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Yeong Wai Mun rows towards Olympic dreams

Story and pictures by Leslie Tan

From the road, it’s easy to miss Pandan Reservoir, an elevated reservoir situated in the midst of an industrial hub in the west. Off Jalan Buroh, hidden from human view, sits the clubhouse of the Singapore Amateur Rowing Association. It was here that I met 26-year-old Yeong Wai Mun, a recent mechanical engineering graduate of the Nanyang Technological University.

Wai Mun had dropped me an email one day to say hello to clarify that there was a difference between paddlers (dragon boaters) and rowers like himself. He did it so thoughtfully and politely that I was intrigued and so was keen to meet up with him to find out more about why he is training full-time in this little-known sport in Singapore.

Having played basketball in River Valley Primary, he spent the subsequent four years in Gan Eng Seng Secondary in the National Cadet Corp. “I wasn’t sports oriented that time,” said Wai Mun. “NCC was prominent at Gan Eng Seng in my time.”

In Jurong Junior College, Wai Mun ran cross-country, then ended up in the artillery vocation during National Service. Then came four years in NTU, graduating in July 2007. “I’ll never forget that day,” said Wai Mun, referring to his graduation. “Kind of a relief that I finished studying.” We can all identify with that.
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ACS(I) ruggers smash French School

Picture story contributed by reader Mr Wee Ban Bee.

Yio Chu Kang Stadium, Wednesday, March 19, 2008 – The Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) scored double glory after its U-14 team beat the Lycée Français de Singapour (French School of Singapore) 71-0 to emerge champions in the ISSAC U-14 Rugby Championship earlier in the month. ACS(I) scored a total of 13 tries with seven successful conversions. The ACS(IND) U-19 team also lifted the ISSAC winner’s trophy after beating United World College in the U-19 final.

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St Andrew’s crush Pioneer 55-0

Picture story contributed by reader Mr Wee Ban Bee.

Yio Chu Kang Stadium, Wednesday, March 19, 2008 – St. Andrew’s Secondary crushed Pioneer Secondary 55-0 to earn 3rd place in the ISSAC U-14 tournament earlier this month. The match was largely one sided with St. Andrew’s scoring 9 tries with 5 successful conversions.

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Cabinet reshuffled: Ser Luck promoted with additional portfolio

Singapore, 29 March 2008 – The widely-anticipated Cabinet reshuffle has finally been announced, and among the changes is a promotion for Teo Ser Luck to Senior Parliamentary Secretary. Mr Teo, who is also a Member of Parliament for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, will take on an additional portfolio at the Ministry of Transport, while retaining his current portfolio at the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS). His promotion will take effect on 1 April 2008.

Mr Teo joined MCYS as Parliamentary Secretary in May 2006 and has focused primarily on the sports portfolio. He chaired the Sporting Culture Committee, which reviewed and put forward recommendations to strengthen and transform Singapore’s sporting culture. He was also an Advisor to Singapore’s Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Bid Committee, which steered Singapore to a successful and historic win to host the inaugural YOG in 2010. At the YOG countdown party at the Padang, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong paid tribute to Teo Ser Luck’s role in securing the win, describing him as having been “living, sleeping, dreaming 5 circles," a reference to the Olympic logo.

Read Teo Ser Luck’s first post on Red Sports here – Ser Luck: “Does Singapore have a sports culture?”.

Quest to become Singapore’s first woman on Everest begins

Singapore, Saturday, 29 March 2008 – 28-year-old Linda Tan set off this morning for the adventure of her life. She is attempting to be Singapore's first woman to summit Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain.

Departing from Changi Airport's Terminal 2 today, Linda was sent off by family, friends and colleagues from Great Eastern, which is sponsoring the trip. "It’s been a long, tumultuous journey over the past five years," said Linda. "It's surreal that I’m finally looking at the last lap of my dream."

Linda will be arriving at the Mount Everest Base Camp in April, and undergo acclimatisation and training before beginning her ascent. If all goes as planned, she will summit on 15 or 16 May. (Click here to see Linda’s detailed itinerary.)

