U Games

More than 1,200 sports enthusiasts thronged Siloso Beach, Sentosa on 15 & 16 August to participate in  one of the most eagerly anticipated events on the U Games Calendar – the U Sports Beach Games 2015! NTUC GB and nEbO members, corporate and public teams competed in Beach Dodgeball, Volleyball, Ultimate Frisbee and Touch Football, while their Union counterparts fought for honours in the Beach Dodgeball, Volleyball and Sports Mania which comprises of the Tug-of-War and a brand new Beach Puzzle Challenge (including U Live Sports Mania).

In this year’s edition of the Sports Mania, unions were not only challenged physically through the Tug-of-War, they were also stretched mentally in the 1^st ever Beach Puzzle Challenge organised in collaboration with Lockdown SG, one of NTUC Club’s key partner for Halloween 2014. The specially customised, pirate-themed Beach Puzzle Challenge required all participants to work as a team to solve mysteries, decode puzzles in sunny and sandy conditions in order to unlock treasure safes.

Aside from all the hot sporting action on the beach, participants were also kept engaged with exciting fringe activities such as the Tyre Sprint Orienteering Challenge provided by our partners from MegaZip Commando Challenge and Osportz, and the Frisbee Tic-Tac-Toe by UltySports. Participants walked away happy with prizes and premiums such as movie tickets, goodie bags, utility tool kits, t-shirts, and much more.

Not forgetting our Beach Ambassadors who went around with props and provided photo opportunity for all participants. Everyone got to print out their instagram photos and have them as free souvenir keepsakes with the hashtag #USportsBeachGames! The top 10 most creative photos won themselves some Capitaland vouchers – check out these entries on our Facebook page!

Check out our pictures on Saturday and Sunday! Feel free to tag your friends and holler away on the photo wall.

Thank YOU for your support in making Beach Games a great success once again. We hope you enjoyed yourself as much as we did. See you soon!

Yours Sincerely,

The U Sports Team

P/S: If you wish to find out which Union you belong to and represent the Union in future U Games, please contact NTUC membership at 6213-8008.

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Beach Games 2015 is back! This event is brought to you by U Sports, with nEbO as the Official Youth Partner!

Updates (as of 12 Aug)

- It is compulsory for all participants to read and agree to the Terms & Conditions, Release of Liability and Privacy Policy. Please head to http://bit.ly/bgindemnity to do so!

- Now available! Event Info details (including Groupings) shared during Captain’s Briefing

- No. of players, Game Rules and Fixtures for the various beach games:

^The organiser reserves the right to amend the rules and regulations and fixtures without prior notice.

^Field size for each sports will differ from the standard field size, subject to space availability and at organiser’s discretion.

*Coming soon!

Captain’s Briefing

Date: Wed, 5 Aug

Time: 5.30pm to 7.00pm

Venue: Cassia Room 2, Begonia Pavilion Level 2, Downtown East (1 Pasir Ris Close, Singapore 519599)

Pointers to note:

1. Please send at least 01 representative per team for the Captain’s Briefing

2. Please submit your Players Namelist before the Captain’s Briefing. Additions or deletions will be allowed before the Drawing of Lots. However, once Drawing of Lots have been done, it will be taken as the Team have registered that particular player for the tournament.

3. Information shared during Captain’s Briefing will be sent to all teams via email at the end of the briefing.

Registration has closed! 

Scroll down to find out about the fun fringe activities lined up for you!

**For a step-by-step guide to how to register online, please refer here**

**To enjoy the nEbO/NTUC member team rate, please have the member login to do the registration as the rate is automatically detected based on the person logging in to do the registration.

 Details of Beach Games 2015

Captains’ Briefing: 5 August 2015, Wednesday Evening

Registration Details

Competition Sports, Categories & Fees

 *NTUC/nEbO member team rate requires at least 1 member in the team to be existing NTUC/nEbO member

**Inclusive of nEbO membership for eligible participants. T&Cs apply – see below

^Each category requires minimum of 10 teams to proceed. The organising committee reserves the right to combine the two categories.

