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Smart Stadium, home of the Football Kingz and the New Zealand Warriors, the Academy offers top-class facilities at extremely reasonable rates.</div> <bR> <div> Those groups affiliated with the governing body of soccer in the Oceania region are charged $25 per night per person - $ 50 per room - if over twenty years of age, while it’s $35 per person per night - $70 per room - in the case of non-affiliated groups. In both instances, those aged under twenty are charged half the appropriate fee.</div> <bR> <div> Meals come on top of this charge, but for $26.50 per day, you can have a full menu, consisting of three meals plus morning and afternoon teas if required, supplied by the on-site caterers from the full kitchen facilities, just one</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="176"><div> of the features which the Academy boasts.</div> <bR> <div> “Everything you could want is here”, says Building Manager Alan Fraser of the amenities. “We have a lecture room, complete with TV, video, overhead and data projectors and an electronic whiteboard, which comfortably sits 24 in lecture room style, and 55 in theatre style”.</div> <bR> <div> Accommodation-wise, the Academy boasts a master suite and a standard suite, both of which are fully self-contained, and a twelve room dormitory, which sleeps two people per room, and again, each is self-contained. All sheets, blankets, etc., are supplied.</div> <bR> <div> “We can comfortably cater for up to twenty-four players and three officials”, says Mr Fraser of the Academy’s accommodation</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="176"><div> facilities.</div> <bR> <div> The guest laundry boasts two of everything, i.e. washing machines, dryers, etc., while the spacious, fully air-conditioned residents / guests area comes equipped with a pool table, a table tennis table, a jukebox and a large-screen TV to watch all the action on Sky.</div> <bR> <div> “The playing field is available for hire”, says Mr Fraser, “but it is not yet full-size. However, there is provision for a full-size pitch to be in place within the next twelve months, and it is planned to have this fully floodlit within two years”.</div> <bR> <div> The downstairs entrance to the accommodation facilities features two dressing rooms, a commercial laundry, a boot room and shower and toilet</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="176"><div> facilities - all in all, everything you could possibly wish for in a self-contained environment, with two full-sized football pitches, an athletics track and plenty of car-parking space literally just a stone’s throw away.</div> <bR> <div> “We charge reasonable rates for people wishing to use the lecture room facilities only”, says Mr Fraser, “and while the ground is available for hire as well, we can only hire the other facilities out if people are not living in”.</div> <bR> <div> So if you’re looking for a home away from home for yourself and your sports team or business party, and the Academy facilities sound just the thing for you, contact:</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Alan Fraser at Oceania, phone (09) 525-8161 </div> <div> or fax (09) 525-8164.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="World Zone"><U>World Zone</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </BODY>