Compiled Reports From Sports AY1314

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57th JCRC, King Edward VII Hall

Annual General Meeting Report

KING EDWARD VII HALLNational University of Singapore

ANNUAL GENERALMEETING

Reports from the Sports Cluster

8.30pm, 10thSeptember 2014

Dining Hall


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Annual Report from Badminton (M&F) 2013/2014

Inter-Hall Gamesparticipation was high, we managed to have at least 12 members per team, which

ensured we had enough players to rotate for the competition.

General Comments

1.

Having a coach helped during trainings as the coach is far more experienced than any of the

seniors. He contributed much to the success of the teams during IHG. The male team

managed to enter the semis, while female team narrowly lost before semis. The

breakthrough of male team is remarkable as it turned out to be first time we made it for

semis for years.

2. Training separately allowed the coach to focus on improving every individuals skill level. An

added bonus was that he hired assistant coaches and sparring partners to further improve

the development of the players.

3. The attendance submitted was based on the people who signed up at the start. According to

the figures, it showed that some of the players did not attend trainings on a regular basis.

However, this is not the fact that our players just joined badminton but did not show up in

our trainings. In fact, both captains would give consideration for other CCAs and would

always arrange make up trainings for those who have their duties in other activities.

4. Having trainings in PGP and SRC during the semester allowed our players familiarize

themselves with court conditions in IHG games.

Recommendations for the future

1.

It is highly recommended to ask for attendance early to prevent a situation where the coach

comes for a training where attendance is mediocre.

2. Coaching budgets should plan for the IHG days on top of regular trainings.

3. For the holiday camp, all sports heads should co-operate with each other so that situations

of poor attendance would not appear that frequently. For instance, sports can arrange

physical training session together with road relay. Other examples include: PT together with

Titans in gym, PT with swimming team, especially female team.

Prepared By (Ms.) Mei Yi, Neo & (Mr.) He Yu

Badminton Captains


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Annual Report from Floorball (F) 2013/2014Main events for AY13/14

Project/Event General Comments Problems

Encountered

Recommendations

for the future

CCA FAIR We managed to get

quite a handful of sign-

ups (around 20)

Not everyone who

signed up at CCA fair

went down for trials

Noting that the pool

of members from

sign-ups to trials to

actual team shrinks

at each stage, we

should aim for

maximum sign-ups at

cca fair. We could

organize

introductory sessionsto floorball before

CCA fair is held or

related activities to

draw interest for

floorball.

Floorball trials/

Selections

Majority of the sign-ups

at cca fair turned up for

the first floorball training

cum trials.

After the first

trials/training, quite

a few people barely

turned up for the

remaining trainings,

some who werenever to be seen

again without

informing any of the

exco.

The exco should

confirm commitment

to the cca after

informing members

that they have been

accepted.

Floorball camp Floorball camp was held

in early January this

year. It generally went

quite smoothly,

incorporating team

bonding activities,

trainings and a friendly.

Confirm dates for

floorball camp early,

to facilitate planning

and for better

attendance.

Interhall Games

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Interhall games this year

was held around mid-

Jan, carnival-style with a

maximum of 2 games

per day. KE came in

overall 4thplace for the

competition.

Quite a substantial

number of our

players were injured

before IHG Floorball

commenced due to

their participation in

other sports. This

had impacted our

teams performance

in the games.

It is quite inevitable

that our players will

be involved in many

other IHG sports. We

cannot really do

anything except

remind the players to

look out for

themselves.


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Other comments

Having JQ as our coach throughout our training and IHG season was definitely helpful for our team

and one of the main factors for our wins in IHG. His tactics and adaptation to the opponents

formations and play proved to work for us and provided us with the win over the previously

undefeated KR hall. His trainings had also evidently helped improve the teams stickwork.

Prepared by

Pang Yu Xian (Ms)

Floorball (F) Captain


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Annual Report from Floorball (M) 2013/2014

General Comments

This year was another record breaking year for us as we qualified for the semi-finals again for the 4 th

time running even though ending up in the group of death with Eusoff hall and Kent Ridge hall. We

managed a comfortable victory against Eusoff Hall which were last years finalists and it is the first

time in KE floorball history to defeat a sports hall like Eusoff. Kent Ridge hall had a great boost from

the new freshmen batch and we lost by a goal behind which costs us the chance of making it to finals

yet again. Under JQs guidance once again, we managed to build a deeper squad with a good intake

of talented freshmen and has built a very good foundation and position for next seasons rally for the

finals of IHG.

