A top-rated revolutionary Triathlon Academy is part of the new   Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is planning to become Asia’s paramount competition, training and event complex when it begins full operations this November.  Combining a brilliant location with unequaled facilities, it is already attracting consideration from foremost international sporting institutions and international corporations.

The complex is found on 54 acres of land in the northeastern region of Phuket, Thailand.  It boasts a wide-ranging array of high-quality sporting facilities including an International Rugby Board-standard rugby pitch, FIFA-approved football 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, a six court tennis academy, a 500 metre athletics running track and a fitness enthusiast gym, as well as  an arts centre and a Thai Herbal Garden Spa.   Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club Sports, Leisure and Events Centre.

Accommodations are available in the form of 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 recognition through high-profile partnerships with global sporting organizations including Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), NZRugbyResources (NZRR), and IronKids Triathlon.    Announcement of tennis and swimming relationships are expected in the near future.

The PIASLC  is working toward becoming the leading sports and corporate event center in Asia.   Not only delivering Asia’s top 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.”

FDS] is [offered  Successful BSS uses Futebol de Salao (FDS).  The training and game is known for a 5-a-side version of soccer with origins in South America.  It is played with a smaller (size 2), and a little heavier (465gm) ball that has virtually no bounce to it. 

The PIASLC has also announced an association with the US-based IronKids programme. This  partnership will focus on bringing four junior Triathlon events every year as well as training camps for children aged between 6 and 15.

The PIASLC  has brought in former professional tennis player David Roberts as Director of Operations to oversee the day-to-day operations at the new 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 primarily focusing on the co-ordination between club services, sports academies and membership programmes.

The PIASLC  will be hosting a wide range of world-class sports, arts, wellness and recreational facilities and programmes for the enjoyment of visitors, the school’s pupils, their families, the local Phuket community and for visiting professional and amateur individual athletes and teams from around the world.  PIASLC is going to establish a benchmark as a regional hub for sports, arts and wellness in Thailand and Asia, and perhaps the world.   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 sense of balance.  PIA  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 PIADS is aspiring to develop into a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School.   As a leading international school in Phuket, it will draw upon distinctive Asian culture and the best from Western educational methods, developing inquiring, informed, and empathetic young people who know how to live with integrity, cultivate true happiness, and who work toward a more peaceful and sustainable planet.   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 PIAMC has begun to make available training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance.   The PIAMC will  offer  a blend of modern psychology and neuroscience together with traditional Asian contemplative practices.  Working in close relation with the PIA Day School and the Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club, the programmes offered by Phuket International Academy Mind Centre will contribute to participant’s improved mental balance
and wellbeing.  Some retreats focuses on two methods for cultivating meditative quiescence referred to as shamatha.     It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is a successful way for soothing the body and calming the mind. A second method taught is both a shamatha practice and vipashyana, “insight meditation” called “settling the mind in its natural state”.  Phuket International Academy Mind Centre Meditation, Mind Studies, and Retreats.