Bowling 23rd Dec

The holiday season upon us, there were 27 players this week. To all the members Happy holidays and Happy new year.

After two games Sherman's team had a 20 to 80 pins lead over the other competitors. Ning's last place team had a wonderful 3rd game to be the leading for the first place team prize with only Sherman's team to finish. Sherman's team needed to bowl a 805 to win the 1st place team prize. It came down to Sherman,who needed to bowl two strikes and 3 pins to win. Unfortunately this didn't happen and the early Christmas gift went to Ning,Pung,Walter and Surachot with a total team score of 2458pins. They must have been on Santa's good list this year!

A disappointed 2nd place finish went to Sherman,R.J.,Phil W.and Phoo with a total score of 2445pins.

(Sorry no photo this week)

See you next week-Yung

Bowling 16th December

34 players this week, making up 7 teams of 4 and 2 teams of 3. Welcome back to John B. All the people from bowling would like to wish Mike Breeze a HAPPY BIRTHDAY and may you have many more!! The annual Christmas party once again was a great success and everyone had a good time. Thanks Jo!!!

1st place went to the team of R.J, Rene, Sherman and John B with a total team score of 2480 pins. They just managed the win by only 33 pins.

The team of Phil B, Fon, John V,Saitong bowled a little over 800 in all three games but still came in 2nd place with a total team score of 2447 pins.

In 3rd place was the the team of C.T.,Yung, Helge and Ning with a total team score of 2418 pins. This team bowled well in the last two games to snatch the prize from Mike B's team.

Roll in again next week-Yung

Bowling 9th December

Good turnout this week of 28 players, making up 7 teams of 4. This week it wasn't which team was going to win the 1st place team prize but which team was going to win the 2nd place prize.

It was no contest for the 1st place team prize. The winning team by a large margin was Corky, Jason, Darrell and Ken with a total team score of 2760 pins. Every member of the team bowled over 200 in all three games. Team Game scores 1st 932 pins, 2nd 884 pins and the 3rd game 944 pins. (sorry! no team picture this week forgot the camera)

2nd place prize was a close race between Kevin's team and Michael's team . Michael 's team finished 1st and were in the lead after the last game. Kevin's team needed to bowl 802 to beat Michael's team and it looked like they would, after Brock bowled a strike and they needed one more to win. Unfortunately he didn't get the strike and the team of Michael, John Q, Surachot and Yung just eked out the win with a total team score of 2420 pins. Kevin's team lost by 6 pins.

High score goes to John V with a total of 261 pins.

Ollie get well soon from all the people at bowling !!!

Reminder: Next week after the bowling there is the Christmas party at the Old Bell for all people that signed up. Thank you Jo for organizing the Christmas party!!!

See you next week-Yung

Bowling 2nd December

It must be the high season again because there were 35 players this week, making up 8 teams of 4 and 1 team of 3. This is the largest group in three months or more. Welcome to a new bowler Paul and welcome back to Phil B..

Some good scores in the 1st game, 7 teams bowled over 800 keeping the competition tight. Walter's team took the lead with a game of 900 and Scott's team bowled 893 game to keep it competitive. In the 2nd game Walter's team still bowled over 800 to maintain the lead. Scott's team however couldn't keep up the steady bowling and knocked themselves out of the comp, for 1st place prize. In the last game the team of 3 made a surprising come back to take the lead away from Walter's team by bowling a 916 game but this was short lived.

Walter's team needed to bowl over 830 to win the team prize. In the end the 1st place team prize went to Walter, (3rd week in the money),Ben,Brock and Ning (finally winning after 15 months of trying!) with a total team score of 2617 pins.

Coming in 2nd place was the team of Darrell,(2nd week to pick up the money for 2nd place),Saitong and R.J. with a total team score of 2545 pins.

High score goes to Saitong with a total of 264pins. She just eked out the win from Brock and Jo, who both bowled a total of 261 pins.

Same time next week-Yung

Bowling 25th November

28 players this week making up 7 teams of 4 . Welcome back to some of our members that we haven't seen in long time of Mee, Darrell and Saitong. Good to see all of you again.

High score goes to Steve with a total of 253 pins .

The team that ran away with the team prize this week was Walter, Dennis H(both have won two weeks in row), Mee and C.T with a total team score of 2596 pins. Like I said before "high handicaps and good bowling is a hard combination to beat" anytime.

2nd went to Phyllis, Brock, Gary L, and Darrell with a total team score of 2469 pins.

next week same time-Yung

Bowling 18th November

A small group this week with some of our regulars away in Mae Hong Son. There were 23players, making 5 teams of 4 and one team of 3.

The high score prize was a close race with Yung leading after two games but Dennis H scored well in the last game to overtake Yung's score. Dennis thought that he had the high score prize but Ben also bowled well in the last game to roll pass the two guys for the high score prize with a net game of 250 pins.

Denis, Yung ,Walter and Dennis H bowled well in all three games to take the team prize with a total team score of 2559pins.

