Floorball [M] Preliminary Round: KE vs. EH, lost 7-1

Reported by Zachary Low

Edited by Celine Yeap

February 7^th, and Liangxun and I are back at the MPSH getting ready for the second game of the men’s floorball group stage. This time though, there’s no camera and notepad and pen – this time we’re wearing KEVIIan red and we’re holding our floorball sticks. It’s the real deal now. The day before, we beat Raffles 7-2 to guarantee a spot in the semifinals. But we’re not going to throw the game against Eusoff. We’re here to put up a fight, and we’re here to play for the win. There’s a whole bunch of people in red here to cheer us on and give us a reason to fight for. If you were at the game and you’re reading this, here’s a shout-out to all the boys and girls who came them to show us some love. Kudos to you all.

And the first picture goes to the supporters right here!

The team finishes its warmup and we get onto the court. The whistle blows and KE gets possession off the initial face-off. At first glance the game looks pretty balanced, and we’re moving the ball around. But as much as it pains me to write this, Eusoff puts the first goal into the net. This is the problem with a player writing the report: it’s ridiculously difficult to admit defeat. I kid you not when I say that I am hesitating right here at my keyboard.

Near the end of the first period Eusoff is awarded a penalty. They convert and the floorball team goes into the break down 2-0. It’s still early in the game, and our coach JQ is reminding us to stay focused.

JQ gets us to focus. Best. Coach. Ever.

The second period starts and as much as I hate to admit it, Eusoff’s superior speed and passing begins to tell. They score three more goals in the second period. We’re getting our chances but we’ve got to do a better job in making them count. When I get onto the court it’s a full-court press: our coach wants us to keep up the pressure so we can get a chance to steal the ball. But the Eusoff defence is swarming and even though the full-court press is allowing us to pressure them in front of their goal, we can’t capitalize on what we have.

The third period begins and we’re down 5-0. But we fight on. On a scramble behind the Eusoff goalpost, Joel Soon wraps the ball and puts KE on the scoreboard, and injecting new life into our squad. But Eusoff scores again, utilizing speed and precision passing to create a scoring chance and coming in from the weak side. The referee awards us a penalty, but Ming Zhou’s make is ruled a foul and we don’t get the point. Things get a bit emotional (as most sports matches do) and some of the Eusoff players aren’t being very nice, to put it mildly. But I’m proud to say that we didn’t let them get into our heads. Sure, on the bench we mutter amongst ourselves, and we react to the referee’s calls (who doesn’t?), but as a whole we maintain our collective cool.

Joel Soon – never giving up

The match ends 7-1 to Eusoff.

What’s there to say about it? The more skilled team won. Nobody likes to lose. But we come away from the game with our heads held high. If you want to win, you’ve got to work for it. I come away from the game disappointed, of course. But it just means that we’ve got to work harder – the holidays are going to be secret mountain training time. You know, the hermiticize-yourself-on-mountaintop situation in order to find Inner Peace. We’ve got to build a winning culture from the very beginning. It might sound idealistic and impossible, but if we want to turn things around in KE we’ve got to start now. Call me naïve and impressionable and a believer in one too many inspirational sports movies, but words can change things, can’t they?

In other news, the floorball men’s semifinals against Temasek Hall will be on Thursday. Please be there.

Male Volleyball: KE VS RH, lost 0-2

Written by Shi Yangyang

Edited by Mao Yinan

As a very popular and interesting game among the world, volleyball is usually played with hands or arms, but players can strike or push with any part of the body. First, a team serve the ball. Then each team tries to score points by grounding the ball onto opponent’s court and wining the rally. However, at the same time, no one is allowed to touch the ball for consecutive two times.  The most competitive thing about volleyball I think is that no one is fixed in the court. Everyone is going to change his place during the game. Today’s male volleyball is KE VS RH. It plays best-of-three to 25.

Here came the game. The first race, Raffles kept ahead of us. When the score is 5:1, Eric asked for a break. All the players got together, talked about the opponent’s advantage and disadvantage. At the same time, we are a little bit rush. Experienced senior also shared his experience and judgement.

Analysing, discussing and improving

Just after the break, we got a very beautiful rally and got one more point.  Although Raffles is all the way ahead ofus, it seldom reduced our passion. Everyone was trying to do his best and gave the audience an awesome match.

Look! A nice spiking!

A spiking!

