Republic Polytechnic Sports Award Night - Glitz

My Dearest RP Track team :)

It was a night to recognize the sporting heroes of Republic Polytechnic. Representing Athletics to win medals and breaking records were a team of athletes who fought their way through hardship and determination in their golden teenage years. These athletes reminded me of myself when I was competing during my school days. It was a fun night, organized by the OSG of RP, mainly to recognize the achievements of the students athletes in RP.

The Glitz Night.
"Glitz is a celebration and recognition of our students' passion, dedication and contribution towards Republic Polytechnic's sports development and excellence. it also recognizes our students' passion towards excellence and dedication in making an impact to their holistic development as a young individual."

The following athletes from RP were awarded for their contributions:

Nominees for Sportswoman of the year:
The Sportswoman of the year shall be awarded to any member who has by her performances, achieved a high standard of sporting excellence and displayed outstanding levels of Sportsmanship.
Nurhaishireen Bte Mohd Rahim (SAS)
POLITE Games 2010/2011:
Gold (triple jump & long jump)
IVP Games 2010/2011:
Gold (triple jump)
5th SEA Junior Championship, Bangkok:
4th (triple jump)

Nominees for Captain of the year (Female):
The captain of the year shall be awarded to the most outstanding captain who possesses good leadership qualities, has developed good camaderie with the team and advisors and demonstrated good sportsmanship.
Lieu Hui Xian (SHL)

Meritorious Silver Award
The meritorious silver award shall be awarded to any member who has been in the polytechnic team for at least 1 full academic year, attained a reasonably high standard of play and displayed a high degree of sportsmanship.
Muhammad Zaki Bin Sapari
Nurhaishireen Bte Mohd Rahim

Certificate of Merit
The certificate of merit shall be awarded to any member who has been in the polytechnic team for at least 1 full academic year and who may not possess a high standard of skill in the sport, but by his/her dedication, enthusiasm and effort helps to promote the activity on campus.
Chua Chin Yang
Mohamad Khalis B Mohamad Rosli
Mohammad Firdaus B Subagio
Seelam Jayanth Vijay Kumar
Lieu Hui Xian
Natalie Lee Mei Ying

I hope this marks a new beginning for the athletics team, and will eventually motivate them to train and work hard for their sports and events. At least we know that after contributing through hard work and sacrifices, we get recognized by our peers, advisors and coaches.

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Team RSYC at Bay Challenge

Team RSYC is proud to be a participant of the first ever Bay Challenge held in conjunction with the Boat Asia 2011, held on the 14-15 May at the Marina Bay. 16 teams from all over the world had taken part in this race, including Team RSYC, helmer by Reactiv's very own athlete, Fendi.



Fendi had come to Reactiv seeking for apparel sponsorship for racing and Reactiv had provided each person of the 3 man team, 2 team shirts each, complete with bold artwork and designs unique to the team. That's not all as Reactiv had gladly provided the team with 15 extra T-shirts for Team RSYC's supporters and fans. Everyone wanted a shirt of their own and they were all given out by the very first day of racing.



Fendi's team were unlucky to lose out in the round robin as he was drawn up against the top 2 teams in his 'Group of Death' as there was no seeding system in the race. These two teams went on the win 1st and 2nd place. Despite all this, it is certain that Team RSYC was the team most widely remembered by their luminous orange racing wear provided by Reactiv and their effervescent attitude.



Team RSYC would like to thank their sponsors Reactiv for their support and sponsorship throughout the event and are looking forward for their continual support in races to come.


Written by Fendi
Edited by Shalindran

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2011 SAA Track and Field Series 4

The Track and Field Series 4 was organized at Singapore Sports School this time round and this meet saw little participants as compared to the previous meets. The end of the National School Competitions could be the main reason why there weren't many athletes being involved. The Series 4 was initially a 2 day event. However it had to be squeezed into one day as the Singapore General Elections were held on the 1st day, Saturday. Our athletes have been training hard over the past few weeks for this meet.

We are still adopting Gunter's training and yet to see any positive results. We have just moved into the NMS - plyometrics phase. Hopefully we are able to see some changes towards the end of the phase; in 5 weeks time. We are training diligently and able to stick to at least 80% of the required training components.

