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•In•the week following the magnificent and majestic ceremonies Thailand organised to say farewell to thailand
their greatest ever monarch, which displayed the very best of what Thais are capable of, there has once again been stark evidence of the very opposite as well. We take absolutely no pleasure in pointing out or highlighting problems that exist here, but this week the lifeblood of tourism in Hua Hin, the beaches, have once again been in national and international headlines, as a huge pile of trash was deposited along the coast by the winds and high seas generated by the storm raging a little way south of the town. Following the cigarette ban and the dead fish, pictures of garbage strewn beaches are the last thing the town or it’s tourists want to see. The good in this story is that the deputy governor of Prajuab Khiri Khan and local municipal chiefs commandeered army personnel and tourist police to quickly deal with the problem, and cleared a 5 kilometer stretch of sand from the Centara Grand Resort and Villa south to Khao Takiap. with more than a little help from the local Trash Hero group, who are out almost every weekend tclearing the trash. As we reported only a few weeks ago when smoking was banned on the beach due to the proliferation of cigarette butts left behind, this is part of a wider problem in the world, but also a particular issue in Thailand. Most visitors to Thailand are appalled at many people’s approach to litter, and it is a common site to see rubbish on the side of the roads, on the beach and being thrown carelessly from moving vehicles. This is not a question of the authorities or even individuals clearing this up, but one of a general bad attitude to the issue of litter; it really is a question of educating people to look after the place we live in, and AWOL will be the first to applaud any official initiative to do so. As a footnote, please pass on or dispose of this copy responsibly - we are told it makes an excellent window cleaner!
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crossword Across 5 Taking everything in (9) 8 Fit of the shakes (4) 9 Food container (5,3) 10 Sport of Bruno, Tyson and Lewis (6) 11 Dingy — dirty (6) 13 Curved fruit (in a split dessert?) (6) 15 Safe and sound (6) 16 Fashionable new term (8) 18 Coarse file (4) 19 The female sex (9)
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Down 1 Candied stalks used to decorate cakes etc (8) 2 Unpleasant term for an unpleasant elderly female (3,3) 3 Evaluate (6) 4 Showing active interest and enthusiasm (4) 6 A know-nothing (9) 7 Tosh (9) 12 Disciple (8) 14 Nice smells (6) 15 American author, John, b.1932 (6) 17 Move quickly — rise rapidly (4)
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Confused, he asked his son, ’So, why is everything in such perfect order and so clean? I have a rose, and breakfast is on the table waiting for me??’ SAYING THE RIGHT THING His son replies, ’Oh THAT...Mom dragged you to the bedroom, Jack wakes up with a huge hangover after attending his and when she tried to take your pants off, you screamed, ‘Leave company’s party. me alone bitch, I’m married!!’ Broken coffee Table £239.99 Hot Jack is not normally a drinker, but the drinks didn’t taste like breakfast £4.20 Two aspirins 38p alcohol at all. He didn’t even remember how he got home from Saying the right thing, at the right time: PRICELESS the party. As bad as he was feeling, he wondered if he did something wrong. Jack had to force himself to open his eyes, old friend and the first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins next to a glass Ed and Ted met for the first time in twenty years. “So, how’s of water on the side table. And, next to them, a single red rose!! life been for you?” Ed asked. Jack sits up and sees his clothing in front of him, all clean and “Not too good,” Ted replied. “My first wife died of cancer, pressed. He looks around the room and sees that it is in perfect my second wife turned out to be a lesbian and ran off with order,spotlessly clean. So is the rest of the house. He takes the another woman and took all our savings, my son’s in prison aspirins, cringes when he sees a huge black eye staring back at for trying to kill me, my daughter got run over by a bus, my him in the bathroom mirror. Then he notices a note hanging house was hit by a low-flying aircraft, my vintage car rolled on the corner of the mirror written in red with little hearts on off the dockside into the sea, I had to have my dog put down it and a kiss mark from his wife in lipstick: ‘Honey, breakfast recently, my doctor says that I have an incurable disease and is on the stove, I left early to get groceries to make you your to cap it all my business has just gone bust.” favorite dinner tonight. I love you, darling! Love, Jillian’ “Oh dear, that sounds terrible.” Ed said. “What business were He stumbles to the kitchen and sure enough, there is hot you in?” breakfast, steaming hot coffee and the morning newspaper. His “I sell lucky charms,” said Ted. 16 year old son is also at the table, eating. Jack asks, ‘Son, what happened last night? horror ‘’Well, you came home after 3 A.M., drunk and out of your This week I saw a host of pale, emaciated figures, with haunted mind you fell over the coffee table and broke it, and then you eyes that showed the agony of living death. puked in the hallway, and got that black eye when you ran into It was my first time in a vegan restaurant. the door.’
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the axis of tea-vil? On November 3rd 1957 a poor unsuspecting Moscow soi dog was launched into space aboard Sputnik 2. Even back then there was some outrage when Russian authorities announced that the dog, Laika, had never been meant to return to earth alive. Todays’ animal rights groups would probably have ensured that the flight didn’t get off the ground at all, which shows how much attitudes have changed. At least Laika did her bit to pave the way for human space travel, even though they could surely have used a rabbit instead. (This is where that emoji image of a yellow face ducking for cover would come in very handy, but we don’t have the technology.) Just six years after Sputnik 2, on November 22nd 1963, came an event which was to really shake the world and begin the mother of all conspiracy theories. The assassination of President John F Kennedy. And now the release of an apparently jumbled and incomplete dossier of previously top secret documents has opened up yet more theories. Not least the revelation that an English Soviet spy from Grimsby may have been involved in, or at least maybe been aware of, the assassination plan. The news of those maybes came as no surprise to Hull folk, whose mistrust of anything that comes out of Grimsby has been well documented for decades. Another place we tend not to trust very much is China. We do like its’ cheap goods even when they don’t last very long, but tutted over our chop sueys at its’ radical method of curbing population growth. Now we are horrified to learn that it has the worlds’ second largest economy. But look closer and all is not what it seems. With per capita income at just a fraction of that of advanced countries, China is still classed as ‘developing’, and Chinese millennials* are beginning to make their concerns known. Concerns which really aren’t so different from those of young people in the UK and other so called developed countries. Things like not being able to get on the housing ladder, record numbers of college graduates competing for less jobs with starting salaries reduced by over 15 per cent on last year, rents in Beijing increased by a third since 2012. All the things they were brought up to expect from a growing economy are becoming unattainable, including dreams of good careers and marriage, but in China it isn’t so easy to complain about the state of the nation, so despondent millennials are turning to tea. It’s all thanks to a fellow millennial, 29 year old Xiang, who has cashed in on a social media trend known as ‘sang’ by opening
a chain of tea stalls called ‘Sung’. No, you are not in the middle of the Sound of Music, you just have to know your sangs from your sungs. ‘Sang’ is a way for millennials to share their feelings of despair on social media without drawing too much attention from the Powers That Be, while Sung Tea comes in a range of flavours named to reflect those levels of despair. Names such as ‘achieved absolutely nothing black tea’ and ‘sitting around and waiting to die’ mocha milk tea, provide a way of communicating feelings with like minded manic depressives in a way which is not directly critical of the regime, and have proved to be a winning formula for Xiang. Since opening his first permanent Sung Tea stall in Beijing in July, he already has others in 12 cities. But he hasn’t been without his critics. In August a Communist Party rag ‘Peoples Daily’ editorial accused Sung Tea of peddling ‘mental opium’, and urged readers - ‘Stand up and be brave. Refuse to drink Sung Tea, choose to walk the right path and live the fighting spirit of our era.’ Aren’t you glad you live in Thailand? Just go easy on the drink driving and have a happy Loy Khratong. *The definition of a millennial is anyone aged between 18 and 35. China has around 380 million.
