Hwa Chong Institution recently lost a game 52-53 to Woodlands Ring Secondary which cost them their C Division campaign. A last second 3-pointer by Aldric Hu of Woodlands Ring was ruled good even though time had run out. As we understand it, the appeals committee did not allow the evidence you see below to stand because there was no agreement that any picture or video evidence would be used in the case of a dispute.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmqdjXHNItM
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=815DQOZIkFA
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Controversy erupts as as Woodlands Ring edge out Hwa Chong in C Division thriller
About that 3-point shot…
Hwa Chong Team, keep your heads up, let this experience make you stronger! Use it to drive you all to become even better players.
Continue to work hard and love the game! =D
Firstly, I would like to clarify that the Arbitration Committee do not have any authority to overturn referee decisions. Decisions made in the court are solely the responsibilities of referees and no other. The Arbitration Committee will only rule on things like overage player or ineligibility of player due to his/her student status.
The referees in question may have made a mistake. But it is no different from all the other mistakes. Just like in professional soccer, FIBA does not allow the use of video evidences for refereeing decisions. The 3-sec in the paint rule, 8-sec cross-court rule, etc. are all based on the referee’s own counting. Even if your super-accurate stop-watch shows otherwise, it is the referee’s counting that will be final. So, like it or not, that’s how basketball is played. The referee even has the right to adjust the clock (forward or back) when he deeem necessary!
Lastly, as for values, we should all learn that life in not always fair. Don’t we all wish to have a billionaire dad? Too bad not many will have one but life goes on. Such minor irritants in life just make us stronger the day when greater injustice comes our way. So to the Hwa Chong bballers, chin-ups, hope to see you in the finals next year!
i have finished runner-up in regional competitions before due to biased refereeing while representing singapore. i do not blame the referee i only blame myself for not being good enough to win despite knowing that the referee might be biased. if you are that good, then win it with such a big margin that no controversial calls can hurt ur team. (:
be nice. HCI players. you are just 13, 14 years old. you all still have a long way to go in basketball stage. you all will realize there are only just a small pool of referees around in singapore, so you all will have the same referees over and over again. Don’t spoil your reputation by protesting, this will make the organizer to don’t like you, so do the ref., people might not want to invite you all for some other competition for some reason. let’s grow up together and make SINGAPORE SPORTS be recognized by people
A TRUE PLAYER is not someone who keep ARGUING over something thats over. he/she is someone who learn and keep up as many experience as possible to make himself/herself a better player.
protesting does not help you in anything but spoiling your name.
hey. if everyone is blaming about referee for the bad call, do you think people will want to be become referee one day? other than that, imagine the money needed to implement all the trainings and video taking or whatsoever you all want? where does the money come from then? Singapore basketball is not achieving very well in national stage, if you are the organizer or you have money will you pump in your money in?
when singapore slingers came to Singapore to play for their season game, did YOU went down to support them? are you actually willing to spare a few dollars from your pocket to support SINGAPORE SPORTS?
the problem with us SINGAPOREAN is that we are unwilling to spend our money and support our home team. did the singapore basketball league 1 charge people for going into the court during game night? how many people actually really went down to support them? is this amount of people able to fill a stadium (like NBA)? or how much does S league’s ticket cost? how empty is the stadium was during the game?
if what you can provide is to give suggestions without any support to singapore SPORTS, then start to think where you can help to kick singapore sports ball rowing.
Yes, refs are human who make mistake. BUT the local refs made numerous mistakes that error figures are unacceptable. A lot will agreed with me IT IS NOT JUST THIS MATCH!!!
maybe u didnt see leibing properly. here, use some contact lenses
to dumb:yeah.thats why.
furthermore,#4 touched the ball.
so the ball should be started at where it was out of bounds.
thats one of the mistakes the refs made.
i noticed something too. after HCI#13 thunder the ball and is out of bound, why WRS start the ball in their attacking side base line but instead in where the ball is out of bound or at half court where if after a time out is called?
ya its doesnt count. its official mistakes but they cant change any decision of letting hci to win since they have alrdy given the victory to wrs. hci u lose to them but u win them mentally!
Lte’s talks about sportsmanship:
1) We accept that the decision of the committee is final.
