The league is part of NYSI’s efforts to increase the playing time of the tertiary-level athletes and caters to both the boys and girls divisions for sports like basketball, football and netball. The tertiary basketball league, which debuted this year, is getting a good reception from the community.
Despite Lim Shi Rui's (JJC #11) game-high 13 points, SRJC rallied and came back from 11 points down to take the game 42-36.
Simon Wong (JJC #17) scored a double to rescue his team late in the game.
This is Jurong’s first time qualifying for top four. RI finished second in last year’s edition.
Jurong Junior College had previously defeated Catholic Junior College 12–7 in the preliminaries.
Aaron Hor (#10), Roderick Lim (#14) and Muhamad Zuhaily (#12) scored a try each in CJC's 19–0 win over JJC. Andrew Tan (#9) registered two conversions.
Over the period of two weeks, 16 meet records were rewritten at the 55th National Inter-School Track & Field Championships.
Carmel Teo of Jurong Junior College vaulted a height of 3.18m to clinch the title.
