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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 [...]

January 28, 2009

Lion Tamer (The Sunday Times, 25 Jan 2009)

Avramovic’s charges have fallen from grace and the national coach is ready to wield the axe
By Wang Meng Meng
One month can be a very long time in football.
Just ask Raddy Avramovic.
Back in December, the national football team were on a high and gunning for an unprecedented hat-trick of consecutive regional triumphs. They had also gone [...]

October 22, 2008

Paddler Tan turns to coaching (The Straits Times, 22 Oct 2008)

By Lin Xinyi
 
She has trained at the Singapore Table Tennis Association’s  hall on countless occasions.
 
But yesterday’s two-hour training session was different for her.
 
Tan Paey Fern went into the hall at Toa Payoh knowing that it would mark her last session as a national paddler.
 
The world No 103 has called an end to her playing career, [...]

October 18, 2008

STTA chief’s new style (The Straits Times, 18 Oct 2008)

After Beijing Olympics debacle, Lee now takes different work approach
 
By Lin Xinyi
 
THE start of her tenure as Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) president might have got off on the wrong foot during the Beijing Olympics, but Lee Bee Wah has now adopted a new working style.
 
Lee, an MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC, said yesterday: [...]