At the 2015 edition of the championships, Maximillian Ang was awarded the Most Valuable Swimmer (Boys) for his performance in the 13-14 years old category. He is flanked by Singapura Finance CEO, Jamie Teo (left), and Singapore Swimming Association President, Lee Kok Choy (right). (Photo 1 © Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports)
Singapore – Local finance company Singapura Finance is back for the second year as title sponsor of the 47th Singapore National Age Group Swimming Championships to be held from the 11th to the 20th of March at the OCBC Aquatic Centre at the Singapore Sports Hub.
Building on the success of last year’s well-received event, the homegrown financial institution hopes to continue to support the swimming community by providing cash prizes for local record breakers at the meet, as well as raising the production value of the event, resulting in a more spectator-friendly spectacle for swimming fans.
Jamie Teo, Chief Executive Officer of Singapura Finance said: “Singapura Finance helped shake up SNAG last year and we are now back for more! We’re happy to support swimmers in attaining their dreams and encouraging them through little things like food packs, and lifting the stress from around and in the pool. It has been a very rewarding experience.”
A total of $18,700 was given out last year to our local swim stars, of whom Zachary Ian Tan and Quah Zheng Wen were the top earners.
Zachary blew away the competition as he won and set new meet records in all of the 12 events he competed in for a total purse of $2,200. Not to be outdone by the up-and-coming junior swimmer, Zheng Wen led the way in the senior categories by breaking three national records and six meet records for a total of cash prize of $2,700.
“The cash prize is meant to encourage record breakers to keep swimming hard and rewarding them for their record-breaking accomplishments. We are excited to see how our swimmers will fare as they swim towards qualifying for the Rio Olympics later this year,” said Teo.
Expect more of the same this year as Singapura Finance rewards our swimmers with cash incentives of $500 and $200 for national and meet records broken respectively. If the previous edition’s five national and 81 meet records are anything to go by, local swimming fans can expect another scintillating event as our current and future stars strive to continuously raise the standards of the local swimming scene.
Also up for grabs are qualification spots for this year’s Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, with the Singapura Finance 47th Singapore National Age Group Swimming Championships being the last local qualifier for Olympic aspirants who have yet to crack the ‘A’ qualification timings. Will the likes of Quah Ting Wen, Amanda Lim and Danny Yeo be able to peak at the right moment to book their plane tickets to Rio? There’s only one way to find out!
The full event schedule of this year’s Singapura Finance 47th Singapore National Age Group Swimming Championships can be found at www.swimsnag.com.sg.
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