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The stars say that you will have Gemini May 22 – June 21 Libra Sep 23 – Oct 23 a decent week, but will forget Although the secrets of You will finally meet the to buy milk on Wednesday heaven and earth are denied man of your dreams, which and will wear the wrong to you, the secret of pancakes sounds like good news until shoes for the weather Friday. turns out to be the use of sour you remember some of your Seriously, there are around 200 billion stars cream dreams in the Milky Way alone, and some of them can be pretty specific. Cancer Jun 22 – Jul 22 Scorpio Oct 24 – Nov 21 They say it’s never to late to do It’s simply not true that Pisces Feb 19 – Mar 20 something meaningful with most people think you’re an You’ve raised three children, your life, which is a nice idea, anonymous loser. In fact, started a successful business, but you actually have about most people have never heard and made peace with God, nine days of you. but you’ll soon discover that there are some things duct Leo Jul 23 – Aug 22 Sagittarius Nov 22 – Dec 21 tape just can’t do Kindly strangers will do you a You will soon come into a
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A section for all you budding etymologists where each week the origin of a word or phrase is investigated. This week it is.... Young turk A young person, full of new ideas and impatient for change. The figurative expression ‘young turks’ meaning ‘the new breed, impatient for change’ began to be used in the early 20th century. William Safire, in The new language of politics: an anecdotal dictionary of catchwords, slogans, and political usage, 1968, referred to a group of US politicians who, in 1929, were called the ‘Young Turks’: These new Republican warriors were called the Young Turks, a band of about 20 who had mutinied against the feeble leadership of the Old Guard. For Senators they were young men (average age: 56). Safire also included a quotation, which states that Winston Churchill used the phrase during the Bermuda Conference of 1953. Churchill digressed from the agenda to discuss imperialism with Dwight Eisenhower, expressing his doubts about the wisdom of self-government for peoples not yet ready for it. When the American President disagreed with a portion of the Prime Minister’s argument, Churchill smiled and said: “You’re just like the Young Turks in my government.” Neither the US Senate of 1929 nor the British government of 1953 contained anyone of Turkish nationality, so where did the expression come from? It could hardly be simpler. Unusually for a figurative expression the meaning is literal; the first ‘young turks’ were exactly that - young Turks. Selim III was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807.
He made the first major attempts to modernize the army along European lines and to rejuvenate the Turkish empire. These reforms were supported by a band of youthful followers who favoured modernisation but opposed by the more conservative older generation. There are many newspaper reports from around that time that refer to the modernists as ‘young Turks’ in a purely literal sense, that is, they were young and they were Turkish. For example, this piece from The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, January 1828: The young Turks, of all classes, are exercising themselves in the use of arms in the European manner. The enthusiasm for the Sultan has risen to the highest pitch. This dispute rumbled on for over a century and eventually a Turkish nationalist party that supported the reformation of the absolute monarchy of the Ottoman Empire was formed and started the Turkish revolution of 1908. It was led by The Three Pashas - Mehmed Talaat (aged 34 in 1908), Ismail Enver (27) and Ahmed Djemal (36), who were widely known as the ‘Young Turks’. Soon after that and, as we have seen above, as early as 1929, any group of people passionate for change became known as ‘young turks’.
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17 Rai in the Kui Buri area, near National Park and Yang Chum reservoir 499,000 baht per rai or 7 million for all. (offers considered) Full Chanote Call 081 614 8728 for more details.
Property wanted
Property partner wanted
to take a share (or long term rental) in a new 4th floor 1 bed condo unit completing soon at The Pine in Khao Takiab; any arrangement considered but 50% ownership preferred. Call 082 892 1266
property for Rent
the breeze condo for rent or sale available immediately. 2 bed, 2
bath, ground floor, 90sqm. 30k per month negotiable for longer lets or 5.5m sale. Call 082 892 1266
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awol bazaar This box for 10 weeks just 800 baht
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS If you want to drink, that’s your business, if you want to stop, we can help.
