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Hiking and rainforest experience for
young swimmers

2nd DSA Swim Team Camp at Penang draws swimmers from 3 clubs

DSA Swim Club along with Penang Swimming Club and building activities and a farewell dinner, the camp also gave
Wahoo Swim Team enjoyed the experience of a lifetime each team an opportunity to showcase their talents through
as together the group of over 110 young swimmers, a team performance. It was an exciting finish for the 4 days
managers and coaches had a great time together at the 2nd of training, learning and experiencing the many aspects of
Swim Camp organized by DSA at the Setia Spice Aquatic competitive swimming. Thanks to the Penang Swimming Club,
Centre, Penang. Wahoo Swim Team and everyone who participated and made
this a great way to close off the events for year.
The 4 days/3 nights included a host of activities like getting an
understanding about food and nutrition, how to categorize food In DSA, we always believe that we teach more than just
based on intake needs like energy creation, pre-race preparation swimming. We hope all the learning and experiences the
or post race liquid replenishment. Sessions of combined training swimmers have gone through in this swim camp would help to
for a few hours were carried out every day with an assortment mould their characters and help them in every aspect of their
of team building activities to generate and heighten team spirit lives.
among the swimmers who were split up into 4 teams for the
duration of the camp. Thank you DSA swimmers, coaches and most of all, the
parents who have been the support and strength of the Club.
The second day saw the entire group trudging
along to hike up the Penang Hill, situation at an
elevation of 2,733 m which took about 2 hours
to summit. The Habitat, situated on Penang
Hill provides the most authentic, diverse and
educational Malaysian rainforest experience.
The Penang Hill virgin jungle reserve area, on
the fringe of which The Habitat sits, is believed
to be part of Malaysia’s treasure trove of
prehistoric rainforests dating back 130-million
years old. Besides its rich biodiversity, it plays an
important role as primary water catchment area
for Penang Island. It was a great opportunity for
everyone to get closer to nature and understand
the importance of ecological conservation and
protection of rain forests.

After many hours of combined training, team
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