Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
WTBA Change in rules
With reference to information in WTBA Newsletters 2008-10-17 and 2009-04-25 the following corrections are now published:
1. The Double Jump rule is cancelled and also a small correction of 4.21.1.d. To make it clear the effective 4.21.1 reads
“Players preparing to step on the approach and deliver a ball shall have the following rights and obligations"
a) They may claim right of way only over a player moving to the approach or preparing to bowl on the lane immediately to their left
b) They shall yield to a player moving to the approach or preparing to bowl on the lane immediately to their right
c) Players shall be ready to bowl when it is their turn and shall not delay the start of their approach or delivery if the lane immediately adjacent to them on both the right and left are clear
d) A player is given 30 seconds from the moment the previous bowler steps down from the approach to the time the ball leaves the hand of the bowler. Lane marshals will be given stop watches to randomly check the timing of the bowlers in their delivery
1. The Double Jump rule is cancelled and also a small correction of 4.21.1.d. To make it clear the effective 4.21.1 reads
“Players preparing to step on the approach and deliver a ball shall have the following rights and obligations"
a) They may claim right of way only over a player moving to the approach or preparing to bowl on the lane immediately to their left
b) They shall yield to a player moving to the approach or preparing to bowl on the lane immediately to their right
c) Players shall be ready to bowl when it is their turn and shall not delay the start of their approach or delivery if the lane immediately adjacent to them on both the right and left are clear
d) A player is given 30 seconds from the moment the previous bowler steps down from the approach to the time the ball leaves the hand of the bowler. Lane marshals will be given stop watches to randomly check the timing of the bowlers in their delivery
Friday, September 11, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
A TRIBUTE TO OUR TEACHERS ON TEACHER'S DAY
Teachers have an overflowing plate, so support them
For the better part of my 40 years as a teacher, before I retired, I taught the stragglers, the strugglers and those who were weakest academically.
The public perception of teaching is usually narrower and localised. Anecdotal accounts from relatives, friends, working associates or neighbours provide only a glimpse what goes on in schools daily.
The teacher's job today is hard. She is responsible for the overall emotional, mental and psychological growth and development of the children under her charge.
She leads by example and multitasks to cater to the differing needs, abilities and characters of the children; and must make her lessons easily understood, interesting and challenging.
Teachers are surrogate parents, doctors, nurses, counsellors, advisers, friends, playmates and trainers.
They have an overflowing plate of student assignments, meetings, conferences, excursions, tours, professional portfolios and courses to attend to.
Planning lessons and marking students' written work and assessing projects take up a lot of their after-school hours and many find it exhausting and exasperatingly difficult to juggle professional work and responsibilities, and personal life.
It is to the credit of most teachers that our children and grandchildren receive a comprehensive and premium education.
The best gift Singaporeans can give to teachers is to support and endorse them.
Happy Teachers' Day.
Ho Kong Loon
Straits Times
1st Sep 2009
For the better part of my 40 years as a teacher, before I retired, I taught the stragglers, the strugglers and those who were weakest academically.
The public perception of teaching is usually narrower and localised. Anecdotal accounts from relatives, friends, working associates or neighbours provide only a glimpse what goes on in schools daily.
The teacher's job today is hard. She is responsible for the overall emotional, mental and psychological growth and development of the children under her charge.
She leads by example and multitasks to cater to the differing needs, abilities and characters of the children; and must make her lessons easily understood, interesting and challenging.
Teachers are surrogate parents, doctors, nurses, counsellors, advisers, friends, playmates and trainers.
They have an overflowing plate of student assignments, meetings, conferences, excursions, tours, professional portfolios and courses to attend to.
Planning lessons and marking students' written work and assessing projects take up a lot of their after-school hours and many find it exhausting and exasperatingly difficult to juggle professional work and responsibilities, and personal life.
It is to the credit of most teachers that our children and grandchildren receive a comprehensive and premium education.
The best gift Singaporeans can give to teachers is to support and endorse them.
Happy Teachers' Day.
Ho Kong Loon
Straits Times
1st Sep 2009
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