Call to speak to an AA member:
Peo (Swedish) - 086 012 0856 Henrik - 095-950-7550 Loren - 081-007-6856 Terry aatha - 091-883-7757 iland.org www. Meetings every day in Hua Hin
AWOL BAZAAR PRICES Blocks of 4 boxes like this from only 40 baht per box/week Blocks of 8 boxes from only 35 baht per box/week Contact us on 081 649 8361 for more details
LAND FOR SALE
17 Rai in the Kui Buri area, near National Park and Yang Chum reservoir 499,000 baht per rai or 7 million for all (offers considered) Full Chanote Call 081 614 8728 for more details
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
A non-profit fellowship of men and women for whom drugs have become a major problem
Meetings now in Hua Hin on Sundays at 10am, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12 noon, and every Friday at 8.30am Contact Add 086 014 7585 Andy 062 01815
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Useful Numbers
REVERSE CHARGE CALLS The list below is the free number to connect to an operator of that country to request the reverse charge call. ARGENTINA 001-999-54-1000/ 2000 AUSTRALIA 001-999-61-1000/2000 AUSTRIA 001-800-28787421 BAHRAIN 001-999-973-1000 BRUNEI 001-999-673-1000 CANADA 001-999-15-1000/2000 DENMARK 001-999-45-1000 FRANCE 001-999-33-1000 GERMANY 001-999-49-1000 HAWAII 001-800-865-8424 HONG KONG 001-999-852-1086 INDONESIA 001-999-62-1000/2000 ISRAEL 001-999-972-1000/ 2000 ITALY 001-999-39-1000 JAPAN 001-999-811-0051 KOREA 001-999-82-1000/ 2000/ 2001 MACAU 001-999-853-1000 MALAYSIA 001-999-60-1000/4000/ 4001 MALTA 001-999-356-1000 MEXICO 001-999-52-1000 NEPAL 001-800-977-1-9999 NETHERLANDS 001-999-31-1035 NEW ZEALAND 001-999-64-1066 PHILIPPINES 001-999-63-1000/ 3000/ 6000 PORTUGAL 001-999-351-1000 RUSSIA 001-999-7-1000 SINGAPORE 001-999-65-0000/ 2008 SOUTH AFRICA 001-999-27-1000 SPAIN 001-999-34-1066 TAIWAN 001-999-886-1000 U.A.E. 001-999-971-1000 U.K. 001-999-44-1066 U.S.A. 001-999-1-1111/ 2001/ 2002 Thanks to the staff at CAT in Hua Hin for providing the above numbers. FREE and cheap CALLS If your mobile phone or device and that of the person you are calling supports it, you can use a number of apps to make free calls anywhere, with the best known being Skype and Viber. The mobile phone operators offer special numbers to prefix an international number to get cheap rate international calls. More information call True 1331 AIS 1175 DTAC 1678
Police 191 Crime 195 Fire 199 Traffic Control Centre 197 Highway Police 1193 Tourist Police 1699 Tourist Service Centre 1155 Missing Persons 02 282 1815 Police Station 032 511 027 Tourist Police 032 516 219 Cha-Am Police 032 471 321 Bangkok Hospital 1719 Hua Hin Hospital 032 511 743 San Paulo Hospital 032 532 576 to 585 Red Cross 032 512 567 Municipality 032 532433 Tessabahn 032 511 047 Immigration 032 520 617 Bus Terminal (non air-con) 032 511 230 (air-con) 032 511654, 512543 Railway Station 032 511 073 Tourist Information 032 513 885 Electricity Office 032 512 215 Electricity Call Centre 1129 Water Office 032 511 677 TOT 032 519 000/001 TOT Call Centre 1100 TT&T 032 532 018 3BB 032-900020-1 086-0127273 3BB Call Centre 1530 CAT 032 511 350 Alcoholics Anonymous 0870 620 098 Narcotics Anonymous 084 314 1928
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siam handlebar, Phetkasem Road (opp. airport); Saturday 25th November
5 to 11pm Black and Chrome Party 3 in support of Jungle Aid; live music, 350 baht entry includes free t-shirt and first drink. For more details and to register interest go to their Facebook page. father teds, Damnoernkasem Road.
Ladies night every Thursday - Buy 1 get one free on cocktails; Every Friday is Lads night - get happy hour prices on all draught beers (see ad p2) Regular offers
red piano, soi kanjanomai. Happy British style Hour every day from 5 - 7pm BOGOF. Sunday Roasts: the palm bistro, soi 88. Join their Sunday Lunch Club and start earning a Andreanna’s, Khao Takiab Bobby’s Bar, Soi 102 free Sunday Roast (see ad p3)
siam handlebar, Phetkasem Road Father Teds, Damnoernkasem Road (opp. airport); Breakfast now available Hua Hin Miss You, Soi 80 seven days a week from 9.30am to 12 ian’s restaurant, khao takiab (099 noon. Ladies Night every Saturday; 497 3040) from 8 to 11pm first drink free, 50% Jungle Juice, Soi Selekam thereafter (wine, small beer, Spy, soft Mucky Duck, Bonkai (Soi 88) Nany’s Cafe, Soi 88 drinks, mixers, ice only) toon’s bar and restaurant, soi 6, Nit’s Kitchen, Soi 94 borfai. Premier League Happy Hour - Orchid Restaurant 94, Soi 94 during matches get 3 for 2 on all small Palm Bistro, Soi 88 (032 828144) domestic beers. Now open every day Seajays Resort, off Pala-U Road. 083
from 3pm serving a wide range of Thai and Western food until 9pm, and great prices all day every day on drinks until late Uncle Bryn’s (2km past Palm Hills north along klong road. Turn left
311 1787 Sunset
Boulevard,
Khao
Bookings only 084 376 9438
Takiab.
Ye Olde Buffalo Tavern, Chomsin Rd Zab Wer, Soi 112. thanksgiving/
christmas/new year and 200m on left.); Large beers at great Bobby’s Bar, Soi 102.; The 99 baht prices. Open daily 7am-late. 085 405 breakfast is Back! FREE Sunday Roast planning a special event at your 6976 (T) 080 197 2072(E) restaurant or bar for the festive - spend 250 baht and get a free Sunday seasons? Let us know so our readers Roast (see ad p2). Available from 2 to pub quizzes can book in advance by reading it here 8pm. All You Can Eat Chicken Wings and Kebabs every Friday from 5pm to king bar, Soi Binthabaht. Quiz - and all for FREE! second Monday of every month (next 7pm when spend 200 bt. double d, Soi 6. Happy Hour every day one Monday 13th November 2017 at from 2 - 8pm; Buy 2 get 1 free on all 7.30 pm) . Free entry, food and prizes small domestic beers, Samsong + mixer hosted by Hawk - all welcome. 40 baht, Wine 55 baht, San Miguel and Sunset Boulevard, Khao Takiab. Heineken 65 baht, large domestic beers Third Tuesday of the month 7.30pm 10pm. All video home compiled quiz 70 baht. el murphy’s, soi selekam. Murfs with 8 rounds including audio visual Happy Times from 7am to 7pm Pints rounds. Teams of up to 6. Free half of: Guinness 189 bt, Old Speckled Hen time food and free entry but minimum 210 bt, Magners and Stowfor cider 180 bar bill 200 Baht per person. Bookings bt. All day Chang and Leo Large 90 bt, essential as there is limited space 084 376 9438 or go to our Facebook page. small 49 bt. Next quiz on 21st November. father teds, Damnoernkasem Road. Live music, special food and drink tk roadhouse, Khao Takiab. First offers, draught Guinness, something Tuesday of every month ‘The Best Quiz happening every night! See add on p2 In Town’! 8 rounds, beer questions, free food. for details. johnnie walker, soi selekam/ poolsuk road. Happy Hour every day
from 9am to 8pm.
