The 33rd Pesta Sukan has finally come to an end at 7:30pm, Singapore time on 27th August 2006. After four days of grueling fights and pool of blood spattered, the tournament closed with deserving winners awarded with their prize.
I had the honor to referee two of three final bouts last night. The feeling was exhilarating; the last time I felt so good was exactly the same time last year where I refereed all the final bouts of the 32nd Pesta Sukan. This could be the credit of the pair of RED shoes I was wearing.
As a national referee refereeing for the national tournament, there is no room for mistakes. With the intense pressure from the audience, you are required to conduct the games fairly, awarding the penalties and points impartially.
Into my second year of refereeing, I can only say that the feeling of being a referee for the matches is much better than the feeling of the participating players. This is because I stay in control of the matches.
I would strongly urge those who have not taken the National Referee Course offered by STF to quickly sign up and join the team of elite national referees immediately.
Cheers!
Monday, August 28, 2006
Monday, August 14, 2006
Pesta Sukan 2006
This is my second year in refereeing and my 2nd yr in a row refereeing for the national championship. The feeling is exhilarating. There are a few interesting events that happened during the first 2 days at the nationals.
Day 1, Saturday 12 August (6 Hours)
With only one participant from my club today, both my partner and me volunteered to referee for the whole day. Same time last year, i was busy running up and down the courts, refereeing the matches one after another. Today, i sat all the time behind the recorders' desk, tabulating the results of the match.
The consolation came when my student won the bronze medal in his category of competition.
Day 2, Sunday 13 August (9 Hours)
Today, i have no participants for the competition, so i volunteered to referee the whole day again. Of the 9 hours in refereeing, i only managed to referee 2 matches worth 20mins; the rest of the time i was again behind the recorders' desk, tabulating results of the matches.
The lottery draw for the day was the highlight. Our new t-shirt design is represented with numerical of "5717 3770". These numbers came up in the starter position as "5771" & "7073". I called my partner to congratulate him but the sad thing is that we did not buy the winning permutations of these numbers. Sigh....
Day 1, Saturday 12 August (6 Hours)
With only one participant from my club today, both my partner and me volunteered to referee for the whole day. Same time last year, i was busy running up and down the courts, refereeing the matches one after another. Today, i sat all the time behind the recorders' desk, tabulating the results of the match.
The consolation came when my student won the bronze medal in his category of competition.
Day 2, Sunday 13 August (9 Hours)
Today, i have no participants for the competition, so i volunteered to referee the whole day again. Of the 9 hours in refereeing, i only managed to referee 2 matches worth 20mins; the rest of the time i was again behind the recorders' desk, tabulating results of the matches.
The lottery draw for the day was the highlight. Our new t-shirt design is represented with numerical of "5717 3770". These numbers came up in the starter position as "5771" & "7073". I called my partner to congratulate him but the sad thing is that we did not buy the winning permutations of these numbers. Sigh....
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
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