Major Competitions

Continuing the tradition, our team participated in the Singapore Floorball Association Division 3 league

which provided valuable match experience for our members. We finished 7thin the league and it will

continue to be an important platform for our players to develop. We finished 3rd/4thin the IHG as well.

Problems encountered

There was a lack of momentum in the build-up training for the IHG due to the December holidays

where many members have commitments overseas. It is important to get everyone in the team on

the same page and convince the members to commit together if the team wishes to achieve a

breakthrough in this competition. Physical fitness was also a big issue as it was evident that the team

could not keep up with the pace and level the game was played at.


It is important to incorporate physical fitness training in each session and must begin from day one

and sustain until the end of the competition. Commitments during the December holidays should be

set out clearly and early for the team to accommodate their schedule.

Value added from coaching

The coach has managed to bring in structured and organized play to the team and increased the level

at which our hall team can compete at. It is important to have this in order to compete at the level of

IHG which is developing into that similar of even the inter-varsity games. The coach also takes care of

the team strategy and substitutions which is extremely crucial in floorball and allows for the players

to focus on the game.

Acknowledgements

I would like to sincerely thank the SCRC and JCRC for their continuous support in developing the KE

Floorball team. We appreciate the amount of resources vested in the team and will continue to trainhard and develop this sport to be a niche in KEVII hall, upholding the values of teamwork and

sportsmanship in which all KEVIIans can be proud of.

Prepared By

Mr. Vernon Yap

Floorball (M) Captain 2013/2014


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Annual Report from Netball 2013/2014General Comments

The Netball team was anchored mainly by experienced seniors, although there were a few freshmen

who were new to the sport. The introduction of a coach for the very first time in KE Netball history

saw good attendance for the weekly trainings held, and the team established a direction to worktowards. The late coming rule (the whole team had to run one extra round around the court on top

of the warm ups for every minute one member is late for) also helped instill discipline as a whole to

the team, making trainings more efficient. Initially, the whole team was split into two groups

experienced and new, and the two coaches took one group to coach respectively. The experienced

group consisted mainly of those who has played netball competitively before, and the new group

had otherwise. Although it was a good strategy for efficiency (given how trainings were only held

once every week; 2 hours per training), it has one way or another created a gap between the two

groups of players. One of the major difficulties faced was the commitment of some members,

especially those with experience. It was difficult to value add to the previous training because some

members were not as committed and hardly turned up for trainings, or turn up once every two tothree weeks. These were mostly members who came in through masters list. In addition, the loss of

the vice-captain in semester two, also the main shooter that we were training for most of the time in

the first semester, also got us to re-plan our strategy with the limited number of experienced players

that we had. As the team was all fired up for the inter-hall games, two of our main team players,

Dolly and Michelle got injured even before the first game due to their involvements in other IHG

sports, and the whole team had to go through a major restructure all over again. Although we did

not achieve our main goal of getting second place in IHG, we managed to get into the semi-finals,

and this is already an improvement from last year, also a great achievement given the obstacles that

the team faced throughout the year. KE Netball is thankful to their coaches, Justin Teh and Ethel

Goh, for their continuous help and guidance; the JCRC and SCRC (especially Michelle and Ms

Angeline Kwek) for their support for allowing more KEVIIans to be exposed to the sport and for the

team to be able to improve and learn to be more proficient together. The team hopes that the hall

would continue to render this support to the Netball teams in the following years, for the growth of

both the team and members individually.

Major Events in AY13/14

Event Participation

Rate

Comments Improvements to be made

Inter Block

Games (IBG)

Intermediate One of the last few sports of

IBG, hence participation was

not as good as compared to theearlier sports

Fortunately, the allowance of

males to participate in the

game helped with attendance

for all blocks

Each match was reduced to 15

minutes (with half time being

cut by two minutes) to reduce

total match time, and seemed

to be reasonable enough to be

continued the following year

Perhaps more males can be

allowed to participate in

future to help with theformation of the full team.