Under harsh weather condition and poor participation, we were struggling to compete and stay focus. Lossini, an experienced athlete, sprained her ankle at the first 200m of the 800m race causing her to lose her focus. She lost her balance and stepped on the metal rail on the left of lane 1 which resulted with an injured right ankle. Here's how our other athletes fared in the meet.

Khalis
400m - 53.65secs
800m - 2min 08.73secs

Calvin
100m - 11.35secs
4x100m - 41.98secs

Nikita
400m - 61.79secs
800m - 2mins 37.90secs

Lossini
800m - 2mins 42.05secs


I'm sure the next Track Series will be much better, in terms of participation and our athletes performances. As it is closer to competition phase, the performing athletes will need more competitions. Let us hear from the athletes, how they felt towards the track series and their training:

Nikita -
The usual competitors werent present at this meet, especially for the 800m. It was a below average performance for the 800m race, partly due to the lack of participants and the scorching weather. As for the 400m, there was intense competition as Singapore's finest runners competed in that event as well. My timing of 61secs was 2secs short of my targeted timing. Though it wasnt one of my best races, it was tackled with a new race strategy; starting off strong at the first 200m. I hope, with continual effort & training with Coach Alfred, the next Track Series will see some positive results.

Khalis -
I felt that Series 4 was something to look forward to. After training hard for the past few months, i was finally competing. I felt that i could have done better after analysing the mistakes after the race. I'm quite disappointed with the results but i hope that the next series would bring better results for me.

Calvin -
There were some hiccups in the men's 100m race due to the new starting gun. In my opinion, the gun sound was not loud enough for the athletes which resulted in a few athletes to fumble when the gun went off. Some of them slowed down thinking it was a false start.



However, i carried on running as i did not hear the 2nd gunshot indicating a false start what so ever. This being the 1st race after coming back from a month long holiday, i felt this race was a good gauge to know where i stood. In the coming months, i am looking forward to the upcoming local and overseas meets. This would give me more exposure for the year and push me even harder.

Lossini -
My race was a good platform for me to know where i stood physically and mentally, especially after making the transition from distance running to sprints. When i began my race, i felt strong and was in control of the pace. Something that i've not felt in a long time.



Despite spraining my ankle at the 200m mark, limping for the remaining 600m and not attaining the expected time, the race has given me the opportunity to know what else I should work on. It was only been 2 months since i joined Reactiv and I have faith in alfred, the trainings and myself.

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52nd National Inter School Track & Field Championships 2011

Once every year, student-athletes from all across our nation come together to match their strength, speed and stamina against each other at the National Inter School Track & Field Championships. This year’s competition, like all other years, will still be held at Choa Chu Kang Stadium. The competition kicked off yesterday with events as early as 8.30am. We will be updating our readers on interesting and upcoming athletes to look out for over the next few days. Not forgetting ACSi and Sengkang Secondary athletes who train under Coach Alfred Sim.

Day 1: 13/04/2011

ACSi

Theodore Ng Zhi Ying - A Boys Javelin Final (51.79m) 2nd

David Hu Yidong - A Boys Long Jump Final (5.69m) 8th

Darren Koh Chee Yung - B Boys Long Jump Final (6.34m) 2nd

Day 2: 14/04/2011

ACSi

Janolan Ho Mei Xun - C Boys Shot Put Final (12.86m) 2nd

Sengkang Sec

Nur Sakinah Bte Mohd Fauzi - B Girls Shot Put Final (9.46m) 2nd

Athletes to look out for

ACSi :

Timothy Ong Kah Yong - C Boys 100m Heats (11.62secs qualify for Semi) currently 1st

Haikal Ismail - B Boys 100m Heats (11.34secs qualify for Semi) currently 2nd

Day 3: 15/04/2011

ACSi :

Yee Chern Hwee - A Girls Pole Vault Final (2.80m) 2nd

Day 4: 18/04/2011

ACSi :

