The final friendly before the holiday break would be against Coral Secondary School. Everyone was looking forward to the match as they had played against them last year and lost. This time round, they will want to see if they have improved over the year and went about the pre-match routines with a little more enthusiasm than usual. The opponents were missing a few key players due to overseas holiay, but still proved to be a match for us, showing that they are always capable of getting results.

The ‘B’ Division were up against Holy Innocents’ High School today. However, for some unknown reason, the players were not able to prepare themselves mentally and physically for the game as evident from the intensity of their warm up. After the drills, the players gathered for their routine match briefing. The main focus for the match was to pass the ball around and support each other in the game. Communication will be the key to making this plan succeed.

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

The ‘B’ Division had another opportunity to play against a strong team in the form of Teck Whye Secondary School. With almost the entire squad made up of hockey players as well, they were technically and tactically very good. It was a good challenge for the boys to see how well they can match up in terms of the intensity and game play. The match was slightly delayed due to a traffic jam, but they finally made their way to the court for an exciting game.

As we approach the last 2 weeks of holidays, it also mean that the season is drawing near. The boys are beginning to feel the toll of trainings over the past 2 months, but they have learnt much from the training sessions and friendly games. They were eager to play more matches in order to gain more experience and become better. Nevertheless, after a series of unbeaten matches, the ‘C’ Division boys were finally beaten today by Siglap Secondary School with a score of 6-11.