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Le Cercle Sportif Saigonnais (The Saigon Sports Circle)
C.S.S.
The tennis courts at the Cercle Sportif in 1938
The tennis courts at the C.S.S., the colonial-style building and the spacious veranda on the ground floor and the magnificent terrace on the first floor were built in 1919.
The C.S.S. swimming pool in 1938
The swimming pool in 1938 was the only one in Saigon.
A football match at the Cercle Sportif in 1949
June 5th, 1949: a football match at the Cercle Sportif : a Siamese team versus a selection from Saigon.
Presentation of the teams on the field to President Huu.
Cercle sportif in 1950
Mai 1950 : French from Saigon at the Cercle sportif (The Saigon Sports Circle)
Memories of the C.S.S.
On the left: the envelope for the general asssembly election of May 26, 1954.
On the right: the third prize breaststroke medal won by Joëlle Lazard in 1963 at the Cercle Sportif Saigonnais. (Saigon Athletic Club).
The Nautical Galas of the Saigon Sporting Club
The Nautical Galas of the Saigon Sporting Club at the end of the ‘40’s and beginning of the ‘50’s.
The C.S.S. swimming pool
Of this vast complex, the swimming pool is the most beautiful gem. Immense trees surround it, composing a symphony with the water tinted green by the jade-colored tiles that line the large pool, upon which the purple stains of the bougainvillea and later, in May, the violet clusters of the “bang-bang” which resemble a flow of amethysts sprouting from the foliage..
Tel : 20.408
© The color slides were taken by Mr. Emile Poizat in 1955.
Evening dinner at C.S.S. in 1949
Saturday, March 5, 1949 : Evening dinner at C.S.S
Poolside ball at C.S.S. in 1950
Nighttime party in January 1950 by the pool with men in dinner jackets and women in elegant gowns shimmering with a thousand colors.
The Rose Ball
In December of 1953 at the Cercle Sportif Saigonnais
Photos by:
The Ciné Photo Studio
44 bis, Lagrandière Street
Saigon
Tel: 20.54
Every year the Rose Ball is held at the Cercle Sportif Saigonnais (The Saigon Sporting Club). This event brings together the who’s who of Saigon from the army to the government workers to the local mafia.
The officers’ uniforms and the long gowns of the ladies display their colors like scarecrows...
... dinner is serves at tables of ten.
This thousand-piaster a plate gala put on by the Sporting Club includes its usual, original, fashion show. The collection is presented by young women from high society, to the sounds of Guy Paquinet’s Grand Monde orchestra.
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