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YOG Badminton 2010

On Thursday, 19 August 2010, the badminton finals for the females and males were held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. On the way to the Singapore Indoor Stadium, student were all excited at the thought about going for the match. Especially the badminton players. I'm sure they felt honoured to get the privilege to watch the professionals at their sport play. They even bought a camcorder along with them to film the entire match!

Upon reaching the Singapore Indoor Stadium, everyone was hyped up. The first match opened with Great Britain playing against China. Great Britain had a good start. However, China slowly caught up and closed the game, winning.

Next up was China against Thailand. Although the girl representing Thailand fell down quite a couple of times to serve the shuttlecock, she got back up real quick and showed both perseverance and endurance. She eventually won with a score of 21:20.

The prize giving ceremony was soon conducted. The champions for the bronze, silver, and gold medals went to China, Vietnam, and Thailand respectively. Everyone rose to attention when the Thailand national anthem was played. That signaled the end of the women's finals and the commencement of the male finals.

The male finals commenced with Thailand against India. Everyone cheered when each team made a score and nobody jeered. The stadium was so silent between each pass that you could literally hear a pin drop. Everyone roared wildly when their favourite team made a score. A thai man dressed in traditional thai costume stood up holding a banner for the whole match! Tension rose between the two players and Pisit, the guy representing Thailand, stayed at a secure position throughout all 3 matches. He eventually won and hugged his opponent. He felt so thankful and elated that he threw his racket to the spectators.

I think that all the players displayed all 3 of the Olympic values, sportsmanship and respect to each other. I am happy and proud to say that I'm honored to be part of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games 2010.

Written by: Rachel Tan (1E4)

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Sec 1 Orientation Camp

A few days into the first week of school, we had our annual secondary one orientation camp. What is a better way to kick start 2011 for the secondary ones than having an orientation camp? On the seventh of January, the secondary ones sure had a whale of their time during the secondary one orientation camp.

Girls from 1E1-1T1 battled against each other in captain’s ball at the school hall. Over at the Indoor Sports Hall, boys from 1E1 to 1T1 showed no mercy against each other in a game of soccer. The atmosphere was really tense in both venues.

The girls rooted for each other to do their best in the game and even gave each other some tips on how they could make a goal. At the Indoor Sports Hall, eyes darted back and forth when the soccer ball was being passed around. Everyone was watching intensively during the process and broke into thunderous applause whenever a victory goal was made.

I managed to ask Yasmin and Xuan Hui of 1E3 how they felt about the camp. “The camp is only for a night and I feel that it is too short. Nonetheless, I’m feeling excited about staying overnight and I’m having a lot of fun.” Said Yasmin. When I asked Xuan Hui what she thinks can be improved to make the camp more interesting she replied me, “I think having a campfire will make the camp more interesting.”

Written By:

Rachel Tan 2E4

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