If you are interested in participating for the Christmas dinner at the Old Bell see Jo for further details. The cost is 530bht per person on Dec.16,2009.

see you next week-Yung

Bowling 11th November

Even numbers this week of 28 people making 7 teams of 4 .

There were some good scores from 4 teams in the 1st round but the 1st round belonged to the team of Steve, Phyllis, Pung and Rene on lane 10 with a total team score of 890 pins. They were 85-90 pins ahead of their nearest competitors. The star of the team for the first game was Phyllis by achieving her first over 200 game. Congratulations!!! Her raw score was 211 pins and with handicap it comes out to be 274 pins. It looked like if this team could keep this momentum they were going to be a shoe in to win this weeks team prize. Unfortunately this team faltered in last two games and it gave the other teams a chance to take over the lead.

The team of CT, John Q, Colin and Mike B on lane 14 were 89 pins behind after the 1st game. After the second game they were only 6 pins behind Phyllis's team. They bowled steadily through all 3 games to win the 1st place team prize this week by having a total team score of 2513 pins. They beat Phyllis's team by 63 pins in the end.

2nd place consolation prize went to Phyllis, Steve, Pung and Rene with a total team score of 2413pins.

High score went to Phyllis with a total of 274 pins.
High score honorable mention goes to Denis with a total of 270 pins.

Thank you Scott for taking care of the books for the last 3 weeks.

See you all next week-Yung

Bowling 4th November

29 players this week, making up 5 teams of 4 & 3 of 3.
Welcome for his first visit since Jan 08 to Les' friend Wayne.

Quick out of the blocks with 849 were the 3 ball of Phil W, Kung & searching for her first win since Sept last year Ning. Closely pursued by "bad men" Dennis, Stewart, Jimmy & John V with 829.
After game 2 "the bad men" had taken a very narrow advantage of 3 with 1693 pins.

Alot of fun was had, as the 3 ball finished some time ahead of their main competitors, ending up with 2526 pins. All eyes were on "the bad men's" 3rd game. Ning & Kung did their very best to put off their rivals with heckling & banter, given & taken in good spirit. But sadly it was to no avail as all 4 fella's bowled better than their handicap in game 3, finishing with an impressive 2566 pins.

No high score prize this week, but it would have gone to team winner Stewart with a superb 262 (224 w/o h'cap)...sorry same as last week, mai mee satang!

In the last 16 wks, some of the regular players have won the following:
Twice - Somsee, Rene, Rex, CT, Kevin, Walter & John R.
3 times - Jimmy, Yung, Michael & Stewart.
Les has won on 4 occasions.
But way out in front having won no fewer than 6 times in the last 10 wks John V. Cut him I hear you cry!!

See you Wed for more fun - Scott

Bowling 28th October

As expected a smaller turnout of 23 this week with a few of the usual suspects away playing golf, inc regular organisers Yung & Les. Leaving it in my capable (?) hands, all went pretty smoothly even allowing for Corky playing up a bit at the start, unable to find his name!!
Welcome back to RJ & Steve both missing in action for a few months & also 1st time out for Mike's entourage Phoo.
A tie after game 1 with 3 ball Craig, Rex & Walter on 820 along with Corky, Jo, Mike & Ning.
After game 2 there were still only 2 pins separating these 2 teams, however both had been leapfrogged by Kevin, Kung, Ted & Scott...5 pins in the lead!
All to play for in game 3, but the 3 ball did just enough finishing with 2458.
With a 3 winning, we had 2nd prize which went to Corky's team who ended up with 2436.
High score would have gone to Mike with 242, sorry...insufficient funds!

It would be good if players could wait until the end for prize giving, not much to ask. Perhaps if they've gone...any money not claimed goes in next weeks pot?!

See you Wed - Scott

Bowling 21st October

A perfect 6 teams of 4 this week, but some quite low scoring. Only 2 teams managing to scramble above their handicaps. Welcome for her visit to Paing, who Ollie brought along.

Eventual winners Phil, Johns V & Q & Jimmy only managed 778 after game 1. But the 2 Johns both came good in game 3 bowling 247& 248 to clinch 1st prize (this despite Jimmys performance!), giving a team total of 2418.

Leaders after the first 2 games were a strong team of Les, Yung, Michael & Dennis, but not 1 of them managing to bowl to handicap in game 3 put paid to any chance of winning.

Kevin, Kung, CT & phyllis were pipped by just 7 pins. Remarkably Phyllis picked up high score with 252, having bowled 146 in game 1...some swing!

See you Wed - Scott

Bowling 14th October

A bigger group this week of 33 people, gave us 7 teams of 4 & 2 teams of 3. Everyone arrived on time, in fact we thought Phil W had his watch set wrong! Welcome to golf club secretary Christian who came on his motorbike during a downpour & looked a bit drenched by the time he go to us. Also great to see Craig back after his travels & hi to Dans brother Randy here for a visit.

