IHG & IHRG Week 5 Round-Up by Yeo Ying Tong

15 Jan 2013, Wednesday

Waterpolo v Hall 15
WIN 19-2

Hall 2 Water Polo won with a convincing score line of 19-2 against Hall 15 for the first preliminary round of the IHG season. The legendary SEA-games gold medallist, Toh Zhi Hong, was a beast in the pool. Not satisfied with simply scoring routine goals, he set a personal goal of trying to head the ball in. The effort was close but the ball rolled off the post and the keeper pushed it out. Before he could try his overhead kick, he was taken out of the match for fear of the opponent team giving up and leaving the pool before the time was up.

In the team of 13 selected, majority of the players were new to this sport. However, their performance in the pool was of no novice level. Several of the goals were scored by Van Myran Neo and Tan Yuan Song. A special mention goes out to the amazing Kor Kiat Yao, who scored a new personal best of 3 goals in this match. He will no doubt be scoring another hat trick in his room.

The Water Polo team would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the supporters that came down. Despite the utter dominance of this match, it would not have been possible without the loud cheers from the sides.

Courtesy of Chua Yuan Pin

International Chess
v Hall 13 Lost 1-4
v Hall 16 Lost 1-4

Despite the best efforts of our Chess team, we were unable to overcome superior opposition in the form of the other halls, and hence did not qualify for the semi-finals. Nevertheless, the experience of competing against stronger opponents would have stood our players in good stead, as they strive to better their performance in next year's IHRG.

17 Jan 2014, Friday

Squash vs Hall 13
Lost 3-2

Our squash team was highly unlucky to fall 2-3 to last year’s finalists Hall 13. The team lost both men’s singles ties but won both women’s singles ties to leave the overall score delicately poised at 2-2. “Harry Potter” Peh Yuzheng stepped up in the deciding tie to try and complete an unlikely underdog victory, but alas fell just short, as he lost both sets by close scores of 9-11.

Nevertheless, such performances against the seeded team are highly encouraging, and provide a steady platform for our team to perform even better in the next game.

Netball vs Hall 6 
Lost 22-14

Despite fighting tooth and nail, our netball girls ultimately lost out 14-22 to rivals Hall 6 in the first game of the IHG netball season. The match however was a lot closer than the scoreline suggests; both sides were fairly even in open play, with the difference between the 2 sides eventually boiling down to Hall 6’s efficiency in front of goal.

As a whole, our girls can still take pride from the way they developed the play; their methodical pass-and-move style will surely reap them their just rewards before long.

Boggle
vs Hall 3 lose 5-0
vs Hall 13 win 4-1

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