BASKETBALL

Dr Fatimah Under-16 Tournament 2007

Picture story by Red Sports Volunteer Lai Jun Wei.

Geylang Serai CC, Sunday, December 16th, 2007 – Catholic High School beat Seng Kang Secondary 81-57 while the girls of Unity Secondary overcame Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary 74-48 to emerge as champions of the 2007 Dr Fatimah Under-16 Tournament, one of the biggest basketball tournaments for school teams. Chong Ming Xuan (#14, Catholic High) and Yvonne Tan (#4, Unity) won the Most Valuable Player awards. In the 3rd and 4th playoff matches, the boys of Woodlands Ring beat Hougang 66-47 while Nanyang Girls’ beat Zhong Hua 59-56.

Top 4 (Boys)
Catholic High
Seng Kang
Woodlands Ring
Hougang

Top 4 (Girls)
Unity
Ahmad Ibrahim
Nanyang Girls’
Zhong Hua

Here’s a look back at some of the games that were played earlier in the tournament.

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Vanessa of Ahmad Ibrahim goes for a lay-up. Ahmad Ibrahim beat Christ Church 37-21 in this quarter-final game and eventually finished second to Unity in the tournament. © Lai Jun Wei

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A Christ Church player goes for three points against Ahmad Ibrahim. © Lai Jun Wei
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Kun You of Seng Kang hits a jumper against Chung Cheng High (Yishun). Seng Kang won the quarter-final game 61-45 and eventually finished second in the tournament. © Lai Jun Wei
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Gerald of Seng Kang goes for a lay-up. © Lai Jun Wei
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Yvonne of Unity tries to find her way around the Jurong defense. Unity beat Jurong 57-34 in this quarter-final game and eventually emerged champions of the tournament.
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Irene of Unity is boxed into a corner by a Jurong player. © Lai Jun Wei
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A Deyi player defends against Catholic High. Catholic High won the quarter-final game 77-30. © Lai Jun Wei
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Dominic Lim of Catholic High drives round a Deyi player. © Lai Jun Wei
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Jabez Su of Catholic High finds his way to the basket against Deyi. © Lai Jun Wei
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A Woodlands Ring player (in blue) looks for an open teammate while Kenneth Koh (#6) of Anglican High defends. Woodlands Ring led 21-20 at half-time in this quarter-final game. © Lai Jun Wei.
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#11 of Woodlands Ring looks to dribble around Bon Yi Cheng (#4) of Anglican High. Woodlands Ring eventually won the game 41-31. © Lai Jun Wei

More pictures in the gallery.

Editor's note: If you recognise yourself or your teammates, or if we've got the names wrong, let us know and we'll update the captions. Thanks.