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DARTS - POOL NEWS HUA HIN 8-BALL LEAGUE

HUA HIN 8-BALL LEAGUE
SEASON 2
TEAM G W D L PF PA RF RA MP
LONDON BAR 13 10 1 2 104-52 109-60 21
CLUB 99 13 10 0 3 111-45 115-52 20
MONDO 12 10 0 2 95-49 99-55 20
BEACHCOMBER 12 8 2 2 89-55 97-61 18
JUNGLE JUICE 13 8 1 4 90-66 97-77 17
U-TURN 13 8 0 5 84-72 90-81 16
BILLY'S BAR 13 7 0 6 81-77 86-83 14
BAMBOO GROVE 13 6 1 6 84-72 88-88 13
JAILHOUSE 13 5 3 5 78-78 86-82 13
ROAD HOLE 13 3 2 8 67-89 79-96 8
RAINBOW 13 3 2 8 64-92 79-100 8
LIPS 13 3 2 8 60-96 65-106 8
THAI GIRLS 13 1 2 10 59-98 65-103 4

LAZY DAISY** DISQUALIFIED
13 0 0 13 23-133 27-136 0

HUA HIN DARTS LEAGUE
SEASON 2
TEAM P W D L PF-PA LF-LA MM SCORE TONS MP
Bamboo Grove 19 16 1 2 156-34 209-72 2690-1686 139 33
Beer Bank Bar 19 16 0 3 133-57 188-105 1769-1578 143 32
Billy's Bar 19 13 2 4 133-57 190-95 1429-1461 127 28
Road Hole 19 12 2 5 134-56 186-103 1626-1383 98 26
Club 99 19 12 0 7 116-74 167-108 1439-1378 108 24
Jungle Juice 19 12 0 7 111-79 179-114 1900-1827 79 24
Broken Arrows 19 7 1 11 90-100 144-146 1326-1556 83 15
Lips 19 7 1 11 75-115 112-160 880-1172 39 15
Jailhouse 19 6 1 12 83-107 133-148 1266-1833 72 13

Ship * 19 4 0 15 46-144 73-199 409-654 29 8
Grand Sport ** 19 2 2 15 42-148 61-200 276-404 23 6
Lazy Daisy * 19 0 0 19 3-187 11-245 332-723 7 0

*withdrawn from the league ** disqualified from the league

Feast of Football

The English Premier League Season has come to an end but football in Hua Hin is thriving wih mens, ladies and childrens teams al competing at barious levels.
Smor Prong with their excellent facilities are to the forefront of arranging football tournaments in and around the area.

Pictured leftis the Red Dragons Team who played their first match at Smor Prong School. The team played very well with excellent spirit, but ended up with a heavy defeat, however, the lads all enjoyed their evening match and the after game food and ice cream was well earned. The team trains on Sunday afternoons at Palm Hills Sports Club, anyone interested in joining can call Colin on 01-944 9372.

Pictured below is the “Thai Gers” ladies team in red, and Smor Prong ladies in pink. The two teams played in front of a large crowd, the spectators were thrilled with the level of skill and commitment shown by the girls. The game was played in the true spirit of football, the Thai Gers ended up as 2-1 winners, strangely and for reasons known only to the referee the game went to penalties, which the red team also won.

With the after match food and drink taking on more importance than the score. Anyone interested in joining the ladies section please call 01 865 3047.

FORMULA ONE for June

June 13th
Canadian Grand Prix
at Montreal
Course Details
Circuit length: 4.361 km
No of laps: 70
Race distance: 305.270 km
Lap record: Juan Pablo Montoya, Williams, 2002, 1min 12.836
History
The Ile Notre-Dame was the heart of Olympic action when Canada hosted the 1976 games, and it also hosted the 1967 World Fair. Now it is famed for its grand prix circuit, renamed Gilles Villeneuve to commemorate Canada’s favourite racing driver who was tragically killed during practice for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix.

Gives the impression of being a permanent circuit but it is constructed each year for the grand prix, adjacent to what was the Olympic Rowing basin and close to the site of the 1967 World Fair. It is part-permanent and part street circuit, with a mixture of slow and fast corners plus some very quick barrier-lined straights. The track is a big favourite with teams and drivers, even though it is traditionally hard on cars.

Recent Winners
Year Driver Team
2003 M Schumacher Ferrari
2002 M Schumacher Ferrari
2001 R Schumacher Williams
2000 M Schumacher Ferrari
1999 Hakkinen McLaren
1998 M Schumacher Ferrari
1997 M Schumacher Ferrari
1996 Hill Williams
1995 Alesi Ferrari
1994 M Schumacher Benetton
1993 Prost Williams
1992 Berger McLaren
1991 Piquet Benetton
1990 Senna McLaren

June 20th
USA Grand Prix
at Indianapolis
Course Details
Circuit length: 4.192 km
No of laps: 73
Race distance: 306.106 km
Lap record: Michael Schumacher (GER), Ferrari, 2003, 1min 11.473
History
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway circuit makes its Formula One debut as host this year, the first U.S Grand Prix since 1991 in Phoenix which was quoted by Martin Blundell as being “the biggest disaster ever.” In a country where sport is dominated by football, basketball and the like, nobody knew where it was, and as a consequence only a small number of spectators attended.

However, Indianapolis Speedway officials believe that this track will attract up to 150,000 spectators. This circuit has a long spanning history, attracting thousands of American fans every week, which is why the IMS believe that this is the perfect venue to attract Americans to Formula One.

The Indianapolis track is in the record books for holding the oldest automobile race in America, which opened in 1909 and became host to the Indianapolis 500 in 1911, the latest winner being Kenny Brack in 1999.
Former World champion, Jacques Villeneuve is no stranger to the Indy car circuit, having won the Indy 500 and PPG Cup in 1995.

However, Formula One stars with high profiles such as Villeneuve will provide something of a culture shock to the American fans, with wages higher than some American football stars and team annual budgets peaking at $100 million. Speedway will have to work very hard to attract the same glamour that is attached to other F1 circuits.

Recent Winners
Year Driver Team
2003 M Schumacher Ferrari
2002 Barrichello Ferrari
2001 Hakkinen McLaren
2000 M Schumacher Ferrari

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