RESULTS
Overall Champion : Viper (NUS)
First Runner-up : Voyager (NUS)
Second Runner-up : Runge Kutta (NTU)
Best Design Paper : Viper, Voyager
Best Oral Presentation : Viper
Best Product : Viper
Best Display : Runge Kutta
Men's Sprint 200m : Viper, Voyager
Combined Zig-zag : Viper
Combined Endurance : Viper
SNCCC latest update
Swamp test
Date: 11th May 2008 (Sun)
Time : 9am ~ 12noon
Venue : Lower Seletar Reservoir (Near Khatib MRT)
10 teams from NUS, NTU and SP will be required to test their canoes by submerging them under water surface.
The canoe will be filled with water until the whole canoe is submerged in the water, and floats horizontally, with a point within 600 millimeter of the most exterior point of each end breaking the water surface simultaneously (Figure 1), within five (5) minutes of being completely filled with water.
Program schedule*
Time |
Activities |
11.30a.m. |
Arrival of participants |
12.30p.m. |
Orientation program |
2.00p.m. |
Lunch |
2.30p.m. |
Commence of Swamp Test |
| After swamp test, first to the fifth team can test canoe by rowing | |
3.00p.m. |
Swamp test for the sixth to the tenth team |
3.30p.m. |
All teams practise at dam area |
5.00p.m. |
X team will have an actual route try-out |
6.00p.m. |
End of all activities |
Please also be noted that we will be having a lucky draw session on the day of event too. The first prize is PSP and there are others electronic appliances like kettle and toaster to be won too! Please do come down and support us!
The following is the map of the event. (Click on it for larger view)
Canoe racing event day
Date: 25th May 2008 (Sun)
Time : 7.30am ~ 12noon
Venue : Lower Seletar Reservoir (Near Khatib MRT)
Program Schedule*
Time |
Activities |
07.00a.m. |
Participants report to STAGE |
07.30a.m. |
Concrete canoe Display exhibitions starts |
08.00a.m. |
Nee Soon South Residents reporting to Basketball court |
| Arrival of Guest-of-honour (GOH) at Basketball court | |
08.30a.m. |
Walk-a-jog to LSR together with GOH (Er. Lee Bee Wah) |
08.40a.m. |
Opening ceremony by GOH (Er. Lee Bee Wah) |
| Ribbon cutting by VIPs and GOH. | |
| Audience voting starts for 'Best Display' | |
08.45a.m. |
Concrete Canoe Racing |
09.30a.m. |
Break from racing |
| VIPs mixing around with participants | |
09.45a.m. |
End of audience voting and lucky draw ticket submission |
10.00a.m. |
Concrete Canoe Racing |
11.00a.m. |
Closing speech by GOH |
| Presentation of 11 awards by GOH | |
| Perform lucky draw box draw out by GOH | |
| Closing ceremony | |
11.15a.m. |
GOH takes his leave |
| End of event |
*race:
-men's sprint race 200m
-combined endurance 400m(2 male 2 female)
-combined zigzag 400m(2 male 2 female)
NOTE: This schedule is tentative. Our program schedule may change without notice, subject to the racing venue restrictions. Changes will be updated as soon as possible.
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Oral Presentation: (1/3/2008, Saturday)
Despite being a rainy day on the 1st of March, 10 teams from NUS, NTU and SP trudged into NTU brimming with confidence and donning smartly pressed formal suits.
They are the participating teams of the Singapore National Concrete Canoe Competition (SNCCC) organized by NTU’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Club and that Saturday morning was when they would present their designs of a concrete canoe at LT19A to 5 judges -- Dr Gary Ong Khim Chye (Associate Professor and Deputy Head of NUS), Ms Liang Mui Keow (Lecturer from the School of the Built Environment of SP), Assoc. Professor Tan Teng Hooi (Associate Chair-Civil & Environmental Engineering (Admin) of NTU), Er. Chong Kee Sen (Honorary Secretary of The Institution of Engineers Singapore) and Mr. Willie Kay (1st Vice President of Singapore Concrete Institute).
The opening speech was given by Professor Pan Tso-Chien (Dean - College of Engineering), followed by a second speech by Professor Teh Cee Ing, (Chair - Civil and Environmental Engineering) before the Oral presentation commenced.
Of the 10 teams, Viper from NUS (also the winning team) outshone the rest in terms of their presentation and the way they carried themselves. At the start of the presentation they touched on the hull of the canoes, which judges felt that it was better than simply talking about the materials. However, like all the other teams, Viper had their shortcomings which they will definitely have to improve on.
There were also some teams who acknowledged their weaknesses and improved on it. Team Gemilang (NTU) took the liberty to discuss their canoe models with professors from NTU and eventually changed their material from water to super plasticizer. Team Surf (NTU) had decided to use carbon fibre in their model despite carbon fibre being extremely expensive. Several teams like Team Surf (NTU), Runge Kutta (NTU) and Voyager (NUS) plan to cast the canoe repeatedly with their concrete layer, with Voyager opting to cast it by hand as this would reduce the formation of air bubbles. It would be unimaginable how their hands would turn out after the moulding…
The efforts that the teams put in are truly touching. We wish all 10 teams the best in their race against each other on the 25th of May, Sunday, at Lower Seletar Reservoir. Do join us if you are free on that day!
