CCA Fair, CCA Selection for Secondary 1, First training for 2015 and Final note for SQSS Badminton for the year 2014

Dear players,

A few important dates to take note of

1. CCA Fair for Secondary One pupils will be help on the

3rd of January (Sat),
9.30am to 12.30pm,
at the walkway between the canteen and general office.

*We will be re-using the posters that we have done up for the school's open house for the CCA fair. But we will still need the help of some of the players to be there at 9.00am to setup and manage the booth.

2. CCA selection for Secondary One pupils will be held on the

7th of January (Wed),
2.30pm to 4.30pm,
at the school's MPH.

*Existing players are encouraged to come over to help out with the selections.

3. First training for the year 2015 will be conducted on the

8th of January (Thu),
2.30pm to 5.30pm,
at the school's MPH.

*Please help to notify all the players about this.

We will release the confirmed training schedule on the first training for the year 2015 because we are still working out the timing and location for Friday's training.

4. Final note for SQSS Badminton for the year 2014

Today is the 31st of Dec 2014,
Besides from celebrating the in coming of the year 2015 and spending time with your family and loved ones.
Today is also a good day for you to set your targets and goal for the year 2015.

Go grab yourself a pen and a piece of paper and list down your targets and goal for the year 2015,

The trick is, you need to be specific about your goals and not set goals like, "I want to be a better person" and "I want to improve in my studies". You need to be more specific.

It doesn't always has to be something that is related to badminton, such as, I want to make it to west zone top 4, I want to make 2 more rounds up the Ashaway Cup and etc...

It can also be related to your academic, such as, I want to be improve my D&T grades by 2 grades, I want to improve my Maths grade by 3 grades and etc...

It can also be about your personal life, spending an extra 2 hours of time with you family and friends, finish reading 20 storybooks and etc...

Get your priorities right and focus on the ACTIONS that will lead you to achieving them because goals and targets do not drop from the sky, the same goes for money and good grades, They cannot be achieved by sitting down and doing nothing. And I can tell you, the only thing that will get from the sky from sitting down and doing nothing is bird shit.

So... Go now!

List your targets and goals, then followed by listing the actions that you are going to perform to help you achieve them. Be true to yourself and be realistic about your targets and goals. I am sure all of you will be able to achieve them if you put your heart into them and I wish for all of your success!

Summary of events for year 2014

For this year, on top of all the training, holiday training and extra training. (I feel sorry for you if all you can remember are training, more training and even more training).

For this year, we also manage to accomplish these,
Open House 2014 , CCA Fair 2014, Badminton Selection 2014, West Zone Tournament (1st round), West Zone Tournament (2nd round), Wee Kim Wee Tournament, National Day Carnival, Badminton Court Painting, Friendy matches with Jun yuan Sec, Ashaway Cup and I think there are more, cant recall so many events at one go.

Next year, we plan to organise more events for you guys to appreciate your hardwork and contributions to the School.

And yes, i hear you....

Camps....

At this point, I cannot promise you any of these yet and you need to understand that, all these events take a lot of time and resources to plan and organise to make them happen, much more than you can imagine....



Final note for SQSS badminton 2014

Last but not least,

I would like to thank all the players who have helped to make 2014 badminton possible.


1. The captains for helping to organise and coordinate the never ending events.

2. The seniors for your contributions to the school and guidance to the juniors.

3. The juniors, for always maintaining a positive attitude towards badminton and also thank you in advance in helping out to guide the secondary ones that will be coming in soon. (Don't worry, I am sure you will be able to manage and be an even better exemplar to your juniors).

Wish all of you a Happy New Year,
and see you all soon when the school reopens on the 2nd of January (Fri).

2015 Badminton T-Shirt Design and Sizing

*Note: Please click on the link to the google spreadsheet at the end of the post to input your preferred size for the T-shirt before 21st Dec 2014.

This designs for our 2015 Badminton T-shirt is out.

Credits goes to Jiankai, Lixuan, Wendy, Puiwoon, Sabrina, Siying and also Miss Quek for making the trip to Queensway shopping Center to look at the designs that are available.

Also all those who have provided their valuable feedback on the T-shirt designs.

And of course, special thanks to Sandy for coordinating with the players on the designs they preferred.

For year 2015, the design for the boys and the girls will be the same but in different colours. The T-shirt will cost about $12 each.

Now that the design is confirmed,

I would need your help to input your preferred T-shirt size into my google spreadsheet which I will be sending to the supplier.

+For players in the C' division this year, it is recommended that you buy 1 size bigger.

Instructions on using the spreadsheet:

+ Please note that you have to access the spreadsheet through you desktop or laptop in order to see the arrows.

+ If you are using your mobile devices to access the spreadsheet, you will have to type in the exact sizes (XS, S, M, L, XL, ....) into the corresponding boxes,

I will be using Siying as an example.

1. When you go into the link, you will see a list of our player's name.
Look for your name and click on the drop down list.

2. Next, select your preferred size of your t-shirt based on the sizing chart on the right

3. Done!

Link to sizing spreadsheet:

>>> 2015 Badminton T-shirt Sizing <<<


*Note: Please click on the link to the google spreadsheet at the end of the post to input your preferred size for the T-shirt before 21st Dec 2014.

Cleaning up the Badminton Cabinet

During the holidays,

The teachers and the seniors have taken the initiative to clean up our badminton cabinet.

