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Main navigation Top Stories. Singapore National School Games to resume with 12 non-contact sports. Bookmark Bookmark Share. Close Top Stories. File photo of students practising gymnastics. These sports have "limited contact and intermingling between participants", said MOE.

Table: MOE. IN FOCUS: Dedication amid the delay - Team SG prepares for an Olympics which remain in doubt Seventeen sports remain suspended as they involve "prolonged physical contact during the sport or intermingling between students from different schools throughout the competition", said the ministry. A maximum of eight players will be allowed to interact during the games. READ: Groups of up to 8 allowed for sport activities in Phase 3 A maximum of 50 participants will be allowed in the venue at any one time, and each school must remain in its designated area to minimise intermingling between students across schools.

Expand to read the full story. This browser is no longer supported. Basketballer Lokeysh Dongol was shocked by the exclusion of his sport, especially since 3v3 basketball was included in the initial list released by MOE on Dec 18, ahead of the start of phase three of Singapore's reopening. For the past few weeks, the JC 1 student and his teammates from St Andrew's Junior College had been gearing up for the 3v3 format in training.

Homemaker Lau Joo Meng, whose two sons play floorball, was disappointed that the sport was left out of this year's NSG and expressed confusion at how the sports were selected. But the year-old ultimately understood the cautious approach, saying: "Given the current situation, we don't have a choice but to comply. As much as we want all this to happen, we have to take extra precaution. There will be safe management measures in place for competitions for the 12 approved sports, including ensuring only up to eight players are allowed to interact during the games.

A maximum of 50 participants will be allowed into competition venues at any one time and no spectators are allowed. The MOE added that it will "continue to monitor the situation closely, and work with the Sports Councils and the schools to ensure the safe conduct of NSG".

The NSG, which typically runs from January to August, is the biggest sports event in Singapore, involving about 60, student-athletes. Last year's edition was cancelled for the first time in its year history owing to the Covid pandemic. Join ST's Telegram channel here and get the latest breaking news delivered to you. Kimberly Kwek. More On This Topic. Sign up or log in to read this article in full. National School Games to resume from March 29 but only for 12 sports in selected divisions.

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