Deputy Mayor Ronakit
Ekasingh (left) and Group Captain Veerayuth Didyasarin from the Royal
Aeronautic Sports Association of Thailand preside over the Air Sea Land
Thailand Open 2012 announcement meeting.
Warunya Thongrod
Athletes will sail through the air, shoot across the
water and ramble over hills as the Air Sea Land Games again come to the
Eastern Seaboard May 1-30.
Sponsored by the Royal Aeronautic Sports Association
of Thailand, the games this year will expand to the National Indoor
Sports Arena in Jomtien Beach as well as the usual venue at the Nongkor
Reservoir stadium in Sriracha.
The games are intended to give eastern residents a
healthy diversion and prepare athletes for the upcoming National Sports
Games. Among the events are skydiving from 6,000 feet by Royal Thai Navy
paratroopers and aircraft enthusiasts, a miniature airplane
demonstration and other air sports.
Among the 20 land-based sports offered will be
off-road racing, , motocross competitions, horseback riding, polo, and
beach football. On the sea, windsurfing, jet ski races, and sailing will
be featured.
For more information, contact the Royal Aeronautic
Sports Association of Thailand at 081-839-3909 or 02-523 or via e-mail
at [email protected].
