Jomtien Beach, Pattaya-
On Sunday, the 13th of March 2022, at Jomtien Beach, Pattaya mayor Mr. Sonthaya Khunpluem appointed his secretary Mr. Worapoj Pongpalee as a chairperson to preside over the closing ceremony and to award prizes to the winners of the Pattaya Water Sports competition 2022.
This event was held under the concept of public sports competition and was supported by the annual budget of 2022. Moreover, the closing ceremony was also attended by Mr. Pradit Thongchai, head of the development of the sports tourism department and his crew, along with the Windsurfing Association of Thailand, the Standing Up Paddling Board club, the Local Jet Ski and Speedboat club, the Pattaya Windsurfing club, and many Thai and international contestants.
The Office of Tourism and Sports has held this event with an intention to support and develop water sports in Pattaya to be widely known and for the city to truly live up to its name as “Sports City”. The competitions were categorized into two types as follows.
- Windsurfing
1.1 Male youth, not over 14 years old
1.2 Female youth, not over 14 years old
These above sports had already been completed on the 2-5 of March 2022.
As for the recent events,
- Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP), taking place on 12-13 March 2022
2.1 Male, 3 kilometers
2.2 Female, 3 kilometers
2.3 Male, 6 kilometers
2.4 Female, 6 kilometers
2.5 Male, over 40 years old, 6 kilometers
2.6 Female, over 40 years old, 6 kilometers
2.7 Male, marathon, 10 and 16 kilometers
2.8 Female, marathon, 10 and 16 kilometers
The competition received a collaboration from the Windsurfing Association of Thailand and Standup Paddleboarding Club, both for participating in the competitions and judging in order for the event to be standardized and enjoyable over the last weekend.
TPN notes the exact list of winners was not released by the Pattaya PR department.
Picture credit: Pattaya Public Relations
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