By Sports Recreation Club EXCO’22
Are you interested in sports but can’t settle on one to commit yourself to? Want to experience the plethora of sports from all over the world? Want to have fun while sweating it out? Then Sports Recreation Club (Sports Rec) is for you!
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By Adele Yuen (22S06M), Girls’ Captain and Denise Tan (22S03J), Girls’ Vice Captain
Left? Right? Think fast. You have a total of 4.5 seconds to react and throw the runner out, not including the 1 second it takes for the ball to reach you. Standing there, everything is a blur except the yellow speck that is slowly expanding in the mere 0.95 seconds it’s taking to reach you. Your breath hitches and the cogs of your muscle memory click into place. You’d do anything it takes to stop the ball. With wholehearted faith, you launch your entire body into a dive…
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By: Tan Shian En (22S03K), Captain and Meghana Neogi (22S06Q), Vice-Captain
One thing you must know about soccer, is that contrary to popular belief, it’s not just about twenty sweaty players chasing after a ball. It’s twenty two.
But wait! Before you look away not knowing what to do with that seemingly redundant piece of information, let us convince you that soccer is not just a CCA filled with exhausting training sessions, balls flying wildly everywhere, and bruises in the most random of places. Well, actually, it is all that – especially the bruises in random places. But most importantly, Raffles Soccer Girls is also about a family. A family of vastly different individuals who have come together as one team, with the common goal of learning to play the beautiful game.
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By Eugene Teo (22A01B), Club Secretary
Echoes and whispers reverberate from the white and green walls of the school grounds as you head to the gates after your afternoon CCA session. Are your senses playing tricks on you? Has the stress and fatigue of JC life finally caught up with you? As you walk past rows of monochrome stills preserving alumni memories from a distant past, shelves of yesteryear’s trophies and awards, and lastly the imposing bust of Raffles himself outside the RGC, you will find that it is quite the contrary. Your dull spirits are instantly uplifted, your aching muscles are miraculously soothed, and an unknown warmth envelops your heart.
Can this be the work of the supernatural? What can explain this peculiar occurrence?
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By: Lee Yan Ting 22S03N (Co-Chair), Chrio Phee 22S03F (Co-Chair)
Hope to embark on a brand new adventure and experience a world of wonders in your new CCA? Look no further and join us as we trek through the wilderness, brave the river’s choppy torrents during our kayaking sessions and gather around the warm embrace of a fire during our bonfire sessions with the rest of the ODAC family.
Here at ODAC (Outdoor Adventures and Activities Club), kayaking and bonfire sessions are just some of the many hands-on activities that we offer. Others include indoor caving, outdoor cooking, and cycling.
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