By Les Tan/Red Sports. With additional reporting by Grace Sim and Chan Hui Mui
Rima Yanti (GS) helped drive Singapore Poly to the title with her height and shooting. (Photo © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Singapore Polytechnic, Friday, November 2, 2012 — Singapore Polytechnic (SP) went down 30-37 to defending champions Temasek Polytechnic (TP) on the final day of competition but still emerged as champions of the Polytechnic-Institute of Technical Education (POL-ITE) Netball Championship.
Thanks to their unexpected 43-41 win over Republic Polytechnic (RP) earlier in the week, SP could afford to lose to TP and still win the title, finishing the tournament with a 4-1 win-loss record. RP beat Ngee Ann Polytechnic 40-31 in their final game to finish also with a 4-1 record and second spot.
Rima Yanti proved an outstanding goal shooter for SP with her opponents struggling to defend against her height. SP also did not have national age-group players in their squad, making their win all the more remarkable.
RP, who had four Singapore Sports School alumni in their ranks, two of whom are still national age-group players, were the favourites at the start of the tournament, but shooting proved their weakness.
For TP, who were POL-ITE champions for four consecutive years from 2008 to 2011, the win gave them a 2-3 record and they edged out Nanyang Polytechnic for fourth place based on goal difference.
2012 POL-ITE Netball Championship — full fixtures and results
More photos of the game between NYP and SP next page
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