밀린 숙제합니다. 많이 늦어져서 죄송합니다.


2009년 부터 시작된 휠체어 마라톤 봉사활동이 이제 3년이 됐습니다. 이전보다 참가수가 달라진 것은 없지만, 운영자측의 사전회의와 휠러스를 위한 주로통제에 권한이 대폭 늘어났다는 것으로 위로를 받습니다.

2010년 12월 5일, 한국과 같은 연말의 흥분을 느끼지 힘든 싱가폴에서,  새벽잠을 설치고 모인 봉사대들은 시티홀 맥도날드에 모여 인원점검을 했습니다. 커피한잔을 채 마시기도전에 베이스캠프로 이동하여 기타 물품과 출발지, 대회루트를 재점검하였습니다.

올해도 참가한 윌리암교수는 1등을 확신하였고 2000달러의 상금과 메달을 사전예약했습니다. ㅋ

전용루트를 사용하고 사람들의 많은 호응을 받으며 출발점에 이동하는 깜짝 이벤트 등의 즐거움 이외에도 몇가지 개선할 점이 많기에 내년에 대한 기대가 큽니다.

참여해주신 모든 인라이너에게 무한한 신뢰와 감사를!!!


봉사대 실장, 존의 리포트를 첨부합니다.

Standard Chartered Marathon 2010 - SAVs escorts Wheelies Report by Jon Wong

Following the recent sucess in marshalling for the SAFRA Quadthlon event, the Skate Assist Volunteers were in action once again at the Standard Chartered Marathon event on 5 December. More volunteers were involved this time round, as race escorts for the Wheelchair Competitive Race by wheelchair athletes.

We had to wake up at the wee hours of the morning to  report at the Padang at 6am, as the wheelchair event flagged off at 7.30am, 15 minutes ahead of the 10km runners flag off time.
  

Briefing by Chun Yang, Vice Chairman of SAV
  
Amongst the athletes was Singapores Top Wheelchair Athelete, Dr William Tan. For some of the athletes, it was their first ever competitive race, and they proved to be up for the challenge to complete the gruelling 7.5km route, which takes them past scenic locations like the Esplanade, Marina Bay Sands and The Formula 1 Hangar near the Singapore Flyer. For the first time in years, a female athlete took part in the race too.


The only female wheelchair athelete
  
Dr Tan took pole position, finishing the race at a timing slightly short of 10 minutes, and that won him a whopping prize of $2000 and a champion medal. From the start of the race, he never looked back and sped through the course at top speed, with sheer determination and strength.


Dr William Tan, the champion
  
Apart from the athletes, it was also the first for some of the volunteers, to be involved in an event of this scale, and putting their skating skills to good use. Merv, Meiching and Ester, 3 of our recent recruits, savoured every moment of the event, and the touching moments when they reach the finishing line with the atheletes.


Escorts cheering the athlete on

The greatest challenge was to clear the path for the wheelchair atheletes amongst the running participants, and fortunately, no injuries were reported.
  

Escorts and Wheelies


For our efforts in the event, we were rewarded each with a goodie bag and a limited Standard Chartered Marathon Flashpay Card with $20 value.



Skate Assist Volunteers

Many thanks to these following volunteers:
Choi, Chun Yang, Isaac, Moon, Steven, Leonard, Vincent, Philip, Jessica, Merv, Mei Ching, Esther, Timothy, Jack, Chloe, Siew Ying, Trier, Albert, Ivan, Faussi, Chong Boon, Eric, Andrew, Simon, Eugene, Zhen Yang, Ruth & Kenny.