Category: Activities
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Buriram Golf Society Play Their Final Round For The Claret Jug On Friday
The local golf enthusiasts knew they would enjoy watching “The Open” over the last weekend. So some months ago the Golf Society decided to have, their own Claret Jug competition. It was to be held over two rounds of stableford golf, the first round having been played last Friday. The esteemed senior member, Colin Bradwell,…
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Buriram Angling Club Chairman Goes Fishing In Bungsamram
After a morning business meeting in the centre of Bangkok I was at a loose end with an afternoon to kill, so being a keen angler I decided to treat myself to a few hours at the world famous “Bungsamram” fishing park. The park is in the Bungkum area which is about a 40 minute…
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Buriram Golf Society Make American Independence Day Go With a Bang!
On Friday July 3rd, the Buriram Golf Society held a Texas Scramble to celebrate American Independence Day. A number of our former colonial “friends” have been prominent supporters of previous events so we thought it appropiate to honour their big day. On this occasion it was to be a shotgun start (hence the bang, though…
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121,242.50 Baht Raised By Buriram Run For Nepal
Despite very short notice an impressive 600 Buriram residents turned out for the Run For Nepal event held at Rajabaht University athletics track. Put together by Buriram Running Club and the Rajabaht University, the evening was a great success. 121,242.50 Baht was raised in total for the victim’s of Nepal’s recent earthquake tragedy. Prior to…
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Record Numbers Participate In Buriram Invitation Golf Challenge
On the third ever occasion of the six month old and rapidly expanding Buriram Invitation Golf Challenge, record numbers of players participated in a one day Texas Scramble competition. 32 players took part. This was six up on the last outing which took place at Christmas time, and eleven up on the first ever Buriram…
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Buriram Christmas Golf Tournament
Due to the great success of the Buriram Times Challenge Golf Tournament earlier in the year, a group of Buriramers took it upon themselves to have a whole other contest to themselves. In an early burst of Christmas frivolities, twenty four keen golfers donned their Christmas hats and hit a ball round eighteen holes of…
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Inaugural Buriram Times Golf Tournament A Great Success
The first – ever Buriram Times Golf Tournament was held on Tuesday, October 28th at Buriram Golf Club. Twenty-one golfers of varying degrees of prowess took part and the verdict was a unanimous thumbs-up! 1st Place Team Steve, Lynn and Larry (above) It was a multicultural event with players from the USA, New…
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New High-Tech Golf In Your Own Home
The answer to every amateur golfer’s (and pros) prayers may have been finally answered . A company called SIMGOLF.asia has developed a brand new indoor golfing experience using various products developed by other companies. They have assembled a host of state of the art, high tech golfing aid devices into a single package to produce…
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Surin Golf Course
The Buriram Times has already featured Buriram Golf Course and for those who fancy a trip out to play another course, Surin is only 50 km down the road. Like Buriram, it is situated at the quite picturesque Army camp on the outskirts of Surin. It is a nine hole course consisting of two par…
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Improvements to Buriram Driving Range
Buriram driving range has had a bit of an upgrade. OK, obviously it’s not quite in the same league as St Andrews yet, however a few extras allow players greater scope in the practice of their game. Distance markers have recently been added to the driving range. So now you can see just how far…