Entries from June 2008

June 30, 2008

Netball starts to reap the fruits of Sports School partnership

The report:
Singapore will be hosting a six-nation international netball competition called the Fisher & Paykel Nations Cup from 31 August to 6 Sept. The tournament will be Singapore’s most competitive tournament since the Republic finished 15th at last year’s World Championships.
Singapore, which won the 4-Nations and 5-Nations competitons in 2006 and 2007, will be taking on [...]

June 27, 2008

Newsflash: Singapore junior paddlers win five golds at SEA C’ships

Singapore’s junior paddlers plundered five golds, two silvers and a bronze at the 14th Milo South-east Asian Junior Championships in Kuala Lumpur, last week, to underline their status as the region’s kingpins in the sport at youth level.
Sylvia Look was the Republic’s biggest individual winner in the annual eight-nation competition with three golds.
The 15-year-old student captured the [...]

June 27, 2008

Low Teo Ping - the last action hero of Singapore Sports

The reports:
In ”Double Joy for Liu, Cheng”( TODAY, 26 June 2008 ), it was reported that sailors Justin Liu and Sherman Cheng were still unlikely to get the nod for the Beijing Olympics despite finishing second in the 29er class at the prestigious Keil Regatta in Germany. 
In “Sailing gets YOG Boost” (The Straits Times, 25 June 2008 ),  it was [...]