Sim Phei Sunn, Linda’s friend and fellow mountaineer who was at this morning's send-off, described her as "a very brave and endearing girl. She is one of the toughest persons I know. With her immense mental strength and endurance, I am confident that she will be able to push herself to the maximum to achieve her Everest dream.”

Red Sports will bring you updates in the days to come. In the meantime, check out the The Red Sports Interview with Linda!

The Red Sports Interview – Journey to Everest: Linda’s Story (Part 1)
The Red Sports Interview – Journey to Everest: Linda’s Story (Part 2)

Journey to Everest: Linda's Story (Part 2)

By Dawn Yip

In Part 1, we find out how Linda fell in love with mountaineering, the road she has taken towards her current quest, her sponsorship and her training regime. Click here to read Part 1 of Journey to Everest: Linda's Story. Part 2 gives you a foretaste of what her life will be like over the next 6 weeks.

Linda left for Kathmandu on Saturday, March 29, 2008, bringing with her about 40 kg of baggage. Besides mountaineering gear such as an ice axe, carabiners and crampons, Linda, who is vegetarian, will be hauling up food such as freeze-dried staples and – believe it or not – preserved caixin. "It's my comfort food; it makes me very happy," she explained with a grin.
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ACS (Independent) overcome Outram to edge closer to water polo final

Story contributed by reader Jeremy Bin of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

ACS(IND), Thursday, March 27, 2008 – Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) beat Outram Secondary 20-2 to edge closer to the Water Polo B Division Championship Final.

With only one win from three matches (lost to ACS(BR) 3-14, HCI 4-6, beat RI 8-4), ACS(IND) still stood a chance to get into the final. All that stood between us and that glory would be to win the final two group stage matches for the season.

Our penultimate match was against Outram Secondary. It was tense, and despite being favoured for the win, overconfidence and complacency could be our undoing.
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Montfort outplay Jurong in rugby plate championship

Story and picture by reader Adnan Mohd Taip

SAJC, Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - Montfort Secondary played a well-controlled game to beat Jurong Secondary 26-8 in the National Under-17 Rugby Plate Championship.

The game looked like it would be a closely fought match with Jurong slotting home a drop goal in the early part of the match to go ahead 3-0. But immediately after the 3 points, Montfort struck back after poor tackling by Jurong gave them a chance to score a try down the wing to go ahead 5-3.

A determined Jurong fought bravely back and camped in Montfort’s half for close to 15 minutes. Unfortunately, Jurong’s decision to play a kicking game denied them a chance to retain possession to gain points. Eventually, excellent defending by Montfort led to a turnover ball and a breakaway try by their huge out-center Fenghua (#8) for a 12-3 lead. With confidence growing, Montfort quickly added a simple try and conversion just before the end of the half for a commanding 19-3 lead.
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Journey to Everest: Linda's Story (Part 1)

By Dawn Yip

Mention "Mount Everest", and the mind conjures up images of thick snow, sheer rock walls, howling winds and sub-zero temperatures. It's the world's tallest mountain, the mountaineer's dream conquest, and a universal icon of achievement. And if all goes well, Singapore will have her first woman on its summit in May 2008.

Her name is Linda Tan, and she’s a 28-year-old financial advisor. It's been a long journey to this point, and Red Sports caught up with her over coffee one morning to hear all about it.
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Victoria beat Innova to get football season off to a good start

Picture story contributed by reader Jolyn Ang

Victoria Junior College field, March 24, 2008 – Victoria Junior College kicked off their A Division Football Championship season with a 3-0 rout of Innova Junior College. In their latest game played today, they hammered Dunman High 6-0.

Can they make up for the disappointment of missing out on the final last year and go all the way this year? Time will tell.
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Voting battle between Nan Hua High and Yio Chu Kang ends with 986 readers casting 2,967 votes for the best 7 netball players

VOTING HAS ENDED. THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE VOTED.

