SINGAPORE FLOORBALL
ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT 2016/2017
FY 16/17 (1 APR 2016 – 31 MAR 2017)
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SINGAPORE FLOORBALL ASSOCIATION (Registered in the Republic of Singapore under the Charities Act, Chapter 37 and under the Societies Act,
Chapter 311)
UEN: S96SS0027K
Date of establishment: 10 April 1996
Date registered as Charity: 17 April 2017
Management Committee
Ho Zi Hao Kenneth President (wef 30.5.2016-now)
Member (22.3.2011-30.5.2016)
Lee Hui Zing Tracy Vice President (26.10.2011-now)
Member (22.3.2011-26.10.2011)
Boudville Michel Pierre Honorary Secretary (22.3.2011-now)
Ahmad Najib Bin Muslim Hon Asst Sec (22.3.2011-14.5.2014)
Honorary Treasurer (wef 14.5.2014-now)
Kelvin Koh Boon Kwang Member (26.10.2011-now)
Vice President (22.3.2011-26.10.2011)
Mohamad Shahril Bin Ismail Committee Member (22.3.2011-now)
Seah Joo Yee Committee Member (13.5.2011-now)
Tiong Suet Kuan Serena Committee Member (22.3.2011-now)
Tan Kah Leong Eddie Committee Member (15.1.2014-now)
Registered Office
NSA Office, Sport Singapore
3 Stadium Drive
Singapore 397630
Auditors
S C Mohan PAC
Chartered Accountants
8 Burn Road
#07-07 Trivex
Singapore 369977
Banker
OCBC Bank
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SINGAPORE FLOORBALL ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL REPORT 2016/2017
FY16 (1 Apr 2016 to 31 Mar 2017)
Vision: To be the catalyst for Floorball both locally and regionally. To make Singapore
Floorball top in the region.
Mission: To be the leading Floorball nation in Asia Pacific in terms of rankings,
development and management.
I. NATIONAL TEAMS
11th Men’s World Floorball Championship 2016: 3rd-11th December 2016, Riga, Latvia
Singapore was grouped alongside neighbouring country Thailand, USA and Canada. Despite
losing to the Canadians and Thais, the Men’s team displayed fighting spirit till the end to only
lose to their opponents, 1-2 and 2-8 respectively. In the last group game against USA, the team
played their hearts out and won the game by the score of 9-5.
In the 13th - 16th placing games, Singapore faced both Poland and Australia but only to fall
short and lost out by margins of 3-14 and 3-9 respectively.
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Men’s Team List:
Goal Keepers
Rajiv Makalingam
M Devanand
Defenders
Gary Wong
Alvin Tan
Sean Huang
Lee Renji
Yeung Chun Yin
Hafiz Zubir
Kumaresa Pasupathy
Sabri Yuhari
Forwards
Akmal Shaharudin
Siraaj Ramadhan
Jenmark Sorreda
Mazlan Sutiman
Glendon Phua
R Suria
Syazni Ramlee
Enrico Marican
Vignesa Pasupathy
Tan Yiru
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Women’s World Floorball Championship Qualifiers 2017: 31st January - 5th February
2017, Wellington, New Zealand
Singapore Women’s Team came into this competition with a mixture of young and experienced
players aimed to look qualify for WFC 2017 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The team indeed started
their campaign well with a win against their Korean counterpart by the score 5-3. However,
they lost narrowly against arch rival Japan, 2-3. Indeed, they bounced back with a huge win
against our neighbour country, Malaysia, with a score of 8-0.
Qualified into the quarter finals, they faced the Kiwis and overcame them with a score of 7-1.
Proceeding to semi-finals, the women’s had to play against the Australians. It ended at 1-1 after
regular time however the team lost out after extra time.
Learning from their defeats in this tournament, the team squared up against debutant Thailand,
our women’s team proved too strong for the Thais winning their opposition by the score of 6-
3.
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On top of that, one of our players were selected by representatives from the local organising
committee and media for the All-Star Team. She is none other than Jill Quek.
