An attractive new Fitness Academy is part of the revolutionary   Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) that is preparing to become Asia’s paramount competition, training and event facility when it begins full operations this November.  Combining a brilliant location with unmatched facilities, it is already gaining awareness from important worldwide sporting institutions and international corporations.

PIASLC is set on 54 acres of property in the north part of Phuket, Thailand.  It possesses a widespread array of superior sporting facilities including an International Rugby Board-standard rugby pitch, FIFA-approved Limonta “Soccer Pro’’ soccer 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, a six court tennis academy, runners track and a fitness enthusiast gymnasium, 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, providing one hundred and fifteen very nice rooms and suites for visitors, athletes, teams and corporate groups. The club has rapidly gained recognition through high-profile partnerships with global sporting organizations such as Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), NZRugbyResources (NZRR), and IronKids Triathlon.    Announcement of tennis and swimming partnerships are expected soon.

The PIASLC  is committed to being the foremost sports and corporate event center in Asia.   Not only providing Asia’s unsurpassed facilities for sports but also very nice facilities and accommodations for conferences, incentives, retreats and teambuilding.  

PIASLC announced “As a fully-integrated complex, we are also going to be the perfect location for companies looking to build something active, creative or wellness inspired into their event programmes.”

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 football originally from Brazil.  Futebol de Salao is played with a smaller (size 2), and slightly heavier (465gm) ball that has very little bounce to it.  

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

There is no question that to become  a top-notch sports destination requires great facilities and attractive location.  However it takes top-notch people too.  The Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is establishing it has all these elements as it works to become a contender as the world’s top international sports destination.

The PIA Sports and Leisure Club, or, PIASLC is located in an area of natural beauty among the foothills of a national park on the eastern part of Phuket, Thailand.    PIA 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.  hosts two 38-room boutique hotels and an impressive range of facilities that are perfect 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 PIADS and Phuket International Academy Mind Centre .   The Phuket International Academy Day School is working to become a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School.   The Phuket International Academy Day School has excellent facilities, teachers, trainers, staff and administration.  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 deliver 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.  Delivered through residential retreats and weekend seminars PIAMC is open to anyone.     It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is helpful method for soothing 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.

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