CCA Fair Update

CCA Fair (9/1/16)

Shift 1 (8am to 10.05am)
- 'Ain
- Sabrina
- Pui Woon
- Bryan
- Cheng Xian
- Maisarah
Shift 2 (9.55am to 12pm)
- Kevin
- Jason
- Bradley
- Qing Li
- Man Ying
- Fiona

CCA Meeting (Part 1), CCA T-shirt and CCA Fair

CCA Meeting

The slides from the CCA Meeting (Part 1) has been uploaded and can be seen from the page section.


CCA T-shirt

Kevin will be in charge of the boys and 'Ain will be in charge of the girls.
Please provide your input for the colour of the T-shirt to them by this Friday (8th Jan) for consideration.


CCA Fair

CCA fair will happen this Saturday (9th Jan).
The players involved will be as follows,

Shift 1 (8am to 10.05am)
- Sabrina
- Pui Woon
- Bryan
- Cheng Xian

Shift 2 (9.55am to 12pm)
- Jason
- Bradley
- Qing Li
- Man Ying

Training is cancelled for this week. But CCA meeting is still ON.

Dear players,

Training for this Thursday and Friday has been cancelled because our we can only start our CCA on week 2.

We will still have CCA meeting this Wednesday at 3pm but the venue is changed to AVA room.

Please bear with me the changes that have been going on and continue to check the blog daily for updates.

Thank you.

2016 training schedule has been updated.

Dear players,

Welcome back to school!

We will be having our first CCA meeting this Wednesday, 3 pm - 5 pm, @ ITR 3.

Training schedule has been updated until the end of February and can be accessed from the page section.

Do take note that we will be participating in the West Zone Badminton Champion which will be happening in Term 1.

I have also removed the "Record for boys" and "Record for girls" pages.

Final note for Year 2015

This will be my final post for the year of 2015.
I believe it had been an eventful year for all of us, both the teachers and the students.


First, I would like to say farewell to our graduating players;

Sandy, Lea, Samantha, Puala, Li Xuan, Qian Xiu, Xiang Min, Ponni, Tanish, Xavier, Joshua, Evans, Rhui Qing, Sam, Wen Zhong, Cheng Yang, Zhi Wei, Jian Kai, Heng Yi, Matthias and Lu Tong.

Thank you for your contributions to the team.

Second, I would like to say welcome again to our new players who have joined our team this year;

Fiona, Siti, Nevin, Zhong Soon, Maisarah, Amiratul, Cidrick, Bryan, Dharshak, Zuriel, Manying, Fitri, Qing Li, Ke Xin, Zoey, Cheng Xian, Marc, Yan Liang, Jiet Yi.

Thank you for choosing Badminton as your CCA.

Third, I would like to give my recognition to our existing players;

Pui Woon, Sabrina, Jason, Yi Sheng, Wei Wen, Bradley, Val, Nisha, Xhi Chun, Si Ying, Ching Han, Dinesh, Yixin, Wendy, Joshua Teng, Martin, Elaine, 'Ain, Shao Xian, Kevin and Rahul.

Thank you for staying with the team.

And yes, Vishnu, If you are reading this, We all miss you. Do send us a post card to update us on how you are doing ok?

Forth, I would like to thank the teachers and coaches for administering the CCA and training of our players.

Mdm Rafilah, Ms Quek, Mrs Yeo, Mr Phua,
Coach Welly, Coach Zhi Cay, Coach Bryan, Coach Dini


Thank you for all the time and effort that all of you have put into the team to it a better team.

Fifth, I would like to recap on the events for year 2015.

For our CCA,
We had our first CCA photo shoot.



For competition,
We had the West Zone Inter-school Championship, Wee Kim Wee Badminton Challenge and Ashaway Badminton Youth Games.

For friendly matches,
We had with Evergreen Sec, St. Gabriel Sec (Away) and St. Gabriel Sec (Home)

For school events,
We had the CCA Fair, Principal challenge, Sports carnival and Open house.


Sixth, I would like to update on some of the events that is going to happen in the Semester 1 Term 1 of Year 2016.

