Clutch steal by Tang Kai Wei (#11) seals a narrow 35--32 victory for Hall 8 over Hall 15 in the preliminary round of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Inter-Hall Games Basketball Championship.
The 11-medal haul is the best tally for a Singapore athletics team at the biennial ASEAN University Games since the 2010 edition in Thailand, where our athletes clinched one gold, two silvers and nine bronzes.
Nanyang Polytechnic defended their Polytechnic–Institute of Technical Education Games track and field overall title with an emphatic 361 points with Singapore Polytechnic coming in second with a distant 288 points.
Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Shawn Jong defended his Men’s Triple Jump title equaling his personal best distance of 13.94m, which he achieved during his gold medal win at last year’s Polytechnic–Institute of Technical Education Games (POL-ITE).
After clinching two gold medals in the 800m race event and the road race, Kiranraj s/o Suresh completed his hat-trick by steadily winning the 1500m race with a time of 4:31.11.
Temasek Polytechnic celebrated as they claimed the POL-ITE Basketball Championship title from defending champions Republic Polytechnic, behind a game-high 26 points from Kelvin Lim (TP #22).
Jayne Chan (SP #3) pushed the pace for Singapore Polytechnic, scoring a team-high 15 points as they raced to a 57--53 win over Institute of Technical Education (ITE), defending their POL-ITE Basketball title.
After a laboured effort in the first quarter, Temasek Polytechnic finally clicked into gear in the second half to take their second victory of the Polytechnic–Institute of Technical Education Games (POL-ITE) season with a 67-56 win over Nanyang Polytechnic.