It was quite tight this week, Yung's team scoring 808 after game 1, closely pursued by John V's team with 803. After game 2 things were even tighter with 4 teams only being divided by 34 pins, all still to play for.

However Yung & his team Stuart, DM & Rene won the day with 2479,(still not sure about that ball I saw being bowled down an empty lane!!)
2nd place was so close Yung actually handed the cash out to the wrong team, but sharp as ever Les (ex banker) saw that Scott, CT, Chris & Surachot just pipped John V's team by 10 pins.

High score was also close with Stewart & Scott both sharing the winnings with 246.

OK see you Wed - Scott

Bowling 7th October

Just a reminder, don’t forget to register with organizers as soon as you arrive. One person didn’t today and so missed out on the competition. This gave us 6 teams of 4.

Result today was a run-away win for Walter, Corky, Aoi and Scott who picked up 800B with team score of 2565 which was 148 pins in front of whoever was in 2nd place.

Colin put in an appearance after 7 weeks absence and picked up the high score 100B with a 257. Scott had the best overall performance with 685 pins and a gross of 481, followed by Yung & John R both with 480.

Overall the handicaps continue to work well. Bearing in mind with handicap teams of 4 should score 2400 and today 3 of them scored 2404, 2413 & 2417.

Same time, same station next Wed - Les

Bowling 30th Sept

Welcome back to Phil W. It's alway nice to have you back. 23 people this week making up 5 teams of 4 and one team of 3.

It was nail biting to the finish with three teams in the running for the 1st place prize. The team of D.M,Gary L and Corky were the 1st team to finish and were in the lead. They had a total team score of 2503pins. Les's team had to get 836 to win from Gary's team and they achieved that with no trouble.

Kevin's team was the last team to finish and it looked like they were going to steal the 1st prize prize away from Les's team. Like last week it came down to the last bowler to win for the team. The result ended in the same way as last week by Kevin's team losing by 7 pins. So, the winners of this week 1st place prize were John V,Jo,C.T. and Les with a total team score of 2517.

The high score went to Kevin with 256 pins .

Same time, same place-Yung

Bowling 23rd Sept

Welcome back to Jo and Rex after a month and half absence from bowling. In the first game all the teams had a difficult time to make their team handicap of 800. The only team that came close was Scott's team with a total team score of 795 pins.

Scott's team had the lead after the 2nd game and it looked like they would be the clear favorite winners of the first place prize. But they couldn't maintain the momentum (bloody Les!) in the 3rd game for the win. Kevin, Rex and John V. had a great 3rd game to snatch the 1st place prizes away from Scott's team by getting a total team score of 2455 pins to become the winners this week.

2nd place was a close race between Sherman's team and Surachot's team. Sherman needed to make 3 strikes for his team to win. He made a good effort but unfortunately he didn't make them. So his team lost by 7 pins. The winners of the 2nd place were John B, Surachot, Ollie and Ning with a total team score of 2409pins.

See you next week-Yung

Bowling 16th September

A small group again of 25 players and this time we decided to make 5 teams of 5. Unfortunately this format doesn't work well because it just takes too long to play,so in the future we won't use this format again. Welcome back to Scott and Ning from their long honeymoon, good to have you back!

Another week where one team blew away the other competitor's early in the game. The winning team were Sherman,C.T.,Ram,Stewart and Fon with a total team score of 3277pins. Their three game scores were 1142,1040 and 1095 pins . This team blew away their nearest competition by 252 pins. Ram and Fon made the biggest contribution to the total score of the team. It was just their day. Well done girls and keep up the excellent bowling.

2nd would have gone to John R.,Chris,John V., Gary L. and Ken with a total team score of 3025 pins. They too bowled excellent games but just not good enough.

See you wed-Yung

Bowling 9th September

A small group this week of 20 players. Only one prize and the winners were John R,Somsee,Stewart and Corky. They just dominated the field by getting a score of 845,862,and 865 to have a total team score of 2572 pins. They were got better with every game.

2nd place would have gone to Les, Dennis H,Gary L,and C.T. Les's team scored 820,840,and 809 for total team score of 2469 pins.They made a valiant effort to catch them but John's team was just too good for the day.

The owner of the bowling ally is allowing our group to enter the lucky draw for the 32" flat screen TV each week. Only two names may be entered ,so Les and Yung will put their names in each week .If Les or Yung wins the TV, then, we have our own lucky draw for the TV.

See you next time-Yung

Bowling 2nd September

Small group this week of 25 players. Making up 4 teams of 4 and 3 teams 0f 3. Welcome back to Martin,who went home for a short time. All the teams scored above 800 at least once this week.

The winning team was Les,Tom,John V. and Dan with total score of 2539pins. Good fortune smiled on Les today, the day before his Birthday (lucky Les). They made a very good comeback to take it away from Sherman's team.

High score went John V. with 256 pins.

2nd high score went to Ted with 262 pins.

