IVP 2009

so this year's ivp is over. i hope it was a good experience and fun for all of you. let's start on working harder for the next year, ok? :)

here are some pictures from the event. rest are on fb of course.

our winners!

800m free women : denise (gold), carina (silver)
50 and 100m backstroke women : gwen (silver)
4x50m and 4x100m free women's relay : denise, gwen, carina, minlee (bronze)

overall : men's (8th place), women's (3rd place!) an improvement from last year.

keep it up, people. next up on the event list, swim camp! :)

till then, come for training!!!

Post-IVP

Hey guys! Just a quick update. Therebwill be no training today ( Monday ). Training will resume this Wednesday, usual time. We might be doing a light land training so bring whatever you need for it. No running shoes needed though.

Hope to see you all then!

Will update on ivp soon. Take care!

IVP

ok the competition we've been working on for so long is finally here.

time : 

SATURDAY (31/10/09) - 1pm - 5pm

SUNDAY (01/11/09) - 10am - 2 pm

location :
SINGAPORE SPORTS SCHOOL , SSS (1 CHAMPIONS WAY)


swimmers who are taking part :

CASEY

ELSON

JILL

SABRINA

GWEN

MINLEE

DENISE

CARINA

NICLIM

NICHOLASNG

BENHO

ZIYUAN

LUKE

SAM

swimmers need to be there earlier. we will let you guys know the time via hp or email, so please check them!

seniors are also welcomed! :D

also, this friday, please come for training. all of the swimmers involved, if possible. your ivp jackets are with us and also to let you guys know of the events and time to be there.

till then, rest well and take care!

Nic Lim

thank you elson for the reminder. anyway, since i wont be around for the next week or 2, or 3, i do hope training still goes on.

casey just started his attchment, elson tends to be pretty busy, so if neither are around, i've asked for a senior's help. some of you would've met him already. it's Nic Lim. he has experience in training of course, and he is also determined to improve himself.

so guys, lets work together and train real hard for this ivp. make ourselves proud! :D

for those people who went for time trial, this week's wednesday, all of you have heard what xian en said right?

starting from next week, I hope people who are going to IVP to come training. We only have one more month left before the IVP, so can we just use this one month to improve ourselves as much as possible?

I hope to see more people to come training, start from next week, monday 28th sep 09

TIME TRIALS FOR IVP

hey guys! time trials for ivp is next wednesday ( 23/09/09) 5.30 pm at the pool as usual. if you're interested in joining ivp, this is very necessary so be there! contact me or casey if you need to know anything.

HOLIDAY TRAINING

hey guys, i know its the holidays but that doesnt mean we dont train. IVP is just around the corner and we need to push even harder this time.

so trainings as usual, 5p.m.-7/7.30 p.m. mon, wed and fridays. any changes will be stated here. don't expect a special text to you cos we cant afford that, sorry.

see ya guys. be there.

meeting at 9am this thursday

swimming pool. thanks


*EDIT********

meeting at 11am. be there ppl.

-minlee-

IVP SEASON 2009

hey people. IVP season is almost here. we just got the latest info and its set on the 31st Oct and 1st Nov at sports school, hosted by SP. not that you guys need to know that but ya.

so the events are listed below.

just a word of warning though. don't be too disappointed if you guys dont get a chance to take part. we know most of you would. some might be able to but not get the events they want.

there will be a time trial held somewhere around mid august? which is soon. we will let you know.

so those who have been coming for training, train harder! for those who havent, maybe next year alright, kids? :)

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INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
Men
50 Metres Freestyle
50 Metres Breaststroke
50 Metres Backstroke
50 Metres Butterfly
100 Metres Freestyle
100 Metres Breaststroke
100 Metres Backstroke
100 Metres Butterfly
200 Metres Freestyle
200 Metres Breaststroke
Women
50 Metres Freestyle
50 Metres Breaststroke
50 Metres Backstroke
50 Metres Butterfly
100 Metres Freestyle
100 Metres Breaststroke
100 Metres Backstroke
100 Metres Butterfly

OPEN EVENTS
Men
200 Metres Individual Medley
400 Metres Freestyle
1500 Metres Freestyle
Women
200 Metres Individual Medley
400 Metres Freestyle
200 Metres Freestyle
200 Metres Breaststroke
800 Metres Freestyle

RELAY EVENTS
Men, Women
4 x 50 Metres Freestyle
4 x 50 Metres Medley
4 x 100 Metres Freestyle
4 X 100 Metres Medley Relay

MIXED RELAY
4 x 50 Metres Freestyle (2 Men & 2 Women- in any order)

The cut off time for Women’s 800m Freestyle event is 18min and for Men’s 1500m Freestyle is 25min.

