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Damai Secondary School got a headstart when it started writing about Sports@YOG on their website. Being in charge of Spain and Tonga, they’ve done some beautiful research and posted their findings, together with pictures up on their school’s website. You can also check out their research process and students’ projects online. Additionally, they’ve also posted [...]

(Ed: After our interview with Marck, we have Marilyn, also from the National Tchoukball Team. Let’s hear what our lady has to say.) E: Tell us about yourself. M: I am Marilyn Loh Qiao Jun, 15 this year, studying in Bedok South Secondary School. I love sports and physics and maybe Math. I do not [...]

(Ed: Hello hello! Following our little post on ‘tchoukball 101‘, we have Marck Anthonny from the Singapore National Tchoukball Team in an exclusive 1-on-1 interview.) E: Tell us about yourself. M: My name is Marck Anthonny, currently schooling in Ping Yi Secondary. 18 years of age. I enjoy playing sports and I dislike humid days. [...]

Tchoukball? Say ‘chukeball’. Originally, I had this in my mind:  ’Pikachu and the Poke-ball’ by ishot71 Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives Works Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ishot71/304566701/ Hahaha   BUT it is actually this, this and this. Amazing stuff! What exactly is this tchoukball? In short, it is a – 7-a-side non-contact sports where players can score at [...]

Singapore women’s table tennis team Wang Yue Gu, Feng Tianwei and Li Jia Wei brings Singapore our first medal in Olympics since 1960 !!!! Woo!!! Everybody hands up in the air!! Last night at 730pm Singapore time, I went down to the Singapore Table Tennis Association with a bunch of friends to catch the all-important [...]

It was a Saturday morning and we spotted Roy, our librarian, at Ngee Ann City.  Huh? He was neither with his family nor friends. He was with a group of young Friends of the Library! Setting up a library booth of Sports collection and Paralympics booklists, to support the Paralympics Roadshow which aimed to encourage our athletes [...]

Contributed by: Teo Shu De, 16 Y.O! blogger I refer to the article entitled “32 teams from 22 nations to train in S’pore ahead of Beijing Olympics”. It is heartening to know that Singapore is playing an active role in supporting the advent of international sports. While geographically small in size, ‘the little red dot’, as [...]

[Ed.’s note: In the midst of the hoo-ha about the upcoming Beijing Olympics 2008, there are strong sentiments coming from all over the world, not necessarily patriotic enthusiasm or directly related to the Olympics. Check out what our regulars at V.A.T had to say, and the related news reports below.] Daily Mail Online (UK) 10 May 2008 [...]

(Ed.’s note: The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) together with NLB organised this sports event held at the Plaza of the National Library on the 29th of March. Sport was truly the order of the day as teams battled it out in Frisbee and Floorball competitions. Booths and kiosks promoting and selling various sports paraphernalia as [...]

I guess everyone knows that Beijing will be hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics, starting on 08/08/08. But did you know that Beijing wants the games to be the first ever “Green Olympics” as well? The Olympic committees have been working very hard to ensure that the Beijing games will be as ‘green’ as possible. For [...]