Name of Swim Meet: Santa Claus Invitational Swim Meet
Place: Singapore American School, Singapore
Meet Venue: SAS 40 Woodlands St. 41 Singapore 738547
Tel 65-6363-3403, www.sas.edu.sg
Swim Dates: November 24th and 25th
Stipulations: All Elementary students must be accompanied by their
parent. MS
and HS students may travel solo
Age group at meet: Age as of January, 1, 2012 (Please note this)
Uniform: Blue or Red Aqua Eagles polo shirt, beige or brown pants or 3/4s.
No Jeans at airport
Wear the blue Serious About Swimming Shirt for the Parade.
Wear Aqua Eagles cap for the races.
Insurance: SAS will purchase travel accident insurance for all students. There’s no
charge.
Flights:
Option 1: (Unaccompanied swimmers must take this flight)
22 NOV Shanghai Pudong / Singapore SQ833 16:20/22:00
25 NOV Singapore / Shanghai Pudong SQ836 17:05/22:20
Current group price: RMB4300 + 1410TAX/person
Option 2:
Book individual tickets on the following flight:
22 NOV Shanghai Pudong / Singapore MU545 16;15/21:45
25 NOV Singapore / Shanghai Pudong MU568 16:35/21:55
Flight tickets price starting from RMB3050 + 1190TAX/person (not a group rate)
Hotel:
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Singapore
Best deal:
Deluxe room: RMB1450/room/night (including 1 or 2 breakfasts)
Hotel website: http://www.mandarinoriental.com/singapore/
Other costs:
-meet fee: 150RMB
-Green Team Trees for CO2 offsetting: 75 RMB
-Busing: 150RMB
-roughly 200RMB per day for food, plus money for shopping
PAYMENT Contact:
Real Travel Agent Lily Zhang:
Tel: 63078587 Fax: 33010822, Mobile: 13661880571, email:
lilysmile1021@hotmail.com
Lily Zhang will be at the SAS-Pudong Aquatic Center to collect payment on Thursday,
Oct. 18th from 14:00-16:00
Passports and Re-entry Visa: Passport MUST be valid 6 months from Travel. Please
check your expiration date! Chinese re-entry visa must be valid beyond travel date.
Swimmers traveling alone must give passports to Coach George by Monday, Nov. 19th
Swimmers may travel with a parent under their own flight arrangements. Real Travel
can assist you & also arrange your stay at the team’s Hotel. If booking independently,
then let us know. Please inform Coach George as soon as you are sure you will travel.
We need to do entries for the meet and need accurate information regarding who is
traveling. Singapore is only allowing us to compete with 60 swimmers, therefore this
will be at a first come, first served basis.
Thursday
Nov. 22
Activity
Friday
Nov. 23
Activity
1330
8:00
8:30
9:00
23:00
Depart SAS-Pudong
Front Gate
Check in Pudong airport
with team
Depart Shanghai
Arrive Singapore
Bus to Hotel
Hotel Check-in
23:50
Bed and Lights out
21:00
Wake up
Breakfast
Shopping
at Orchard
Road
Return to
Hotel
Dinner at
nearby
restaurants
Lights out
14:00
16:20
22:00
15:00
18:00
Saturday
Nov. 24
Sunday
*Nov. 25
5:30
Activity
5:45
6:15
Breakfast
Depart for
SAS
Warm up
7:00-7:55
Wake up
8:00
Meet
starts
18:00
Return to
Hotel
*Meet
ends go to
airport
*Check in
airport
*SQ836
Pudong
airport
Dinner
Lights out
*13:00
Sunday
*14:00
*22:20
18:30
21:00