Arrangement for the Girls' Team on the 29th Oct and 12th Nov

On the 29th Oct and the 12th Nov,

the Girls' Team will have training in the school's ISH.
the timing for the training will be from 0800 to 1100.

whereas on the 29th Oct, the Boys' Team will be going out to St. Gabriel for their friendly (AWAY) in the afternoon.

And on the 12th Nov, the Boys' Team will be in school for their friendly (HOME) in the afternoon.

Friendly Match (AWAY) with St. Gabriel Secondary School

On the 29th Oct (Thu),

We will be having a friendly match with St. Gabriel Secondary School @ St. Gabriel Secondary School to kick start our December Holiday Training.

The plan for that day will be as follows,

• 0720 h - Report in Shuqun (Outside General Office)
• 0730 h - Bus to St. Gabriel
• 0830 h - Warm up
• 0900 h - Start friendly match
• 1200 h - End friendly match
• 1230 h - Bus back to Shuqun
• 1330 h - Dismiss from Shuqun

Please note that, the timing has been changed to afternoon instead of morning to accommodate for the remedial and bridging programme in the morning.

• 1120 h - Report in Shuqun Sec (Outside general office)
• 1130 h - Bus to St. Gabriel Sec
• 1230 h - Warm up
• 1300 h - Start friendly match
• 1600 h - End friendly match
• 1630 h - Bus back to Shuqun Sec
• 1730 h - Dismiss from Shuqun Sec

St. Gabriel Sec is an all-boys school, so only the boys will be going.

2015 December Holiday Training Schedule (80% completed)

Dear players,

2015 December Holiday Training Schedule has been updated.
It is still not 100% completed because we are still in the process of looking for training venue for some of the days.

Please take note that, all the dates are confirmed and I will need all of your help to check with your parents about the following matter.

Instructions for players:

1. Please check with your parents if you will be going overseas or something planned for you this holiday.
2. If yes, please check if it clashes with any of our training dates.
3. Please ask your parent to write a letter to inform us about the dates that you will be able to attend training for our record. 
4. Pass the letter to me personally by the last day of school. (23rd Oct 2015)

+Also, please remember to include a contact number. Thank you.

Update: Year-End-Retreat to be put on hold

Dear students,

I hope all of your are studying hard and making your final preparations for your End of Year Exam.

This post is to inform all of you that the Year-End-Retreat (Trampoline Park) that I have mentioned will be on hold until further notice.

We are trying to make the retreat a meaningful one for the team and

As a lot of administration is required for the arrangement for this End-Year-Retreat and I really seek your understanding, patience and cooperation on this matter.

Thank you.


As of now,

1. There is a very high chance that the Trampoline Park idea will not go through.
2. We are in the mist of looking for an alternative site for our retreat.
3. There is a chance which the retreat will be pushed over to next year.

Ashaway 2015

Dear players,

The dates for Ashaway 2015 has been confirmed.


Registration close on: 21st Nov

Fixture to be released on: 18th Dec

Preliminary to Quater finals: 20th Dec to 23rd Dec

Semi-finals: 29th Dec

Finals: 30th Dec


Registration fee will be: $40 for singles, and $80 for doubles.

Also note that,

For details on registration, please refer to the official website.

http://www.smbayouthgames.com/#!registration/c1c9t

For those who are interested, please check with your parents if you will be available on the date of the tournament.

Term 4 training schedule has been partially updated.

Term 4 training schedule has been partially updated.
Please refer to "Term 4 training schedule" for the updated training schedule for term 4.

CCA Stand Down on the 12th Sept for you to prepare for your EOY examination.

There will be no training from this week onward, until all the way to after your EOY examination.

Training will most likely to resume on the 22nd Oct.

I will be updating Term 4 and EOY holiday training schedule once they are ready.

In the meantime, do remember to maintain your physical fitness during the exam period and check our noticeblog weekly for updates. (Especially the ones for our year end retreat).

Study hard! and All the best for your exams!

Our friendly with Evergreen and Year End Retreat

Dear players,

Thank you for all the players who made the effort to attend the holiday training and friendly match with Evergreen that we have arranged for you on the 7th and 8th of Sept.

I really glad that all of you who have attended got to play at least one match.

I was actually a bit worried that some of you may not get the chance to play because we had to share with floor ball.

I hope all of you have enjoyed player with the badminton from Evergreen Secondary.

At the end of the day, we need to remind ourselves that we have arranged this friendly with Evergreen Secondary not to compete and see who is the better school because we already have a tournament for that, and it is called the zonal and nationals.

The purpose of this friendly match is to let you guys to gain more match experience, also to let you understand your play style more and your partner's play style more (for the doubles). Hopefully you guys are more aware of your own's strengths and weaknesses now and can focus on directing your effort into training at the areas you have identified.

For example,

I feel that I have difficulties lasting throughout a match if it drags. 

--> Focus training on stamina (running long distance).

I feel that I kept hitting out of bound, giving precious points to my opponent.

--> Focus training on accurcy (Hitting the shuttle to a target zone)

I feel that I am not able to re-position myself quick enough after returning my shots.

--> Focus training on speed (foot works, 5 shuttle pick!)

Be creative~! 

and Ultimately,
My wish is to let all of you realise that, we are in a competitive sports and by simply coming to training to play is not enough. Do not limit yourself to only the training that we have planned for you.
You will need to plan your time and set up a regular routine to train on your own to achieve that edge over the others school. If not, we are just going to get trashed in the tournament.
I hope that all of you will continue to train hard and even harder from now onward. (both in school and on your own).

and here are some pictures that Miss Quek has taken during the friendly match.

You guys really need to learn to show your appreciation for her more.

Our reliable Bryan and ChengXian tag, starting off their match.

YanLiang performs his umpiring duty with Cedric keeping a tight watch on him.

HengYi and XhiChun tag, showing our friendly gesture after their win.

A'in showing the Evergreens girls what we capable of.

Rahul

Dinesh, quickly positions himself back to center after returning.

Shuttlecock

Sabrina and Val tag, getting ready for their match.

*A'in: yes, we can see you

*Lixuan: Don't need to hide, we can see you also. And you are not even suppose to be here! 

Year End Retreat

The CCA calendar for this year is coming to an end and the teachers are looking into planning a year end retreat for you all of you as a reward for your commitment and hard work for the CCA.

Event: CCA retreat

Venue: Tampoline Park @ Jurong

Date: 26th October 2015 (Mondary) <-- First week of holiday

Time: Morning session (To be confirmed)

And also to motivate you guys to study hard for your end of year exam,

We will only be allowing those who have cleared promotion criteria and need not attend bridging to join us for the retreat.

N(T)

Overall pass

N(A)

Pass English and 2 more other subjects/ Pass 4 subjects

Express

Pass English and overall average pass.

I hope all of you not only just clear your promotion but do exceeding well for examinations.