Grand Thai Boxing Gym

Hua Hin has its very own Muay Thai (Thai Boxing) venue right in the heart of the city. Gran Thai Boxing Gym has been hosting fights and offering training for 11 Years. You can act up close and personal, as rising amateurs duke it out just a few feet from your seat. You can also receive training from professional fighters six days a week.

Training is available all week except Sunday, from 9am-7pm.You can choose the receive one-on-one training. This time is spent with a trainer working directly with you, to help you execute maneuvers safely and correctly. The trainer will help you improve your skills and also push you positively to make improvements and stay focused. This fee also covers your access to workout materials available at Grand Thai Boxing Gym. You can stay as long as you’d like to continue working the bags, lifting weights, or observing other students training to help you get another perspective. Many students sign up for Muay Thai training with no intention of ever fighting anyone. Muay Thai training makes an excellent exercise program for the entire body, especially the cardio-vascular side.

Grand Thai Boxing Gym also has Bar & Restaurant with Live music every day. You can rent a place to Party Concert by personally .also has Gym, Sauna, workout in friendly place. You can use service everyday. The main draw for Gran Thai Boxing Gym is, of course, the live fight. This are held every Wednesday & Friday night, from 9pm-11pm each night there are five fights with five rounds each one round lasts for three minutes. You can enjoy the fights from floor seating, or move up into the grandstands .While floor seating is certainly a ringside seat, the stands will make you feel like you’re almost in the ring! The fighter are also close you feel like you could reach right out and touch them.

Even though the Fighters are amateurs, the fighting is very real and extremely intense “Real and True fighting” Occasionally, Gran Thai Boxing Gym hosts professional bouts, and these are not to be missed!
Grand Thai Boxing Gym is definitely a great destination to experience one of Thailand’s oldest traditions. With Grand Thai Boxing Gym being in the center of Hua Hin it’s also a simple trip to see real Muay Thai for you.

Grand Thai Boxing Gym is located on the main Phetchakasem Road or you can tell to Taxi or Tuk Tuk goes to Grand Market. You’ll see the sign for Grand Thai Boxing Gym. Please call us for more information Tel. 088-240 0678 (Thai-English)
E mail grandthaiboxing_gym@yahoo.co.th

Hua Hin Sporting Clay

On November 11 – 13, 2011, Skeet and Trap Shooting Association of Thailand will host the “Hua-Hin Sporting Clay” at Hua-Hin Shooting Club’s in Bo Fai, Soi 6 Hua Hin, Prachuab Kirikhan (Bo Fai Shooting Range) in order to promote clay target shooting in the region, to provide an opportunity for interested people to enjoy the activity.

“Skeet and Trap Shooting Association of Thailand decides to host the first “Hun- Hin Sporting Clay” in Hua-Hin, Prachuab Kirikhan because Hua Hin is one of the leading tourist places in Thailand which is quite popular among foreign tourists,” disclosed Mr.Suebchai Chainuvati, President of Skeet and Trap Shooting Association of Thailand.

Being another form of clay target shooting which takes place in natural environment, “Sporting Clay” is highly popular internationally. Each world competition which is accredited by FITASC attracts more than 1,000 shooters around the world. The Association has a plan to arrange for an Asian Sporting Clay Competition in the near future.

In the upcoming Hun-Hin Sporting Clay competition, there will be many types of shooting disciplines for both Sporting Clay and Compak Sporting, categorized in various classes as follows:

1. Class Master
2. Class A
3. Class B
4. Class C (beginner)
5. Categories : Side By Side Shotgun, Single Barrel Shotgun, Pump Action Shotgun, Small Gauge 28&36

The Competition is open for all (beginner to Expert) please contact Skeet & Trap Shooting Association of Thailand, Khun Petcharat (Tel. 02-369-1935 or 02-319-0313), Khun Pidsamai (081-926-1892), Khun Napaporn (080-550-4234) for more information.

2nd Cha-Am Boat Racing Ends with Solidarity

By Sorravit

The 2nd Cha-Am Boat Racing ended already with strong unity and solidarity between organizers from Cha-Am and participants from Hua Hin, Pattaya, Chom Thian and Bang Sean beaches.

The event, coincided with the 2nd Festival of Sea Shell Eating, Bird Watching and Squid Fishing, started on 24 September 2011. It enables all owners of cruises from famous beaches of Thailand, namely Pattaya, Chom Thian, Bang Saen, Hua Hin and Cha-Am, to provide their boats in this activity, symbolizing their strong unity in doing business together. Moreover, it helps boost tourism in Cha-Am as it makes the city well-known as a venue for national and international sport competitions.
According to the Chairman of the Cha-Am Cruise Club Mr. Wipaspong Apirakwong, the 2nd Cha-Am Boat Racing includes 7 types of boats: Small Suite, Speed Boat Open, Open 30, Open 40, Lak Kluay 30, Lak Kluay 40 and Standard.

