Wing finally booked a badminton court in Simei for exercise after years of 'talk' but no action. And we invited 1980s Selangor state player Robert, Primary School team player Rico, Singapore National player Dino who brought along Nathan (potential player to be), F&N player Janet, Secondary School National player Julie and All Rounder Wing Hong for a night for friendly competition.
As it turned out, it wasn't as friendly a game as we envisgaed it to be. It was competitve all the way!!!! Sock our Cheerleading Squad attributed it to so many 'D's in our midst. Li Boey's timely SMS said it well, "A group of 30s, 40s and 50s need not prove ourselves, have fun". I beg to differ cause as we played, I kind of remised my old days in school and we all tried to play as it were.... of course not as sharp an execution in our youth but no doubt the ideas were all present. We were all out to win!
Looking at all the players, Rico and Robert encouraged me. Both were able to fly around the court with zeal and strength. One at 45 and the other at 33 (the baby). I could only conclude that one is still young and the other exercised regularly and is more fit than most of us. Then it dawned on me that we are not far off in age between the two. Thank God I see Uncle Dino, at 53 and is still fit as a fiddle! He was able to execute well with his towering presence. I look forward to be able to still play at that age...
Can it happen for me 15 to 20 years later.... hmmm..... possibly if we make this a regular event and we exercised consistently.
Wing, err.... I am sure we see our physical weakness. Let's not practise in our minds anymore so that we can played with all our kids in our 50s. The youths are gamed to play regularly and perhaps we can invest our time with them first.
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