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Touch rules explained

Steve Bell — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:24:25 +0000

Whether played at full competition intensity, or simply for fun on a Saturday morning, touch rugby can be a great way to get fit and meet people.

For those new to the game, we have uploaded the Federation International Touch rules of the game to help shed a little more light on the sport.

Southerners touch rugby runs every Wednesday evening and Saturday morning. Contact Linda to get involved, or to discuss in depth the validity of Rules 10:1 and 1:25.

Khao San Road Tour – New date!

Steve Bell — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:41:38 +0000

October 16, 2010 17:30

October 17, 2010 06:00

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Like many great backpacking adventures, plans invariably change, sometimes at the last minute. In true backpacking form, the Khao San Road Tour has been postponed until 16 October, 2010.

Contact Jenny Hall for more details.

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Buckle up your bum bags people – the Southerners’ annual Khao San Road Tour will be happening Saturday, 16 October 2010.

Start: 5:30pm
Meet at: Soi 8 Bar then Tuk-Tuks to KSR.
Wear: Backpacker kit…bumbags, fisherman’s pants, traditional Isaan trinkets, beer singlets, bandanas, dreadlocks, dirty underwear etc
Bring: Personal backpacker background/story – Props encouraged
Don’t bring: Anything a backpacker would not have in KSR. Fines for offenders.

THE RULES

Backpacker dress only – strictly no ‘flasherpack’ outfits
No imported alcohol, only local stuff
No credit cards allowed
No mobile phones
No indication of your expat status must be shown

As the great Nelson Mandela once said, “To travel is to grow – in mind, body and soul. And there be no better place to travel than Khao San Road; and no better travel partner than a Southerners Sports Club member. Word up, yo.”

…OK, so he never said that, but if he ever did find the time to tour, that’s what he would say.

It’s always an eventful night (last year saw one member get the club logo tattooed onto his arm in full colour) – all are welcome…current, prospective, old or new members. All are welcome – bring your friends and families!

Touch in September

Steve Bell — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:13:20 +0000

Below are the dates for mixed touch rugby in September:

Every Wednesday – 19:00-21:30 (Regular touch)
Arsenal Soccer School

Saturday 4th – 10:00-12:00 (Regular social touch)
PATANA Sports Complex (across the road from the school) – main pitch next to the pavillion.

Saturday 11th – 10:00-12:00 (Regular social touch)
PATANA School (inside front field) – next to the True coffee shop.

Saturday 18th – 09:00-10:00 (Junior Touch) & 10:00-12:00 (Regular social touch)
PATANA School (inside front field) – next to the True coffee shop.

Saturday 25th – 09:00-10:00 (Junior Touch) & 10:00-12:00 (Regular social touch)
PATANA School (back field)

Southerners International Social Mixed Touch Tournament

Steve Bell — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:44:27 +0000

[ November 13, 2010; ]

November 13, 2010

The Southerners International Social Mixed Touch Tournament will be held in Bangkok on Saturday 13 November (Venue TBC).

Contact Linda to get involved or for more details.

New (and old!) club member drinks

Steve Bell — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:40:18 +0000

July 30, 2010
18:30	to	23:30

If you’re an old, new or prospective Southerner, get down to Soi 8 Bar (Nana BTS) this Friday evening, 30 July for a cheeky beverage, a free BBQ put on by our sponsor Soi 8 Bar, and no doubt some riveting conversation on all things sport, Thailand or the ideological differences between eastern and western political philosophy.

With the new school year just about to kick off, it’s a great opportunity to introduce the club to any friends or colleagues new to Bangkok.

If you are new in town (or have even been around for a while…), and want to get involved in a spot of netball/touch rugby/cricket/rugby, get down and introduce yourself.

All are welcome!

All Black touched by Southerners

Steve Bell — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:48:57 +0000

The Southerners and friends from the Bangkok Japanese Rugby Club recently played host to former New Zealand All Black (57 tests) and current Toulouse halfback, Byron Kelleher.

In Bangkok to receive some high-performance technical assistance from some of the finer players from the Southerners and Bangkok Japanese, Kelleher also attended the Southerners’ weekly weekend touch game.

Asked what he thought of the club, Kelleher remarked in his adopted tongue, “L’équipe de touche-rugby de Southerners est magnifique” (It’s sweet as, bro).

Kelleher, Southerners and Bangkok Japanese club members discuss the evolutionary paths and inherent tactical and philosophical differences between northern and southern hemisphere rugby.

Southerners ready for Indochine assault

Steve Bell — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:27:21 +0000

There’s just over a week to go until the Southerners Touch team flies out to Hanoi to match up against some of SE Asia’s best touch teams in the Indochine Cup. Best of luck!

Contact Linda Belonje if you want to get involved at the last minute.

Touch : Touch Training

Marty — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:00:53 +0000

Southerners Training: every Wednesday from 7PM to 8:30 PM at Arsenal Soccer School Grounds on Sukhumvit So1 71

Social Touch (all welcome)
• EVERY SATURDAY
• NIST Sukhumvit Soi 15 (at the bottom of the soi)
•… Read the rest

How to Play Touch

Marty — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:08:56 +0000

Its a funny game touch, its like rugby in the sense that there is an egg/oval shaped ball and you must pass backwards, but thats about it!

Like all games there are strategies, theres heaps of websites out there to explain the rules, so if your turning up for the first time take a look through these documents and get a heads up of whats going on. If none of it makes sense, turn up for a run anyway and we’ll explain the ‘need to know’ bits.

If you would like to learn how to play touch rugby click on the four links below:
Learning Touch 1
Learning Touch 2
Learning Touch 3
Playing Rules

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The inaugural trip of the LST (Linda’s Southerners Tours)

Marty — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:09:16 +0000

The inaugural trip of the LST (Linda’s Southerners Tours) was responsible for subjecting its party to an inordinately good time. While it certainly appeared to the unsuspecting that this ‘good time’ was a largely accidental occurrence there is a school of thought that believes that rather more Machiavellian style planning went into this venture than had previously been advertised and we shall be eternally indebted to Linda (of title fame) for her subtle yet cogent qualities, her undeniable organizing abilities and her uncommon air of grace of charm which at once, relaxes and seduces – and, in short, forms a queue.

Surely the lucky participants of this first excursion should not have been exposed to such a level of fun without psychologically preparing themselves beforehand for such intensive frivolities.

We were very fortunate to have a tremendously good-natured, humorous and just plain happy group of people to share the experience with and I am sure that outside the sheer fun we all got other things from the trip, some well publicized and some less so. Not counting the sexual exhaustion, grass burn, effects of the misuse of an array of substances and currencies, a variety of STI’s, and a total of one, as yet, unexplained pregnancy there were simple pleasures to be had plus, of course, the good feeling generated by the sterling (albeit fruitless) on-field performances, camaraderie, and the distinction of being able to remember each other’s, as well as our own, names now.

Actually, I thought our play was pretty good and improved across the two games we played. If we had had the luxury of a third I’m sure we would have been…virtually unbeatable. I would like to offer my sincere thanks to the other members of the squad who made this first trip unreservedly enjoyable. Linda, Kanun, Andrew, Jim, Chris, Ting, and Delphine who is, very obligingly, nurturing our quickest sub, in-utero – thanks to all of you for your uncommon friendliness and lack of inclination to highlight my obvious inadequacies and addictions (much appreciated).

I suspect the next venture of LST may be rather better patronised now that we all have stared in the reality show and can regale all and sundry with our multiple escapades. They don’t call it ‘Touch’ for nothing.

Cheers

Boyd

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