Area Competition 2011 : Part 1

For three years, I have been a participant in this competition. Thanks to my team and my trainers, we were able to gain many awards and experiences during these past three years. This year, I have decided to take part in the competition as a steward.
             I reached St. John Ambulance headquarters at 8.00am. Donivald, Wai Hoong and Boon Kong were already there. Since Boon Kong was involved in the administration section, he was already at it as he was helping the competitors to register for the competition. Cham wasn't there as he had fever (Ed:  Happy birthday, Wen Wen and get well soon =)). I hope he gets well soon. Meanwhile, we, Don and Wai Hoong were still waiting for the competition to start as our duties as stewards only began at that time. This year, I was surprised to discover that there are only 5 ambulance teams taking part in this competition... Yeah, it was a big shock. There were only two teams in Adult and three teams in Cadet...
            Later on, Justin, Wison, Chung Wai and two senior members came to hq to return the trophies that we have collected last year back to be won again by other teams. They were also there as spectators for the competition.
            Anyway, the competition kicked into action at 9.00am when the competitors started to prepare themselves for the uniform checking and marching category. This was a big change as this event usually took place in the afternoon. At 10.00am, the marching category started. That was when our job started too. It was not really much. We just had to organize the competitors after they have completed their uniform checking and usher them to the marching ground when their turn comes. After informing the timekeeper of the team's code and waiting for them to finish, we then had to usher them to a counter so that a check can be commenced on their first aid kits.
            After all that was said and done, me, Don and Wai Hoong were tasked to clean up the treatment room as it was the venue for the home nursing category for the nursing teams. There was a quite a lot of humour going on when we were given a mini vacuum cleaner to clean the moderately-sized room...lol.. But it was better than using brooms and dustpans.. However, we had to use them eventually when the vacuum cleaner overheated...=.=... Anyway, during that time, the highest individual category was going on and the competitors were in the hall..
           The competition was then adjourned at 12.45pm.... To me, this year's competition is great. The adult and cadet members' performance was great. I am looking forward to see their performance in the stretcher drill and first aid categories tomorrow....


Ps: Sincere apologies for not posting any photos of the first day..

To be continued in 

Area Competition : Part 2