nany’s cafe, soi 88. Friday special - Fish, chips and mushy peas 139 bt, Atlantic cod fillet chips and mushy peas 220 bt. Also Leo draft now available small(half) 55 bt, large(pint) 75 bt passport cafe, Samorphrong. Now open for Breakfasts, Freshly baked bread, Daily Specials and more (see ad p9) PIT’S CAFE, Dusitland 8, Soi 94. Every Saturday from 2-6pm, All You Can Drink draught Leo; Ladies 300 baht, Men 400 baht
TRADITIONAL HOME MADE COOKING - THAI AND ENGLISH TOP OF SOI 94 OPEN DAILY 8AM TO LATE ALL DAY BREAKFASTS TRADITIONAL SUNDAY ROAST - Lamb, Pork, Beef, Chicken Peas, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Carrots, Cabbage, Mash, Roast Potatoes, Yorkshire Pudding, Stuffing one free glass of wine with your sunday lunch! Pies, Beef Stew, Bangers & Mash, Fish & Chips & more! TAKEAWAY CALL 081 820 2309
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events with surf 102.5fm events
Ongoing
Rescue Paws is a non-profit organization based in Hua Hin dedicated to helping and improving the lives of Thailand’s stray animal population. Find out more on their website rescuepawsasia.org or Facebook page RescuePawsThailand Trash Hero Hua Hin now every Sunday at 3pm a beach area gets cleaned. See their eponymous Facebook page for weekly details HUA HIN HOBBY COOKING CLUB If cooking is your hobby you can join an international group of hobby cooks in Hua Hin. Tel. Robert 0983 562290 Dusit Thani Hua Hin Soccer Academy: exercise and professional football coaching for kids. Hua Hin Hash house Harriers every Saturday around the area. (see p14) Cicada Market and Performing Arts Fair. The Upcoming Venue@Suansri. Fri/Sat evenings from Inform awol or Surf fm of your sunset to 12 pm, Sundays from 4pm; charitable or non commercial event and Dining, shopping, art, performances, and we will announce it here films in a beautiful park-like setting. A great place to spend an evening Welcome to our collaborative section with Hua Hin’s only local radio station playing Western music 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the one and only Surf 102.5 FM! Every day Surf features local events and activities that visitors and locals might be interested in enjoying, and you will find these below. If you know of an event, activity or regular happening that is not listed here or in our Balloon Chasers section, please get in touch by email to either AWOL (submissions@awolonline.net or Surf 102.5 FM (surf102.5fm@gmail.com) or via either of the respective Facebook pages; AWOLexpat or Surf102.5. Get on the air! Go along any Friday morning to the Siam Bakery at the Marriott to have a chat or just watch the guys do the Breakfast Show between 7 and 10 am.
surf 102.5 fm schedule • The Marriott Breakfast Show with Steve Johnston Mon. to Fri. 7:00 - 10:00 • Asia Pop 40 with Dom Lau Sat. 09:00 - 12:00, Sun. 15:00 - 18:00 Tue. 21:00 - 24:00 • “Something On The Radio” with James Ross Sun., Tues., Thu. 20:00-22:00 • LA Spinz with Peter Reynolds Mon., Wed.19:30 Fri. 20:15 • Q Burn Rocks On with Peter Antony Fri. 22:00 Sun. 00:00 • The Mellow Show with Gary Zeipe Sun. 22:00 - 00:00 • Soft Surf Mon -Thurs, Sat. 22:00 - 01:00 • BBC News headlines every hour • BBC News Sat., Sun. 07:00 - 08:00, Every day 19:00- 19:30
Brand New Townhouses For Sale near Pranburi Hospital
• 3 three storey townhouses • Pranburi • Large Parking Area in front • 4 Bedrooms • 3 Bathrooms
Price between 2.7 and 2.9 million baht For more information or to view the properties call 081 614 8728 (Eng/Thai)
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MERCY HOUSE CHILDREN’S ORPHANAGE appeal Prizes for a charity raffle desperately needed
Den, the Landlord of the Mucky Duck, and Rob are organizing a charity evening on the 23rd December, 2017, at the Mucky Duck bar/restaurant. Itinerary:5 - 6pm Pool Challenge. 6 - 7pm THE MERCY ORPHANAGE CHOIR singing Christmas Carols. 7 - 8pm Possible Auction. 7 - 11pm Pool Challenge. 10 - 11pm Raffle Draw. We invite everyone and any business to donate unwanted new unused boxed items, goods or services suitable for the raffle. Christmas is all about the kids........... Thank you. Rob and Den. robbieinit@yahoo.co.uk 092 804 2954
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LOCAL SPORTS hua hin city F.C
Hua Hin City F. C. is the local professional team formed in 2011, playing their matches at the Takiab Stadium in Khao Takiab. FIXTURES The season is over. New season details and other news will be announced here when available thai League 4 Western Region table
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Team Suphanburi B Muangkan United BTU United Assumption United Ratchaburi Mitr Phol B IPE Samut Sakhon United Hua Hin City Look Isan Nonthaburi Pathum Thani United
P 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27
GD PTS 36 64 19 56 20 51 22 48 3 39 -1 38 -5 29 -19 27 -18 26 -57 4
SUPPORT AWOL AND OUR LOCAL SPORTS BY SPONSORING THESE PAGES. Call 081 649 8361 hua hin world cup 2017
