AIC (LCIC 7th Stage) 25-26.07.09. updates

[Lion City Inline Cup]

Competitive part info http://www.ezyhealthcityskate.com/asian ... up2009.asp

Take note that race distance is subject to confirmation but should be in 21-25 km range.
Also will be other prizes (skating products) on top of prize money


http://www.ezyhealthcityskate.com/ event website incl of not competitive mass skate

[Lion City Inline Cup]

STRAITS TIMES 18.05.09.

In-line skaters to zip down Orchard Road


Skaters (clockwise from left) Benny Wong, 39; Li Zhen Bo, 22; Roger Ang, 25; and Lim June Liang, 21, skating down Somerset Road. On July 25, some 4,000 in-line skating enthusiasts are expected to zip down Orchard Road after midnight, in an inaugural skating event. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA

AT LEAST three lanes down a 3km stretch of roads in the Orchard Road area will be closed on July 25 to make way for in-line skaters to tear down the streets.
Organised by health-care company Ezyhealth, the event - Ezyhealth City Skate 2009 - will kick off at midnight and end at 4am. It is expected to attract about 4,000 skaters.

The cost of organising such an event - almost $500,000, including the rental of 2,000 water-filled barriers and the hiring of 100 road marshals.

'We want to drum up awareness of the importance of staying healthy and feel that such an event would make an impact,' said a spokesman for Ezyhealth, a company that publishes two health-care magazines and provides medical services for corporations here. 'Night skating seems the most exciting. We want to bring this culture, that exists in other cities like Paris, to Singapore.'

Skaters will start off in front of Ngee Ann City, pass The Heeren and the Istana, before making a turn at Penang Lane. On the home stretch, participants will go past the Regency House and Orchard Cineleisure before reaching the endpoint back at Ngee Ann City.

The competition will have both a leisure and competitive section.

This event fits into the Singapore Tourism Board's (STB) vision for Orchard Road to be a dynamic, vibrant and vital urban centre, said its director of tourism shopping and dining, Mr Andrew Phua. 'STB welcomes more of such street-level events to add vibrancy to Orchard Road.'

The chairman of the Orchard Road Business Association, Ms May Sng, said that with the Marina Bay area being developed, it was important for Orchard Road to remain vibrant and competitive.

Already, skaters such as Mr David Ng, 63, have signed up. 'I have skated so many routes in Singapore and I know every trail and every bush. It is becoming boring,' he said. 'But on Orchard Road, on the actual tarmac with no cars around? That will be different.'

JESSICA LIM

[Lion City Inline Cup]

Ezyhealth Cityskate cancelled due to H1N1.

In view of the rapidly spreading threat of Influenza A (H1N1) in Singapore, Ezyhealth Holdings Pte Ltd regrets to announce that the Ezyhealth Cityskate 2009 has been cancelled.

The ability of Influenza A (H1N1) to spread quickly and easily from person to person has made this gathering of 4,000 skaters from all over the world an impossibility at this juncture. Ezyhealth feels that the socially responsible action to take at this point is to cancel this inaugural event and reinstate it again when H1N1 has ceased to become a threat to our participants.

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to registrants of Ezyhealth City Skate 2009 and apologise for the inconvenience that has been caused to you. We will be contacting you shortly to administer a full refund of your registration fees.

To all who have supported this event as registrants and sponsors, Ezyhealth thanks you for your understanding and we look forward to providing you with new dates for the event in due time.

If you have any enquiries or feedback please feel free to email us at cityskate@ezyhealth.com.

Sincerely,
Ezyhealth Holdings Pte Ltd.

www.ezyhealthcityskate.com