stich cases, in this instance, the driver just "Yes, so did I. Apparently, they were about to let him "hopped it". out after he'd kindly bought two tickets to the "That's not your drinking hand, I hope", Policeman's Ball, then he let slip that he had a Farang someone said. "What. Oh, it's you, Kisser". "Are you all partner. " right? That was too bloody close for comfort". Burwho "Oh gawd, the silly blighter. So now you'll be up for the stared into the raddled face of his friend David Hopkiss cost of new helmets for the entire Pataya Police Force and "K isser" to those who knew them him well. "Yeil, well yet another beach cleaning machine." I'm still here by the looks of it. But my suitcase seems to "I know/, Sighed Burwho, "sometimes I rea lly wonder if have ca ught up in the action ." life in Bangkok is all worth the hassle." The air was now full of the sound of frantic car "Quite my man. Hold on I'm just gOing to the hongnam, horns, as vehicles began to now around the aftermath of then I' ll get you another beer." the accident. Like an Irrepressible river of lava, the traffic Hopkiss hasn't seen BUIWho for almost six months now. moved on, taking to the pavements and the central road Pinned [0 the cork board in his officel however, he's still Island to get past the walking wounded from the pick-up. got the beer mat he found lying on the bar of the Renoir BUlWho/s badly mangled brown suitcase lay amid the Club that afternoon when he returned from the toilet. confusion . As he and Kisser attempted to pan the It bears a shaky drawing of a spotted fish, a assembled crowd of onlookersl an ancient leathery droplet of blood, and two words: "Gone Fishin'!" grandmother from the damaged pick-Up gathered up the suitcase and reverentially carried it to the roadside. As BUlwho approached, the grandmother was about to lever the case open with a knife she'd produced from her clothing. "Hold on a minute, that Is my bloody case! Do you mindl give me that!" Reluctantly the crone gave up her booty. "Look my man"l said Kisserl "I think we'd better get out of here before the police start looking for someone to blame for this little carnival. I'll bet you the Grand Place to a plate of Pad Thai, that they'll manage to pin the whole thing on a couple of white faces and a rather battered brown su itcase." "Yeh, you're righ~. Where can we get two large Klosters and a large gauze bandage?" ) 37 B.C. Brewery Round Up ROLL OUT THE BARRELS They don't believe in change just for the sake of it at one long established heers! Yorkshire company which has found C Let's raise our glasses to a Yorkshire brewery which is keeping alive a centuries old that age old techniques are still the tradition and pleasing beer drinkers in the county at best when it comes to beer. the same time. T and R Theakston ltd, which has been brewing ale in the North Yorkshire village of Masham since Words: Tony Skinner 1872, has kept faith with its brewing heritage and Pictures: Bill Wilkinson actually made a virtue of it. The company, now part of the giant Scottish and Newcastle empire, still makes beer barrels the traditional and best way - out of oak. Nearly all its rivals long ago dispensed with wood and moved onto metal barrels, but Theakston drinkers in a ) wide area of Yorkshire swear the beer tastes better coming straight from the wood. The barrels are hand made by craftsmen called coopers WllO use special tools handed down through the generations. There are only 11 brewery coopers in Britain. Three of them Clive Hollis, Right: Partly Alistair Sims and Peter Coates, work at Masham. completed Theakston is proud of its heritage, so much so that barrels. it has created a visitors centre next to the working Top: The finished brewery where every year thousands of people gain product an insight into how beer is made and the work of the coopers. There are also displays of old tools, pub games and a gift shop. ( ) 38 ) B.C. Brewery Round Up founder, writes in a booklet about the company's history that: "The cooper's shop is now one of the few remaining in England where methods of making and repairing barrels have remained unchanged since time immemorial. Our ales are still brewed in the traditional way witll ingredients which are much the same as those shown in my uncle Edwin's brew book of the 1890's." Theakston brews four draught beers at Masham . mild, best bitter, XB and the wonderfully named Old Peculier, which has developed a cult status among real ale enthusiasts. The name comes from the Norman French word meaning particular, rather than odd and is derived from an earlier honour which was conferred on the market town· 'The seal of the Peculier of Masham.' Clive Hollis retires this summer as head cooper after 45 years in tile trade Wllich he joined straight from school and for which he served a lengthy apprenticeship. He has spent the last 18 years at Masham. "Ninety nine per cent of beer barrels in this country are manufactured from metal so it is very satisfying to still be working with wood. "We use oak for the barrels because it is easy to bend, the smell of the wood does not