Read this and weep. 19 to 107.
World Number 2 netball team Australia plays Singapore (rank unknown) in the Commonwealth Games and this is the result. Ouch.
I love netball, and despite Jay’s disbelief, used to play it competitively. A long time ago. I remember when my teammates and I first saw our national players in action. They were so good in my 16-year-old eyes then.
Our coach later played a video (yes, I’m dating myself by saying VCR) of the world’s top team then (the Aussies, now overtaken by the Kiwis), and we were amazed at how much better they were.
The standard was progressively better the further we got from Singapore.
Are we only as good as the people we compare ourselves to? What does it mean to be best in Singapore? Does that title even have any cachet these days?
If smaller-sized nations like ours are cursed to sporting failure, I wonder how Singapore Airlines keeps its top dog position. Is it the Singapore Girl’s sarong kebaya? Her personality? Her zest for service?
Here’s an idea: We send the Singapore Girl to every international event – Olympics, film festivals, design competitions…EVERYTHING.
Let her smile her way to victory.
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