Tag Archives: Table Tennis

PRC-born National Table Tennis player and current world no. 6 Feng Tian Wei has been axed from the National Team after she was deemed unsuitable for STTA's plans to rejuvenate the squad for the 2020 Olympics. Following the table tennis team's dismal showing during the Rio 2016 Olympics, this bold move was part of it's new high performance plan. Hours after the shock STTA announcement, Feng Tian Wei announced on her Facebook insisting that she will continue to participate in international events albeit in a different method.

Singapore table tennis player Li Hu was revealed to be assisting the CPIB in an ongoing investigation after he was suspended by the S'pore Table Tennis Association over a disciplinary matter. Li is currently ranked world number 58 and was supposed to be the future of Singapore's male table tennis team. When approached, Li was remorseful over his undisclosed actions and had been asked to pack his bags from the STTA hostel where he was living in.

Despite a horrendous defeat at the olympics, national table tennis players Feng Tianwei, Yu Mengyu and Zhou Yihan arrived at Changi Airport today and were met with a strong reception, with many fans still lined up to give their encouragements.

Remember last time when we used to have so many local players in Singapore table tennis? Where did they all go?

Guess what our local Chinese paper reported today...... Local bred swimmer, Schooling, finished last = adverse report; imported paddlers, didn't qualified for QF, given positive spin...... How come?

China's B Team players argue with China's B Team coach at the Polish Open. Coach argues with coach. STTA's reliance on China's B Team in table tennis is going disarray. Both male and female coaches have been disciplined. PAP better learn from this saga. It's best to rely on native Singaporeans.

The MSM are not reporting it. PAP is not admitting it. But most Singaporeans who are in sports know that Singapore sports are in deep trouble. Singapore Soccer which tried to use foreigners are in the doldrums. Will Singapore's Foreign talent programme fall flat and into dismay just like what happen to Singapore Sports? Will PAP finally wise up and admit that Singapore's future is best in Singaporeans' hands.

However, a close examination of the medal list reveals a very telling tale: The medallists for table tennis are almost entirely foreign athletes. The other sports fielded mainly locals and were equally successful in winning medals.I am not against having foreign talents, as they have a role to play. But, something is seriously amiss when an entire team is made up of foreign talents.

I am disappointed at comments made by fellow Singaporeans when Feng Tian Wei from the Table Tennis Team had a shock lost in her singles match. Most comments celebrated her lost and forget that she is also representing Singapore. Are we blinded by xenophobia that we cannot look past their birth nationality? At least give chance to those who tried to integrate as Singaporeans and stop alienating them lah?

Singapore's PRC-born table tennis athlete Feng Tianwei (World Number 4) was eliminated from the SEA Games women’s singles after suffering a shock 3-1 loss to Thailand’s Suthasini Sawettabut at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Thursday. After this shocking loss, perhaps it is time to re-examine Singapore's past strategy of buying success and instead focus on developing our own native talents.