ARC 25 – The End of An Era
This year’s event marked the 25th edition of this incredible event. Despite the mayhem caused to Cathay Pacific by Covid (and advancing years), Big Sai Wan with a bit of help from LSW managed to field a team of 12 to fight for the Asian Ryder Cup one final time in Pattaya.
Everyone had a blast, and fittingly the series (which was tied at 12 matches to each team) went down to the final flight on the final day.
An overused expression, but at the end of the day ARC was the winner. Everyone who has been involved with this wonderful event will have fond memories of it forever.
A special thanks to JP for doing the lions’s share of organisation, stalwarts such as Marty Vandenberg, Tiku, Jason Waldie, Ian Jerdan, Richard our hard working “organiser on the spot” for many years, and our 9 virgins who stepped in to make the final event possible.
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The final teams
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A very cold, damp virgin after “Baptism”
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Astonishingly colour coded 2011 teams
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No ARC tour would be complete without at least one “traitor”
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A surprisingly happy “Beer Bitch”
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Jason as “The Money Bitch” one last time
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The 2023 captains exchanging trophies
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Jesus and George Bush preparing to “baptise” the virgins
How the other half live
In 2008 after Bangkok airport was closed by protesters, JP decided to hire his own aircraft to get home!
EVENT NAME: 25th Asian Ryder Cup
DATE: 27/11/2023
FORMAT: Match Play
COURSE TEE BOX: Pattaya
MONTH: November