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🚀 Scaling New Heights Together! 🧗‍♂️✨ We’re celebrating a groundbreaking moment in Singapore's inclusive sports journey! The inaugural Merdeka Monkey climbing event brought 21 individuals with visual impairments and sighted climbers together for a shared adventure at Outpost Climbing Gym. Guided by expert training and mutual trust, participants conquered walls and barriers alike. This event was held in collaboration with Japan-based nonprofit Monkey Magic, an inclusive climbing movement founded by Mr Koichiro Kobayashi, four-time world para climbing champion in the Men’s B1 category. The sighted climbers previously attended training sessions to experience climbing blindfolded and learnt communication skills to effectively guide the visually impaired participants in navigating the climbing wall. Participant Anna Ong, who is visually impaired, shared her experience: "When you reach the top, there’s a sense of achievement that makes you truly proud. A guide plays such an important role—they make you feel safe and help you reach your goals." Building on its success of creating 20 inclusive climbing communities across Japan, this event marks Monkey Magic’s first international collaboration. This event also aligns with Singapore’s Disability Sports Master Plan, spotlighting how partnerships, volunteerism and inclusive play can create meaningful opportunities to enhance access to sports for persons with disabilities. Huge thanks to our collaborators - Monkey Magic, iC2 Prephouse, SAVH, Outpost Climbing, and A/P Wong Meng Ee, a former national para swimmer, for making this milestone possible. Here’s to fostering confidence, connection, and inclusivity through sport. The climb has just begun! 💪💙 #ParaClimbing #ChangeStartsWithUs #parasport #sdsc
🌟 Goalball Camp 2024: Fun, Friendship & Teamwork! 🌟 We had an incredible Goalball Camp at Raffles Girls’ School, bringing together youths with visual impairments to learn and enjoy the sport! Our participants, aged from 8 to 15, played icebreaker games, learned the basics of goalball and took part in friendly matches under the helpful guidance of Coach Joan Hung! Despite varying skill levels, the participants displayed incredible teamwork, built new skills, forged friendships, and shared countless moments of laughter. 🤩 One of the youths, Zi Xuan, shared: “It was fun being part of a team where we could learn from each other. I liked that my team trusted me to play centre, and everyone was so supportive!” This camp is part of the Goalball29 initiative in partnership with Certis, which provides opportunities for persons with visual impairment to play goalball, and aims to nurture talent and build a goalball team for the 2029 ASEAN Para Games which will be hosted in Singapore. 🎉 A huge thank you to our dedicated volunteers, especially Mariette Ong who facilitated the games on both days, for making this camp a success. We can’t wait to see more youths join us next year! 👉 Want to try goalball? Contact us at community@sdsc.org.sg! #goalball #parasport #sdsc
✨ Celebrating Promise and Potential! ✨ We’re beyond proud of our para athletes who were recognised as recipients of the Goh Chok Tong Enable Awards 2024! The Promise Award celebrates individuals who demonstrate exceptional potential in their areas of talent and are committed to giving back to their communities. 🌟 Congratulations to: 🏆 Jeralyn Tan (Boccia) 🏆 Maximillian Tan (Para Equestrian) 🏆 Benson Tan (Para Swimming) 🏆 Nicholas Hee (Para Swimming) 🏆 James Ethan Ang (Para Athletics) Your journeys inspire us and remind everyone of the transformative power of sports. Let’s continue to cheer for our athletes as they defy limits and shine bright! 🌈 📸: GCTEF Office, SNPC
What an incredible performance from our para athletes at the 2024 World Abilitysport Youth Games! 🌟🎉 Yan Jia Yi 🏅 (with ACP: Lim Yi Yu) shone brightly in Boccia, claiming two gold medals 🥇🥇. She triumphed in the BC3 Mixed Singles final with a dominant 8-0 victory and secured another gold in the BC3 Mixed Pairs with Chia-yun Chang (TPE) and Daniel Nakic (CRO) after a 3-1 win. 💪🎯 Koh Ling Yun 🏃‍♀️✨ had a stellar international debut in Para Athletics, achieving a new personal best of 20.99 seconds in the Women’s 100m U17 Multiclass (T36/37/38). In Para Table Tennis 🏓, Caleb Lee made history as Singapore’s first-ever Class 8 medallist in an ITTF event, earning a joint bronze medal 🥉 in the Men’s Singles. Jayden Low 🌟, also making his international debut, celebrated his first overseas match victory in the Men’s Singles Class 8 Group Stage with a 3-0 knockout. Together, Jayden and Caleb reached the Men’s Doubles quarter-finals 💥 with a strong showing. Congratulations to all our athletes for their perseverance, skill, and incredible achievements! 👏👏 Let’s continue to cheer them on as they inspire us all. ❤️🇸🇬 #PathToPerformance #WAYG2024 #Boccia #ParaAthletics #ParaTableTennis #parasport #sdsc
🌍✨ On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we’re thrilled to announce a new milestone for inclusivity in sports! ✨🌟 Singapore Golf Association, Keppel Club, and SDSC have joined hands to introduce more opportunities for persons with disabilities to play golf! 🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♀️⛳ Over the next three years, we will host one session per month, offering persons with disabilities opportunities to train, practice, and enjoy game experiences at Keppel Club's facilities. As part of this partnership, SGA will also develop a golf curriculum designed to meet the needs and abilities of persons with disabilities. Today, we held our first golf session! This collaboration also aligns with Singapore’s Disability Sports Master Plan, advancing access and participation in sports at every level, from grassroots to high-performance pathways for persons with disabilities. Together, we’re breaking barriers and championing inclusivity through sports! 🌟 If you’d like to try playing golf, contact us at community@sdsc.org.sg! Photo credit: SDSC (1), SGA (2,3,4) #ParaGolf #ChangeStartsWithUs #JoinOurChangeMovement #parasport #sdsc
Let's rally behind our TeamSG para athletes as they gear up for the 1st World Abilitysport Youth Games! 🌟 Returning to Thailand, this event follows last year’s incredible World Games, and our athletes are ready to shine! Meet Our Athletes: 🏃 Para Athletics: Koh Ling Yun (Defying: PI) 🔴 Boccia 🔵: Yan Jia Yi (Defying: PI) 🏓 Para Table Tennis: Caleb Lee (Defying: PI) and Jayden Low (Defying: PI) Watch as World Boccia Youth Championships medallist Jia Yi aims for a podium finish.🏅Asian Youth Para Games medallist Caleb will focus on composure and consistency to give his best in every game! 😌 A big shoutout to Ling Yun and Jayden who will be making their international debuts! 💪 Let’s cheer them on as they showcase their talent and determination on the world stage, starting tomorrow. All the best, TeamSG! 🇸🇬✨ #PathwayToPerformance #ParaAthletics #Boccia #ParaTableTennis #parasport #sdsc
Classifier Lim Yi Yu: Advancing Boccia and Disability Sports 💪🏼 Lim Yi Yu, a dedicated SDSC volunteer, has been coaching and training boccia athlete Yan Jia Yi for over three years since her preparations for the 2021 Asian Youth Para Games. He has supported Jia Yi as her Athlete Competition Partner (ACP) in several events, including this year’s Tiger Balm National Youth Boccia Championships, in which she won gold 🥇 in her BC3 Mixed event! Apart from his work as a physiotherapist at CPAS, Yi Yu also completed the basic boccia classification course, becoming a national classifier. 🙌🏼 Reflecting on his journey, Yi Yu shared: “My experience at national boccia competitions over the past two years has been incredibly educational. I found the work fascinating and was eager to pursue an overseas practicum for hands-on international experience.” At the Manama 2024 World Boccia Challenger 🔵🔴⚪️, Yi Yu further honed his expertise by undertaking the international classifier course. “I learned how essential it is to properly assign athletes to the correct sport class, as it ensures a level playing field and accurately reflects how functional limitations impact performance,” he added. “Moving forward, I am excited to continue contributing to the boccia community and applying the knowledge and skills I have acquired.” 🌟 If you’re interested in upgrading your officiating skills, we have something for you! 👀 SDSC’s Technical Official Capability Development Support provides financial assistance and resources for active volunteers in disability sports to enhance their officiating skills. Join the movement to elevate disability sports competitions in Singapore and create more opportunities for persons with disabilities! To express your interest, email us at pathway@sdsc.org.sg or visit our website for more information! #parasport #ChangeStartsWithUs #sdsc
