End of 2009

The year is ending, and here are some of the things I want to say.

Firstly, Singapore ended the SEA Games in 6th position, and nearly 7th, because hosts Laos had 33 golds like us. 33-30-35 is the exact figures. And 3rd place for Singapore football team.

Now the main thing. Soccerproject Season 32 has ended. Walcott United finished, as intended, 3rd, with 74 points, 10 short of 2nd place, 8 clear of 4th. 24W, 2D, 4L. 90 goals scored, only 5th highest in the league, and 28 goals conceded. GD of +62, 3rd best in the league.

And this season saw the most exciting run in the Soccerproject Cup in the history of the club, proceeding into the 6th round where the team eventually lost to an F division club which finished the season as their league's champions. Not bad for a G division team, eh?

Top club scorer is veteran RF Robby Doll with 21 league goals.

The targets for next season will be promotion to F division, having been through a strengthening season. There are still issues to be settled, like CB and CM especially. And an ageing first team.

Happy New Year to all!

Scintillating start

Adding to that sole gold medal won by the water polo team, Singapore has delivered a stunning 10 gold medal haul in the first official day of competition!

2 from the table-tennis teams, despite facing some challenges from the Vietnamese men's team in the semi-finals (ended 3-2 in Singapore's favour) and Thai's women's team (forcing close scores in every set; they won zero sets though).

3 more from the shooting team, and 5 from swimming! It was close but just enough for the 4*200m freestyle team relay, Marcus Cheah eventually edging a charging Miguel Molina of Philippines in the final stages.

With 11 golds, we are currently sitting ttop.

Gameweek 3

Fixtures:
8 Dec Juventus v Bayern Munich
8 Dec Wolfsburg v Man Utd
9 Dec Liverpool v Fiorentina
9 Dec Inter v Rubin Kazan
13 Dec Atletico v Villarreal
13 Dec Chievo v Fiorentina
13 Dec Sampdoria v AS Roma
11 Dec Hertha Berlin v B Leverkusen
13 Dec Wolfsburg v B Dortmund
13 Dec Lyon v Bordeaux

EWal:
9 Dec Liverpool 1-0 Fiorentina -0.25
9 Dec Inter 1-1 Rubin Kazan -0.25
13 Dec Sampdoria 1-2 AS Roma (Scorer: Mirko Vucinic) -0.25
13 Dec Lyon 1-2 Bordeaux (Scorer: Fernando Cavenaghi) +1.5
Total: +0.75

Szeyuan:
8 Dec Juventus 2-2 Bayern Munich (Scorer: Lukas Podolski) -0.25
9 Dec Liverpool 1-0 Fiorentina (Scorer: David Ngog) -0.25
9 Dec Inter 2-0 Rubin Kazan +2.0
13 Dec Sampdoria 1-2 AS Roma -0.25
Total: +1.25

Gameweek 2

Zebra:
Sporting Lisbon 1-3 Heerenveen -0.25
AS Roma 1-0 Basel +1.5
PSV Eindhoven 1-2 Sparta Prague -0.25
Shahktar Donetsk 0-0 Club Brugge +2.0
Total: 3.0pts

Shiping:
Valencia 3-1 Lille (Scorer: David Villa) +2.0
AS Roma 2-1 Basel (Scorer: John Arne Riise) +2.0
Sporting 2-0 Heerenveen -0.25
Slavia Prague 1-0 Genoa -0.25
Total: 3.5pts

Sze Yuan:
Portsmouth 0-2 Aston Villa +1.5
Valencia 1-1 Lille -0.25
Anderlecht 0-0 Dinamo Zagreb -0.25
AEK Athens 0-3 Everton (Scorer: Mikel Arteta) +1.0
Total: 2.0pts

EWal:
Anderlecht 2-0 Dinamo Zagreb -0.25
AEK Athens 0-2 Everton (Scorer: Louis Saha) +1.0
PSV 2-1 Sparta Prague (Scorer: Otman Bakkal) +1.5
Shahktar Donetsk 1-1 Club Brugge +1.0
Total: 3.25pts

Can't wait

SEA Games starting on 9th Dec, the birthday of Zebra (not the species). I am excited.

And can Quah Ting Wen do the 8-gold haul like Michael Phelps did? Albeit this being around 2 levels lower. Haha.

Looking forward to the swimmers as usual, at the SEA Games, and our Young Lions. Our U-23 team is kicking off against Indonesia this Saturday!

What about the athletics? Come on, for once, we can actually have some kind of faith. Stefan Tseng in a tough competition in triple jump. Some of our athletes in the Asian Youth Games are in it too! Jiayou. And James Wong looks set to return and win again. Somehow he thrashed the competition so many times before.

That's all for now.