About the Pattaya Sports Club

This is your invitation to participate in any of our amateur sports events.

The Pattaya Sports Club was founded in mid-1979. At that time, Pattaya was a quiet, out-of-the-way seaside fishing village. Weekenders came mostly from Bangkok to enjoy the beach, water sports, and breezy outdoor seafood restaurants. The locals were mainly fishermen and small shop owners.

Among the few foreign residents
 
were a handful of Vietnam expatriates who had settled in Pattaya.  One among them, Bill Gilmore, called the sports-minded together.  The Charter Members numbered thirty-one and included both men and women, Thais and foreigners.  They named the club, approved the club symbol and agreed that the objectives of the club would be to conduct and promote sports events and contribute to local charities. 

Through the years Pattaya has grown into an internationally known tourist destination replete with hotels, restaurants, shops, a very vibrant night-life and excellent facilities for all warm weather sports.  The Pattaya Sports Club has grown also.  Members, although not all active, are now in excess of 20,000, and what started as an occasional golf outing, is now daily golf competitions, weekly darts, lawn bowls, ten-pin bowling and softball events and regularly scheduled fishing tournaments.  Our computer and bridge enthusiasts meet weekly.

Supporting local charities remains a key objective of the club and as the club has grown, so has our ability to donate.  Our focus is on needy children, the handicapped, and the underprivileged. For the year 2005/2006 donations to charity from the Pattaya Sports Club were in excess of baht 2.9 million.

It is worth noting that the Club is administered by a committee elected each year at the Annual General Meeting and not one Committee member receives any remuneration from the Club and is also expected to pay for their own out-of-pocket expenses.

CONTACT US
OFFICE HOURS:  9AM - 6PM     7 DAYS A WEEK     3/197 M-6, PATTAYA 3RD ROAD    BANGLAMUNG, CHONBURI    THAILAND 20150    Tel: (66) 038-361-167    Fax: (66) 038-361-929    Email: admin@pattayasports.org    Web: www.pattayasports.org