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Singapore lose heartbreaker to Sri Lanka in opening game of Fisher & Paykel Nations Cup

Story By Koh Yizhe. Photos by Les Tan, Vanessa Lim and Marvin Lowe.

Toa Payoh Sports Hall, Sunday, 31 August, 2008 – Singapore started their Fisher and Paykel Nations Cup campaign in heartbreaking fashion against Sri Lanka with a 63-66 loss. After leading for most of the match, Singapore, who are ranked 13th in the world and are the reigning Asian Champions, let the game slip away in the last five minutes.
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Shengyu and Calvin: Great experience to lose badly at adidas basketball camp

By Ian Chew

Watching both Shengyu (SY) and Calvin Chia (CC) struggle against much better opponents at the adidas camp, I was actually glad! Not that I’m a sadist, but the intensity of play in Dallas showed just how much more they needed to improve.
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National Junior College dragon boat team come good at 6th Club Crew World Championship

By reader Jasmine Seah

At the recent 6th Club Crew World Championships (CCWC) in Penang, Malaysia in early August, the National Junior College (NJC) Canoe & Dragon Boat Team clinched six gold medals and two silver medals in the junior (Under-18) categories. NJC rowers managed to beat, and in the Mixed and Women categories, dominate competitors hailing from New Zealand, Malaysia, Canada, Russia and Germany. This is NJC's first appearance at this prestigious international competition, a bi-annual event organized by the International Dragon Boat Federation.
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ACS(I) is the first school to hold the rugby grand slam but some folks disagree

After the recent C Division Rugby Championship final in which the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) beat St. Andrew’s Secondary 39-0, I had written the following statement:

“ACS(I) won the A and B Division titles this year and are now the first school in Singapore school history to hold the A, B and C titles in a single calendar year.”

Some readers take issue with this.
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Lee Bee Wah apologises to Singapore. Is this the end of the saga?

“I sincerely apologise for causing any grievances, any stress.”

So said the President of the Singapore Table Tennis Lee Bee Wah, last night.

So finally, a week after the furore began, Ms Lee has done the needful and apologised. For those who are wondering what happened, Ms Lee had blown up in Beijing after the number one male player, Gao Ning, had played his game without a coach. He lost the game badly and was in tears after. Ms Lee said the team manager Antony Lee was responsible and should be fired.
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Time for new STTA regime to decide what are its values

Commentary by reader Singapore Sports Fan

I think I've found what I consider to be the best letter that has been written about the entire STTA saga to date. I spotted it in an edition of The New Paper, and I just found myself nodding my head again and again as I read it.

It's by TNP reader Mark Koh Fu Ming and it distills the controversy to its very essence – a clash of values:

"I refer to the article "Can of worms already there" (The New Paper, 28 Aug) on the table tennis saga.
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What next for Singapore badminton after the Beijing Olympics?

By REDintern Shaline Tan.

Amid the hullabaloo over table tennis, the state of Singapore badminton will in time also come into question. Our two best singles players – Ronald Susilo and Xing Aiying – did not make it past the first round in Beijing. While Ronald had to face Lee Chong Wei in the first round, Xing Aiying fell unexpectedly to a lower-ranked player.

We recap what happened with both players at the Beijing Olympics.
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Thrower Scott Wong breaks James Wong's 21-year record at Asean Schools Championships

By reader Singapore Sports Fan

Up-and-coming thrower Scott Wong continued his amazing record-breaking form this season when he broke a 21-year-old national discus (1.5kg) record set by the legendary James Wong at the recent Asean Schools Track and Field Championships in Da Nang, Vietnam.

The 18-year-old Hwa Chong Institution student hurled 53.88m to break the Asean Schools record of 52.11m set by Thailand's Sathaporn Japorn en route to winning the event.
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Seng Kang upset favourites St. Andrew’s to claim C Division Boys Hockey Championship title

Story and pictures by Marvin Lowe

Delta Sports Complex, Wednesday, August 6, 2008 – In yet another exciting finish to the C Division Hockey Championship, Seng Kang Secondary pipped hot favourites St. Andrew’s Secondary 1-0 claim the title. A missed penalty and a last-minute save stood out in this exciting encounter between the two teams.

