Events

Please join us for our club lunch meeting with the presentation “Aging Spine: What we should know” by Dr. Pritsanai Pruttikul of Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok. The hospital will also present a new program to provide discounts on selected medical services and treatments for our members.

We hope to see you there!

Buffet lunch: THB 550

Dress code: Smart casual

Please be invited to attend the annual RID 3330 District Conference to learn about the latest of what's happening in Rotary and our district, and meet our old and new friends over two days in Surat Thani province. The club awards ceremony is going to take place in the afternoon of 29 March, and the theme of the Governor’s Gala Dinner Party on 30 March is “City Pop” with a lot of Rotary camaraderie and fun entertainment.

The conference is conducted in Thai with English translators broadcasting via ZOOM so bring your earphones to connect to your smart phones. Only Rotarians are allowed to attend the conference to ensure enough seating. Please register through our club’s website by 27 February if you plan to attend because we will inform the District on 28 February.

Cost:

THB 2,300 for Rotarians paid by our club’s administration account (includes the Governor’s Gala Dinner on 30 March).

Rotarians’ spouses and partners are invited to join the Governor’s Gala Dinner at THB 1,000 per person.

Attendees need to cover their own lodging and transportation costs.

29 March:

13:00 – 17:30  District Awards Ceremony

18:00 – 18:55  Dinner in the ballroom for Rotarians

19:00 – 21.30  District Conference Opening Ceremony

30 March:

7:30  Registration opens

8:30 – 12:15  2^nd Meeting in ballroom

12:15 – 13:15  Rotary Luncheon

13:15 – 16:00  3^rd Meeting in ballroom

18:00  Governor’s Gala Dinner registration

18:30  Governor’s Gala Dinner Opening Ceremony

19:15 – 22:00  Governor’s Gala Dinner

It’s a huge Rotary event and we hope to see you there! 

Thank you all for registering early. We are now fully-booked and cannot accept any more registrations.

Please join us to celebrate our club’s 14 years of community service and carry on into our 15^th year! As usual it will be another great evening of camaraderie, food and fun in our traditional club spirit from 6:00-8:30 pm at the Monsoon Valley Wine Bar. We will also welcome our good Rotarian friends from our sponsor clubs, the Rotary Club of Bangkok South and the Rotary Club of Hua Hin, and other visiting Rotarians.

Seating is limited to 60 attendees maximum so please make your reservations soon through our Club Runner website. Rotarians, spouses and partners will be registered first and any additional seats for friends will be available on 31 March.

International dinner buffet of salads, cold cuts, cheeses, hot dishes, pastas and desserts

Five salads: potato, tuna, saba fish, fusilli pesto and mixed green salad. Cold cuts: prosciutto, salami napoli, mortadella and chorizo. Cheeses: edam, vintage cheddar, gorgonzola and emmental and freshly-baked bread. Hot dishes: pad kee mao with pork, stir-fried chicken with black pepper, fried sweet & sour fish and steamed rice. Live cooking stations: khao soi chicken and spaghetti vongole. Desserts: chocolate mousse, toffee cake, blueberry cheesecake, brownies and seasonal fruit.  

THB 900 for free-flow wine, beer and dinner buffet

THB 600 for dinner buffet only

Dress code: Club jacket or smart casual

Our club received official charter from Rotary International on 12 April 2010 but we are going to celebrate this important milestone on our 2 April Fellowship Night. We hope to see you there!

Please be invited to our club lunch meeting on 9 April where we are going to explore the inner workings of our Golf Committee and the world of event planning and execution. The committee is going to provide us with the insight of the esteemed volunteers while shedding light on the dedication, teamwork, and rewards involved in orchestrating this successful event, which has been our club’s primary fundraising activity since year 2010.
     We believe that serving on a committee is not just about volunteering; it's about camaraderie, personal growth, and the immense satisfaction of contributing to something greater than oneself. We hope to inspire and motivate fellow Rotarians to consider joining us in shaping future endeavors, not only in the golf tournament but also in various club events and community service projects.
     Please join us as we celebrate the spirit of collaboration, passion, and achievement within our Rotary community. We hope to see you there!