seep into the barrel and spoil the taste of the beer and it is a velY durable wood. We make evelything from 9 gallon to 36 gallon barrels and by the end of the year we are hoping that all of the draught beer brewed here In the 12th century Roger de Mowbray, Lord of will go out in wooden barrels." the Manor, was captured during the Crusades and Theakston's commitment to this traditional skill is held to ransom. He was redeemed by the Nights long term, with Alistair Sims and Peter Coates ready Templar and in gratitude gave the living of the to carry it on into the next century. Peter is just 20 church at Masham to the church of St Peter in and finislles his apprenticeship as a cooper tllis York. However, the then Archbishop of York was summer. not exactly thrilled by this gift because it meant he The Theakston story began in 1827 when Robert would have to make a journey through thick forests Theakston started to brew behind the Black Bull pub inhabited by cutthroats and vagabonds to administer in Masham. This brewhouse was replaced by his church law. His solution was to free Masham of 'all son, Thomas, who in 1875 created the existing the customs and claims of his archdeacon and brewery on Paradise Fields . prompting the officials' by establishing the Peculier Court of somewhat idyllic name of The Black Bull In Paradise Masham, which gave a local officer the right to for the title of the visitor centre. exercise power. The brewery itself remains much as it was during the That independent streak continues today in this last century with some of the brewing equipment, prosperous market town, epitomised by a famous such as the slate fennenting vessels, being original. brewelY which continues to brew quality beer in its Michael Theakston, the great grandson of the own time honoured way. 39 THE MAGIC OF PLOENCHIT FAIR The British Community's annual blockbuster fund-raising event will be held on Saturday 19th November 1994. Everyone is invited to make this the biggest and best fun-fair ever. The mag ic words "Ploenchit ·Fair" c o n ~ jure up nostalgic smiles at the thought of the Bri tish Community's annual moment of glory. A ll you really need to know is: British Embassy, Saturday 19th Novem ber 1994 from 10.00 a.m. until 5.00 p.m. Entry fee 50 baht for adults and 20 baht fo r ch ildren. Attendance is obligatory. Please hring a lot of moncy - and spend it. If there are still people in Bangkok who don't know what Ploenchit F 40 YOU'VE SEEN THIS GUY BEfORE. You have to move, you call a big name mover and the next agement knows each of our packing crews personally and thing you know he's at your door. And he 's unforgettable in insists they pass various staff training programs and daily the worst sort of way. He thinks your lampshades look better performance reviews. At JVK, organisation procedures are with dents. He confuses your Ming vase with your basketball. standardised and detailed, down to individually wrapping - And he leaves his mark, usually with his dirty boots on your and addressing - each item. In short, your valuables are as Persian carpet. important to us as they are to you. If this disturbs you, call JVK. We guarantee the kind of custom care and professional service you pay for but seldom )) get. That's because we don 'tsubcontract. Period . Our man- 1IffJIf& REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES Bangkok: (662) 379-4646, Regional Oilices-Hanoi: (844) 260-334, Ho Chi Minh: (848) 230-934, Rangoon : (095) 1-22622, Singapore: (65) 221-7971, Vienliane: (856) 21-216-413, Phnom Penh: (855) 23-27511,23-66324 A dam sel awaits her fate at llle water dip .. . .. "There's no way you're getting me in there!" se rve the community, so there are only a themselves. Goods donated (lrc always of to provid e the Thai commun ity. If few minor costs of hiring equipment. a permanent nature. approved at the monthly UKCfC meet This enables the whole amount ra ised C harities or other needy causes wish~ ing, the project is allocated the necessary to be disbursed among a wide variety of ing sponsorship for a particular project funds and one committee member wi ll be Thai charities on a project by project can contact Mrs. Carolyn Tarrant, C hair~ appointed to oversee the project through basis. In fact by some magical process man of UKCTC, givi ng details of what it to its completion and monitor the proper known only to members of the UKC"TC, is needed and what benefits it is expected disbursement of funds. the committee manages to allocate each year more funds than it rai ses. For instance, this year 5 million h1ht has been allocated to numerous Thai charities ranging from the purchase of med,ical equipment, wheelchairs fo r the aged in Pattaya, building waterwells, 35 first aid rooms for schools in Phitsanulok, repairs to the admin/medical building for Phud Hong Leper Colony in Nakhon Si Thammarat, medical scholarships for five students to study in UK hospitals, job training course for 180 rural women in Nong Kh ai under the care of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd , and numerous small vill age self-help