This activity will not be successful without cooperation and sponsorship throughout from the Cha-Am Municipality, the Cha-Am Cruise Club, the Singha Corporation and many other sponsors from Cha-Am and other provinces of Thailand.

Followings are the results of the competition categorized by the types of participating boats:
1. Small Suite Type: A-Ku (Winner), Cha-Am Fiber (1st Runner Up) and Lung Dam Bang Saen (2nd Runner Up)
2. Speed Boat Open: Saeng Thai Seafood (Winner), Ya Sin (1st Runner Up) and Bang Sib Meun, Mong Khol Chom Thian (2nd Runner Up)
3. Open 30: Chokjarukit (Winner), Kamlai Kaew (1st Runner Up) and Lung Ku (2nd Runner Up)
4. Open 40: Lung Ku (Winner), Luk New (1st Runner Up) and Karn Tha Thai (2nd Runner Up)
5. Lak Kluay 30: Chokjarukit 74 (Winner), Chokjarukit 58 (1st Runner Up) and Chokjarukit 68 (2nd Runner Up)
6. Lak Kluay 40: Cha-Am Fiber (Winner), Karn Tha Thai (1st Runner Up) and Luk New (2nd Runner Up)
7. Stanndard: Chokjarukit (Winner), Kamlai Kaew (1st Runner Up) and Theerayuth (2nd Runner Up)

Tourists Enjoy Shell Eating, Bird Watching and Squid Fishing in Cha-Am

Flock of Thais and foreigners are coming to Cha-Am for the 13th festival of shell eating, bird watching and squid fishing at the Cha-Am lookout between 24 September and 2 October.
Organized by the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Petchaburi Office, the Cha-Am Municipality and the Boonrawd Brewery Public Company Limited’s the Marketing Division, this event aims to promote tourism in Cha-Am in low season. Well-known among tourists as it has taken place for 13 times already, it offers fun travel experiences and several unforgettable activities hardly found elsewhere in Thailand.

Mr. Chai Panichpornpan, the Petchaburi Governor, said that Petchaburi is one of the highest potential provinces in Thailand in terms of tourism thanks to its various natural resources, unique culture and interesting historical background. The province also boasts many royal initiative projects from which people can learn as well as complete accommodations and convenient location close to Bangkok.

These make Petchaburi a precious gem of Thailand.
In terms of Cha-Am, a district of Petchaburi, it is an important tourist spot of the province and Thailand as a whole. Each year, over 4 million tourists visit the area, boosting local economy to the province a lot. Organizing tourism promotion activities like this festival is a good way to allow local people to earn more income, added Mr. Chai.

The Cha-Am Mayor Mr. Nukul Pornsomboonsiri, as an organizing chair of the festival, said that the Municipality of Cha-Am provided visitors with international quality on event organizing. Throughout the event, the central stage will have performances of various artists. At the Cha-Am lookout, visitors can savor good food and drink. Those who want to fish squid can do so at 7 p.m. every day on a fishing boat by paying only 100 Baht charge – the cheapest price for tourists. Fishing boats will be moored beside the Cha- Am lookout on the southern part.

Birdwatchers can take a free trip to Khao Nang Phanthurat hill and Thung Takad Phlee to see local and migrating birds. The trip, taking place twice daily – 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. – can be booked at a tent on the north of the Cha-Am lookout.

On 24 September – the first and the opening day of the festival, a fair of One-Tambon- One-Product (OTOP) goods was launched together with boat racing from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Cha-Am Mayor said that he was confident that the festival would come out very well as it had been held for the 13th times already. Besides, organizers and sponsors for the event know how to prepare everything. So, all visitors will be happy and enjoy great experience there.

The Director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Petchaburi Office Ms. Nongnit Tengmaneewan talked about the festival that the TAT, which has continuously supported it since the first time, would be pleased to co-organize the event again next year because a lot of visitors enjoyed it so much despite the low season. So, the TAT would like to invite tourists to come back to Cha-Am and attend the festival again next year.

Mr. Somchai Paerungrotthawee, the manager of the Boonrawd Brewery Public Company Limited’s the Marketing Division, said that the company was glad to be a co-organizer of the festival because it was a Thai company which supported and took pride of diverse Thai tradition and culture. Boonrawd has continuously sponsored this event as it symbolizes unique Thai lifestyle, especially the way of living in coastal Thailand.