Thanks to Les for taking care of the books for the month of August and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

See you Wed-Yung

Bowling 26th August

20 Players today, a very manageable group.

Yung and Les were drawn in same team again. Would have been a stewards enquiry if they had won again for 3rd week on the trot, so they came stone motherless last.

800 B winners were John V, Darrell P (now won on his 1st two appearances) Kevin and Ted. Team score 2580.

Second with no prize – Ben, Shane, Phyllis and Stewart. Score 2499.

Might add Surachot, H, Ric and C.T. came in with 1st game score of 927 and ended up running 2nd last at the end...maybe the beer kicked in?

Best score on the day was C.T. with 280, but again no prize. Winners got the lot.

Best performers – C.T. total 691, Ted 676 and Shane 661.

That’s it again - Les

Bowling 19th August

Not a lot to report this week. Scores on the whole were down. Ted was the only person to better his handicap in all three games.

Winners of B 800 were Yung (2nd week in a row) Kung, Darrell (new bowler, Canadian who lives CM and works in Nigeria) & Les (also 2nd week in a row). Score was only 2372.

Second for B 200 were John B, Corky, Phyllis & Ted, on 2344.

High score B 100 to Kevin with 273.

Hope to see you next week. Les.

Bowling 12th August

Dao & Yung back this week after 4 weeks layoff (layoff or practising!) and had net top scores of 521 and 539 respectively. Dennis H also had a pretty good day with 508.

This brings Yung back to have the shortest handicap in our group of 30.

800 baht winners today were Les, Michael, Yung & Jimmy with score of 2477.

200 baht second place went to Dao, John D, Kung & Phyllis with 2442.

Jimmy won the N.A.B.A. award being the only player not to make 200 in any game.

See you next week - Les

Bowling 5th Aug

Just a few interesting stats from this week .
Number of pins knocked over : Last week This week

Ram 457 457
Dennis H 442 441
Ben 398 396
Consistent eh ?

Also Handicap system today. 2 teams out of the 5 finished with a net 2400, right on handicap.

Also John Q in team with Kung,
Ted with Ram,
And Som See with Gary . Rigged ???

Winners were :
Gary L, Corky, Som See & Dan E (haven’t seen him for a while ) 2446
Runners up :
John Q, Kung, Ted & Ram 2425

Memo : don’t forget “tip box” – just a couple of baht here and there is appreciated.
Sir Les

Bowling 29th July

Surachot again our best player with gross 547 pins, that’s an average of 182 per game and has shaved another 10 off his h/cap and will be on 30 next start. John Richards also had a good as well gross 509 pins. He also lost 10 on h/cap to 36.

Last week most teams were struggling to reach the benchmark 2400. Today all but one of the eight teams exceeded it. Winners picking up 600 B were Michael, Rene & Corky with team score of 2619. In a close battle in the last game runners up for 400 B were Christian, Denis, Surachot & Sherman with 2616. Another week with a close result.Christian again got 100 B gross high score game of 267 and popped Walter with his 266. Christian has finally been slashed fron 82 h/cap to 61 for next start.

Reminders

Roll up should be completed by 3.50pm so names can go up. Some players are regularly holding things up.

Registration. Organisers are not baby sitters. In future if you have failed to nominate (or phoned) by 3.45pm you will not be in the competition.

That’s it for now - Les

Bowling 22nd July

Not a lot to report this week. Only 22 starters (but that makes it easier for scorers, handicapper etc). Two new players, welcome to Simon who came along with Walter and Jason who came with Chris T.

Surachot is back in form with 513 gross pins over 3 games, so that an average of over 170 per game. Highest score went to Christian with 252 in one game. How does he keep his high handicap you ask ?? (Yes we do ask!!)

Fairly comfortable winners were John R, Michael, Surachot and Phyllis by 95 pins over Craig, Les and Jo.

Michael, Walter, Cris and Les all exceeded the 200 mark in every game.

That’s it until next week -Les

Bowling July 15th

Quite a few regulars missing this week, but we managed to field 5 teams of four and 2 of three.

Good to see Chris back from UK taxi driving and welcome to Randy and Steven (Dan’s brother and nephew).

After the second round it was fairly obvious the 2 threes would not finish in the money so we made it 800B for 1st and 200B for second.

Would you believe two teams, Chris T, Randy, Chris & Dennis H and the other team John R, Gary L, Craig and Les both finished equal for second with score of 2400 (right on handicap). So had to share 200B between 8 of them, 25B each.

Winners were Denis, Christian, Pung and RJ with a score of (wait for it) 2401. One pin between first three teams.

Les managed highest net score (no prize) 248 in last game. That’s a change.

It’s on again next Wed.

Bowling 8th July

A small group this week of 25 players making up of 4 teams of 4 and 3 teams of 3.

The day belonged to the ladies team of Ben,Phyllis and Jo.They were the winners of the team event with a total team score of 2517 pins. They dominated throughout all three games and did it with style and grace. I think that this is the first time that an all ladies team has won the team event. Way to go girls for making club history!!

