Congratulations to Singapore Handball Players for receiving The Singapore Olympic Foundation (SOF) - Peter Lim Scholarship 2012

Dear handball friends,

Join us to congratulate the following Singapore Handball Players as they will receive the Singapore Olympic Foundation - Peter Lim Scholarship on Monday, 16 July 2012, at the Rock Auditorium (Suntec City Mall).

Ms Julia Nga Xinyun, Ngee Ann Poly

Ms Loh Yi Jie, Ngee Ann Poly

Mr Tan Hong Rui, ITE College Central

Mr Yeu Czech Den, Singapore Polytechnic

Mr Koh Jing Li, ITE College Central

Each recipient will receive up to S$3, 000 scholarship this year. Congratulations!

What is the Singapore Olympics Foundation (SOF) - Peter Lim Scholarship?

The Singapore Olympic Foundation (SOF) – Peter Lim Scholarship aims to help promising young athletes achieve their goals in sports performance and serve to support outstanding young athletes from financially challenged backgrounds, to facilitate their pursuit of sporting excellence. The scholarship is awarded to deserving students from primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions. This scholarship is also awarded to deserving athletes on a high-performance pathway and who are training with the respective National Youth or National  teams. Special considerations will be given to athletes who require specific funding support which is not provided by existing schemes of the National Sports Associations or the Singapore Sports Council. 

The support for each category of scholarship is as follows:

Primary School level athletes – up to $2,000 per year; 

Secondary and tertiary level athletes – up to $3,000 per year; 

and High performance athletes with specific needs – up to $20,000 per year.

The eligibility criteria for the scholarship are as follow:

• Singapore Citizens (eligible to represent Singapore); 

• Below 25 years old (age restriction is not applicable to High Performance applicants) 

• Good character record; 

• Promising achievement in sports; 

• Good track record in school CCA/Junior or Youth Sports Academies; 

• Participated in age-group, Youth or National championship of their selected sport; 

• Special consideration would be given to athletes who faced financial difficulties or constraint; and 

• Shown potential for high performance training in their selected sport.