What impressed me most was the beginning of the second race. First, we got a nice first point, which made us 0:1 ahead of Raffles.  After that, as Raffles player commit some fault and we were ahead of them for some time. The supporters even shout for “KE, coaching”, which inspired players very much. At that time, both confidence and hope came back to us.  Everyone was in his place without rushing.

Everyone is in his place

The match finally ended with the mercy rule of Raffles. They managed to get the success of the first two races. Although we lost the game, our passion and confidence are still with us. All the Keviians will be with the players towards the next challenge, which is KE VS TH. Thank you, guys! And Good luck for your next match!

IHG Swimming Competition

Written by Yuan Xuting

Edited by Mao Yinan

IHG Swimming Competition began at NUS Swimming Pool on 9^th Jan, the first day of this new semester.

After a short opening ceremony，different swimming games began.

This year, Ziyao and Ellie lead KE Swimming team. Other team members are: Yunjin, Pinhong, Kasper, Jeremy, Augustine and Celine, Elaine, Sueyuin, Anna.

The guys in KE swimming team

The first game was 50m males freestyle swimming and 50m females freestyle swimming. Although the individual game was not counted into final scores, KE’s participants Ziyao and Jeremy still tried their best and showed us an exciting game.

male 50m freestyle swimming

Then 4＊50m males freestyle relay and 4＊50m females freestyle relay attracted our attention. Team leader Ziyao motivated the males’ team, including Kasper, Jeremy, and Augustine, to try their best. And the female team leader Ellie led her athletes Elaine, Sueyuin, and Anna made great efforts as well. There was an air of excitement around the whole swimming pool. Supporters from different halls were organized by their own JCRC and gave their athletes the most enthusiastic encouragement.

The supporters encouraged their athletes.

After a short break, athletes warmed up during male 50m breaststroke and female 50m breaststroke. After that, athletes took part in the male 4x50m breaststroke relay and female 4x50m breaststroke relay girls. In both games, KE athletes took the 5^th position among all halls.

male 4x50m breaststroke relay

KE athletes Ziyao, Pinhong, Kasper, Jeremy, Augustine, and Anna participated in the next game–10x50m novelty race. In this game, our athletes got the second place, which is a noteworthy achievement, cheering every KEviian present.

The last and the most exciting game was 4x50m medley relay. The two leaders Ellie and Ziyao took part in this game. The other two athletes were Elaine and Jeremy. In the end, KE took the 5^th position in IHG swimming competition.

the exciting swimming competition

Softball First Preliminary Round: KE vs EH, lost 2-21

Written by Lim Siew Fen

Edited by Mao Yinan

Softball is a very exciting but also challenging game. It is competition against yourself mentally, physically and of course against the other team. Mentally, you have to build self-confidence; especially the pitcher who throws the ball and the batter who needs to decide whether to catch the ball in just a blink. Our second softball match is against Eusoff Hall. This is a new yet fun experience for me, as this is the first time I am on the softball field, looking on our fellow team mates as they fight for our glory. Right before the match started, KEVIIan supporters had a crash course in SOF1101 Introduction to Softball thanks to Fang Hau who explained all the rules of the games.

This is the start of our softball match journey!

We are ready!

In the match, Eusoff Hall kept ahead of us throughout the game. They got their first seven points almost immediately due to the failure of our outfielders in catching the balls on time, thus giving opportunity to Eusoffians who were in position to run towards the home base. Although Jamil our softball captain did a few good strikes, they still managed to earn their points within three downs.

Jamil, our honorable captain!

What impressed me the most during the match was the highball caught by Issac, one of our good batters. Besides that, he was also an outstanding outfielder. He managed to catch a highball accurately at the right time, leading to one down out of three for the opponent team during the match. KEVIIan supporters were so excited and worked up that they cheered at the moment he caught the ball.

Issac is here!

Here comes the ball!

Jason our ex-softball captain however did not perform as well as a pitcher probably due to the hot weather and from what I heard he wasn’t feeling very well. Nevertheless, he had the back of the entire KE softball team and we all cheered him on all the way throughout the game. This was probably a show of the so called KEVIIan spirit we hear so much of!

Jason is pitching, try and catch this!

We finally got our first point after almost an hour of “struggling” due to the pitcher missing the ball. Thanks to Jerusha, we got our second point as she managed to run back to home base in such a short time.

