A Good Field Day for Hall IV!

DECEMBER 20, 2008
- Qinwei 

Saturday was a good field day for Team Hall 4, as the female volleyball and male softball team won against their respective opponents. The ladies beat local rivals Hall 5 two sets to one, while the men edged out Hall 14 with a score line of 12-7.

 

With quarterfinals berth at stake, the teams battled long and hard. After losing to Team Hall 4 in the opening round, Hall 5 ladies were seeking revenge. Facing a determined opponent, Team Hall 4 displayed great composure to win the first set 25-10. Not to be outdone and to get back into the game, Hall 5 fought back in the second set. Hall 5 dealt out some powerful serves, leaving Team Hall 4 with little chances and eventually prevailed, winning the set 25-15. The third was a close fight between the two and the teams rarely separated by more than two points. At 24-23, Team Hall 4 seeks to finish the game off, but Hall 5 managed to tie the game 24-24. Team Hall 4 constantly pulled in front, but fails to finish the game on multiple occasions. Ultimately, the ladies showed nerves of steel to end it 32-30, after Hall 5’s return ball went wide. It was a great all round performance by the team to secure a place in the next round.

 

Similarly for the men, much is also at stake. A loss would have meant the end of the road in the competition for the team. It will turns out to be an epic battle that stretched over four innings and two tie breakers, and lasted more than two hours. After losing the toss, the team batted first in the opening inning. They didn’t have the best of starts, scoring zero runs, and the opposition scored two. Following a poor start, Team Hall 4 found their batting form and score three runs in the second inning to take the lead. But Hall 14 answered back to take back the lead. The score would continue to be see-sawed between the two sides before it came down to the second tie breaker with the score leveled at 6 all. Team Hall 4 started the tie break by scoring a run, before two superb bats by the players allowed the team to score runs in quick succession. At the changeover, Hall 4 led by 11-6. The pressure is now on the opponent to match the number of runs. Fantastic pitching by Team Hall 4 pitcher, David, struck out the opposing player, to leave them with two outs. More good pitching, forced them to bat the ball. Eventually a fly-ball catch by third baseman James, ended any hopes of a fight back and sent the Hall 4 supporters on the sidelines wild. Following the win, the team now look forward to the game against Hall 8 with quarterfinal place in sight.

 

IHRG Update – Weiqi

DECEMBER 20, 2008
- Tiong Hwee

The remaining two preliminary matches for Weiqi were played out at the Hall 8 Multi-Purpose Court from 9am today.

As Hall 4 had already lost four of its first five preliminary matches during the first day of games yesterday, it was indeed a long shot for Hall 4 to progress into the semi-finals, considering the odds at stake. Nonetheless, our team was determined to give it their all. After all, the team comprised of relatively inexperienced players, some of whom only picked up the game less than three months ago, and any games against stronger opponents will prove to be invaluable experience gained for them in future IHRG seasons.

Alas, Hall 4 lost its two matches today, against Hall 14 and Hall 9. The final tally read 1-4  for both games.

While being prematurely knocked out of the competition, we are sure our Hall 4 players had utmost fun through the course of training and the matches against opponents from other Halls. It was truly a commendable job by our Hall IV Weiqi team.

IHG Updates – Snooker & Volleyball (M/F)

DECEMBER 15 2008
- Jamie 

It was a day of mixed results for Team Hall 4.

First thing in the day was a David versus Goliath snooker encounter with an exceedingly strong Hall 11 team. Sadly, it was not meant to be and despite throwing all that we had at them, Hall 11 always had enough in their tank to see off any spirited challenge from Hall 4. Final score for IHRG Snooker (Male) 2008: Hall 11 5, Hall 4 nil.

Next on the menu was the Females’ Volleyball match – represented by the Team Hall 4 (also known as Yu Zhao and Team Pageant). Despite the initial jitters, Yu Zhao and Team Pageant roared to a convincing victory, sweeping a lacklustre Hall 5 team away. 2006 Pageant Girl Hui Xin and our current Pageant Hall Queen Lu Bin rained serve after serve at the opponents’ half. Great supporting play by Yu Zhao and the rest of Team Pageant eventually wore the team from Hall 5 down and clinched a sweet victory for Hall 4.

Not to be outdone, the guys of Hall 4 were determined to match the girls’ record. With the pride of the Hall at stake, there was absolutely no chance and mercy for Hall 14. Hall 14 was brought to the cleaners with a breathtaking display of skill, endurance and teamwork. Both sets were won convincingly by a large margin. With the team from Hall 4 so on form, the team from Hall 2 had better watch out.

IHG Updates – Tennis

Hall 4 vs Hall 14

Under the afternoon blazing sun, Hall IV and Hall 14 clashed at the SRC tennis court.

Hall 4 sent a team of 8 players and 4 reserves, namely:

 

• Men’s Singles – Nathaniel
• Women’s Singles – Sophia
• Men’s Doubles – Tiong Hwee & Yong Xin
• Women’s Doubles – Xue Ping & Shaline
• Mixed Doubles – Li Feng & Julia Kong
• Reserves – Jayden, Ling Qin, Lu Bin, Winnie

 
Unfortunately, Hall IV lost to Hall 14 in the end, after two hours of intense competition, having lost the crucial mixed doubles round in a nailbiting 7-5 finish.

The final scorelines were:

 

• Men’s Singles: Hall IV 0, Hall XIV 6
• Women’s Singles: Hall IV 6, Hall XIV 0
• Men’s Doubles: Hall IV 1, Hall XIV 6
• Women’s Doubles: Hall IV 6, Hall XIV 1
• Mixed Doubles: Hall IV 5, Hall XIV 7

 

Nonetheless, it was a great job by the Ohmers Tennis Team. We wish them all the best in their next match!

- Melvin