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NY Times Editor
So by popular demand. The NY Times will be doing a feature on the higly aclaimed Coach of yours, Matthew. Born on the 14th of Dec, 1988, which is exactly 2 weeks before coach bel's birthday, Matthew was already born a handsome child. To date, standing at 184cm, this player is one of the most handsome on the field. During a press conference with Daniel Carter, the New Zealand stand off, he mentioned that Matthew could be next to take over him. Sources tell us that he is now coaching along side with the well known player Annabel Woo. With 2 big name coaches, im sure the team is lucky to have them as a coach.
John Matthew Kai
Many people question his name. NY Times have found his name to be true, he didnt make it up. The explaination behind it is that he is indian. NY Times have traced his indian roots all the way to his Father's father. His father's mother is Chinese and so is his mom's parents. He was given a surname of John and for some reason, given a chinese name of Kai (open). This explains why he is a very open guy, fun loving and not forgetting, a funny guy.
Word has it that he is single. NY Times is gonna name him the Bachelor of the year (cause he is the only guy anyway). So ladies, take a queue number, cause as of now, the number is at 284. Reports have found him to be a keeper and a one of a kind person. Matt, up for grabs!
-NY Editor Times-
Annabel Bernadette Woo Xue Ni
If you take a closer look at the shirt she is wearing, you might be able to see what logo that is. For those who already guessed, its the Singapore National Team logo. She just finished a season playing for season in 2 competitions recently. She played 7s in the Hong Kong 7's and then 15s in Kazakstan. If you are wondering what country that is, its the one which came out in the movie Borat. They won a few and lost a few matches, but it was from the way Bel played that scared people. She was a machine on the field not only assisting the tries but also playing a key role in the Singapore National Team. Because of this, many companies are signing deals with here over sponsership. As you can see in the photo, she was posing for a candy advertisement.
Tony and Guy also managed to sign a deal with the famous bel. They have been doing her hair ever since. Manager of Tony and Guy said in a statement the other day, "Bel is a figurehead and role model, by doing her hair, hopefully many aspiring young sportswoman would follow the way she looks too!" No one is yet to have seen her newly done hair. But Tony and Guy has released a photo of just her hair.
P.S. This is really her hair last time. This is not a fake image.
NY Times Announcements
-Sentosa pushed back due to the exco having something on the 5th. So its now set on the 12th. Any Violent objections? everyone is to make it! It will be a special and fun experience
-Year 1s start training again on the 1st July. Try and listen to the Book is on the table that the coaches did and remember how it goes. Just a tip off for whats gonna happen on the first training.
-NY Times Editor-
So after hearing how good a player she is, this is just another side of your coach you have never seen. Did you ever think your coaches could be so much fun? Dressing up as whatever you want to be and guess what bel chose?
Annabel Bernadette Woo Xue Ni
After having many analysts go through this image of bel, they are still left puzzled to what she was trying to dress up as. As you can see, they knew once away that the lady on the left was tinkerbel from the movie and hit drama, Peter Pan. But after months of assessments and analysis, they can only come out with one character that bel was trying to pull of, which is none other than the pig from the movie, Babe.
But once again, this is after much deliberation and reviews from experts and professionals but still, we leave it up to you to come to your own interpretations.
Stay tuned for more..
-NY Touch Times-
Since everyone is studying so hard for their exams, i will be posting random features of your beloved coach bel. I'm sure everyone has heard stories about her. The great tries she scored, the diving touches she made and her various speciality moves. But this is not what defines a person. So from this week onwards and for the weeks to come, the NY Touch Times will be showcasing some of bel's past.
Annabel Bernadette Woo Xue Ni
Bel started of just like you and I. Not knowing how to play, or even pass a ball! And it all took place 3 years ago. 2005, She made her debute for RP, not only playing in the girls team, but also for the mixed team, occasionally playing for even the Men's team! This was the start her career in rugby. In year 1 already, talent scouts were already labelling her as the 'wonderkid' of touch football.
Here in this photo, you can see her weakness. This has been a weakness for the past 4 years. LAZINESS. During an intervew with some of her friends, many labelled her as the whale after this picture was released. As you can see, they say this looks like a whale washed up onto sea, but we shall leave that up to your interpretation.