Alternatively, a street game

can be considered in place

of a full game if there is an

expected low turnout

The captain, SMC and block

heads should be made

clear of and agree upon

how the score should be

kept (before IBG, for all

sports) in the event of arain or bad weather such


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Due to the lack of alternative

venues, some games had to be

postponed due to the rain. The

attendance for the postponed

games were quite poor, and

resulted in one of the gamesbeing a run over due to the lack

of players from one of the

blocks

that the game has to be

suspended or postponed to

avoid any conflicts

discrepancies

CCA Fair Low Due to the lack of manpower

and heavy commitments of the

netball members, CCA Fair was

carried out alone by the

captain, with minimal publicity

done

Signups totaled to about more

than 20 from the 2-3 hours ofCCA Fair. Admittedly it was

difficult to beat the other

sports who had other members

helping out

More publicity efforts

could be done, perhaps,

although the captain this

year believed that netball is

a very boring sport for

most people at the

university stage and many

would want to try othermore exciting sports, and

publicizing would do only

minimal help in getting

more members.

Holiday Training Intermediate Due to various commitments of

the members, it was difficult to

get many members down for

trainings, resulting in only the

same few people turning up for

trainings all the time. This was

not a good situation given howthe team employed a

coach/coaches, and

he/she/they had to teach

despite the small numbers

sometimes. As a sport that

requires seven players a team,

it can be difficult to train with

such low attendance

sometimes.

However, there were indeed

times when there were goodattendance, when about more

than half the team turned up

for training.

Perhaps more effort can be

put into team bonding

from the start so that

members feel more into

the team to attend

trainings. It would be good,

definitely, if netball couldbecome their first priority.

Friendly

Matches

High Generally, most of the

members turned up for the few

friendly matches that was

organized throughout the year

The friendly matches gave a

good opportunity for the team

to practice strategies on court

and also allowed new players to

As much as possible,

friendly matches should be

organized frequently to

expose the team to more

competitive games.

Otherwise, it serves as a

good chance to practice

strategies too.


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be exposed to netball in a more

competitive manner

Bonding Camp Intermediate Similar to the holiday trainings,

the attendance throughout the

camp fluctuated, starting with a

few to ending with about 12members (out of 18)

The main reason for absence

was definitely commitment.

The camp was set on the dates

when most members were able

to make it, and there were

many members who were

initially able to attend had

various last minute reasons

that did not allow them attend

eventually. This made it difficultfor planned activities to be

carried out accordingly as some

activities were only meaningful

with most of the team present.

However, the camp ended on a

high note with a karaoke

session, which saw most

members attending, despite

having low attendance at some

point of time. This is actually

quite an encouraging turnout asan inaugural camp.

It was difficult to

accommodate everyones

free dates, and it cannot be

helped that many had lastminute commitments.

However, the nature of the

camp came from good

intentions and can be

continued in following

years.

It is important to have fun

with the team amongst all

the competitive spirit of

IHG itself. If future camps

turned out to be morephysical, there should still

be fun elements for

bonding purposes

Inter Hall

Games (IHG)

High Most members, especially the

main players were committed

during this period of time.

However, due to the various

injured main players (Dolly, Zi

Gui, Michelle), the team had to

bring to court what we usually

did not practice. It was almost

an immediate change of line-

ups due to the unforeseencircumstances, and did cause a

drop in team morale or

otherwise, created various

panic attacks for many players.

The commitments that some

players had (e.g. IVP) also

clashed with one of our games,

and made it even more difficult

for the team to put on a good

fight with the opponent. This is

one part due to the captainsoversight of clashes and could

Captain should be alert of

all members schedule and

try to fight for competition

dates with the least

number of clashes as much

as possible

The competition dates

were changed a few times

even when we were in the

midst of the competition,and should be, as much as

possible, avoided in future,

as it was not only confusing

but also unfair to the team

members. The future

captain can work with the

Sports Director to

communicate with other

halls to avoid any problems

like that.

