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listings<br />
sports &<br />
leisure<br />
Sport Street<br />
Huyen Tran Cong Chua, D1 between<br />
Nguyen Du and Nguyen Thi Minh Khai<br />
Services include mending and restringing<br />
broken tennis rackets. Products range<br />
from badminton birdies and rackets to<br />
basketball hoops, free weights, roller<br />
blades, scooters, soccer jerseys and all<br />
manner of balls.<br />
Trophies & Custom Signage Street<br />
Le Lai, D1 between Truong Dinh and<br />
Nguyen Thai Hoc<br />
Offers custom engraving on trophies and<br />
plaques made of plastic, wood, metal<br />
and glass.<br />
CRICKET<br />
Saigon Cricket Assocation<br />
Social cricket league plays 25 overs a<br />
side matches Sunday mornings at RMIT’s<br />
District 7 pitch. Season runs November<br />
through May, with friendly games throughout<br />
the pre-season. Practice on Saturdays<br />
and Sunday afternoons.<br />
Australian Cricket Club<br />
Terry Gordon<br />
terrygordoninasia@yahoo.com.au<br />
saigonaustraliancricketclub@yahoo.com<br />
www.saigoncricket.com<br />
English Cricket Club<br />
Richard Carrington<br />
Richard.carrington@pivotalvietnam.com<br />
info@eccsaigon.com<br />
www.eccsaigon.com<br />
Indian Cricket Club<br />
Manish Sogani, manish@ambrij.com<br />
United Cricket Club<br />
Mr. Asif Ali, asif@promo-tex.net<br />
keshav.dayalani@rmit.edu.vn<br />
DANCING<br />
DanCenter<br />
46/2 Nguyen Cuu Van, Binh Thanh<br />
Tel: 3840 6974<br />
www.dancentervn.com<br />
Modern, centrally located studio with foreign<br />
trained dance instructors. Classes for<br />
kids age 5+ in jazz, ballet, hip hop and tap<br />
dance. Classes for adults in yoga, jazz,<br />
hip hop, salsa, belly, tap and capoeira.<br />
Salsa Dancing at La Habana<br />
6 Cao Ba Quat, D1<br />
www.salsaigon.com<br />
salsaigon@gmail.com<br />
Six-week salsa package at 350,000<br />
VND for single persons and 550,000 for<br />
a couple, run by Urko. Lessons every<br />
Tuesday (beginners L.A. style at 7.30<br />
pm; intermediate L.A style at 8.30 pm).<br />
Registration required.<br />
FITNESS & YOGA<br />
AIS Sports Centre<br />
36 Thao Dien, An Phu, D2<br />
Tel: 3744 6960, ext 126<br />
sportscentre@aisvietnam.com<br />
www.aissportscentre.com<br />
Features six-lane, 25-metre pool, basketball<br />
and netball courts, astroturf hockey/football<br />
area and outdoor gym equipment. Available<br />
for party hire, with BBQ included on request.<br />
Membership packages available. Kids swim<br />
club and adult masters programmes. Rainbow<br />
Divers offers scuba diving courses for<br />
children and adults. Free morning yoga.<br />
California WOW Xperience<br />
Parkson Plaza, 126 Hung Vuong, D5<br />
28/30-32 Le Loi, D1 Tel: 6291 5999<br />
The world’s biggest fitness centre chain<br />
is one of Saigon’s most modern places<br />
to get your sweat on. Located in Hung<br />
Vuong Plaza, CWX offers a huge work-out<br />
area and all kinds of classes including<br />
spinning, KickFit, yoga and more.<br />
Caravelle Club Spa<br />
19 Lam Son Square, D1<br />
Tel: 3823 4999<br />
Modern and stylish gym with lots of cardiovascular<br />
machines and free weights.<br />
The swimming pool is a great place for<br />
a dip, and the massage parlour, sauna,<br />
steam room and jacuzzi are there for<br />
winding down.<br />
Christophe Guillemin<br />
Tel: 0909 365525<br />
azia_shop@yahoo.fr<br />
www.azia-shop.com<br />
French fitness instructor offers his training<br />
assistance both at home or in your gym<br />
to help with everything from weight loss to<br />
muscle building. Also does cardio training<br />
sessions at An Phu swimming pool on<br />
Saturday at 11 am.<br />
Curves<br />
15 Trinh Van Can, D1 Tel: 3821 0319<br />
www.curvesvietnam.com<br />
Curves is a women’s only fitness franchise<br />
with over 10,000 locations and four million<br />
members. The centre offers a famous<br />
30-minute total body workout that they<br />
say will burn up to 500 calories. Features<br />
training on ‘double positive’ resistance<br />
equipment.<br />
Daphne Chua<br />
Tel: 012 6662 6467<br />
yogadaphne@gmail.com<br />
www.daphnechua.com<br />
Classes taught by a Yoga Alliance certified<br />
teacher from Singapore that focus on<br />
breathing and body awareness, combined<br />
with fluid movements to perfectly balance<br />
body and mind. Hatha, Restorative and<br />
Vinyasa classes are offered in group and<br />
private sessions.<br />
Diamond Plaza<br />
34 Le Duan, D1<br />
The city’s largest department store has<br />
a well-equipped gym with steam room,<br />
jacuzzi, massage parlour and swimming<br />
pool. The gym costs from USD $90 per<br />
month.<br />
Diamond Way Buddhism Meditation<br />
Group<br />
Tel: 093 804 3753<br />
Email: SaigonGompa@gmail.com<br />
www.diamondway-teachings.org<br />
Meditation group using methods of<br />
Tibetan Buddhism. Diamond Way or<br />
Vajrayana Buddhism guides practitioners<br />
to experience the nature of their own mind<br />
to reach Enlightenment.<br />
Equinox Fitness & Leisure Centre<br />
Equatorial Hotel, 242 Tran Binh Trong,<br />
D5 Tel: 3839 7777<br />
Decent-sized 3rd-floor gym with modern<br />
cardio and weights machines, sauna,<br />
steambath, jacuzzi, and large 4th floor<br />
pool great for swimming laps.<br />
Hollywood Fitness World<br />
H3 Building, 384 Hoang Dieu, D4<br />
Tel: 3826 4639<br />
One of the latest & best workout environments<br />
in the city, suitable for all ages and<br />
fitness levels. Personal training is offered.<br />
Erick Tony Varin, Fitness and Swimming<br />
Instructor<br />
Tel: 0939 026 540<br />
Erickforcearca@hotmail.com<br />
French instructor offers individual adapted<br />
programmes at home or at your gym, including<br />
weight loss, muscle gain, athletic<br />
training and post-traumatic treatment.<br />
Swimming and aqua aerobics classes for<br />
groups or individuals are also offered.
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