Welcome back kenneth!!

Yuxian is back too!!

now only Minand Jill before the entire team is back!!

IVP SEASON SOON
TIME TRIALS ARE COMING PEOPLE.

TRAIN HARD.

SWIMMING AYG

Hi all,

anyone interested to watch the swimming AYG at the Singapore Sports School?

it's a good experience for the competition "feel"

let me know asap?

HEY, SEXY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. P! :D

Training

Hello! the bearer of good news has arrived!

with the good news being that training has resumeeeeed. Same time same place hopefully same people

Okay maybe not good news to some of you.

but yah mon wed fri 530 to 730. SEE YOU THERE PEOPLE

training suspended

People of the world!

or rather, whoever visits this blog. There will be no training this week and next week because of common tests! So use your training time to study or something.

However, to those who still feel like swimming, the pool is always open.

I'll let you guys know again when training resumes.

Best of luck for your papers!

HELLO

hey new swimmers! on behalf of the seniors from swim team, welcome! :) hope you guys are enjoying training so far, cos really. enjoy it while you can! its only a matter of time before it gets tougher!
our team is the biggest so far this year in the history of swim team in np. haha. so excuse us if we dont handle things very properly. we're still getting the hang of things.
come for trainings as often as possible because well, you'll see the results at the end of the day yourself. :D
please check this blog constantly for any updates on trainings and other stuff. till then, enjoy your weekend!

TRAINING

hey swimmers. school's starting tomorrow and so should trainings. since we all made it clear that any plans for holiday trainings just fail miserably.

anyway, training starting tomorrow. as usual. mon, wed, fri. 5.30 p.m.-7.30 p.m.

if there were no changes made while i was away that is. no one's online yet so if there're any problems, let me know on msn or message me.

casey, what're the plans for cca fiesta?? call me.

EDIT: THE TRAINING HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO TUESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY

EDIT (again) : hey people, we might just change the training back to mon, wed and fri. we are still not confirmed. theres definitely no training today though. SORRY. we will update here again and i will try to call everybody for any last minute updates. whatever it is, we'll be having the year ones to come for trial on this friday. till then. SEE YA.

FLYER

flyer?

hey guys... due to my mother's condition.. I have to stay at home to take care of her... as some of you know... a few days ago my mother collapse and was admitted hospital...luckily it was nothing big and she is already out of hospital... I will come back to training next week... for now I will be staying at home to take care of her... sorry for not coming and hope you guys can understand... will be placing the training set here too...

400m warmup
12x100 pull on 1.45
8x200 swim 4 any stroke 4 IM rest 10
8X100 kick on 2.00
200 warm down

Elson

Change

44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama said that he would change the world. Though not by his ruling, change has already occured within the management nucleus of Ngee Ann Swim Team.

No, I am still in the committee and my other committee members namely Min, Elson and Jill are still presently here as well but change has still occurred.

The Tyrant aka Hitler aka Edmund Oh has been removed from his position as "adviser" to the swim team. He informed the committee members this afternoon that a replacement (i forgot her name already) is going to be our new adviser.

Oh happy days are looming on the horizon.

Celebration anyone?

Omni theatre fun.

hey people! would anyone like to head over to the omni theatre for sea monsters before training? the show starts at 2pm... sms me if you'd like to come along.


=)

CONFIRMED TRAININGS

okay, finally confirmed all trainings. scrap the 1,3,5 days

its now

Tuesday
17, 24, 31 Mar. & 7, 14 Apr - 3 to 5pm

Friday
13 Mar - 4 to 6pm
20, 27 Mar & 3, 17 Apr - 5 to 6pm

Saturday
14, 21, 28 Mar & 4, 18 Apr - 9 to 11am

okay on the 5-6pm we'll do land or something

Sorry for the saturday timing.

Canoe polo booked everything else.

Traininggg

training at 5:30 today per normal.

see youuu

Swim Trainings

HI.

okay tentatively, training times are as usual.

Monday Wednesday and Friday 5:30-7:30pm
at the pool obviously.