2) We accept that refs are human and makes mistakes.
The video was posted in a neutral manner to help clarify the events around the controversy. A lot of people have posted comments to this forum based on their emotions and their bias. This video simply allows everyone to see and to understand what happened, what the controversy was about.
There were four throw-ins in the last 6 seconds. A lot. If you were there, what you saw as a Hwa Chong fan was three close calls by the officials in the last 6 seconds, all of which went against Hwa Chong. (Yeah, OK, that’s life!) You saw a game clock stuck at two seconds which did not move after the throw-in and first unsuccessful shot attempt by WRS. You saw a game clock with no time remaining (actually showing ’10:00′) at the time of the last throw-in by WRS and the final 3 pointer. I was there, I know a little bit about basketball, and I can tell you that I was bewildered by the events of the last 6 seconds of this game. I did not understand why the players were still playing with no time showing on the clock. I can tell you that as an HCI fan I was incensed.
Having had the opportunity to review the video several times, I can say that I think the refs probably got the first two calls right. They blew the last. OK, they’re human. There is still the possibility of a technical error in using the shot clock in place of the game clock exactly when the use of the game clock was most critical. The league should examine the video to see what if any officiating errors were made in the final 6 seconds to see what can be done to help prevent such errors in the future. Yes, I understand that does not change the outcome of this game.
Some have accused the Hwa Chong fans of poor sportsmanship. For the most part, I think the Hwa Chong fans have shown remarkably good sportsmanship so far. I hope that continues. Sportsmanship is two sided. If you wish to see gracious losers, then be a gracious winner.
The game was played hard by two good teams. It was a shame that either team had to lose, but that is the nature of sports. Ideally the game is decided in a clear-cut manner by the players on the court. Ideally, the officials are there only to maintain the order of the game and enforce the rules. Occasionally, the judgement of an official is critical. This was one such case.
I do sincerely wish Woodlands Ring Secondary all the best in the next round of the playoffs. I remain an HCI Fan. But for the remainder of the playoffs, I will be pulling for Woodlands Ring Secondary.
I understand that the video was rejected based on the fact that the refs did not approve the video taping or something like that. I have also checked that FIBA does not have this in their rules and so, to rule out EVIDENCE when it’s there seems to point that the AC agrees that even though something is wrong, (refs awarding the 3 point shot), it’s part of the game. What kind of values and experience are you people teaching the students. That injustice is allowed in sports? Well, I guess we have to relook too into the values we are supposed to learn.
who is that leibing’s fren?
what kind of attitude is that?
Hey my comment has nothing to do with the basketball game . Its more about having sportsmanship and integrity . Last year , i ran in the National Inter schools cross country championships at turf city. Towards the end of the race, i was head to head against an RI runner. I know i beat him at the line. Instead the awarded me 7th position and the RI runner 6th position. Later my teacher had video evidence which clearly showed i beat the RI runner by a least a foot. You people are blaming the refs for making a mistake which might have cost HCI the game. However, the ref is only human. Thus, prone to mistakes. For me it was even worse as they were using a microchip to record the positions . If even with technology such things can happen is it right that we blame the refs? In my opinion in this kind of situations it is up to the sportsmen/women to have integrity and sportsmanship in the game they play. However in a situation like this it is harder as the game involves many players. Tough luck you have to accept it. Even in professional leagues stuff like this happens. In football, referees decisions can cost a game. We have to accept it as it is part of the game. The most important thing is that we play hard and learn from the tough times. Oh and btw, i didn’t get my colours award last year because only the top 6 get it. And i was awarded 7th position. Tough luck huh? but i just accepted it. The only way was if the ri runner had admitted that i beat him. Well all the best to the remaining teams in the competition. Play hard.
WTH… I am the friend of Hwa Chong PG Lei Bing, No. 4…. He said that nothing 1 lah, even if we went through we still cannot get top 4 ryt? wats the use of going through? lol.
Can someone from CCAB (perhaps the Basketball Advisor) ‘advise’ us on this matter? It’s no good for the sport if Officials choose to keep mum when such issues arise. Now you know why Singapore Basketball is still in the dumps on the international stage?