An unmissible event of Cha-Am, the shell eating, bird watching and squid fishing festival will be an unforgettable memory for those who attend it, too. For more information, please contact the Cha-Am Municipality at tel. 032 471 665.

Suphak Beats 1st Rank for Thailand Jet Ski Championship in Cha-Am

The Thailand Jet Ski Championship 2011 was officially ended with Suphak Setthura, from the Flamingo team, winning the first price in the Pro Jet Ski Sport GP category. With the highest score of 15 out of points16 this year, he is expected to qualify for the upcoming world championship.
Apart from Suphak, Weeraphong Maneechom, Chok U-thit Molee and Chaowalit Kuacharoon, professional Thai jet skiers, also beat their best records.
Presided over by the Gen. Surayuth Chulanont at the opening ceremony on 6 August 2011, the Thailand Jet Ski Championship took place at the lookout at the Cha-Am beaches. This is the 4th and the final trial in which its winner will take part in the world jet ski championship in America.

The event was filled with fun and thrill throughout as all jet skiers exerted themselves to the utmost for the championship. Both tourists and local people in Cha-Am showed up to greet and cheer their favorite sportsmen.

Veeraphong Maneechom, the winner in 2010, still kept his championship for the second time this year as a professional jet skier, beating a jet ski champion from Japan last year, he showed improved skills at carefully and calmly controlling and speeding his jet ski. That’s why Veeraphong took home a trophy for his Flamingo team with Arthit Wongpinta and Omerd Sari as the 2nd and 3rd runners-up.

For the 800-CC professional jet ski on-seat category, Chok U-thit Molee aka ‘Thunderstorm’ won the 1st prize while Pradit Buree from K 45 Maxima and Suthiwas Chaisiriwichien from Motorfield were the 2nd and 3rd runners-up. The legendary jet skier of Thailand Chaowalit Kuacharoon aka ‘Ironman’ won the 1st prize for the 1,600-CC professional jet ski on seat category, beating two well-known Thai jet skiers Nakorn ‘Pern’ Silachai from Monkey Serf Saranae and Supharat Nilnopparat from Mahidol CRC Paed Riw. The 2nd and 3rd runners-up were Ekchol Kingcharnsilp and Nakorn ‘Pern’ Silachai.

Suphak Setthura was the only jet skier for the GP Prosport category to beat the big Flamingo team and won the first prize scoring 15 from 16. Chawalit Kuacharoon from Flamingo and Permpol Therapat from Pusan Nakorn Pathom won the 2nd and 3rd prizes respectively.

Following is the list of winners from other categories:
• Thanaphan Phangjunan from Singha PTT (the winner for Semi-Professional 4-Cycle Jet Ski On-Seat);
• Thanawin Phakphokhai from Nakorn Pathom Racing (the winner for Semi-Professional 1,300 CC 2-Cycle Jet Ski On-Seat);
• Supaluck Nilnopparat from Mahidol CRC Paed Riw (the winner for Semi-Professional 1,600 CC Jet Ski On-Seat);
• Atthaphol Khunsa from PTT Power R (the winner for Semi-Professional Jet Ski On-Stand);
• Omerd Sari from Flamingo (the winner for Semi-Professional Jet Skier On-Stand of over 40 Years Old);
• U-dom Phongphrae from Nakorn Pathom Racing (the winner for Semi-Professional Female Jet Skier On-Stand);
• Orapam Thiraphatphanit from Pusan Nakorn Pathom (the winner for Semi-Professional Free Style);
• Weeraphong Maneechom from Flamingo (the winner of Amateur 1,600 CC Jet Ski On- Seat);
• Atthaphol Khunsa from PTT Power R (the winner of Amateur 800 CC 2-Cycle Jet Ski On- Stand);
• Thasawanont Phuekphong from Flamingo Jet Ski (the winner of Beginner 800 CC 2-Cycle Jet Ski On-Stand); and
• Thasphong Saeng U-thai from Fifty Nine Racing (the winners of Beginner 800 CC 2-Cycle Jet Ski On-Stand and Below 13-Year- Old Jet Skier Racing)
Giving closing remarks for this event, Mr. Chomporn Saengmanee, Deputy Governor of Phetchaburi, said that the province was well-equipped in all aspects, especially tourism. Holding the Jet Ski championship this year manifests the strength of Phetchaburi on organizing a big sport event to promote tourism in the province and in Cha-Am.
Promoting tourism in Cha-Am is a major task of the Cha-Am Municipality. In doing so, local people here will earn more from their business. The Thailand Jet Ski Championship is an event which plays a key role on using sport to promote tourism in the city, concluded the Cha-Am Mayor Mr. Nukul Pornsomboonsiri.
Captions

T300 Chawalit Kuacharoon winning the race.
52 Suphak Setthura, the star for the upcoming world jet ski championship this year.
T6 Weeraphong Maneechom fiercely beating other jet skiers for the amateur prize.

Cha-Am Tour on a Bike: Love at First Ride

Now visitors can admire interesting and beautiful natural and cultural tourist attractions of Cha-Am by a bicycle. Just one ride from Cha-Am beaches to Cha-Am local communities, one can experience long-cherished tradition, local lifestyle and culture hardly found elsewhere.

A widely known beachfront city of Thailand, Cha-Am welcomes over a million of Thai and foreign visitors every year. Foreigners in particular like to have long stay in Cha-Am because, apart from beautiful sandy beaches, the city boasts old yet unique and charming local communities awaiting ones to learn more on their history. The Cha-Am community, for instance, which is one of the oldest villages of Cha-Am, still retains one-of-a-kind local lifestyle of its people including their strong belief on Buddhism and traditional paddy farming.

The Cha-Am Tour on a Bike is an activity that enables participants to experience local lifestyle in Cha-Am in a very relaxing way. Starting at 8 a.m. and finishing at 12.30 p.m., the tour, taking 12 kms., will see the participants riding a bicycle across the beach to the western part of the city where the Cha-Am Municipal Fresh Market is located. Then, they will visit the Cha-Am Community to pay respect to

Chao Poh Khao Yai – the highly revered god for local people there. Afterwards, the participants will visit Wat Cha-Am Khiri Buddhist Temple, an oldest Buddhist monastery in Cha-Am which has very long Naga-shaped stairs leading up to a cave. Inside the cave, visitors can pay respect to a Buddha image made of sand stone and admire Cha-Am in breathtaking panoramic views. Next, the participants will visit Cha- Am Child Care Center, a unique bridge over a canal by the Wat Cha-Am and the Takian goddess shrine. The trip back to the Cha-Am beach passes a big reservoir, verdant paddy fields and old windmills.

Even though the program takes only half a day, tourists will fully enjoy various activities they will never forget with professional tour guides. Now open for everyone, the Cha-Am Tour on a Bike can be booked with khun Pina at tel. 081 432 6616.

Thailand Jet Ski Championship confirmed

Cha-Am Mayor Mr. Nukul Pornsomboonsiri announced that The Thailand Jet Ski Championship is ‘definitely’ taking place between 6 and 7 August after its postponement last month,

Hosted by the Petchaburi Provincial Office, the Cha-Am Municipality and the Jet Ski Association of Thailand under the patronage of HRH Princess Ubolrat, the Thailand Jet Ski Championship will be the fourth and the final round for all jet skiers who already passed the previous three races. Due to some technical problems of the Jet Ski Association of Thailand, this competition needed to be delayed from the previously planned scheduled in July.

The final race will see Thai jet skiers fight for national championship as the winner will represent the country in an international jet ski championship later. So, throughout the event, audience will certainly be thrilled and excited by the competition.

Held by the Cha-Am lookout, the Thailand Jet Ski Championship will promote tourism in Cha-Am and Petchaburi forThais and Foreigners , concluded Mr. Nukul.

The winner of Anantara’s hunt for a ‘Roving Elephant Reporter’ will become a star of the elephant polo circuit, delivering international coverage of the captivating games from a VIP pitch-side seat.
Lastly, fifteen celebrities have also been invited to paint and decorate an elephant replica which will be auctioned off for charity at the final gala dinner.
The event will also see a number of teams go trunk to trunk to win the coveted King’s Cup trophy. The tournament was introduced to Thailand in 2001 by Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas and is a charitable event that raises money for the benefit of all Thailand’s elephants. To date the tournament has raised over US$300,000 primarily for the National Elephant Institute.

For more information on King’s Cup Elephant Polo, please visit www.anantaraelephant polo.com
Anantara Hua Hin Resort & Spa is a distinctive Thai village-style resort located on the sunrise coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Hidden amidst 14 acres of luxuriantly landscaped mature gardens and lagoon pools, the picturesque resort enjoys a beachfront location at the quiet end of Thailand’s historic royal seaside town. For more information please visit www. anantara.com

TAT Steps Up Promotions for Golf in a Kingdom

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is to adopt a high-profile presence at the North America Golf Tourism Convention to be organised by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO) between May 18 – 21, 2011, Monterey County, California.

