Sunday, January 26, 2014

IHG & IHRG Week 6 Round-Up by Yeo Ying Tong

20 Jan 2013, Monday

Sepak Takraw v Hall 7
LOSE 0-3
Against the formidable opponents of Hall 7, our Sepak Takraw boys fought hard and strong. Exemplified by powerful headers by Parthiban and a valiant dive from Arnold Wee in an attempt to save the ball, every member on the team did not give up against the strong competition. Unfortunately, they were unable to clinch the first game of the season.
However, the members kept their morale high even as they played the last set having gloriously lost the first two. Stay tuned as they fight their way through the next two rounds of the preliminary stage and be rest assured that they will play their hardest for every set of every game!
Courtesy of Melody Tai



Contract Bridge
v Hall 7 Lost
Our Contract Bridge players were unlucky to fall to Hall 7 in a close first game of the season but will leave no reservations in making a comeback in their next round.


21 Jan 2014, Tuesday

Contract Bridge
v Hall 10 WIN 15.23-4.77
v Hall 15 WIN 20-0
Despite convincing wins over Halls 10 & 15, our Contract Bridge team was unexpectedly knocked out of the preliminaries today, after results elsewhere did not go in their favour.
Had Hall 7 won Hall 10 as expected, then a quarter-final place for the team would have been secured, especially after today's results. But an unexpected turn of events meant that qualification would depend on the amount of victory points, which we lost out on to Hall 10 by the narrowest of margins.

This defeat is especially hard to take if you consider how the Contract Bridge team often practices not just late into the night but early in the morning in the Rec Room. Nevertheless, life often throws us unexpected hurdles when we least expect it; all we can do is to get up and get on with it.

22 Jan 2014, Wednesday

Waterpolo v Hall 3
WIN 19-4
You know they say if you fail, try and try again?
Well, our legendary talisman did not fail us this time round. The SEA Games gold-medalist finally scored with his head, as well as in our hearts, as Hall 2 decimated Hall 3 with an imperious score of 19-4. Hall 3 may boast of a couple of IVP players but Hall 2 boasts of 12 unstoppable players, as well as our favourite (and only) SEA Games player, Toh Zhi Hong.
A special mention goes out to The Darker Knight, Arun Vinoth. A mean-looking beast on land, a behemoth under water, his shots were completely unstoppable and the keeper from Hall 3 had to tape his fingers after the match.
No joke.


Without the support of Kenryu Wang, Ng Kah Leong, Jordan Ang, Alvin Kuek, Ray Lim Ng, Chua Hong Qian, Eugene Tang Wei Da, Yuan Pin,Tong Xu Le, Francis The Shark and our very own waterpolo mascot, Ong Zi Quan, dubbed 'Homer Simpson', the scoreline would have been vastly different.
The Water Polo team would like to extend our thanks to all the supporters for coming down despite a tiring school schedule. Join us at our next match and watch us destroy our opponents.
No joke too.
Courtesy of Chua Yuan Pin

24 Jan 2013, Friday

Squash v Hall 1
LOSE 2-3
Our squash team fell to a highly unfortunate 2-3 loss to Hall 1 in this Loser Pool tie, bringing their IHG season to a premature yet undeserving end.
Despite wins by "Harry Potter" Yuzheng Peh and Jordan Low, an unlucky matchup meant that SEA Games gold-medalist Toh Zhi Honghad the tough task of facing Hall 1's strongest player. He may a beast in the pool, he's certainly a pretty legit squash player, but this time it proved a bridge too far. Both Angela Ng and Michelle Neo also fought hard in very close ties, but luck just wasn't on their side.
On another day, with a more advantageous matchup and slightly better luck, it could so easily have been a win for Hall 2. In spite of this setback, I am sure the Squash team will recover from this setback to come back next year and bring glory to the Hall once again.

25 Jan 2014, Saturday

Road Relay
4th
Our Road Relay team did us proud today as they put in a superb effort to finish 4th overall at NIE.
With the weather cool and breezy without being extremely sunny, it was as close as it could possibly get to ideal running conditions in Singapore. However, as anyone who has taken the Campus Loop would tell you, the terrain around NIE is anything but a stroll in the park. Runners had to run out of the NIE triangle of buildings, make a loop around NIE, before climbing the extremely steep upslope along Halls 3 & 16 to finish their 2.2km route inside NIE. This meant that proper race planning and lactic acid endurance assumed a greater importance; anyone guilty of starting off too quickly would find him or herself paying a painful price later on this sadistic route.
Our runners have been training hard all season, but they have only tried this race route a few times previously and it was understandable that there was a slight air of apprehension just before the race. Nevertheless, they all planned and executed their race plans to a tee, adapting to the conditions seamlessly to all run close to their season’s best.
Sports King and recent birthday boy Emmanuel Chia showed no after-effects of any overzealous birthday celebrations whatsoever, giving our Hall a good start after starting off. The end result was dependent on the combined time of all 10 runners rather than the finishing positions, but a good start that placed Hall 2 in the lead chasing pack was important in giving us that slight psychological edge that may have made the difference.
What definitely made the difference though, was the persistence and perseverance our runners showed not only today, but throughout all their training sessions, and today was simply the culmination of all their effort.
 

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