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Pho3nix Kids

Filipino kids joined the Pho3nix family in 2024

1 December 2023

Pho3nix Kids Triathlon concluded a successful first season in the Philippines with its finale on the 26th November at Fontana Resorts in Clark, Pampanga. The fifth Pho3nix Kids Triathlon event of the year attracted more than 300 participants aged 5 to 17 across age-appropriate fun run distances and beginner and advanced triathlon and duathlon categories. With each paid race entry sponsoring a free entry for children from partner schools and nearby communities, Pho3nix Kids Triathlon has also provided avenues for many children to participate for the first time in a sport event of this kind. Each participant received a race shirt and bib number to start with and crossed the finish line with a Pho3nix Kids medal and post-race meal waiting. Participants in the advanced triathlon and duathlon categories also competed for age group podium awards and trophies. Event partner Milo Philippines also gave away yet another 100 pairs of running shoes as part of its longstanding “Help Give Shoes” advocacy. “Our first year delivering Pho3nix Kids Triathlons in the Philippines is in the books!” says Chris McCormack, Pho3nix Foundation board member and co-founder of sports entertainment agency Mana Global. “The Filipino sports community’s warmth and enthusiasm in reception went […]

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Pho3nix Kids

Pho3nix JX Clinics Make a Splash

28 November 2023

The Pho3nix Foundation is thrilled to share the recent successes of its Pho3nix Junior Excellence Program (Pho3nix JX Program) conducted in partnership with Swimming Australia. The Pho3nix JX Program aims to develop healthy habits, mindset, and attitude by recognising and inspiring young swimmers, building commitment to and enthusiasm for the pathway into senior swimming and success in and out of the pool. A projected 1,619 participants will have attended a Pho3nix JX Clinic by end 2023 since the first one in Melbourne in June, on the eve of the 2023 World Championship Trials. Along with the numbers from the Pho3nix JX Competition in Victoria, 1,786 participants overall have already engaged in Pho3nix JX Clinics-related activities. Additionally, over 10,911 swimmers have already been recognized in the Pho3nix JX Program since 1st May – nearly 76% of the total 14,400 recognized last year. Pho3nix JX is on track toward surpassing previous years’ numbers. On the 29th September, Swimming NT welcomed 99 participants to the Pho3nix JX Clinic linked to its Country Championships, featuring the coaching expertise of Olympic gold medalist Chelsea Hodges OAM and a team of assisting coaches. Based on its success and positive reception, Pho3nix JX are already looking to […]

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Pho3nix Kids

Thai kids set to go again in 2024

27 November 2023

Pho3nix Kids Thailand has announced its five race dates for the 2024 season, adding one new venue in Bangkok as well as returning to four previous venues. The multisport race series by sport nonprofit Pho3nix Foundation caters to children of all fitness levels from the ages of 5 to 15, offering triathlon, duathlon, and fun run categories with age group prizes. Pho3nix Kids Thailand kicks off on 14th January 2024 at the ISB International School Bangkok, then heads to new venue Wellington College Bangkok on 3rd March, Pattana Sports Resort in Sri Racha on 16th June, 700 Year Stadium Chiang Mai on 6th October, and finally Blue Tree Phuket on 16th November. This announcement comes on the heels of a successful 2023 series concluding at Blue Tree in Phuket, Thailand on 19th November with a blockbuster 568 participants, a new per event record. The series had a total of 1376 participants this year, a whopping 46% increase year-on-year. “We are thrilled to see the series grow as much as it has,” says Roman Floesser, Regional Director – Asia for the Pho3nix Foundation. “What’s even more exciting is that we were able to provide access to many kids who never had […]

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Pho3nix Kids

No age barrier to excellence

27 November 2023

Remember this name – Eli Jack Bruggemann. The 12-year-old accepted the inaugural Pho3nix Junior Excellence Swimmer of the Year award at the recent 2023 Swimming Australia Awards held at The Pullman Hotel in Brisbane. Bruggemann exemplifies the traits of excellence in performance that the Pho3nix JX Swimmer of the Year award recognises, not only through his current performances but also his meteoric rise over the past 16 months. After only three months training with the Junior Squad at the University of Queensland Swim Club, Bruggemann became the lead swimmer among 16 competitors. Nine months later, he gained acceptance into the prestigious St. Peters Lutheran College and the elite swimming club of St Peters Western Amateur Swim Club. He now has 55 Swimming Queensland medals under his belt, of which 27 are gold. Over the 2022-2023 season he became the fastest junior boy in Australian swimming history to achieve JX Australian Swimming Level Gold status after only nine months of competitive swimming. The four-stroke specialist competes in both short course and long course on the district, regional, state, and national level, with butterfly and breaststroke as his primary strokes and freestyle and backstroke as secondary. Already a representative swimmer at the […]

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Pho3nix Future Camp

Future looks bright for class of 2023 Phuket

20 November 2023

Twenty promising young athletes from eight sports representing eight nations and three continents completed an inspiring five-day sports development journey at Pho3nix Future Camp in Phuket, Thailand from 15th to 19th November 2023. Held by the sport nonprofit Pho3nix Foundation, Pho3nix Future Camp Phuket brought together talented youth athletes aged 14 to 19 for a fully funded experience equipping them with the skills, knowledge, and personal development needed to flourish in a professional sports career and beyond. For its eighth edition in the past three years, Commonwealth Games gold and Olympic silver medallist John Steffensen and 15-time iron distance triathlon champion Belinda Granger hosted the camp along with supporting mentors and speakers including Commonwealth Games swimmer and Australian music star Cody Simpson, four-time Triathlon World Champion and Mana Global CEO Chris McCormack, Mana Global Chairman Wojtek Kruczynski, and television host and Mana Global Head of Content Will McCloy. Camp highlights also included sessions on media training, nutrition for high performance, physical conditioning for injury prevention, a VIP yacht trip to Phang Nga Bay, and finally an opportunity to give back to sport and community by volunteering to man aid stations and the finish line at the Pho3nix Kids Triathlon event […]