RBSC 7’s Football Tournament, brought to you by ThaiBev

February has been an eventful month for soccer, kicked off with another of the well-organized tourneys designed for us mature players. The 30th annual Royal Bangkok Sports Club 7’s was held at what must be the finest football pitch in Thailand. This photo doesn’t do justice to the groomed expanse, which is ringed by a two fine running tracks (one for humans, one for horses).

From the picture you at least get a sense of how the Polo Club Field, as it’s known, fits into its otherwise high rise neighborhood. This is some prime real estate—a colonial leftover, in a country that prides itself on never having been colonized.

Our small but proud team fared OK on the first day, but were soon dispatched on Sunday by a much fitter and better-acquainted side from Australia. Two of our lads had flown in especially to play with us, one from Macao and the other from England (extending a week’s business trip he had just finished in Singapore).

Had we been club members (the waiting period is said to be ten years), we could have brushed aside our loss with a bit of lawn bowling afterward, or perhaps some badminton/basketball/billiards/bridge/chess/cricket/golf/hockey/tae kwan do/squash/swimming or tennis. As it was, we simply walked off into the sunset (watching out for passing horses, of course).


At work, Team Orange won a thriller over Team Blue to take home the trophy in the second annual Sport Day. We played on the grass next to the parking lot.