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‘Tigers’ bounce back from
Chainart loss with six of the best
 Staff
reporters
The big football match of the AIS League Division 2
Northern Zone this past month took place on Saturday, August 14 when
league leaders Chiang Mai FC travelled to the Kaoplong Stadium to take
on second placed Chainart FC, with just four points separating the two
sides.
The hosts were looking to complete the double over
their title rivals, having secured a 2-1 win in Chiang Mai earlier in
the season.
With a match of such importance it was inevitable
that the atmosphere before the game would be tense and emotions
threatened to run over between rival sets of supporters, with security
guards and police called in to maintain the peace.
Chainart fielded an unchanged team from the one that
had secured a 4-1 victory over Uthai Thani Forest in their previous
match, while Chiang Mai saw the return of Christian Yao to bolster their
line-up.
In a feisty opening to the game it was the ‘Tigers’
from Chiang Mai who controlled much of the possession but it was the
hosts who broke the deadlock in the 17 th
minute, much against the run of play. Chainart won a free kick out on
the right flank and when Sumet crossed the ball over, Thanongsak flicked
it on to the back post where Jirapat Pengkhajorn was waiting to pounce
and give the home team a 1-0 lead.
Chiang Mai FC’s Sarun Sridej (23) challenges for a
header with a Phayao defender during the second half of their match at
the 700-year Stadium in Chiang Mai, Saturday, August 21.
Chiang Mai fought back for the remainder of the first
half and were unlucky not to reach the interval on level terms after
both Worawut and Chanutpol brought good saves out of Emballa Sambo in
the Chainart goal.
The ‘Tigers’ continued to press in the second half of
the game but found it difficult to break down the resolute Chainart
defence. Ekkaluk came closest to equalizing for the visitors but his
effort was once more well saved by Emballa.
Chainart for their part were content to sit on their
lead and hit Chiang Mai on the break and this tactic almost brought them
a second goal in the 85 th
minute, but somehow Thanongsak fired his shot wide with the goal at his
mercy.
The final whistle soon after signaled an important
win for Chainart as they moved to within 1 point of their opponents at
the top of the league standings.
Last weekend, Chiang Mai had the chance to redeem
themselves with a game against Phayao FC at the 700 Year Stadium in
Chiang Mai, and they proceeded to do so in some style.
With barely a minute on the game clock, the ‘Tigers’
opened the scoring through Sarun Sridej who cut in from the left hand
side of the Phayao penalty area to send a superb right foot shot into
the far top corner of the net.
Phayao battled bravely to get back into the match but
they fell further behind on 37 minutes when Supso sent in a great cross
from the left wing to the unmarked Wasuwat who made no mistake to head
in the second goal from 10 yards out.
The game was made virtually safe for Chiang Mai
before half time as Sridej notched his second and the team’s third goal
in the 41 st minute; the
winger once more cutting in from the left before sending a low shot past
Phayao keeper Yodwong.
Substitute Vincent Jipkang continued the scoring for
Chiang Mai in the second half, breaking through the center of the Phayao
defence to slip the ball around the keeper and into the empty net, and
the same player repeated the trick 10 minutes later, finding himself
free in the area after some good build-up play by the ‘Tigers’.
The rout was completed in the 80 th
minute with Sridej grabbing his hat-trick; this time the winger cutting
in from the right of the area to send a left foot shot past Yodwong.
The emphatic victory would have come as some relief
to Chiang Mai who remain just one point clear of Chainart after their
title rivals won a close game 1-0 at Kampaeng Phet.
Chiang Mai’s next league match will be on Saturday, September 4
against Uttaradit Morseng at the 700-year stadium in Chiang Mai. Kick-off
is scheduled for 6 p.m.