Members getting injuredcan be quite inevitable


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have been avoided if she was

more alert.

However, most members from

the initial new group were

not present for the matches

most of the time, perhapsbecause it was intimidating for

them given how they were not

exposed to the sport

competitively. It could also

have been that they did not

feel a part of the team as the

others might have. (Evidently,

more could have been done to

promote team bonding and gel

the team together on the

captains part)

sometimes. Hence, to work

with this problem, the

team can come out with

various strategies and

formations to work with in

the event that main playersget injured or are unable to

play due to other

commitments.

Closing Dinner High This was a dinner organized to

conclude the year and

celebrate our achievements as

a team with the coaches and all

team members. Expected

attendance was good, although

on the day itself many had last

minute commitments and could

not make it. Still, most of the

members who played during

IHG were present and it was afun-filled night with about half

the team present.

It would have been better

if more could make it, but

the turnout was good

enough to the coaches and

captain.

Perhaps it could be held in

hall in future so that more

members can attend

Prepared by:

Miss Zhang Xifan

Netball Team Captain AY13/14


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Annual Report from Sports Management Committee 2013/2014

Review of the Year Past

It has been noted in time past that King Edward VII Hall is lacking a governing and administrative

body that covers all hall-wide sporting events and CCAs. With this in mind, Zachary Low (Mr.)created this new CCA in this academic year with the intent of it being a mostly administrative,

logistical and managerial committee set up to run activities and to support the sports CCAs. This is

with the help of a small group of highly specialized, experienced and committed seniors in hall that

helped to craft the structure, intents, purposes and outreaches of this Committee. Timothy Tan (Mr.)

then took over and helped to specialize and diversity the Committee. He has recently passed the

baton on to super freshman and woman Alvin Hadi (Mr.) and Pei An (Ms.) for AY 2014/2015, to

whom he trusts and has high hopes for ;)

With the help of these seniors and the addition of freshmen to the ranks, and under the supervision

and cooperative support of the 57thJCRC and the SCRC, we have managed to create a Committee

that has organized many events for the sporting scene in hall.

Summary of Events

To summarize the young history of this CCA and the events it has helped to organize, we will briefly

cover the purpose, contents, perceived results, and the subsequent feedback and recommendations

for several events: Gym makeover, IBG and IHG.

Major

Events/ProjectsFeedbacks/ Recommendations

Gym makeover

Purpose

Was approached by Liauw Kee Wei (Mr.), Head of KE Titans, with a proposal to

revamp the KEVII Gym, with a focus on it being a haven for the Titans

Agreed with the plan, with assisted supervision from JCRC, SCRC and senior

management, cleared it but with a shifted focus towards a KE gym for KE residents

as a whole

Carried out much needed revamping and refurbishing

Some bonding between SMC members

Did an inventory check, ordered more equipment, threw out several old ones to

make space, notably the huge pigeonhole cupboard along the wall

Contents

Project contents can be physically seen for oneself in a tour of the gym

Couldnt have been done without the hard work and cooperation of the 56 thJCRC,

SCRC, KE Titans under Kee Wei, and the SMC and her many faithful minions.

Perceived Results

Increased gym attendance and occupancy rates

Buffer guys Hotter Hall in general


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Good place to bring people for in a tour of KEVII

Increased pride in KE, haven for bodybuilders around NUS, especially the KE Titans

Feedback and Recommendations

Much needed gym makeover completed. KIV next makeover in 5-10 years time

Consider shifting gym to larger area with higher ceiling so that multi-machines,

cages, and larger systems can be brought in and implemented

To follow this years example and send out a Google Docs survey beforehand to

gather suggestions, opinions and feedback BEFORE actually doing anything to the

gym.

Inter-Block

Games

Purpose

To serve as a platform for sports CCA captains to scout out potential players so

that they can start recruitment early To allow freshmen to try out new sports, or to affirm their decision to join the

aforementioned sports CCAs

To promote block bonding

Contents

Perceived Results

With a proper CCA to organize the Inter-Block Games this year, the logistical and

operational requirements were more easily met. The JCRC Sports Secretary was

also less taxed in this case, with more time provided to focus on other sports-

related issues like the allocation of training venues, and the liaising with the sports

captains

Organization and hierarchy was more streamlined, and an avenue for feedback,

problem-solving and discussion was provided in the form of this CCA


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Feedback and Recommendations

Followed last years recommendations and did not put any fixtures or events on

Fridays, or Saturdays, and also provided more welfare this year in the form of cold

drinks and modified game play.

