CCA - Tchouk Ball (Mah Bow Tan Cup)

We had tournement on 30th May and 31st May 2009. I didn't go the matches for 30th May 2009 as I had something on. But I went on 31st May 2009. I played a total of 3 matches. 2 matches were round robin - against YDC and Ping Yi B. We won both our matches which qualifies us to compete for the 3rd and 4th position. It was a pity that we could not compete for 1st and 2nd position because on the 30th may, we lost to the tchoukball national team.

We warm up for our last game (3rd/4th position) and read the game of how our opponents play. And during the match, I was glad that I managed to score quite afew and catch the rebounce of the opponents. It was a very very close fight and we won with a score of 12-13 as I scored the last point. We were cheering and jumping for joy when the whistle blew. And we were 3rd in the tournament. It was a great experience

Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 4 hours (Action) (Service)

CCA - Netball (Coaching course)

I had coaching course from 8am to 5pm.

Today I attend a coaching course that lasts for 8 hours (1hour lunch break). I attended this course is to learn how to be a coach, and maybe someday I can coach my juniors in school. (:

The course started at 8am. We first introduced ourselves to each other, this helps me to be more sociable and to be less relax. Later we start the lesson by saying why we want to be a coach. My main reason to be a coach is to look at netball at another perspective. I've look at netball as a player's perspective and an umpire's prespective and now trying on as a coach.

We went through the ground rules of netball and it's history. Later we were taught the procedures of planning a training. I learnt the different types of warm-ups and ball drills. We even had to act like coaches to teach the others in the course. I felt that it was a great learning experience to attend this lesson.

We learn the different methods of defending, attacking and shooting. We even have to try it out and try to make up our own methods. We also learnt how to do ball drills and we had to create our own ball drills too! We were also taught that coaching isn't what makes a good coach, it is also communicating well with the players. We have to use positive words such as "well done", "great job", "good", "yes" and cut down on the negative words such as "no", "this is not right", "wrong"

At the end of the day, I've learnt alot about how to be a good coach and I felt that the lesson was very very useful (:

Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 8 hours (Creativity)

Clique Netball - Training

Had training today from 7.30pm to 10.00pm

We tried different combinations as 4 of my team players will not be present for the next game against LLABTEN. I felt that it was a good training as I get to work with my other team mates better.

Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 2.5 hours (Action)

Clique Netball - ENL league

Today was our match against BB Bedoks Blue. As I played with the same team last year, I kinda of get what their standards and play are like.

I played Wing-Defence in the first quarter. I was playing quite alright, but their play was quite fast, thus unable to catch up with them. However, I read the game carefully and always break their play, so that they will not be too fast for us. I was glad that I made that decision. At the second quarter, I was substituted out. At the side bench, I kept cheering for my team mates. Later, I got substitute back as a Wing-Defence. I support the attacking side a lot as they had problems trying to work things out.

At the end of the match, we won with a score of 38 to 16. Well done, Clique! I would not be able to play the next match as I'll be overseas, thus I wish my team the best of luck (:

Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 1.5 hours (Action)

Pre-sales Clothes bazaar for celefest

My friend, Caren and I were in-charge of raising money for celefest by selling clothes. But in order to sell clothes, we are suppose to ask people to donate clothings that are new and not wanted by them.

We had great responses from the people we asked and have a lot of clothes to sell. Secondly, we had to start tagging the clothes, packing them and processing it into a excel sheet. We took the entire night to tag the clothes and packed them.

Thirdly, we had to advertise the clothes! We did a presentation infront of the whole school, telling them when are we selling the clothes on and where is it held. We even modelled for some of the clothings to show them.

On that day itself, I had to be there at the stall till it was time to pack up. It was tiring and long, but it was a great experience and I was happy that I managed to raise $1.5k for the school. (:

Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 10 hours (Creavitity) (Service)

CCA - Tchouk Ball

Had training today!

