An RI player takes a shot at goal. Building on the momentum from their lead, RI took advantage of VJC’s delay in settling down and mounted numerous attacks early in the match. (Photo 4 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
On the other end of the field, Joanne Chew Xin Yi (VJC #9) attempts a cross under the eye of Teri Tan (RI #40). (Photo 5 © YQ Lee/Red Sports)
Joanne Ho (RI #14) makes another run into VJC’s third but finds her progress hindered by a VJC defender. (Photo 6 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Sarah Long (VJC #8) attempts to get past the Raffles defense with Fu Liye (RI #16) and Hsiang Cheng Chia (RI #22, captain) marking her out. (Photo 7 © YQ Lee/Red Sports)
Hsiang Cheng Chia (RI #22, captain) makes a pass away from two VJC players. (Photo 8 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Jessica D’Cruz (VJC #5) takes a shot at goal while Joanne Ho (RI #14) tries to block it. (Photo 9 © YQ Lee/Red Sports)
All smiles from the VJC supporters during half time … (Photo 10 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
… while the RI supporters engage in a cheer. (Photo 11 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Joanne Ho (RI #14) is foiled by Victoria’s goalkeeper Sng Hui En (#7). (Photo 12 © YQ Lee/Red Sports)
A VJC forward fails to capitalize on Nurimira Ahmad’s (RI #1, GK) loose handling of a ball. (Photo 13 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Hsiang Cheng Chia (RI #22, captain) keeps the ball off Leo Huang (VJC #14). (Photo 14 © YQ Lee/Red Sports)
A VJC striker takes a shot at goal after being left unmarked in RI’s goal area. (Photo 15 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
“ARGGGHHHHHH!!!” VJC players engage in war cries while carrying out their “wall duties” during an RI free kick. (Photo 16 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Chng Yan (RI #17) attempts to keep the ball in play while attacking Victoria’s right flank. (Photo 17 © YQ Lee/Red Sports)
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We mustn’t forget the hardwork, determination, never-say-die attitude that the VJ soccer girls showed too. Trailing 1-0 so early isn’t easy to cope with, and they recovered from their mistakes and kept fighting on. They had quite a few shots at goal, but were always denied by Raffles. 30 seconds from losing the finals, they never lost heart even though VJ supporters kinda did… So it was really a heartwarming match to watch, seeing both teams play the beautiful game. Can’t wait for the next season. Congrats to both teams once again (:
The Raffles soccer girls team has really shown everyone how hard work and effort will get one to the top. They played valiantly, and to the supporters, it was an emotional and inspirational match. Watching the raffles girls show their grit, display their skills and most importantly playing with their heart, the end-result seemed to have assumed a secondary place as what is really important is that one meets the challenge in its face and attempts to bring it down.
Their unwavering fortitude is what sports is all about, bravo!
Congrats to VJC for winning the title too
this article is awful. riddled with mistakes and childish phrases. most of what you wrote didn’t even happen. pls dont exploit us young schoolgirls’ interest and passion with terrible ‘articles’. someone should file an official complain to stop you from making anymore coverage. this is unacceptable.
Your complaint is unspecific and unhelpful.
If there are FACTUAL errors, please point them out. We will fix them.
If you disagree with the opinions, well let’s agree to disagree, because there is no such thing as an objective article because everyone sees things through a particular set of lenses coloured by their background.
The writer of this article has shown a consistent record of good, credible articles. I value his stories and his contributions in building up awareness of the A Division football scene, especially the boys’ championship.
Given that, we always encourage readers to share their version, that invitation is also extended to you. You can do so at http://redsports.sg/tell-your-story
We will post your story in FULL, without corrections.
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then ur lens is very badly stained and there IS such a thing as an objective article. because what transpired on the field were events not opinions.
a lot of what is mentioned in the report didn’t happen. it’s obvious the writer didn’t do his work very well. also there were other mistakes in the article that have since been rectified ONLY because ppl have commented on it.
and i was told by some that the writer did not even interview the coaches and players himself. it was someone else who got the quotes. though this i cannot confirm.