To squeeze the M and F fixtures of every sport into just one event. E.g. GH floorball

females vs AB floorball females in first half of fixture, then GH males vs AB malesin second half. This reduces the number of fixtures by approximately half.

To shift some sports over to KEWOC as an exposure, to reduce the total number

of events, and effectively the overall duration of the IBG.

Inter-Hall

Games

Purpose

As always, Inter-Hall Games are held every year between all 6 halls in NUS

To boost intra and inter-hall bonding

To provide hall sports CCAs with a goal to work towards during trainings

To promote the sporting vibe and hype the atmosphere in the NUS Hall culture

To promote pride in our Hall

Contents

The SMC focused on publicity via banners, posters, mass media, social media, and

Powerpoint slides. Also helped to coordinate competitions to ultimately aid in the

designing of the player jerseys, and supporter shirts, with the help of KE Design. Also

focused on welfare, sports team managers, and the getting of supporters down to

support the various sports via the aforementioned publicity, and the hiring of vans, as

well as the specific allocation of various committees and CCAs to get their members

down. Also scheduled SMC members down to support, such that there were at least

2-3 SMC members down for EVERY fixture at ANY one time.

Spammed banners, the Twin Flags our newly anointed trademark field talismans, noise

makers, cymbals, van trips, and iceboxes

Perceived Results

Welfare in the form of sports drinks were given out, under sponsorship obtained

by the organizing hall, and through Michelle Kwek, Sports Sec JCRC. Supporters

were pulled down to the respective venues to support and cheer.

Many CCAs reached new heights of achievement. Table Tennis Gold anyone?

We are incredibly thankful for the support of the JCRC, SCRC and the other CCAs

for helping in one way or another. This could never be possible without wonderfulpeople like Alyssa and Taylor (Heads of the Support Comm), Liangxun and Meng

(Heads of the 7thCSS), the drivers and hardcore chiongsua drivers of the 7thCSS

like Nicholas Loh and Zhen Ning, and the many proud saikang warriors of the 13/14

SMC, to whom I attribute all success in the Games to.

Timothy here, doing my last Hall thingy. I am really proud to be part of the SMC,

and to have been honored with the opportunity to bring the hall to greater heights.

#OneKE


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Sports Management Committee 13/14

7thCSS 13/14

KE Slide

Purpose

To follow tradition and hold a KE slide down the slope from the MPC to the barbeque

pits

To end the academic year with a bang, by having fun with the KE Slide, and pizza later


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Review of Past Recommendations and Recommendations for the Future

Prepared by,

Timothy Tan (Mr.)Sports Management Committee, Head 13/14

Contents

TBC

First event to be organized by the newly crowned heads of SMC, Pei An and Alvin Hadi.

Date: Sometime during KEWOC

Watch this space

More micro-managing and individual personal development, with freshmen being roped to

help take charge from Inter-Block Games onwards (DONE)

More duties and dissemination of roles and responsibilities so that everyone has something

to be in charge of, or to do (DONE)

More transparency within the Committee, where everybody knows everything happening or

going to happen (DONE)

More feedback and recommendations collection by the heads (DONE)

A senior-junior link so that experience, expertise and knowledge can be passed down from

senior to junior. Basically, 1-2 freshmen will be attached to every senior in the Committee (TO

KIV)

A stronger spirit of unity, brotherhood and teamwork in the SMC. Increasing the sense of pride

in being a saikang warrior. (TO KIV)


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Annual Report from Squash (M&F) 2013/2014Main events for the year

Activity Comments Recommendations

CCA Fair/

Selections

Many people signed up for squash during the CCA

fair and turned up for squash trials. To not quellthe interest of the individuals who were interested

yet could not make it into the main team, a

separate recreational team was set up. Training

for the recreational team was set on a separate

day as the main team due to spatial constraints

and was conducted by a member of the main

team each week.