Although A div is over, we have another upcoming tournament this Saturday/Sunday (: After warming-up, we went to do ball drills, passing to each other long passes. Later we did our 3-step drills, and in order for us to jump higher, our coach put a barrier there so that we would jump over it. Later we did first line defence, it was quite hard for me catch the ball as I wasn't looking at the attacker's way of shooting but just looking at the frame waiting for the ball. Now I know what to do, I hope I am able to do it during matches (:

Later we played court game with the boys. I think I've improved tremendously ever since I started this new sport. (:


Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 2 hours (Action)

Celefest student exco - overall stage manager

I took up this role of being Celefest student exco was because it provided a new opportunity to learn something new. I was in charge of the scheduling and I realised that it was not easy job. If somebody pulled out, or was not happy with the timings I assigned them, I had to change the entire schedule and that alone took hours. Furthermore, I had to plan schedule for two stages. Thus, me doing this for the first time could not manage. Luckily, I had help from my other student exco members and the helpers and together we managed to work out a schedule. I have been in this school for 5 years now and experienced 2 Celefests so far and this year's Celefest would be my last. I really wanted to make this a memorable one for me and raise as much money for MILK and the school.

I had to plan the schedule such that it would be fun for everyone, and get attractive bands to perform to get more people to attend Celefest. There were no doubt several downs in this event. For the rock out concert, several bands were so attracted by the cash price such that some did not want to give the entire band an equal share. Therefore, we decided to split the money for the bands to avoid any unfairness. The worst thing that happened during this event was that during Celefest, one of the performers did not get the edited schedule and could not make it at that time so I had to change the entire schedule. Luckily, another performer filled in at that time slot and everything flowed well. All in all, I really enjoyed working as a Student Exco and cannot thank the support I had from my fellow members of the student exco and the helpers as well as the PSP and most importantly, my guidance, Severin Goh. Celefest 2009 turned out to be a huge success and everyone had a good time.

Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 19 hours (Creativity, Service)

CCA - Tchouk Ball

Had our A div match today!

It was against 3 other schools - Anderson JC, Innova JC and Nan Yang JC.

The first match we played was against Anderson JC. As I was inexperience, I made a lot of mistakes and got really lost on court. The refree kept blowing my infringement - Landing, but I didn't understand why. Thus we lost the game with a score of 5 to 12. We were very unhappy with the lost and are determined to win the other two matches. We did more passing and 3 steps, letting ourselves jump higher so that we would not be called for landing.

The second match was against Nan Yang JC. I had a taste of the refree's call, thus during the second match, I didn't want to let the same mistake happen again. I didn't jump in, I just shot stationary, and it worked! (: We won with a score of 10 to 12. We were very happy with our improvement during the game but we told ourselves not to be complacent and make sure we win the last game. The second game made us top 3 of the table, but we were aiming for first. We have a chance of being first if we play well for the last game and have a wide goal difference.

The last match was against Innova JC. They beat Anderson JC with a score of 9 to 8. But the score does not say anything, we were so determined to play our best and to win and also win by a big margin to top the table. We played tremendously well and even our coach congratulated us on our win. We won with a score of 5 to 15.

However, at the end of the day, we lost to Anderson with a goal difference of 4, but we are still happy that we are able to learn from this experience and to improve better on our weak areas. Let's work harder for the next upcoming tournament! (:
Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 4 hours (Action) (Service)

Clique Netball - Training

Hello!

Had training today! I was very exhausted even before the training, however, I put in my best during training (: We did warm up games which makes us more lively and also helps us to improve on our skills such as dogding.

Later we did ball drills and soon later we did half court game. We trained on our half court game (attacking side) and to try to communicate better with our own team mates (: Later we played a full game with the other team. I umpired 1 quarter to train on my umpiring skills as I need to umpire a full/real match soon. I feel that I'm not as good as before and I need to train a lot harder on my umpiring.

Later I played Wing Defence during the second quarter. I think that I can communicate well and defended a lot of balls (: I'm glad. I think I'm ready for the next upcoming game next wedneday. (:



Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 2.5 hours (Action)

Clique Netball - ENL league

Today was our match match against BlazeFlame.

We didn't know what their standards were like, but we are determined to win this game. In the first quarter, I was playing Wing-Defence. I felt that I can defend well, but when I have the ball, I get too anxious and throw the ball away. After the end of the first quarter, we were down by 2. But we didn't give up. At the second and third quarter, I got substituted out and I was there cheering for my friends. And at the end of the third quarter, we were up by 10goals. I feel that we didn't give up even when we were losing in the first quarter, I felt the spirit of determination there. (:

At the fourth quarter, I played back Wing-defence. And still my passing were off. And at the end of the game, we won with a score of 37 to 34. A 3 points goal difference. I felt that I could play better and I will train harder for the next upcoming match against Bedok BB Blues. (:

Jiayou Clique! It's our time to shine!


Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 1.5 hours (Action)

CCA - Tchouk Ball

Heyya!

We had training today with YDC. We were suppose to have a friendly match with them, but it started to pour, thus it became a training. It was a pity that we didn't play with them because I was very keen on gaining some experience before the A div tournament.

The training was very tough. The guys from YDC were helping us train by slamming the balls into our hands. It was a painful experience. At the end of the whole drill, my hands were swollen and red. Some of my team mates were very emotional and cried as they couldn't catch the balls and also that it hurts a lot. It was a great experience. But this lets me learn how to tolerate and continue to perserver on. It also lets me know how team mates can be there for you to cheer you on and giving you moral support (:

Later we played first line defence. It was okay for me. Although I didn't catch a lot of balls, but my team mate caught many balls. This shows that we have team work and know who's going to be the one catching the ball and not clashing with each other (:



Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 2 hours (Action)

Clique Netball - Training

Hey! Today is our last training before we start the National League season!

It was a very bad training as we still aren't able to communicate well and there are a lot of conflicts. But as my part, I think I did okay. It is just that my team mates didn't have communication.

After training, we had team talk and we really talk things out. I hope this last team talk before the season starts works. (: Anyway, all the best CLIQUE (:


Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 2.5 hours (Action)

CCA - Netball

Had netball training today!

Today training's was physical training! Gosh, I never knew that I was so unfit until all those crazy physical training came and I was panting like crazy! I must train more! (: We played a couple of games today, but it isn't just games to have fun but also train on our skills like dodging. (:


Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 2 hours (Action)

CCA - Tchouk Ball

Hello!

Had training today! Did 3-steps and slamming of balls. Then later we played court game, we play a lot of court game. I think I've improved a lot ever since I came in (: I'm much more confident now, but I'm still afraid of the slamming balls. I will try to overcome it! My communication with my team mate is getting better too! We understand each other and is able to read what they are going to do next.

I think I'm ready for the match coming up (: Although I have no experience, but I'll put in my best in the match

Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 2 hours (Action)

CCA - Tchouk Ball

Hello,

Had extra training today as we needed to practise a lot harder. I'm very happy that the competition is postpone till the 22nd of may! I don't have to miss it! (:

We trained in the field today as there were no other place for us to train. We practise our 3-steps and shooting and working together as a team. I feel that today's training was good and helps me a lot in attacking and defending and also in boosting my confidence.

I hope we can win the competition!

Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 2 hours

CCA - Netball

Had training today, my teacher-in-charge and coach was not able to make it, thus I have to lead the group again. (:

I felt that every training is doing passings, runnings. I wanted to make the training more interesting and fun to play, thus we played 2 games today. But the games will help in actual court games.

The first game: catching. The objective of the game is to train up one's stamina and train one's dodging skills.
Second game: the nudging game. The objective of the game is to train on teamwork and ability to focus on what is going to happen next and also to train one's stamina.

I feel that the girls are so much more lively then other trainings. (: And also, we did street netball which trains our footwork, ball passing and communication (:

I felt that I lead the team well today and will continue for more trainings.

Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 2 hours(Creativity, Action)

CCA - Tchouk Ball

Had training today,

There were a lot of people today! There were a total of 12 girls at training today. We spilted into groups of 3 and did first line defence while our coach shoots. Then later they played court game but I didn't play because they were preparing for the match on Friday and I could not make it as I'll be going overseas. I was very disappointed that I could not play the game. But nevertheless, I will put in my best effort. (:

I played a little court game later, I can feel that I'm improving and getting less lost on court (: I think I'm ready for any match or friendly games (:

Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 2 hours(Action)

Clique Netball - Training

Had training today even though it is labour day!

We did our own warm-up each and then later we did ball drills. We did "square" for the first ball drills. I feel that we're improving as we are throwing better balls and able to catch our friend's passes. I fell down while trying to catch my friend's ball as I stretched out for the ball too much. It was a painful fall as I fell on my both knees. But nevertheless, I continued training.

Did more ball drills, then later court game. We're improving very well! (: I'm really glad!

Number of CAS Hours completed for this session: 2.5 hours (Action)