Beginning our Academic Year felt much like an anti-climax. The burden of restrictions upon the Swim Academy reduced our normally vibrant and noisy environment to just a few swimmers at a time. The Summer Training Camp had been an outstanding success and students had started their studies with hope of returning to the water and a full schedule. Those dreams have had to be delayed a little longer… We have been proud of those athletes who have shown such loyalty to the Stamford Lions Swim Academy over the past months,...

Training Continues Online for Stamford Lions Swim Team The current health situation has had a significant impact upon athlete life at Stamford American International School. However the Stamford Lions Swim Team have not allowed it to slow them down! The Aquatics Staff have been hard at work creating some original content, we haven’t just been sharing random ideas from around the internet. There has been some clear direction from within the programme. Planned & Original “Our online dryland programme has a different emphasis each session, working through Strength, Rehabilitation, Endurance...

It rained most of the weekend but Stamford Lions Swim Team were not afraid of getting wet! There were 102 swimmers entered in the Championship which took place at Lincoln pool on Friday 13th & Saturday 14th December. Official results were displayed for the first time using “Meet Mobile”, a welcome addition to our competition setup. The goal of the meet was to provide adequate opportunity for our younger swimmers to race and set bench marks prior to the Christmas holiday. For our more experienced members it was an opportunity...

Stamford American were delighted to see some hard work pay off over the weekend at ACSIS Middle School meet. The meet was hosted by Nexus International School and saw 15 different schools from all over Singapore take part. In a team format, points were awarded for athletes finishing within the top 8 in their age group and a bonus point if they came first. Events included, 50m of each stroke, 100 & 200 Individual Medley and 100 & 200 freestyle. With an emphasis on the team aspect, relays were worth...

Stamford American International School were in action at the Singapore National Short Course Champs held at Singapore Sports School over the 25m laps. The 2 day meet saw athletes, schools and clubs from around the around Singapore come together to race on the 16th & 17th November in numerous different strokes and distances. The top 16 made finals, with the first 8 swimmers competing in the A finals. Stamford had 10 athletes who competed over the weekend. 6 of those athletes made 16x finals between them including A Finals &...

Stamford American International School were delighted to host ACSIS High School Swim Championships on Saturday 9th November at the Lincoln Pool. It was the biggest swim meet Stamford have yet to host with over 350 swimmers attending from 13 international schools across Singapore. The format of the team competition allows for a maximum of 40 swimmers per school, 20 boys and 20 girls. Points are scored from the top 16 places within each event, with relays scoring double points. Stamford Lions Swim Team saw 10 athletes score in 23 events....

Are you ready for ACSIS High School?!? Around 14 schools will descend upon SAIS Lincoln pool on Saturday 9th November as international school teams from around Singapore will battle it out for the honour of being named ACSIS Champion. Points are awarded for finishing in the top 16 of races. Come and support your Stamford Lions and make sure everyone can hear your #ROAR Poolside will be reserved for swimmers. Spectators are welcome and must register at Security Gate 2.

We had 13 swimmers join us for our Performance & Development Camps over the Fall break. Whilst school was not in session, many of our swimmers chose to take the opportunity to further themselves. The camp was based on the athletic values of ROAR, Respect, Outstanding Character, Attitude and Resilience. There were plenty of opportunity to practice all four! See what you may have missed out on with our video recap…

Stamford Lions Swim was in action on Saturday 5th October at the OCBC Aquatic Centre in Singapore. The competition, known as the Merlion Sprint Festival, was held over the long course format (50m) and saw athletes from many of the international schools around Singapore attend. Stamford American took 46 athletes that had entered 170 individual races amongst them. The team was quite evenly made up of 93 female entries and 77 male entries showing some strong promise early in the season. The team delivered a whopping 109 PBs (personal bests)...

We are proud to announce that our new website is officially live. Stamford Lions Swim Team, part of Stamford American International School, has partnered with TeamUnify to enhance the delivery and communication within the programme. Check it out and let us know what you think :)