Singapore will field its largest away contingent of 569 athletes for a Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur this August. The athletes will take part in 35 sports at the 29th SEA Games. Four sports – cricket, ice hockey, ice skating, and indoor hockey – will be contested for the first time at the Games.
They left it late but Victoria Junior College (VJC) secured their 15th straight National A Division Hockey Championship when they beat Millennia Institute (MI) 1-0 after extra time in the final, thanks to Klara Chong’s (VJC #27) last-minute winner.
A moment of magic from Ramalingam Gouthaman (RI #14) was all that Raffles Institution (RI) required to dethrone defending champions Victoria Junior College (VJC), beating them 1-0 in the National A Division Hockey Championship final for their seventh title in 10 years.
Hockey giants Raffles Institution (RI) kept up their streak of appearing in every final this century when they dispatched Anderson Junior College (AJC) 3-0 in the semi-final and progressed to their 18th straight final since 2000.
Millenia Institue pulled off an upset against the undefeated Raffles Institution (RI) in the semi-finals of the National A Division Girls' Hockey Championship, forcing RI to concede their first goal of the season before sealing the victory on penalties.
As Raffles Institution’s (RI) Alton Chua (RI #10) stepped up for his second penalty, his earlier miss in the shoot-out against Seng Kang Secondary School in the National B Division Hockey Championship final must have plagued the back of his mind.
With nothing but pride to play for, St. Joseph’s Institution (SJI) and Woodlands Ring (WR) Secondary School played out a six-goal thriller where the former emerged 4-2 winners.
Defending champions St.Andrew’s (SA) Secondary School tasted defeat for the first time in this year’s National B Division Hockey Championship when they lost to Raffles Institution (RI) 1-0 in a Round 2 group game.
