Good news for Sports fans in Phuket

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from 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.


(PS we hope to have interviews with them on Friday's 22 July program)
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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.

(PS Andaman News is NOT on air on Thursday 21 July)

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Unfortunately due to unforeseen problem, Andaman News will NOT be on air on Friday 22 July 2005, but will return on Monday 25 July with special unique interview of all the 3 managers and FA Premier League CEO together, and 5 players from Everton, Man City and Bolton 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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You can see 3 mini-videos about their visits with interviews on 2 of them, at:

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

1. Everton Football Club donated funds for a new football pitch at Tsunami damaged school of BangMuang in Phang-Nga province
2. Mini-video of Special - visit by managers and players of English Premier League football teams and FA officials
3. 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

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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.