I'm waiting for EO to reply my email on the finalised training time and all. For now, Saturday training has NOT materialised YET, but some of us could gather and do strength training at the coolio gym upstairs. It's super beneficial. I'll be there tomorrow morning if anyones interested.

Also, Elson, good job on the sports camp. Nat has volunteered to help with the training while you are recovering and attending sports camp. We'll still take your training program with open arms though.

When Mr Oh replies me, I will send all of you an email and i'll post on this too!

Hopefully i'll see all of you next week!

P.S: Please please give support to Nat and the team, it's quite discouraging to see like 5 people at training only. But im sure all of you would turn up. RIGHT? :]

HEY YO!!! this is ELSON speaking... I just came back from sports camp GL training camp and guess what I totally lost my voice... cannot even talk...meaning i am now a temporary mute... The problems is I lost my voice on 1st day without even shouting a lot... how amazing... ok... back to the reason i blogging on npswim blog... I will be giving training sets out to other committees due to my current voiceless situation... so please do not slack just because I am not there... btw is anyone against or with casey's idea of sat training??? First thing of tht of my opinion is tht i may not make it cause i have japanese class on saturdays... But if you guys want to train on sat i dont mind creating a set for you guys to train... and to those going to other countries for whatever reasons... if you guys wants me to create like a mini land training set for you guys so you can do in ur room or whatever pls sms me...

PS: 17 - 21 march... I will be having the real sports camp for freshies... then i may pop up time to time to see you guys training... so beware...hehehe

Hello.

Hiiiiiii.

Hope all of you did well for your exams!

Training WILL commence next week. Let you know the timings asap. Also, if we are able to book the pool on saturday, is anyone willing to train?

lemme know cause if so, ill ask EO (cause i wanna train on sat. haha)

See you all soon!

TO OUR EX-PRESIDENT, CHERYL.

HAPPYYY BIRTHDAYY!!!!!!!!!! :)

Osim Triathlon (EDIT)

Hey People! the president of Tri-elite is calling out for swimmers for the Osim Triathlon, prolly the relay event, open water 800m. If interested, meeting's at the tri-elite bike cage under the convention centre tml at 5, alternatively you could leave either me, min or cheryl an sms and we'd help you pass the message along. It's good fun, good experience and good CCA points! haha. so don't worry if you don't have experience in open waters.



Jill :)

*EDIT*
meeting venue's been changed to the pool.

btw, just to add on. there WILL be training this wednesday and friday. It's our last 2 trainings before the exam break. So please come down and train hard. Sorry if training sessions have been pretty erratic lately.

Ok... I know this period of time is very bad time for everyone because of the tests and presentations and also the coming examinations... A lot of you cannot come for training due to tht... That is okay if you cannot come... but can you guys msg me the day before so I can decide whether there will be training or not and I wont need to pack my training stuff... VERY HEAVY LEH.... anyways there will not be training today due to overwhelming of test this afternoon/evening...

PS: this is my personal selfish request... if possible come at least 2 trainings or if u dont come but you still want to train at else where...msg me then i will sms u the training sets too... for people who dont have my number.... go ask around those that have my number... I wont post my number here due to personal reasons but u can find my email at my blog...

Elson

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR YOU CHEENAPIANGS

HELLO.

wishing you guys an early happy cny. i'm not surprised if a lot of you wont be making it for training tomorrow. (i.e. me. HEH) long weekend you see. it's ok!

we hope to see you on wednesday! (28/1/09) training as usual. except its gonna be a "swimteam reunion training" so make sure you guys come ok! it's gonna be FUN FUN FUN.

ATTN: COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY

we're having a meeting to come up with the bloody budget for 2009 ok.

meeting at around 3 plus to 4 this wednesday. (21 jan) place not confirmed yet.

ppl included:

casey, jill, cheryl, luke, elson

we will go for the other damn meeting with eo after.

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and to the other swimmers, training;s cancelled this wednesday ok. due to the meeting as you can see.

training on friday as usual. see ya!


**EDIT**
wow the meeting is damn boring maaaan ):

Casey

for tomorrow's training please bring your shoes and skipping ropes... we will be doing more land training than water training tomorrow... sorry for the late notice...

Elson

just a little fun

hey swimmers, new and old. a few of us have decided we should take a road trip! to malaysia, most probably.

possible places:

mt kinabalu climb. (and no, we cant take a coach there because we have to cross over the south china sea! *ahem, jill* )

my house! =) seremban. its near kl!

genting?

so yea, god knows when this will be possible cos xianen is enlisting soon!

just start saving your money ok! how convenient, cny is just around the corner, so no excuses for being broke! heh.

see you all in training, as usual!

