2007 SEA Games triathlon champion Mok Ying Ren to make marathon debut
November 29, 2009
Story by Colin Tung/Red Sports

Mok is the leading local runner in the 5,000m, 10,000m and the half-marathon. Can he translate that dominance over to the full-marathon? (Photo 1 © Farhanah Ghaffar)
Sunday, 29 November, 2009 – Mok Ying Ren, the 2007 South-East Asian (SEA) Games triathlon champion, will make his marathon debut at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon on December 6th.
The sport of triathlon was omitted from the biennial SEA Games which is scheduled to run from 9-18 December in Laos.
Having had the door to the SEA Games closed to him through triathlon, Mok had earlier in the year harboured hopes of making the SEA Games through track-and-field where he is the top local 5000m and 10,000m runner.
But when 21-year-old Mok, who is in his third year of undergraduate studies in medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS), missed the cut for the SEA Games track-and-field team, he found another way to keep himself occupied – making his marathon debut.
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“I’ve registered for London Marathon next year …” – an interview with Dr Benedict Tan
November 28, 2009
Interview by Enrico Varella/Leadership Lessons from Triathlons

Singapore’s fastest marathoners at 8.30am on December 7th, 2008 – (from left) Daniel Ling, Rameshon, Ben Tan. (Photo © Les Tan/Red Sports file photo)
I recall that I interviewed Dr. Ben Tan in 1991 for 8 Days magazine. I made a prediction that he would be part of a group of national athletes that would win gold in the SEA Games.
True to his hard work and performance, he delivered the goods. He made a big splash, and continued to leave achievements in his wake.
After he retired from competitive sailing, he left a prominent trail of personal records in the marathon. Who would imagine that he was amphibious in nature!
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Singapore to bring youngest ever squad for SEA Games football
November 28, 2009
Contributed by Eric Ong
How Singapore will fare at the SEA Games will depend on talented footballers like Hariss Harun (left). Hariss is one of five players in the existing squad who returned from the 2007 SEA Games with a bronze medal. Singapore have never won the SEA Games football gold. (Photo © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports file photo)
Saturday, November 28, 2009 – Singapore U-23 coach T Pathmanathan will take Singapore’s youngest ever football squad to the biennial South-East Asian Games when they depart for Vientiane, Laos on Monday 30 November.
With an average age of 19.8 years, the squad is Singapore football’s youngest representatives at the SEA Games since the football competition became an U-23 event in 2001.
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Justin Lim and Tan Yan Ling win youth category at National Bowling Championships
November 27, 2009
Contributed by Jenny Chua

Justin Lim Chia Loon (right), Youth Division Boys Champion. (Photo 1 courtesy Singapore Bowling)
Orchid Country Club, Friday, November 27, 2009 – National youth bowlers Justin Lim Chia Loong, 16, and Tan Yan Ling, 16, emerged champions for the first time in the Youth Division Boys & Girls Masters category of the 40th Singapore National Bowling Championships.
Justin achieved 1675 pinfalls with an average of 209.4 while Yan Ling had 1671 pinfalls with an average of 208.9.
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Singapore fall to Kuwait in battle for 13th place at FIBA Asia U-16 basketball
November 27, 2009
By Les Tan
Russel Low put in a double-double performance with 14 points and 12 rebounds. (Photo 2 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports file photo)
Johor, Malaysia, Thursday, November 26, 2009 – Singapore fell 60-66 to Kuwait in the fight for 13th place at the FIBA Under-16 Basketball Championship.
Singapore had earlier beaten the Kuwaitis 61-45 in the preliminary rounds but there was to be no repeat of that victory for our boys.
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Raffles Institution capture both boys’ and girls’ handball championships
November 26, 2009
Contributed by reader Lim Wei Xiang

