Mr c kunalan biography of william

  • Did you know that national athletes, Mrs Glory Barnabas and Dr C Kunalan, are two of our renowned pioneer PE teachers?
  • Kunalan first met Chong Yoong Yin, captain of the Raffles Girls School track team, and a member of the Malaysia national track team.
  • This reminds me of what one of our sports pioneers, Mr C Kunalan told me when I launched ActiveSG last April.

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    Sports

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    ARCHERY

    First Medallist In Archery World Cup
    Tan Silie won the men’s recurve in the Indoor Archery World Cup held in Singapore in Dec 2012. The indoor competition was with a distance of 18m. Tan was an NTU second-year student.

    Most Bemedalled Archer
    The most bemedalled archer to date is Sam Tan Pek Hoon. Her list of achievements includes 5 silvers, 2 golds and 1 bronze from the SEA Games in 1977 and 1983.

    First Gold Medallist In An International Tournament
    Bill Wee was the first international gold medallist in archery held at the New South Wales State Championship in Sydney in 1962. He founded Singapore’s first archery club in 1964 and the Archery Association of Singapore in 1967.

    BADMINTON

    Largest Badminton Rally
    More than 600 people turned up at Raffles City on 23 Mar 2009 for the record which was a run-up to the Aviva Badminton Open. The feat was

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    In the 1940s/50s, when one mentions "Malaya", Singapore immediately comes to mind, even though Singapore had been participating in sporting events since after WW2, most notably at the 1948 London Olympics.

    Hence, Wong Peng Soon and Ong Poh Lim, although hailing from Singapore were considered Malayan and therefore eligible to play in the Malayan Thomas Cup Team of 1949 and subsequent ones too.

    So always a pleasure for me to come across Thomas Cup memorabilia from the 1940s & 50s... especially when they come with autographs of these stars! #amazingfind

    Found: 1952 Straits Times Souvenir Magazine. The tournament was hosted at the Singapore Badminton Hall


    Vintage 1950s Tiger Beer Advertisement!


    Souvenir programme from the 1949 Thomas Cup Winners visit to the Perak Turf Club in Ipoh, Malaysia!


    List of Malayan Champions!


    Wong Peng Soon's profile and writeup


    Ong Poh Lim's autograph!


    More Autographs of the 1949 Champions!


    Amazing to find these au

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    Singapore Sports Awards Honour Great Athletes

    Singapore Sports Awards Honour Great Athletes

    Singapore’s most prestigious sports recognition event, the Singapore Sports Awards, themed “Soar with our Stars”, paid tribute to more than 80 Team Singapore athletes, coaches and individuals who have contributed significantly to Singapore’s exceptional sporting performances in 2006 at an awards ceremony held at Swissotel the Stamford.

    Today, these athletes received the highest accolades in sports from the Singapore National Olympic Council for their excellent showing in gods year’s Melbourne Commonwealth Games and Doha Asian Games.

    Guest-of-Honour President S R Nathan and Mrs. Nathan were among the distinguished guests who attended the gala event which saw approximately 500 grupp Singapore athletes and guests gathering to celebrate a year of sporting accomplishments.

    “2006 was an excellent year for Singapore. In fact, it was a year in which we proved we are capable of greatness in sp