Support Singapore’s Professional Basketball Team: The Slingers!
Thanks to Nicholas, Hillary and Daphne, I was invited to watch the games of the Singapore Slingers at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in the Singapore Challenge Series. Yes, I mentioned ‘Singapore’ 3 times in the last sentence. Sue me.
For the uninitiated, the Slingers is a Singapore professional basketball team which were founded in 2006 and have been playing in the Australian NBL for the past two seasons. In order to continue in their plans of playing in an ASEAN professional league, they have withdrawn from the Australian NBL in July this year and set up this interim competition held in Singapore to prepare them for the direction that they are undertaking.
I heard of the Slingers early last year through newspapers but being a football player, the news of such a local basketball club had me as interested as a lion with a plate of cabbage in front of it. After hearing about the team again through a few bloggers followed by the bugging invitation from Daphne, I decided to bring along KuKuNehNeh (KKNN) and watch the 1st two games of the Slingers against a Philippines team called Air21 which were played on 16th and 21st of September.
What can I say! After watching the two matches, I AM A CONVERT! The action on the courts were fast paced, the players were no amateurs and there were plenty of drama with many heated moments during the games. KKNN is totally attracted to a Slingers player called Eric Sandrin and during last game on the 21st, she was shouting at one point going,
“ERICCC~!!! I LOVE YOUUUU~~~!!!!!”
Eric Sandrin, if you are reading this, my girlfriend has never shouted ‘I Love You’ to me before. I want to strangle you if not for the fact that you are one of my favourite players from the team. Of course there are other factors like you being 2.06 metres tall and having all that strength but I shall not go into that…
Eric is a total joy to watch. Besides looking the part with his Korean-American heritage, he is a monster on the court with his defensive and attacking capabilities and I totally dig his aggresive style which rile up the opponents and that creates chaos on the courts when the opponents fail to keep their cool. There are many more gems in the Slingers team like the sharpshooter Darren Ng who is a doctor by the way and blogs over here. I shall stop talking about the players from here onwards before this turns into a 1000 word essay and turn you readers away.
Support the Slingers and be their 6th Man!
The thing that is apparent and very sad is that the turnout for the opposition team was much more than the people who came to support the Slingers. Do run over to Sistic’s website or Slingers website to find out how you can purchase the affordable tickets to their games. Trust me! You won’t regret it!
Or if you are a blogger, please email me using the contact form found here and I shall try to get you guys some complimentary tickets.
Next game is on the 30th of September (Tuesday) at 7.40pm! I can’t wait!!!!
[All images are from the Slingers Official Website]
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September 22nd, 2008 at 11:46 pm
WOO HOO! I LOVE ERIC SANDRIN TOOOO!!!!!!
and i want to shout that i love D.N. too but he will read ur blog cos u linked to him… and.. ahem… i’m shy. hehehe!
*runs away blushing furiously*
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:57 pm
ok, no. seriously, the slingers are really worth watching. i was never a big fan of basketball either, but they’ve gotten me hooked!
this season, they’re back, bigger and better!! the new team is great, and i just love watching eric sandrin, darren ng and al vergara in action!
love the adrenaline of simply watching the game (my heart felt like it was going to stop so many times during the game) and i love the action on the court! love the magic the players work on the court!
must admit that air21 players were pretty good. they’d probably be able to defeat us if they weren’t so focussed on bring our players down! *coughdirtyplaycough*
hope that more bloggers can join us to watch the next game on 30 Sept (Tues, the day before hari raya) at 7:40pm at the Indoor Stadium!
looking forward to meeting you all there!
a note to kimchi!!! are you ready?! we are going to scream for eric, okay!! get yourself prepped!! (my throat is sore from the screaming yesterday hur hur hur) love, kimbap
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:37 am
I’m not a fan of basketball either, but your post has got my all hyped up!
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:50 am
Woots great post!! Glad you’re having fun!! Too bad I missed the last game
September 23rd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
is jawker joining us for the next game?
September 24th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Daphne Maia> Erm. Actually, I think it’s pretty obvious to Darren that you love him so much =P
Jawker> Want to join us in the next game?
Nic> Yeah! Too bad you did. More games ahead for us to enjoy!
September 24th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
eh wahlao. don’t shout my secret to the world can.
Daphne Maias last blog post..Executives and Production Staff
September 24th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Would love to, but won’t be free. Maybe for the games after that? =)
September 25th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Daphne Maia> It’s not much of a secret already can?
Jawker> Okay! Just contact me when you are free!
September 27th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
He’s attractive.
Kyms last blog post..Bankstown Children’s Festival 2008
September 28th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Daphne: No problem, i think i will bring my loud hailer along….kuakuakua….
Kimchis last blog post..
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:34 am
basketball competitions in Singapore are vile and corrupt…..
so many incidents of corruption…..
referees eating money
coaches eating money
players eating money….
also i smell that this is actually an advertorial??
anyway mr Kris im gibing the butterfly award
http://www.piakpiak.com/2008/10/butterfly-award.html
piakpiaks last blog post..Butterfly award
October 5th, 2008 at 6:48 am
Please help me talk to ERIC lee SANDRINI, I know that you play every day and basketball.Please help me …. Since I came out here trying to come to Brasilia to talk to him, looking up information in Embassies and nothing Contact.
Please help me talk to him, is a very special friend does not want to lose him forever.
I live in Brazil so it’s impossible to talk to him.
Please, at the least talk to me for him and pass my contact.
roslay (woman)
October 5th, 2008 at 7:00 am
friends … the eric sandrine now has a girlfriend?
October 5th, 2008 at 7:08 am
I love him but I can not not talk to him after he got out of his friend the BRASIL. KENYA LAMONT Capers told me that he was playing away.I woud like to talk to him, now I know he has a girlfriend, I hope she does not get angry, because I am a friend of his and that I guardalo in my heart forever.
Even if I can never speak what I feel.
I hope that Bubba read and talk to him, to contact me, because it is very important that I talk to him.
Thanks.
away,
I would like
61-9286-2487
Brasília-DF.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:04 am
Kym> He is EVEN more attractive in person
roslay BRASIL> Hi there, I have erm.. mentioned to Eric about you. Haha!
October 15th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
[...] The Singapore Slingers have a month before their next game on the 5th November against the Malaysian All-Stars and were all given a one week break. Nicholas took the chance to organize an outing with a few of the stars on the team and boy were we lucky! My favourite player, Eric Sandrin and the teams tallest player at 2.21m, Sam Harris, were free to accompany the bloggers for a night out in town! [...]