Nelson Lim wins coaching award

SOFTBALL

Coach Recognition Awards 2007
Saturday, 8 September 2007 at the Legends Fort Canning Park

Nelson Lim was presented with the Development Coaching Award (Schools) at the 2007 Coach Recognition Awards.

Coach Nelson Lim with an RJC softballer. He achieved his NCAP Theory Level 3 certification in 2006. © SSC

Nelson, who has coached for 16 years, oversees the teams at the Raffles Institution, Raffles Junior College, and Raffles Girls' School. He was awarded "The Sports Legend Award" by the Singapore Recreation Club in 2005.

Under the charge of the 54-year-old coach, the boys from Raffles Junior College won the 2006 ‘A’ Division Inter-School Softball Championship while the ‘A’ girls finished second. Both the boys and girls teams also took second place at the Chiangmai Invitational Open in 2006.

Coach Nelson demonstrates the finer points of pitching to Felicia Lim of RGS. He regularly shares success stories of other players to motivate his charges. © SSC

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