Buffet lunch: THB 550

Dress Code: Smart casual

Please attend our club lunch meeting for a presentation on “Intracranial Aneurysms” by our Rotarian Dr. Sarun, the chief neurosurgeon of Hua Hin Hospital. Please register and we hope to see you there!

Lunch buffet: THB 550

Dress code: Smart casual

Dear Rotarians

Our May event will be at the Elder Blossom resort (formerly Greenway resort, please check map cordinates), with catering provided by the excellent Andreannas Bakery.

This resort is owned by Rotarian Patrick, who very kindly let us use all his facilities for free with the childrens water safety classes, so please support this event to show our thanks.

The menu will include Pork Lasagne, Chilli Con Carne,  Seabass in White Sauce, Sausage Rolls, Jasmine Rice, Chicken Massaman, Spicy Seafood Gass Noodle Salad, Larb Moo, Mixed Salad, Potato Salad and for desert, Seasonal Fruits and Chocolate Brownies.

The cost will be the usual 500THB with soft drinks and 800 THB with beer or wine, please try and have the exact money, thank you.  Dress code is smart/casual, see you next Tuesday! 

Best Regards

Billy Popham

Please join us for our Club Assembly to update our members on our club's activites and community service projects. 

We hope to see you there!

Buffet lunch: THB 550

Dress code: Smart casual

Please be invited to our club lunch meeting on 28 May where our Charter President Alan will be giving an interesting update as the Club Learning Facilitator.

Also, representatives from Bangkok Hospital - Hua Hin will bring the Resident Cards for those who applied for them to the meeting and the new RI District 3330 shirts will be available for pick-up at the meeting if you ordered any in advance.

We hope to see you there!

Dress code: Smart casual

Buffet lunch: THB 550

Dear Rotarians

Please join us for our monthly Fellowship Night at the Pizza Garden Restaurant for a wonderful selection of authentic pizzas and pastas on 4th June.  Please arrive around 6pm as the first course will be served promptly.

Owner, Mario, has put together a delicious 7 course tasting menu, starting with Pizza Margarita, followed by Spaghetti Bolognase. (the seating arrangements will be tables of 8 people). 

These will be followed by Pizza Petra (Gorgonzola, Spicy Salami, Salami Milano, Tomato Sauce and Mozzorella) and Pizza Classica (Ham, Mushrooms, Tomato Sauce and Mozzorella).

Next courses are Seafood Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce and Penne Boscaiola (Italian Sausage, Shitake Mushrooms in a light sauce).

Finally there will be Homemade Tiramisu for those who have any room left!

We hope to see you there, the Pizza Garden is a generous supporter of our Golf Day, so come along and show your support!

Italian food with free-flow wine and beer: THB 800, Italian food with soft drinks: THB 500.

Dress code: Smart casual.

Best Regards

Billy Popham

Please be invited to attend the handover ceremony of the E-Jan School for children with learning disabilities to the Ministry of Education on 8 June. The Rotary Club of Royal Hua Hin helped to fund the construction of the school two years ago and donated personalized wheelchairs for the children last year.

The event is free of charge and is going to take place at the school in two sessions with the following schedule:

1:00 – 2:00 pm  Registration

2:00 – 3:00 pm  Handover Ceremony

5:00 pm  Registration for Thank You party

6:30 pm  Opening Speech

7:00 – 10:00 pm  Thank You party with food and musical entertainment

Dress code: Smart casual

Further details about our club’s support for E-Jan School can be found via the following weblinks:

https://www.rotaryroyalhuahin.org/stories/e-jan-school-project-groundbreaking-ceremony

https://www.rotaryroyalhuahin.org/stories/wheelchairs-for-kids-%E2%80%93-13.10.2023

https://www.facebook.com/RotaryRoyalHuaHin/posts/pfbid02PXWrGk2z7YWno7mxZ5GC9QL2g9Ptgmm8SCEsrhp5hmd3X2PQaayoA3QDFLcxr6BRl

Please be invited to our club lunch meeting for an insightful presentation by the Scholars of Sustenance – Hua Hin branch. Established in 2012, SOS Global is a non-profit, international food rescue foundation that delivers surplus food from the hospitality industry to disadvantaged people in Southeast Asia. We hope to see you there!

