Polo Boys

It was the match of the IHG season. The clash of the titans. The rightful final of the tournament. Hall 2 versus Hall 3. Ang Song Loo versus Lim Yao Xiang. The epic battle that decides who can earn the right of calling themselves the best Hall Water polo team in NTU (sorry Hall 6). The semi final that promises to be one hell of a crackling match, and it sure did not disappoint as we fought to our last breath before succumbing to a 13-6 defeat against the mighty powerhouse Hall 3.

Boasting the likes of two national water polo team players, it was always going to be an uphill battle denying Hall 3, let alone win them. Judging by the past year results, we would always be deemed as the big underdogs. It seemed like we would be up for a spanking. Nevertheless, every one of us refused to let that negativity get into our head and the players plunged into the pool eager to give our very best against them.

And gave our best we did, as we fought tooth and nail to ensure we match up to our opponents. Both teams took turns to score against each other at the start of the match and the match was tight. We were even leading Hall 3 at some point of the match, giving our supporters something to cheer about. Some of the players who deserve extra credit include makeshift keeper Teo Yu Hao, who put in a magnificent debut effort making a couple of outstanding saves to deny Hall 3 from extending their score line. Joel Li, our elder state player who played as the centre forward, also turned in strong performance. He led the frontline admirably, scoring a couple of important goals and showed great strength and perseverance overall to frustrate Hall 3 endlessly throughout the match. And of course, there is always our star player Ang Song Loo, who turned in a superhuman performance battling hard against Hall 3’s two giant players throughout all 4 quarters. His skill and prowess is a sight to behold and his steely never-say-die attitude is an inspiration to all other Hall 2 warriors fighting in the pool. By the end of the 2nd quarter, the score stands at 6-6. Some people may feel that it was a miracle that we could hold them back so long, but to the whole team, it was simply a vindication to the efforts that we had put in. We certainly showed Hall 3 that we were no pushovers.

Unfortunately, things fell apart after the first half and the less said about it the better. Hall 3 assumed control with their IVP and national team players asserting their authority against our tired players. The goals dried up for Hall 2 while Hall 3 started to score against us with ease. It was simply too far a distance to breach as they blasted 7 goals past us in the 3rd and 4th quarter, making our first half efforts futile in the end.

Nevertheless, we displayed great courage and strength against Hall 3 and no one can take that away from us. A valiant effort from each and every single player in the pool, and everyone deserves credit for putting their heart out there for the pride of Hall 2. A special thanks to all the Hall 2 residents, who gave us the fervent support the team needed and it was very much appreciated. I personally hope that when people look back at this match, they can remember it for the first half efforts that we put in because that was when we really showed the true Hall 2 spirit. Till next season, adieus.


Presenting the IHG 09/10 Water-polo Team:


Ang Song Loo (Captain)
Desmond Ngiam (Captain)
Tan Xian Rong
Roderick Eng
Thong Kay Wee (Manager)
Wee Jun Yang
Ervin Lai
Yuan Kai
Joel Li
Teo Yu Hao
Aw Si Kuan
Chia Yee Han
Mark Lim
Lee Hwee Hou

Augustus Yip

Yong How

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