A new chapter is beginning...

aha yup we are INTERHOUSE WATERPOLO CHAMPIONS '07!

Bayley 2-1 Buckley

the team:

seetow
tom
weishen
justin
edene
kenneth
wenwei
mateusz
ziyao

i damn proud of this team! again in the final, we fought back from being a goal down to triumph over buckley! hahaha the team that we had come from 2 goals down in the preliminaries to draw 2-2! hahaha im damn proud of our players!

before the match, when i was giving them a peptalk, i was telling them about how this could very well be my last waterpolo match they had better give me their 100% and no less and whatever the result i would be happy, and to fight for bayley, to fight for me. and i started crying because i really wanted to end it off on a good note, like my swansong maybe. and give me their 100% they did. our first team was made up of me, tom, our angmoh power mateusz, ziyao, and edene, justin and kenneth. edene justin and kenneth are sec 2 swimmers and mateusz is a non poloer and swimmer and ziyao a sec 4 swimmer, but is just about the nicest ever guy you can find, and polo is a sport of aggression. player for player, we were weaker. but weaker only on paper. but when it came down to the wire, it was the mental toughness of our team that counted. we had trained together much more than buckley and it showed, with superb teamwork. aha you rock guys!

we came back during the preliminaries from 1 goal down to beat morrison 3-2 (thanks to a superb full court shot from who? who? the keeper!) and came from 2 goals down to draw buckley 2-2. and again, when it realy mattered, our mental strength showed again. after going one goal down we managed to claw our way back into the match and showed them who really had the stronger mental character. and we fought like true men. all the teachers who were there were damn impressed and mr edward ng (a senior HOD) was shouting his guts out for us. i guess true spirit does move people. hahaha

after the match, i talked to them again and thanked all of them for putting in that extra effort when it mattered again and i started sobbing again because for anyone of you who dont know me, waterpolo is my life, its my identity, its my game. and the feeling was just too overwhelming hahaha i guess im a very emotional person! hahaha anyway thank you very much guys if you all are reading this because i really owe you all a big one, for coming down to all the trainings i held, for fighting so damn hard to get us in the finals... (alot of houses thought we didnt deserve it because man for man, our team is the 4th strongest only) and for fighting your guts out in the final and touching the hearts of even the teachers in that final. i thank you all for fighting for this dream of mine too.




ohh and i played basketball too and i played half of of the first two games and we won both then i had to get a good rest before polo so i couldnt play anymore haha we got 2nd! which is great cos moor was kinda unbeatable their whole team ful of basketballers hahahaha anyway we did well! yay!!!