Under 13 Boys’ Badminton
After being selected for the team, I was excited for a new adventure with my teammates. I was chosen as the captain of the team and I realized all the responsibilities I now had. We headed straight into matches against Shrewsbury, Ruamrudee and NIST. The bus rides were hilarious, with people trying to chill, watch series, motivate others, or just sleep, the rides were nearly the best bit. Shrewsbury was our first team win. But after those games, I felt we could improve and so did my teammates. So we had few training sessions and then came along our first tournament. Even though we didn’t win, I saw how much we had improved in that short amount of time. We would score 10 points more than we did in the league games and even beat our opponents. We understood our opponents were tough, better skilled than us, but we had a few months to train and improve to face them at BISAC. The months went fast as BISAC finally arrived and the team was ready. Unfortunately, one member, Amery could not attend it as he was sick and so our sub, Seb took his place. Our first game was against ISB and I was up first against the opponent I had faced at our first tournament but I beat him then so I felt confident. Although I lost the first set, I knew I could beat him in the last two sets, and I did. Our Singles 2, Paul also won his first match. We were 2 games up but sadly our unbeatable Doubles 1 pair finally lost as did our Doubles 2 and Singles 3. So we had lost our first game. But motivation was still high in the team to try and win our 2nd game. We knew this was going to be a challenge as Ruamrudee have a strong side. Then the game came and I had to play my game which I lost, singles 2 lost, singles 3 lost and doubles 2 lost. But at least, our doubles 1 won. I tried to keep the team happy, but all they wanted was food so we got some pizza and we all went home. What a great season it was with the boys with such a great team spirit. Honours: BISAC 5th Team Awards: MVP: Vincent Boulom MIP: Toon Vanabriksha CC: Paul Telan Team: Vincent Boulom, Paul Telan, Amery Chen, Ben Boonpiti, Toon Vanabriksha, Ethan De Silva, Vijay Krishnan, Sebastian Vandermeer Coach: Dr. Richard Lindley 18