The reason we lost the match was mainly due to the fact that our players were unable to run to the bases, be it first, second or third fast enough after the batter hit out the ball. Eusoffian players on the other hand always managed to catch the ball and pass it to their team members, getting a “save” before our team managed to score. There is a strategy whereby the team will tend to put boys and girls alternately at the three bases, so that it will be faster for the first player to run back to home base due to the “forced run”. There is a technical explanation for this strategy which we shall not explore further.

The match ended with the mercy rule of Eusoff Hall. They managed to score 21 points at the end of the match. Although we lost the game, our team spirit matched that of the other team if not better. I’m pretty sure the encouragement and support given that day will keep our fellow KEVIIans going and perhaps one day they will be the ones to emerge victorious! But for now let us keep a sharp eye out for KE7’s next coming match in this year’s IHG!

No matter the outcome, it’s all smiles for our team!

Day 1 of IHG: Tennis (Males) Preliminary Match

Written by Celine Yeap

Results of Tennis (M) First Preliminary Round: KE vs. KR. 0-5

Match	KE	KR	Score (KE-KR)
1St Singles	Kegan Lim	Matthew Liu (IVP)	1-9
2nd Singles	Treye Teo	Jaymond Lit	1-9
3rd Singles	Jasper Wang	Benjamin Lim (IVP)	0-5 (Conceded)
1st Doubles	Rajeev Kumar and Darrell Lim	John Woo (IVP) and Justin Neo	2-9
2nd Doubles	Isaac Chay and Yinghan Tan	Daniel Beh and Jason Goh	3-9
Overall			0-5

The evening of January the 3^rd marked the start of the rigorous and challenging period for KE7’s athletes: Inter Hall Games (IHG), the annual event bringing the six halls together in competitive spirit. Kicking start this year’s IHG were KE’s very own tennis male team, pitted against Kent Ridge Hall as the inaugural match of the season. The guys team this year was headed by freshman and Captain, Kegan Lim and his line-up of tennis players for IHG included several new and old faces. Their opponent, Kent Ridge Hall (KR) with its line-up of players, including three IVPs proved a challenged to our guys. KR’s strength in tennis surpassed those of our hardworking players and an overall loss of 0 – 5 resulted. Despite our loss, the effort put forth by the guys was commendable and peppered with occasional successes.

Our males tennis team!

Firstly, a brief introduction to IHG tennis and how it is played, for those who are not clear about the game play. IHG Tennis is separated into Males and Females tournaments. A team consists of two doubles pairs and 3 singles;  a total of 5 matches are played. A match is won when a player (and his partner, in doubles) wins 9 games. The winning team is the one that wins at least three out of five matches.

On the tennis courts at the SRC, players were seen warming up with each other as early as 5:30 pm. The weather was just perfect for the first preliminary round and at 6:15 pm, the games began! The first match of the day was our 2^nd males doubles pair, freshman Isaac Chay and senior Yinghan Tan against Daniel Beh and Jason Goh of KR. Our guys took off to a rough start, committing several faulty serves to their disadvantage and losing to the powerful forehand shots of the guys of KR. As the score lay dangerously at 5-0, Isaac and Yinghan got their act together and picked up momentum, bringing the score to 7-3, even winning a sudden death game point. In the end, however, it was KR’s stamina that won the match, bringing the score to an overall of 9-3.

Warming up before the games

The second match of the night, and a highly anticipated one at that, was battled out between Captain Kegan and Matthew Liu, one of KR’s IVPs. Despite being a freshman, Kegan was voted into captaincy by his teammates by virtue of his experience in the sport; freshman Treye Teo said that he voted Kegan as captain “because he was the best player in the team”. The match proved to be an adrenaline-pumping affair. The match was characterised by continuous rallies between the two opponents, hitting the ball long and far with great force and speed, with the ball always almost grazing the top of the net. IVP Matthew’s approach was to alternate hitting the ball between the two corners of the court, forcing Kegan to run back and forth, expending all his energy. In spite of Kegan’s skills and determination, KR’s Matthew proved too strong an opponent, and the match was lost with an overall score of 9-1.

Next up was the 2nd singles match of the night, pitting KE’s freshman Treye Teo against Jaymond Lit of KR. As a softball player who occasionally plays tennis, this match was a testing ground for Treye. The match started off strongly for both opponents, who seemed to be comparable in strength. The shots they made hit fast and with great forc. Treye demonstrated surprising strength, winning a game with powerful smashes and well played serves. Kegan, surprised, was heard mentioning to another teammate “I never knew he had it in him!” The match progressed however in a downhill manner. In spite of Treye’s endurance and hardwork, Jaymond of KR managed to win with unexpectedly swift and powerful shots, catching Treye off guard.  The match ended with an overall score of 9-1.

