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An unequaled pioneering Sports and Leisure Club is attached to the revolutionary Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is preparing to become Asia’s unsurpassed competition, training and event facility when it begins full operations this November.

Combining a excellent location with unmatched facilities, it is already gaining awareness among respected worldwide sporting institutions and international corporations. PIASLC is found on 54 acres of property in the north part of Phuket, Thailand. It possesses a widespread group of high-class sports facilities including 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 StarTrac equipped hi-tech gym, as well as an arts centre and a Thai Herbal Garden Spa.

Accommodations are available in the form of two boutique hotels, offering one hundred and fifteen very nice rooms and suites for visitors, athletes, teams and corporate groups.

The Sports and Leisure Club has quickly earned appreciation through high-profile affiliations with international sporting organizations including Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), NZRugbyResources (NZRR), and IronKids Triathlon. Announcement of tennis and swimming partnerships are anticipated in the near future.

The PIASLC is working toward becoming the foremost sports and corporate event center in Asia. Not only providing Asia’s pre-eminent 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.”

Another key affiliation for junior athletes has been with the famous Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS) after officials from the organisation inspected the purpose-built floodlit artificial turf soccer field at the PIASLC and endorsed the club as its official home in Phuket.
World-renowned 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 association with the US-based IronKids programme. This relationship will focus on bringing four junior Triathlon events per year as well as training camps for children aged between 6 and 15.

It is understood that to become a first-rate sports destination requires great facilities and attractive location. But it requires outstanding personnel too. The Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is establishing it has all these elements as it strives to become a contender as the world’s top international sports destination.

The PIASLCis organized into specialized sports academies has appointed former Muay Thai champion “Thanootong’’ Prasert Intanoo to lead the martial arts programme at the extensive Phuket, Thailand sports centre. Just as muay thai kickboxing demands dedication and expertise, the appointment is a further example of the PIASLC recruiting leading experts to staff the up-and-coming world-class facility and help place it as the first choice sports and leisure destination in Asia.

The PIASLC has selected former professional tennis player David Roberts as Director of Operations to oversee the day-to-day operations at the large Phuket, Thailand sports centre. David brings 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 moves into full operations he will be focused on the co-ordination between club services, sports academies and membership programmes.

Phuket International Academy is found in a locale of natural beauty in the foothills of a national park on the eastern part of Phuket, Thailand. The view of Phuket International Academy is to fulfill the intellectual, physical, creative and spiritual possibilities of all students, members and participants of the three centres.

Phuket International Academy is an integrated facility boasting Phuket’s newest International School, a versatile 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 balance. Located in the northern reaches of Phuket, just 15 minutes from Phuket International Airport, PIA also includes two 38-room boutique hotels and a broad range of facilities ideal for corporate retreats, seminars, and teambuilding programmes and events.

As part of a uniquely integrated complex, the Sports and Leisure Club works in synergy with both the Phuket International Academy Day School and Phuket International Academy Mind Centre . The PIADS is aspiring to grow into a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. As a pioneering international school in Phuket, it will integrate the uniqueness of Asian culture with the best from Western educational traditions, to develop inquisitive, informed, and empathetic young people who know how to live with honor, cultivate true happiness, and strive to create a more peaceful and sustainable planet.

As part of a total commitment to sports excellence the Phuket International Academy Mind Centre has begun to make available training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance. The Phuket International Academy Mind Centre will provide a combination of modern psychology and neuroscience together with ancient Asian contemplative practices. Working in close relation with the PIA Day School and the Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club, the programmes offered through Phuket International Academy Mind Centre will contribute to everyone's better mental equilibrium
and wellbeing. Some retreats focuses on two methods for cultivating meditative quiescence or shamatha. 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” or “settling the mind in its natural state”.

Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club Sports, Leisure and Events Centre. Click this link for additional information on the Phuket International Academy Day School International School Thailand or learn more about the Phuket International Academy Mind Centre Meditation, Mind Studies, and Retreats.


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