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)
• Start 10 AM, finish 12 noon.
• 100 Baht contribution towards field hire.
In May 2008 the Southerners netball crew hosted what was a very successful International tournament here in Bangkok. One which will now become an annual invitational event with participating teams joining from Singapore, Vietnam, Borneo, Hong Kong and of course Bangkok.
The tournament will be hosted at the New International School of Thailand (NIST) on Saturday 23rd May, with teams participating in a Round Robin throughout the day. It is an event which in only one year has developed a very good reputation as being a well organized one with the added bonus of having a high level of on court competition to keep games interesting, great sportsmanship and a lot of fun off court courtesy of ‘Coyotes on Convent’ during the after function – all key factors which have old teams returning and new ones wanting to join in the fun this year!
The after-function will be hosted at ‘Coyotes on Convent’ again this year and would like to welcome all participants, Club members and friends to join.
Southerners would like to welcome all participating teams and hope that this year will be better than last!
• Southerners Sports Club BKK
• Singapore Bucks (2)
• Singapore Bedok
• Hanoi Ois, Vietnam
• Miri Crocs, Borneo
• Hong Kong Football Club
• Hong Kong Cricket Club
• Thailand Tigers Bangkok
• Bangkok Patana
Cheers
Dana Piggott
Southerners Netball Co-ordinator
Hi ladies!
Here is the netball draw for the next 4 weeks.
SOU White – you are on scoring duty this evening at 7pm – so please could you all aim to be their at 7pm so that we are covered in case those delegated get delayed in traffic or work commitments happen to pop up..ta
March 10th
Tonight 7pm C1 SOU Black vs NIST (SOW – scoring duty @ 7pm: Karen C1, Sonia C2, Nicky C3, Amanda umpire C3)
8pm C3 SOU White vs Londoner (SOB – Lisa umpiring)
March 17th
7pm SOU White – BYE
8pm C1 SOU Black vs Mad Dogs
March 24th
7pm C1 SOU Black vs Queen Vic
8pm C1 SOU White vs Soi 8
March 31st – Playoffs & Finals night
Cheers Dee & Hodgie
Congratulations to the Southerners Netball Crew!
It was great to see such a strong turn out for the BNL playoffs last night which paid off with both Southerners White & Southerners Black moving convincingly from semis through into the finals in both Division 1 & 2.
Southerners White played a dominating game in their semi final game against Londoner, defeating them comfortably before moving through to a very tight finals game against Soi 8. It was a finals game that remained action packed right through until the last couple of minutes and unfortunately Soi 8 pulled away to win by a mere 2 goals. The team should be proud of their outcome – great work on attack, strong defense and all round superb team effort!
Southerners White 20 – Soi 8 22 DIV 2 – RUNNERS UP!
Southerners Black played a strong game against NIST in their semi final game, moving comfortably through to a final against Transpo. A team who Southerners Black have confronted many a times, but each time the game is always fast and furious! This finals was to be Southerners game with a very strong approach in both attack and defense from the first whistle. Southerners dominated the second half of the game with strong passing and court work, to over turn Transpo possession on many occasions and come through with quite a score difference!
Southerners Black 28 – Transpo 11 DIV 1 – WINNERS!
Sadly, we farewell a number of players from our netball squad – Nicole Stanners, Karen Robson & Rach Wheaten – who will all be leaving very shortly. We wish them well in their new ventures and know they will be sadly missed on the netball court next season.
BNL Presentation Night will follow Songkran break – Hodgie & I will keep you informed of details and hope that you’re all able to make it along to celebrate a great netball season. All supporters are invited to join the Southerners netball crew in celebrating!
Thank you to you all for your commitment to Southerners Netball this season and we look forward to seeing you all on the court next season! We have new players joining us in Sept/ Oct for the 08/09 netball season – welcome PK, Laura and Georgie!
We will be emailing you all new season information once we have details from the BNL Committee.
Special thanks to:
• Amanda for your captaincy role with Southerners White.
