SEA Games 09: Team Singapore finishes with 33 golds, 30 silvers and 35 bronzes

December 18, 2009

Laos, Friday, December 18, 2009 – Team Singapore concluded their 25th South East Asian (SEA) Games campaign with a Bronze medal in the men’s 25 metres Centre Fire Pistol Team, bringing their total medal tally to 33 golds, 30 silvers and 35 bronze medals.

They currently lie in sixth position in the medal standings. The Games will come to a close this evening. The next Games will be hosted by Indonesia in 2011.

Day 10 results:

Petanque:

Women’s Triples Group I:
Singapore (Goh Heoi Bin, Heo Boon Huay, Nur Izzari Ismail, Ong Ruo Ning) lost to Laos 13-7

Shooting:

Men’s 25m Centre Fire Pistol Final:
Gai Bin: 573 points (4th)
Poh Lip Meng: 561 (8th)
On Shaw Ming: 557 (9th)

Men’s 25m Centre Fire Pistol Team Final:
On Shaw Ming, Poh Lip Meng, Gai Bin: 1691 points (Bronze)

SEA Games 09: Men’s 4×100m relay team go sub 40s en route to silver medal

December 18, 2009

Laos, Thursday, December 17, 2009 – Singapore won a gold, seven silvers and a bronze on the penutimate day of competition at the 25th South East Asian (SEA) Games in Laos.

Shot putter Zhang Guirong retained her gold medal won in the previous Games when she threw a distance of 17.12 metres. Zhang was streets ahead of the competition, winning handily by nearly a metre and a half.
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SEA Games 09: James Wong makes it great eight in Discus after winning gold yet again

December 17, 2009

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 strikes gold 3 more times on day 7 to cross 30-gold mark

December 16, 2009

Laos, Tuesday, December 15, 2009 – Team Singapore clinched three more gold medals on day seven of the 25th South East Asian (SEA) Games to cross the 30-gold mark and maintain third place in the medal tally.
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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

December 14, 2009

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

December 14, 2009

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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SEA Games 09: Swimmers continue gold rush as Team Singapore reaches 18 gold medals

December 13, 2009

Laos, Saturday, December 12, 2009 – Team Singapore’s swimmers continued to stamp their dominance as the region’s top conquerors of the pool when they won four of seven events on day four of the 25th South East Asian (SEA) Games, to reach double figures in swimming golds.
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SEA Games 09: Team Singapore pick up three more gold medals on day 3 of SEA Games

December 12, 2009

Laos, Friday, December 11, 2009 – Team Singapore picked up three more gold medals on the third day of competition at the 25th South East Asian (SEA) Games to stay within the leading pack at the top of the medal tally.
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SEA Games 09: Team Singapore wins 10 gold medals on day two to top SEA Games medal tally

December 10, 2009

Laos, Thursday, December 10, 2009 – Team Singapore bagged an impressive 10 gold medals on day 2 of the 25th South East Asian (SEA) Games in Laos.
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Singapore give up hosting rights to 2013 SEA Games; unlikely to host in 2015 as well

December 9, 2009

Story by Colin Tung/Red Sports

singapore sports hub

The Sports Hub has been plagued with numerous delays, and with the latest announcement, Singapore will not be able to host the 2013 SEA Games. (Photo © Leslie Tan/Red Sports file photo)

Wednesday, 9 December, 2009 – It is official.

After much speculation resulting from the numerous delays to the construction of the $1.87 billion Sports Hub at Kallang, Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) secretary-general Chris Chan confirmed on Tuesday that Singapore will not be hosting the 2013 South East Asian (SEA) Games.

And it is unlikely that we will host it in 2015 as well.
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23 and counting: Team Singapore keep up water polo gold medal winning streak at SEA Games

December 8, 2009

Laos, Monday, December 7, 2009 – Team Singapore won their first gold medal of the 25th South East Asian (SEA) Games when they beat Thailand 8-5 to clinch first position in the water polo competition.

It was their 23rd consecutive gold medal in the sport, and came after 14-5 and 8-1 wins over Indonesia and Philippines respectively, before they beat the Thais to top the four-team table.
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Singapore’s water polo team a step closer to maintaining SEA Games gold medal winning streak

December 6, 2009

Laos, Sunday, December 6, 2009 – The Philippines water polo team were considered to be Singapore’s biggest threat in their bid to maintain their gold medal-winning streak in the South East Asian (SEA) Games, but they were soundly beaten 8-1 by the defending champions today.

Alvin Lee and Kenneth Wee each scored a brace, while Eugene Teo, Lin Diyan, Yip Ren Kai and team captain Luo Nan all chipped in with one each.

Team Singapore will need only a draw against Thailand, which has lost both its matches so far, to clinch their 23rd consecutive gold medal at the biennial Games. The match will be played tomorrow, Monday, December 7.

Quarter by Quarter Score
Singapore v Philippines
1st Q: 3-1
2nd Q: 3-0
3rd Q: 1-0
4th Q: 1-0
Final score: 8-1

Laos SEA Games Roundup

December 5, 2009

Football

Laos, Saturday, December 5, 2009 – Singapore drew 2-2 with Indonesia in their opening Group B game of the SEA Games football tournament.

Safuan Baharudin gave Singapore an early 7th minute lead through a header and Shaiful Esah doubled the lead with a cross that the Indonesian goalkeeper misjudged.
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Singapore to bring youngest ever squad for SEA Games football

November 28, 2009

Contributed by Eric Ong

Young Lions vs Home United

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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Young Lions tamed by Malaysia in football friendly

May 22, 2009

By Koh Yizhe and Jan Lin/Red Sports. Photos by Lai Jun Wei.

singapore vs malaysia u23 football

Razali Umar (Malaysia, #15) fires off a shot while Muhammad Irwan Shah (Singapore, #10) tries to stop him. (Photo 1 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

Jalan Besar Stadium, Thursday, May 21, 2009 – The Singapore U-23 national team crashed to a humbling 3-0 defeat to Malaysia’s U-23 side in an international friendly to prepare for the upcoming SEA Games in Laos this December. Both squads took an experimental approach with plenty of substitutions made throughout the match, but it turned out to be a catastrophe for the hosts.

The Young Lions had in fact gotten off to a bright start. After Singapore’s Safuwan Baharudin goal-bound header was cleared off the line following a corner to the far post in the 3rd minute, the Young Lions maintained possession and controlled the pace of the game with good passing in the midfield. The Singaporean young wingers, however, struggled to chase down and convert the hopeful long balls that were delivered to them.
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