Entries from February 2009

February 8, 2009

Only two turn up (The Sunday Times, 08 Feb 2009)

By Leonard Lim
 
Only two members of the national 4×100m women’s relay squad showed up at Gombak Stadium yesterday.
 
The relay squad had been scheduled to meet Singapore Athletic Association-appointed coach Tang Ngai Kin.
 
But only Amanda Choo and Balpreet Kaur were present for the briefing by their new coach, as they were informed of weekly [...]

February 6, 2009

Loh axed in revamp (The Straits Times, 6 Feb 2009)

By Leonard Lim
 
THE coach behind the recent success of Singapore’s women sprinters has been given the axe.
Loh Chan Pew, who coached the national 4×100m women’s team to a national record in 2007, will no longer be in charge of the team he helped to build.
In an e-mail to members of the squad, Singapore [...]