This year’s competition is booked for the weekend of 9th and 10th December, but full details are still to be announced. The organisers want to raise awareness and get people involved either as players or support as soon as possible so to find out more and be kept in the loop, please email huahinworldcup@gmail.com. Last year’s Facebook page (Red Mountain Hua Hin World Cup 2016) is currently the only other place to get information, but a new page will be set up soon for this year’s competition. There is always a charity element to the competiton, with last year Jungle Aid being the beneficiaries, but this has not been announced yet for this year. There are also sponsorship opportunities, so please contact the organisers on the email address above if you are interested in this as well. Last year’s winners were Thailand, following up their win the previous year, with Sweden and Finland the other winners since the tournament started in 2013. hash house harriers
A drinking Club with a running & walking Problem! and payment amount clearly on the The Cha-Am and Hua Hin Hash House DIRECTIONS TO RUN SITE: Harrier Clubs meet alternate Saturdays From Hua Hin via Phet Kasem Road: envelope and put the envelope in the blue for around an hour’s. run/walk in the Google Map link: https://goo.gl/maps/ tax collection box on the tax table in the car park. First time visitors FREE. Please surrounding countryside followed by FDmA8eJbbtN2 a social gathering. If you would like Make your way North on Phet Kasem have taxes paid before the pre-run circle to come along then please visit our Road and from the Hua Hin Airport is called at 4:25 pm. Website http://chaamandhuahinhhh. bridge exit drive 15.6 km and turn LEFT consentingadultsthailand.com or into Cha-Am Forest Park and proceed to Facebook page www.facebook.com/Cha- car park . Am-Hash-House-Harriers for full details and directions. Please note that people From Cha-Am via Phet Kasem Road: attending and participating do so entirely Google Map link: https://goo.gl/maps/ vtUNxdXQbq42 at their own risk. NEXT RUN Saturday 4th Make your way South on Phet Kasem november 2017, meet @ 4pm for Road and from the Narathip Road traffic a 4:30 pm start. light junction drive 1.9 km and turn Hua Hin House Harriers CAH3 Run RIGHT at U-turn and then LEFT into #322 Cha-Am Forest Park and proceed to car Hares: Melon Masher & Long Ron park. Location: Cha-Am Forest Park on Phet Kasem Road Any queries then please call Rubber Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/ Duck on 095 959 6114. wdV5jGKi4w42 GPS Coordinates: N 12.781536 E HASH TAX: 150 baht for beer drinkers 99.967069 (N 12 46.892 E 99 58.024) and 50 baht for teetotalers. Please put tax payment in envelope. Print name(s)
local golf Butterfly Rock Golf society
RESULTS 1st November 2017 Palm Hills Stableford, NTP and Twos 34 entered 1st Simon Seymour 38 pts (11) 2nd Jon Stubbs 38 pts (18) 3rd Norman Labbe 36 pts (15) 4th Elina Rintala 35 pts (21)
Hua Hin Golf Society
Results 31st October 2017 Majestic A - B Stableford 34 entered 1st Khun Neky 41 pts (21) 2nd Kieron Bose 40 pts (07) 3rd Jari Knights 39 pts (06) 4th Rolf Wyssling 39 pts (18)
27th October 2017 Royal Hua - Hin 28 entered 1st Wan Khongjam 35 pts (23) 30th October 2017 Lake View AB Stableford Singles 19 2nd Neil Henderson 34 pts (07) 3rd Daniel Bechu 34 pts (09) entered 4th Peter Adams 33 pts (14) 1st Elina Rintala 39 pts (23) 2nd Abe Gurman 35 pts (19) fixtures 3rd Doug Miller 34 pts (11) 7th November 2017 Lake View Stableford 4th Geoff G Batt-Rawden 32 pts (06) 10th November 2017 Banyan Medal Fixtures cha am golf club 6th November 2017 Lake View A&B Contact: secretary@chaamgolfclub.com Medal FIXTURES 8th November 2017 Banyan Presidents 8th November 2017 Lake View Wirkola Cup Cup Players v Cha Am GC ronnie’s roll up
Held every Friday at Palm Hills. Please contact Ronnie on 0811 942 556 if you are interested in joining in, and thanks to Ronnie for the results. 27th october 2017 9 players Front 9 - Thomas Buch (10) 17 points Back 9 -Thomas Buch (10) 17 points Overall - Thomas Buch (10) 34 points
HUA HIN DARTS LEAGUE
lake view members club
Results 27th October 2017 Stableford Course AB 1st Steve O’Brien (14) 37pts 2nd Doug Miller (11) 35pts 3rd Mick Court (17) 33pts 4th Gary Ross (19) 33pts 30th October 2017 Stableford Course AB 1st Doug East (13) 35pts 2nd Gary Engelman (13) 34pts 3rd M. Snakebite (5) 32pts 4th David Burns (14) 32pts
saensuk Golf Society
Results 30th October 2017 Springfield C & A Splinter Cell Stableford 24 entered 1st Roy Sweetland 37 pts (06) 2nd Tim Mitchell 36 pts (11) 3rd David Morris 36 pts (21) 4th Goran Sundin 34 pts (04) 27th October 2017 Springfield Royal Country Club Splinter Cell Stableford 21 entered 1st Phillipe Tamin 37 pts (22) 2nd Paul Badenoch-Jones 36 pts (07) 3rd Kirsty Mitchell 36 pts (20) 4th Marten Norregaard 35 pts (04) 25th October 2017 Palm Hills Golf Resort Individual Stableford 41 entered 1st Chalisa Grahn 39 pts (29) 2nd Marten Norregaard 34 pts (04) 3rd Micke Tredahl 34 pts (02) 4th Ying Olbert 33 pts (09) fixtures Monday/Friday Springfield Splinter Cell Stableford 7th - 9th November 2017 Nakhon Pathon 3 Day, 2 Night Trip
results week 10 24th october 2017 FIXTURES Crossword Solution Bye Bye - No Game v Pinky Bar Lake View every Monday, Wednesday, El Toro Loco v Johnnie Walker Black n/a Friday Here is last issue’s Crossword solution. Johnnie Walker Red v Blue Lagoon n/a League Table Team JW Black El Toro Loco JW Red Pinky Bar Blue Lagoon
P W D 7 6 0 6 5 0 7 3 0 8 2 0 6 1 0
L 1 1 4 6 5
+/- Pts 9 12 16 10 -5 6 -8 4 -12 2
fixtures The season is over. Final table will be printed here when available, and any details of a new season.