Seth and Darrell

Following this was the penultimate match of the night: the 2^nd doubles, involving the teamwork of freshman Darrell Lim and senior Rajeev Kumar. They were up against two strong and experienced players of KR, including their captain, Justin Neo and his partner, John Woo – a senior IVP. Rajeev and Darrell put a good fight, although the wits and strength of the KR duo proved to outsmart and outplay our 2^nd males doubles. KR managed to win a number of points and games by playing to KE’s weaknesses. Other times, an attack of volleys and swift forehand shots caught Darell and Rajeev by surprise, rendering them unable to return the shot. Nevertheless, the KE duo persevered to the end of the match, despite losing to KR. The final score of the match was 9-2.

Returning a serve!

 The final match of the night pitted Jasper Wang of KE against another of KR’s IVPs, Benjamin Lim. Although having lost four matches already, a commendable effort was put up by Jasper early on in the match. Eventually, nonetheless, he was soon overcome by the ferocity of Benjamin’s serves and shots that a defeat was conceded at a score of 5-0 to KR.

The final tally thus stands at 5-0 to KR. Nevertheless, good job for the effort guys! Keep those spirits high and all the best for the next rally against Raffles Hall! KEViians, be sure to go down and support our team! The next preliminary round against Raffles will be held this Friday, the 6^th of January!

IHG Opening Ceremony 2011

This is a excerpt of  the article that was first posted on the KEVII IHG Site. For the full article as well as much more IHG news, visit the KEVII IHG Site today!

Written by: Lawrence Wu
Edited by: Jocelyn Yeo

KEVII Sportsmen all raring to go this Inter-Hall Games 2011!!!

 

The NUS Inter-Hall Games (IHG) 2010/2011 opening ceremony finally kicked the IHG to its official start on the evening of 12 January 2011 at the SRC pool. Amongst the supporters who turned up were many KEVIIans were also present to cheer the KEVII sportspeople on, all fired up and decked in our customary red shirts.

The Guest-of-Honour Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser, Vice-Dean of the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) graced the ceremony. He gave the opening address, in which he hailed the IHG as a stepping stone towards fostering stronger bonds among NUS students, and challenged IHG participants to continue promoting a greater love for sports.

This was followed by the oath taking of the sportsmen, and a toasting by all present to a successful IHG 2011. Finally, A/Prof Tan released a bundle of colourful balloons into the sky, and declared the official start of the 2011 Inter-Hall Games!!!

KE Press wishes KEViians all the very best in their upcoming matches, we’ll be there covering you every step of the way!!!

What our Female Tennis Captain has to say about our IHG Gold!

Writer: Fang Chee
Editor: Janice Fan

Fang Chee’s personal thoughts as the Females Tennis Captain:

Overall, the team did an excellent job. We went there with the mindset that we were going to emerge as champions, and everyone worked towards that by putting all their efforts into the game.

The 1st singles match of the night, between Jenny and KR’s IVP player, Sherene, was kind of the deciding match for our gold medal. Jenny has always been a confident player, so she kept a cool head throughout and played her game nicely, giving no chance for her more experienced opponent to triumph over her. The 2nd singles match played by Geri portrayed her superb ability to control her balls. Despite a few costly mistakes in the beginning, Geri played on steadily and picked herself up. Soon, she had her opponent running around frantically in the court to return her balls! With excellent strokes, Geri eventually won the game with ease. In the 3rd singles, Jeana’s opponent was no match for her. However, Jeana did not take things for granted. Staying cool and calm like her sister, she played her game with minimum flaws and emerged triumphant from the court, thereby securing the gold medal for KE with a result of 6-0, 6-0.

Our doubles were less fortunate as we were playing against stronger opponents. The 1st doubles match that night (played by Jene and I) was a tough game. But we never gave up and continued fighting hard – we gave our opponents an especially hard time during the 2nd set, and had our scores tied for that particular set. Considering the fact that neither of us had undergone proper training under any tennis coach, it was a good experience that gave us greater exposure to the sport. The 2nd doubles (by Wei-tse and Mae Yue) tested our players’ patience, but Wei-tse and Mae Yue certainly gave the best they could. Even though they lost the game to their more experienced opponents, I knew that they had put in their best because of the look of satisfaction on their faces. I am sure that they have no regrets, especially since Wei-tse said that it was one of the best doubles matches she has ever played.