Nick Ho Ellis - B Boys Pole Vault Final (4.00m) 2nd

Min Junyi - B Boys Pole Vault Final (3.50m) 6th

Andre Lim You Kwan - B Boys Pole Vault Final (3.50m) 7th

Wang Brian Ziqiong - A Boys Triple Jump Final (13.10m) 5th

Day 5: 19/04/2011

ACSi :

Ng Gek Yeen Jiya - A Girls 3000 Metres Walk Final (20min 50.00sec) 3rd

Rajandran Baladashyalan - B Boys Triple Jump Final (13.10m) 3rd

Thitikorn Ngampakdeepanich - B Boys 2000 Metres Steeplechase Final (07mins 22.03secs) 7th

Gregory Teo Yi Rong - B Boys 2000 Metres Steeplechase Final (07mins 25.33secs) 8th

Shawn Lim Wei Loong - C Boys Pole Vault Final (2.65m) 6th

Benjamin Wong Jie An - C Boys Triple Jump Final (11.47m) 8th


Sengkang Sec

Winona Howe - B Girls 3000m Final (11mins 53.29secs) 3rd

Day 6: 20/04/2011

ACSi :

Arjun Kunnasagaran - A Boys 5000 Metres Walk Final (29mins 25.33secs) 2nd

Lim Jiang - A Boys 5000 Metres Walk Final (30mins 58.11secs) 6th

Timothy Ong Kah Yong - C Boys 400m Finals (56.00secs) 2nd

Let Jian Jie - A Boys 400m Finals (51.47secs) 4th

Janolan Ho Mei Xun - C Boys Discus Final (30.91m) 7th

Justin Lauw - A Boys Shot Put Final (13.03m) 7th

Nicholas Lee Zhao An - B Boys 110 Metres Hurdles Final (15.55secs) 2nd

Yee Chern Hwee - A Girls 110 Metres Hurdles Final (16.76secs) 3rd

Zachary Devaraj - A Boys 800 Metres Final (1min 57.10secs) 1st NEW RECORD

R Kartik - A Boys 800 Metres Final (2min 04.36secs) 6th

Jonathan Wong Shern Yang - B Boys 800 Metres Final (2min 03.54secs) 2nd

Gregory Teo Yi Rong - B Boys 800 Metres Final (2min 07.37secs) 7th

Wong Chuen En - B Boys Javelin Final (39.86m) 7th


Sengkang Sec

Karthik Muthu S/O Supramanian - A Boys 5000m Walk Final (29mins 04.02secs) 1st

Winona Howe - B Girls 1500m Final (5mins 27.80secs) 7th

Day 7: 21/04/2011

ACSi :

Adil Ashraf Heah - B Boys High Jump Final (1.75m) 2nd

Isaac Soh Huei Ming - B Boys High Jump Final (1.73m) 3rd

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2011 SAA Track and Field Series 3

The Singapore Athletic Association Track and Field Series 3 was held in a different venue again. This time at Nanyang Polytechnic. This meet also had a special event. A selection trial took place for the 4x400m Men & Women Training Squads for the 26th SEA Games.



Over the two days, we were greeted with fine weather at the start, small showers in the middle and a windy end. In this meet, only athletes from Reactiv took part. Mainly Wayne, Nikita and Melanie. Schools under Coach Alfred Sim did not take part because he wanted the athletes to work on their weakness before the National Schools competition which will be next week. We are hoping to iron out the relay combinations after the disaster of the ACSi 4x100m at the SPH relays.




The 4x400 selection trials was the last event of this meet. The purpose of this trials was for the relay teams to try and qualify for the SEA Games relays as soon as possible. Both the Men and Women had more than 1 team.

The women's team needed to go below 3mins 49.28secs to qualify. However, they only managed to do a timing of 3mins 59.04secs.

The men's team however had already qualified for the SEA Games. The young lads from Raffles Institution JC had qualified with a timing of 3mins 24secs 1 week ago at the Singapore Press Holdings Relay meet. Nonetheless, 3 new teams were formed and the winners of the trials did a timing of 3mins 19.99secs making them the new team to qualify.



Since this is the first of many time trials, athletes were still not up to the mark. They however have till July to qualify. So we would like to wish all athletes the best and encourage everyone to work even harder for these coming months.

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