Thailand is the only Asian country to be featured as a major sponsor of this event. With more than 100 buyers of golf tourism expected to participate, TAT plans to make full use of this opportunity to disseminate information about the kingdom’s amazing golf facilities, expand its range of contacts and boost networking with golf operators worldwide.

Mrs Juthaporn Rerngronasa, TAT Deputy Governor for International Marketing (Europe and the Americas), said, “This year, we have set a strategy to expand quality tourists in the American region by stepping up our promotions of the golf tourism market.”

“This is due to the fact that golfers still have high spending power. In times of recurring and unpredictable crisis every week and a highly competitive market, the TAT needs to continue to attract market segments which still have the desire and the means to travel. Golf tourism is one such segment.”

Set up in 1997 with headquarters in London, IAGTO has a membership of 1,600 companies from 82 countries. Its membership has expanded in recent years to include golf resorts, golf courses, hotels, specialist ground handlers, car rental and transportation companies, airlines, tourist boards, media, and a wide range of business partners who provide services for the golf tourism industry. Late last year, TAT organised a familiarisation trip for 22 golf tour operators, all members of IAGTO, to survey golf courses in Bangkok, Pattaya, Hua Hin and Chiang Mai.

According to IAGTO, its membership includes 370 golf tour operators from 51 countries who only sell golfing holidays. Of these, 144 companies sell golf tours to Thailand. Mrs Juthaporn said, “The IAGTO has stressed that Thailand has great potential to expand its profile among the rest of the golfing operators who are not yet selling Thailand. We will work with IAGTO more intensively in the future to find ways to cooperate in promoting the golf market.”

In addition to cooperation with IAGTO, TAT also participated in the PGA Merchandise Show in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, last January. The event was attended by nearly 42,000 PGA professionals and industry executives from 88 countries and nearly every U.S. state.

Two marketing activities targetted at the golf sector are under way in Thailand between 20-29 March.

A group of 16 golf industry journalists from the United States, Canada, UK, Italy, Sweden and Denmark have been invited on a fam trip that will take them to some of the popular golf courses of Bangkok, Pattaya, Hua Hin and Chiang Mai.

A group of 10 Teaching Professional Golfers from USA are also visiting Thailand to survey the golf courses and supporting facilities and services, and also get ideas for organising golf holiday packages. Golfing has become a major component of Thailand’s increasingly diverse tourism product. There are over 200 high standard golf courses nationwide, many of them championship level designed by the world’s top designers; such as, Jack Nicklaus, Robert Trent Jones Jr, and many others. The result is some of the most attractive courses in Asia, with excellent facilities, memorable signature holes and regular maintenance to keep them in top-class condition.

There are at least a few courses in or within easy reach of all major cites. Most of the newer courses offer accommodation on site or nearby, plus recreational facilities for the whole family. For the more adventurous, there are older, natural courses in remote areas around the country, all offering good value.

So for golfers who not only appreciate a challenging course, but an exotically different one too, there is an extraordinary choice.

International Public Relations Division Tourism Authority of Thailand Tel: +66 (0) 2250 5500 ext. 4545-48 Web site: www.tatnews.org

For more information on Golf in a Kingdom: The Thai Golf Experience, or to make golf travel plans in Thailand, visit www.golfinakingdom.com, or send email to info(at)golfinakingdom(dot)com

Golf Course Superintendents of Asia Summit 2011

By Asia Pacific Golf Development & Conferences Pte Ltd

THE BIGGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT CONFERENCE FOR GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS IS LAUNCHED!

The 2011 Golf Course Superintendents of Asia Summit is confirmed. It will be staged from October 31 – November 2 at the Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall (PEACH). 

This is a world class facility located right in the heart of the exciting and pulsating beach resort city of Pattaya in Thailand.

We are working with major trade associations and universities to stage the best knowledge conference for golf course superintendents.

As always, we will plan on a very productive learning and networking session for all delegates.

If there is one conference for golf course superintendents that you must attend, this is the conference for you!

Make sure that you mark the show dates in your diary and we look forward to seeing you at the 2011 Golf Course Superintendents of Asia Summit. For more details, please visit official website: http://www.asiangcsaa.com 

Programme details will be forthcoming in the weeks ahead. If you have any queries, kindly contact:

Georgina Wong
President, Operations
Asia Pacific Golf Development & Conferences Pte Ltd
georgina@asiapacificgolfgroup.com

Alice Ho
Marketing Executive
Asia Pacific Golf Development & Conferences Pte Ltd
alice@asiapacificgolfgroup.com