^@For Corporate teams, team members must be from the same company/parent company. Copies of players’ Employee Passes or equivalent must be submitted to info@usports.com.sg in order to complete the registration

No. of players for the various beach games:

^The organiser reserves the right to amend the rules and regulations without prior notice.

^Field size for each sports will differ from the standard field size, subject to space availability and at organiser’s discretion.

*Coming soon!

**For a step-by-step guide to how to register online, please refer here**

Insanely Fun & Exciting Fringe Activities!!

Experience super fun activities and get to walk away with attractive prizes! If you’re not competing in the games, come on down and soak up the fun with us over the weekend!

More than $1,000 worth of prizes, proudly sponsored by LiveFit Nutrition, up for grabs for winners of the Beach Orienteering Challenge and Commando Challenge Tyre Sprint! Find out how you can win at Beach Games!

Participants’ Entitlements

> Event goodie bag

> Exclusive event top - please refer to size chart below. click on image to enlarge.

*measurements are in inches

**image for reference only and does not represent actual design of event top

> Complimentary nEbO Membership (Terms & Conditions apply, as per below)

Matters regarding nEbO membership

Fee is inclusive of complimentary nEbO membership for non working individuals aged 12-24 in the following manner:

• Eligibility of the players for the membership is subject to verification by the Main Organiser of event (which refers to U Sports) and nEbO
• nEbO reserves the right to amend the T&C without prior notice
• Participants, with incomplete information given, will NOT be entitled to the complimentary nEbO membership.
• Please ensure all details provided are accurate, an administrative fee of $10 will be imposed for any card replacement due to wrong information provided
• Please allow 3-4 weeks after the event for processing of membership. You will be mailed your nEbO Plus! Card and Welcome Pack following successful processing of membership.
• No photo is required for the nEbO membership card
• No refund whether full or partial will be given once payment is made
• The 1 year nEbO membership is only applicable to non-working individuals aged 24
• The 2 years nEbO membership is only applicable to non-working individuals aged 23
• The 3 years nEbO membership is only applicable to non-working individuals aged 12 – 22
• Tenure of membership will be determined based on applicant’s date of birth
• Renewal will be offered to eligible existing members with membership tenure of 1 year or less – Verification will be made through nEbO Membership team. Renewal only applicable for members aged 12 – 24
• I understand and agree that by becoming a nEbO member, I also become a member of the PLUS! Programme administered by NTUC Link Private Limited
• The nEbO Plus! Card will ONLY be Link activated after 5 working days from when the card is printed
• Kindly refer to http://www.ascentis.com.sg/nebo_cso/signup/tnc.htm for the Terms & Conditions of the usage of the nEbO card
• For more information, please refer to our privacy policy found at http://www.ntucclub.com/privacy

How to Register

General Categories (U23/Open/Corporate)

- You are recommended to use either Internet Explorer or Firefox or Google Chrome.

- Online Registration requires online payment by 1 person on behalf of the team by clicking on “register event now” at the bottom of this page.

- If you are registering for member team, please have the player who is an NTUC/nEbO member to make the online payment.

- If it’s your first time visiting U Sports website, you will be prompted to register as a new user. Upon registering, you can then login with your default username (NRIC) and password (DOB in the form of ddmmyyyy). 

- There may be a lag time experienced in payment processing, kindly wait for up to a minute for the browser to load. Do not close or refresh the browser.

- If you are unable to proceed even after waiting for some time, it may be due to busy network. Kindly close and clear your browser cache and try again later. We apologise for the inconvenience caused.

**For a step-by-step guide to how to register online, please refer here**

Union Categories

- Please contact your Union Sports Convenors for registration!

If you are not sure which NTUC Union you belong to, contact 6213-8008 to find out. If you need help contacting the Union Sports Convenors, do contact Clarissa at clarissa.lim@ntucclub.com.sg for further assistance.

Other Important Information

1) Matters relating to the games

•  Sports partners taking charge of the various beach games are as follows:

- Beach Volleyball – Volleyball Association of Singapore
- Beach Touch Football – Monsoon Touch
- Beach Dodgeball – Dodgeball Association of Singapore
- Beach Ultimate Frisbee – UltySports Singapore LLP

Please contact the empires directly in the event of any technical enquiries in regards to the games.