Lunch buffet: THB 550

Dress code: Smart casual

Please join us for our next Children's Water Safety & Drowning Prevention training on 12-14 June at the Elder Blossom Community Center (formerly the Greenway Resort Hua Hin). Over 60 children ages 12 and 13 are going to be trained over three days by 23 certified instructors from the Marine Police, Hua Hin Municipality and Bangkok Hospital Hua Hin. Feel free to stop by and observe the training and we hope to see you there.

15th Annual President and Club Officers' Installation Night

Rotary Club of Royal Hua Hin – District 3330

Wednesday, 19 June 2024

You are cordially invited to the Joint Installation

of the Presidents and Club Officers of Rotary Year 120, 2024-2025

President Brian and the Club Officers of the Rotary Club of Royal Hua Hin

President Stephen and the Club Officers of the Rotary Club of Prachuab Khirikhan

President Akarawat and the Club Officers of the Rotaract Club of Stamford International University – Hua Hin Campus

President Sudarat and the Club Officers of the Rotaract Club of Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin – Wangklaikanwon Campus

Amari Hua Hin Resort & Spa

17:30 Reception

18:00 Opening Ceremony

19:15 International Buffet Dinner

International buffet dinner with 3-hour, free-flow red and white wine and Singha beer: THB 1,600

Dinner with free-flow soft drinks: THB 1,000 and a Cash Bar is available with beer THB 120 per glass and wine THB 190 per glass

Dress Code: Smart Casual or Club Jackets

Please register soon through our Club Runner website or make your reservations with:

PP Aree, 081-802-3585, areeple.smp@gmail.com

PP Brian, 087-146-3258, brianbanderson@hotmail.com

Please be invited to our final club lunch meeting for this Rotary Year 119 on 25 June. Charter President Alan is going to present the activities of our Children’s Water Safety & Drowning Prevention program and President Brian will discuss some of our club's highlights of the year and the outcome of our 15^th Installation Night with photos and videos.

We are also invited to attend the Scholars of Sustenance food distribution to an underprivileged community at 2.30 pm in the Nong Gae area close to Amari Resort. Further details will be announced in the lunch meeting.

We hope to see you there!

Dress code: Smart casual, long trousers

Buffet lunch: THB 550

Dear All

Please join us for our monthly Fellowship Night on 2 July at the excellent Chon Thai Cuisine, the new Rooftop Restaurant at the new Sunshine International Hotel, 7th Floor, Hin Lek Fai. Please note this is next to Sunshine International Residence with a different access Soi, please look ar Chon Thai Cuisine on Google Maps. It is not Foxes Restaurant!

The extensive buffet menu will incude: Appertizers of Crispy Fried Chicken marinaded with Fish Sauce, Vegetarian Samosas, Deep Fried Fish Cakes and New England Clam Chouder.  There will also be a salad bar with Italian and French dressings, Penne with Pesto Sauce Salad and Potato, Pumpkin and Sausage Salad.  

Main Courses will include Panang Fish with Mixed Fruit, Beef Lasagne, Chinese Style Sweet & Sour Pork Spare Ribs, Sauteed Vegtables in Oyster Sauce, Fried Rice with Pineapple, and Jasmine Rice.  There will also be a Carving Station of Chicken Thai Style and a Live Cooking Station preparing Pad Thai Gung. 

