By Christian Adriel Tan (26S07B)
Where’d all the time go?
Where’d All the Time Go, Dr. Dog
It’s starting to fly
See how the hands go
Waving goodbye
Nostalgia is strange. It slips in unannounced, often in the softest pauses — between breaths, between thoughts — and suddenly, the past feels nearer than the present. Time never tells you when it is about to slip through your fingers.
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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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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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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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By Michelle Lee (26S07A) and Teng Yifan (26S06H)
Cover photo and all photos by Siua Jia Xuan (25S03R).
One word to describe RI’s softball team? Aura. Staying undefeated for the 4th year in a row? Even more aura.
The RI Softball boys team were runners-up in the 2018 and 2019 A Division finals until NSG was suspended during Covid. But ever since NSG resumed in 2022, the RI team has been on a win streak, facing rivals EJC. The EJC and RI softball boys have met each other in the A Division Finals every year since 2022, and in this year alone, the finals would be their third time facing them.
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