17 December 2016, Singapore – Singapore Sports Hub’s third Sports Hub Community Play Day kicked off with a high energy Christmas Zumba warm-up session with Ms Grace Fu, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth joining youth from SportCares as well as over 300 participants at 9am on Saturday, 17 December at the OCBC Arena.
This edition of the quarterly Community Play Day features over 20 sports and sporting activities held in all six halls in OCBC Arena, as well as in the OCBC Arena Lobby, Park and Café, with national athletes at the helm of many sports try-outs and showcases presented. Minister Fu tried her hand a number of activities including Para-Athletics, Wheelchair Badminton, Fencing and Silat.
Said Minister Fu, “The Sports Hub Community Play Day is a great opportunity for Singaporeans to come together and learn new sports from our Team Singapore athletes. I hope the Sports Hub will continue to organise more of such activities for people of all ages and abilities, so that all of us can get active and live better through sport.”
Something special that stood out for participants was the opportunity to interact with our national athletes and receive guidance from them on how to play their sport better. Some of these participants even had the chance to learn alongside Minister Fu during Silat and Wheelchair Table-Tennis try-out sessions
Indeed, some national athletes became participants in turn as they learnt the ropes of other sports from their compatriots in different fields. National Shuttler Derek Wong, who played a game of Wheelchair Badminton with Minister Fu against paraathletes Andy Lee and Akram Ramadan Bin Masrawi commented that it was ‘different, and very difficult!’
The third edition of the quarterly Sports Hub Community Play Day is presented by the Singapore Sports Hub in partnership with National Sports Associations, SportSG including ActiveSG and SportCares as well as Families for Life, and has been held at the OCBC Arena for the first time. Please find select images from the day’s activities attached for your use. More images of the activities from earlier in the day will follow.
The next instalment of the Sports Hub Community Play Day is scheduled for Saturday, 11 March 2017 and will be water-themed.
For more information, please contact:
Shorbani Roy – (65) 9794 2401 | [email protected]
Victoria Tan – (65) 8228 9406 | [email protected]
