Hall 2 Water Polo Semi-finals by Chua Yuan Pin

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  Thank you to all supporters that made the effort to come down to SRC Swimming Pool for the polo match. All the polo guys truly appreciate your screams and cheers.

  
  

  
  

  What does defeat do to a man? It tears him down, and breaks him up. But what does defeat do to a team? The team will pull each other up, and gel stronger than ever.
  

  Water polo is a sport of which the game can change at the flick of a wrist. Our Hall 2 Water Polo Boys did a valiant job last night, but did not manage to eke out a win with a final score of 7-6.

  It was the first time in the IH season for a game to be played the full length of the pool, and also the game was split into 4 quarters of 8 minutes instead of 2 halves of 10 minutes as played up till the quarter-finals.
  
  
  
  
  

  In the first quarter, our boys were seemingly nervous, with some confusion. Hall 11 capitalized on this, and dominated the first quarter with a score of 4-1. A quick pep talk by Grand Master Ray invigorated the team, and fresh tactics were applied. The second quarter proved much better and our Hall 2 boys pulled the score to 4-3 thanks to goals from Jon Ong and Zhi Hong.
  
  

  The 3rd quarter was defensively tight for both teams. All the players were marked tight, and there were many possession turn overs. Another 2 quick-fire goals by Ray and Zhi Hong allowed us to enter the final quarter with a slight lead of 5-4.
  
  

  The final quarter was intense. Players were sacked continually, and tempers flared. Within the first 2 minutes, our Polo Boys managed to squeeze a goal in by lobbing their keeper and we were up 6-4. But with exhaustion creeping up, and tiredness burning their limbs, they were powerless to stop Hall 11's IVP player from pulling his tricks in the last few minutes.
  

  Our golden japan boy, Kenryu, made magnificent saves, but was unable to prevent the final few balls from entering our net.
  
  
  
  

  Hall 2 Water Polo Boys lost with a final score of 7-6.
  
  

  We would like to congratulate all the polo boys for showing their dedication to our hall. They have trained every single day, weekends included, at 7am. Such passion and determination to succeed truly exemplifies our Hall 2 spirit.

  Well done gentlemen.

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