The NY times will leave this at that. Stay tuned for more.. And there is many more to come!
Note - Information stated above might not be true but most probably is really true. People aren't really what they are as stated above but trust me they really are
-NYTouch Times Editor-
work hard evryone!rest well too.
hope evry1 can do well tgt!
it's only 2 weeks and then look forward to the beach outing aft mid yrs! (:
*janelle
Persevere!Quite a wet blanket, but just in case any girl who happens to be here and forgets about the coming examinations dates, here it is (click on the pic for better view;):
For the J1s
For the J2s
Please drink loads of water as well to stay in the PINK of health for the exams! And rmb to check your VENUE for the paper!
Take care girls!
W love.
No one should be reading this cause, well; all of you are suppose to be studying real hard for the exams. One more week till the exams! So here is just a quick debrief of the camp since I couldnt get to say anything after the camp due to the boy's game. Had to ref their game.
I think everyone did great. It wasn't easy as many of the year 1s have pointed out, but all of you managed to pull through. There wasn’t a need for an ambulance, so that was good.
On both sides, Year 1s and year 2s, both equally had torture throughout the whole camp. So year 1s, don't just think it was only you. Just in case you don't know what was going on, year 2s had 4 hour training on the 2nd day. It was when you year 1s were preparing for the Farewell. 4 hours with I think only 3 water breaks for the whole training. The reason why, is because they weren't able to perfect the move, eagle. Something which is nothing new to them. They have learnt this and been doing this for the past 2 months. There is no reason why it can't be done. On the 3rd day, before lunch, the year 2s were made to do the same drill, eagle. Yes, they did go through a couple of times. Year 2s, its not that I didn't see, I saw, but it has to be all the time that your move goes through. Failing to conform to my standards, which made me really really frustrated, it was fitness for them. A few runs up the hill and 50 push ups. My intention was actually 10 laps the hill, but after 4, I realized I'm pushing you girls to the boys standards. I apologize to those whom think I was harsh. I admit I was.
As for the year 1s, you girls had to spell out the longest number that came to my head. And as Xiao Wei said, I forgot what I said, well she is wrong. I know what I said. You can congratulate yourselves for doing so many push ups. It was seventy seven million, seven hundred and seventy seven thousand, seven hundred and seventy seven point seven. If I counted right, that's 93 MAN push ups. Give yourself a clap. Somehow after that punishment, the next day, the year 1s were very well organized and on their toes for the whole of the 2nd and 3rd day. So maybe I need to do that before every training.
Amazing Race. Hope everyone enjoyed themselves, both year 1s and 2s. Planning it wasn't that easy either and I think it was quite a success. Some teams were super scared, which was the whole point, others, not so much. Heard lots of screaming, lots of laughter, so that's good. We should all thank the J2s for this because they really put a lot of time and effort into this (even more effort than put in training haha). Unseen things like the logistics and the cleaning up after the whole event is something I want to give credit to as well. Well done!
2.4 morning run. I really did expect Janelle to run a 2.4. Just to let you all know, it's not my idea! Haha. Despite the length of it, I saw many of you trying to keep up which I felt was very heart warming. I was not happy with those who didn't really want to make an effort to catch up. I like to see effort being put in. I know who the faster ones are, and who the slower ones are. So I know who is putting in effort and who is not. Like Mr. Singh always tells me, "If the girls play around on the field, it will reflect back to what they do in class as well and also in their studies." And I agree with that! For example, Since all of you take Math, if lets say there is this problem which is difficult to do (taking the factor of time out) will you just skip it because it looks too difficult? Or would you try? Even if you don’t get it right, you might just get some marks for the workings that you did. So it doesn’t matter what life throws you, whether the matter big or small, trying is your key to success. I hope you know what I’m talking about.
Games. The games were meant as a team bonding thing and also to bring out the best in everyone. When you play a game, you see 3 groups of people. Leaders, followers and those who just can’t be bothered to play. But at the same time, I hope you enjoyed the games cause your beloved enthu coaches certainly did! The ladder game was the funniest for us. Somehow we just kept spoiling the game and cheating. Sorry to those who were taking it seriously.