• All who volunteered their time to referee games throughout the season – this is greatly appreciated and not always an easy job to do but trust me – it does get easier with practice!
• Supporters & Sponsors
Cheers Dee & Hodgie
The Bangkok Netball League is off to a good start after a well rested Christmas break! Round 2 got underway last night and will continue through until Songkran break. Congratulations to both Southerners netball teams for their very convincing wins last night in the first game of the Round.
Southerners Black vs Tigers Gold won 50 – 22
Southerners White vs Tigers Black won 42 – 16
Here is the draw for next week. Both teams are playing at 7pm and expected to have one umpire for the 8pm round.
Southerners White – volunteers please?
Southerners Black – volunteers?
Please could you let me know if you are or not available.
|
Time |
Court No. |
Teams |
Umpiring |
Scoring |
|
7pm |
1 |
Patana vs South White |
TTB/SOI8 |
TTB |
|
2 |
NIST vs Tigers Gold |
SHS/LON |
TTB |
|
|
3 |
Transpo vs South Black |
DOGS/QUE |
TTB |
|
|
8pm |
1 |
Tigers Black vs Soi 8 |
BNL/SOW |
TTG |
|
2 |
Shrews vs Londoners |
NIST/TTG |
TTG |
|
|
3 |
Mad Dogs vs Queen Vic |
TRA/SOB |
TTG |
Thanks & have a good week
Dee
The Southerner’s Ball was held on Friday 23rd November at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit. It had been four years since the last ball which was held in 2003. The main purpose of the Ball was to celebrate a year of sports as well as presenting sports awards for those who had been seen as valuable players by their teams. Over 250 people attended the evening and there was good support from all sections of the club. We even had travellers from Japan, Canada and Phuket. As well as our own teams in attendance we also had guests from Siam Cricket Club, Thailand Tigers and Bangkok Bangers. Our sponsors, Guinness and Crown Relocations were also present.
The evening started with cocktails in the foyer of the Grand Ballroom. The Absolut vodka was kindly donated by Kristian Harmiston and his company. We managed to convince the Sheraton to mix the vodka with Southerner colours for the pre dinner drinks. For those who did not realise we had vodka and green fanta (Did anyone actually drink these other than Barnsy?), vodka and coke and vodka and orange juice.
A very classy touch from the Southerners. What could we possibly do for the next Ball that will outdo our sophistication on the drinks front?
Everyone scrubbed up well and it was good to see team mates out of their sports uniforms and spruced up. I am sure a lot of people were not able to recognise people they normally play sport with. Rajas were there to take photos and provide evidence that club members do lead a normal life off the sports field. People mingled and had copious amounts of pre dinner cocktails waiting for dinner to be announced. Once dinner was announced the race was on to fill plates and get as much from the buffet as possible. The Sheraton provided a range of fantastic dishes which were heartily consumed by the guests.
After the long dinner came the presentations. A person from each club section was recognised for their contribution to their team. Nicole Stanners won the most valuable player for the netball section. In cricket, Chris Thwaites was awarded the most valuable player. After a long rugby preamble, Mike Gadd was awarded the rugby trophy. In touch Raphael received the award. All players received vouchers from the Londoner, Rajas or the Thai Sports Association. Vaughan McClear was unanimously voted the Southerners club person for all his efforts throughout the year. Well done to all of the teams for their wins over the year and to those who received individual awards.
Following the presentations there were several raffle draws. Thank you to Doug Ozanne for organising such great prizes from the Sheraton. Also, thank you to our sponsors on the night for donating prizes; The Barbecue Store, Essential Travel, Rajas, The Londoner, LMG Insurance, Crown Relocations and Tennis Academy of Asia.
Once the formal part of the evening was over it was onto the dance floor. Music was provided by DJ Paul Jackson and Celtic Colours and the floor was packed for most of the evening. Many impressive moves were made and hours were spent by some on the dance floor. Southerners can definitely get a work out on and off the sports field. One guest who was very pregnant managed to dance the night away and outlast many others.
During the evening there was a sighting of a Southerners rugby member attempting a parachute drop from the banister and then trying his swimming skills in the 10 centimetre deep ‘pool’. Everyone would be pleased to know that he survived the fall and continued dancing and partying until half past 6 that morning. Well done to all those who escorted him to the late night bars and made sure he did not suffer from his ‘diving’ incident. A few gentlemen were also spotted drinking at the Sheraton poolside at 7 o’clock. A big night for all!
Comments were made that Friday could probably be a good day for a ball as then you have two days to recover. It took us four years to recover from the last ball – let’s hope that we can now make the Southerner’s Ball a regular event. Thank you to Vaughan for collecting the money and making sure all finances were sorted. A big thank you goes to Doug for organising the Sheraton and making sure everything ran smoothly. Also, thank you to Nicole Hodgson, Neil Smith, Wagga, Spedo and Skinny for helping out on the night. Every little bit helps.
Thank you to all of our sponsors who help us throughout the year; Guinness, The Londoner and Crown Relocations. We really appreciate their support and generosity which helps us to survive as a club.
Sue Cuthbertson
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
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FABULOUS SOUTHERNERS NETBALL SQUAD ON A GREAT NIGHT OF NETBALL!!!
Southerners White – Div 2 Runners Up!
White vs Soi 8 won 15 – 13
White vs Mad Dogs lost 11 – 17
Southerners Black – Div 1 Champions!
Black vs Tigers Gold won 25 – 4
Black vs Transpo won 23 – 17
Southerners White
Brilliant effort ladies! It was to be a tough first game from the very beginning with Southerners White team aware of a closely fought game against Soi 8 the previous week, so the pressure was on! Sanj and Karen played a very strong mid-court game, working hard to shut down the Soi 8 attack while Sylvie and Nicky, aimed to keep the Soi 8 shooters under wraps and out of the shooting circle with their defensive skills. Great effort from our 2 shooters – Sims and Anita – who after settling into their own shooting a moving around the circle routine, successfully managed to help lift the Whites through into a play off for the final against Mad dogs. The opposition proved to be as strong which resulted in a well contested game. Our girls worked hard right through to the very end, leading in goals at the end of the first half. A strong Mad dog team managed to pull through into the lead in the final 10 minutes of the game, but not without a fight! A very well played game by a team dedicated to giving it 110% on the night – Well done ladies!
Southerners Black
Our first game surprisingly shocked us all – what appeared to be an extremely well and hard played game by both Southerners & Tigers- the results proved that Southerners had in fact played a stronger attacking game. The Tigers worked as hard throughout the court but weren’t able to finish off the shots with our strong defense team in their circle and putting the pressure on! This also came from a combination of great driving throughout the midcourt and top shooting! Both Tigers and Transpo proved to have strong players in defense but Hodgie and Em found their mojo and were firing them in from anywhere in the shooting circle! In both games, it was very fast throughout the court, which at times saw the ball travelling a little too quick, particular players finding their footing ‘offside’ (sometimes on purpose, sometimes not!!) and me screeching from the sidelines to ‘settle it’, but the game remained clean and fair, which wouldn’t have been possible without 2 switched on umpires! Many interceptions were made along with a little extra pressure coming from our quick mid-courters Emma P, Lisa & Sasha. The shooters in opposition were constantly reminded of how well our defensive team can work – in between the great tips, intercepts and strong rebounds made by Stanners and Mel – our GK also gets bonus points for successfully playing strong and pushing her partner to the point of ‘rolling around the floor in frustration’ – literally!!
What a performance ladies – from a sidelined captain – I’m proud of you guys & damn proud to be a Southerner (emotional enough hey Wagga!)…
A special thanks has to be made to our faithful supporters who have made it week after week to support the girls on court – even more so last night for the play-offs. Hearing ‘Go Southerners’ being shouted from the sidelines makes quite a difference for team morale when on that court but and appreciated a lot (even if you’re sitting on that fence J-Lo..nothing a good shove in the right direction won’t help!!). We hope you’ll continue to support us next Round which kicks off in January.
