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News: The Phuket Branch has also been established and started meetings in May, 2006. Details here
The Lighthouse Club was formed in Newcastle-upon Tyne in 1956 by Edward Ward and his colleagues attending an exhibition at Whitley Bay. The name "Lighthouse" coming from St. Mary's Lighthouse in Whitley Bay. The essence of the club was to promote the goodwill and co-operation between persons involved in the construction industry. The Bangkok branch was established in 1991 when Nigel Pearson, a former member of the Hong Kong branch, persuaded 6 other prominent personalities of the Bangkok construction scene to combine efforts and create a branch membership. After several months with membership standing at 45 people and great interest showing in the Club, the inaugural Bangkok Lighthouse Club Dinner was held on 27 May 1992 and was attended by 110 members and guests. Our Annual Dinner Dance has attracted nearly 600 members and guests, though this declined after the 1997 recession. The Club motto "Aliis cum Humanitate", which translates as "Consideration for Others" was instrumental in the setting up of the Lighthouse Club Benevolent Fund in the early 1960's which provides for financial assistance for members involved in construction related accidents. The Lighthouse Club Bangkok established its own Benevolent Fund in 1993, the objective of this fund is currently to promote a safer working environment in Thailand through training, printed safety literature etc. togetherwith a popular focus on the underprivileged construction workers children. A unique school is being constructed on the huge Rom Klao National Housing association site in Bangkok, with the intention of reducing the danger to worker's children wandering in the dangerous site environments and also to provide a community service. News: In early 2000, we completed the building of a school for the children of construction workers at the new airport site, which now has about 50 students. The Lighthouse Club Bangkok Committee, through its regular meetings, has established a full calendar of sports and social functions, including the large monthly socials at the Bull's Head Pub, our many golf outings, a darts league team, tenpin bowling competitions, quiz club, speaker dinners, and industry visits, all of which are published in the quarterly LHCB magazine.
Monthly socials:Members of the LHCB and prospective members and guests can regularly meet on the 2nd Wednesday of each month, at the Bull's Head Pub & Restaurant on Sukhumvit soi 33/1, 2nd floor lounge area. The meeting starts at 7:00pm. The first barrel of beer is free, thanks to the sponsor. Two free barrels is common. However, members should have 200 baht handy to make a donation to Lighthouse Club charity projects, and guests should have 500 baht. To sponsor an event, please see the requirements down the page below the calendar below. New rule: All members must wear some Lighthouse Club attire (golf shirt, necktie/bow tie, other). Those that do not will be "fined" for charity 150 baht 150.00 If you do not have any LHC attire, then you can buy it at the entrance. To get regular updates to our events, you can get onto our mailing list (at no charge) by contacting or sending an email message to the Lighthouse Club secretary. Phuket BranchThe Lighthouse Club has opened a new branch in Phuket. Details here.
Sponsoring a Monthly Meeting at Bull's HeadIf you would like to sponsor a monthly meeting, please contact:
Mr. Trafford Gazsik, Sponsorship Committee The Lighthouse Club Bangkok
Mr. Billy Brunsdon, Manager The Bulls Head Pub The capacity is approximately 80 people, though it has occasionally seemed as if we've fit more than that into the area. Sponsors are encouraged to display posters and self-promotional material such as sales brochures and products. The floor layout is an inverted L shape, and you can place any materials into the peripheral space as you see fit. The cost of the Heineken beer is as follows: 1st keg is 5,500 baht. Optional 2nd and 3rd kegs are 6,435 baht (includes bar food). Cash or credit card payment are payable on the night of the event. Golf:We have regular golf outings, some scheduled well in advance, and others on a rather short notice. To stay informed, the best thing to do is get on the email cc: list for these events. Each month's outings may or may not be posted on this website. New outings will simply be posted on the Lighthouse Golf forum. (This forum is separate from the new Lighthouse general forum.) Old website posting: May 2004, and plans for June and July For information on social golf and the JW League, please contact John Pollard, Tel. 02-207-0568, Fax 02-207-0574 or email Donal T. Coyne at DCoyne@sla-group.com requesting to be put on the cc: list.
Darts:We have been participating in darts competitions for years. The Tuesday Darts League started on February 10, and is usually at the Offshore Bar, Sukhumvit Soi 23. Old and new participants are welcome. Photos and registration are NOT required for the Tuesday League. For more information, please contact Alan Collinge at jams@loxinfo.co.th or 01-831-4216 Miscellaneous:A Thai academic working at the Western Australian Dept. for Planning and Infrastructure has an interesting website on the state of construction of various buildings in Bangkok in which work was stopped due to the 1997 economic crisis. He has contacted us to request information on the status of those buildings so that he can update his website. waxwings50@hotmail.com General contact information:Offers of help for the above events or to organise additional events would be gratefully received. Contact Eddie Evans on Tel. 02-652-1155 or Fax. 02-254-8014 or eddie.evans@constructionprofessionals.net The Lighthouse Club's lovely secretary is:
Sunisa Makotpate (Ef) Website announcementsPlease send an extra copy of any information that should appear on this website to:
Mark Prado, webmaster The LHCB is dedicated to continuing its commitment to promote comradeship between its members and prospective new members by holding regular informal get togethers, maintaining a varied and interesting sports and social calendar, and providing communication through the quarterly magazine. The ultimate hope is to host a Lighthouse Club International Dinner here in Bangkok.
The Fifth Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Lighthouse Club Asia Pacific Region will be held at Republic of Singapore Yacht Club, Singapore, on Saturday 5th June 2004 and all members are cordially invited to attend. The first meeting of the Committee will take place immediately after the A.G.M. For more information, download this MS Word document or contact Les Leslie at lighthousehkg@yahoo.com
If you know of any additional websites that we should list above, then please send e-mail to the Lighthouse Club webmaster, Mark Prado, at If your company does not have a website, or if you would like to improve your website, then please consider using our excellent Thai artists and programmers here in Bangkok at www.Offshore-Website-Design.com who can compete with the best in India, Russia or the West!
You are welcome to join our Lighthouse Club on-line message forum A second forum is on Golf
The Lighthouse Club Bangkok is an overseas branch of The Lighthouse Club U.K., a construction industry charity. "ALLIS CUM HUMANITATE"
The Lighthouse Club Bangkok Branch can be reached at The Chairman of Bangkok Branch of the Lighthouse Club is Jonathan Prichard. Bookmark this website! www.LighthouseBKK.com |
