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Programmes and Competitions

National Training Centre at Singapore Sports School

Singapore Swimming Association has established Singapore Sports School as the second National Training Centre (NTC) to support swimmers who aspire to represent Singapore. The additional training centre will allow for greater access to high-performance joint training with dedicated NTC coaches and sports scientists from Singapore Sports Institute (SSI) and National Youth Sports Institute (NYSI), to groom a larger and stronger generation of swimmers. High-performing athletes who are not studying in Sports School can also stay at the boarding facilities within the campus to maximise their time.

Athletes can apply to the NTC at Sports School via three pathways, namely the Major Games pathway, the Performance pathway, and the Singapore Sports School pathway. Athletes on the first two pathways need not be studying in the Sports School. More details can be found in the table below. 

1. Major Games Pathway

2. Performance Pathway

3. Singapore Sports School Pathway

Pre-requisite: Swimmer Times/ Records in any event that surpasses SEA Games Qualifying Standard

Pre-requisite: Swimmer must have a minimum of 650 FINA points across any event

Pre-requisite: Enroll into Sports School as a student-athlete:

(a) At Secondary 1; 

(b) Mid-Stream transfer into the Secondary programme; or

(c) Admission into the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme or Polytechnic Diploma Programmes

 

Additional Requirement: Athlete must seek clearance from their current Club/Coach. Applicants under the Performance Pathway will need to submit a letter of support and release from their current Club/Coach.

Application Information
Registration for September 2022 intake (by 16 July 2022): Fill up the form, and send it directly to the Singapore Swimming Association and Singapore Sports School staff listed below.

Major Games Pathway and Performance Pathway (Singapore Swimming Association)

Sonya Porter, Technical Director: sonya.porter@swimming.org.sg

Gary Tan, SSA Head Coach: gary.tan@swimming.org.sg

Tracie Tan, SSA High Performance Manager: tracie.tan@swimming.org.sg

Singapore Sports School Pathway

Douglas Djang, Head Coach, Swimming Academy: douglas_djang@sportsschool.edu.sg

Chin Khen Theen, General Manager, Swimming Academy: chin_khen_theen@sportsschool.edu.sg

Local and Overseas Competitions

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
(MAJOR GAMES/WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS)


Our Swimming Academy student-athletes and alumni, such as Tao Li, Amanda Lim, Pang Sheng Jun, Mylene Ong, Ritchie Oh, Artyom Lukasevits, and Maximillian Ang have flown high the Singapore flag in major games and world championships, such as World Aquatics (FINA) World Cup, World Championships, SEA Games, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and Olympic Games. 

JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
(WORLD AQUATICS (FINA) WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS / YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES / COMMONWEALTH YOUTH GAMES / JUNIOR PAN PACIFIC) 

In Junior International meets, our student-athletes have qualified for World Aquatics (FINA) Juniors and Commonwealth Youth Games. In the Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships held in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2022, 10 of our swimmers competed in the biannual event. These youth international competitions offer opportunities for our swimmers to race against rivals at a higher level which stretches their potential.
REGIONAL COMPETITIONS
(ASIAN AGE-GROUP / SOUTHEAST ASIAN (AGE-GROUP) SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS)

In the regional meets, more than twenty-five percent of our Swimming Academy student-athletes have represented Singapore in the South East Asian (Age-Group) Swimming Championships yearly. In the last edition held in Kuala Lumpur, 14 of our swimmers qualified to represent Singapore in the SEA AGE.
LOCAL COMPETITIONS
(SINGAPORE NATIONAL AGE-GROUP (SNAG) CHAMPIONSHIPS AND SINGAPORE NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS)

Held at the OCBC Aquatics Centre, both the SNAG and SNSC Swimming Championships sees some of Singapore's top local swimmers battling it out for qualification for the upcoming World Championships and major Games. These competitions including the National School Games, provide a valuable platform for our student-athletes to cultivate values and develop character through sports. This is in line with the Council's motto of "Character in Sporting Excellence".


Special Programmes


THAILAND SPORTS SCHOOL GAMES (TSSG)

Since 2006, the Singapore Sports School has always sent the student-athletes from the Swimming Academy for the TSSG for exposure and good learning experience. The four days swimming meet has always been meaningful for our swimmers to compete and interact with their counterparts from the various sports schools in Thailand and the region around such as Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia.


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