Thanks also to our sponsors – JP/ Crown for making appearances and supporting & Londoner for “Putting on the Ritz” last night!
Dee & Hodgie
We entered a Southerners Womens Touch Team into the recent Pattaya Invitational Womens Touch Tournament and won 4-1 against Manilla Bullettes 1 (run alongside the Pattaya 10′s Rugby).
The Pattaya Tens weekend was a huge success for the Southerners Ladies’ Touch team. Not only did they manage to walk away as the proud winners of the Women’s Touch but we also demonstrated a very fine effort off the field as well. 6 substitutes makes a world of difference. Congratulations to Ludi Lacrosse on her ‘Player of the Tournie’ performance and captaincy skills. Best wishes to Nic Stanners, we hope the eye socket/nose injury is healing well!
16:00 Meet at Londoner
17:00 Initial fines: wearing real brand name clothing, not bargaining enough on purchases, not having passport, not having money belt, Callum for paying full price for a bum bag, and the twins for drinking hot pink cocktails
17:15 Backpacker quiz. 2 correct answers out of 21. 19 people drink
17:45 Depart Londoner; TUK-TUK!
18:30 Team arrives Gullivers
19:00 First fines; Jet Black for drinking imported beer; Jaz Calver for outrageous things, Momo for wearing a Mumu, Callum for looking like Axel Rose and not sporting an appropriate tattoo
19:30 Marty Challenges Chris to push up wrestle… Marty retires hurt
20:00 Team arrives at Sunset Strip
20:15 Hodgy fined for texting, and fined again for sending the text to Sinclair
20:30 Ann and Debs in push up contest. Richie dons ski goggles and completes 10 push ups on the bar
20:35 Passmore attempts to outdo all-comers with back-clap press-ups, landing on his face after 5 (pulled a heartlage)
20:40 Tour leader, Wagga is missing but sends a text to say he has found the best place but offers no directions or name
20:41 After receiving very clear directions on where the tour group is located, Wagga texts to say: “Cant. See tshe Starct soi, where?”
20:45 Black locates Wagga
20:50 Harris fined for the evenings best T-shirt-
21:00 Wagga leads party nowhere; Black, Perkins attempt to locate a suitable venue from the back of Tuk-Tuk; Marty decides he needs to purchase a suit. Wagga, still standing – amazing
21:15 Team successfully evicts a group of backpackers from Tub-Tims, occupying the back room;
21:30 Momo doesn’t order drinks
21:45 Perkins discovers red porcelain phallus, Smith a Speedracer helmet, and Steel discovers a crab (new mascot, or new tour leader?), others discover Sinclair has no shirt on… again
21:46 Momo Fines Master Sergeant at Arms accused of favoring guys in fines shots 21:47 Momo and Ann ‘rock off’ (paper / scissors / rock) to resolve disputed claim
21:48 Ann accused of cheating in the ‘rock off’
21:49 Wagga accepts fine on behalf of Momo to keep the peace
21:50 Sinclair ‘taped’ on table
22:00 Steel hits Perkins about the chops with a dead fish
22:05 Hodgy shatters Perkins’ red phallus
22:05 Team arrives at Suzies Pub
22:10 Team told to get off the tables at Suzies
22:15 Ting arrives
23:30 Team reconvenes at the Shamrock Irish Pub
23:45 Perkins still smells of fish
01:00 Perkins fails to capitalise, Wagga pours drinks on his head
01:10 Darrel “Slash” Linnott spotted moshing next to Axel Rose
01:30 Sinclair’s nose kicked by feisty Thai bird
01:45 Ting and Sultan rescue Sinclair from the back of a Police truck
02:05 Wagga found declaring his undying love for Hodgy at Burger King.
02:10 Darrell joins rest of Southerners for a ‘love in’ at Burger King
Next day: Reed issues a back-clap press-up challenge at Thursday nights footy practice
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