Singapore, 03 July, 2007: A new Executive Committee for the next two years was elected during the Netball Singapore’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held last Saturday, 30 June 2007, at the Kallang Netball Centre.
Mr Tan, a Partner of Ernst & Young, returned unopposed as President of Netball Singapore. He has been with Netball Singapore since 2001 as its Honorary Treasurer and its President since 2005.
Mr Tan said: “Much remains to be done with three important events in our horizon. In September, we host the 5 Nations Netball Cup – the second year in the competition’s short history. In November, we will be presenting Singapore’s bid to host the World Netball Championships 2011 at the IFNA Congress in New Zealand. Also in New Zealand in November, the National Team will be participating in the World Netball Championships 2007. “
A new Vice-President was also elected during the AGM. She is Prof Yap Hui Kim, a Professor in the Department of Paediatrics in the National University of Singapore and a former National Captain and a National Player for over 10 years.
Newly elected members included Ms Jessica Tan, Member of Parliament for East Coast GRC and Mr Cyrus Medora, past Executive Director of Netball Singapore.
The full list is as follows:
Netball Singapore Executive Committee (2007 – 2009)
1 | Mr Tan Wee Khim | President | Re-elected |
2 | Prof Yap Hui Kim | Vice President | Newly elected; was past Executive Committee Member |
3 | Mdm Lee Min Li | Hon Secretary | Re-elected |
4 | Mr Shannon Wong | Hon Treasurer | Re-elected |
5 | Ms Alice Koh | Member | Re-elected |
6 | Ms June Lee | Member | Re-elected |
7 | Mr Vincent Ong | Member | Re-elected |
8 | Ms Peggy Tng | Member | Re-elected |
9 | Mr Winston Wong | Member | Re-elected |
10 | Mr Cyrus Medora | Member | Newly elected |
11 | Ms Jessica Tan | Member | Newly elected |
About Netball Singapore
Netball Singapore is the national body for netball in Singapore. Established in 1962, it has become a professionally run National Sport Association today, which generates a proportion of its expenditure through sponsorship and other means of revenue-generation. The association supports 53 multi-team club members and over 260 schools have netball in their curriculum.
Our mission is to encourage, promote and develop netball in Singapore, and our vision is to make Singapore a World Class Netball nation. Our target for Singapore is to become one of the world’s top 10 netball teams by 2011.
For more information on Netball Singapore, log onto: www.netball.org.sg
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