After reading all the reflections, I think I must say that you girls have learnt a lot from this camp. Although somehow everyone keeps saying the same thing. 'we bonded during the camp', 'build ties that are greatly needed for our team to succeed', 'the camp had taught me the importance of teamwork.'' All the same!!! But I hope what you all say is true! This is the purpose and reason for the camp that we put in the proposal. 'First and foremost, this camp is to bring Touch rugby together as a CCA. To us, rugby has is no longer a CCA, but its become a part of our lives. And hence, this training camp was planned to achieve our most important goal, which is to be amongst the best in schools in Touch rugby. During this camp, not only will the girls take away life skill, but also to foster strong bonds required in a Team sport. This camp was planned in such a way that it brings out the best in every single team member down to the smallest games we have planned. At the end of this camp, NYJC Touch Rugby will not only be stronger as a team, but also as a person. With coaches playing nationally, we are sure that their knowledge and skills will be passed down to us.'
So at the end of the day, I hope that this (the above), my plan for u as a coach, would be accomplished someday. Maybe not at the end of that camp, but maybe the next, and the one after that. I have many dreams for team NYJC, many plans and many wishes. But as for now, study hard for the exams and do well! I will be planning a sentosa outing. Its called ‘The junket to the Beach!’ Something to look forward to! Stay healthy and good luck for your exams!
Love,
Your beloved coach
-Matthew-
DAY 2 [29thMay08]
EH, There were feedbacks that DAY1 update was kinda short. I try my best for DAY2 k! Had some difficulties recalling what exactly happened. As Day 2 was a pretty long day, I'll stop at the farewell alright. My deepest apologies but the next post may be after mid yrs! :(
RISE AND SHINE!
Our day started with a 2.4 run, which is 6 rounds around the track! The run was led by our dear lady who posted about the marathons below, Janelle (we see your passion towards your running totally!). So she increased the speed after running each round which got the girls kinda drained. But whats really heartening to see was the encouragements we gave each other in the run! We just kept pushing one another and sprinted to the best that we could on the last 100m. CHEERS! And thanks J1s for for cooling down. It was really comfy! After which most of the girls went for lesson where many heads were caught nodding off in the LT when that was just the beginning of it all. :D
BACK FROM LESSON – GAMES.
Breakfast, break time, and then it was GAMES! If 3 girls are equivalent to a market, then what’s 30 over girls when they’re playing games together?! Jacob’s ladder got the girls really shouting, each team cheering on for their group even though one of the team is leading. Like what Mr Singh said, he thought we had great team spirit. Guess the coaches were so attracted to the fun we were having that they decided to join in too!
Our girls playing Jacob ladder!
"What I like about the game is that when this team know that they're
behind, they still cheer for their members. This is what i call team
spirit and thats what I like."
hmmm, if you're wondering why they're laughing so badly, that's
bcos they were shouting at the girls who ran across them, giving
them a shock! HAHA
Managed to snap a picture of our coach annabel taking a short cut! :p
After Jacob’s ladder we had this stocking game where you’re suppose to move your head around to hook the stocking of the other person with the help of the tennis ball. It was hilarious when we see the girls put the stocking over their heads when we usually were it from below. HAHA. Though embarrassing and unglam, we all had fun! Oh yes, we’re really proud to say we have really enthu coaches who volunteered to demo the game for us! :D:D:D
Our enthu coaches :)
The stocking game as described!
Due to some extra time that we had, the coaches thought of another game to play. A game where we had to fulfill the requirements that they set. The most memorable one was probably the one where they asked for 1 split, 2 heads , 1 handstand and some other things which I cant quite remember. LOL. And amazingly, we have quite a number of girls who can do split. Not bad not bad. Bet the game masters had fun seeing how the girls tried to do some stunts!
All I can say is that at least we tried... HAHA
And we played another game which is like the longest line wins. So everyone was stretching to touch the item infront of them.
The losing teams had to play this “eagle catches chicks” game where the tail of every chick was to hook the tail of another chick. Hmmm, I think it’s quite a bad explanation so let the pictures do the job! :
And so… here’s our losing team!
Where 3 reps from the team had to wear stockings for training. aww.