However, since recreational training was subject

to the availability of members that could conduct

training, the training schedule was erratic andattendance of the recreational team showed a

decline over the semester. Furthermore, it was

taxing on the squash team member conducting

training as it was an additional day on top of the 2

squash training sessions.

To be more stringent regarding

selection criteria for squashmembers, even for the

recreational team members.

This keeps numbers small and

recreational members who

have moderate ability can be

allowed to join the main team

for training, eliminating the

need for a separate team.

Training

dates

/Venues

Training this year was conducted on a 3-choose-2

basis, i.e. 3 days (Tuesday, Wednesday and

Thursday) are set aside for training and members

are allowed to select 2 of which to come for

training. Out of these 3 days, 2 were conducted in

hall and the last at the SRC courts. Members wereencouraged to attend the training at the SRC

courts and come for the second training in hall.

This system was put into place to allow team

members more flexibility in planning their training

dates and minimise clashes with other CCAs.

This system still did not manage to work with

members with high CCA load such as Michelle

Kwek, Yi Ning and Jessica. Furthermore since they

were in the same CCAs, they were likely to miss

training together on the same day, making theattendance for a particular day poor and wasting

resources, such as coaching time or the SRC

venue.

It was also difficult to book the SRC courts each

week as we were competing with other halls for

the courts. This reduces our exposure to playing in

the courts where the eventual IHG competitions

would be held in.

The 3-chose-2 system could be

retained but attendance for

the week should be checked at

the start of the week to

determine days with higher

attendance so as to not wastecoaching time, Discussions

with other CCAs which

majority of squash members

are in to work out a training

schedule where most

members can attend.

To book the SRC courts, 6

members (preferably those

that dont have lessons at the

point where SRC courts areopen for booking) can be

tasked to book the courts once

the booking system is open.

Reimbursement of booking

fees can also be more flexible

as it is troublesome to submit

6 separate claims for training

on one day.

IHG The Squash team sadly, did not manage to better

their performance in the Inter-Hall Games (IHG)this year. The male team managed to enter the

Exposure to more gameplay is

essential. Apart from friendlymatches with other halls,


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semi-finals but the female team underperformed

and was knocked out in the preliminary rounds.

Coaching has definitely helped the squash

members improve their techniques and game

play. If based on squash ability alone, the femalesquash team should have no problem entering at

least the semi-finals. The problem here was that

the team (female team especially) lacked the

mental calm during their games.

members can also invite

squash players from their

previous teams in JC (if any) for

friendly matches.

Additional Comments

The Squash Team would like to thank Deis for taking time out of his schedule to train and prepare us

for the IHG competitions. With regards to the Alumni fund, perhaps the transport reimbursement

can be made for public transport instead of cab fares.

Prepared by

Miss Ang Hwee Chieh

Squash Captain (F) 13/14


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Annual Report from Tennis (M&F) 2013/2014General comments

This year, majority of both teams were made up of beginners. However, we were still proud of our

fighting spirit especially for the girls who were so close to make it into the semi-final, losing 2-3

against EH in the round robin match.

Major event

-

IHG

- Participation ratesatisfactory

Although some of the players were not chosen to play on the day itself, they still came down

to SRC to cheer for the team. That is something commendable.

Problems encountered

- Poor attendance in trainings

As much as we tried to get people down for every training, their commitments, especiallythe guys, was poor. The poor attendance made it even more difficult for the coach to

correct their skills, especially when most of our players were new to the sports.

- Poor courts conditions

The lights were out at the beginning of the first semester. Besides, the algae was basically

everywhere on the courts at the start of the semester, making it very dangerous to train on

because people might slip and get injured. Even though the cleaners got rid of the algae, the

courts were constantly covered with dry leaves and branches most of the time, causing back

bounces. In addition, the soccer goal posts inside the courts made it really dangerous to

conduct some drills.


It is better to have the algae cleared out before the semester starts so we can conduct proper

trainings earlier. Besides, it would be good to purchase tools for court maintenance, such as big

brooms over the courts for us to clear away the leaves and branches ourselves as well as new rollers

at the MPC to dry the courts as the current ones are rather worn out, in case it rains before the

training and the floor is wet. We would also advise not to keep anything big, for example the goal

post, inside the courts as it is really dangerous.

