National Interschool Wushu Championships (Day 1 Results)

VS First Wushu Gold Medal for 2007!
Day 1 Results
Tan Xiang Ting
"5-Duan Chang Quan" = Gold

Tan Xiang Tian
"Nanquan-1st Int'l" = 4th



Tan Xiang Ting brought honor to the school today by bringing in our first Gold medal in the competition.

Despite being the very first competitor to go up in his event (the first competitor is often used as the bench-marking point), Xiang Ting put up such a strong showing that he managed to stay in the lead out of 14 competitors.

Elder brother, Xiang Tian also put up a strong showing in his 5-Duan Nanquan and was looking at a 3rd placing in his tightly contested event. However, a 0.02 addition by Chief Judge to a fellow competitor that tied with him in raw score, pushed Xiang Tian to 4th. Nevertheless, Xiang Tian did VS proud too and we must accept learn to accept upsets graciously as Gentlemen, Professionals and Sportsmen.

Sec 1 new-comer, Ryan Goh did well in his first attempt for VS getting a score of 8.0, placing him in the upper third of his 5-Duan Nanquan. Pang Hong Yun from Sec 3, competed in the A Division due to his age (haiz.. why you so old lah) and although suffering from a thigh injury sustained 2 weeks ago learning his 5-Duan Nanquan, he managed to pull through and complete the entire routine with no hiccups. That too, is a triumph as far as I am concerned and I am equally proud of each and every one of you all.

Clip of the Day- Tan Xiang Ting and his 5-Duan Changquan

National Interschool Wushu Championships- The Journey Begins

On Monday, VS will begin our participation in the National Interschool Wushu Championships.

Here are our schedule of events:

Mon 9th Apr
1.00pm
5-Duan Nanquan
Ryan Goh Ming Sheng

3.00pm
5-Duan Changquan
Tan Xiang Ting

5.20pm
5-Duan Nanquan
Pang Hong Yun

5.35pm
Nan Quan (1st Int)
Tan Xiang Tian

Tue 10th Apr
1.00pm
Nan Dao
Tan Xiang Tian

1.00pm
4-Duan Broadsword
Wu Zheng Feng
Ryan Goh Ming Sheng

3.00pm
4-Duan Broadsword
Sean Ho Kai Jie
Wayne Kang Jian Kai

3.15pm
4-Duan Broadsword
Pang Hong Yun

Wed 11th Apr
1.00pm
4-Duan Cudgel
Seow Jun Yan
Chang Jun Rong

1.20pm
Nan Gun
Tan Xiang Tian

3.10pm
4-Duan Cudgel
Chang Wei Liang
Tan Yu Da

3.45pm
4-Duan Spear
Tan Xiang Ting

6.20pm
Nan Gun
Pang Hong Yun

Thu 12th Apr
2.40pm
Chang Quan (1st Int)
Fung Jun Jie

5.15pm
Cudgel (1st Int)
Fung Jun Jie

Fri 13th Apr
2.15pm
4-Duan Sword
Tan Xiang Ting

2.25pm
Broadsword (2nd Int)
Fung Jun Jie

3.50pm
Group Sparring
Tan Xiang Tian, Wayne Kang & Sean Ho

5.10pm
Group Sparring
Fung Jun Jie & Tan Xiang Ting

Tue 17th Apr
12.55pm
Group Quan
Shaolin Xiao Hong Quan

2.05pm
Group Quan
Xia Jia Quan

4.25pm
Group Weapon
Dagger

5.35pm
Group Weapon
Dagger

From the 6 member team we had last year, where we fought tooth and nail in the C-Boys Group Weapons event scoring 7.88 to clinch 2nd place. 1st place went to Chung Cheng High with 7.90- a difference of a mere .02 points! Indeed a tough fight for placing!



This year, you can see that the team has grown and we know that we face ever increasing challenges as all the teams get stronger. From having 6 regular members, we now number close to 20 totalling all in both C-Div and B-Div. Here we see the boys hard at work on the same routine for Group Weapons.



We have grown in strength- both in numbers and ability and have taken root now in VS.
Today, we begin our battle boys:
We fight not for mere medals, for fight not for personal glory but we fight for a chance to make history in this beloved school of ours.

I urge all Victorians, to support our Wushu Team in this crucial time- lend them your support and help them to be something more
Nil Sine Labore

Victoria School Annual Sports Day

VS Annual Sports Day was held on Thu 5th Apr 2007 at VJC.
Here we see the B3 boys in the 100m Sprint.


In the heat of intense competition, the different houses all strove to pit their best against each other. In their bid to cross the finishing lines, we see some boys suffering from muscle cramps.
Here we see the hard working Red Cross boys at work- providing first aid, massaging athletes and yes, even a portable human shade shelter.


All in all, it was a sad day for our Whampoa house, despite our final moment of glory- coming first in the Staff Race, we were disqualified. Haiz... one of our staff runners was in the wrong lane, so despite my frantic dash across the finishing line, I also kena disqualified. Wah Lau... such is life.
But next year, we'll be back. WHAMPOA HOUSE! POWER POWER POWER....

Sec 2 PE- 2A Soccer

It's been awhile since we had some video posts (since the whole PE Department was engaged in an off-site Assessment training course)

Sec 2A was last seen doing soccer and learning how to retrieve floating objects in the school pond when we last saw them.

Today, we re-visit passing and do a pass and go drill, where 2 players are in a 4 square grid. Players cannot be in the same square with each other and each time they pass the ball they run to a free square and receive the next pass.
Later, they had to do it with 2 defenders intercepting

Lesson learnt today:
If you see the incoming shot aimed at me, it seems highly probable that PE teachers may have to wear motocycle helmets when teaching soccer. Otherwise, might kena concussion. :)