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SEA Games 09: James Wong makes it great eight in Discus after winning gold yet again

Laos, Wednesday, December 16, 2009 – Discus thrower James Wong bagged his eighth gold medal in the discipline when he won Team Singapore’s only gold medal on day eight of competition at the 25th South East Asian (SEA) Games in Laos.
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SEA Games 09: Team Singapore’s swim team end off campaign with two more golds for a total of 14 from the pool

Laos, Monday, December 14, 2009 – Team Singapore’s swimmers capped off an excellent performance at the pool with another two more golds on the final day of the swimming programme, part of a four-gold haul on the sixth day of the 25th South East Asian (SEA) Games.
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SEA Games 09: Team Singapore wins 6 more golds on day 5 to take tally to 24

Laos, Sunday, December 13, 2009 – The golds kept coming for Team Singapore on the fifth day of the 25th South East Asian (SEA) Games as they garnered six more to boost their impressive medal tally.
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First batch graduates from Junior Sports Academies

Ministry of Education press release

144 Junior Sports Academies’ (JSAs) student athletes graduated and received their certificates of participation at the 1st MOE-JSA Graduation Ceremony 2009 today.
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16 schools to offer Direct School Admission for athletes

If taking exams has never been your strong suit, the Direct School Admission exercise might just be your salvation.

This Ministry of Education initiative gives schools more flexibility to admit students based on non-academic criteria.

Of the 74 schools participating in this year’s exercise for admission to the 2010 Secondary One cohort, 16 of them have been given the green light to offer discretionary places for 12 sports. It’s recognition that these schools have a track record of achievements and development plans for their niche areas.

The sports niches and schools are:
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Meridian JC girls win A Division wushu title

Contributed by reader Timothy Chan

Chung Cheng High (Main), Wednesday, April 8, 2009 – The Meridian Junior College wushu girls clinched the A Division title, beating out defending champions Victoria Junior College.
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MOE to set up eight new Junior Sports Academies in 2009

Singapore, Monday, April 6, 2009 – The Ministry of Education today announced eight new Junior Sports Academies to be set up in 2009. These academies are centralised efforts to identify and train sporting talent, and will be housed at various schools.
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Highlights of National Wushu Championship Grand Finals

Story contributed by reader Elaine Yu

Toa Payoh Sports Hall 2008, April 15, 2008 – The National Wushu Championships were held recently and Chung Cheng High (Main) were overall champions in the B Division Boys and C Division Girls categories while their B Division Girls came in 2nd overall.

Manjusri Secondary did well in this year’s group events although they did not win the overall championship. Their B Boys were strong nenough in the group weapon and group quan categories to beat rivals Chung Cheng High.

In the group quanshu competition, the Manjusri B boys team scored 8.06 to secure 3rd place while Chung Cheng High managed 8.03 for 4th. In the group weapon competition, Manjusri scored 8.21 to secure 2nd position while Chung Cheng High’s lost points when one student dropped his weapon. This cost Chung Cheng High a top four position.

In the girls’ championship, the B girls of Manjusri scored 7.86 to secure 3rd place for the group quanshu category. Rivals Chung Cheng High did not secure a top four position because one participant forgot her routine, costing them points.
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Victoria Junior College are A Division wushu champions

Update contributed by reader DS

Toa Payoh Sports Hall, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 – For the third year running, the wushu girls of Victoria Junior College have emerged overall champions at the National Inter-School Wushu Competition 2008.

They attained two golds for the group events with their excellent team coordination and routine.

Despite trailing Meridian Junior College for the first few days, Victoria Junior College’s Girls managed to catch up and wrestle away the lead.

The rivalry between Meridian and Victoria could be clearly seen as both schools took home either first or second place in both the A Division Boys and Girls category. In the end, an excellent VJC showed enough quality to clinch the Challenge trophy.

A Division Boys 1st – MJC
A Division Boys 2nd – VJC

A Division Girls 1st – VJC
A Division Girls 2nd – MJC

Getting serious about Singapore sports education

A sporting nation is built on the bedrock of both mass participation and talent development. That’s why Red Sports was excited by Minister of State for Education Lui Tuck Yew’s speech yesterday, which gave a fillip to both.

First, MOS Lui announced extensions to the Sports Education Programme (SEP). Up to now, SEP has encouraged sporting interest by endorsing and funding events and courses at the introductory and recreational level. The category names – Sports Exposure and Sports Play – pretty much say it all. Going forward, two new categories will be added. Sports Development will support advanced-level courses, while Sports League will support intra-school competitions.

Second, MOS Lui announced the setting-up of Junior Sporting Academies. These will be centralised efforts to identify and train sporting talent, and housed at various schools. The plans so far are to establish the academies for netball, swimming, table tennis and track and field at the Singapore Sports School, the table tennis academy at the Singapore Table Tennis Association, the wushu academy at Chung Cheng High Main, and the badminton academy at Henry Park Primary School. That’s 7 academies for 2008, and MOS Lui forsees up to 16 academies for about 1000 primary school athletes.

Whether you are an aspiring athlete, a parent, a coach or an industry player, it’s news that should warm your heart and fire your belly. We at Red Sports say, Always Game!

Read MOS Lui’s full speech by clicking here.

Quek Soon Tuck wins coaching award

WUSHU

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

Quek Soon Tuck received the Development Coaching Award earlier this year at the 2007 Coach Recognition Awards.

The 50-year-old coach was also a recipient of the SSC Coach Recognition Development Coaching Award (Schools) in 2006. Soon Tuck has been coaching wushu at various schools including Chung Cheng High School (Main), Victoria Junior College, Dunman High School and Manjusri Secondary School, as well as at the Singapore National Wushu Federation.

Quek Soon Tuck (in red) has coached wushu exponents for 21 years. © SSC
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Wushu coach Chua Sze Muay wins award 3 years in a row

WUSHU

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

Wushu coach Chua Sze Muay was recently awarded the SSC Development Coaching Award (Schools) for the third year running.

Coach Chua Sze Muay demonstrates a move for a student. © SSC
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Nanyang Girls’ win Group Weapon Category

WUSHU

National Wushu Championships 2007
Tuesday, 17 April 2007 at Toa Payoh Sports Hall

Story and pictures by Leslie Tan. © Red Sports/soulbreath pictures

The Nanyang Girls’ Group Weapon ‘B’ team emerged champions of their category when they edged out Chung Cheng High. The Nanyang team received a score of 8.15 while Chung Cheng High managed 8.08. Manjusri Secondary came in third with a score of 8.01 while Dunman High finished fourth with 8.00.

A Nanyang Wushu exponent in action during her team’s Group Weapon routine. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

In the ‘B’ Boys Group Weapon category, Ping Yi Secondary emerged champions with a score of 8.35, beating out Chung Cheng High who scored 8.23. Orchid Park Secondary finished third while Catholic High were fourth.

The Ping Yi ‘B’ boys team show off their Group Weapon routine for the judges. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

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