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3rd ASEAN Para Games Athlete Achievement Award

MEDIA RELEASE

For Immediate Release
12th December 2005

3rd ASEAN Para Games Athlete Achievement Award

SDSC is proud to announce the Athlete Achievement Award, which is generously sponsored by North-East CDC. This award will aim to recognise the outstanding performers at the upcoming ASEAN Para Games in Manila, Philippines.

The Awards were announced at the Official Send-Off Ceremony at 12pm in Changi Airport Terminal 2 on Monday, 12th December 2005. The event was officiated by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports.

Our athletes will be striving for excellence in Manila and this award will be additional motivation for them to perform to the best of their abilities. The Award will reward the medal-winning and record breaking performances of our athletes during the Games through monetary incentives.

Our disabled athletes have proven themselves internationally and their sacrifice, both in effort and time, must be duly rewarded to encourage them to excel in future sporting events. North-East CDC has generously come-forward to support our disabled sporting community.

There are four categories of awards: Individual Gold Medal, Games Record, Games Personal Best and Team Gold Medal. Each athlete is entitled to be awarded for only 1 Gold Medal regardless of number and/or other colour of medals obtained for an individual event. The monetary awards will be allocated as follows:

Award Criteria - Amount Awarded
Individual Gold Medal - SGD2000.00
Games Record (GR) - SGD500.00
Games Personal Best (GPB) - SGD200.00
Team Gold Medal - SGD4000.00

Individual Gold Medal
For any event, there must be at least 3 competitors, including the athletes. If there is only 1 or 2 competitors, athletes must equal or break Games Record to qualify for the Individual Gold Medal Award.

Games Record (GR)
Games Record awards will be given out for every Games Record achieved for individual and team events. This award is not aplicable to Wheelchair Tennis events.

Games Personal Best (GPB)
Games Personal Best (GPB) is defined as Personal Best recorded in previous ASEAN Para Games, namely, the ASEAN Para Games in Hanoi 2003.

Team Gold Medal
For any event, there must be at least 3 competitors. If there is only 1 or 2 competitors, athletes must equal or break Games Record to qualify for the Team Gold Medal Award. The prize money of $4000 is to be divided equally among the team members.

The ASEAN Para Games is a biennial sporting event for the disabled. It is a top-level sports event of equal value to that of the SEA Games. The Singapore contingent aims to surpass the medal tally of 19 medals (10 gold, 8 silver and 1 bronze) won at the last Para Games with a projected haul of 38 medals.