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SEA Games Day 11: Singapore in action

Erwin Wong — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:21:37 +0000

Singapore start Day 11 fifth on the medal tally with 41 gold, 43 silver and 71 bronze medals. … [visit site to read more]

SEA Games Day 9: Singapore in action

Erwin Wong — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:13:43 +0000

Singapore start Day 9 fifth on the medal tally with 33 gold, 38 silver and 61 bronze medals. … [visit site to read more]

SEA Games Day 8: Singapore in action

Erwin Wong — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:23:31 +0000

Singapore start Day 8 fifth on the medal tally with 32 gold, 36 silver and 56 bronze medals. … [visit site to read more]

SNOC issues final list of 419 athletes who will represent Singapore at SEA Games

Les Tan — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:27:16 +0000

The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) has issued the final list of 419 names of Singaporeans who will represent the country at the upcoming South East Asian (SEA) Games in Indonesia. … [visit site to read more]

SEA Games: 369 athletes to go; table tennis in limbo

Les Tan — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:24:31 +0000

369 athletes were selected to represent Singapore at the upcoming South East Asian (SEA) Games in Indonesia in November, 2011. In the meantime, the SNOC have deferred their decision on the table tennis representatives. … [visit site to read more]

Dragon boat and water polo get Asian Games nod but football and hockey left behind

Les Tan — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:00:03 +0000

Water polo and dragon boat were the only team sports that received the nod of approval for the Asian Games from the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) Selection Committee. … [visit site to read more]

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

Erwin Wong — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:36:28 +0000

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. … [visit site to read more]

SEA Games 09: Team Singapore’s swim team end off campaign with two more golds for a total of 14 from the pool

Erwin Wong — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:52:08 +0000

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. … [visit site to read more]

SEA Games 09: Team Singapore wins 6 more golds on day 5 to take tally to 24

Erwin Wong — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:31:34 +0000

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 to 24 golds, 12 silvers and 24 bronzes. … [visit site to read more]

First batch graduates from Junior Sports Academies

Dawn — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:55:58 +0000

144 student athletes graduated from the Junior Sports Academies today. The academies were established to provide more opportunities for athletes who wish to excel in sports. … [visit site to read more]

16 schools to offer Direct School Admission for athletes

Dawn — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:04:34 +0000

You may not be a top PSLE student, but if you’re a strong athlete, there are 16 schools that might just grant you direct admission. … [visit site to read more]

Meridian JC girls win A Division wushu title

Les Tan — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:47:51 +0000

The Meridian Junior College wushu girls clinched the A Division title, beating out defending champions Victoria Junior College. … [visit site to read more]

MOE to set up eight new Junior Sports Academies in 2009

Les Tan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:44:33 +0000

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. … [visit site to read more]

Highlights of National Wushu Championship Grand Finals

Red Sports reader — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:20:51 +0000

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. … [visit site to read more]

Victoria Junior College are A Division wushu champions

Lai Jun Wei — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:39:17 +0000

For the third year running, the wushu girls of Victoria Junior College has emerged the overall champion at the National Inter-School Wushu Competition 2008. … [visit site to read more]

Getting serious about Singapore sports education

Dawn — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:40:59 +0000

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 – … [visit site to read more]

Quek Soon Tuck wins coaching award

Les Tan — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:12:00 +0000

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.

Wushu coach Chua Sze Muay wins award 3 years in a row

Les Tan — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:47:06 +0000

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.

Nanyang Girls’ win Group Weapon Category

Les Tan — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:48:39 +0000

WUSHU

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

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.

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.

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