An unparalleled new Triathlon Academy is part of the inventive Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is planning to become Asia’s top competition, training and event complex when it opens this November. Combining a outstanding location with unparalleled facilities, it is already gaining attention among foremost global sporting institutions and international corporations.
The complex is sited on over 50 acres of land in the north part of Phuket, Thailand. It boasts a widespread group of superior sporting facilities that include an International Rugby Board-standard rugby pitch, FIFA-approved Limonta “Soccer Pro’’ soccer field, Phuket’s only competition standard 50-metre eight lane outdoor swimming pool (suitable for water polo and competitive swimming), a fully shaded 25 metre, eight lane swimming pool, toddler’s and children’s pools and play area, 6 tennis courts, a 500 metre athletics running track and a fitness enthusiast gym, as well as a performing arts centre and a Thai Herbal Garden Spa. Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club Sports, Leisure and Events Centre.
There are also two comfortable hotels, with one hundred and fifteen very nice rooms and suites for visitors, athletes, teams and corporate groups. The Sports and Leisure Club has rapidly gained appreciation through prestiguous partnerships with international sporting organizations including Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), NZRugbyResources (NZRR), and IronKids Triathlon. Announcement of tennis and swimming association are anticipated soon.
The PIASLC is working toward becoming the foremost sports and corporate event center in Asia. Not only providing Asia’s paramount facilities for sports but also special facilities and accommodations for conferences, incentives, retreats and teambuilding.
PIASLC announced “Being in Phuket is a big advantage. It is not only an exotic location but the most exciting component of what we are doing is that every element of the club has been planned down to the finest detail from using cutting edge materials and equipment to employing the most qualified staff to manage and coach at the club.”
NZRugbyResources Director, David Adamson, said “Rugby is an extremely popular sport throughout Asia and growing in numbers every year and NZRugbyResources believes this is the finest training and playing facility in Asia. It is just amazing how much detail has gone into the planning.”
[BSS Famous BSS uses Futebol de Salao (FDS). The training and game is known for a 5-a-side version of soccer originally from South America. FDS is played with a smaller (size 2), and slightly heavier (465gm) ball that has very little bounce to it.
The PIASLC has also announced an relationship with the US-based IronKids programme. This connection will focus on bringing four junior Triathlon events every year as well as training camps for kids aged between 6 and 15.
The PIASLC has added former professional tennis player David Roberts as Director of Operations to oversee the day-to-day operations at the extensive Phuket, Thailand sports centre. David offers experience in both operations and pre-openings. He has run elite private sports clubs while with Centara Hotels and Resorts Group. When the PIASLC completes construction in November and starts into full operations he will be focused on the co-ordination between club services, sports academies and membership programmes.
Located on the resort island of Phuket, Thailand, PIA is situated in surroundings of natural beauty near a national park.] The standards of PIA is to realize the intellectual, physical, creative and spiritual prospects of all students, members and participants of the three centres. Phuket International Academy is an integrated facility hosting Phuket’s newest International School, a multi-faceted Sports and Leisure Club for elite athletes, amateur enthusiasts, artists and wellness seekers – all within the Mind Centre sanctuary that provides training in the cultivation of mental and emotional sense of balance. Phuket International Academy is a convenient drive near Phuket International Airport and includes two 38-room comfortable hotels and facilities that are great for Meetings, Conventions and Events of all types.
As part of a uniquely integrated complex, the Sports and Leisure Club works in synergy with both the Phuket International Academy Day School and PIAMC. The Phuket International Academy Day School is aspiring to become a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. As a leading international school in Thailand, it will integrate distinctive Asian culture and the best from Western educational methods, developing inquisitive, knowledgeable, and empathetic young people who know how to live with integrity, cultivate genuine happiness, and strive to create a more peaceful and sustainable world. Click this link for additional information on the Phuket International Academy Day School International School Thailand.
As part of a total commitment to sports excellence the Phuket International Academy Mind Centre has begun to deliver training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance. The PIAMC will provide a combination of modern psychology and neuroscience alongside traditional Asian contemplative practices. Featuring openess, the PIAMC conducts retreats and seminars. It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is helpful technique for relaxing the body and calming the mind. A second method taught is both a shamatha practice and vipashyana, “insight meditation” also referred to as “settling the mind in its natural state”. Phuket International Academy Mind Centre Meditation, Mind Studies, and Retreats.
