A top-rated landmark Sports and Recreation are attached to the revolutionary Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is planning to become Asia’s pre-eminent competition, training and event complex when it begins full operations this November. Combining a tremendous location with first rate facilities, it is already attracting interest among leading international sporting institutions and international corporations.
The complex is situated on over 50 acres of property in the northern section of Phuket, Thailand. It boasts an extensive selection of high-quality sports facilities including an International Rugby Board-standard rugby pitch, FIFA-approved football field, competitive fifty-meter 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, runners track and a StarTrac equipped hi-tech gymnasium, along with 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, providing one hundred and fifteen well-appointed rooms and suites for visitors, athletes, teams and corporate groups. The club has quickly gained appreciation through high-profile affiliations with global sporting organizations such as Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), NZRugbyResources (NZRR), and IronKids Triathlon. Announcement of tennis and swimming relationships are expected soon.
The PIASLC is being positioned as the leading sports and corporate event center in Asia. Not only delivering Asia’s unsurpassed facilities for sports but also superb 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.”
The best youth soccer training programme is also based at the top-rated sports and recreation PIASLC complex. Famous BSS uses Futebol de Salao (FDS). The training and game is known for a 5-a-side version of football with origins in Brazil. Futebol de Salao is played with a smaller (size 2), and a little heavier (465gm) ball that has very little bounce to it.
The PIASLC has also confirmed an connection with the US-based IronKids programme. This partnership will support four junior Triathlon events every year as well as training camps for youth aged between 6 and 15.
The PIASLC has named former professional tennis player David Roberts as Director of Operations to oversee the day-to-day operations at the expansive 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 preparations in November and begins into full operations he will be primarily focusing on the co-ordination between club services, sports academies and membership programmes.
Located on the resort island of Phuket, Thailand, PIA is sited in a setting of natural beauty next to 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 equilibrium. Phuket International Academy prides itself on being a responsible member of the community. It is dedicated to operating with integrity as an equal opportunity employer and adhering to the highest principled standards to realize the intellectual, physical, creative and spiritual potential of all students, members and participants of the three centres.
As part of a uniquely integrated complex, the Sports and Leisure Club works in synergy with both the PIADS and Phuket International Academy Mind Centre . The PIADS is working to achieve a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. As a pioneering international school in Phuket, it will integrate distinctive Asian culture with the best from Western educational methods, to cultivate inquiring, informed, and empathetic young people who know how to conduct their lives with integrity, cultivate genuine happiness, and strive to create a more peaceful and sustainable earth. 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 started to deliver training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance. The PIAMC will offer a blend of contemporary psychology and neuroscience in association with traditional Asian contemplative practices. Featuring openess, the Phuket International Academy Mind Centre conducts retreats and seminars. It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is a successful technique for relaxing the body and calming the mind. A second method taught is both a shamatha practice and vipashyana, “insight meditation” or “settling the mind in its natural state”. Phuket International Academy Mind Centre Meditation, Mind Studies, and Retreats.