The two days of racing at the National C Division Optimist Sailing Championships saw a good measure of intense rivalry and drama - both on and off the water. Nanyang Girls’ eventually topped the table in the Girls’ Optimist division, while Raffles won back the Boys’ Optimist title from rivals ACS(I).
Nanyang Girls' Bernice Liew stopped the clock at 12.37 seconds, winning the gold and bettering Singapore Sports School alumna Eugenia Tan's 2012 record by 0.02 seconds. Elizabeth-Ann Tan followed closely behind to clinch silver in 12.40s, a new personal best.
CHIJ (Toa Payoh) and Singapore Sports School will contest the national championship game for the second year running after both teams came through their respective semi-finals in differing fashion.
CHIJ (Toa Payoh) will play St. Hilda's for the national title after both schools comfortably triumphed in the national semi-finals.
After tasting silver at the National Schools Cross Country Championships just three weeks ago, Giselle Dianna Enlund fought hard to do one better and clinched her first gold in the 1500m C Division girls’ event.
Chung Cheng High (Main) improved to 2-0 for the nationals with a 24-18 win against Raffles Girls’ School.
Elizabeth Liau shrugged off a recent injury to defend her individual title at this year's National Schools Cross Country Championships, helping CHIJ St. Nicholas' Girls School to its first-ever B Division Girls team title.
Fresh from their North Zone win, SCGS continued their top form in the Preliminary Round of the National B Division Basketball Championship, defeating Raffles Girls’s 59-26.