Sports are not just sports when it comes to tournaments. A lot of times, the key to winning is not one’s skills, but good emotional control, a positive mindset, patience and the strong will to fight back. This is especially so when one faces an opponent that is as strong as you. Like what Geri always says, no team is unbeatable, and the game should be played slowly and steadily: “One point at a time!”

It has been a long journey to the finals, and the finals itself was a long night as we fought our way towards the championship. But I have always had faith in my girls, and they had never once let me down. I am very, very proud of them! From the prelims to the semis, every match taught us new things and prepared us with better skills to win the next one. We thus performed better and better with every match, and made it into the finals. At long last, KE7 is able to wipe the smug looks off the faces of those who have been looking down on us.

I’d like to personally thank my vice captain, Jenny, as well as Jeana, for coaching the team well throughout last semester. Thanks again to them and also to Geri, for coaching the team during the matches, teaching us new things, and always perking us up with words of encouragement/jokes during the breaks. Thank you!

OF COURSE, the team also wishes to express our deepest gratitude to the following parties:

1) WELFARE COMM, for bringing down our dinner and also bottles of 100 Plus.

2) ALL KEVIIan supporters, for coming down to stand behind us and cheer us on (and also those who couldn’t come down but cheered us on by sending “all-the-best” SMSes).

3) Video comm, Photo comm, and KE Press, for taking nice shots and writing reports that made us look sooooooo good.

WELL DONE, GIRLS!!! WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!

Handball Camp 2008

Writer: Eric Wu
Editor: Angel
Photos: Eric Wu

29th Dec (Monday) was the day we had our annual Handball Camp.

Handball camp 2008 got off to a rainy start, resulting in a shift of our training area from the MPC to the communal hall. We started the day with some basic warming-up passings and basic attack and defend games. The moment the sun emerged from the clouds, we eagerly moved back to the MPC for some real action. The pace of the training picked up from our usual shooting drills to 3-on-3s, and we worked ourselves all the way until noon.

Pakkin (Captain) flying past the defence with the ball

Jonathan (Vice-Captain) ensuring that no balls gets pass him

Finally, our stomachs beckon us to take a break for lunch. The entire team of hungry handballers stormed the ARTS Canteen and ate to our stomachs’ fill. After lunch, we continued the camp with tactical discussion where we decided the strategies for our up-coming IHG matches. After the mind-boggling discussion, we took a short break in our own rooms before commencing the afternoon training.

The sun was hanging high and the court was sizzling hot for our afternoon training, in contrast to the cold morning we had earlier. Nevertheless, we started our tactical training with much zest. Tactics that were discussed earlier were now put to practice. Discussions were made and we were continually improvising the initial tactics for them to be fail-safe. After the practice, we decided to put the tactics into practice in a handball game. We tried and failed several times but we never gave up and eventually we managed to pull off several good setups. However, amidst the game, Greg (an German exchange student) accidentally tripped and landed on his elbow. This was the first and last casualty in the camp (in contrast to the numerous casualties in last year’s Handball Camp).

Time flew past while we were having fun and soon it was time for dinner. The team proceeded straight to the PGP canteen for dinner since everyone’s stomachs were growling by then. After the quick dinner, the team went to wash up before proceeding to the main lounge to enjoy an Olympic Handball match between Germany and Russia, in which both teams ended in a draw. The end of the video marked the end of Handball Camp 2008.

It was an enriching and tiring day but we all had fun!!!

One Team, One Family

IHG 07/08 Closing Ceremony

Pubz Comm Reporter: Jason Lun Leung 

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After the races were over, the closing ceremony proceeded. While the points were computed and the results were being finalized, those who came were treated to some performances. Temasek and Kent Ridge sent their cheerleaders to do some stunts and celebratory performances, while KE sent its own Wushu & Dance teams.

Overall, the public watched and liked the spectacle, which were all greeted with applause. Shortly after, the prize- giving ceremony began, with Jeevan and Adelyne as MCs. Every hall cheered loudly for the winners. For KE, the highlights were when our Gold medalists were called to collect the trophies for Squash and Softball. The overall winner was Eusoff Hall, and they celebrated their title by running around the track wildly and cheering.