NAP TIME
Guess everyone was super grateful to our coaches for giving us a nap time. Even though we were in the middle of the atrium, we fell asleep anyway. And we not only have enthu coaches, we have coaches who amuses us. As adapted from Ashley’s blog, “And had fun making fun of us while we're sleeping. They tickled my feet and like some knee-jerk reaction my leg went up. too bad didn kick them...:(“ (sorry Ashley! Lol!) And maybe that’s why they’re so fun loving ;) Ok, basically, as you will see later, we didnt really care about the fact that we were in the atrium and many slept really soundly! Zzzzz. Presenting to you our sleeping beauties! :
If you happened to be observant enough, you'll see how our coaches
enjoyed themselves by throwing the tennis ball ard us while we
were soundly asleep :)
tada!
TRAINING
The J1s learnt new moves in their training which is good! And as for the J2s, we trained on eagles and it took longer than what any of us expected it to be. 2 hrs in the atrium and 2 hrs on the field? Oh well, at least we spent quality time together!
A move that we shall rmb!
FAREWELL
T.E.A.M - Together Everyone Achieves Miracles. And the nicest thing
about a team is to know that there'e always someone beside you and
with you. :)
This is another highlight of our camp! Lotsa memorable moments and an unforgettable night together! Look out for this update after the midyrs alright.
As for now, STUDY HARD everyone! Its counting down 1 more week so work extra hard! Press on babes. We're all in this together!
W love.
Yello!xiaowei is here!
The camp kick started with Line-up(ice-breakers). Made the j1s line up according to their height,birth date,shoe size(UK size or what?all anyhow stand).Super funny to see them not being able to talk, especially HANNAH!haha.Hope the j1s enjoyed the games;) it bonded them well i guess.
Hannah can't talk.so she's acting cute.
That square ball passes
j1s were punished MANYMANYMANY times for having no sense of urgency.had to make them do push ups.luckily j2s were better.matthew made them do some 77million77hundred thousand...point77.i don't know what la.(j1s:i tell u,matthew forgot what he said too,immediately after he told ur to do:p)i think they were very traumatised.reading qiaoling's post:2nd night. firstly i couldn't sleep properly(as in comfortably? hee) next. I REALLY JERKED UP IN E MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT! saying coach matthew's fav line. 5 MORE MINS!.haha!!
the ulu and dark place behind the canteen
J2s:thank you to all the j2s who came for the camp.and of course the exco for planning it for us:D At first we thought camp was for us to slack a little right?haha!ended up trained like mad. well,we survived the trainings! trainings that made us turn jelly and cannot walk propoerly.do eagle until like what janelle said: "almost squeezed evry bit of our sweat out fr our sweat glands alrdy, and we hav to sprint up the slopes too!" we were all super tired, but we endured.we finished the sprints up,the 50pumpings. i know it was torturing, some of ur hands were like giving way already,some of ur biting on ur collars to ease the pain a little. but u girls held on.good encouragement from all of u. i remembered a few phrases of encouragement, which pulled me through, "endure endure", " jia you", " almost there" , "faster!", " ke yi de,ke yi de!".well done girls. friendly games were great too. drawed with NJC! now that we've stepped down, must all concentrate on a levels.we'll play again together soon ya.so all the best for the upcoming exams and take care:D
J1s:Well done j1s for enduring this camp! and a super big thank you for the farewell u girls planned for us:D from ur reflections, seems that u girls have really made touch rug a part of ur school life.i'm glad to know that u girls understood one another better and bonded well. u girls re a team,without any of u,the team won't be whole.so stay together and help one another. do ur best for all tournaments and games,the seniors will be proud of u:D
Break from mugging(11th june)Many of us took a break from studying and went back to school to play touch. was supposed to start at 10am.but our beloved coaches came late.ya.it rained and the field was wet.so we played in the atrium first.did some drill that matthew invented.then some funny ball drill which the j1s and j2s competed in.in the end j2s lost.thanks to some passerby,who constantly came to disturb.ABISH!!! after that had touch game.the j1s scored against the coaches!yay..we're proud of u girls:D j2s left to study and j1s stayed to play some pail game with matthew.
