with pride...

Hall 4's table tennis team once again walked into SR&C, led by captain Louisa. This time, they faced Hall 2 in a closely matched Semi-finals.


Louisa in no. 6 putting up a great fight, winning woman's singles.

Our man's singles player right in action!

Captain Louisa discussing strategies.

A tough fight with hall 2 in Mens' doubles.

Our ladies in action. Another closely fought match in the ladies doubles game.



Exciting was the word to describe the last game of mixed doubles. Our team's players were on the go, playing beautifully, putting up a hard and tough fight against the opponents.

All in all, team Hall 4 won two of the five games, and unfortunately did not make it to the finals. But all Ohmers are still proud of our table tennis team, for it was a good and close fight!

Badminton match draws supporters!

On the 18th Jan, Hall 4 gained double victories for our IHG events. Both Badminton and Table-Tennis managed to gain glory for Hall 4 on a friday night. Our badminton team met against a relatively strong Hall 11 in this quarters round. Not expecting to make a clean sweep, our captain Alex Lim, encouraged us with much enthusiasm to do our best. Not to mention, we had a small mascot (wearing Hall 4 jersey) to cheer along with the rest!

Our small Hall 4 badminton mascot

Alex Lim (captain) with mascot




Our 1st Singles, Tay Paul Tiong, managed to gain an easy victory. Hence, giving us an upperhand in the competition. With swift on-court movements and agile flexibility, he won his opponent fast and steady.



Seniors talking happily about Paul's match

Next up, our formidable female singles player, Tan Li Si. She also had a relatively fast and steady victory against her opponent due to her calm composure and well-trained footwork on court. With her victory, Hall 4 had 2 points on the upperhand against Hall 11. We would just need 1 more win to gain an overall victory against Hall 11.



Our 3rd match was mixed doubles, played by Alex Lim and Lee Shu Ying. Both faced relatively strong opponents in this match. Yet, with our seniors' experience, steadfast attitude and good chemistry, they maanged to beat their opponents in straight sets. Hence, Hall 4 won Hall 11 in the first 3 matches.


Although we have already won the first 3 matches, we decided to play the last 2 matches as well. With good sportsmanship from both halls, we commenced our 4th match. Lim Shi Hui and Shaline Tan paired together to form the female doubles. Faced with old rivals Hui Qian and Xin Ling (AJC and NJC respectively), our female doubles players were hit with bad memories. The 1st set started off badly due to the fear and jittery faced. Yet, with the shoutings and encouragement of many supporters, the female doubles players emerged with victory after 3 sets.


Alex Lim and Paul Tiong advising players

Our Hall 4 Supporters (up on the stairs).
We had another group of supporters on the ground level.
Both groups displaying Hall 4 Spirit!




No photos of Teo Zhi Ye and Damien as our main photographer is Zhi Ye (with his expensive camera). Both Teo Zhi Ye and Damien paired as our male doubles. Again, with experience and strong foundations in strokes, they managed to win their opponents straight sets swiftly. Hence, Hall 4 being the 1st hall to end the game.



We applaud our player, Edwin Shi, who came down to support despite his condition (walking inconvenience). This is definitely the Hall 4 Spirit. We fight till the end for glory and friendship. Winning 5-0 is definitely no easy feat. Be sure to be there on 25th Jan for our Semi-finals against Hall 3. JIAYOU HALL 4 BADMINTON!

track 19jan08

Hall 4 only participated in only 2 events in the Track finals, the 4 X 100m male as well as the 4 X 800m mixed category. Nevertheless, many Ohmers still made their way down to SRC on the sunny Saturday morning, as Hall 4 is the organizing hall for this event.

The 4 X 100m boys: Patrick, Mathias, HongMing & James


Julia, our first runner for the 4 X 800m event.


Praga goes second with his large strides.

Thirdly, XiaoHan, who is looking determined.


Finally the baton goes to Jamie, the final runner.


Jamie towards the finishing line.
(this picture is made imperfect by Mark's hands.)


Mark is such a supportive roomie, how sweet.


Not forgetting those who went down to help out ...

Batons-in-charge!




The boys making sure batons are passed within the acceptable range.


Silver filming the defining moments at the finishing line.


The girls who generated timings and rankings efficiently.


and of course, Hsi En, the busiest man of the day!


Hall 4 united :)

small ball, BIG wins!

The game started off, not with a splash this time round, but with a little ping pong ball.

Haha okay lets get down proper. Our male singles started off good, defeating their opponents from hall 9 with a score of 3-2.

Zhiyang ever ready to hit the ball

Our mixed doubles did our hall proud by winning 3 straight sets. With nice service from Gary, and nice smashes by Nellie, surely it was an easy win.

Nelly and Gary. Mixed doubles.

Our female singles Liyen and Liying (no they are not sisters) lost their first set by deuce 12-10. They managed to win the second set at 11-9, but lost the last 2 sets. The game was very close. Great effort and fighting spirit there girls!

Liyen and Liying.

Our female singles did us proud once again, with Louisa winning 3-0. She managed to block her opponents smashes, gaining points for the team. Steady bom pi pi!

Even though our male doubles had a walkover, Hall 4 managed to win 4-1 overall against Hall 9 in the quarter finals.

Continue to watch this space for hot news about our table tennis girls and guys!

big splash

A warm welcome to the readers of this blog. It's been a while since the last update, since the events are petering out for our hall, most unfortunately, but fret not, here's some entertainment at last.

The weather clearly not buying into the warm welcome theme.

So there was some rain occasionally, but nothing could dampen the spirits of our very own Sports Secretary, