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*** Friendship Games - YOG Trial ***

Singapore ( Phua Kai Ting ) -- 01/10/2010
Singapore hold Friendship Games in YOG trial run.



Singapore will see some 600 athletes from more than 20 countries
competing in the Friendship Games – a series of national and
international level competitions in the month of January.

The competitions provide opportunities for the Singapore Youth
Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) to validate its
Games-time operations plan.

Six sports will be contested in the Friendship Games: Wrestling,
Taekwondo, Boxing, Judo, Fencing and Handball. Competitions
will be held at the International Convention and Exhibition Centre
(ICC) – the official competition venue of these six sports during
the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (Singapore 2010).

Organised by the respective National Sports Associations (NSA),
the Friendship Games are clustered together to closely simulate
scenarios during Singapore 2010.

Wrestling and Handball, two of the new NSAs formed due to Singapore
2010, will also be organising their first international competitions in the
Friendship Games.

“We are making good progress in our preparations to host the first-
ever YOG. Through the Friendship Games, we will refine our operational
processes and procedures as well as train our officials and volunteers
who will be managing these sports competitions during Singapore 2010.

The Friendship Games will ensure that we are more operationally ready
for Singapore 2010,” said Mr Goh Kee Nguan, Chief Executive Officer of
SYOGOC.

SYOGOC is carrying out a series of validation exercises from June 2009
to June 2010. The most recent exercise was held in conjunction with the
Asia-Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualification Competition for Modern
Pentathlon from 19 to 20 December last year.

The next Friendship Games will take place in May 2010 and will
see competitions in Archery, Athletics, Basketball, Canoe-Kayak,
Cycling BMX Gymnastics, Mountain Bike, Rowing, Volleyball and
Weightlifting.

*Australia, Bahamas, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Ireland,
Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Nigeria, Northen Ireland, Pakistan,
Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, UK and Wales.

Wrestling 2010 Commonwealth Youth Wrestling Championships
7-8 Jan 10.30am-8pm -- Hall 403, 404

Taekwondo Singapore Elite Youth Taekwondo Championships
7-8 Jan 5pm-9pm -- Hall 401, 402

Boxing SIJORI Invitational Boxing Championships
10-11 Jan 3pm–9pm (10 Jan) 2pm–9.30pm (11 Jan)
Hall 401, 402

Judo 13th Commonwealth Judo Championships
10-12 Jan 10am–6pm -- Hall 403, 404

Fencing Singapore Cadet Fencing World Cup 2010
22-24 Jan 2pm–9.30pm -- Hall 601, 602

Handball Inaugural Singapore Youth Handball Tournament 2010
26-28 Jan 10am–10pm -- Hall 601, 602

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