A brace by Koh Wenjun (#14) and goals by Nicolai Neo (#3), Ryan Tham (#9) and captain Koh Dun Xian (#5) helped Victoria Junior College overwhelm reigning champs Raffles Institution to reclaim the trophy they last won in 2013.
Victoria Junior College retained the third placing they achieved last year, while Hwa Chong Institution recorded their first top 4 finish in four years.
Good defense from DHS in the third and fourth quarter allowed DHS to pull away and secure a spot in the semi-final.
They left it late but Victoria Junior College (VJC) secured their 15th straight National A Division Hockey Championship when they beat Millennia Institute (MI) 1-0 after extra time in the final, thanks to Klara Chong’s (VJC #27) last-minute winner.
A moment of magic from Ramalingam Gouthaman (RI #14) was all that Raffles Institution (RI) required to dethrone defending champions Victoria Junior College (VJC), beating them 1-0 in the National A Division Hockey Championship final for their seventh title in 10 years.
In a repeat of last year’s semi-finals, Victoria Junior College (VJC) needed extra-time to beat a dogged Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) 1-0 to face Meridian Junior College in the final.
As the penalty shoot-out loomed, Victoria Junior College (VJC) goalkeeper Hannah Lim (VJC #1) thought she had done all she could against Meridian Junior College (MJC) in the National A Division Football Championship final during regulation and extra time which ended 1-1.
In a repeat of last year’s National A Division Football Championship final, defending champions Meridian Junior College (MJC) once again got the better of Victoria Junior College (VJC) – albeit in Round 2 this time – when the former came away with a 3-1 victory.
