Photography Competition

Hello viewers! There would really encourage you guys to join our photography competition.
The theme of the photography competition is Youth in Motions.
Please email you entries to:

yog.deyisec@gmail.com

Please include your full name, class, date of birth, email address and postal address.

Best entry stands to win an IPOD SHUFFLE!!!!!

What are the YOG?(by Kim)

What are the YOG?The Youth Olympic Games are a sporting event for young people, balancing sport, education and culture. These Games work as a catalyst in these fields throughout the Olympic Movement.

The Vision(by Kim)

The vision of the Youth Olympic Games is to inspire young people around the world to participate in sport and adopt and live by the Olympic values. It was during its session in Guatemala in July 2007 that the IOC decided to create a new sporting event to educate, engage and influence young athletes inspiring them to play an active role in their communities.

The YOG’s objectives(by Kim)

The YOG’s objectives are:
1. to bring together the world’s best young athletes and celebrate them
2. to offer a unique and powerful introduction to Olympism
3. to innovate in educating and debating Olympic values and challenges of society
4. to share and celebrate the cultures of the world in a festive atmosphere
5. to reach youth communities throughout the world to promote Olympic values
6. to raise sports awareness and participation among young people
7. to act as a platform for initiatives within the Olympic Movement
8. to be an event of the highest international sporting standard.

Who? What? When? (by Kim)

Who? What? When?
The Youth Olympic Games aim to bring together talented athletes – aged from 14 to 18 - from around the world to participate in high-level competitions, but also, alongside the sports element of the event, to run educational programmes on the Olympic values, the benefits of sport for a healthy lifestyle, the social values sport can deliver and the dangers of doping and of training to excess and/or of inactivity.
The first ever Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore will bring together approximately 3,200 athletes and 800 officials in 2010. The sports programme will encompass all 26 sports on the programme of the 2012 Summer Games, with a limited number of disciplines and events.

i feel that olympism is about competing with one another with integrity. Even when one is about to lose  they should not cheat in the competition. In olympism, having sportsmanship is very important as it help to build respect, integrity, friendship and teamwork in a team. One should always listen to the leader of the team and should work with other team members. They should not do whatever they likes and forget about their team when they are competing. Even when the team loses, the team members should not blames one another for the mistake, where else, they should work together and try to think of a better strategy the next time.

~vincent~

Pui Ying - views on olympism

Olympism is the philosophy of life combining important qualities in the body , will and mind. It seeks to create a way of life based on  the joy found in effort and the respect  for universal fundamental and ethnical values.The olympics allows the athletes to build teamspirit and many other values like endurance.