projects. In selecting projects to support, the UKCfC gives preference to those which encourage the Thai community to help Donations for Granny's Attic Any o ld clothes, furniture, anything Attic to the side entrance of the Nurs~ you don't wa nt? Don't throw them away. ing Homedown the fi rstsmall soi on the Matron Edith Stewart needs more items left after Christchurch, Soi Jongrak fo r Granny's A ttic. Everything that you Norasri. Or give a call to matron or the don't want can be sold atGranny's Attic si.ster in charge at the Nursing Home, at Ploenchi t Fair to help raise fumJs for tel: 233 2610-9. some needy chari ty. Alternative drop off points are the Please save all unwa nted items and British Embassy on the corner of send them to M.tron at the Bangkok Ploenchi t/W i reless roads, or to.n y PCS Nursing Home on Convent Road. You office (tel: 25 1-465 8-9) clearly marked can deliver your donation to Granny's "Ploenchit Fair". ( ) 42 Guess who this Member is l For anyone who can guess who this Member is, Allied Walker has provided the Club with a nice bottle of wine to give away. Please contact David Viccars at the Club, first one with the correct answer wins the bottle. This Member has been around for a long time, not so long ago changed family status and turned from husband into dada, personnel and finances are some of his interests, he can be found in meetings, the bar and the baby pool (in the shade that is!) . Relatives of this Members are excluded from the competition. If you have a nice, or not so nice baby photo of yourself or another Member, please contact Bea Grunwell or David Viccars. 43 CO~~ittee CPage I' Nigel aakins Joe Grunwell Dugal Forrest Chairman Vice Chairman/ Personnel 2403700 (0) Entertaimnent 3983807 (0) 2403679 (F) 2620220 (0) 3991564 (F) 2588228 (H) 258 9509 (H/ F) 3125656 (H) ) Joy Masood Doug Mather Jack Dunford Doug Whittaker Food & Beverage Hot/se & Grat/nds/Devel- Membership Sport 238 4300 x 2144 (H) apment 2360211 (0) 3990513 (0) 2385289 (F) 39617l5/6 (0) 2367000 (F) 3989821 (F) 2865384 (H) 2861356 (H) 3214667 (H) '/ \ \' I / ', A.. Des Keane Mike O'Connor Bill Caddy Treasurer 2340247 (0) (H) 2250255 Ext 420 (0) 2567474 (0) 2351560 2265435 (F) 2567472 (F) ) 44 ') Club Photo Round up . Children's Sports Day \ t :.) to do it " . much faster too! . j , by kids & adults! Congratulation to all the winners, well done for helping your team members and thanks to all the sponsors and parents '" without you it would not be possible! )) 45 Final Countdown From the Chainnan Perhaps the biggest event of the year at the Club is Guy Fawkes night. In the past up to 800 Members and guests have packed the grounds to enjoy a sumptuous buffet and a spectacular firework display. It's fun for the whole family but some of us have become increasingly worried about the safety aspects of the evening. The decision to go ahead this year was taken only after extensive consultation, with out Insurance agent and a thorough review of the programme. Guests have been limited to 600 and a whole host of new safety features are being Introduced. But no matter how many measures the Club undertakes, there will always be a small element of danger in such gatherings. It is therefore up to everyone who attends to make sure they take responsibility for themselves and their offspring. That means being vigilant and alert to any ') possible mishaps pnd helping the marshalls by following directions when given . Some time ago we hosted Baron~ss Margaret Thatcher at the Club. The event went well but there were a number of Members who took me to task because they missed out on an invitation. Recently, the Duke of Kent was scheduled to visit and again invitations were restricted. So let me apologise in advance if you did not get to join the fun. And If it's any consolation I missed out too. One final word this month. Guy Fawkes night signals the completion of David Viccar's first year as General Manager of the Club. I hope you will agree with me that he is doing a great job and also in wishing him much future success at tile Club. Nigel Oakins Chairman RACISM When I was but a child But he, like a mouse, and them like cats, A little boy I knew, I feared his strength would melt. He was always picked all, He couldn't tell his teacher, Because he wasn't the same as me and you or his parents, only me, His skin was a darker colour, that day when I found him, But it made no difference to me, crying secretly. because he was the greatest friend, As you could have guessed, That there could ever be. he never got his dream, The other kids never took any notice, to teach those pigs a lesson, except when they were being cruel, I remember how his face would beam, Because they made him scared, when he talked about it, they though that they were 'cool' about how they would scream. But me, I knew the truth, One thing really disgusts me, that inside himself, he was strong, that racism still goes on, and' 500n enough, that there are still crazy people, he would prove them wrong. who can't tell right from wrong. 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