ADVERTISEMENT

eh hi all, this is a promotion for Wilson.

his group is selling some treats.

1) Marble Cake- 8 slices for 3 bucks
2) Pineapple Tarts- 22 pieces (probably one container) for 10 bucks
3) Walnut Cake - 8 slices for 3.20
4) Chocolate Cake- 3 pieces/slices? for 3 bucks
5) Muffins- 3 pieces in different flavors, (blueberry apple and chocolate) for 3 bucks.


Place the marble cakes in your mouth and you will immediately have a chocolate sensation which threatens to overwhelm the senses. Coupled with the rich scent of butter smell which might bowl you over, the marble cakes are known for their fusion of both sweet with a slight tangy salt taste of the butter.

Pineapple tarts are highly recommended by us. We have tasted the pineapple tarts and it tastes delicious. You will feel the skin is melting as the aroma and bite of the pineapple filling seeps out through the cracks onto your taste buds as your teeth sink into the velvet butter pastry. It is hard to resist the temptation of the pineapple tarts especially during this Chinese New Year Season

OKAY SWIMMERS YOU GUYS WANNA BE HEALTHY RIGHT SO. Walnut cake will be the best choice for you! The alluring fragrance when you open the box hits you like punch to the face making it irresistible not to take a nibble. This nibble will sooon evolve onto a bite and into a bigger bite and pretty soon you'll realise that you're on your 3rd piece. Well done guys.

Chocolates! Mankind wouldnt exist w/o chocolate cake. i swear to you. Well, This particular kind of chocolate cake's will erupt in a burst of flavour in your mouth and it's strong velvet flavour and texture will overload even the strongest unbeliever. It has a slight crisp surface due to the heat from the oven but ooohhhh my godddd when you come to the middle...

Last but not least, to top up this smörgåsbord of delicious and tantalizing group of savories, we have muffins! Coming in 3 flavours, Dirrty Blueberry, refreshing apple and of course the legendary chocolate, we will combine these 3 positives into one box giving you a rainbow of flavours to choose from and to tease the taste buds. Will it be good as Xian En's? only one way to find out right ;)

OKAY ALL DONE (:.


So, if anyone's interested to support our Year 3 butterflyer, Ask him or me for the pre order form k.

k, im off to sleep. my eyes are gg.

Night and see you tomorrowww.

Arena/TYR Warehouse excursion

list of people going so far:
jill
casey
min lee
Kenneth (tentative)
Wilson (specifically TYR)
luke
ee chuan
cheryl
elson (unconfirmed)
hannah

we'll be making the trip tentatively after CNY. leave comment if you wish to go

WELCOME

amelia, jia jia and jia jun

to those who didnt come today we had 3 new swimmers. please constantly check here for latest announcements k!

anyway. for training this friday, please try to be there by 5.15 so you guys will have time to do your stretching and everything.

and PLEASE bring your skipping rope!

THANK YOU AND SEE YOU ALL.

Our dear Johnny boy.

Hello all, i received a loooooong sms this evening from John aka watever u like to call him.

"Hi, i have consulted a doctor for my back, well actually, shoulder problem. Its like the 3rd time im consulting this doc for this same problem over 6 weeks. it hasnt gotten any better with the meds and plasters. she is recommending i consult an orthopaedist.i will not be attending training till it recovers. And yes i know ive told you injury issues many a times but theyre real and pschologically and physically disturbing.i just dun wanna turn a temporary injury to a permanent one..i hope you do not think im trying to skip trainings. i will work on my lower for the time being.cya."

so guys! pls be supportive of him,continue to keep him invovled in swim team! prob you guys can get him to come down to some of the land trainings or light kicking.whatever tt he is permitted to!

sooo.....ok.tts it for now.lalalalala
oh yeah."omg ,the world is so beautiful" ive said it once for today.thats it.

"O.O! i juz saw something ugly!"

SPORTS CAMP

Guys, just to clarify.

The sports camp that's happening this year is not just limited to the committee members. It's open to ALL swimmers currently in the team.

To brainwash the 2009 year ones to join swimming, we need allloooot of people to promote and publicize the swim team!

