Entries from December 2008

December 30, 2008

A timely reminder for the people running Singapore sport

In recent days, the media has been devoting a lot of column inches to describing 2008 as the best year ever for Singapore sport.
And it’s hard not to see why. 
Singapore won its first Olympic medal – a silver – in 48 years at this year’s Beijing Olympics through the women’s table-tennis team while Tao Li became the [...]

December 27, 2008

Newsflash: National Schools Track and Field and Swimming C’ships to be held in May instead of July

Singapore’s top school track and field athetes and swimmers will have two months less to prepare for their respective National Schools Championships next year.
According to a report in The New Paper today (27 December 2008), the Ministry of Education has revealed that the two competitions - the biggest and most glamorous of all the national inter-school championships [...]

December 23, 2008

Precious gets a 1/10 from radio deejay Glenn Ong – but the joke could be on us in the end

Heard this on the radio today.
Popular Class 95 FM radio deejay Glenn Ong, who hosts The Morning Show with the Flying Dutchman, was giving his ratings for each Singapore player in the aftermath of Singapore’s 0-1 loss toVietnam in the AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final.
Ong ran through the list of names and his ratings were pretty high for most [...]