Save the NBL!

Saw this from Darren "The Doc"'s blog. I think it's hilarious. Have to share it with die hard NBL fans! (It was made to mimick the Make Poverty History Click Video)

Slingers go Chinese!

12th Oct Singapore Slingers vs Beijing Aoshen

This has to be the most exciting game so far. It even made my babe become a fan of the Singapore Slingers; and me almost peeing in my pants!

Thanks to Nic and Bob Turner (Owner of the Slingers) who got us bloggers up close to the game. To have a corporate box for live basketball action has to be the greatest thing you can have, especially with Brewerkz beer and wine served.


Coach Frank taking over the helms. Try to spot Nic and Hillary!

The Slingers were without head coach McLeod as he had to return down under for personal matters thus Coach Frank took over and he did seem cool and was handling the game well.

Slingers were strong in the first few minutes of the game, roaring to an early 10-2 start. But Beijing Aoshen's Huo Nan #10 did an amazing job scoring from all angles to bring the game close and managed to top scores with 21 points.

Got to take a pee break and come back with part 2 of the game post. In the mean time, please check out Darren's #8 post on this. He was our top scorer with 21 points as well!


More of my photos here!

Slingers losing to Spirit

Sorry for the late post, as my schedules fill up and time became a scarce item.
Singapore Slingers played Sydney Spirits on 5th Oct, which is the only team left in Sydney after Sydney Kings dissolved. To match up a NBL team, it's always exciting and to be wondering how much we have improved since they last met in the last NBL season. We have won all 3 matches with the Filipino Teams in the Singapore Challenge Cup, unfortunately we lost Kirkland and Sandrin to injuries sustained over the previous games - you can catch Sandrin's nasty fall in my previous post. Without the two's presence, you can obviously see our defence collapsing as Sydney brings it to the hole.


Jamal Brown taking over the reins and Jersey from Eric who is out for 10 weeks suffering from broken ribs as we heard.

Slingers began well with the scores closely matched in the 1st quarter but Sydney Spirit has the inside presence which grabbed both offensive and defensive rebounds early in the game and made changes to their offense and started going to the hoops. They teared away for a 46-37 point lead at halftime.


Janev #21 going in strong - high man of the game with 22 points.



Liam Rush #13 going strong to the hole!


The game started to widen in the 2nd half but full court pressure defence strategy by Coach McLeod led to a close 2nd half with both quarters evenly matched in scoring. But it was a case of a little too late, as Slingers were unfortunate to have lost the game 90-81 as well as $10,000!


Nic and Jase on the floor.

Thanks to Nic for scoring Jase and myself some court side media passes to capture some great shots!

Clearly the Slingers would have won if we had both Kirkland and Sandrin on the floor. But it was still a great match and I can observe Slingers being more team-centric - Head Coach McLeod has progressed the team well and I applaud his efforts.
Slingers may have lost to Spirit that day but their spirits have strengthened in leaps and bounds from my observations.

Check out more pictures from my online Photobucket!

Slingers vs Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants - Pictures 1st

First time ever, snake queues to get into the stadium to watch Slingers take on Filipino PBA team - Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants!

Been busy at work lately. So I shall upload the pictures first on the Tenderizer Slingers who juiced Purefoods on Sunday 92-84 and going 3-0 in the Singapore Challenge Series! Thanks to Nic who scored myself and Jase some media passes which enabled us to take some courtside pics!!

More pics at my Photobucket!

Due Respects to a Great Man

Rest in Peace Mr. JBJ, you never gave up for this country- one of the greatest fighter, Singapore has ever seen.



My grandmother can write better condolence letter than this - utterly disappointed, graciousness and respect seems not needed as forte of our leaders these days.