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Singapore At The 2006 Commonwealth Games
Singapore was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a 101-member strong contingent comprising 63 sportspersons and 38 officials. Singapore won a total of 18 medals, 5 of them gold: its best ever performance at the Commonwealth Games. Medallists Athletics Field events Women Badminton Men Women Mixed Gymnastics Artistic Men Ho was the first gymnast to qualify for the Commonwealth games and was the only gymnast representing Singapore. Netball The Singapore national netball team qualified for the Commonwealth games by winning the 2005 Asian Netball Championships held in Singapore. The win qualified the team as the Asian team of the 5 international netball regions by the International Netball Federation. This is the first time Singapore compete in the Netball event of the Games. ; Summary ; Roster ;Pool B ;Semi-final ---- ---- ---- ---- ;11th Place match Shooting Men Women Swimming Men Women Table Tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore National Olympic Council
The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) is the National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee for the Republic of Singapore. It was founded in 1947 as the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council (SOSC) before renaming to its current iteration in 1970. The SNOC is responsible for supporting, entering and overseeing Team Singapore for the Olympic Games, Youth Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, Winter Youth Olympic Games, SEA Games, Asian Games, Asian Youth Games and the Commonwealth Games. The SNOC is currently headed by Tan Chuan-Jin, who is also the Speaker of the Parliament. History Before the 1948 Summer Olympics organised by Britain, Britain sent out invitations to its colonies and dependencies to participate in the Games. However, due to a lack of an Olympic Council, Singapore, despite being a Crown Colony, was omitted. This led to the formation of Singapore Olympic and Sports Council on 27 May 1947. It was planned that the Council will merge with a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |