YOG triathlete and Victoria Junior College student Clara Wong, 18, cites her parents as her biggest fans.
“My dad keeps all my timings in the races I’ve been in. He’s like my personal manager!” said the former Methodist Girls’ School student. The inspiring story of Clara Wong’s participation in the YOG triathlon was chosen as the Red Sports 2010 Story of the Year.
National softballer Gerann Ngiam, 19, who finished second in the 2009 Athlete of the Year poll behind the Institute of Technical Education rugby player Low Feng Hua, also cites the influence of his father.
“I quit water polo (in Sec 2) because it was tiring since I had to wake up early at six in the morning. So my dad, who played softball for the national team said, ‘Hey, if you don’t like water polo I can help you in softball.’”
“And so, I quit water polo that year to join softball. Indirectly, my Dad helped me make my decision. I think I am where I am now because of him because he helped me a lot back then,” said Gerann who is studying at Singapore Polytechnic and is now on the national softball team. His aim is to play for his country at the 2011 SEA Games in Indonesia.
2011 100PLUS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR POLL
1st Mok Ying Rong (Cross Country, Raffles Institution, A Division) (33%, 209 Votes)
2nd Edgar Oh Jie Qi (Golf, Singapore Sports School) (22%, 140 Votes)
3rd Shahrir Anuar (Track and Field, Raffles Institution, A Division) (17%, 108 Votes)
4th Rainer Ng Kai Wee (Swimming, Raffles Institution, A Division) (17%, 105 Votes)
5th Russel Low (Basketball, Hwa Chong Institution, A Division) (14%, 90 Votes)
6th Zachary Devaraj (Track and Field, Anglo-Chinese School (I), B Division) (7%, 47 Votes)
7th Goh Wei Ning (Track and Field, Singapore Sports School) (6%, 36 Votes)
8th R Avinash (Track and Field, Anglo-Chinese Junior College, A Division) (4%, 24 Votes)
9th Ng Su Rui (Basketball, Jurong West Secondary, B Division) (2%, 15 Votes)
While Mok Ying Rong pens some thoughts for the Red Sports memories wall, her good friend May Yong (left) has some fun at her expense. (Photo 3 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Gerann Ngiam (grey) and Shahrir Anuar (blue) surfing the room looking for the right Red Crew member for a game. (Photo 4 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Gerann Ngiam of Singapore Polytechnic shares some thoughts about switching from water polo to softball. (Photo 5 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Rugger Low Feng Hua won the reader-driven 2009 Athlete of the Year poll. (Photo 6 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
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I wonder why Zachary is mentioned again. For whole of 2010, his name is always mentioned in RedSports. I am sure there are many other athletes who are worth mentioning and interviewing.
Zachary is mentioned in this post because he was nominated by a reader for the reader poll.
In 2010, he was always mentioned because he was always winning, not to mention getting into the Youth Olympic Games squad.
We agree that there are many many many other athletes worth mentioning and interviewing.
We welcome readers to submit their interviews of such athletes as well.
We cannot meet all of them in our lifetime. Not enough of us.
You send it, we post it.