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HEALTH & FITNESS
which acquired Royal Brunei Recreational Club
(RBRC) from Royal Brunei Airlines. PPSB provides
an avenue for recreation and rental for sports and
non-sports facilities. They are open to members
and the public.
Their corporate logo is made up of three
triangular peaks of different sizes and colours.
Orange represents fun, green which is the biggest
triangle represents family and blue represents
fitness. Together, these three triangles make up
the company’s tagline: fun, family and fitness.
Subscription includes access to the swimming
pool, gym and fitness studio. The Family or
Racket Package includes usage of racket sports
facilities such as tennis, table tennis, badminton
and squash. PPSB provides rental for its football
field, basketball court and futsal field. PPSB
also offers fitness programmes such as Muay
Thai, Calisthenics, Sup Yoga and Total Body
Resistance Training (TRX). Coaching programmes
available are archery, football, futsal, swimming,
tennis and fencing.
The group is focussed on providing a safe and
family-oriented environment with staff trained
to deliver excellent customer services. PPSB
has recently upgraded their facilities and aims
to provide the finest sporting, recreation and
activities to meet diverse needs.
To encourage a healthy lifestyle, PPSB regularly
holds sporting events throughout the year. In
September 2018, PPSB organised the Ultimate
Sports Carnival focused on introducing alternative
sports to the public. Activities included fencing,
archery, drone racing, paintball, football, diving
and kickboxing. Fourteen gyms signed up to
participate as partners. The carnival’s highlight
was the football tournament, participated by
junior football clubs across the country. There
were three age categories: seven to eight years,
nine to 10 years and 11 to 12 years.
In January 2019, PPSB hosted the PPSB Fun
Weekend at the RBRC Main Field. The event’s
highlights were a paintball game organised
in collaboration with Royal Brunei Technical
Services and Soccer 7 tournament. Members of
the public joined the paintball games without
registrations or simply enjoyed the seven-a-side
football matches made up of 12 teams.
To keep children active over school holidays,
PPSB held the annual School Holiday Sports
Camp in December 2018. Activities included
football, futsal, fitness education, kayak, archery
and table tennis. Each participant was awarded
with a certificate.
Shine Cycle
Owned by Her Royal Highness Princess ‘Azemah
Ni’matul Bolkiah, Shine Cycle features indoor
cycling, strength training and yoga. The studio
opened in 2018 and offers exhilarating rides
combined with hand weights and choreographed
to the beats of uplifting music. Their signature
strength training class is designed to safely burn
fat and build lean mass through high intensity
interval training (HIIT) and resistance training.
For people new to total body resistance exercise
(TRX), Shine Cycle guides newcomers through
low-impact,
easy-to-follow
progressions.
Their light-hearted introductory class offers
unparalleled instruction and provides confidence
before signing up for a regular class.