Contact Address Details:
Fajara Club
Banjul area
Kombo
Saint Mary,
Atlantic Boulevard
The Gambia, West Africa
Tel no: 4495456 / 4495054
Email: fajara@smiles.gm
Opening Hours: 8 am to 8 pm
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The
club's Golf Course section is an 18 hole par 69 golf course which
is unusually placed next to the beach and its greens are more
a lighter shade of brown during the dry season. It measures approximately
4,700 metres and tournaments are held on Saturdays and Sundays.
Membership fees are around £200 per year and the minimum age to
join is 16 with a handicap. Tourists visitors are welcome to play
for a fee.
Early in 2008 it had it's yearly 'Captains Day'. More than 40
golfers turned up on this occasion to recognise the accomplishments
of the retiring team captain,
Mr. Vimal Shah.
The Hash House Harriers (HHH) - Tel no:
4495054
- of Banjul are a group of local runners & walkers who meet
here every Monday just before 6pm and is made up of over 1,000
people.
Other Facilities:
Members can also enjoy a number of other recreational sporting
facilities such as floodlit
tennis
courts, squash courts, a swimming pool with sunchairs, a badminton
hall, snooker, ping pong tables, a keep fit gym as well as classes
in Yoga.
Refreshments are available from the clubhouse bar and restaurant.
History:
The
Fajara Club was established before 1937 and in 1948 its location
was then in what is now the Banjul Museum.
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Directions: Once on the Atlantic Road, from Bakau, go down
the south past Francisco's and the Fajara Hotel then turn right
where the road ends. |