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Division 2 (North) Standings August 22
Team P W D L
Pts. GD
Chiang Mai FC 26 22 1 3
67 44
Chainart FC 26 21 3 2
64 40
Pichit FC 26 17 4
5 55 44
Singburi FC 26 13 7 6
46 12
Phrae United 26 11 11 4
44 13
Nakhon Sawan FC 26 12 6 8 42 17
Phitsanulok FC 26 12 5 9
41 9
Sukhothai FC 25 11 5 9
38 0
Petchabun FC 25 9 6 10
33 7
Uttaradit Morseng 26 9 3 14 30
-11
Kampaeng Phet FC 26 6 6 14 24 -21
Lampang FC 26 6 5 15
23 -14
Chiang Rai FC 26 6 4 16
22 -21
Phayao FC 26 6 2 18
20 -42
Tak FC 26 4 5
17 17 -39
Uthai Thani Forest 26 4 3 19 15
-38
Results:
Nakhon Sawan 5-0 Uttaradit Morseng,
Pichit FC 6-1 Uthai Thani Forest,
Kampaeng Phet 0-1 Chainart FC,
Chiang Mai FC 6-0 Phayao FC,
Tak FC 2-1 Chiang Rai,
Sukhothai FC 2-2 Lampang FC,
Phrae United 1-0 Singburi FC,
Phitsanulok FC 2-1 Petchabun |
PTIS student shows good form at international junior golf tourney
Six hundred of the golfing world’s top young players
headed to the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships at the
PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida recently. Four of
the PGA National’s championship layouts were used for the event – the
Champion, the Palmer, the Haig and the Squire courses.
Nont Panayanggool plays an approach shot on the Champion
course in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida during the recent Optimist
International Junior Golf Championships.
Qualifying players traveled from forty-three states, four
Canadian provinces and thirty-three nations to take part in the event.
Thailand was respectively represented by twenty boys and girls from four age
divisions, including Nont Panayanggool, Grade 10, from Chiang Mai’s PTIS
International School and a member of the Three Generation Golf Academy’s
Team Elite.
Nont participated in the boys’ 14-15 division and along
with 106 other boys from eighteen different countries took on the challenge
of PGA’s 6,500 yard Champion course over three consecutive days. In his
first international event, carrying his own bag under sweltering conditions,
with lightning fast greens (11.5), Nont shot a very impressive 229
(76-75-78) finishing tied for 22nd place.
“I am very proud of Nont and in his ability to play under
pressure and representing himself, the TGGA and PTIS International School,”
said his coach, Spike.
Police organize football comp to celebrate 111-year anniversary
Teams, officials and a
marching band line up during the opening
ceremony of the Pitak Santi Pracha Cup football tournament
on August 25 at the Chiang Mai Municipality Stadium.
By Phitsanu Thepthong
The Provincial Police Bureau, Region 5 launched the first
“Pitak Santi Pracha Cup” football tournament on August 25 at the Chiang Mai
Municipality Stadium. The tournament is set to last until September 26 and
teams will compete for a trophy and cash prizes worth 200,000 baht.
The tournament is being staged to celebrate the Police
Region’s 111th anniversary this year, and, according to Pol. Lt. Gen. Somkid
Boonthanom, the Commissioner at the Region 5, “it (football competition)
will be one of the highlights of the celebrations and will help to create
good and closer relations between police and the public in the eight upper
northern provinces areas, as well as encouraging people to exercise more,”
said Somkid.
The winners of the competition will receive a trophy of
the Commissioner and cash of 100,000 baht, while the second and third placed
teams will each receive trophies and cash prizes of 50,000 baht and 30,000
baht respectively. In addition, the winners of cheer-leading team from the
contest will also receive a trophy and cash of 20,000 baht.
Each football team will be made up of half police players
and half from the general public and there will be ten teams in all
separated into two groups; the first one will be for Region 5, Chiang Mai,
Region 5 Lamphun and Mae Hong Son, and the second group will be for Chiang
Rai, Phrae, Nan, Phayao, and Lampang.
The quarter final and semi final rounds will be held on September 24 and
the final round on September 26 at the Chiang Mai Municipality Stadium,
which will be hosted by Chiang Mai Provincial Police.
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