Story by REDintern Christy. Pictures by REDintern Zhijia and Les Tan.
Tampines Sports Hall, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 – Meridian Junior College (MJC) successfully defended their A Division Girls Floorball Champions title against fierce competitors Yishun Junior College (YJC) with a 3-2 win that saw both teams fighting on until the very last moment.
It was a tightly fought first period where both goalkeepers – MJC Pearlyn Lim (#55) and the YJC Nicole (#69) – should be both commended for holding the fort with their remarkable saves. With the two teams matched in skill, it was no wonder that the first period ended in a stalemate.
MJC started the second period with a bang, with MJC captain Farah Alsagoff (#4) sending a speedy pass to MJC Evelyn Kok (#13). The YJC goalkeeper was too distracted by Farah and allowed MJC Evelyn Kok (#13) to easily knock in the goal. This attacking duo repeated their feat minutes later. This time round, their roles were reversed. Evelyn sent a pass to Farah whose shot hit a YJC defender. Not discouraged, she deftly followed up the rebound and fired once more to hit the back of YJC’s net.
MJC captain Farah Alsagoff (#4) continued her scoring spree at the beginning of the third period, knocking in another spectacular goal to make it 3-0 for MJC. YJC, however replied swiftly this with an attacking duo of their own – Nur Syuhada (#17) and Amelene Choo (#2). Nur Syuhada send a quick pass to Isabel Choo who smacked in the shot so fast that there was no time for the MJC keeper to react. Sharon Lee (#6) of YJC then followed up with a stunning shot from the mid-court which baffled the MJC keeper once more.
MJC were now only leading 3-2 and YJC hopes rose.
As the seconds ticked down, the game became more aggressive with nobody knowing for sure how the game would end with YJC looking more dangerous with their swift attacks. Alas, it was too late for YJC despite their relentless search for an equalizer. Still, credit goes to YJC for never giving up and it was impressive to see how well they came back with two goals in the last period.
Just like how MJC captain Farah Alsagoff (#4) described MJC’s win as, “exciting, thrilling and indescribable,” – we have to agree that it was indeed one helluva game.
Christy, Evelyn Kok (#13) scored the leading goal. So technically we were mobbing her instead. Haha. Refering to Picture 2’s captions. (:
Photo 1 – YJC goalkeeper Nicole #69.
Photo 3 – A YJC player tackles MJC Mok Qinglin (#5). That YJC player is vice-captain Amelene Choo #2.
Photo 5 – MJC Vice-Captain Renee Ong (#99) and a YJC player fight for possession of the ball. That YJC player is Syuhada.
Photo 6 – The MJC #9 tries to prevent a YJC player from going past her. That YJC player is Dora Claire.
Photo 8 – MJC Nur Hazliyana (#22) keeps her eye on the ball while a YJ player moves in to defend. That YJ player is Joscelin Kee #13.
Photo 10 – MJC Ang Hiang Ling (#29) takes a shot while a YJ player defends. That YJ player is Nadiah.
Thank you Christy for that wonderful update. It was a great game against MJ. Keep up the good work YJ!:)
There is an Isabel on the team. Her name is Amelene Isabel Choo. We call her Amelene(:
alright girls, captions updated. Do check through them again… Hm, just to ask the yjcians – is there an isabel on the team?
Ya, Picture 9 is wrong, should be YJC Captain Sharon Lee (#6)
thanks christy 🙂
Hello, more photo captions to be filled I see. Haha. Thanks a lot for the photos!
Pic 8 – MJ Player is Nur Hazliyana #22
Pic 10- MJ Player is Ang Hiang Ling #29, Love the photo! Her hair looks so swishy and cool.
And for the record, I think YJC goals were pretty nice. Esp Isabel’s.
hey everyone!
just wanna let you all know that there’s a poll for the best 6 floorballers for a’div ’08 championship
here’s the link:
http://redsports.sg/2008/07/24/redsportsvi-a-division-girls-floorball-2008/
pls note the nominating format: (name,jersey number,school,position)
there’s a guys one also at:
http://redsports.sg/2008/07/19/redsportsvi-a-division-boys-floorball-2008/
the guys voting has began, so vote now!
Yeow Di Qiang(#7)
MJC FLOORBALL ’08
hey,
YJC captain should be #6 Sharon Lee.
YJC vice captain #2 Isabel Choo should be Amelene Choo.
Yup! thanks and great coverage (:
photo 8- the mjc player is #22, Nur Hazliyana
hey christy
shhh..not so loud k. 🙂
hey. we corrected the mistakes and thanks for all the help.
haha~ great pictures by zhijia too!
PS. zhijia, don’t you think it is abit weird for us to praise one another – its like self-praise. haha. =)
I will update the captions tmr. Too tired. Off to bed! =)
hahaha…
To ying,Jess,diqiang,farah and floorballer.
thanks for pointing out the mistake.
To everyone.
hey! at least we’re discussing something different huh.. 🙂
great article by christy once again!
Photo 7 is nice:D
Thanks for the story Christy:D
And really good pictures taken by Zhijia and Les Tan:D
Great Job!
Photo no 6 is obviously not mjc and rjc. It’s mjc and yjc -.-
Hi, Just to let you in on the players. The keeper for MJ was Pearlyn Lim (#55) throughout the match.
Picture 3: the MJC player tackling is Mok Qinglin, #5, with Ma Meiqi (#5) watching on.
Picture 5: MJC player fighting for possesion is Vice-Captain Renee Ong (#99)
Picture 6: Is a photo from the guys game. Haha.
Hope this helps! Thanks for the update too.
Farah Alsagoff
i believe photo #6 is wrongly uploaded. It’s the line 2 of MJC boys team forming a wall against a RJC free hit.
Photo 3’s caption “A YJC player tackles a MjC player.” I think it looks more like the other way round. LOL.
OMG hahahahaha. photo 6 is the guys’ match -.-
period 1 and 2 YJC goalkeeper is Nicole #69
period 3 is Sheryl #14
photo 6 is the guys’ match against MJC
Hey just some corrections. The YJC keeper who started the game was Nicole Lim #69. #2 is not Isabel Choo but Amelene Choo. YJC made a keeper switch in the third period, and the keeper was Sheryl Tham #14. Thanks for the report and photos! Very much appreciated 🙂