Let’s celebrate our Boccia athletes for their amazing performance at the Manama 2024 World Boccia Challenger! 🔵 🔴 ⚪️ Jeralyn Tan won the gold medal 🏅 for the BC1 Female Individual event, while Toh Sze Ning (ACP: Chew Zi Qun) and Gareth Ho (ACP: Loh Siew Kay) won a silver medal 🥈 for the BC3 Pairs event! Jeralyn clinched victory 🏅 in her individual event, defeating all her opponents with incredible skill: South Korea’s Jinsuk Park 9-1, Kazakhstan’s Balzhan Bolekpayeva 6-5, Ukraine’s Yana Pielykh 4-1 and finally, Hong Kong’s Mei Yee Leung 8-0! Her coach, Yurnita, shared: “It’s an incredible feeling to have our hard work and dedication pay off. We’re grateful for the opportunity to represent our country again after the Paris Paralympics and to bring home the gold.” Toh Sze Ning (ACP: Chew Zi Qun) and Gareth Ho (ACP: Loh Siew Kay) shone in the BC3 Pairs event. They made it through to the semi finals and took on South Korea’s Seonghyeon Park and Jayoung Byun to reach a tie of 4-4, in which the SG pair won the tiebreak and advanced to the finals, securing a silver 🥈 against Sweden’s Christoffer Hagdahl and Maria Bjurstrom (4-1)! This marks their first medal win as a pair! Sze Ning said: “I focused on what we worked on during training and reminded myself to trust the process—believing in our capability and teamwork—rather than worrying about the outcome. Our goal was to give our best with every shot in the competition.” Gareth also shared: “I’m both happy and proud, especially since the Manama World Boccia Challenger marks only the second time Sze Ning and I have paired up in an international competition.” 🤩 Shoutout to Jovin Tan for making his international Boccia debut and securing his first overseas match victories, and to Elaine Eng for achieving her first match wins in an overseas World Boccia event! 💪 👏 Congratulations to all our athletes for their resilience, hard work, and outstanding performances! 📸 Credit: SDSC/Sai Yun Yun #PathToPerformance #Boccia #parasport #sdsc
We are thrilled to announce Ms Ho Ching, Chairman of Temasek Trust, as SDSC’s Patron! 🏅 With her exceptional leadership and unwavering dedication to community service, Ms Ho Ching embodies SDSC’s mission to foster inclusivity and empower individuals with disabilities through sports. Her support will be instrumental in driving greater awareness, creating opportunities, and building a more inclusive sporting community. Join us in welcoming Ms Ho Ching to the SDSC family as we take bold strides towards a brighter, more inclusive future! 💪✨ #ParaSport #ChangeStartsWithUs #DefyLimits #sdsc
We’re excited for the launch of the refreshed Disability Sports Master Plan, announced by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, together with the Enabling Sports Taskforce! 👏 Mr Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth & Second Minister for Law, shared at the Singapore Disability Sports Awards 2024, about how DSMP 2024 will: - Create increased awareness and accessibility of disability sports and inclusive sports activities - Provide persons with disabilities with greater access and more opportunities to participate in sports at the community level - Providing enhanced professional support to para athletes who wish to compete at high performance levels - Encourage collaborations and ground-up efforts through a new $10M Enabling Sports Fund Minister Edwin Tong shared at SDSA 2024: “We recognise deeply that sport can be a strong enabler for inclusivity, which can leave a long, lasting, deep, meaningful impact, not just at an individual level amongst all of us, but at a broader society level, changing the way we behave, changing mindsets and being stronger in the mindshare, so that we don’t think of inclusivity before anything else, but we focus on how we can start by being the same.” 🥳 Our Sportswoman of the Year 2024, Yip Pin Xiu, shared: “I appreciate that there will be more opportunities and facilities for the community, and I hope that more Singaporeans will step forward, speak up, and actively engage in the sporting scene.” 💪 For more information, visit go.gov.sg/dsmp2024. Thank you to MCCY for their support and we look forward to more collaborations to transform the lives of persons with disabilities through sport together! 🙌 #ParaSport #ChangeStartsWithUs #DefyLimits #sdsc

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