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Oral Presentation Result
The winner of oral presentation is VIPER. Congratulations!
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Updates on the Rules & Awards page
Please be noted that the updated judging criteria is posted.
The financial procedures for reimbursement also posted on the Rules & Awards page. Do check on it.
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Data of Trial Mix Submission
All the teams, please submit the data of your trial mix. Please download the mix design table here.
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The date of the final competition has been rescheduled to 25th May, 2008. And the venue of the final competition has been changed to Lower Seletar Reservoir. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
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The judging criteria for oral presentation is available for downloading here.
The programme flow for oral presentation is available for downloading here.
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The seminar from 3M technology about the usage and utility of the micro sphere has been CANCELLED. Instead, 3M has given us instructions on how to handle the delicate microspheres. PDF files are available for downloading below.
More detailed information for mixing ratio etc. is available here:
Please download the file: LavalArticle.pdf or click this link
Please note that the K1 and K46 Glass Bubbles used in the article above could be substituted with the HGS 4000 grade. 3M Technologies (S) is sponsoring this competition. You only need to modify your formula accordingly since the density of the 3 is slightly different.
The data for the Glass Bubbles grades is attached as follows:
Please download the file: 3M Microspheres Overview.pdf and
HGS Series.pdf
please submit your material list by 23rd January, 2008 to the email address below : snccc08@gmail.com Team leaders will be informed to collect their materials earliest by next week. Our committee will be liaising closely with the captains on this matter.
Release of result
Hi all, this is the moment that you have been waiting for, below are the list of 11 groups that are qualified for the next round:
| Name Of Team | |
|---|---|
| 1 | NUS 1 |
| 2 | Voyager (NUS 2) |
| 3 | Viking |
| 4 | Canoevie |
| 5 | Runge-Kutta |
| 6 | ConQueror |
| 7 | Gemilang |
| 8 | Gladius |
| 9 | Surf |
| 10 | SP 24 (Singapore Poly) |
| 11 | Concrete Mixture Inc. (Singapore poly) |
(List of teams are not in order) Congratulations for those who have made it and for those who did not, firstly our sincerest gratitude to you for joining in this competition and we hope that you will try again next year. In addition, our next round (oral presentation) will be held as follow:
SNCCC Oral Presentation 2008 & Submission of complete Design papers
| Date: | 1st of Mar 2008 |
| Venue: | NTU Lecture Theatre 19A (LT19A) |
| Time | Program |
| 1000 - 1230 | 1st 5 groups Oral Presentation |
| 1230 - 1330 | Lunch Break (Lunch provided) |
| 1330 - 1600 | 2nd 6 groups Oral Presentation |
| 1630 - 1700 | Tea break and announcement of results |
Audience welcomed.
Dress Code: Formal attire (Shirt, pants/skirts, coat, tie, heels/leather shoes)
Note : Jeans, sport shoes, t-shirts and sandals/slippers are not allowed.
Every team is required to report to our counter on arrival outside LT1a before 9am. Students from NUS and SP should meet up with our liaison officer at Boon Lay MRT before 8.30am.
The drawing of lots for every team's presentation sequence will be done at 9.15am. Each team is given a time limit of 5 minutes to set-up, 20 minutes to present their physical models, powerpoints, and 5 minutes to answer questions asked by judges on the spot.
The judging criteria for oral presentation will be released before end of January.
All teams are required to submit the CD/DVD softcopy and hardcopy of final design paper to the counter on reporting of attendance. Please note that any amendments to the design paper after this will not be attended to. We will be also awarding both THE BEST DESIGN PAPER and THE BEST ORAL PRESENTATION to the most outstanding teams and these marks will contribute to each canoe's overall marks.
Furthermore, we are very fortunate that 3M has decided to sponsor our participating teams their specialized product, type HGS4000 microsphere. We'll contact every qualified team to come to NTU and collect them one or two weeks from now. Please check your emails regularly, captains.
Besides, our organizing committee would like to urge all the qualified teams to submit their material list as soon as possible, not later before 23rd of Jan 2008, so that we can undergo mass purchase of specific materials in which charges a lower price. For those who exceed this dateline, your team will have to buy the materials by your own and any consequences (including extra expenses from the allowed budget, $1000) will not be the responsibility of the organizing committee. After obtaining the materials, each team can start by making some models for use during the oral-presentation or likewise.
You are most welcomed to approach any of our committees if you have any inquires.
Thank you and have a nice day!
SNCCC Announcements
Please take note that stretchable coating are prohibited. If coatings are used, it should be stated out clearly in your design paper which type of coating your team is using, and prove that it is not a stretchable coating. Epoxy is allowed to be used for crack repairing, or as coating, but not as an admixture.
Please take note that the Design Paper that all teams are submiting on 31st December will only be used for qualifying round accessment. No marks are going to be taken into account for the Design Paper (25%) in this stage.
Instead, you are required to submit a finalized Design Paper on February, on 1st March 2008, where every qualified team is having Oral Presentation contest .