Finally for Dessert, there will be Seasonal Fruit, Chocolate Cake, Coconut Cake and Stawberry Cake.

The price is 500 THB for the buffet and soft drinks including Coke, Coke Light, Sprite Soda and Tonic Water.  800 THB includes freeflow White Wine, Red Wine, Chang and Singha Beer, plus Gin, Vodka or Rum, the spirits being promoted by www.bangkok-rock.com.  You will also be able to puchase Bangkok Rock spirits at discounted prices. 

Dress code is smart casual, and please try and bring the exact money, (cash only) thank you. 

Best Regards

Billy Popham

Dear Rotarians and Guests,

Please join us for our quarterly Club Assembly to hear all the updates on our club's fundraising activites and community service projects. 

We hope to see you there!

Buffet lunch: THB 550

Dress code: Smart casual

Please be informed that there is a special addition to our club lunch meeting tomorrow. President John Fotiadis of the Rotary Club of Chiang Mai Airport is coming back to discuss the Rotary Action Group Against Slavery and the new film “Sound of Freedom” about human trafficking as well as possibilities of fundraising events for both of our clubs.

'Sound of Freedom' Surpasses 'The Godfather' in Box Office Surprise - Newsweek (weblink)

Also, President Brian will give an informative overview of the inner workings of Rotary International followed by a group discussion. Please register on CR as usual so we can inform the hotel of our attendance for the lunch buffet. We hope to see you there!

Lunch buffet: THB 550

Dress code: Smart casual (long trousers)

Please join us for our next Children's Water Safety & Drowning Prevention training from 30 July – 1 August between 9:00 – 15:00 at the Elder Blossom Community Center. Over 60 children ages 12 and 13 from Ban Khao Takiab School and Ban Samorprong School are going to be trained over three days by certified instructors from the Marine Police, Hua Hin Municipality and Hua Hin Hospital. Feel free to stop by and observe the training and we hope to see you there.

The annual Vibrant Club Workshop is an RI District 3330 seminar to learn about the latest Rotary information on Global Grants, Membership Growth and Public Image, followed by a gala dinner party in Ratchaburi province. Please contact President Brian for details and registration.

Dear Rotarians

Please be invited to our monthly Fellowship Night for good fun and food at Harry's Restaurant & Bar. 

Highlighting some of Harry's great food, there will be Sausage Rolls, Spring Rolls and Coleslaw for starters, followed by main courses of Meatballs with Onion Gravy, Pork Ribs with BBQ Sauce (the ribs are fantastic), Massaman Chicken, Steamed Rice and Frech Fries. Finally Classic Apple Crumble with Custard for dessert.

The price is the usual 800THB for the buffet with 2 hours freeflow on selected house wine or draught Leo Beer, or 500 THB with a selection of soft drinks.  Bangkok Rock will also be promoting their spirits again, so there will also be Gin, Vodka and Rum for those on the free flow package. Please try and bring the exact cash, not transfers or cards, thank you.

Dress code is smart/casual, we look forward to seeing you there.

Best Regards

Billy Popham  

Please join our club lunch meeting for an insightful presentation on 'Environmental Issues' by our member Rtn. Guenter Busch.

Dress code: Smart casual, long trousers

THB 550 including buffet lunch

Please be invited to the official handover of our new ambulance for Hua Hin Hospital on 21 August at 10:00 am. The ambulance will arrive from Bangkok in the morning and the handover with Director Dr. Jittarat and medical personnel should take less than one hour. Thank you again for your support and we hope to see you there!

Dress code: Smart casual with long trousers, club jacket is optional.

Please register/decline on CR as usual so we can inform the hospital of the headcount beforehand.

Dear Rotarians

Hua Hin Sailing Club is located between Hua Hin and Cha Am and Richard Vine, the owner of the Sailing Club, will make an engaging presentation of his life on the ocean waves where we live.

