Do you have a promising brother or sister who can run. Well I recommend you join Wings Athletics Club. I can proudly say it’s my athletics club and we nurture future potential athletes. It’s an all round development, and not just about athletics.
Anyway my club recently has just returned from a ban. Yes a freaking ban!
It was a temporary ban over couple of months by our superb sports association. Not only they ban the club, but also 2 coaches and 2 athletes. It all started out over a row over SEA Games 2005 4x400m selection. Well I won’t go in-depth into it, but all I can say the ban is rather absurd.
Singapore as small as it is, it still has politics in the local Track & Field scene. Look at it this way. We only have few meagre athletics club in Singapore. At the helm is an ahpek who is power-hungry. So everything is screwed up because of him
The power-hungry club and association changes rules as they please to suit their goals and agenda. For example, there used to be a time when we can send Team NTU to Singapore Open competition for the relays. Now it’s by invitation only. I guess if the relay National Team were to lose to let’s say Team NTU relay team, that’s kinda embarrassing it hur.
Well so be it!
That will show that the relay team has alot to improve on and the weakness exposed. Running is an individual sport, you can’t have politics in it or you can’t succeed. Singapore Athletics which once reign supreme in the 60′s to 80s in Asia, now we’re pussycats.
A toothless lion
Now I’m putting alot of effort into my club. I say start there, on a mirco level. Start small and it will grow into something big. When we produce athletes or excellent performances and we’re self sufficient, there’s no excuse or reason for anyone to find fault with us
So please spread the word of Wings Athletics Club
I love running in the past and I still do and I still follow our local track scene often.
I agree wif you abt not having politics running our track scene and that goes for every other sports in our country as well. It’s time we start producing management and athletes alike who will do us proud and levitate our standards to a much higher one.
I am sure you have done a great job with Wings and I have always thought of helping out regardless as an athlete or not. Let me know if there’s anything I can do.
Cheers!
well former athletes who became part of the committee is one way. infact recently there was one but it didnt work out due to the power hungry ahpek
s’pore track n field scene cannot succeed if it continues this way. train like dogs, no chance given.. train like cats, they ask u train harder.. bila mau game? sit at home play ps2 better.. at least win got satisfaction!
i got no ps2 .. play with myself then? haha
bila nak join balik lari-lari
i think these kind of issues, have a need for major settlements lah… no point doing all sort of bans and stuffs.. buang current jer… and it really affect people’s moral…
well no settlements here … in the first place, the ban was crazy
1st ever in singapore … usually u get ban due to drug abuse, this one, politics
hmm.. last time run in pri sch n sec sch can qualify?
can la … u better than me. i start only in poly seriously
i realise ur club all guys la.. hmmm
got gurls
they neber come down
yeah hanim once told me about the sorry state of affairs and the lack of funding for athletes. so all the best uncle sha in helping your club have another go at it!
yup do fwd me any good athletes :-)
hey. I can’ believe it. So you’re the one who poasted all the updates throughout 48th Nationals on Singaporeathletics.com. Wow. It’s an honour. I’m thinking of joining a club after I fin A levels. My coach’s from Swift so I’m deciding b/w Swift and Wings. I hope Swift isnt the power hungry club since they’re like damn old. :s All the best for WAC. I’ve a friend who used to be in the high jumps there. Heard the trg was damn tough.
Yup focus on your A’s then join us
Well there has been situation where a coach is from one club, and his/her athlete is another club. its all about you choosing, which club makes u feel more at ease
training is always tough rite
hi sha, actually i just want to knw u have done so much for athletics scene? i just want to knw hw u judge an athletics by winning races or attitude..im not proud to said tat im not gd, i just want to come back running and fulfill my goal, nw i got the chance with my wife and family supporting me.. i just dnt want to be popular just to hit my goal. hope we ar on the same phase..