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Women’s Team List:
Goalkeepers
Fariza Zabir
Priscilla Tan
Defenders
Yeo Xuan
Priscilla Chia
Syafizah Safii
Felicia Lim
Karen Loo
Wynne Tang
Denise Khoo
Laura Tan
Badi Alhadad
Forwards
Mindy Lim
Jill Quek
Angela Model
Natalia Wee
Wilna Tan
Amanda Yeap
Suhaidah Yusof
Shannon Yeo
Ong Hui Hui
Other than the women’s team who represented the nation for this qualifier, our referee pairs
were present too as they were nominated to officiate the games. They are namely Carmen Teo
& Lin Bin Bin and Tan Yew Kwan & Marcus Lee Hong Sheng. For the latter pair, it is their
debut referee appearance on an international stage. The former pair was rewarded for their
outstanding performance with the opportunity to officiate the finals between Japan and
Australia.
II. TOURNAMENT
(i) Overseas Tournament
There are two overseas competitions that have seen many of our local players participating,
namely: Australia Floorball Open (AFO) and; Jeju Island Open.
A number of our players flew over to Perth, Australia for the AFO 2016 to join their local
teams in the competition. As for Jeju Island Open 2016, Singapore has two teams participated
in the competition. Kudos to Team U Sports Liitto FC for clinching the top placing in the
Women’s Open category.
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(ii) Local Tournament
(a) ActiveSG- Singapore Floorball League
Once known as Singapore Floorball League, it has been renamed to ActiveSG-Singapore
Floorball League, thanked to the support from ActiveSG, who has aided during the recovery
period. Furthermore, the Men’s and Women’s Division 1 has been renamed to Premier League.
Across the leagues, we have in total 5 Men’s Divisions and 3 Women’s Divisions.
As compared with previous year FY15/16, we have opened up an additional division for the
Men’s to cater to the explosive growth of players and teams in the country. Numbers of teams
has grown from 56 to 60 for the Men’s Divisions. Likewise, for the Women’s Division, we
have seen an increase of a team from 35 to 36.
Placing tables of each category of divisions are illustrated below for reference:
Men’s Divisions:
Premier League 12 teams
Champion 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up
NUS Nemesis Black Wondersticks Victoria School Floorball
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Division 2 12 teams
Champion 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up
Police Sports Association Salibandy Perhe Wolves NUS Saints
Division 3 12 teams
Champion 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up
Tazsilian Arowanaz Meridian Men’s Alumni UFC
Women’s Divisions:
Premier League 12 teams
Champion 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up
Albatross FC Team U Sports Liitto FC NUS Titans
Division 2 11 teams
Champion 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up
TP Wolves Eudora FC Vendetta Eagles
Division 3 12 teams
Champion 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up
Royal Albatross FC Woodlands CSC Flaming Fox Skools Youth
(b) Singapore National Games (SNG) 2016
Besides the national league, Floorball was introduced as one of the sports included in the
Singapore National Games (SNG). Despite only making its debut in SNG, Floorball was one
of the sports that receive massive response with over 1,000 participants registered for the
games.