Buffet lunch: THB 550

Dress code: Smart casual with long trousers

Best regards,

Billy Popham

Please be invited to a special recognition ceremony for the Rotarian donors who helped us make the new ambulance project for Hua Hin Hospital come to fruition. Many Rotarians and District Governors from the Rotary clubs who donated funding for the purchase of the ambulance are coming for an inspection and photoshoot with the local media at 4:00 pm on 3 September. Members, families and friends are welcome to attend and please register your attendance on our Club Runner website as usual. Car parking is going to be tight so you might want to park on Petchkasem Road.

Following the recognition ceremony, the visiting Rotarians are going to join us for our Multi-Club Fellowship Night at Monsoon Wine Bar from 6:00 - 8:30 pm. We are going to be fully-booked as the Monsoon Wine Bar has limited the event to 55 people. Please understand that you need to register for both of these events separately so we can be aware of the headcount for each event beforehand.

Please register only Rotarians first and early for the Multi-Club Fellowship Night, and if there are any vacant seats left on 1 September, then friends and partners will be able to attend and you can register them. However, online registration will close when we reach 55 attendees at Monsoon Wine Bar.

Also, if you register for the Multi-Club Night and then decide that you won’t be able to attend, be sure to delete your name from the registered list on our Club Runner website so someone else can have a seat. We hope to see you there!

Thank you to all who have registered for our Multi-Club Fellowship Night. So far, we have registered 23 of our club members and 20 Rotarians from the clubs that donated to the ambulance project. Since we expect that we are going to be fully-booked soon, we can now accept up to 17 additional registrations from the following two groups up to 31 August:

1. Friends who have expressed sincere interest in joining our club

2. Partners of our members

If there are any additional seats available on 1 September, then you can register your friends. Registration will close when we reach 60 registrations maximum, and thank you for your patience and understanding.

Also, if you register and then decide that you won’t be able to attend, be sure to delete your name from the registered list on our Club Runner website so someone else can have a seat.

This is a cash payment only event and please try to bring the exact amount. We hope to see you there!

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Email Invitation from 23 August

Please join us for our Multi-Club Fellowship Night at Monsoon Valley Wine Bar from 6:00 - 8:30 pm. We are going to have a group of Rotarians from other clubs joining us again and Monsoon limits the attendance to 55 people. Please register only Rotarians first and early, as we may be fully-booked as we experienced at our 14^th Anniversary Fellowship Night on 2 April. If there are any vacant seats left on 1 September, then partners and friends will be able to attend and you can register them. However, online registration will close when we reach 55 attendees.

The menu will be the usual extensive buffet consisting of five different salads, an excellent selection of cold cuts, cheeses and freshly baked bread, “pad kee mao” with pork, stir-fried chicken with black pepper, stir-fried fish with sweet & sour sauce, steamed rice, live cooking stations of kao soi chicken and spaghetti vongole, and finally an excellent selection of desserts and seasonal fruits.

Also, if you register and then decide that you won’t be able to attend, be sure to delete your name from the registered list on our Club Runner website so someone else can have a seat. We hope to see you there!

Dinner with free-flow wine and beer: THB 900

Dinner with soft drinks: THB 600

Dress Code: Smart casual

Please be invited to the joint project dedication ceremony with our newest sister club, the Rotary Club of Bangkok Harmony of RI District 3350 and our club, with support from the King Prajadhipok’s Institute on Good Governance on 7 September at the Ban Khlong Noi Border Patrol Police School in Pala-U, Hua Hin. There are 130 students in the school, grades 1 to 6, and the remote village is located about a 75-minute drive from the Hua Hin city center.

Our clubs will visit the school to handover scholarships, sports equipment and personal hygiene survival kits, which are intended to reduce the financial burden on the underprivileged families. The scholarship package costs THB 500 per student and covers the cost of uniforms, stationery, books, etc., for students with outstanding academic achievement.

