Good News For Sports Fans In Phuket

[NBT TV Phuket]

Andaman News TV11 & FM90.5 Phuket 8.30am Wednesday 20 July 2005

Three Premier League football team managers and 6 players have confirmed to come to Phuket on Thursday

<p>Three famous English Premier League football teams Everton, Manchester City and Bolton have confirmed they are sending their club managers, and 2 international players each to Phuket this coming Thursday at about 10am for a football clinic for tsunami affected children at Surakul stadium in Phuket City.

Phuket Sports Association President Eam Thavornvongwong told Andaman News, that they are looking forward to seeing Everton Manager David Moyes, with players David Weir and Nigel Martyn; Manchester City's manager Stuart Pierce, with players Danny Mills and Trevor Sinclair; and Bolton's manager Sam Alladyce, with players Gary Speed and JJ Okocha.

In the afternoon they plan to visit Kata, Karon, Patong, and Kamala beaches, before returning to the airport, for a tournament in Bangkok with the Thai national team. Everton are sponsored by a Thai company and are also planning to make a special donation to tsunami affected villagers in Phang Nga.

Tonight you can see Bolton play Manchester City on Channel 11 at 8.45pm, before they come here.

(we hope to have interviews with them on Friday's programs)

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Andaman News TV11 & FM90.5 Phuket 8.30am Wednesday 20 July 2005

Phuket to host new international style of rugby tournament

<p> Phuket and Thailand is getting a world first in testing out a new international competition in rugby. Called 80-80 rugby or welterweight rugby, it is full 15 a side contact rugby played under the existing International Rugby Board Laws of the Game. The only difference is that it is weight graded and all players cannot weigh more than 85 kg.

Patrick Cotter of Phuket Vagabonds Club told Andaman News that Phuket will host the world's first international tournament in the week of 6 - 14 August. Auckland Rugby Union, New South Wales Union and Japan Rugby Football Union will compete with Thailand. These Unions represent the “powerhouses” of Southern hemisphere rugby and Japan is the leading rugby nation in Asia, being the only one to have made a World Cup. It should prove to be one of the most competitive and closely fought rugby competitions between Asian Unions and Southern hemisphere unions ever. Filming of the event will be seen world wide on the IRB's weekly “Total Rugby” TV program.

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good news!

[NBT TV Phuket]

Unfortunately Andaman News will NOT be on air on Friday 22 July 2005, but will return on Monday 25 July with special interviews of all the 3 managers and 5 players from Everton, Man City and Bolton and FA Premier League CEO who came to Phuket to give a football clinic and souvenirs to tsunami affected children.; also later we have report about Australian TV show and Ambassador helping Wat Kamala in Phuket with new temple garden.

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[NBT TV Phuket]

You can see 3 mini-videos about their visits with interviews on 2 of them, at:

http://www.thaisnews.com/vdoclips_list.php

Everton Football Club donated funds for a new football pitch at Tsunami damaged school of BangMuang in Phang-Nga province

Mini-video of Special - visit by managers and players of English Premier League football teams and FA officials

Mini-video of Interview with Stuart Pierce of Man City, Sam Allardyce of Bolton, and David Moyes of Everton, plus Richard Scudamore, FA Premier Chief Executive

(The report on Australians will be on Tuesday's program)

[NBT TV Phuket]

More football & boxing news

from http://www.thaisnews.com/news_detail.php?newsid=137509 &

Andaman News TV11 & FM90.5 Phuket 8.30am Thursday 28 July 2005

A team of World Cup all-stars led by Pele has indefinitely postponed their tsunami charity tour this week to Thailand, including Phuket, as the Brazilian football legend has to tend to family matters. Several ex football stars like France’s Eric Cantona, Argentina’s Claudio Caniggia and Germany’s Rudi Voller of Germany had been due in Bangkok and Phuket to help raise money for tsunami victims and promote the country’s tourism industry. The teams were due to tour tsunami disaster zones along the Andaman coast and possibly play beach football here. The match and tour have been indefinitely postponed but will be rescheduled when Pele is available.

Meanwhile, a big boxing match for a WBO world bantamweight title defence, by Ratanachai Sor Vorapin of Thailand against challenger Mauricio Martinez of Panama, will go ahead in Patong near or on the football ground, on Friday August the 5th, probably late afternoon or evening. There will be 2 other junior boxing matches as well at the same event.

[NBT TV Phuket]

almost forgot:

Phuket Raceweek sailing regatta starts Thursday!

from Andaman News TV11 & FM90.5 Phuket 8.30am Thursday 28 July 2005

A Press conference was held yesterday for the 2nd Evason Phuket Raceweek’s main event which will be held from today until Sunday the 31st of July, following the Naga Cup Phuket 8 one-design races last weekend, and Skiff Asia Dinghy racing yesterday.

This year, after being in direct contact with all potential entries, Organiser Andy Dowden is confident of over 30 boats taking part. Racing will be staged in five classes: Racing/Sports Boats with 4 confirmed entries; IRC with 13 entries; Club Class with 5 confirmed; Ocean Sports Multihull with 6 entries and Ocean Premier Multihull with 5 confirmed.

Race officials have come in from overseas for the second year running to ensure the highest standards of race management. Evason Phuket Raceweek is run under the auspices of Ao Chalong Yacht Club, and all the boats can be seen off the south east coast racing between 10am and about 3pm for the next 4 days.