The 2nd place team winners were Kung, Walter and Acker with a total team score of 2400pins.
Next week Les will be running the show, while I'm in Chiang Rai.

See you next time-Yung

Bowling July 1st

Even numbers this week of 32 players making up 4 teams of 8. Welcome to newcomers Da, Damian ,who are friends of Michael. And Tony & Frado,who are friends of Christian. The best bowler this week was Dennis H... He bowled 200,197,226 for a total raw score of 623pins in three games. Dennis H. had only one or two frames open throughout the three games. He is only the second player in club history to reach over 600 without handicap. Congratulations !!!!!!

The winners of the 1st place team prize went to Dennis H.,Martin,John R. and R.J. with a total team score of 2560 pins. In the last game they bowled over 900 to guarantee the win.

2nd place went to Michael,Damian,Yung and Frado with a total team score of 2502pins.

Wednesday 24th June

Thirty-one people this week making up 7 teams of 4 and one team of 3 . The bowling club has made a deal with the new owners in which, you will pay 100bht for 4 games and if you need shoes it will cost 30 bht more. The same as before . They do have a new promotion price of 5 games for 130bht including shoes but most of the regular members have their own shoes,so I think that this is better for the club. The other thing is we don't know when they will end the promotion.

What a battle in the last game between Jo's team and Rex's team . After the second game, Rex's team were leading by 33pins and it looked like they would be the winners. However Jo's team started to make a comeback in the last game with Jo leading the charge with 4 strikes in a row giving her team a chance to win. It seems that every time one team gets a good score the other team responded with a better score. Rex's team finished with 854 pins. Since they finished first Jo need to bowl a strike or spare in the last frame to take the 1st place prize. Jo's team finished with 876 pin, falling short by 11 pins. It was very exciting to watch,but in the end Rex,Sherman,Pung and Phyllis were the winners with a total team score of 2518 pins.

2nd place went to Surachot,H,Dennis H,and Jo with a total team score of 2507pins. Jo had the high score with 273pins.

See you wed-Yung

Bowling 17th June

Welcome back to Phil H. and Nang! Good to have you back,even if it is only for a short time. Well this week there were 31 players making up 7 teams of 4 and 1 team of 3.

Congratulations to Corky for bowling over 200 for the first time!!! with handicap he had a score of 260pins. He would have been the high score winner if there was a prize this week. Well Done!!!

After the two games there were three teams in contention to win the first place prize but in the end the winners were Garry W.,Craig,Nang and Erik with a total score of 2496pins.Nang's first day back and she is in the winners circle and Craig has finally won the 1st place team prize since his return from Taiwan. The other two teams bowled poorly in the final game not even winning the 2nd place prize.

2nd place went to Corky,Ken,Stewart and Yung with a total score of 2471 pins.They made a remarkable comeback by bowling over 900 in the final game and put a little more pressure on the eventual winners in the last frame. Garry's team met the challenge and Corky's team took second.


See you Wed-Yung

Bowling 10th June

This week there were 41 competitors and three new comers. Welcome to Chris (C.T.),Dan M. (D.M.)and Acker. Goodbye to Ning and Scott,they are off to England for three months for their honeymoon. Congratulations!!!!

After a three week absence,Rex comes back to bowl a 200 game for the first time in the very first game. He is the high score winner this week with 276 pins. Congratulations!!!!

Three prizes for the team comp. this week. This team bowled really well in the last game,coming in on the blindside to be the winners of the 1st place team comp. They were Dao,H,Les (2 Aussies on the p***, obviously a good combo!)and R.J. with a total team score of 2507 pins .

2nd place went to John V.,Sherman,Michael and Rex with a total team score of 2460pins.Unfortunately after a great first game they didn't bowl well in the last two games & were pipped.

3rd place went to Rene,Christian ( still taking home the money!),Corky and Martin with a total team score of 2447pins.

See you Wed.-Yung

Bowling 3rd June

The high score prize went to Yung with a net 202 pins and with handicap it was 255pins.

Again, this week another high handicap team were the winners of the 1st place team event and they were Dan.S,Jo,Dennis.H and Christian (two weeks in row) with a total team score of 2546 pins. Like last weeks team, they never lost the lead throughout all three games. well done!!

2nd place winners were Craig,Sherman,Scott and Yung with a total team score of 2488 pins. The 2nd place team were only 58 pins behind the winning team.

See you Wed-Yung

Bowling 27th May

Having a combination of high handicaps and everyone bowling well is a hard team to beat. So the winners of the 1st place team event were Walter (3 weeks out of 4?),Jim C.,Rene and Christian with a total team score of 2652 pins.They never lost the lead throughout the three games. Well done!!

2nd place team prize went to Scott,Ram,and Surachot with a total team score of 2520 pins.

Same place ,same time-Yung

Bowling 20 May

Well, back to normal numbers again with 24 people making up 6 teams of 4 . Welcome to new comer Christian . Thank you, Les and Scott for helping to organize the knock-out pairs tournament and to all the people that participated to make this tournament successful.

