Looking for Badminton in Pattaya

I will be traveling to Thailand in a few weeks, 6th April to 27th.
I'm looking to attend a club for a club night or play with a group of Intermediate players if anyone can fit an extra person in. I'm 35 and I judge myself to be Intermediate all round in skill level playing league badminton in the UK. I will also be in Chiang Mai for a week so I’m looking for a game or two there.

Chiang Mai from April 8th - 14th
Pattaya From April 15th - 27th


If anyone knows of a place that could accommodate me or has advice on where to play, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks
Darren
 
Darren,

There are a number of places in Pattaya for badminton. The only problem is finding a team that plays at your intermediate level that will allow you to join in.

I am currently living in Beijing full time but I return to Pattaya often for vacation and I am always able to get a game with my old team at Euro Club. They play on Tuesdays and Fridays from 4:30PM to 6:30PM. They are all intermediate level players from England, Holland, Sweden, Canada, and Thailand.

Fairtex is the most modern place in town to play. They have a service to provide playing partners if you arrive alone.

I have gathered together some info for you. Open the attached Google kml file in Google Earth/Maps for locations and links.

Regards,
Curtis

File uploads to this forum fail for kml and kmz files. I have attached the kml file as inline text below. Cut and paste the following into a text file and name the file Badminton_in_Pattaya.kml then save it and open in Google Maps or Google Earth.


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Hello All,
I was thinking of staying at the Fairtex for our hotel because they have courts but does anyone actually play there or should we get a hotel near the beach and play at one of the clubs? Probably there sometime between mid April to beginning of May 2013.
thanks
Tim intermediate player (with bad knees)
 
Tim, I am not sure who is playing at Fairtex now. I was last in Pattaya about 4 weeks ago and played with my old team of expats at euro club. I am back at work in Beijing now so sorry about the lack of current info.

Curtis
 
Thanks for the reply Curtis,
Is the Euro club available for guest to the area? Can someone stop in and get in on a pickup game? What would the price for court time be?
Thanks
Tim
 
Hi Curtis,
Is the Euro Club at Fairtex? I typed Euro Club Badminton into Google maps and got Fairtex instead. Is it actually called "Euro Club". Thanks for your help.
 
Euro Club is not at all the same place as Fairtex.

Use the search function in maps.google.com for Euro Club, however this time type in the lat/long for the place:

100.9119700672461E, 12.88519611699137N

Zoom in and you can see it on street view.
 
Hi

Come to Diamond Club 313/258 Moo 10, Pattaya 3rd Road, easy to find. The best time to play is sth between 5.30- 8.30 p.m. Pls ask for Michael, I m there almost every day after 5 p.m.

Regards
 
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