Soccer Girls: Winning Goal in Extra Time
Having narrowly lost to Victoria Junior College in the semi-finals the previous week, our soccer girls took to Jalan Besar stadium on Thursday, determined to win their 3rd/4th placing match against Meridian Junior College. “We came in knowing we needed to beat MJ and end the season on a high note,” said Captain Choo Yunting. The team was confident heading to the match: “Our plan was to play the usual game,” admitted Heng Suyun. “After having played the strongest team VJ before this game, we came into this knowing we could do it.”
Raffles Tennis: Champions Once More
By Sushma Pai (14S03R) and Divya Muthiah (14S06C) Photographs by Zhang Ziyu from the Photographic Society After a gruelling 3 hour fight, Steve Ng from RI threw out a long shot that secured RI’s 5-0 win against ACS(I) in the tennis group finals. Immediately after the winning shot, he collapsed on the ground in sheer … Read more
A Gentleman’s Game – RI Boys’ Rugby Team battle to 3-10 loss against SAJC
By Austin Zheng (14A01B) A light drizzle fell over the stadium, but it did little to dampen the spirit of the players. Time and again, St. Andrews had bested them, and the Raffles ‘A’ Division Boys’ rugby team was out for vengeance, roaring their battle cries with grim faces and blazing eyes. This was, at … Read more
Fighting the Good Fight: A Div Girls’ Squash Team loses 3-2 to HCI
By Trung Huan Nguyen (14S05A) Photographs by Faith Lim and Amanda Chin from Photographic Society When Denise Lim fired the shot to draw RI level with HCI in the very last match of the Girls’ Squash A Division final, the noise emanating from the crowd of Hwa Chong supporters suddenly died down. Despite losing the … Read more
What a Racket! RI Beats HCI 4-1 to Clinch Overall 3rd in Boys’ A Div Squash
By Trung Huan Nguyen (14S05A) Photos by Sharlene Lee, Ding Lin of Photographic Society Unfortunately for our Boys’ A Division squash team, the dream of clinching the championship title in national inter-schools competition had already slipped away when RI went up against perennial rivals Hwa Chong Institution in the 3rd-4th squash play-offs on Monday afternoon. … Read more