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pool leagues hua hin khao takiab super Pool League
thursday friendly Pool League
results week 25 19th october 2017 Drink & Shelter 9 - 12 N & G Bar High Five 8 - 13 Tiki Bar Le Kiss Bar 10 - 11 Bobby’s Birds Muan Bar 14 - 7 Hut Bar Pits Cafe 9 - 12 Mucky Duck Star Bar 13 - 8 Arilds Bar Tap House Bar 13 - 8 Home Tore’s Bar 12 - 9 The Dream
results week 2 19th october Coopers 12 - 8 Bar 80 Saloon Hua Hin Bar 13 - 7 Squealing Pig Jaew Bar 8 - 12 Sabai Bar MasterCues Bar 18 - 2 Patty’s Family Mausi Bar 6 - 14 Nalee Bar Mint Bar 10 - 10 Silver Fox Mr Dan’s 88 8 - 12 The Connection Cafe Silver Fox Wolverines 12 - 8 Big Kahuna
Fixtures week 27 16th october Arilds Bar v Tiki Bar Home v Bobby’s Birds Hut Bar v N & G Bar Lanla Bar v Fin Bar Muan Bar v Star Bar Mucky Duck v Sweetheart Bar Pits Cafe v Le Kiss Bar The Dream v Drink & Shelter Tore’s Bar v Tap House Bar
Fixtures week 4 9th november Hua Hin Bar v Coopers Jaew Bar v Silver Fox Wolverines MasterCues Bar v Big Kahuna Mausi Bar v Bar 80 Saloon Mint Bar v Squealing Pig Mr Dan’s 88 v Sabai Bar Nalee Bar v The Connection Cafe Silver Fox v Patty’s Family
League Table
Team MasterCues Bar The Connection Hua Hin Bar Coopers Silver Fox Nalee Bar Sabai Bar Bar 80 Saloon Jaew Bar S F Wolverines Mint Bar Mr Dan’s 88 Squealing Pig Big Kahuna Mausi Bar Pattys Family
Team Tap House Bar Tiki Bar Muan Bar Mucky Duck N & G Bar Drink & Shelter Pits Cafe Home Arilds Bar Lanla Bar Bobby’s Birds Fin Bar Le Kiss Bar Star Bar The Dream High Five Tore’s Bar Hut Bar Sweetheart Bar Hut Bar
P 22 24 22 24 23 23 23 22 23 23 24 21 22 23 23 22 23 24 19 15
W 21 18 18 18 19 15 14 12 14 11 8 10 7 8 6 7 5 1 3 1
L 1 6 4 6 4 8 9 10 9 12 16 11 15 15 17 15 18 23 16 14
+/158 112 128 82 91 79 65 58 3 1 -50 -3 -38 -67 -99 -96 -123 -190 -111 -133
Pts 310 308 295 293 287 281 274 260 243 242 227 219 212 208 192 183 180 157 144 91
+/20 14 8 6 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 -4 -8 -14 -14 -20
Hua Hin’s only pool bar with FOUR 9’ tables Ask about our drinks specials and other special offers Contact Andy on 086 178 1550 Email: aknabe@gmx.net 27/3 Poolsuk Road, Hua Hin Hua Hin Pool Billiard League
fixtures The season is over. Details of any new season will be printed here when available. League tablE
League tablE P W D L 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2
LUCKY SHOT BAR
Pts 34 31 28 27 26 24 23 22 22 22 22 19 16 13 13 10
Team Pits Rangers Pits Pirates Big Kahuna Lucky Shot B Lucky Shot A Muan Bar
P 10 10 10 10 10 10
W 8 5 3 2 3 0
D 2 3 5 4 1 3
L 0 2 2 4 6 7
+/28 8 8 -6 -10 -28
Pts 18 13 11 8 7 3
friday team League
results week 2 27th October 2017 Aonzy Bar 10 - 14 Mucky Duck Ba Na Na Bar 7 - 17 Sabai Bar Bye v Nalee Bar Coopers 94 16 - 8 Bobbys Bar Home Bar 17 - 7 Bikini Bar Fixtures week 4 10th november 2017 Aonzy Bar v Nalee Bar Ba Na Na Bar v Home Bar Bikini Bar v Sabai Bar Bye v Bobbys Bar Coopers 94 v Mucky Duck League tablE Team Aonzy Bar Ba Na Na Bar Bikini Bar Bobbys Bar Coopers 94 Home Bar Mucky Duck Nalee Bar Sabai Bar
P W D L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
+/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
pool leagues HUA HIN social POOL LEAGUE
tuesday POOL LEAGUE soi 94
results Week 20 1st november 2017 All Nations GH v N & G n/a Bentho Bar v Limelight n/a Booz Bar 6 - 13 JW Red JW Black 15 - 4 Pink Panther Jungle Juice Leopards 8 - 11 King Bar Tiger Bar 10 - 9 Jungle Juice Cheetas Fixtures Week 21 8th november 2017 Jungle Juice Cheetas v JW Black JW Red v Jungle Juice Leopards King Bar v Tiger Bar Limelight v Booz Bar N & G v Bentho Bar Pink Panther v All Nations GH P 18 18 19 17 16 15 19 18 19 16 18 19
W 15 13 13 12 11 10 9 7 5 5 5 1
L 3 5 6 5 5 5 10 11 14 11 13 18
+/84 56 29 51 46 23 -1 -64 -21 -38 -72 -93
results week 20 31st october 2017 Arilds Sports Bar 9 - 9 Nalee Bar Connections Cafe 12 - 6 Mausi Bar Home Bar 6 - 12 Tiki Bar Na Na Bar 4 - 14 Home Bar 2 Tores Bar 1 - 17 Coopers Bar
results Week 16 31st october 2017 Bar 80 Saloon 8 - 10 Fin Bar 2 Eagle Bar 8 - 10 Exotic Bar Fin Bar 1 14 - 4 Hut Bar Hua Hin Bar ‘K’ 6 - 12 Hua Hin Bar ‘S’ Mona Bar 7 - 11 Mint Bar
FIXTURES week 21 7th november 2017 Coopers Bar v Home Bar Home Bar 2 v Tree Bar Mausi Bar v Na Na Bar Nalee Bar v Connections Cafe Tiki Bar v Arilds Sports Bar
Fixtures Week 17 7th november 2017 Exotic Bar v Mona Bar Fin Bar 2 v Eagle Bar Hua Hin Bar ‘S’ v Bar 80 Saloon Hut Bar v Hua Hin Bar ‘K’ Mint Bar v Fin Bar 1 League Table
League tablE
League Table Team N&G JW Black Bentho Bar King Bar Limelight Jungle Juice Cheetas Tiger Bar Pink Panther JW Red All Nations GH Jungle Juice L’pards Booz Bar
hua hin soi 80 tuesday Pool League
Pts 30 26 26 24 22 20 18 14 10 10 10 2
Team Coopers Bar Home Bar 2 Tiki Bar Home Bar Arilds Sports Bar Tores Bar Connections Cafe Na Na Bar Tree Bar Nalee Bar Mausi Bar
P 18 19 18 18 18 19 18 18 18 18 18
W 16 15 15 8 7 6 5 5 4 2 1
D 0 2 1 5 4 4 4 1 4 4 3
L 2 2 2 5 7 9 9 12 10 12 14
+/122 98 112 42 -18 -42 -16 -42 -64 -86 -106
