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Stick-ing Together to Stick It Out: NSG Hockey (Boys) Finals 2025
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Bertram Wang (26S06H), Chen Ying (25A01C) and Looi Ee Xin (26S03M)

All photographs provided by Clara Grace Lim Zhi Yun (26S03A) from RIAC unless otherwise stated.

As a spectator walking into the stadium, the first scene you notice is the hockey players from both teams running laps, drenched by the sprinklers watering the pitch. The crowd is buzzing, councillors are drumming; both schools are setting the stage for one of the biggest NSG matches of the year. Then, for a moment, there is silence.

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Confronting The Inevitable: Tennis Boys NSG 2025
Reading Time: 7 minutes

By Georgia Ong (26S03O), Kunchur Bharat (26A01B) and Tomi Peh (26S06P)

They didn’t expect to win this year. In fact, speaking to the squad beforehand, defeat seemed almost inevitable to the team. After successfully ending a 9-year-long drought with a win the previous year, the stakes were high once again this year–a chance to defend the title, start a winning streak of our own, and cement RI’s reputation as the winners of a bitter rivalry between two schools. 

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Ten Years In Waiting, Heroes In The Making: Rugby NSG 2025
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Cherie Khoo (26S03B) and Tara Sim (26A01C)

Tensions ran high on the field and in the stands—the odds were against Raffles Institution’s (RI) Rugby team. The high-stakes match was the team’s tenth consecutive final against Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) (ACSI), the defending champions. ACSI was looking to reclaim their title for the tenth year in a row but for RI, the “underdogs”, it would mean the world to achieve the elusive championship title.

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A Guide to Becoming Champions: Cricket Finals 2025
Reading Time: 10 minutes

By Lerraine Neo (26A01A) and Michelle Lee (26S07A)

All pictures by Sophia Loh (26S02B) unless stated otherwise. 

Victory. A dream that unites all athletes, a goal that spurs them to train harder, play better. For 8 long years, the final trophy has eluded RI’s cricket team. But this year, they’ve brought home the gold. This is how they did it.

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Against All Odds: Basketball Girls’ NSG 2025
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Tan Yan Qi (26S06M) and Tara Teo (26A01D)

All photographs provided by Sriram Tharaneetharan (25S06Q), Fang Rui Shan (26S06R) and Chew Rui-Yan (26S03N) from RIAC unless otherwise stated.

Sport is fair game. Luck isn’t. We all know that. Even so, athletes give all they have to training. They sacrifice time, slog under the hot sun, and sculpt their bodies into tools for victory, all for the hope of receiving back what they put into a sport. But despite all their efforts, it’s often that all they can do is flip the coin and see where it lands.  

This was no different for the Girls’ basketball team.

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