Indonesian Soccer League 2018 PreviewAntony SuttonJanuary 31, 2018 by Antony SuttonJanuary 31, 20180With the new Liga One season due to kick off in the second half of February most of the 18...
The State of Indonesian Football in 2017Antony SuttonNovember 20, 2017 by Antony SuttonNovember 20, 20170To say football is massive in Indonesia is an understatement. Fans of English, Italian and Spanish teams regularly gather in...
Good News from Wild SumatraAntony SuttonAugust 8, 2016August 8, 2016 by Antony SuttonAugust 8, 2016August 8, 20160Sad, but true. The only time you hear of Sumatra in the news is when there is a natural disaster,...
Indonesia’s Oldest Football Club: Persatuan Sepak Bola MakassarAntony SuttonSeptember 7, 2015August 4, 2017 by Antony SuttonSeptember 7, 2015August 4, 20170This year Birmingham City celebrates their 140th anniversary as a professional football club. It hasn’t been much of a history...
Persipura Jayapura’s Long Road to SuccessAntony SuttonAugust 10, 2015August 4, 2017 by Antony SuttonAugust 10, 2015August 4, 20170The Black Pearls overcome long flights and tiring transit times to become the best football club in the land. For...
Sail Indonesia Promotes Indonesia’s Nascent Maritime Leisure IndustryAntony SuttonJune 25, 2015August 4, 2017 by Antony SuttonJune 25, 2015August 4, 20170Hardy crews get up close and personal to spectacular and remote destinations in the eastern islands. With 17,000 islands of...
Pitchers Prepare to Mount the Mound in JakartaAntony SuttonJune 15, 2015August 4, 2017 by Antony SuttonJune 15, 2015August 4, 20170Baseball arrives in Indonesia as the Hit Factory hopes to take the game to another level. Think of baseball and...
Pencak Silat: More Than Just a FightAntony SuttonMay 29, 2015August 8, 2017 by Antony SuttonMay 29, 2015August 8, 20170Explore your inner self through the grace and beauty of a martial art so tightly woven into the fabric of...
Howzat! Jakarta Cricket Season Reaches ClimaxAntony SuttonMay 18, 2015August 8, 2017 by Antony SuttonMay 18, 2015August 8, 20170Cricket’s history may be lost in the clouds of time, but the future is bright. When it comes to the...
Deddy the Daddy of Brazilian Jiu JitsuAntony SuttonMay 4, 2015August 8, 2017 by Antony SuttonMay 4, 2015August 8, 20170We live in healthy times. For me, growing up in suburban Surrey in the 1980s, exercise was limited to a...
Do You PétanqueAntony SuttonApril 20, 2015June 14, 2024 by Antony SuttonApril 20, 2015June 14, 20240I must be honest and say that when I was first told about pétanque in Jakarta my initial reaction was...
United by RunningAntony SuttonMarch 23, 2015August 23, 2017 by Antony SuttonMarch 23, 2015August 23, 20170We are approaching the dry season and that is good news for one hardy bunch of Jakarta residents: the running...
Rugby Expats Take the Game to Local CommunitiesAntony SuttonMarch 9, 2015August 23, 2017 by Antony SuttonMarch 9, 2015August 23, 20170How a conversation in a pub, with a backdrop of Christmas carols, led to orphaned girls taking up the rough-old-game...
Rugby RomanceAntony SuttonFebruary 23, 2015January 15, 2021 by Antony SuttonFebruary 23, 2015January 15, 20210It was Valentine’s Day so I decided to show my long-suffering wife some genuine TLC. We loaded up the car...
Aussie Rules in IndonesiaAntony SuttonFebruary 9, 2015September 5, 2017 by Antony SuttonFebruary 9, 2015September 5, 20170It shouldn’t come as a surprise, given the close proximity of Australia to Indonesia, that Australian Rules Football, better known...
Young Guns Cut their Teeth in the Jakarta Schools Football LeagueAntony SuttonJanuary 26, 2015August 8, 2017 by Antony SuttonJanuary 26, 2015August 8, 20170It was hot, very hot. Hardly the best conditions for playing football anywhere, let alone a school in South Jakarta...
Every Day is Saturday with the TGIS Hash House HarriersAntony SuttonJanuary 12, 2015October 20, 2017 by Antony SuttonJanuary 12, 2015October 20, 20170Guidebooks love to tell you where to go and how to get there. Travel snobs love to tell you how...
German Plus: 50 Years of Football HistoryAntony SuttonDecember 1, 2014August 8, 2017 by Antony SuttonDecember 1, 2014August 8, 20170In the rich annals of German football, the name Burkhardt Pape may not spring to mind in the way the...
Sun Bear Education and Conservation Centre, SamarindaAntony SuttonDecember 1, 2014August 8, 2017 by Antony SuttonDecember 1, 2014August 8, 20170While everyone is familiar with the orangutan and the problems that the cuddly, cute orange ape faces, spare a thought...
Balikpapan at a GlanceAntony SuttonOctober 6, 2014August 8, 2017 by Antony SuttonOctober 6, 2014August 8, 20170When I was growing up in suburban Surrey all those years ago, I knew little of the East beyond the...
Stick it to ’em: Field Hockey in JakartaAntony SuttonJune 2, 2014September 5, 2017 by Antony SuttonJune 2, 2014September 5, 20173 Every time I told people I was off to an international hockey event on the weekend I was greeted with...