CCA Previews 2022

CCA Previews ’22: Swimming

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By Bonnie Yeo Lu-Anne (22S06O), Captain, Yvette Teo (22S06H), Vice-Captain, Leon Tay (22S06O), Captain, Luke Sin (22S06H), Vice-Captain

“The best way to legally get brown hair”. That’s Swimming for you.

But even if brown hair isn’t your thing, we urge you to read on! Because there are still a multitude of reasons why Swimming is a CCA you should seriously consider. 

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CCA Previews ’22: Squash

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By Dominic Hui (22S03G), Boys’ Captain and Song Yi (22S03H), Girls’ Captain

When people talk about racket sports, which sport comes to mind first? To most, badminton, to some tennis. Few will think of squash. In fact, some may not even know such a sport exists. However, it does not mean that this sport is any less interesting than the other racket sports. 

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CCA Previews ’22: Sports Recreation Club

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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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CCA Previews ’22: Softball

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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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CCA Previews ’22: Soccer (Girls)

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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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