Some of Singapore's most outstanding school athletes showed a light-hearted side to their usual serious game face during the 100PLUS 2010 Athlete of the Year Award party.
A single goal conceded by both the men's and women's teams towards the end of the game was all it took for Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to crash out of the semi-final of the Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic (IVP) tournament. The NTU men's team lost to Institute of Technical Education (ITE) 6-5, conceding a goal miliseconds before the final buzzer. In the women's semi-final, Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) handed NTU a 5-4 defeat in extra time to send them into the bronze medal playoff.
Both finalists from last year's Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic (IVP) men's floorball tournament put up a good show for the audience, with the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) holding their own to beat Temasek Polytechnic (TP) 2-0. Title-holders Republic Polytechnic (RP), on the other hand, gave a strong performance with a 6-3 win over Nanyang Technological University (NTU.
Defending champions Nanyang Technologocal University (NTU) laboured to a 41-32 victory against their arch-rivals National University of Singapore (NUS) in the Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic (IVP) Netball Championship.
The hot weather proved to be no obstacle for Singapore’s athletes as they produced a good showing here, winning a bronze medal in the women's High Jump and the 4x100m men's relay respectively.
Muhammad Elfi Mustapa’s gold medal win in the men’s 100m had the “Majulah Singapura” being played for the first time at the ASEAN University Games.
The SCC 7s women's Cup final went Japan's way when they beat hosts Singapore 14-0 while in the women's Plate final, Hong Kong managed to survive India's late rally towards the end of the first half to clinch it 21-19.
Despite a comprehensive 24-0 routing of Brunei's Flying Kukris earlier in the day, Singapore Cricket Club (SCC) failed to advance in the Bowl competition of the SCC 7s after failing to get past Sri Lanka's SLRFU 7, going down 19-26. Meanwhile the HSBC Penguins dethroned South Afican Vipers in sudden death to win the 2010 Ablitt Cup.