Pts 48 47 46 29 25 22 19 16 16 10 6
Fixtures Week 12 8th november 2017 Aonzy Bar v Tree Bar BRGC@Bar80 v Home Bar Breeze Bar v Coopers Blues Coopers Reds v Sabai Bar Home Bar Two v Tores Bar Jaew Bar v Squealing Pig
P 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
W 11 10 11 8 7 5 6 6 3 2
D 2 4 1 1 1 5 1 1 2 4
L 3 2 4 7 8 6 9 9 11 10
+/- Pts 36 35 36 34 32 34 32 25 0 22 6 20 -6 19 -12 19 -72 11 -52 10
hua hin wednesday Pool League
results Week 9 1st november 2017 Pit’s Cafe 1 13 - 6 Infinity Baan Sanook 9 - 10 Pit’s Cafe 2 Big Kahuna 11 - 8 Lucky Shot 1 Lucky Shot 2 13 - 6 Arilds
NWPL New Wednesday POOL LEAGUE
results Week 11 1st november 2017 Coopers Blues 11 - 11 Aonzy Bar Home Bar One 15 - 7 Breeze Bar Sabai Bar 15 - 7 Jaew Bar Squealing Pig 6 - 16 Home Bar Two Tores Bar 10 - 12 BRGC@Bar80 Tree Bar 12 - 10 Coopers Reds
Team Exotic Bar Fin Bar 2 Fin Bar 1 Bar 80 Saloon Mona Bar Mint Bar Eagle Bar Hua Hin Bar ‘K’ Hua Hin Bar ‘S’ Hut Bar
League Table League Table Team Home Bar Two BRGC@Bar80 Sabai Bar Tree Bar Home Bar One Squealing Pig Aonzy Bar Breeze Bar Jaew Bar Tores Bar Coopers Blues Coopers Reds
P 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
W 10 10 10 6 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 2
d 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 4 3
L 1 1 1 5 5 7 7 7 6 7 6 6
+/- Pts 70 30 68 30 44 30 16 18 -2 16 -12 12 -28 10 -48 10 -6 8 -24 8 -36 7 -42 6
Team Pit’s Cafe 1 Lucky Shot 1 Lucky Shot 2 Pit’s Cafe 2 Infinity Big Kahuna Baan Sanook Arild
P W L 9 6 1 9 5 2 9 4 3 9 4 3 9 4 3 9 3 4 9 2 5 9 0 7
+ 97 94 90 76 69 82 60 40
Pts 12 12 10 10 8 6 6 0
FIXTURES Week 10 8th november 2017 Arilds v Pit’s Cafe 1 Pit’s Cafe 2 v Big Kahuna Lucky Shot 1 v Infinity Please note: Some points deductions Baan Sanook v Lucky Shot 2 have been made to three teams
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pool leagues
102 & 88 saturday POOL LEAGUE
hua hin star Pool League
results week 10 29th october 2017 division 2 division 1 Dang v Tong n/a Paul v Thong n/a Derrick v Kwan n/a Peter v Brian n/a Korn v Hampi n/a Lieven v Job n/a Andy v Brian n/a Pek v Prj n/a
John v Darren n/a Shawn v Gent n/a Michel v Steve n/a Mick v Wad n/a Bernard v Thong n/a Julius v Robbie n/a Tim v Golf n/a Tina v Den n/a
Fixtures week 11 5th november 2017 division 2 division 1 Brian v Paul Derrick v Tong Peter v Hampi Prj v Thong Dang v Korn Kwan v Andy Job v Brian Pek v Lieven
League Tables division 1
Steve v Tina Tim v Robbie Bernard v Gent Mick v Darren John v Shawn Wad v Julius Michel v Golf Thong v Den
P +/- Pts Player
Hampi Brian Korn Pek Andy Thong Peter Tong Job Kwan Dang Derrick Lieven Prj Brian Paul
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
23 10 6 14 7 11 7 7 -3 0 -3 -4 -6 -13 -27 -29
14 14 14 12 12 10 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 2 2 2
Julius Thong Gent Den Shawn Darren Wad Bernard Mick Golf Tim Robbie John Steve Michel Tina
P +/- Pts 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 8 8 9 9
16 18 8 11 10 7 7 6 3 -2 -5 -8 -8 -20 -21 -22
results Week 13 28th october 2017 Banana Bar 11 - 7 Silver Fox Big Kahuna 13 - 5 Bobby’s Bar Bobby’s Babes 8 - 10 El Toro Loco Master Ques 13 - 5 Mucky Duck
results No matches last week FIXTURES Week 10 10th november 2017 Exotic Bar v Fin Bar Sunset Boulevard v Muan Bar The Connection v High Five TK Roadhouse v Take 5 Sports Bar
FIXTURES Week 14 4th november 2017 Bobby’s Bar v Banana Bar El Toro Loco v Master Ques Mucky Duck v Bobby’s Babes Silver Fox v Big Kahuna
League tablE
League tablE
division 2
Player
Hua Hin Khao Takiab Cool POOL LEAGUE
16 14 14 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 6 6 4 2 2 2
Team Master Ques El Toro Loco Mucky Duck Big Kahuna Bobby’s Bar Banana Bar Silver Fox Bobby’s Babes
P 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
W 11 8 7 5 5 4 2 2
D L 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 6 2 6 1 8 3 8 2 9
+/92 12 8 4 -6 -34 -30 -46
Pts 23 18 17 12 12 9 7 6
FIXTURES Week 9 8th november 2017 Bobby’s Bangers v High Five Bar Master Cues v Take 5 Muan Bar v Sunset Boulevard Mucky Duck v Silver Fox T.K. Roadhouse v Bobby’s Beauties
P W D L +/- Pts 7 7 0 0 57 109 7 5 0 2 23 92 7 4 0 3 -7 77 7 3 0 4 -10 75 6 4 0 2 8 73 6 3 0 3 9 73 6 3 0 3 8 73 7 1 0 6 -43 59 7 0 0 7 -45 58
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results Week 8 1st november 2017 Bobby’s Beauties 13 - 7 Mucky Duck High Five Bar 7 - 13 T.K. Roadhouse Muan Bar v Bobby’s Bangers n/a Sunset Boulevard v Master Cues n/a Take 5 15 - 5 Silver Fox
Team TK Roadhouse Jungle Juice Exotic Bar Fin Bar Take 5 Muan Bar The Connection Sunset B’vard High Five
League tablE Team Master Cues T.K. Roadhouse Mucky Duck Bobby’s B’ties Muan Bar Take 5 Bobby’s Bangers Silver Fox Sunset B’vard High Five Bar
P W D L +/- Pts 7 6 1 0 70 13 8 6 1 1 22 13 8 3 2 3 6 8 8 4 0 4 -2 8 7 3 1 3 6 7 8 3 1 4 -22 7 6 2 2 2 6 6 7 3 0 4 -24 6 7 1 2 4 -14 4 8 1 0 7 -48 2
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english premier league table
(all times Thailand)