RI (in yellow) beat Regent Secondary 6-2 in the final. (Photo 1 courtesy of Lim Wei Xiang)
Bedok South Secondary School, Sunday, November 22, 2009 – The newly-minted championship trophies of the inaugural inter-school handball tournament have found a new home in Bishan.
Raffles Institution (RI) captured both the boys’ and girls’ crowns in the 3-day (19th to 22nd November) tournament organized by the fledgling Handball Federation of Singapore.
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St Hilda’s beat Yishun Town to capture U-16 Volleyball Championship
November 26, 2009
Contributed by reader Gary Chew
St Hilda’s Secondary overcame Yishun Town Secondary 3-0 in the final of the recently concluded VAS Under-16 Volleyball Championship.
In the third and fourth placing match, Punggol Secondary edged out Xinmin Secondary 2-1 in a close encounter that saw the third set ending 15-13 in Punggol’s favour.
The Punggol #3 sends the ball past the Xinmin block. (Photo 1 courtesy of Gary Chew)
Who’s your favourite A, B, C Division, POL-ITE and IVP player for 2009? Time to nominate!
November 26, 2009
Alright Red Sports readers. It’s that time of the year again to nominate your favourite player who you think has both the skills and personality that makes him a great team player and athlete.
So how do you nominate?
Simple.
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Malaysian fans cross Causeway to catch KL Dragons in action against Singapore Slingers
November 26, 2009
Story by Yvonne Yap/Red Sports. Photos by Vanessa Lim/Red Sports.
KL Dragons fans make the trip to Singapore to support their team. (Photo 1 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
Singapore Indoor Stadium, Sunday, 22 November 2009 – Around 60 KL Dragon fans travelled across the Causeway to catch the team play against the Singapore Slingers. It was their first road trip to support their team. Even though their ride to the stadium was late, the Dragon fans did not let the hiccup dampen their spirits and were duly rewarded with a 84-74 win by the KL Dragons.
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Singapore blow Thailand away in FIBA U-16 basketball
November 25, 2009
By Les Tan
Jabez Su led the Singapore team with a game-high 27 points. (Photo 1 © Koh Yizhe/Red Sports file photo)
Johor, Malaysia, Tuesday, November 24, 2009 – Singapore blasted Thailand 92-52 in the FIBA Under-16 Basketball Championship to set themselves up for a final game against Kuwait to determine who finishes 13th in the 16-country tournament.
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Scott Sydney and Kimberly Lim top their sailing class
November 24, 2009
Contributed by Ho Shu Fen

Kimberly Lim Min put on a consistent performance to collect a mere 13 points to win the Optimist class. (Photo courtesy of Singapore Sailing Federation)
East Coast, Monday, November 23, 2009 – Scott Glen Sydney, 18, one of Singapore’s top Laser sailors who is currently serving his National Service, topped the score board at the three-day NOSS Sailing Championship.
Scott beat the rest of the competition in the single-handed Byte division winning nine out of ten races. Brothers Tan Jen U, 15, of St Joseph’s Institution and Tan Jen-E, 13, of Raffles Institution, followed in second and third position respectively.
The NOSS Sailing Championship concluded today with 10 races conducted for the Byte fleet and eight races for the Optimist sailors held off the National Sailing Centre.
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Winners of one pair of tickets each to watch the Slingers vs Tigers ABL game are …
November 24, 2009
We asked you to guess how many points the Singapore Slingers would score in their last home game against the visiting KL Dragons in the ASEAN Basketball League.
The correct answer was 74. The Slingers lost 74-84 last Sunday.
The winners of one pair of tickets each are:
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Singapore go down to India in FIBA U-16 basketball
November 23, 2009
By Les Tan
Johor, Malaysia, Monday, November 23, 2009 – Singapore lost 51-65 to India at the FIBA U-16 Basketball Championship today.
Trailing just by one point at half-time (25-26), Singapore shot only six of 14 from the field in the third quarter to allow India to take a 12-point (51-39) lead into the final quarter.
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Chat with Slingers Al Vergara and Wong Wei Long this evening, Monday, Nov 23, 8pm
November 23, 2009
By Les Tan

Filipino Al Vergara in action against Satria Muda last weekend. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Al Vergara and Wong Wei Long are point guards on the Singapore Slingers roster.
Al, who is from the Philippines, is in his second season with the Slingers while Wei Long joined the team this season.
Al is the starting point guard for the Slingers and Wei Long comes off the bench to take Al’s place when needed.
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Singapore fall to Bahrain at FIBA U-16 basketball
November 23, 2009
By Les Tan/Red Sports
Johor, Malaysia, Sunday, November 22, 2009 – Singapore went down 58-64 to Bahrain at the FIBA U-16 Basketball Championship in a Group III quarter-final game.
Singapore had finished with a 1-2 win-loss record in the their preliminary group, coming in third behind Korea (3-0) and Syria (2-1). Only the top two teams in their group qualified for the main quarter-final stage (Group I and II).
Singapore went into Group III, along with India, Bahrain and Thailand.
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