The high score prize went to JJ with a total score of 239 pins.

This week very low scores in the team competition event and almost all the teams didn't score better than 800 in a round. Dennis H,Surachot,John R. and Noi1 were the only team to get over 800 in one round.They won with a total team score of 2354 pins. Hopefully next week everyone will bowl better.

Les and John V. made a valiant effort to win but Stewart and Martin were just too strong ,even after Stewart's handicap was cut by more than 20 pins . Congratulations to Stewart and Martin for winning the knock-out pairs competition with a total team score of 1182.Les and John V.has 1120pins.The winners only won by 62 pins, a very close game. Afterwards Les thought that there should have been two prizes (hmmm!) ,ah well better luck next time.


See you next Wed-Yung

Bowling 13 May

This week's team event winners were Gerry & Walter (that's 2 weeks running!), Ram & Mike B, with a combined total of 2538 pins. Goodbye to Gerry, see you in 3 months.

The knockout semi final winners were, Les & John V who annihilated Scott & Ning. Les thinks it was his best day a bowling in 2 yrs.
The other tie saw Martin & Stewart beat Yung & Dao convincingly in a tough match.
Good luck to all in the final & I would like to thank all who participated in this event.
Well done! See you on Wed - Yung.

Bowling 6 May

This weeks winners in the team event were Gerry (thank God he goes home soon :-)), Phyllis, Walter & Ken.

Into the Knock out semi finals go:
Yung & Dao (convincing winners)
Scott & Ning (this one went to the wire)
Martin & Stewart (a fine turnaround)
Les & John V (even with 1 leg Harvey progressed)

Well done everyone.
See you next week...on time!

Bowling Wed 29 April

The winners for the team competition were Ken,Micheal,Sherman and Pim with a total of 2453 pins .

The teams that advance to the next round for the knock-out pairs competition were:
Wining Scores:
1. Ted & Ram 1256
2. Scott & Ning 1184
3. Chris & Fon 1173
4. Les & John V. 1187
5.Martin & Stewart 1220
6. Garry W. & J.J. 1257
7. Yung & Dao 1263
8.Sherman & Jim. bye
Well done to everyone in the competition!!!

see you next week-Yung

Bowling 22 April

This week there were 41 player making 4 teams of 8 and 3 teams of 3. Welcome back to Jimmy C, John Q and Kung, good to have you back. The best bowler this week was Waw with a total of 528 pins. Well done! As a coincidence almost everyone's handicap went up, just before the tournament next week (hmhm?).

Waw also had the two best high scores this week with 257 and 262 pins but unfortunately for her, one can only win one high score prize. The other high score prize went to Ram with 253 pins.

Waw, Dennis H and Ram with a total team score of 2539 pins won the 1st place team prize.

2nd place went to Corky, Surachot, Kevin and Chris with a total team score of 2486 pins.

3rd place went to John B, Dao, Craig and Ning4 with a total team score of 2470 pins.

Well done to everyone that won this week!! Keep up the good bowling. Remember next week is the start of the knock-out pairs tournament. good Luck to everyone !!!

I did talk with the new owner's of the bowling ally and they are trying their best to fix the machine, so please be patient. They are waiting for the new parts from the US. They told me that it should be here in about two weeks.

See you next week-Yung

Bowling Wed 8 April

This week there were 34 players making 7 teams of 4 and 2 teams of 3.

Just another reminder that there is no bowling next week. Have a Happy Songkran!!!

High score went to Gerry B with 274pins, Pung with 241 pins and Sherman with 240pins.

The team of JJ, Gerry B and Phil W were the winners of the 1st place team prize with a total team score of 2602 pins.

2nd place team prize went to Pung, John R, Kevin and Mike B with a total team score of 2444 pins.

Yung

Bowling Wed 1 April

Welcome to new comers of Phyllis, Sherman, Stewart, Janet and welcome back to Dennis after two years. This week there were 29 players making up 5 teams of 4 and 3 teams of 3.

The high score goes to Dennis with a raw score of 215 pins and with handicap 289 pins. It seams that two year absence didn't affect his bowling.

The 1st place team prize goes to Ram, Martin and Stewart with a combined team score of 2518pins. From start to finish they never lost their lead. Well done!!

2nd place team prize goes to Craig, Michael, John B and Som with a combined team score of 2496 pins.

Don't forget to sign up for the pairs-knockout competition!!!!! I was told that the new owners will have a new program to fix the pin setting problems. Lets wait and see, after all it is Thailand!! No bowling during the week of Songkran.

see you next week-Yung

Bowling Wed 25 Mar

Winners today – team score 2495 were Gary L, Somsee, Scott and Colin – B800.

Second place, but no baht were, Ning, Martin, Walter and John R.

Highest score B100, Ben with 249.


Best gross bowlers today were Surachot 506, John R 504, and welcome back to Craig after 15 months 495.

