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OFFICIAL PROVIDER OF IDBF DRAGON BOATS AND IDBF PADDLES AT THE 23rd
SOUTH EAST ASIAN GAMES

SAVA is the Official Equipment Provider to the Philippine Olympic Committee and Philippine Sports Commission for the 23rd SEA Games in the Philippines.

All of the IDBF specification dragon boats and IDBF specification 202a paddles used in the traditional boat races at La Mesa Dam from 2-4 December 2005 are supplied by SAVA .

Indonesia, Vietnam , Myanmar, Brunei , Singapore and Philippines will be taking part in the dragon boat races.


6TH IDBF WORLD DRAGON BOAT RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS, BERLIN , GERMANY

The IDBF Junior Nations World Championships has a new trophy. In Berlin Germany in August 2005 the Canadian National Junior Crew took top honours in their class at the IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships and won the coveted SAVA Trophy.




 

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1st IPDBC BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS DRAGON BOAT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, SINGAPORE

SAVA and Breast Cancer Foundation, Singapore, are jointly organising the 1st IPDBC Breast Cancer Survivors Dragon Boat World Championships from 27 September to 1 October 2006 in Singapore.

For further details log on to www.bcf.org.sg


SAVA SPRINTS INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BOAT RACES 2006

The first competitive dragon boat races to obtain IDBF Associate status in Asia in 2005 and the first ever to use IDBF licenced 20 crew dragon boats in Asia!

Forty Eight teams competing in 2005 from Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines.

Singapore's Premier International dragon boat race, the SAVA SPRINTS INTERNATIONAL 2006, will be held on September 2006 at Bedok Reservoir. All International dragon boat teams are invited to this prestigious event which is fast becoming the race to compete in . Premier dragon boat races over 200m , 500m and 1000m.

For more information contact sprints@savasingapore.com




 

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SAVA AND THE BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS

SAVA manages and coaches the first breast cancer survivors dragon boat team in Asia. To emphasize our belief that exercise is beneficial and to increase breast cancer awareness a dragon boat team was formed in December 2002 in Singapore. "Paddlers in the Pink" , as it is now called, trains twice weekly and competes in national and international competitions.




 

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SAVA AND THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BOARD

SAVA was engaged by the Housing Development Board of Singapore to conduct its Inter-Departmental Dragon Boat Races at Bedok Reservoir on 1 October 2005. A fleet of six 12 crew IDBF licenced dragon boats which HDB had purchased from SAVA created a memorable event.


SINGAPORE NATIONAL OLYMPIC COUNCIL ENGAGES SAVA ON COMMONWEALTH GAMES
RELAY 2005

SAVA was engaged by Singapore National Olympic Council to organise the Queen's Baton Relay from 3-6 October 2005. The Relay has a long tradition and is an important part of the run up to each Commonwealth Games . This year's relay for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games is the longest and most inclusive relay in the world .The Queen's Baton , which carries the message from the Head of the Commonwealth , to the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games , was received in Singapore on 3rd October 2005 by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan . Thousands of Singaporeans were given the opportunity to carry the Baton.




 

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