July 15, 2021
The Hurlingham Polo Association has announced that their long serving CEO, David Woodd will retire at the end of the season.
July 13, 2021
I was given the second vaccination against Covid-19 yesterday. It was a second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The whole process was very smooth at University Malaya.
July 12, 2021
Champion thoroughbred sire Galileo has been euthanised at the age of 23. Coolmore Stud announced Galileo was euthanised on humane grounds on July 10 because of a chronic, non-responsive, debilitating injury to his offside fore foot. He was reported to have had surgery on the foot earlier in the year.
July 11, 2021
I’ve just finished reading a super crime fiction book, Waking The Tiger, written by Mark Wightman. It is set in prewar Singapore. Some of you may remember Mark from the late 70’s and 80’s when he rode at the Bukit Timah Saddle Club and raced in Amateur Races in Singapore, […]
July 7, 2021
My mother, Eileen Wong, turned 92 yesterday in Singapore. Through the Covidivide, we only could speak to her over the phone. This a photo of her taken on her birthday, wearing a new blouse for the occasion.
June 25, 2021
Ten years ago, the final of the epic FIP Polo World Cup Zone D Playoffs, the Asian-Australasian-African championships were held. It was epic because it was the largest World Cup ever staged. Seven countries took part: Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Nigeria, India and Pakistan joined Malaysia in making it […]
June 21, 2021
When I wrote the blog about MCO 3.0 Performance Goals, I highlighted the athlete’s discipline of preparation. We make plans, and we prepare for them. In the past 18 months in Malaysia, we have had various Covid-19 lockdowns, hard ones, softer ones, extensions, and differing rules for each. It has […]
June 20, 2021
Singapore’s Straits Times reports: It would never have occurred to national equestrienne Caroline Chew a fortnight ago that she would be heading to the Tokyo Olympics next month.