Gary Lyon’s score of gross 487 came to the handicappers attention and next week he will be off 51 (-10).


We have had a few comments that bowling format is becoming a little boring. Talking it over how would we feel about a ‘knock-out pairs’ competition.

: 16 teams of 2.

: B100 nomination fee per team and B100 each week for those teams left in the comp.

: Winning team prize after 4 weeks B3,000.

: Normal handicaps each week to apply.

: Those not in the competition and those knocked-out to play normally as usual.

Would appreciate your comments and any other suggestions – Thanks Les

Bowling Wed 18 Mar

Winners last Wednesday were a strong team of 3, Surachot, Yung and J.J. Yung back in form again with 543 pins down. Team score 2557.



Dan, Dan the Canadian Man worked a fast one to play with with Tom and his visitors Darrell and Sue. Somehow managed to get Darrell a handicap of 80 (?) and he played to a 46. So second place with team score 2539.



Best bowlers today were Yung 243 pins and Jeff 501 pins.



High scores to An Lincoln 291, Scott 269 and Darrell 258 gross.



Les is back in the recorders job this week, so a few handicap variations. Yung 38 (-11) Scott 45 (-12) Jo 60 (-12) Jeff 30 (-12) Ken 80 (+11) Mike B 68 (+11) An Lincoln 60 (-15) Corky 58 (-12).



O.K. See you Wed.

Bowling Wed 11 Mar

The winners this week were JJ, Fon, Jeff and Yung with 2513 pins and the runners-up were Rex, Jo & Pim with 2489 pins.

High Score went to Jeff C with a score of 274 (raw score 223) and second high score went to Rene' with 257.

Don't forget if you want to use up your two (2) practice games make sure you get there early.

Well done and see you all next week.

Bowling Wed 4 Mar

Another good turnout at Bowling and the good news is that you now get 5 games for your 100 baht, so if you want to have two practice games make sure you get there early.

The winning team this week was Jo, Ben, Gerry B & Jeff with 2626 pins and 2nd place went to Fon, Ram, Dennis & Pung with 2506 pins. High Score on the day was SomSee with 265. Sorry no photo forgot camera.

Don't forget if you have any old cloths, electrical goods, or really anything that you no longer want or need bring them along and give to to Jo for distribution to her list of charities.

See you all next week same time same place.

Bowling Wed 25 Feb

This week there were 34 players making 7 teams of 4 and 2 teams of 3. Welcome to newcomer Peter L who is a friend of John D.

Winners for the 1st place team prize goes to Martin, Richard M and Rob with a total of 2604.

2nd place goes to Ken, An Lincoln, Scott and Surachot with a total team score of 2441.

3rd place goes to John P, John D, John M and Somsee with a total team score of 2429.

See you next week-Yung

Bowling Wed 18 Feb

Wow another large crowd this week of 47 players. This week we say goodbye to Vince, who goes back home and back to work. Hope to see you back in Chiang Mai soon. Welcome to new comers of Roy, Ray, Sue, Jeed, Steve and John D.

High score prizes go to Chris and Gerry B. Chris who supposedly hurt his arm bowled a fantastic last game of 212 pins and with his handicap ended up with a score of 285. Gerry B bowled a 195 pins and with handicap had a total of 259.

Very close race this week and it came down to the last game again but in the end Garry W, Ted, Dan S. and Chris had a super last game of 942 to win the 1st place team prize this week with a total score of 2537.

Pim, Les, Ben and Mike B made a valiant effort to foil their plans but came up short. They ended their last game with 917 to take the 2nd place prize with a total team score of 2511. This week has been the closest game we have had in about two weeks.

Scott, John B, Martin and Yung won the 3rd place prize with a total team score of 2492 just beating out colin's team by 2 pins. Colin's team also bowled over 900 in their last game.

See you next week-Yung

Bowling Wed 11 Feb

Thank you Les for taking over the bowling while I was away . Back to normal numbers again of 36 players .

The high score for this week went to John V with a 279 and Rene with a 264 . Close behind was Jo with 255 .

Jo,Pat, John V and John B took a commanding lead in the first game and never looked back .Leaving the rest of the field in the dust by bowling well in the last two games and had a total team score of 2666 pins.They won by 164 pin compare to nearest competitors. Well done!!

Coming in 2nd place were Ram,John M,Ning2 and John P with a total team score of 2502.

see you next week-Yung

Bowling Wed 4 Feb 09

In the absence of our organizers, Dao and Yung (holidaying in Singapore) Les had to step back into the breach this week.

At least it was a more manageable group of only 39 players.



The one team of 3 – Ken, Martin & Brock had a real day out and blitzed the field. All bowled really well to come up with an average team score of 2597 – hard to beat and it wasn’t ! Well done guys.



Second place with a creditable score of 2438 went to Pat, Ning 4 (her 2nd game) Michael & John P still 159 pins behind the winners.



