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March Monthly Meet - COLOURING RUMAH KIDS

Looking for a meaningful getaway from your routine weekdays and all that chores?

GET OUT THERE on 30 March 2013 (Saturday) with Raleigh Kuala Lumpur for a mission to refurbish the old exterior walls of Rumah K.I.D.S. which have not been repainted since 2004. All we need to do is to register yourself, train up your strong arm, and join us for the meaningful Saturday!

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March MM details

Date: 30 March 2013

Time: 7.30 am – 5.00 pm
Meeting Point: Subang Jaya KTM Station

Mission of the day: TO COLOUR ALL THE EXTERIOR WALLS

REGISTER HERE NOW!

*Register before 25 March to secure your place

For information you can contact: 

Serene 012 547 7989
Zhi Min 017 351 2952
*Whatsapp available

or Log into our FB event page

March MM Facebook Event

Let's paint for good soon!

Raleigh RIC - 2nd Open-Sea Training!

The smell of the sea, fine sand that slip between our toes, vibrant sunshine that fills the atmosphere with a hint of excitement, the setting seemed all too familiar for us.

It was the second open-sea training for us Round-Island Challengers and this time we went the distance and took on swim courses ranging from 2 to 6 kilometers. For a newbie like myself, I must confess I did have my concerns as I looked upon the vast piece of blue that lied ahead of me.

But after a group warm-up session and a couple of words of encouragement from my friends, I was ready to hit the sea. So as the officials flagged us off, my fellow teammates and I headed towards the open sea and hit full throttle, kick starting a course that consisted of 5 buoys set 250 meters apart.  

Just a few meters into the swim, I realized that I was heading in the wrong direction. No matter how I swam, it just seemed impossible for me to swim straight in the sea.

As I soldiered along at a pace that was painfully slow, correcting my swim path every minute or so, I soon found a rhythm to my stroke, which helped clear my mind. I forgot all about the aches in my body, the revolting taste of sea water and the hot sun that was burning my neck. 

I had one goal in mind, and I had gotten too far to give up.

An hour after flag off, I passed the finish line, filled with an unbelievable sense of relief and also sand, in my trunks that is. Then it hit me. I have actually done something I've never tried before, and succeeded at doing it. Wow.

With that, I believe all of us alligators gained a certain level of confidence, making sure that we are REALLY prepare to take on Perhentian Island.

48 days to go! Swim on alligators!

Prepared by: Liow En De

Invitation to join us as RIC Sponsors (through e-booklet)

As you might have heard of, Raleigh KL will be organizing a momentous fundraising project named Round Island Challenge as a forerunner to create a fundraising pot in facilitating the process of Malaysians youths participating in local and overseas expeditions .

Swimmers of RIC are in the midst of training with the missions to swim around Perhentian Island on 3rd to 4th of May, 2013 estimating 24 hours of relay swim. The organizing committee and crews of RIC have been meeting up closely to finalize the planning and execution of this meaningful event.

We would like to invite you to support us on this project by being our e-booklet sponsors.

Within two weeks upon the completion of Round Island Challenge, Raleigh KL will be sending out the e-booklet to all our connections as well as publishing at Raleigh media channels to dip into the happenings of the event.

You can find the attached e-booklet sponsorship form and sample attached over here!

http://www.mediafire.com/file/di02hm7khc0ipf4/RaleighRIC_Sponsorship_Sample_e-Booklet.pdf

http://www.mediafire.com/file/skk212y27nfvq5a/RaleighRIC_Sponsorship_Form.pdf

Closing date (sponsorship entry): 21st of April 2013

We also encourage ex-venturers to post your sharing through this e-booklet as encouragement to the team in setting up this forerunner initiatives .

Raleigh KL and Round Island Challenge committee sincerely hope that you see the burning fire and efforts in all of us.

Kindly fill in the e-booklet sponsorship form and email to RICebooklet2013@raleighinternational.org.my

We will approach you on the next steps.

Support Raleigh KL

Intan, one of the swimmers from Raleigh Malacca Straits in 1992, joining us to embark another great challenge - Round Island Challenge coming this May 2013!

All the best!
Poh-E
President 2012/13

RIC: Open Sea Training

With the waves disorientating my already poor sense of direction, the overwhelming taste of salt in my mouth and the uncertainties that lurk under me, I zig-zagged my way towards the buoy located a couple hundred meters from shore.

Welcome then to Raleigh Round Island Challenge's inaugural open sea training, where us 'alligators' go out to sea to see what it's like when we leave the pool to face the real deal in May.

Well, it started at half-past six in the morning, while still wishing to stay within the confines of my bed, my fellow mates and I left Kuala Lumpur for the seas of Port Dickson, still contemplating upon the unknowns that lies in the sea.

Beautiful day to get out there!

It was a great day to be out there though. Rays of sunlight warmed us up as we set our eyes upon a relatively calm sea, which gave us a slight morale boost knowing that we will be swimming under the perfect conditions that day. After a session of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to get us in the right mindset, we deployed the safety kayaks and went for it!

Group 1 having their warm-up session

Having to cope with the new surroundings with limited visibility was always going to be difficult, but the struggle to ignore the dangers and risks of swimming in the sea so disappeared as I soon found a rhythm to my stroke that helped to clear my thoughts and focus on reaching the buoy which marks the u-turn point. As open sea swimming was new to quite a few of us, I was not the only one who experienced this sensation as the training went on.

So a dozen laps later, with the adrenaline still surging round our systems, we settled to pin-point the problems we faced, which we will work on back in the pool. All in all it is a great opportunity for us not only to get a feel of open-sea swimming but also to bond as a team. Well, the next open-sea training will definitely be more hardcore to get in shape for our 56-kilometer swim round Perhentian Island. 

Till then, we alligators will swim on!