The inaugural National Cancer Centre Singapore’s (NCCS) Row for Hope Boat Race 2016, supported by the Oxford and Cambridge Society was a fun-filled success – and all for a good cause –we surpassed our target of $70,000!

The haze dissipated and the dark and light blues came together on a glorious Saturday afternoon at Gardens by the Bay East to compete in good spirit in the mixed, women’s and men’s races, as well as a joint effort against the ASBO team ( any school but Oxbridge) team. Cambridge emerged victorious in every race, and ASBO narrowly beat our Oxbridge team.

The Pink Spartans cancer survivors showed us their mettle with a magnificant dragon boat demonstration while medical students from NUS and Duke-NUS entertained the crowd.

International Olympic Committee Vice President Ng Ser Miang graced the occasion and handed out his first medals since Joseph Schooling’s Olympic Gold medal. Winners and runners-up alike celebrated with sprays of champagne and revelry on stage, concluding a day of hard work, fun, healthy competition and giving back to the community– and starting a wonderful precedent for a new tradition .

Thank you everyone for your hard work behind the scenes and for the immense support !

The crews getting into the mood the Saturday before the Oxford and Cambridge Universities Singapore Boat Races next week!

Don’t forget to join us on 27 August for a fun-filled carnival and thrilling races on the water, all to raise funds for cancer care and survivorship in partnership with NCCS.

You can also make a donation at giving.sg/community-cancer-fund/rowforhope2016
(Oxbridge donors, please include (Oxbr) after your name on the donor page so that we can track the donations collected from our illustrious alumni.)