Day 4 - Arafura Games

The athletes were given another off in the morning as officials attended the Arafura pool official’s course at Fannie Bay. The main objective of the course is to inform the officials all the rules and regulations for the upcoming still water events for Arafura. The athletes started their training at Casuarina Beach in afternoon. Craig Sam taught the athletes the proper techniques for board surf while Tony Snelling taught them skiing. Dinner was late as the training ended around 7.30pm.

Day 3 - Arafura Games

TS Lifesaving woke up to a R & R morning as it was a Sunday which allowed them an opportunity to look around Darwin. Training started at 3pm at Mindil Beach where everyone had a chance to practice the various ski, surfboard, beach flag and beach sprint events. Running on the beach was so much more comfortable as compared to Singapore Sentosa due to its shallow waters and soft sand. It was a beautiful location and we witnessed the sunset by the sea. The day ended with dinner at the Mindil night market.

Nick and Nicole practising surf board rescue

Hisham practicing Ski

Nicky after a swim

Jun Song, Allen, Huey Min and Enid practising beach flag

Day 2 - Arafura Games

Day 2 began with a short 10 mins trip to Darwin Wave Lagoon to familarise ourselves with the area for both the mixed rescue tube rescue and surf swim events. It is a man-made wave lagoon that can create different types of waves. It was tiring as the athletes needed more energy to conquer the waves while swimming. We arrived back at the lodge at approximately 2pm and took a 2 hour rest before proceeding to the opening ceremony of Arafura games. We reached the stadium around 4.30pm and waited quite awhile before the commencement of the march past. There were a few performances which included the lighting the torch of the games. The opening ceremony ended with fireworks and our day was thus concluded.

Day 1 - Arafura Games

TS Lifesaving arrived at Darwin Airport at 5.25am (darwin time). We reach our accommodation at 7.30am but had to wait till 1pm for everyone to check-in. It was a day to visit COLES and WOOLWORTHS to stock up for food for the next few days. Everyone is fine and ready to go for tmrw. Below is a photo of where we are staying.

Day 0 - Arafura Games

TS Lifesaving arrived at Singapore Changi Airport at 8pm. Had a small hiccup at the air ticket counter due to visa problems, however, all went well in the end. Arrived at gate 17, but the flight was delayed. Below is a team photo taken as we waited for the airplane.

Arafura Games 09

Team Singapore Lifesaving will be participating Arafura Games from 7th - 19th May 2009. Do check in on the blog on updates during the games.