Tiger Tussle - Mixed Netball!!

FACT: a group of Tigers is called a streak or an ambush but most often Tigers live alone.

REALITY: Thailand Tigers love to streak and it's time for the first Tiger Tussle!! Grrrr.......



Calling all Tigresses,

The BNL season is over and we know you are missing your netty, so we are organising a mixed netball Tiger Tussle. That's right, the tiger males are joining our Streak on-court and are keen to impress us Tigresses with their speed, strength and fighting abilities.

In the wild, both male and female tigers will fight each other if necessary to defend, expand or acquire new territory.

On the netball court, mixed streaks will be formed and a battle for the territory will ensue.

When: Monday 30th April, 6.45pm for 7pm start
Where: NIST (Suk Soi 15), drinks after with details to follow
(Tuesday is a public holiday to allow all Tigers time to lick their wounds before resuming their mundane hunting tasks on Wednesday)
Cost: 100 baht (for court hire)
RSVP: Friday April 27th to Joey (joeykookie@hotmail.com) or reply to the event invite on facebook
If you can't make this game but would be interested in playing in future games then please RSVP via email and let us know (if this game is a success with good turnout then future tussles will follow)
Rules: This is the first time that some of the Tiger males have ventured into the netball jungle. All game rules for mixed netball will be explained on the night.

Get ready to tussle......

PHUKET NETBALL TOUR / TIGERS HIT KSR

The Phuket Bees flew into Bangkok in the early hours of a Saturday morning to join two Tigers teams for a tournament.  

In game 1, Tigers 2 vs Phuket, excellent shooting from Joey and Nuch saw the Tigers take an early lead. The Phuket girls fought hard and it was a tough match, but they could not match the Tigers defense, Caroline and Hinda, who kept them scoreless in the last quarter. A great win to Tigers 2 to commence the day.  

Tigers 1 then took the court in the second match against Phuket. Great shooting from our girls kept the game close, however after a tight battle, Phuket came out victors. It was a great effort from the Tigers 1 team with with all players performing well and demonstrating good team skills. 

In a friendly match, the two Tigers team then met on court for game 3. Great shooting again from Joey and Nuch saw Tigers 2 take out a comfortable win. 

After refueling with fruit and gatorade, Tigers 2 and Phuket met to battle it out in the final. Phuket put up a valiant fight but were no match for Tigers 2's superior fitness and ball skills. Congratulations to Tigers 2 - victors of the day. Well done!!

A huge thank you to Joey for organising the tournament so well. 

The final scores for the games were:

Tigers 2 (26) def. Phuket Bees (10)
Phuket Bees (18) def. Tigers 1 (10)
Tigers 2 (28) def Tigers 1 (3)
FINAL: Tigers 2 (16) def. Phuket Bees (8)

 

What happens when you mix a tiger, st patty's day, rehydrating ales, a tuktuk, khao san road and glitter............... turns out a lot of fun!!!

After such a successful day, the Tigers ladies regrouped that evening for warm up St Patty's Day drinks at Lub'd Bangkok. After a few drinks to 'rehydrate' after a tough day on court, the ladies were in fine form and ventured to Khao San Road to join the Southerners KSR Backpackers' Tour. The Tiger ladies certainly looked the part in their absolute backpacker best and were easily identifiable, wearing "same same" green tiger singlets. When a pot of glitter appeared, the night hit new highs with many were caught unawares as they received this 'beautification'! Whilst the ending of the evening may be a little hazy for some, loads of fun was had and some of life's bigger questions were answered (for example, how many Tigers can you fit into a tuk-tuk??). In the aftermath, as remnants of glitter continue to appear despite frustrating desperate attempts to cleanse,  there is one Irish Tiger that will go hungry on Thursday after failing to come home with her hat and win the bet!! 

A huge thank you to Clare Bell for coordinating the evenings activities and organising the outfits. 

AFL Grand Final 2010

Catch all the AFL Grand Final action on the big screen in a fantastic pub atmosphere!

Tickets are now on sale for the Thailand Tigers 2010 AFL Grand Final Function.

For the 6th year running and after a huge success last year, the Thaigers are once again taking over the Australian Pub on Sukhumvit Soi 11 for the ONLY Bangkok AFL Grand Final function run by an AFL team!