Hi netballers and sports fans,

986 readers cast 2,967 votes over the course of one month and this is the RedSportsVII based on the popular vote:

Jocelyn Ng (GA, Yio Chu Kang)
Ng Si Ying (GK, Nan Hua High)
Christina Goh (C, Yio Chu Kang)
Joanne Chon (WA, Yio Chu Kang)
Melody Teo (GD, Singapore Sports School)
Verena Ng (GS, Nan Hua High)

Of course, no team is complete without able reserves and the next seven players with the most votes by position are:

Cheryl Lee (C, Nanyang Girls’)
Fiona Ng (GD, Yio Chu Kang)
Jocelyn Ang (GK, Nanyang Girls’)
Claudia Sng (WD, Nanyang Girls’)
Tan Pei Yu (GS, Henderson)
Evelyn Tan (GA, Nanyang Girls’)
Lim Ying Yan (WA, Nanyang Girls’)

Towards the end of the vote, there was a huge battle between Nan Hua High and Yio Chu Kang as they piled in to support Ng Si Ying and Jocelyn Ng respectively. Ng Si Ying of Nan Hua High was early vote leader but Jocelyn Ng supporters starting pouring in to bump up her vote count. In the end, Jocelyn Ng had 34 more votes than Si Ying to top the poll.

We hope you’ve had fun with this vote and that it has given some of you encouragement in playing netball. Also, we do hope Netball Singapore noticed some of you through this vote and invited you to attend trials for the national age-group teams.

Polls aren’t the be all and end all of life of course. Netball is a team game as well and so no one person can play well without her teammates.

Keep playing!

Red Sports. Always Game.

Les

editor

RedSportsXI – nominate the best A Division footballers

NOMINATION PERIOD EXTENDED TO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, BY REQUEST.

Hi footballers and sports fans,

Who are the best 11 footballers in this year’s A Division Championship?

Nominate the best players you have seen in action so far and let’s put it to a reader vote.

This is how you nominate them in the comments section below:

Full name (jersey #, position, school)

For e.g., if you have seen a player who is an excellent midfielder, just type “full name of player (#7, midfielder, Victoria Junior College)” in the comments section below.

All nominated players will enter the voting round that will begin after the nomination period ends on Wednesday, April 16.

Have fun nominating!

Les

editor

Basketball powerhouse Unity lose both matches on Day 5 of the National Championships

Story contributed by reader Ian Chew

Singapore Basketball Centre, Thursday, March 27, 2008 – Singapore Chinese Girls’ School scored a massive 48-30 win over their Unity Secondary counterparts to completely throw open Group D in the first round of the National Girls’ Basketball Championship.

It was also surprising, considering Unity had come into the match as West Zone champions, while SCGS were fighting for their lives after losing their first national round match to Bedok North Secondary.

But there was nothing surprising in the manner of SCGS’ win as they established an early 16-9 first quarter lead and extended their lead throughout the game. They were also certainly helped by a poor shooting display from the Unity forwards and took full advantage with numerous fast break conversions off Unity’s misses.
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Butt Of Course: Understanding Your Glutes

By Jonathan Wong

Do you want to improve your performance as a runner, swimmer or endurance athlete? Then let's talk about our butts. Improved gluteal (butt) muscles can improve athletic power and prevent injury. Read on if you need to be convinced.

First we'll need to start with some anatomy. (You can skip this and go straight to the exercises section, but working with hundreds of athletes and clients has taught me that the good ones really do try to understand what's going on inside their bodies.)
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Ser Luck: “Does Singapore have a sports culture?”

A word from the editor: Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, is a politician, Ironman triathlete, and successful businessman. With a passion for sports and a heart for youth sports in particular, Ser Luck is on a quest to strengthen our sporting culture. We at Red Sports welcome him to our community as he looks to engage us on the issues close to his heart.

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‘Young and growing people must have facilities to develop their bodies apart from facilities to develop their minds. Sports must therefore be an essential feature of our national way of life.’ – Mr. Othman Wok, The First Minister in charge of sports, speech on 7 Dec 1966
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