Once again, Shirley, you fail to specify the “a lot of what is mentioned in the report didn’t happen”.
We can only guess, but if you’re talking about the errors of names/numbers, it is very easy for people in the stands who don’t know the team inside-out to mix up the numbers. Understand that this is soccer, and spectators stand far away from the action and it is a struggle to see the numbers sometimes.
If you think your lens is cleaner, go ahead and write what you seem to know well. You have failed to specify what happened during the match that was misrepresented.
Send it to us, and we’ll post it. 🙂
Hi Shirley, thanks for your comments. I would like to know what are the things that i wrote which didn’t happen, can you kindly list them out here? It can help to improve as a writer as well!
I would also like to know who was the people who said did not interview the coaches and players. I kept a copy of me interviewing VJC coach Lim Wei Quan. If you need that as evidence, i can upload it into the story!
We have no problems admitting that we make mistakes in our articles. When people point it out, we gladly change it.
However, you have yet to specify what is wrong with the article.
Also, your accusation that the writer did not get the interview himself is baseless. We refer you to the last photo above (photo 32). Generally, we don’t put such photos up but since you have no qualms about casting aspersions on the character of the writer, I asked our volunteer photographer to put it up to address your lie.
Lastly, you confuse fact and opinion. There are facts, but the interpretation of those facts constitute opinion. The story above is the writer’s opinion.
Your opinion, if you wish to share it, is still welcome if you want to write about the game at http://redsports.sg/tell-your-story/
As we say to everyone who reads Red Sports,
“You send it, we post it.”
Shirley, I find it troubling when a “young schoolgirl” of your evident intellectual calibre comes on a website and does a dump over the efforts of others. It’s poisonous behaviour. Instead of tearing down, why not show us how it’s done – post an alternative account, one without mistakes, without childish phrases, not exploitative, yet supports readers’ interest and passion, and faithfully records what happened?
why wasnt the foul given when vj pushed a ri girl down just before they scorede
i thought it was ri push vj, then cos vj advantage then the winger got it so the ref wave play on… i think it’s fair?
because the referee couldnt react fast enough
#40 is TERI TAN dont put tan zhuo hui its totally not nice.
both are not nice
omg, the VJC #7 is an unsung hero. I saw the match and the first goal was the DEFENCE fault, not entirely hers. and the one on one save was amazing. she kept vjc alive. no doubt the substitute VJC goalkeeper terrific job with the penalties, i just wanted to highlight some of the contribution of this courageous player
yes yes no doubt about that! she made many good saves and didn’t falter even though the goal came in the 1st min… i don’t think it’s easy to recover from that. well done keeper!
🙂 i think it will mean alot to her:)
photo 7 is Sarah Long, not Huixin.
Apologies, thank you for the correction =)
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Hi guys,
Thanx for the great coverage on the finals. Kudos to both teams for providing a great showcase for girls soccer.
Some minor things though, the cross was made by Jolene Cheng for the winning goal, and this would be the 3rd successive year that VJC has emerged as champions.
Once again, thank you for the great work, school sports is better off for all of you at redsports.
#1VJSG Fan
Hi Azrul, thanks for notifying the minor mistakes. It was certainly an exciting match with goals scored so early and so late in the match, with the penalty shootout capping it off!
The second player for VJ penalty shootout was number 15 Ella Lim, not Ho Hui Xin.
Hi Tess, thanks for rectifying the mistake!
Hey Jon and YQ, great job for the photos! I personally like photos 17 and 26.
it was so close for raffles, probably 10-20 secs from clinching champs, before the equaliser.
yeah, i was getting ready to run onto the pitch in anticipation of the celebrations =P.
lol, is there a 70+2 min thing? o.o might as well put 72 mins.
That’s the convention to show you what full time is, which, in this case, is 70 minutes. So you know she scored two minutes into time added on. At least that’s how I understand it.
dude a div girls soccer isn’t 90 minutes.