saturday 4th november 2017 PREMIER LEAGUE Stoke City v Leicester City 19:30 Huddersfield Town v West Brom 22:00 Newcastle United v Bournemouth 22:00 Southampton v Burnley 22:00 Swansea City v Brighton 22:00 CHAMPIONSHIP Wolves v Fulham 02:45 Bristol City v Cardiff City 19:00 Aston Villa v Sheffield Wednesday 22:00 Barnsley v Birmingham City 22:00 Bolton Wanderers v Norwich City 22:00 Derby County v Reading 22:00 Ipswich Town v Preston Nth End 22:00 Millwall v Burton Albion 22:00 Nottingham Forest v QPR 22:00 Sheffield United v Hull City 22:00 SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP St Johnstone v Celtic 19:30 Hamilton Academical v Aberdeen 22:00 Hibernian v Dundee 22:00 Rangers v Partick Thistle 22:00 Ross County v Motherwell 22:00 sunday 5th november 2017 PREMIER LEAGUE West Ham United v Liverpool 00:30 Tottenham H’spur v Crystal Palace 19:00 Manchester City v Arsenal 21:15 Chelsea v Manchester United 23:30 Everton v Watford 23:30 CHAMPIONSHIP Brentford v Leeds United 00:30 Middlesbrough v Sunderland 19:15 SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP Heart of Midlothian v Kilmarnock 22:00
football
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Team Man City Man Utd Tottenham Chelsea Arsenal Liverpool Burnley Watford Newcastle Southampton Leicester Brighton Huddersfield Stoke West Brom West Ham Swansea Everton Bournemouth Crystal Palace
P 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
GD PTS 29 28 19 23 12 20 8 19 6 19 1 16 0 16 -3 15 1 14 -1 13 0 12 -1 12 -6 12 -9 11 -4 10 -9 9 -5 8 -13 8 -8 7 -17 4
fantasy premier league - awol challenge
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Team Pony & Trap RentMyThaiVilla Carthorses Are Go Colonial Mr. Cha Aming HH Jambos Wanderlust United Lost Cafe AC Clacton Dannyxcollinz FC ROCA JR Brutd S.C AWOL Wanderers Frankies 11 Atletico Pathetico Hua hin jambos Pink Panther AFC The Dada Donkeys Shortimeagain Portsmoth city
GW 65 52 57 39 47 39 49 38 49 33 41 36 47 45 53 36 49 32 32 37
TOT 594 561 550 541 530 522 517 516 508 507 497 488 479 467 443 426 411 397 391 389
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sunday 5th november 2017 PREMIER LEAGUE Chelsea v Manchester United 23:30 This is a game that both teams will be desperate to take three points from, as both are starting to fall behind leaders Manchester City; clearly Chelsea’s need is greater, but both teams will have been hoping to see an Arsenal win in the preceding game, that would alleviate the pressure a little. Despite the need to win, we can’t see either manager being gung ho, so we expect a very cautious and cagey game that will have very few goals. Both teams have plenty of firepower, but currently Chelsea’s midfield have the edge in creativity, so we expect the away side to pack that area to nullify them and hope for chances on the counter attack. Two exceptional goalkeepers will also play a big part, but we are going for a narrow away win.
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under fire No manager fit to manage any Premier League side
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uK With only ten games played in the Premier League this season, already three managers have been sacked, while several others teeter on the brink, including rather surprisingly, Antonio Conte, although Chelsea do have previous form in sacking the manager who the previous season won the title, something that Leicester emulated last season, only to sack the replacement this season. This has confirmed the majority of Premier League fans belief that no football manager in the world is capable of managing any club in England’s topflight to the standard required. The millions that England’s top 20 teams earn from TV deals means they are all potential worldbeaters only let down by the men in the dugouts who are repeatedly proving unfit to lead them. Football writer Tom Logan said: “Year in, year out, we’re seeing the same thing.
Above: Former Leicester manager Craig ‘Two Balls’ Shakespeare, who replaced title winning manager Claudio Ranieri, who was also replaced at Chelsea after finsihing as runners up in the Premier League, by Jose Mourinho, who was also replaced by Antonio Conte after winning the Premier League, with Conte winning the league last season and looking set to be replaced before season end...
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Despite all the investment every team bar one is falling short, and it’s the managers to blame. “Just look at the so-called elite. Klopp? Should be managing a Krautrock band. Mourinho? A specialist in the nil-nil away draw. Pochettino? Guardiola? Their win-loss ratios aren’t much better than men in flat caps in the 1950s. “Across Europe it’s no better. Zidane? A gormless monkhead. Ancelotti? Open a pizzeria, already. There’s not a manager on the planet up to the job. “We need to plough government funding into artificial intelligence. Quantum managers capable of trillions of tactical calculations in a nanosecond. It’s what Stoke and West Brom deserve.”