• Rules and Regulations of the various beach games will be posted soon.

2) Matters relating to registration and players

For the General categories (U23/ Open):

• U23 categories are for players aged 23 and below (and no younger than 12 years old), as of 31 Dec 2015 (i.e. born in 1992 and after). Open categories are open to ALL, regardless of age (except, no younger than 12 years old).
• Each player can only be registered for 01 team per sport. Eligibility of players will be subject to the decision of the various empires taking care of the beach games. (as shown above)
• Late submission of teams will not be accepted, subject to the Organiser’s decision
• Registration for the games is only confirmed upon payment made and full registration form of team received.
• Registration is non-refundable, in the event of cancellation/ no-show.

For Union categories:

• Teams and players registered must be of the same Unions and registration forms must be endorsed by the Unions’ GS or President.
• Every Union is allowed to send a maximum of 02 teams per sport
• Subject to other T&C stated on the Union registration form
• For any other matters, contact Clarissa at clarissa.lim@ntucclub.com.sg.

3) General matters relating to Beach Games

For the General categories (U23/ Open/Corporate):

• Participants must not be suffering from any medical condition, illness, disease mental illness or physical / psychological impairment.
• NTUC Club, U Sports and its agent reserve the right to change the content of the event with or without prior notice.
• Due to limited places available, only registrations with full payment made are deemed as confirmed on a first-come-first-served basis and will be closed once maximum number reached.
• Payment received is NON-REFUNDABLE.
• All registered participants for this event will be contacted via email or telephone for further confirmation of their particulars and other event details.
• Participants who are aged 18 & below are required to submit a separate parental/guardian consent form each (which can be found below) together with the team registration form. Failure to submit the signed parental/guardian consent form will result in disqualification. 
• Managers / Captains shall undertake the responsibility of ensuring the eligibility of their players competing in this Tournament. If participant(s) is / are found ineligible they will be disqualified from the competition with immediate effect.
• Only players’ names that are listed in the Registration form shall be eligible to participate in the Competition. Changes to the line-up will not be accepted, once it has been submitted to the presiding Tournament Official on the actual event day / date.
• In the absence of any teams in any of the competing rounds, a win or default (walk-over) would be awarded to the other opponent by the end of the grace period.
• All protest must be accompanied by a protest form & fee of $50 and form which will be forfeited if protest is invalid. The Tournament Committee will be the Final Decision Maker. It should be made BEFORE or DURING the game, all protests that come AFTER the result has been finalised would not be entertained.
• Submission of the official registration form after the Captain’s Briefing would not be included for the Tournament Draw.
• Players shall comply with the instructions and decision of the event organizers and match officials.
• Any changes / amendments / decisions would be made at the sole discretion of the Organizing Committee.
• All U Games participants are covered under Accidental Medical Expenses Insurance capped @$250 from injuries sustained at the U Games Event.
• All prizes are not exchangeable for cash and not transferrable.

4) Matters relating to nEbO membership

•  The complimentary nEbO membership is only applicable to players in the U23 categories in the following manners:

- Non-nEbO members / expired nEbO membership (prior to the event) will receive a 2-years nEbO membership – Existing nEbO members (prior to the event) will receive a 1-year extension of membership ONLY IF the membership validity is less than 1 year at point of event.

• Incomplete information given by participants will result in a delay in the membership processing and the membership card production
• Allow 2 to 4 weeks after the event for the processing of the membership. Membership card will be mailed out upon successful processing after the event
• Subject to change by the Main Organiser of event (which refers to U Sports) and nEbO.

Partners and Sponsors

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. How can I enjoy the member team rate?

A1. At least one player in the team must be NTUC/nEbO members in order for the team to enjoy the member team rate. The NTUC/nEbO members must be playing for the team. Membership check will be carried out. Transfer of membership is strictly NOT allowed.

For further enquiries, please drop us an email at info@usports.com.sg or call 6582-3459.

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