Marathon Charity Swim

I'm planning to participate in the 4th Marathon Charity Swim...jointly organized by the Triathlon Family and Student Advisory Center...which will be held on the 4th of June 2006, Sunday...

Some information extracted from the registration form...

Three routes of participation will be available for swimmers to choose from. They are:

(i) Marathon Charity Swim Race - 10km. Swimmers will swim 5km down south towards Amber Beacon and then return to the start point near Bedok Jetty. Trophies would be awarded to the top 3 fastest finishers of different categories.

(ii) 5km Swim Challenge – This is a fun event for swimmers who would prefer a shorter distance may swim 2.5km down south before u-turning back towards the start point, hence completing 5km.

(iii) 2km Novelty Swim – (Student Category) An event for beginner swimmers, a loop 1km forward and back.

Both events will require participants to raise a minimum of S$500 to be donated to the adopted beneficiary, Student Advisory Centre. Swimmers of the novelty swim would need raise on S$100 to enter the swim.

Student Advisory Centre is a youth centre that helps mediate and reconciles youths who have run away from home with their families.

Objective of fund raising

By raising funds for the program, the centre is equipped with the financial capability to search for missing children, counsel them, provide for them temporary food and shelter, and ultimately reconciling them back home with their families.

The center currently works with schools and social service providers in the west to reach out to youths have runaway from home. More information on our work can be found here.

All donations above S$50 are tax exemptible (specific to each entry in the pledge card donation).

Being a truly MAD chemst...I'm planning to participate in the Marathon (10km) event...no intention to aim for the top 3 though...just participating for fun...
Yup...I'm MAD...so I call this fun :P

Hope u guys out there will support me and contribute to the donation :D
Just let me know ur intention to donate and I'll approach u for it ;)

For those who are interested to participate in the event too...here are some other information extracted from the registration form, which can be found here...

Event Procedures

Due to popular demand of establishing it as a charity race event, timing's will be taken of all participants. There will hence be no compulsory rest stops throughout the journey. Rest points and drink stations however, will be set-aside along the coast of the swim to allow for rehydration.

There will be two events briefing for all registered swimmers. The dates are scheduled to be on 30th of May and 1st June 2006 respectively (subject to change). All swimmers are required to attempt the briefing. The venue is tentatively set at Student Advisory Centre.

Training Sessions

Non-compulsory weekly Sunday training sessions are held to prepare swimmers for the event. Training will begin on 5th March 2006. Alternatively, you may contact and join Triathlon Family for the routine swim sessions.

All trainings are free except for entrance fees to the pool of S$1.05 ( W/GST)

Swimming Trials

For marathon swimmers, an endurance trial of 6km to be completed within 3hrs (exclusive of rest) is necessary for swimmers who have never completed this event before. It will be conducted to ensure swimming stamina and ability. The time trial is conducted in May and the details will be revealed at a later date.

5km swim challenge and 2km Novelty swim. Swimmers would simply need to show certificate of completion of a 1.5km swim within 45 minutes to join the event. A time trial conducted in may (date to be confirmed) will be conducted for swimmers who have not completed such a mileage before.

Pledge Card System - Fund Raising

As this is a fund raising event, we will be using the pledge card system to invite swimmers to help raise funds for the centre. Swimmers are requested to help raise a minimum of S$500.00 to contribute to the centre's Youth Intervention Capability Fund, a fund used to help out runaway youths and their families to get together once again on better terms. Each participant may collect the Pledge cards from the centre or during the training sessions, once he/she has sent in the completed registration and indemnity forms.

Closing date of registration
In view of the limited vacancies and time needed to raise funds, please register with us early to confirm an entry slot. Registration closes on 1th of May 2006 and all pledge cards to be returned by the 31th May 2005.