IHG was over. In spite of some minor incidents, it was overall a well- organized event. Congratulations to the Convening Committee!

See you all next year, when we can hopefully improve on this year’s performance.

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With this, Pubz Comm would like to thank all those of you who have faithfully read our reports during the IHG period 07/08, and we apologize again for the minor mistakes we committed along the way.

Track and Field

Pubz Comm Reporter: Jason Lun Leung 

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Last Friday, the track and field events were held at the SRC, followed by the IHG closing ceremony. KE supporters went down to the field to cheer up our athletics team and for the ensuing ceremony.

At around 5pm, the first people started arriving. The athletes began preparing and the first supporters arrived. Very soon, the place was bustling with activity. Our athletics team had been training for this event under Ying Rui, but during the last weeks, many runners had to pull out because of injuries. Thus, with the team of runners stretched for numbers, our prospects looked quite grim. This was very sad, especially considering that some had been training months before in the hope of mounting a serious challenge for this event, in which, it has to be said, our hall generally performed poorly in the previous years.

Nevertheless, those who were still fit were there on the track, preparing themselves for their race, while those who had trained but would not be able to run simply joined the groups of supporters.

The 4x100m (Men), one of the most anticipated races for KE, was the second event of the day. Initially, there had been 6 guys contending for the starting places, but because of injuries, two of them pulled out. Nevertheless, we knew of their training, and were quite expectant on this one. But our injured runners were no match for those from the traditional athletics power houses, and Yong Shen, Pak Kin, Han Sheng and Joe could not bring us the medal we had hoped for despite their best efforts.

The following events were also quite dispiriting. KE never managed to really put up any challenge for any of the races. The final event of the day, the medley, ended with KE last.

It would not be fair to indiscriminately criticize the athletics team. Those who ran trained diligently for several months. Some of them ran through pain and injuries to complete the day’s events. Bad luck made it so that they were not able to compete with the other halls even after they have dedicated so much of their time to preparing for this day.

However, some things can definitely be improved.  I thought that there was no ‘squad depth:’ we had too few runners. Some of them had to pull out, leaving the remaining few to run 2, sometimes even 3 races on the same day. KE residents are not usually super- athletes. The fact that the few who do go to trainings end up running all the races by themselves will not help. Maybe if we could get more people to train, they could specialize in an event, and, hopefully, this would give us a better chance of competing.

Also, the supporters can do better. Here again, those who did come down cannot be criticized. Over the whole of IHG, KE supporters have been quite few, especially when compared to those of other halls. One good thing is that those who came down were never afraid to shout and cheer as loudly as they could. Here, the message would be to come down in large numbers, and then, just shout and cheer with everybody. Cheering is a simple thing: there will always be somebody to try something funny or start a new cheer. The hard part is getting enough people to follow. So, yeah, do come down to support next year.

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Touch Rugby (Male)

Pubz Comm Reporter: N Puneeth

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This year’s Touch Rugby for guys was held at the SRC fields on the 16th of February, a Saturday of the month. The event kicked off at about 3 PM.

Our starting line consisted of Horace Owino /H, Jialun (Vice Cap.), Wei Liang(Cap), Dominic, Kevin and Paul.

First Match: KE vs EH. 0-5

We kicked off the proceedings for the day with the first match against a very strong Eusoff team. We were completely outplayed in this match which we lost by a margin of 5 tries to nil.

Second Match: KE vs KR, 2-4

In the second match we had a better outing and we managed to score two tries courtesy of our star player H and Paul, but we conceded some easy tries, and in the end went down by a margin of 2-4.

Third Match: KE vs TH, 0-4

We were up against a very strong and competent Temasek Hall. Again, we were outplayed by a much better team and we let them score four tries. As was the case for the majority of the evening we ended up losing this match as well.

Fourth Match: KE vs SH, 1-2

We had a very good match against Sheares Hall, the defending champions. We put in a tough fight and the writer’s opinion is that we should have gotten way more out of this match.

Fifth Match: KE vs RH; 1-2

Once again a tough opponent for us to play against. We were up against the eventual champions of the IHG Touch Rugby, Raffles Hall. We managed to score a try thanks to Paul but we again let in some easy tries in the second half, and we ended up losing the match by a margin of 1-2.

On the whole, we really ended up having no points to show, but the most important thing is that our boys had fun playing.

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