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Bowling coach accused of favouritism
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
The New Paper
By Bryna Sim
THE e-mail accused a bowling coach at a top boys' school of showing favouritism to some of his students.
It also alleged that he breached codes of professional conduct by taking a personal loan of $10,000 from a student's parent.
The e-mail writer admitted that his own child had not made it to a top team and the student who did was a good bowler.
And the school said there was no favouritism.
But it seems a parent did give a loan to the coach, "a family friend".
The coach was then counselled by the school.
It is not certain if the loan was a one-off matter.
The coach had been unaware of the accusations until The New Paper alerted him to them last Wednesday. The e-mail had come on April 4 from a "John Tan".
The writer claimed to be a parent, an old boy of the school, and a passionate advocate of sports.
When we asked if John Tan is his real name, he did not reply.
Responding to The New Paper's queries, the school said it found the allegations about favouritism to be "unfounded".
However, the school confirmed that the coach did approach a parent for a personal loan.
The school "does not condone such behaviour", but did not say if it would terminate the services of the coach.
The coach had not declared the loan to the school.
Mr Tan sent his e-mail to the school principal and copied it to various others, including some in the Education Ministry.
The external coach, employed by the school, was not one of the addressees.
The Singapore Bowling Federation website lists him as a "Certified Level II Coach" on their registry of active coaches.
This means that he is "recommended as a head coach for schools, colleges and clubs", the website said.
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
The New Paper
By Bryna Sim
THE e-mail accused a bowling coach at a top boys' school of showing favouritism to some of his students.
It also alleged that he breached codes of professional conduct by taking a personal loan of $10,000 from a student's parent.
The e-mail writer admitted that his own child had not made it to a top team and the student who did was a good bowler.
And the school said there was no favouritism.
But it seems a parent did give a loan to the coach, "a family friend".
The coach was then counselled by the school.
It is not certain if the loan was a one-off matter.
The coach had been unaware of the accusations until The New Paper alerted him to them last Wednesday. The e-mail had come on April 4 from a "John Tan".
The writer claimed to be a parent, an old boy of the school, and a passionate advocate of sports.
When we asked if John Tan is his real name, he did not reply.
Responding to The New Paper's queries, the school said it found the allegations about favouritism to be "unfounded".
However, the school confirmed that the coach did approach a parent for a personal loan.
The school "does not condone such behaviour", but did not say if it would terminate the services of the coach.
The coach had not declared the loan to the school.
Mr Tan sent his e-mail to the school principal and copied it to various others, including some in the Education Ministry.
The external coach, employed by the school, was not one of the addressees.
The Singapore Bowling Federation website lists him as a "Certified Level II Coach" on their registry of active coaches.
This means that he is "recommended as a head coach for schools, colleges and clubs", the website said.
