FGA Sports Fellowship

Date: 28th August till 31st August (plus 2 days for post-conference event)
Conference Fees: S$80.00 (before 30th June)
Venue: Praisehaven, The Salvation Army, 500 Upper Bukit Timah Road, Singapore
Speakers: 13 speakers from 11 countries
Spills and Thrills: Archery, Geo-Tracking, Mountain Biking, Rock-Climbing/Abseiling, Bukit Timah Hike
Post-Conference: Wilderness First Aid, Leave No Trace, Sports Climbing Level 1&2
To register: www.christianadventureasia.org

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Do you ever get a little frustrated with people who don’t want to keep score? I have friends who want to go play golf, but not keep score. I don’t want to play with those guys. I tell them, “Just go to the driving range and don’t clutter up the golf course.” What’s the point in playing the game if you don’t compete?

So what’s the big deal with competition? Is it, as some think, for one to show his superiority over another? For some this is probably true. For most of us however, the point is to test ourselves. That’s exactly the point in golf, as each one is competing primarily against the course. It is a test of one’s skills, not just a competition with one’s opponent.

How does competition test us? Let’s make a brief list:

• Competition tests us physically – technique, talent and fitness.
• Competition tests us mentally – focus, knowledge and insight.
• Competition tests us spiritually – self-control, faith and love.

Why compete? To compete well is to test oneself against an ascending scale of standards of achievement. This list of standards is borrowed from Dr. Jim Rimmer of Erie, Pennsylvania.

• Competing against the elements of the sport. (Fundamentals)
• Competing against one’s opponent. (To beat that person or team)
• Competing against an objective standard. (Statistics)
• Competing against one’s personal best. (Personal records)
• Competing to a mental image. (Like a video of the sport’s best)
• Competing “in the zone.” (Being in the flow)

Competition tests us in ways that move us beyond mediocrity and it challenges us to become all we are capable of being. Don’t let the test intimidate you, rather step up, play your heart out and feel the satisfaction of having done your level best in pursuit of an honorable victory. Win or lose, you have made progress in the life-long process of developing as a complete person.

For more of Roger’s material
1 Email him and ask him to send you his weekly email – it is almost as good as mine!! lipe@earthlink.net
2 Read his book Transforming Lives in Sport – A Guide for Sport Chaplains and Sport Mentors. (Available through www.crosstrainingpublishing.com.)
3 See his blog http://sportchaplainsportmentor.blogspot.com/
4 See www.wired4sport.com.

Stuart Weir
www.veritesport.org

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Recently I served in the organizing committee of a grand annual sports event held on Labour Day in Matsushita Sports Complex, Shah Alam. We received compliments that the sports event has been held more smoothly and systematically.However, we didn’t expect much less crowd turned up this year compared to last year.Anyway, I learned something important that, relationship is equally, if not more, important that the results we strive to achieve, be it in business, office or social work. Through working together in the committee, we not only worked together to achieve our organizational goal, but we also developed friendship and relationship.

As I heard from a speaker before, we can know how many seeds there are in an apple. But we do not know how many apples can come out of one seed. Our relationship with others is like the seed. We may do great things together for now. But without a good relationship, we may not be able to do great things together many times. It is no use that we do great things now but our relationship with colleagues deteriorates as a result of working together.

When I was younger, I tended to go for results no matter what, even at the expense of relationship with others. When working for one company, I remember being a busybody to always give suggestions to reform the business process of the company, to the extent of hurting relationship with others especially my boss. As a result, I lost out in office politics and was nearly fired from the job.

Good relationship is vital in our life. Let’s turn a committee into a community. Let’s turn our office into a fellowship of humans who love and care for one another. Of course, oftentimes we need to start from ourselves first.

Ricky Soo

FGA Sports Fellowship Exco