Double joy for Mok siblings on Valentine’s Day at Wings Cross-Country Championships
February 18, 2009
Story by REDintern Colin Tung. Pictures contributed by volunteer Lance Tan.
Zachary Devaraj of ACS(I) on his way to winning in the U-17 boys’ category. (Photo 1 © Lance Tan)
Bedok Reservoir, Saturday, February 14, 2009 – Siblings Mok Ying Ren and Mok Ying Rong won the Men’s Open and Women’s Under-17 categories respectively at the Wings Cross-Country Championships, one week on from their credible performances at the SAA Road Relays.
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RJC name to disappear, RI name gets unnecessary appendage, like a sixth toe
November 11, 2008
By Les Tan
We are a nation of efficiency when it comes to getting processes and infrastructure in place. But we sure don’t know how to name things on this island.
First, the military. The Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute (SAFTI) was set up a year after independence in 1966 to train officers and non-commissioned officers. Over the years and decades, it became known simply as SAFTI, which is all well and good until they decided to name the new training setup in 1995 as SAFTI Military Institute. Over time, Singaporeans have referred to it as SAFTI MI. We can only shudder at the thought of what the next generation will want to name it in 50 years.
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Beijing Olympics update: Quah Ting Wen sets national record but fails to qualify in 400m IM
August 9, 2008
Update by Les Tan
Beijing, Saturday, August 9, 2008 – Quah Ting Wen of Singapore failed to get past the first round of qualifying in the 400m individual medley at the Beijing Olympics. However, the silver lining is that her time of 4 minutes 51.25 seconds is a personal best and national record, eclipsing the record of 4:51.87 set by Joscelin Yeo in 1999.
Her timing was not good enough to beat the eighth-fastest qualifier Hannah Miley of Great Britain who finished in 4min 36.56sec.
Raffles fight their way to victory in Judo nationals
August 8, 2008
Story by reader Ng Wei Xiang.
Bedok Sports Hall, Wednesday, July 16, 2008 – Raffles Junior College won both the boys’ and girls’ A Division Judo titles at this year's National Schools Team Judo Championships.
6 golds (A, B, C Divisions for both boys and girls) were up for grabs with Hwa Chong Institution in four out of the six finals, while three Raffles teams went through to the finals.
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RJC hold off MJC to win A Division floorball championship title
July 23, 2008
Story by REDintern Christy. Pictures by REDintern Zhijia and Les Tan.
Tampines Sports Hall, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 – In a closely fought match between two floorball giants, Raffles Junior College (RJC) ultimately dashed Meridian Junior College (MJC) hopes of a second crown when they won 2-1 in the final of the A Division Boys Floorball Championship.
Meridian Junior College started the game fiercely, eager to retain their title as defending champions. However, RJC, runners-up last year, were also hungry for the gold medal.
In the first period, both teams started out fast and furious to get an early lead. RJC had their chance 8 minutes into the game in a goal melee. MJC goalkeeper Lionel Boey (#30) managed to save the ball between his legs. Even though the ball was saved, RJC Dylan Lee (#9) did not stop and dug the ball out and tapped it into the unguarded goal. It was indeed a controversial goal which MJC contested but to no avail. The game was now 1-0 in RJC’s favour.
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Raffles Junior College claim spot in final with floorball win over Yishun JC
July 22, 2008
Story by REDintern Christy. Pictures by REDintern Zhijia.
National Inter-School A Division Boys Floorball Championship: Semi-finals, Tampines Sports Complex, Monday, July 21, 2008 – Raffles Junior College (RJC) won their spot in the final with a convincing 4-0 win over Yishun Junior College (YJC). It was a pity that YJC could not convert their chances but it was heartwarming to see both teams giving their all and running hard to win.
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Hwa Chong Institution run away with 3 out of 6 track and field championship titles
July 20, 2008
Story and pictures by Leslie Tan
Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Wednesday, July 16, 2008 – Hwa Chong Institution continued their traditional domination in track and field when they won three out of six championship titles: A Division Girls, B and C Division Boys.
Only the girls of Raffles Junior College came closest to threatening them when they finished with 157 points compared to the HCI total of 183. The largest gulf was established by the HCI C Division boys when they finished with 174 points, while second-placed Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) only managed 108 points. Even though the ACS(I) C Division boys had only one less first-place finish with five compared to HCI with six, the strength and breadth of the HCI squad told as they had enough finishers throughout the field to pick up championship points.
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Raffles Junior College and Victoria JC draw in floorball nail-biter
July 18, 2008
Story by REDintern Christy. Pictures by REDintern Teo Zhijia
National Inter-School A Division Boys Floorball Championship: Tampines Sports Complex, Wednesday, July 16, 2008 – It was a highly anticipated game in which last season’s first runner-up Raffles Junior College (RJC) and second runner-up Victoria Junior College (VJC) battled to reign at the top of the league table. Ultimately, both teams, equally matched in skills and stamina were held to a deserving draw of two-all.
