Entries from May 2009

May 31, 2009

Newsflash: Sean Lim vaults his way to new national junior record

Talented young pole vaulter Sean Lim broke his third national record of the year today when he set a new national junior record during the Boys’ U-17 Pole Vault event at the 35th Singapore Junior Athletics Championships.
The 16-year-old Hwa Chong Institution student, who has already broken the National U-17  record twice this year – in April (when he [...]

May 30, 2009

Newsflash: Hwa Chong’s Wong Kai Yuan breaks National U-17 shot put record

Hwa Chong Institution student Wong Kai Yuan emerged a surprise winner and record breaker in the Boys U-17 Shot Put (5kg) final of the Singapore Junior Athletics Championships at the Bukit Gombak Stadium today.
He hurled 15.06m to break two records – the meet record of 14.73m and the National Under-17 record of the same distance, both [...]

May 16, 2009

Newsflash: Singapore is relegated from Asian Five Nations

Singapore crashed to its third defeat in the Asian Five Nations today, a 6-64 whalloping by Hong Kong which has effectively relegated the Republic from the top tier of Asian rugby.
Singapore desperately needed to beat Hong Kong after its 0-65 and 19-22 losses to South Korea and Kazakhstan respectively but the chances of an away victory [...]