Most other teams had a day they would rather forget, but some hard triers for their teams were : Ted 697, Ben 685, Erik 671, Gary L 664, Vince 654, Richard M 644, & Ram 638.



There were some good individual high game scores with Ted hanging around to collect the money on 255 until the last team to finish came in with Garry W on 259.



Some players came to the attention of the handicapper and some who got the axe were :

Brock 61 (-19) Ted 56 (-19) John R 32 (-9) Rene 82 (-8) Garry W 56 (-7) & Ben

74 (-7).



Just a reminder – try and help your organizers

: try to register by 3.30pm in these days with the larger numbers involved.

: ring Yung 0850363848 or Les 0837620891 or someone else you know to let us know if you are going to be late.

: finish practice games by 3.50pm so teams can go up for 4,00pm start.

: Alley staff are having to work harder these days, they don’t get much, so if you can drop a little something in the tip box it would be appreciated.



See you next Wed.

Bowling Wed 28 Jan

Wow!! 51 people this week at bowling. Making 12 teams of 4 and one team of 3. The largest we have ever had in the history of the club. I would like to thank Les, Kung and Dan in helping to organize the bowling.

There were four bowlers that made over 500 this week. They were Surachot, Jeff, John R and Kevin. Kevin is our best bowler right now with a handicap of 35 next is Jeff with 36 and then John R with a 41 and close behind is Surachot with 42. Kevin also had one game without a single open frame and John R and Jeff bowled over 200 in one game. Keep up the great bowling everyone!!

The high score prize this week goes to John R with a total gross score of 270 to win the 100bht prize .

With such a large group there was enough money to have three team prize this week again. The three teams that won all bowled better than 800 in all three games. The 1st place prize goes to Tom, Ted, Rene and John M with a total gross team score of 2538 to win 1000bht. 2nd place went to Gary L, Jeff, Pung and Les with a total team score of 2513 to win 600bht. The 3rd place prize of 300bht went to John V, Colin, Myron and John R with a total team score of 2511.

Next week Les will be running the bowling - Yung

Bowling Wed 21 Jan

This week we had a great turnout of 41 people making 8 teams of 4 and 3 teams of 3. Welcome back to John M and Janya after two years. Welcome to newcomers of Phil Brown, who is known amongst the golfing crowd and Dave Shield, who is Scott's mate on holiday. The bowling ally staff were a little bit disorganized this week because of Jack's absence but in the end everything worked out. Hopefully next week it will run a little bit smoother. It has come to our attention that Jack has left the company. Good luck to you Jack and thank you for all you did for the bowling club. You will be missed.

Two high scores prizes this week went to Mike Breeze and Dennis. Mike had a total gross score of 255 pins and Dennis had a total gross score of 258 pins to win the 100bht prizes.

With such a large turnout there was enough money to have 1st, 2nd and 3nd place team prizes this week. The 1st place team prize of 800bht goes to Scott, Aor and the newcomer Phil B with a total team score of 2482. The 2nd place team prize of 400bht goes to Pat, JJ, Somsee and Ken with a total team score of 2481. They lost 1st place by only one pin. A very close game again. The last prize of 320bht goes to H, Garry W, Tom and Michael with a total team score of 2455.

Reminder: Please come to bowling on time. Registration starts at 15:00-15:45. If you would like to have a practice game then come around 15:00. If you are going to be late please call me. My Cell # 0850363848. Also do Remember to pay for your bowling before you leave.

See you next week-Yung

Bowling Wed 14 Jan 09

Another good turnout this week with 36 player making 9 teams of 4 . Welcome back to Mike B and John R after a long Hyades . Three new comers this week of Marty an old friend of Les and Pat and Richard who will be with use for about 8 weeks.

Two high score prize of 100bht went to Brock and Kevin. Brock bowled a gross total of 260 pin and Kevin bowled a gross total of 245 pins.

After the 2nd game it looked like that Brock's team were going to win this week. But it was a very closes match in the 3rd game between Malcolm's team and Brock's . It all came down to the last game. In the end the team that was victorious was Malcolm,Les,Mike B and Ted to take the 1st place prize of 800bht with a total team score of 2516 pins. They just beat out Brock's team by 7 pins. This is the 2nd time that it has been very close game in two weeks.

Brock,Marty,Kung and John P come in 2nd with a total team score of 2509 to win the consolation prize of 400bht . This is the 2nd time that Malcolm has won in two Weeks. Unlucky for use we have to see his picture again ( just joking mate ) .

See you next week -Yung

Bowling Wed 7 Jan 09

Welcome to newcomers Vince a fellow american and Walter a friend of David W. We had a good turnout for the start of the New Year with 28 player showing up, making 7 teams of 4.

The winners of the High score prize were Erik and Malcolm . Erik bowled a gross total of 240 pins and Malcolm bowled a gross total 237 pins to win the 100 bht prize.

The winners for the team prize of 800bht went to Somsee, Colin, David W and Malcolm with a total team score of 2509 pins . They just beat Erik's team by ten pins.

See you next week-Yung