By Harish Arun Prasad (27S05B), Joshua Gerrard Tan (27A01A), Sophie Sim (27S05A)

Photos courtesy of Xu Fengxuan (27S03M), Skyler Chen YuanZhe (27S03A), and Brianne Anastasia Jim (27A01E) 

Subheaders inspired by Floorball Girls’ 26 Instagram @floorthewin

The whistle blows and they stumble out of court, breathless after a phenomenal 4-1 win against Tampines Meridian JC. They’re officially semis-bound! What was just a far-off dream for the batches before became a reality with the Floorball Girls’ team this year. 

For a developmental CCA with no DSAs, they have always been disadvantaged in the nation-wide competition. Ranging from 1.5 years to just a few months of experience, each girl learnt the sport right from the ground up, going into every practice with the “underdog mentality”: always driven, always dedicated, and always going out of their way to seek guidance and improve. 

For them to make it this far was truly, in the words of the EXCO, a “dream come true.” They are all fighters who battled their way to the top when many others thought they couldn’t, being each other’s pillars of support through thick and thin. And now finally, the scoreboard tells the same story.