Hwa Chong Institution claimed its first A Division Boys team title in seven years and its first B Division Boys team title since 2003 at this year's National Schools Cross Country Championships, contributing to a clean sweep of the four divisions that the school competed in.
The football teachers-in-charge have given the league and the increased playing time for the tertiary athletes a thumbs up, considering it good practice for the upcoming National A Division Championship. The competitive nature of the league gives it a different edge over the usual friendlies.
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.
River Valley High School (RVHS) battled hard against Raffles Institution (RI) at the inaugural National Youth Sports Institute (NYSI) JC football league to take a 2-1 halftime lead before inclement weather forced the second half to be continued another day.
Red Sports spoke with Dr Low Chee Yong, Head of Sport Science, from the the National Youth Sports Institute (NYSI), an agency under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, to get a deeper understanding of the science behind the proposed review of primary school sports.
SIM and NTU got the best of their respective semi-final opponents to set up a second clash, this time in the final of the IVP Women's Basketball Championship.
Thanks to a clutch trey by Zoel Lee in overtime, RP defeated defending champions NTU 81-75 and are on their way to their first IVP Basketball Championship final appearance since 2013.
When Singapore Slingers’ Ng Hanbin captained his primary school team at Kong Hwa school, he could only lead his team to fourth in the zonal competitions before their season ended as the other schools continued on to the national championships. But if Hanbin were to play in the National School Games in the next couple of years, his season might not have ended at the Zonals.
