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By Tay Yu Ning (23S06E)
Photos courtesy of Raffles Photographic Society.
Minutes before their match against National Junior College (NJC) on the 19th of May 2022, the members of the Raffles Basketball Girls’ Team were feeling nervous. As previous batches of Basketball Girls had reached the finals and finished overall champions (2019) and first-runner up (2018) respectively, they were feeling the pressure of high expectations.
To make matters worse, the team was not at their full strength. One of their players caught dengue right before the semi-finals, meaning they only had eleven players instead of the typical twelve.
Still, the team proudly stepped onto the basketball court, determined to make the school proud.
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