Apologies for the short notice, our Board of Directors have just decided to participate in this joint project for education scholarships at a total cost of THB 10,000 for 20 students. Also, our Rotaract Club of Stamford International University conducted a service project for the school three years ago.

10:30 am – Arrive at Ban Khlong Noi Border Patrol Police School

12:00 pm – Group lunch with famous local dishes from Pala-U

  1:00 pm – Depart from the school

Additional activities that we are invited to participate:

2:30 pm – Visit Rama VI camp in Cha-am (Naresuan Camp)

High tower jumping, short firearm shooting training, nature walk in the mangrove, traditional Thai massage on the beach

6:30 pm – Dinner party with live music and karaoke on the beach at C.C. Breeze Hotel in Cha-am

Please register yourselves soon on CR if you plan to attend the morning ceremony and call President Brian if you have any questions or interest to attend the afternoon activities and/or dinner because they need to know by Friday how many people will attend. We hope to see you there as we build relationships with our new sister club.

The Rotary International theme for September is Basic Education & Literacy and we aim to help improve the lives of the underprivileged and disadvantaged in our communities.

Please be invited to our club lunch meeting where Justin Leonhard, PhD is going to present an insightful introduction on his research into Swarm Intelligence (S.I.), covering the historical limitations of computers, the inherent risks and costs of training and integrating large language model A.I. as expert systems into society. He will also present demonstrable proof on the first non-theoretical Autonomous Heterogeneous S.I., and examples of its application in publishing, education, entertainment, manufacturing, and logistics.

Justin is a long-term resident of Hua Hin and his father Woody Leonhard is a past president of the Rotary Club of Patong Beach, our sister club.

Buffet lunch meeting: THB 550

Dress code: Smart casual with long trousers

Please join us for the handover of our club’s donation for prescription eyeglasses to underprivileged children at Ban Hua Hin Municipal Demonstration School at 9:00 am on Friday, 20 September. This is our joint-project with the Hua Hin Lions Club’s “First Sight” initiative that provides free eyeglasses with vision tests and eye exams at Time Optic Hua Hin. The eyeglasses cost THB 250 each and we donated THB 10,000 for 40 of the 63 pairs of eyeglasses that were donated to the school. We hope to see you there!

Dress code: Smart casual with club jacket or Rotary shirts if possible.

The school is located near the Hua Hin clock tower, Wat Hua Hin temple and Starbucks.

Please be invited to hear our member Chris Byrd present the "Tour de Thailand" charity cycle rides his company arranges around the Land of Smiles, and other bicyling activities operated by his company, Adventure Cycling Thailand.

Meeting and lunch buffet:: THB 550

Dress code: Smart casual with long trousers 

The Rotary International theme for September is “Basic Education & Literacy”

Please join us for our next community service project that is going to take place at Ban Nern Payom School on 25 September. The school teaches 50 students ages 6 to 12 with one full-time teacher and one volunteer teacher. We are going to deliver personal education supplies for each student including black and colored pencils, erasers, rulers, scissors, crayons, water colors, paper notebooks, and extra supplies for the teacher, as well as footballs, badminton equipment and dakraw kick balls with the total cost of THB 15,000. Also, 100 kg of rice for a month’s consumption is being donated by local friends of Rotary, and the elder students cook the daily meals for entire school.

The school is located in a rural area that is mostly dense jungle and undeveloped, in the mountainous region of Bueng Nakhon sub-district of Hua Hin, nearly a 90-minute drive from the Hua Hin city center on paved roads. The school and the local villagers are not connected to the electricity grid but a limited amount of solar power is in use.

Please see the map provided and we are going to meet and depart from the Bluport Shopping Mall at 9:30 am. The total time including round-trip travelling could be four hours or more.

 9:30 am. Depart Bluport Shopping Mall

11:00 am. Arrive at the school

12:00 pm. Depart from the school

This project will be discussed in our club lunch meeting on 24 September and feel free to contact President Brian for further information. We hope to see you there with the Magic of Rotary!