Sport
TTS Match Reports 28
by TTS Sports’ Coaches and Students Netball U14 KL by Emma Watson
The U14 teams had a fantastic finish to the season playing in the International South East Asia Netball Tournament on Saturday, 19 – Sunday, 20 November. As there is currently no Netball in the SEASAC framework, this tournament is the girl’s opportunity to play international netball. We took three teams to the tournament and all girls came back with medals! The third team, coached this season by Mrs Walden improved massively and came second in the plate final against Garden International A team. The second team coached by Ms Jo played fantastically well and came third in the cup. The first team had an amazing run through to the tournament and beat the Australian International Team in the final. This is the 7th year TTS has won the competition and the girls as always were a credit to the school.
U19 SCC 7s by Dughall Young, Y12.6
After our recent win in the Blackrock 7s we looked to continue our success into the highlight of the rugby calendar, the SCC 7s. After training throughout the holiday we played through our group matches without conceding once. We beat Overseas Family School (OFS), Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) and St Andrews School to assert ourselves as title contenders. The following week was the semi-final against Anglo-Chinese Independant (ACSI) who are widely regarded as one of the best rugby schools in Singapore. We came out of the game 29-0 victors after some superb attacking rugby and resilient defense. Then came the final against OFS. We stepped out in front of 7,000 fans and superb support from the school. We fought hard in a tense final in which our captain Sam Marshall, Callum McCullough and Charlie Hyde crossed the white wash whilst Andrei Czolak came spectacularly close. Our run of 8 games without conceding ended however with OFS crossing early in the second half. After rallying we came back at them to score twice and secure the title for the third time in a row, which is testament to our coach Mr Farr and all involved in rugby at the school.
U16 SCC 7s by Laurence Gardner Y12.4
The U16 had a nail biting route to the final with a last minute win in the last group game against St Andrews, and then an even closer semi final win over Raffles Independent (RI) who missed a conversion with the last kick of the game which would have knocked TTS out of the competition. Approaching the final on the Sunday, the atmosphere in the crowd was incredible. What had been a crowd of about a hundred for the semi-final was now a crowd of almost 7,000, spread between the stands and the bar around the Padang. Having played ACSI in the heats, TTS knew this was going to be a difficult game. The U16s defended well in the first few minutes, and even managed a steal in one of the breakdowns due to some great counter rucking, but ACSI’s organised back line eventually broke through, scoring their first of what would turn out to be four tries. The score doesn’t do the team justice, as TTS played a great game of rugby, but ACSI made sure to capitalise on TTS’ mistakes. A few line breaks by TTS showed promise, but ACSI’s organised backline made sure that no tries were conceded in the 14-minute game. Despite the loss, the U16s received a well-deserved silver medal, and walked off the pitch proud.