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III. SCHOOL GAMES (PRIMARY - TERTIARY)
The annual National School Games (NSG) 2016 were held and the standings are as follow:
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(i) Primary School (Senior & Junior Division):
Primary School Senior Boys Senior Girls Junior Boys Junior Girls
Dates 21 January – 11
March 2016 21 January – 11
March 2016 28 June – 24 Sep
2016 28 June – 24 Sep
2016
No. Of Teams 34 18 39 26
Champion Casuarina
Primary School Stamford Primary
School Stamford Primary
School Chua Chu Kang
Primary School
1st Runner-up Xishan Primary
School Pasir Ris Primary
School Pasir Ris Primary
School CHIJ Our Lady of
the Nativity
2nd Runner-up North View
Primary School Xishan Primary
School Yu Neng Primary
School Stamford Primary
School
3rd Runner-up Stamford Primary
School Qihua Primary
School Princess
Elizabeth Primary
School
Yew Tee Primary
School
(ii) ‘A’ to ‘C’ Division Boys:
A Division B Division C Division
Dates 11 April - 27 May 2016 18 January – 6 April
2016
29 June – 31 August
2016
No. Of Teams 14 34 34 Champion Raffles Institution Victoria School Catholic High
1st Runner-up Meridian Junior College East View Secondary
School Northbrooks Secondary
School
2nd Runner-up Victoria Junior College Bukit Merah Secondary Victoria School
3rd Runner-up Anglo-Chinese Junior
College Coral Secondary School St. Gabriel’s Secondary
School
(iii) ‘A’ to ‘C’ Division Girls:
A Division B Division C Division
Dates 11 April - 27 May 2016 18 January – 6 April
2016 29 June – 31 August
2016
No. Of Teams 12 33 30 Champion Yishun Junior College Bukit Merah Secondary
School Tanjong Katong
Secondary School
1st Runner-up Meridian Junior College Orchid Park Secondary
School St. Margaret’s
Secondary School
2nd Runner-up Victoria Junior College Tanjong Katong
Secondary School Coral Secondary School
3rd Runner-up Catholic Junior College Coral Secondary School Bukit Merah Secondary
School
In March 2017, there was an announcement on the collaboration between SFA and Jokasports,
a local equipment supplier, on hosting ‘B’ Division Bowl and Plate competition. The main
purpose of organizing this competition was to encourage school players to continue playing
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the sport, even after the National School Games (NSG).
Since it was a mini tournament, schools were able to form a maximum of two teams. The
response from schools was overwhelming.
The number of teams participating are as follow:
Boys 26
Girls 19
(iv) POL-ITE, SUniG & IVP
Next up, in the Tertiary level games, it usually comprises of Polytechnic - Institute of Technical
Education (POL-ITE) Games, Singapore University Games (SUniG), and Institute-Varsity-
Polytechnic (IVP) Games.
Both POL-ITE and SUniG games will be held annually and serve as a qualification for the IVP.
Tertiary teams participating are to compete for Top 3 placings in order to qualify for IVP. The
standings of each competition are as follow:
(a) POL-ITE 2016:
Men’s 7 teams
Champion 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up
Temasek Polytechnic (TP) Republic Polytechnic (RP) Institute of Technical Education
(ITE)
Women’s 7 teams
Champion 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up
Republic Polytechnic (RP) Temasek Polytechnic (TP) Institute of Technical Education
(ITE)
(b) SUnIG 2016:
Men’s 6 teams
Champion 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up
Nanyang Technological
University (NTU) Singapore Management
University (SMU) Singapore Institute of Management
(SIM)
Women’s 6 teams
Champion 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up
Singapore Institute of
Management (SIM) National University of Singapore
(NUS) Nanyang Technological University
(NTU)
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(c) IVP 2017:
Men’s 6 teams
Champion 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up
Temasek Polytechnic (TP) Nanyang Technological
University (NTU) Singapore Management University
(SMU)
Women’s 6 teams
Champion 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up
Nanyang Technological
University (NTU) National University of Singapore
(NUS) Temasek Polytechnic (TP)
IV. EVENTS
(i) Car Free Sunday
This programme initiated by Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) will be held on the last
Sunday of every month. On 26th March 2017, Floorball was included in their list of activities
for the public to try out.
Both Men’s and Women’s team players were down to engage the public in trying out Floorball.
From teaching them the basics of Floorball to playing a mini game with everyone who was
present, it was a fulfilling experience for our national players.
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V. COACHING
The plan of revamping the coaching curriculum has been postponed to FY 2017.
VI. REFEREES
The following SFA Level 1 Floorball Referees’ Course was conducted:
Course: Level 1
Period: 14, 16, 21 and 31 March 2017
Participants: 11
Venue: Sports Hub & Hougang Sports Hall
VII. CONCLUSION
SFA would like to express its appreciation to our partners, schools, coaches and suppliers for
the support given to the association. Most importantly, the governing bodies of Singapore
National Olympic Council (SNOC), Sport Singapore and International Floorball Federation
(IFF), who has been supporting the growth of floorball in the country.