Yes, We have a cabinet for badminton at the back of the stage and this is a picture of the cabinet before the the clean up.

I almost fainted when i opened up the cabinet doors.

First, we de-cluttered the cabinet, then....

We sorted out the shuttles and put them into their respective boxes

Still not good enough

We even added labels to the box for easy identification

There you have it, our Badminton Cabinet with all the shuttles and nets locked up nice and safe.

The seniors really put in a lot of effort to make our badminton cabinet usable again. Please take very good care of it by returning all the items in the cabinet back to their respective places after use, so that it will remain usable for more years to come.

Shuqun Secondary School Open House 2014

22th Nov 2014 (Saturday)

We had our SQSS Open House 2014 on the 22th Nov 2014 (Sat) which is inline with the release of the PSLE result on the 21st Nov 2014 (Fri) and this is our booth.

This time, we manage to update our posters with our recent achievement, including the badminton court painting CIP, friendly match with Junyuan Sec and Ashaway Badminton Tournament.

Here are the closed up view of the posters

The turn out for the open house was better compared to last year as we can see more primary school pupils coming in.

Thank you for those who came down to take care of the booth on Saturday and also Sandy for planning the schedule for the open house.

And the updated poster would not have been possible without the help of those who came to school especially on Friday to prepare for the booth.

21st Nov 2014 (Friday)

Siying, Sabrina and Puiwoon coming up with the heading for our the poster

Heading without the colouring yet.

Consulting Miss Quek for the colours to be used

Recalling what they have learnt during Art lesson on colouring and shading

Completed badminton heading for the poster

And finally laminating it so that it can be used for at least another 4 more years

Next update will be on our badminton cabinet and also on our badminton t-shirt for 2015...

End of Ashaway Badminton Tournament update

We have come to the end of the Ashaway Badminton Tournament for this year.

No, no one came in as champion for their division.

But, this year, we have more players making it to the 3rd and even 4th round this year. Which i think is an improvement compared to last year.

I have made a copy of the results for this year's tournament for future reference.
Results for 2014 Ashaway Badminton Tournament

And i can see our players all getting warmed up for West Zone in January, which is only 1 month+ to go.

From now on, we really have to fully utilize each and every one of our training to get ourselves to tip top condition, both physically and mentally.

Last but not least, we would like to see more of our players participating in tournaments like these so that our players can gain more match experiences which really can make a big different during a competition.

And once again, CONGRATULATIONS to all the players who have participated in the Ashaway tournament for you have gained or solidified the priceless experience of playing in an actual tournament.

Ashaway Badminton Tournament Update 2

Here are some of the follow ups for our players from Day 2, 3 and 4 of Ashaway Badminton Tournament.

Day 2

Sabrina and Si Ying (1st match)

Rhui Qing (2nd match)

Day 3

Dinesh (2nd match)

Vishnu (1st match)

Vishnu's expression after chief umpire announces the arrival of his opponent

Always on his toes

Kevin (1st match)

 Li Xuan and Ponni (1st match)

Day 4

 Kevin (2nd match)

 Pui Woon (1st match)

A'in (1st match)

Sandy and A'in strategising during interval

Sandy (1st match)

Day 5

Kevin

Sandy

Wen Zhong and Sam Lah

 To be updated....

For the latest update on the result, please refer to
http://smba-youthgames.com/

Ashaway Badminton Tournament Update

We gathered outside the school's gate at 0715 on the 16/11/14 ( Sunday) for our "Journey to the East".

We arrived at Pasir Ris Sports and Recreational Centre for Day 1 of the Ashaway Badminton Tournament.

Upon reaching the tournament location we collected our goodies bags and settled down for the matches.

 Just look at all these happy faces after collecting their goodies bag.

Our girls team

Our boys team

As usual, the whole hall was in a mess, with participates rushing in for their goodies bag, kids running around and chief umpires trying to get the scheduled players to register their attendances for the following match. 

But fortunately, the chaos gradually subsided after the commencement of the first match.

What the hall looks like after the chaos had subsided

I apologise for not being able to show how the hall looked like before the first match started because it was really chaotic.

There were both hits and misses. But what i observed in general is that all the players who played on that day played much better when compared to the friendly match against Junyuan Secondary School.

Congratulations to those who have managed to out done your opponents on Day 1.

And for those who did not, I want you take this as a learning experience and focus on strengthening your weakness during training. Meaning, to really take training more seriously so that history will not repeat.

It is also very heartening to see our players taking the initiative to root for each other during their matches. I certainly would like to see more these and I thank the seniors for showing such good examples to the juniors.

And here are some of the highlights for Day 1

Dinesh (1st match)

Dinesh waiting eagerly to receive

Dinesh, after umpire announced "match point"

Dinesh unleashing his wrath on his poor opponent.

Wendy (1st match)

The girls team waiting in anticipation for Wendy's match

Wendy, we have your back covered!

Rhui Qing (1st match)

Rhui Qing posing for the tournament official photographer with his umpire and opponent

Rhui Qing rumbling out with his opponent

Matthias (1st match)

Matthias against his old rival from Junyuan Sec

Evans (1st match)

 Evans, scheduled for the last match of the day.

I'm looking forward to Day 2

For the latest update on the result, please refer to
http://smba-youthgames.com/