Raffles Junior College – Page 5

Raffles schools complete unprecedented sweep of 6 swimming division titles

Traditional swimming powerhouse Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) had no answer this time to the prowess of the Raffles Institution swimmers as they surrendered both B and C boys Division swimming titles for the first time in living memory. Raffles Girls' School clinched both the B and C girls Division titles while Raffles Junior College captured both the A Division boys and girls titles for good measure.

By Ian Chew|2008-10-19T20:03:50+08:00July 9th, 2008|swimming, Youth in Motion|28 Comments

Soh Rui Yong of Raffles Junior College clinches 5000m gold

Soh Rui Yong of Raffles Junior College won the 5000 metres A-Boys Final at the 49th Inter-School Track and Field Championships last Friday. He managed to break his personal best, achieving a time of 16:32.68.

By Azmie Danial|2008-07-10T21:51:02+08:00July 9th, 2008|track-and-field, Youth in Motion|4 Comments

Tan Xin Yin of Hwa Chong Institution breaks 19-year-old record to win javelin gold

Tan Xin Yin of Hwa Chong Institution broke a 19-year-old javelin record when she threw 41.87m last week at the 49th National Track & Field Championships. Xie Yu Ru of the then Hwa Chong Junior College had set the previous national record of 41.20m in 1989.

By Lai Jun Wei|2008-10-19T19:57:59+08:00July 6th, 2008|track-and-field, Youth in Motion|8 Comments

Goh Eng Wei of Raffles Junior College wins second long jump gold

It was a repeat of last year's scenario as Goh Eng Wei of Raffles Junior College won the A Division Boys long jump event at the 49th Inter-school Track & Field Championships. His jump distance of 6.66m put him ahead of his other competitors.

By Lai Jun Wei|2008-07-04T21:24:21+08:00July 4th, 2008|track-and-field, Youth in Motion|7 Comments

Gail Chia from Raffles Junior College wins long jump gold

Gail Chia from Raffles Junior College won the gold medal for the A Division Girls Long Jump event at the 49th Inter-school Track & Field Championships. The first year RJC student came in with a jump distance of 5.12m, beating Hwa Chong Institution's Ang Shi Ting and Hsien Li Jie.

By Lai Jun Wei|2008-07-11T19:15:34+08:00July 4th, 2008|track-and-field, Youth in Motion|8 Comments

Bryan Koh wins decider to help ACS(I) clinch A Division Squash Championship

The Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) beat Raffles Junior College 3-2 to clinch the National A Division Squash Championship title last week. The A Division Squash Championship had ground to a complete halt when a complaint had been lodged with the organisers over Bryan Tay's eligibility. The bizarre complaint was that Bryan Tay was too young.

By Les Tan|2008-07-09T12:25:04+08:00June 17th, 2008|squash, Youth in Motion|1 Comment

Raffles Junior College beat Anglo-Chinese (Independent) to win badminton championship

Raffles Junior College swept aside the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) 5-0 to win the A Division Boys Badminton Championship. RJC are double champions after their girls team also won the girls' championship.

By Lai Jun Wei|2008-07-09T12:25:27+08:00June 1st, 2008|badminton, Youth in Motion|10 Comments

Raffles Junior College triumph over St Andrew’s JC to retain hockey championship title

Raffles Junior College edged out St. Andrew's Junior College 1-0 to capture the the A Division Boys' Hockey Championship title. SAJC surprised all odds to make it to the final this year against favourites RJC. In an earlier group game, RJC had whipped SAJC 4-0 and they were looking for yet another easy game in the final. However, SAJC fought hard and gave RJC a run for their money.

By Marvin Lowe|2008-06-13T12:43:16+08:00May 29th, 2008|hockey, Youth in Motion|2 Comments