Nine records were broken on the first of two days of Swimming finals, with RGS' Charla Tan's new record in the B Division Girls' 200m Backstroke being the second-fastest female timing in Singapore this year and also a medal-winning timing across all three Boys' categories.
Saint Andrew's Junior College scored two goals, including a penalty, against Raffles Institution (RI)'s one to move on to the final of the National Schools A Division Football Girls’ Championship.
Raffles Institution (RI) scored the only goal of the match against St. Joseph's Institution (SJI) to move on to the semi-finals of the National Schools A Division Football Girls’ Championship. Scoring the deciding goal of the match, Milanpreet Kaur Bajwa (RI #13) said: "The match today was an important one for my team as it was a must-win for us, to keep our hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals alive."
Raffles Institution (RI) faced little resistance from Millennia Institute (MI), crushing them with a final score of 10-0. With this win under their belt, Raffles is three for three: they have won all three of their games against SAJC, SJI, and MI. All three of their games have been indisputable victories with no goals scored against them. "I think we came into this game with a strong mindset. Even though we had already qualified for the semis, we felt it was important to keep the momentum going," said Raffles captain Raziq Noor (#9). Raffles certainly started the game strong, earning themselves a short corner on the MI goal within the first 40 seconds. They continued to play aggressive, scoring their first goal in the eighth minute.
Having dropped out mid-race after a fall in last month's National Schools Track and Field 3000-metre final, Ferrell Lee of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) was looking for redemption at the National Schools Cross Country Championships. Clocking a timing of 13 minutes 36.8 seconds over the 3.8-kilometre race route, Ferrell succeeded in sealing his comeback by winning the C Division boys' individual gold.
Dominating both the Boys' and Girls' A Division races, HCI successfully defended their double team victory in addition to picking up the individual gold medal in both categories, a feat they failed to accomplish last year. HCI won the A Division Boys’ team championship with 19 points (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 13th) and the Girls’ one with 12 points (1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th), led by team captains Ethan Yan and Vera Wah who both clinched their first ever individual victories in their final year of competing for the school.
Defending champions Victoria Junior College (VJC) narrowly beats Raffles Institution (RI) 1-0 in second group stage game of the National Schools A Division Football Girls’ Championship.
By a tiny margin of eight-hundredths of a second, Nanyang Girls' High School (NYGH) fell short of breaking the B Division girls' 4 by 100 metres relay championship record. Nonetheless, that failed to dampen their mood as the school continued their dominance in the relay events in recent years, garnering three out of four golds in the girls' B and C divisions.