So please please when you reach school tomorrow and you walk past the student plaza (cheers there) and you see a bunch of guys playing overplayed radio songs on the speakers, walk to them and write your name down for registration to be GROUP LEADER for sports camp k? you get CCA points too man!! I mean, you meet new friends, get CCA points and can promote swim team! win win!!

casey


*******edit

its on from 3-6 pm. GO GO HELP YOUR PRESIDENT! =)

minlee

hello yo... this is your new captain speaking lol.... please remember to bring your land training gear on wednesday as we will be having land training.
Land training is more for those who are able to compete in competition already to train up their power and strength for their respective strokes and events.
Do not worry... if land training is hard... water training will be easy.
As for those beginner swimmers, will be more focus more on the water training until you get a hang of swimming properly.

PS: Great training yesterday... Good job guys... keep it up... training will slowly get harder after some period of time... so be prepared... for those who are competing tht is

Elson

MAKAN? :D

Thanks Elson for training today, it was good (: Also, thanks to all who came for training today! great turn out :] see you guys on wednesday too! :D we should have like a big team dinner or something one day when everyones free. hahaha

random thoughts. >:]

Training and Arena (EDIT)

people, please bring along land training attire from now on unless stated that you do not need to, maybe just bringing an extra pair of shorts would be adequate?

also, we're thinking of setting up an excursion to the arena/TYR warehouse as most of us did not manage to get the items we wanted when we ordered from the arena catalogue. so please drop a comment if you wish to go.

(EDIT)
list of people going so far:
jill
casey
min lee
Kenneth (tentative)
Wilson (specifically TYR)
luke
ee chuan

Training resumes....

On monday 5th january. Be seeing y'all :D
and could someone volunteer to blingify our blog? Heh.


Tam tam, ngiam ngiam, kiam kiam,
Jill

Group Leader training for Sports Camp

an email from our beloved EO.

Dear all,

SSC is recruiting GL for the coming Sports Camp in March. I have spoken to some of the com that this event is especially useful to promote you cca clubs. Do join this event and have fun.
On behalf of NP Sports Camp organising committee

"The next Sports Camp is round the corner and the Student Sports Council (SSC) will be having a recruitment drive for GLs. We would like to invite your club members to join us at out GL training. Through the training, we aim to develop every individual into leaders and form a platform for different CCAs to network. Furthermore, Sports Camp is a great way to promote your own CCA clubs as we give you an opportunity to showcase your unique sport to the participants. At the same time, the chosen GLs from your club will also be able to share with the participants about the activities you are involved in and entice them to join your CCA."

The GL recruitment dates: 6 & 7 Jan 09 (Tue - Wed)
TIME : 3.00 - 6.00 pm
Location : Student Plaza

Dates:
12, 19 & 30 Jan GL training
6 - 9 Feb GL bonding camp
2 - 5 Mar Trial camp
17 - 21 Mar actual camp


whoever interested please let me know!!
or we can discuss this in training on monday. SEE YOU ALL!

minlee

SWIM CAMP 2008

A SUCCESS!

well quite a few failed to turn up, but with good reason. that didnt dampen our spirits though. the objectives of this camp was to bond and train hard. uh well, the train hard part wasnt very successful since everyone wasnt in very good shape, but we definitely bonded!

even the 2 new girls (puay suan and faith) manage to name everyone of us!

on the last day we had an agm as well. the old committee members: cheryl, luke and yuxian, passed down their positions with the help of xianen. (our coach)

HERE IT IS!

OUR PRESIDENT: CASEY

VICE PRESIDENT: MINLEE

SECRETARY: JILL

CAPTAIN: ELSON (thats the one on the right. )

hopefully everyone is happy and willing to cooperate with the committee members since we really need your help with this. our new year's resolutions: to bring swim team to greater heights!

ok, back to the camp. i'll let the pictures do the talking.

one of the games played : water mahjong!

this was our very nice loft.

other than that, we played charades and also blind mice. too bad, no pictures. we had some very memorable moments, (jill: spermwhale, xianen: power rangers with socks ends up on the floor, john and jinghan: out-of-the-box thinkers)

all in all, we definitely enjoyed this camp. and here's to wishing everyone a happy new year and hopefully a better one ahead!

credits:
(a huge thanks to those who have helped tremendously)

KERRIE
JILL
CASEY
XIANEN
LUKE
CHERYL


<3

minlee

hello all! HAPPY NEW YEAR to all NPST-ers.

er.......my new year wish for the team will be this :

--xianen--

i'm also testing (:

TESTING 1

testing