‘We’ve managed to topple a giant’: First the weeding, then the winning for Singapore’s men’s softball team

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NEW CLARK CITY, Philippines: No permanent home turf. No proper lighting. No excuses. The Singapore men’s softball team trained in less than ideal ...

In doing so, the team broke the dominance of the Philippines whose men’s team had won the gold medal at the SEA Games all but once.

After having to vacate their previous homeground at Kallang, they have been training at the Farrer Park fields since last year. “It’s not the easiest of places because of the lighting ... but also because of the terrain, the ground and we had a couple of minor injuries here and there,” he added. At the Men’s Softball World Championship earlier this year, the team beat regional powerhouses Philippines.

 

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