Thursday, 19 December 2013
Snooker
WIN 3-1 vs Hall 9
LOSE 1-4 vs Hall 11
NANYANG HOUSE, NTU – The end of a fairytale.
The Hall 2 Snooker Team picked up where they left off with a
highly impressive win in the quarter-finals, but their dream run eventually
came to an end in the semi-finals at the hands of Hall 11.
In the 1st round of the quarter-finals against
Hall 9, Jerico Lee’s opponent was a familiar face in the form of his snooker
club teammate. Knowing that his adversary was a strong player, Jerico’s
strategy was thus to be defensive yet opportunistic, waiting for a chance to
strike yet not giving up any in return. He then executed his plan flawlessly to
get our Hall off to a brilliant 1-0 start.
Queenie Key was up next. Buoyed by her performance in the
previous round, she kicked off with a 10-point lead. The opponent however, not
only clawed back her lead but was also leading by 2 points by the last 3 cues.
Queenie, however, had other ideas. In the last cue, Queenie proceeded to first
pocket the blue ball, before sending the white ball into a position that was
impossible for the opponent to score. With that play, Queenie retook the lead,
and won the game by a dramatic score of 30-29.
Hall 2’s momentum was halted, however, when Jiahao lost the
3rd game. His opponent, a National Snooker League player, was simply
too strong, despite Jiahao’s best attempts.
It was thus left to Team Captain Lee Ziyang to seal Hall 2’s
passage to the semi-finals. In a nerve-wrecking game against a reputed “4Ball
specialist”, our captain rose to the challenge and came out all guns ablazing, fully
capitalising on this runs to earn a series of high points that left his
opponent trailing in his wake. Despite his best efforts, his opponent was
unable to catch up, and Hall 2 marched on into the semi-finals.
In the semi-finals, our Hall’s chances of progress were
again on the slim side, with our opponents Hall 11’s lineup reading like a who’s
who of the school Cuesports scene. Hope and determination had carried them thus
far, but try as they might, in the end it was really a step too far.
Jerico Lee led the Hall 2 charge in the 1st game.
Up against the NTU Snooker Team Captain, despite trying his very best, Jerico
lost to the better player.
1-0
down.
It was then Blven Chan’s and Lee Ziyang’s turn to
concurrently take centrestage. Blven, perhaps due to his relative lack of
games, took quite some time to get out of the blocks. When he finally got
started, Blven quickly made up for lost time, catching up with his opponent and
winning. The only freshman in the team, Blven’s performance over these few days
has been sterling indeed.
1-1.
Ziyang was however not so fortunate. Up against the Pool
Team Captain, Ziyang tried his best, but sometimes you just got to raise your
hand and say your opponent was simply better. This was one of those instances.
1-2 down.
Jiahao and Queenie were up next. With our Hall 1 game down,
we had to win both games to progress to the finals; lose any, and it was all
over.
Jiahao, in a heart-wrenching effort, lost his game by a
narrow margin of 11-19, and it was not for a lack of trying. Queenie, the only
lady in the entire Snooker IH, was up against the 9ball Open Champion, but did
not get a chance to finish her game, for our Hall had already lost 3 sets, and
by extension, the semi-final tie.
In the aftermath of what must have been a relatively
traumatic moment for our snooker team, we caught up with Team Captain Ziyang,
who had these words to say,
“We tried our best,
put up a great fight and everybody outperformed themselves. Our initial goal
was to make it to the Quarter Finals but we already exceeded expectations and
fought our way to Semis.”
As a whole, our Snooker team has indeed performed remarkably
well to reach the semi-finals. Special mention must go out to Blven, as the
only freshman on the team, as well as Queenie, for being the only lady in a
testosterone-laden sport.
To end off on a high note, we would like to once again congratulate our Snooker Team on their brilliant performance to reach the semi-finals!
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