Tickets include champagne breakfast, a true Aussie lunch, free-flow beer, wine and soft drinks. Great raffles and prizes also to be won.

When: Saturday 25th September 2010
Where: The Australian Pub, Sukhumvit Soi 11
Time: 9:30am to 3:30pm
Ticket prices: Members 1600 baht, non-members THB 1900 baht

For bookings contact:
Alan Sutherland 089 897 9435 agsut@optusnet.com.au or
Libby Johnson 081 868 1351 elizelms@gmail.com

Limited tickets so book now!

www.thailand-tigers.com

Unclaimed raffle prizes!

Ok some of you may have been in a state which precluded checking your raffle tickets on Saturday afternoon. There are 3 unclaimed prizes:

• Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa: 1 night's accommodation in deluxe room inclusive of breakfast for two. Value: THB 16,000. Ticket number: Orange 319817
• Face Bangkok - Bar & Restaurant: Voucher for drinks & dinner for 2 people to the value of THB 2,000. Ticket number: Red 315981
• Kalpapruek on First: Dinner voucher valued THB 1,000. Ticket number: Red 316096

So if you still have your raffle tickets double check them ASAP & if you have a winning ticket get in touch with Libby elizelms@gmail.com

Tigers Netball

AFL Grand Final Day 2009

After loads of hard work & preparation - well done Marta, Libby, Andy, Yoda & everyone else who contributed, we had a fantastic day celebrating the AFL Grand Final 2009 - Saints vs. Cats - at the Australian Pub & BBQ on Sukhumvit Soi 11. The bravest volunteers arrived at 7am to set up, which was hard work but lots of fun.

Certain volunteers refused to put up any decorations for the Cats.....

The staff were great!

The game was really tense!

But you didn't have to be a winner to be a grinner.

Everyone had a blast!

Tigers Netball do World Environment Day

Lured by the tantalising promise of a sausage sizzle & beers, some of the girls from Thailand Tigers Netball made their way to Samut Prakan on the first Sunday in June to take part in a mangrove tree planting Family Fun Day, organized by Plant-A-Tree-Today to commemorate World Environment Day. “We just want to give something back, after taking so much,” quipped Cookie Chaos.

Dressed in our funky mud-protection ninja boots and armed with the mangrove saplings we were intent to plant, we made our way out to the mangroves through knee-deep (well almost knee-deep, certainly shin-high) gloopy mud and marauding mosquitoes. The tree planting was a bit of hard, dirty work, but very rewarding.
Cookie Chaos managed to suppress the strongest of urges to start a mud-slinging fight, for which we were all very grateful. Planting done, we got down to the serious business of the day, which was relaxing in the shade, while drinking beer and consuming delightful sausages.
We’re pleased to report that PATT’s Family Fun Day managed to plant 220 mangroves, each of which will remove around 500kgs of carbon from the atmosphere over the next 30-40 years. PATT would like to thank the sponsors of the day: Pepsi, OrientSkys & Slim Jims (great snags Slim Jim!), as well as their volunteer helpers, particularly Tigers Netball’s own Claire (aka Riser). For more info on PATT or to offset the carbon for your next flight home go to http://www.plant-a-tree-today.org/

Tigers Netball Presentation Night

We finally decided that we're special enough to have OUR OWN presentation night! We'll celebrate the end of the season in style - bowling @ Siam (to be confirmed) on Tuesday 9th December. Watch this space for more details.

Don't miss the awards - it could be you!!

BNL Presentation Night

The Bangkok Netball League Presentation Night for this season will be held on Monday, December 8th - pencil it in! Event and exact details to be advised - watch www.bangkoknetball.com for updates...

Kath and Rhino's farewell @ Nest

Help bid our beloved Kath and Rhino farewell @ Nest (Suk Soi 11) on Saturday 13th December from 7pm...friends welcome

AFL Grand Final Day Montage

AFL Grand Final Day rocked!....we think?

If anyone REMEMBERS any stories - please contribute!?

Court Capri gets caliente!

All Tigresses, Tigers and their friends are invited to heat up Lennie and Anna's new place in Thong Lor this Saturday, 30th August.

Antics begin at 8pm - BYO drinks. Call Anna on 0850632442 for directions. See you there!

