'Active' celebration of Mother's Day for Team Singapore athletes

Team Singapore athletes like paddlers Li Hu (foreground), Isabelle Li (centre, hands on knees), hurdler Dipna Lim Prasad (background standing), and basketballer Wu Qing De (right, in red), join residents in a monthly community sporting event - Active
Team Singapore athletes like paddlers Li Hu (foreground), Isabelle Li (centre, hands on knees), hurdler Dipna Lim Prasad (background standing), and basketballer Wu Qing De (right, in red), join residents in a monthly community sporting event - Active Day - at Khatib Plaza on May 10, 2015. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN 
Team Singapore athletes, paddlers Zhou Yi Han (extreme right) and Isabelle Li (second from right) play with 13-month-old Loh Hau Wen, carried by his father Mr Sam Loh, 42. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN 
Coffeeshop runner Madam Ting Siew Kim (second from left), 73, reacts with her colleague Madam Lim Kwee Hoi (third from left), 74, after she receives a carnation from paddlers Zhou Yi Han (extreme left, back facing camera) and Feng Tian Wei (extreme right) at a coffeeshop in Blk 848 Yishun Street 81 on May 10, 2015. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN 
Team Singapore paddler Feng Tian Wei (in red), joins residents in a monthly community sporting event - Active Day - at Khatib Plaza on May 10, 2015. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN 
Team Singapore athletes, paddlers Zhou Yi Han (extreme left) and Feng Tian Wei (second from left) give out carnations for Mother's Day to the residents at a coffeeshop in Blk 848 Yishun Street 81. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN 
Team Singapore athlete, hurdler Dipna Lim Prasad (foreground right), joins residents in a monthly community sporting event - Active Day - at Khatib Plaza on May 10, 2015. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN 
Team Singapore athlete, paddler Feng Tian Wei (in red), joins residents in a monthly community sporting event - Active Day - at Khatib Plaza on May 10, 2015. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN 

SINGAPORE - Team Singapore star Feng Tianwei and the rest of the table tennis team, hurdler Dipna Lim-Prasad and basketballer Wu Qing De celebrated Mother's Day at Nee Soon South Constituency on Sunday morning in conjunction with the constituency's monthly community sporting event - Active Day.

Active Day is a monthly event aimed at encouraging residents to maintain a healthy lifestyle and provides them with a chance to bond with the family.

The athletes went around the constituency giving out flowers to mothers and interacted with the residents, many of whom eagerly took photos with them. The residents were also treated to other sporting activities, such as mass work-outs, rope skipping and even mini soccer try-outs.

Grassroots adviser, Lee Bee Wah, a Member of Parliament for Nee Soon GRC, said: "We are thrilled to have the athletes from Team Singapore joining us in this Meet and Greet session as not many of us will have a chance to interact with them at such close proximity. We hope to show our fullest support and cheer them on for the upcoming SEA Games."

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