Straits Times: Finished! Marathon Swim For Charity 12 Nov 07

Straits Times: Marathon Swim For Charity 12 Nov 07, originally uploaded by sportinc.
Well done everyone on finishing the swim and Trevor on a job well done! Gerald and I still have more donations coming in…
p.s. Clarification – I swam 400 laps in the pool for a total of 20km yesterday instead! [...]

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6hr 10 min 16 sec

6hr 10 min 16 sec, originally uploaded by sportinc.
6hr 10 min 16 sec. That was how long it took me to complete 20km in the pool – total 400 laps (in the 50m pool)! I started at 630am this morning and finished at around 1240pm. Ouch.

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3 days to go and counting…

Just 3 days to go before some of us take the plunge this Sunday at Turi Beach Resort in Batam Indonesia on the first ever group swim from Batam to Singapore! But for me, it’ll be 20km in the pool at SAF Changi Beach – finish point of the swim. If it works out, [...]

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20km in a swimming pool instead… oh well…

It’s with much sadness that I have decided against swimming from Batam Indonesia to Singapore and will instead do the 20km distance in a 50m pool, which ideally would be the pool at the SAF Sailing Club in Changi where my brother and the rest of the swimmers will end their swim in Singapore.

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Feature in Lianhe Zaobao Chinese Press 1 Nov 2007

Lianhe Zaobao 1 Nov 2007, originally uploaded by sportinc.
Another feature out in today’s Chinese Press of our upcoming charity swim…. pictures were taken 2 weekends ago when we did a trial swim from Batam. I must admit that I was actually quite scared while swimming in the ocean in the trial swim.
Hopefully we’ll have [...]

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Student Advisory Centre in the Press!

Many of you have asked me for more info about the Student Advisory Centre and why I support them… here’s a great article featured in the Straits Times on 20 Oct 2007. Trevor’s amazing. He’s been running SAC for about 4 years now and only 26 years old! Well done and keep up the good [...]

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Coverage in Wanbao Chinese Newspaper 19 Oct

wanbao 19-oct charity swim, originally uploaded by sportinc.
Many thanks to Wanbao for providing some coverage on our efforts – no doubt helps us in generating additional publicity and more monies donated! Please share with your friends and family, and keep those donations coming. We are truly grateful for your kind support.

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27 days to the big swim… and counting

Just 27 more days before we take the plunge for our 20km swim adventure from Batam to Singapore.

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We’re swimming from Batam to Singapore Instead!

Hi everyone, here’s a quick update! The swim has now been postponed to 11 November where the tidal stream will be favourable for us to swim from Batam, Indonesia to Singapore. The original plan was to swim from Singapore to Batam Indonesia.
DATE OF SWIM 11 November 2007
TIME [...]

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A Very Special Cross Border Charity “Transaction” – Swim from Singapore to Batam!

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It’s been a long while since my last charitable effort in March 2006 (Lake Taupo Ironman) but better late than never. I am delighted to announce that on 22nd October 2007 at 0730hrs, my brother Gerald and I will each swim ~20km from Singapore (start point SAF Changi Yacht Club) to [...]

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