By a tiny margin of eight-hundredths of a second, Nanyang Girls' High School (NYGH) fell short of breaking the B Division girls' 4 by 100 metres relay championship record. Nonetheless, that failed to dampen their mood as the school continued their dominance in the relay events in recent years, garnering three out of four golds in the girls' B and C divisions.
After inclement weather forced officials to postpone the game from Friday afternoon to Monday morning, Raffles Institution (RI) defeated St Andrew's Junior College (SAJC) 2-0. Raffles' superior possession and control of the ball, combined with their aggressive tactics and shifting formations, limited the majority of the action to the Saints' half of the field.
Catholic Junior College (CJC) and Tampines Meridian Junior College (TMJC) started of their first matches of the National Schools A Division Floorball season with close draw of 1-1. Though it was a draw, the emotions on opposing ends of the court differed greatly.
Singapore Sports School make clean sweep of the C and B Division boys' relay races, while HCI and RI battle it out for gold in the A Division boys' relay finals at the 60th National Schools Track and Field Championships.
The scoreline says it all. In one of the most intense matches of the B Division Boys' Floorball preliminary round, Victoria School (VS) and East Spring Secondary (ESS) went head-to-head in a game of bob and weave, each team refusing to be defeated. With a draw of 8-8, VS managed to claim top spot in the grouping, while ESS secured second position. Nevertheless, both teams advanced to the semi-finals on April the fourth.
A hard fought match between Millenia Institute (MI) and Temasek Junior College (TJC) in the preliminary rounds of the National Schools A Division Football (Boys) ended in a goalless 0-0 draw.
In a matter of two days, Elizabeth-Ann Tan of Nanyang Girls' High School wiped out two championship records under National Stadium floodlights, clinching golds in both the 100-metre hurdles and 100m sprint finals. She hurdled to a new B Division benchmark of 14.59 seconds on Thursday, March 28, before tearing down the track a day later in the blue riband event in a swift 12.25s.
In his first year competing in the century sprint, Zeen Chia of Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) came out tops in the B Division boys' 100 metres final to emerge the surprise victor. The Secondary 4 student -- whose pet event is the long jump -- was previously also a racewalker during his time in the C Division, and only started doing specific sprints training five months ago.