Both teams started the game evenly matched with the attack swinging from end to end. Both set of plaers played at a fast paced tempo with slick passing in between. The Saints were awarded the first short corner but their first attack came to naught. The tackling by the two teams was pretty rough with plenty of jostling and shoving for the ball. It wasn’t long before the rough play caught the attention of the referees.
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Crescent Girls’ beat arch rivals St Theresa’s Convent 2-0 to clinch 3rd place in C girls hockey

Story and photos by Marvin Lowe.

Delta Sports Complex, Monday. 4 August, 2008 – In the 3rd/4th placing match in the C Division Girls Hockey Championship, Crescent Girls’ School beat arch rivals CHIJ St. Theresa’s Convent in a convincing 2-0 victory.

Both teams have produced many past and present national team members and although this may not be the championship match, much was at stake as the two old rivals battled it out for pride and honour.
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Will the table tennis saga die down?

Pictures and commentary by Les Tan

The table tennis saga is still front and centre in the national mainstream media. For those who haven’t been following the saga, here is a brief recap.

Singapore’s number one table tennis player, Gao Ning, played his first game of the Olympics without a coach by his side. He expected a coach to be there for him, even telling the umpire one was coming along. When none showed up, he became flustered and promptly crashed out to a lower-ranked China-born Croatian player he was expected to beat comfortably. Gao Ning was in tears after the game, and claimed that he was abandoned by his team manager and head coach in favour of the women players.
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With the Youth Olympic Games coming up, a reader encourages our basketball officials to improve their standards

A reader felt strongly enough about officiating standards to write to me about the recent controversial win by Woodlands Ring Secondary over Hwa Chong Institution in the National C Division Boys Basketball Championship. For those who are new to this story, timekeeping irregularities and umpiring decisions saw Woodlands Ring win the game with a last second 3-pointer that was released after the buzzer went off (see video below). HCI filed an appeal but lost. Woodlands Ring went on into the next round but were knocked at the quarter-final stage and did not make the semi-finals.

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Email by reader who watched the game in its entirety:
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Anglican High’s team effort trumps Unity talent for C Division Boys Basketball Championship title

Story by Ian Chew. Photos by Les Tan.

Toa Payoh Sports Hall, Tuesday, August 26, 2008 – Anglican High School used a pivotal 21-2 run in the third quarter to effectively seal the national inter-school basketball final match against Unity Secondary. The gap proved too big for a demoralised Unity as Anglican High subsequently cruised to a 76-61 win to end a 13-year wait for a National C Division Boys Basketball Championship title.

Anglican High forward Sherwin Yen was instrumental for his team during this period, driving strongly to the basket for 15 of his 31 points as well as racking up assists for his teammates. He was later named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for his efforts.
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Live from Toa Payoh Stadium: a play-by-play account of the C Division Boys Basketball Championship Final between Anglican High and Unity

“Live” play-by-play report by Les Tan from Toa Payoh Sports Hall, Tuesday, August 26, 2008. To read the account, start from below.

This game is over! Anglican High win it 76-61.

Peter Soo of Unity makes it 56-72. But Unity can kiss the championship goodbye already with time ticking down.

Anglican High hit the 70-point mark. Jeremy hits a 2 to make it 70-49.
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Unity beat Dunman 63-49 to win C Division Girls Basketball Championship Final

Story and pictures by Les Tan

Toa Payoh Sports Hall, Tuesday, August 26, 2008 – Unity Secondary beat Dunman Secondary 63-49 to capture the C Division Girls Basketball Championship title this afternoon.

Unity effectively shut down Dunman’s attack with their harassing presses from the start and never allowed their opponents to find any shooting or passing rhythm. Playing in a national final in front of so spectators many also contributed to jitters and Dunman committed many unforced errors with many passes never finding their intended recipients.
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