Apart from that, having a coach is important as she is more experienced in teaching the beginners in

a faster pace and the intermediate players can have proper and rigorous trainings under her

guidance to improve faster. This is essential to increase the competitiveness of our team given the

number of experienced tennis players from other halls.

Prepared by

Mr. Koh Zhao Ming

Tennis (M) Captain 13/14


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Annual Report from Touch Rugby (M&F) 2013/2014General Comments

Both the male and female teams started off with many players totally new to the sport. Thankfully,

there was a sizeable number of seniors who stayed on and continue to help train the others. At the

start, we were worried that we will not be able to retain the players but were grateful that majoritystayed on and enjoyed the sport. Despite having seniors around, training sessions would not have

been possible without our coach, Raihan, as most of the seniors only have a year of experience. Our

coach was also very attached to the team and sacrificed a lot of his time to train us even when we had

ran out of coaching funds. He inspired the team with his dedication and commitment.

The touch rugby team is appreciative of the support that the SCRC and JCRC has lent us, allowing us

to introduce the sport to more players and bringing the sport to a higher level with our coach. The

touch rugby team hopes that this support can be continued on to following years, for the team to

share their passion with fellow KEVIIans.

Major Events for the AY 13/14

Event Participation

Rate

Comments Improvements to be made

Inter-

block

Games

High -

Participation was high for both the

males and females team which allowed

more people to be exposed to the sport

which is relatively new for many

- A round robin system with 4 v 4 was

adopted to allow everyone to have

more play time and also to play with all

the teams

- The objectives were to expose

residents to the sport and spark their

interest

-

It was challenging to explain the rules

to everyone as not many know the

sport but majority had fun

-

This year we were unable to

use the SRC field (clashed

with SUNIG training) and

were restricted to the

communal hall and tennis

court. This was dangerous as

there were physical

boundaries and due to the

nature of the sport.

CCA

Fair

High - Thankfully, CCA fair was held after IBG

Touch Rugby as it is one of the few

sports offered which many pre-

university institutions do not offer and

the IBG was needed to expose people

to the sport.

- There were many sign ups with the

active recruitment by the seniors as

well as a television showcasing

interesting videos of the past years

training and games.

Holiday

Training

Camp

High - Training camp included several

friendlies with halls and external

institutions, which gave us a wide range

of game exposure with different

playing styles by the teams.

- Although it was held towards

the end of the holidays, the

touch rugby IHG was towards

the end of IHG. If possible, it

would be better to push the


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- Our coach also made it down for all the

sessions although we did not have

sufficient coaching funds.

-

Many players showed great

improvements after the camp and the

team spirit was greatly strengthened.

touch rugby IHG earlier

provided that the team will

be prepared by then, both

mentally and physically.

Inter-

Hall

Games

High -

The team was big this year, both for the

male and female teams which allowed

complete line substitution, giving the

players time to rest.

- Despite the increased number of

training sessions compared to previous

years, both teams failed to achieve

their goals. However, all players

enjoyed the process of IHG and playing

with one another with the camaraderie

built over the numerous trainingsessions.

-

Just prior to IHG, many

players sustained injuries

bringing the team morale

down. Players should take

extra care of themselves

whether or not IHG is near.

Injuries may be unavoidable

but the morale of the players

should not be brought down.

-

The attendance for training

sessions leading up to IHGwere not as high as many

players had to participate in

other games. This can be

avoided if IHG touch rugby

was made earlier.

New Initiatives

Winter Touch League

A team (together with our coach) was formed to participate in the annual Winter Touch League

organised by Touch Football Singapore. This competition took place over 8 Saturdays. The team got

to play with many experienced teams and it was a valuable and fun learning experience. Moving

forward, the team would encourage more players to partake in such external competitions,

including the upcoming Summer Touch League.

Prepared by

Mr Timothy Ling and Miss Michelle Kwek

Touch Rugby Captains (M&F) 2013/14

Documents

Compiled Reports From Sports AY1314