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Branch News – Singapore
Sunshine & Selfies at this year's Amazing Race Our branch extends a great big “Thanks” to everyone who took part in a fun filled event that had teams traversing the MRT and buses around Singapore to take selfies at various locations and figure out clues at each location! The race began at Singapore’s first opened mall - Singapura Plaza - with options to divert to Singapore National Stadium or continue onto the Youth Olympic Games site. Our friendly Kiwi was on-hand to take group photos at the Singapore Merlion and a stop at the Gate of Hope at CHJIMES saw the groups moving onto Newton MRT to take in some artwork of Singapore’s imagined landscape. Feet were massaged at the Botanical Gardens and there was a welldeserved drink stop at Holland Village hawker centre where teams had an opportunity to get extra points by finding durian and sending a video of it being eaten!
Horrors were encountered at the Haw Par Villa and more bonus points available to the groups that went to Vivo City for the group photo with the flower tree! Second last stop was Singapore’s first civil prison at Outram Park and the final destination was McGettigans where a puzzle of a lighthouse had to be completed before the finish time to gain full points! Everyone was a winner for taking part as we raised over S$3k for the club from this event. 1st and 2nd prizes of vouchers at McGettigans went to Gaelic Dragon Boat teams and 3rd place went to George Tans team. And Jenny O'Brien was lucky enough to win a bottle of champagne sponsored by AAM Advisory. This event was kindly sponsored by McGettigans, Hertel, Achates, Pinsent Masons, Advanced Certification Ltd and AAM Advisory. The day of the race was a glorisous and sunny Singapore day and everyone who took part had fun, as you can see from all the smiling faces in the photos we gathered.