Tuesday, January 28, 2014

IHG Week 7 Round-Up by Yeo Ying Tong

27 Jan 2014, Monday

Sepak Takraw vs Hall 4
WON 2-1
Today’s Sepak Takraw game against Hall 4 got off to a great start with an exciting display of fancy headers and nifty footwork from our players. However, despite scoring the first few points and leading the game, our team of Arnold Wee, Christopher Gan and Parthiban Mathevananeventually started trailing behind, leading to the disappointing first loss of the day.
Fortunately, Game 2 saw a swift turn of events as our players proceeded to dominate the game. Despite Hall 4’s best efforts, nothing could be done to stop our team’s solid performance. After a few near misses, the trio of Wong Zi Hao Billy, Kenneth Gan and Fadli Amin went on to close out the game for the win.
Game 3 - the tiebreaker. Hall 2 and 4 went neck to neck, with things growing increasingly heated by the second; this being the decisive game. This nail biter of a game saw points being scored by both teams one after the other, with the outcome still unclear. With Hall 2 leading by only one point, things started to look up when our trio of Blven Chan, Arun Vinoth and Satyajeet Akhilesh stepped up their efforts with a burst of adrenaline, ultimately clinching the victory.

With this match won, Hall 2 has qualified for the final pool, giving them the much-sought after chance of qualifying for the quarterfinals. We can definitely be rest assured that the team will do us proud in future games.
Courtesy of Ying Ying Phua


Tennis vs Hall 8
LOSE 2-3
Our tennis team today bowed out at the quarterfinal stage with a hard-fought 2-3 loss to Hall 8.
With 3 IVP players in their lineup, Hall 8 were the favourites from the very start. For our team to stand a chance, we had to get the matchups right and play our very best; and we so nearly did it.
In the men’s and ladies’ singles, Eugene Tang Wei Da and Michelle Neoboth gave their all and put up a great fight, but their IVP opponents’ class told in the end as they fell to defeats.
Sim Yuh Harn and Adelle Tang were up next in the ladies’ doubles. Their opponents were an IVP tennis player and an IVP squash player, whose tennis skills were noticeably questionable. Despite one of their opponents being vastly superior, leading to some nervy moments in the game, they came through in the end to record a win for Hall 2.

In the men’s doubles, Ong Zi Quan and Jian Ming Phua had a reasonably easier time, making quick work of their opponents. The game was noticeable for some dubious umpiring as well as Zi Quan’s outbursts of exasperation whenever he had to run a bit more than expected.
Finally at 2-2, it was down to the mixed doubles to decide which Hall would progress to the semis. Ruey Yi and Adeline Seah were more than a match for their opponents, but, blame it on luck, blame it on form, the points just would not fall for them, as they fell to their Hall 8 opponents.

In spite of their disappointing defeat, our tennis team can take pride in their performances over the past few weeks. In a sport where victory is largely decided by how many IVP players you have in your lineup, our team has done exceedingly well to come so close to a semi-final berth. We hope that they take pride from their performance to come back even stronger next year.

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