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Impressive Raffles Junior College hammer Millennia Institute in A Division floorball
July 15, 2008
Story by REDintern Christy. Pictures by REDintern Zhijia
National Inter-School A Division Boys Floorball Championships: Tampines Sports Complex, Thursday, July 10, 2008 – Raffles Junior College (RJC) showed they were strong contenders for the championship with an 8-1 hammering of Millennia Institute (MI). With this win, RJC catapulted to the top of their table on goal difference ahead of Victoria Junior College (VJC). Despite MI’s best efforts at stopping RJC, they were simply overpowered by the speed and accuracy of RJC who also had a strong run in last year’s championship.
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Amanda Tan of HCI rewrites record in A Division 100m hurdles
July 14, 2008
Photos and update by Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports.
Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Friday, July 11, 2008 – Amanda Tan (#188) of Hwa Chong Institution rewrote the A Division Girls 100m hurdles record at the 49th Inter-school Track & Field Championships last week. She came in with a time of 15.47 seconds to win the gold, more than a second faster than her timing last year where she also came in first in the same event in 16.59s. Amanda Tan broke the record time of 15.92s set by Miriam Lee of National JC back in 2002.
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Photo finish as Ashley Ang of Victoria Junior College wins 1500m gold
July 14, 2008
Photos and update by Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports.
Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Friday, July 11, 2008 – It was a photo finish as Ashley Ang (#121) of Victoria Junior College won the gold for the A Division Girls 1500m event at the 49th Inter-school Track & Field Championships with a time of 5 minutes 20.79 seconds.
It was an exciting race to watch as the three runners were neck and neck down the final 100m stretch. To the loud cheers of the supporters, the three girls pushed with all their might to the finishing line. When they crossed, it was unclear who was the winner. When the result was announced, Koh Shi Man Samantha (#174) of Hwa Chong Institution had to settle for the silver with her timing of 5m 20.82s, a mere 0.04s difference.
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Gail Chia, RJC: “My biggest competitor would have to be myself.”
July 11, 2008
Story by REDintern Christy Ong. Pictures by REDintern Vanessa
My first day as a Red Sports writer wasn't going as smoothly as I had hoped. When I first arrived at Choa Chu Kang stadium, I was confused at the number of events going on concurrently around the track. It didn't help that we were denied entry to the track as we did not have the official Red Sports tee yet.
Thus, following the advice of our fellow REDcrew, Jun Wei, just-as-fresh photographer Vanessa Lim and I ventured to find Gail Chia, the winner of the A Division Long Jump event to grant us a short interview. Fortunately, for the both of us, despite the initial shock at being approached, she consented to an interview readily.
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Swimmers break 16 records at 49th National Inter-School Championships
July 11, 2008
Story by Les Tan. Pictures by Ng Cheng Cong.
Singapore Sports School, July 8 & 9, 2008 – 16 meet records were broken at the recently concluded 49th National Inter-School Swimming Championships with Edith Ong of Raffles Junior College breaking a record four times throughout the championships.
Edith broke the meet record swimming in the A Division girls 50m backstroke heats with a time of 32.33 seconds and then went on to break her own record in the final with a time of 31.80s. Edith then repeated the pattern for the 100m backstroke, finishing the heats in a record time of 1min 9.12s then breaking that in the final with a time of 1m 9.04s.
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Raffles schools complete unprecedented sweep of 6 swimming division titles
July 9, 2008
Story by Mr Ian Chew/Red Sports. Pictures by Ng Cheng Cong.
Raising his hands in triumph, Teo Zhen Ren of RI wins his C Division 200m freestyle event in 2min 0.62sec. But can he help his team gain a full day off for his school as celebration? (Photo 1 © Ng Cheng Cong/Red Sports)
Singapore Sports School, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 – The gryphon has indeed landed.
Traditional swimming powerhouse Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) had no answer this time to the prowess of Raffles Institution’s swimmers as they surrendered both the B and C Division boys swimming titles for the first time in living memory. Raffles Girls’ School clinched both the B and C Division girls titles while Raffles Junior College captured both A Division boys and girls titles for good measure.
Raffles Institution’s 16-year-old Rainer Ng was naturally ecstatic about his team’s unprecedented win.
“I’m really happy that we can win both B and C titles for the first time,” he said immediately after his record breaking swim in the 100m backstroke final. His time of 59.37 seconds not only rewrote his own mark set during the heats, it was also a full second faster than ACS(I) Zach Ong’s win in the A Division boys final.
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Soh Rui Yong of Raffles Junior College clinches 5000m gold
July 9, 2008
Story and photos by REDintern Azmi Suhaimi.
Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Friday, July 4, 2008 – Soh Rui Yong of Raffles Junior College won the 5000 metres A-Boys Final at the 49th Inter-School Track and Field Championships last Friday in a personal best time of 16 minutes 32.68 seconds. This was 12 seconds ahead of his nearest rival, cementing his position as a Champion, and confirming that he is one to look out for in future events.
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