Engaging the community through sports

Mr Lim Teck Yin, CEO, Sport Singapore
Partners from the National Sports Associations,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

1. I am very happy to join you this afternoon to mark the closing of the second Singapore National Games (SNG).  
   

2. It’s been a whole week of exciting sporting action and I think we should give one more big round of applause to all our athletes. Thank you very much.
   

3. We’ve seen some exciting sporting action at the Sports Hub and other sports centres over the last 9 days.
   

4. We’ve had 12 sports played out over more than 260 events. We’ve had an increased participation this year, with more than 7,500 participating.
   

5. So we thank all of you. I want to also thank all our National Sports Associations, who partnered with us to make the SNG possible. We have many of the presidents here and all the volunteers who helped out. So let’s give another round of applause to the volunteers who helped out. Thank you very much.
   

6. I think we saw from the basketball action just now, we have got very high quality competitive sports, we have national athletes participating. We also have more categories this year, we have Division B and we have a Masters category, so have participation from a broader range of society. Many people who just want to participate, they now have a chance to participate at the National Games
   

7. So we have got good feedback, I think we will continue in this direction for the next national games in 2016. That is in two years’ time. So if you are interested, please start training now. 2016, you can sign for the game to be able to play in the Sports Hub in 2016.
   

8. In fact we are trying to get as many of the sports for the national games in the Sports Hub as possible. So far, we have had about 1 million visitors to the Sports Hub already from the opening till now. And I think we can do even more to bring more people into the Sports Hub.
   

9. So in a few weeks’ time, we have the Suzuki Cup playing at the National Stadium. We are playing 3 games there for the qualifying rounds. So please come and support our Lions, when they play the Suzuki Cup, to defend the Suzuki Cup.
   

10. In June next year, we are going to host the SEA Games right here at the Sports Hub, so please come and cheer for Team Singapore athletes and support them as they do their best to bring glory to Singapore.
    

11. So thank you all for coming, for making our second edition of the Singapore National Games a success. Till we meet again in 2016, please continue to support sports in Singapore and help all of us build a strong sporting culture in Singapore. Thank you very much.