Khao Yai mai?

Due to less-than-desirable weather conditions and a general aversion to monotony, the Tigers girls have decided that Khao Yai would be a better choice than Samet for our girls' weekend on 5th-7th September.

Anna is organising a van and accommodation for a weekend of indulgence, adventure and debauchery for all the interested ladies. Please let Anna know as soon as possible if you would like to join the Khao Yai bandwagon - 0850632442 or thailandtigersnetball@gmail.com.

For those of you new to Bangkok (or those of you who are just hermits), Khao Yai is an awesome national park only about 2 hours north east of Bangkok. There are loads of cool things to see and do, including mountain biking, rock climbing, waterfalls, elephants and quad biking. We will be staying at a nice place (TBA) with a pool and hopefully a spa on-site!

Who are you to resist?!

AFL Grand Final

Training @ Trinity

Calling all Tigresses:

TTN's first netball training session for this season will be held at on Monday 25th August at Trinity Complex - here are the deets...

Time: 6.30pm warm up (and a bit of chit chat) if you can make it, 7pm start, finishing @ 8pm

Place: 8th floor Trinity Complex, Narathiwat Soi 3 (phiphat 2), BTS Chong Nonsi

Directions: Walking up Narathiwat Soi 3 from BTS Chong Nonsi (711 and Family Mart on either side of Soi entrance), Trinity Complex is on the left hand side less than 100 metres from Narathiwat Road. Look out for "The Foodie" restaurant on the corner and head up that driveway. When you get to the 8th floor head outside to the basketball court.

Cost: 50 bt for court hire/netball slush fund.

Phone Liz on 0860655591 if you get lost.

This session will be a great opportunity to meet new girls, start working out 1st & 2nd Division teams, look at positions, and have a bit of a pre-season work out, so please try to get down. This will also be one of Coach Joey's final training sessions before she heads off on another adventure. Finally, if you haven't paid up Tigers Membership fee, this will be a great opportunity to do so, and also pick up your Tigers T-shirt.

Social members welcome to come and play or watch!

Contingency: If it rains, come anyway and we can have dinner at the local pub (Duke of Wellington)!!!

Bring on the BBQ!

The much-anticipated Tigers raffle draw is coming up on Saturday 23rd August at Witch's Tavern in Thong Lor. The draw for the bbq and the other awesome prizes takes place at 9pm but we're sure we can fit in a few drinks before then...See you there!

For tickets contact Saul - saulmorgan6@hotmail.com

Say hello, say goodbye

The Tigers are saying farewell to yet another Brit (can you guess who? Hint: mischievous mind belies posh accent) and also welcoming some awesome new girls to the team. This Friday night (15/8) at 8pm - starting at Nest (rooftop bar at Le Fenix Hotel - Sukhumvit Soi 11) then we'll see where the night takes us...

Give Anna a call if you want to join in - 0850632442

Adieu, Farewell and Goodnight!

As promised, the Twaiters, Puddles, Vron and Wifey were sent off with a bang and a splash on Saturday night - for those who can't remember, the night featured norg wars, gumboots in the pool and many a toast to those departing.

Thailand Tigers Netball would like to send a big farewell and good luck to Liv, Chris, Veronica, Robson and Jules. We wish you all the best for your new adventures abroad and at home!

Surprise!

Triumphant in her trickery, Joey arrived with Vron and U-Peg in tow at Spring yesterday looking very relieved as the Tigresses surprised Vron with her Bangkok baby shower. Dressed in a gorgeous grey GAP hoodie, Vron held back the tears while unwrapping many presents organised by Treasurer Libby for each section of her baby's day. The stylish presents included a handmade baby sling and an individualised new Tigers membership bodysuit for the little girl to strut around Tassie in.

The TTN commitee want to thank everyone for making the day extremely special for Vron and we wish her all the best for her new adventure. We will miss you Vron!

Bowling for Bangkok

The girls are organising a bowling night at Thonglor Major Bowl on July 12th starting from 7pm - all are welcome. If you haven't been bowling in Thailand before... get onto it! You can drink while your bowling and there's also the opportunity of going fluoro! Please let Carlene know at littlewhits@hotmail.com by 9th July if you are coming as we need to book lanes.