Looking forward, upcoming events will include,

• CCA Banner ~new!
• CCA Fair
• Secondary 1 Orientation Programme ~new!
• Badminton T-shirt for Year 2016
• Preparation for West Zone Inter-school Badminton Championship
• West Zone Inter-school Badminton Championship

Lastly, I would like to share with all of you about my thoughts on Training.

Having been to a number of competitions and also umpired for quite a number of matches, I have seen my fair share of badminton players.

From going to competition,
I notice that schools like River Valley, Commonwealth, Kranji and Nanyang Girls, all have one thing in common and that is they never fails to end up the top 4 of the west zone.

And from umpiring their matches,
I notice that their players almost always beat their opponent from other school with ease.

I know that it is definitely not the case of their players having an unfair advantage because I was the umpire for the match. I did the shuttle toss myself, both players started off with a zero score.

After a while, I figure that it actually boils down to training.
It is the type of training that the player subject him/ herself to that have created the gap, be it the in of mental focus or physical endurance.

It is the type of training that a player subject him/ herself to.
Therefore, as a competitive team player, we must take our training seriously.
Therefore, for next year,

You are going to try your best to attend every training that is being planned you.

You are going to train more at on your own at home.

You are going to take your training more seriously!



Happy New Year and I will all of you back in school on the 4th of January 2016.

Ashaway 2015 - 4th Day and Final update on Ashaway 2015

Hi all, here is a quick update on the third day of Ashaway Badminton Youth Games.

On the fourth day (Wed),
We had the following players who played.

GDU14 Nisha & Val @1400 (lose)
GDU16 Wendy & Lixuan @1330 (lose)



Final update on Ashaway 2015

I apologise for not being able to see the matches that are being played on the 3rd and 4th day as I had to attend to the new secondary 1 registration. Therefore, my comment will be based on the 1st and 2nd day.

On the 1st day, we made our trip to Pasir Ris sports and recreational centre as a team + Yanliang. About half of the team (Jason, Manying, Sabrina, Yixin, Kevin, Rahul, Xhi Chun, Cidrick, 'Ain & Lea) were scheduled to play on the 1st day. The other half of the team (Puiwoon, Val, Nisha, Dinesh, Wendy, Lixuan, Yanliang, Bryan, Chengxian & Siying) stayed to support even though they were not scheduled for any match.

Most of the matches on the 1st day were loses but like what I mentioned on the previous post. We need to be able to rise above the mentality of only winning and losing to look at the bigger picture. Look back and reflect on the match that you had, be it a win or a lost. Discover both your strengths and weaknesses.

On the 2nd day, I saw Puiwoon, Sabirna, Jason, Val and  Fiona who came to support their teammates even though they were not schedule for any match for the day.

We had a mixture of wins, loses and BYE.

Then on the 3rd and 4th day, we had mostly loses.

By being in a tournament, putting yourself in a competitive environment, in a match, it is inevitable to end up with a winner and a loser. People will definitely ask about your wins and loses after a match and you can't stop people from asking or talking about it. That, you cannot control.

What you can control is that to the best of your abilities, you prepare yourself for your match, give your very best during your match, spend time to really reflect on what you did well and what you did wrong after the match and focus on training that will make yourself a better player. That is the most important thing.

Ashaway 2015 is now over for us.

I hope that at the end of the tournament, all of you to be able to tell yourself that;

"Yes, I may not have won even a match in the tournament, 

But I am not disheartened,

because from the tournament I had gained experience,

And that had helped me understand myself better,

I am going overcome my weaknesses,

It is not going to be easy from now onward,

But I know I have got a team that is going to be there for me when I need it."

Ashaway 2015 - 3rd Day

Hi all, here is a quick update on the third day of Ashaway Badminton Youth Games.

On the third day (Tue),
We had the following players who played.

BSU14 Cheng Xian @1030 (lose)
BSU14 Bryan @1030 (lose)
BSU16 Li Xin @1200 (lose)
BSU16 Xhi Chun @1200 (lose)
BSU16 Cidrick @1200 (lose)

GDU14 Siying & Puiwoon @1330 (lose)
GDU14 Nisha & Val @1400 (win)

For tomorrow (Wed),
We will have the following players playing.

GDU14 Nisha & Val @1400
GDU16 Wendy & Lixuan @1330