NSG 2026

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Tennis Girls’ NSG 2026: The Collective Comeback  
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Fu Quanming (27A01D), Han Penghao Matthew (27A01A) and Gao Yuanji (27S06M)

In the 2026 NSG season, RI’s girls’ tennis team has once again overcome the odds and found themselves in the finals against year-long rivals—Anglo-Chinese School (Independent). 

Just as the year before, the stands were split into two halves, the atmosphere tense with anticipation as the players slowly streamed into the courts below. The dim glow of the overhead lights and the excited buzz among the spectators only added to the growing tension. Three courts, side by side, would decide the outcome of this championship. 

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A Decade in the Making: Football Girls’ NSG 2026
Reading Time: 9 minutes

By Lee Yi Ning Megan (27A01B) and Tang Ziya Rena (27A01B)

All photos courtesy of Skyler Chen Yuanzhe (27S03A), Khoo Zheng Yuan Orlando (27S06F) from the Raffles Art and Photographic Society

RI Faces VJC for the Title

For the first time in more than a decade, the girls’ football team of Raffles Institution (RI) walked onto the National School Games A Division final stage with a shot at ending a dynasty.

Standing opposite them was Victoria Junior College (VJC), football giants, champions for the past 11 years and a perennial title contender. RI would eventually fall short in the final, but their run to the championship match had already marked a dramatic turnaround for a team that had not progressed beyond the group stages in recent years.

To many outsiders, RI’s meteoric rise may have seemed sudden. Within the team, however, players had long believed that they were capable of reaching the final.

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Hunting For The Win: Hockey Girls’ NSG 2026
Reading Time: 10 minutes

By Rebekah Yew (27S05A) and Victoria Khoo Miin-Hsuen (27A01A)

All photos courtesy of Radhakrishnan Sujitha (27S03E) and Tang Lishan (27A01A) from the Raffles Art and Photographic Society (RAPS)

After a fiercely contested match against Victoria Junior College (VJC), RI emerged victorious in a dramatic shootout, reclaiming the national title for the first time in over a decade. 

Just weeks earlier, the same team had suffered a 3-0 defeat to VJC during the round robin stage. For many, the result reinforced VJC’s reputation as one of the strongest teams in the A Division competition. For RI, however, this temporary loss offered direction. 

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Taekwondo NSG 2026: Taek-it–on!
Reading Time: 8 minutes

By Rebekah Yew (27S05A) and Saadhana Kalimuthu (27A01C)

All photos courtesy of Fang Rui Shan (26S06R) and Tay Kai Xin (26A01C) of Raffles Art and Photographic Society

Let the numbers speak first. 

RI Girls: 9 gold, 6 silver, 8 bronze. 

RI Boys: 4 silver, 6 bronze. 

Overall? RI Taekwondo finished in 2nd place–the Girls 2nd, the Boys 4th. Three years ago, RI’s Taekwondo team sat second-last, but now, they’re podium regulars. 

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Aiming For The Podium: Badminton NSG 2026
Reading Time: 10 minutes

By Dara Tan (27A01A) and Sean Loh (27S06I)

Photographs courtesy of Tay Kai-En, Othniel (27S03Q) from RAPS

This year, both the boys and the girls of the RI badminton team arrived at the OCBC Arena Badminton Courts to battle it out for 3rd place. 

For the girls, it was a strong comeback after they failed to reach the Top 4 last year. For the boys, it was not the ideal placement they had hoped for. Yet, both were aiming for the same outcome.

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