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This afternoon, I went to collect my prizes for coming 1st in the "STAR SPORTS BLOGGER" This is the temporary site of the SSC (Singapore Sports Council), until the Sports Hub is ready. The recognition of my blogging - an iPhone , a Macbook and a "Magic Mouse" (many thanks to Mr Daniel Tan of SSC for taking this shot) . Nice chatting up with some of the SSC guys as ideas were exchanged, opinions were shared during the session. It was a wonderful discussion and yes, again, thank you very much for the recognition . AFTERTHOUGHTS When I realized that I won the contest, I knew that it's gonna be a brand new beginning to my blogging experience. With the recognition being bestowed upon, it also means I shall NOT rest on my laurels and the key now is how should I build on this achievement in order to improve my blogging on something so dear to me. And that's something I felt it's not only me, but a collective effort of you guys to help me to enhance the exper

Erwan Gunawan (second from right) scored the winner The picture above is a snapshot of a historical moment for Singapore football. This was the moment when substitute striker Erwan Gunawan (second blue jersey player from the right) headed home the winning goal to give SAFFC and Singapore their first-ever victory in the continental elite club competition over China's Henan Jianye. John Wilkinson (center) started his first game for the Warriors  The Warriors' defense were not being stressed as compared to the last 2 ACL home outings. As compared to their last two outing at the Jalan Besar Stadium, Henan's cautious and possession type of football complemented the style of the Singapore representative, as both Suwon Samsung and Gamba Osaka duly punished the Warriors with their much superior swift mobility tactics. Daniel Bennett's strike in the 65th minute gave SAFFC the lead. Erwan Gunawan came on as a replacement for Indra Sahdan Probably because of that "ton

(Pictured above) SAFFC' are hoping for better showing after hitting bad patches lately. (Media Information from Football Association of Singapore ) SINGAPORE, 9 April 2010: S.League Champions Singapore Armed Forces FC and Henan Jianye from China meet in the 2010 AFC Champions League Group G match which will be played on Tuesday, 13 April at the Jalan Besar stadium. Kick off is at 7.30pm. Match : 2010 AFC Champions League Group G – Singapore Armed Forces FC vs Henan Jianye Date : 13th April 2010 Time : 7.30pm Venue : Jalan Besar Stadium Ticketing Information Pre-sale Date : 2nd March 2010 until 12th April 2010 Time/Venue : (1) 10am to 5pm / Choa Chu Kang Stadium, 2nd Level, 4D/TOTO Booth (2) 5pm to 9pm / 2nd Level SAFFC Clubhouse Category ( Grandstand/ Gallery) Adult - S$10 /S$8 Child - S$10 /S$2 Senior Citizen - S$10 /S$2 Sale on match day: Date: 13th April 2010, for match vs Henan Jianye (CHN) Time/Venue: 6pm / Jalan Besar Stadium, North and South Entrance For more informatio

(The content of this entry is obtained via transcripts from Strategic Public Relations Group Singapore-[SPRG] , the publicists for Puma Singapore ) (Copyright of the images depicted inside this entry belongs to Puma ) SINGAPORE, 8 April 2010 – PUMA has once again demonstrated its place as a market leader in product design, after being awarded the “Red Dot Award: Product Design 2010” for three of its football products. The PowerCat 1.10 football , PowerCat 1.10 iFG football boot and Italy home shirt impressed the panel of experts and international judges who made the decision after receiving more than 4,252 entries from 57 nations in the product design category. The Red Dot Award: Product Design is one of the largest and most-renowned design competitions worldwide and is an internationally- recognised quality label for excellent design. The jury rated PUMA’s PowerCat 1.10 products against a number of key criteria including design quality, degree of innovation, longevity and ecologic

Image credit: The Football Association of Singapore MY THOUGHTS Had a brief run through the strategic plan outlined by the FAS, it's detailed and covered almost every aspect of the game development in this country. Other than the usual players' nurturing and betterment for the national teams, league, it has also touch on areas like using IT technology to enhance the data, info management of local football, etc. Now, it's up to all of us to do our part to get it on the track, since the plan is out on the table Which I think one of the potential bugbear we need to get rid is not to associate the present blueprint with the old "GOAL 2010" project. We need to embark this plan with a piece of blank paper without any spot it RELEVANT LINKS FAS launch Strategic Plan for 2010-2015 to take Singapore football to next level‏ Address by Mr Zainudin Nordin, President, Football Association of Singapore & Mayor for Central Singapore District at the launch of the plan