its a nite that i'll never forget.a journey so long and tough that we went through as a team and its sad that we have come to a dead end on this IHG highway.but oh well,its not going to just stop here cos the friendship and team spirit still lingers and IHG is just one of the paths that we have to take throughout this team se7en vballers journey.with this deadend for the guys team,it would mean that we'll have to make a detour/defile and keep everything going.in the name of love and passion for both team se7en volleyball team and hall se7en,we'll work even harder for next year though we may have this strongest team lineup for this year as a 2 of our valuable players will be graduating this year.all is not lost for the simple reason that we proved that by playing as a team,we're definitely as good or even better than a team full of individual talents.i'm really proud of my team and thankful for their support.Also have to thank 2 of the missing players due to commitment to other sports and leaving of hall 7 for their support during their stay with us.U guys made a difference to the team too.THanks alot.


Presenting Team Se7en Volleyball guys


1st row L-R : Haolun, Dexter, Wailun, Eng Sim, Hanei, Chun
2nd row :Alan, Teck Pin, Zhen Hong, Linus, Meng Heng, Chunyi
Missing : Melvin and Steven.


its never been easy taking up the role of captain for a sport which i've never received proper coaching before except that i have the chance to play for various teams in competitions.all i have to offer was probably that i've more match experience than most and i play the sport regularly relative to the rest of our team.with the support and commitment from the seniors,i see no reasons that me being a junior in the team should slack and give all sorts of excuses for not training.the aim for the team was to get through the qualifying round this year as we didn't even get pass it last year.with that in mind,we trained hard and we were lucky to have Hanei as our coach for free.He imparted valuable skills to us and im really grateful that we have him as our coach and off course good friend!i appreciate the fact that our reserve comes down for regular trainings even though they know that they're not going to make it into the main 6.and its all becos of their commitment and attendance,we could train more efficiently as a team.drills were carried our smoothly with their presence and at the same time,they get to train and learn more about the sport.i thank all you ppl for that.throughout this period of time, there were ups and downs.as like we train as much,we play and enjoy ourselves too.

throughout this journey,we had friendly matches with hall 9, hall 4, ex jjc team, temasek hall, eusoff hall, hall 8, hall 6 and even Hanei's external team.it was really fun and there were moments that we really enjoyed ourselves.besides training and friendly matches, we do have our share of fun too.like Mooncake fest celebration, xmas dinner,sports talk and dinner and coming up with our SPIKE IT volleyball team shirt.all the late nite dinner at ah lian and extension act as extra bonding sessions for all of us and i realli have to thank the vballer cheerleaders for coming for training and not complaining.special thanks goes out to the rest who always nv forget the cheerleaders while they're having supper and volunteer to dabao back for us.thx alot.its all this special little things that made team se7en volleyball team special to me.









oki...for the match updates.we lost 3-2 overall to hall 3.
set 1 : 22-25 (hall3 wins)
set 2 : 16-25 (hall3 wins)
set 3 : 25-18 (hall 7 wins)
set 4 : 25-21 (hall 7 wins)
set 5 : 13-15 (hall 3 wins)

i once mentioned that this will be the most exciting match for IHG volleyball this year and we did just that.Before the start of the game,Hanei gave us prep talk and asked us a question.How do we want to be remembered by the end of this game.Do we wan to be some one ordinary or to be remembered as someone extraordinary?he didn't specify that we've gotta win and stuff and all of us went into the courts thinking that we want to play an extraordinary game.

1st set started pretty well for us and we were leading at some point in time.however,towards the end,we lost the momentum and handed the set over.set 2 was even worse...we were not attacking like we should and defense was down and the game ended pretty early than expected.its during this time that all that hall 3 needs is just 1 set to shut us out completely.and its this time when we know that we've been training so hard no just to lose the game without getting at least 1 set back that set us back fighting with vigour and so 1 point by 1 point,we took the set back.that's when everyone felt the high and with such great determination from the team together with the support for our hall residents,we knew we must never let our hopes die and carry on fighting with pride.its also the first time i felt so much support from our hall and hall 3 supporters pale in comparison.i felt that my supporters were part of our vball family too and we just did wat we could and try to level it back against hall 3.and so indeed we got back the 4th set.but this time,emotions were flying high already.wat started out as a impossible journey seems to be within reach.the 5th set was played point by point again.both the opponents and us fighting back to back for that 1st to reach 15points.there was a point in time we were leading 12-10 if i remember correctly.but we eventually lost the final set 13-15 and i was the one that lost the last point.that very much needed deuce that could keep our dreams alive and i lost it.

though we all knew we played our best match so far,i could still sense the feeling of disappointment for the simple reason that everything is so near yet so far.till now i still cant let it go simply because i was the one that couldn't bring the team to a higher level and i kinda let my 2 star players whose graduating this year down.every now and then,i keep having flashbacks on that last freaking ball which granted hall 3 their victory and boast their ego especially the arrogant year ones that think so highly of themselves.even if they win,they'll be remembered for their arrogance.and i really have to thank my arrogant opponents for giving us so much more to fight for.wat u earn urself today is just disrespect even though the medal is within reach.thank you for giving us a chance to learn to be humble and respectful to ur opponents and please freaking respect the term SPORTSMANSHIP when u're playing sports and especially when u're part of the IVP team that represents the school.

i had fun for the match cause we simply pressured our opponents to the extreme.i would say no one would ever expect the underdogs team with no IVP players except for haolun whose our setter to be able to match up with hall 3 superstar team.they have like 7 IVP players and even though there's a cap of like max 3 ivp players on court,they could have the luxury of substituting their ivp players in and out for rest with a new set of IVP players with fresh hands and legs.besides ivp players,they also have IVP rejects and ppl training with ivp team which make them even stronger.im proud of my team for the simple reason that we didn't give in to them and there was a certain point in time which i believe that the opponents definitely feel threatened.this is definitely a case whereby a team will always better the sum of individuals.and to all my se7en vballers,wat we earn ourselves is not just a great game but also lessons and respect for that very nite.We have no STARS in the team but we together as team se7en vballers shine together as a STAR and there's no doubts abt that.continue to shine and pass on that team se7en vballers spirit to the rest of the other sports in our hall.

last but not least,my apologises to all for not being able to go even further.sry for taxing you guys out for the last 2 weeks cos i didn't wan you guys to lose a match and think back and ask yourself when didn't we train more when we have the time.and im so sry both my sports sec for giving you guys so much trouble becos of the vball team.apologises to both char and zhangmei cos you 2 cried for our team when we lost.i feel so bad.and thx to the girls team for being with us and cheering us on.and now...its ur show girls.Bring it back and hopefully wat you girls have experience during our match would have brought u some effects.hehehe...JIAYOU and SHINE ON TEAM SE7EN.

*learn to be humble,respect ur team mates,respect ur opponents and dun ALWAYS CHEAP TALK!*

Disclaimer: Not all my opponents are arrogant ppl except for that few arrogant IVP players which is quite obvious.this doesn't go out to only the IVP players but some others playing in the team as well as the general hall 3 sports team.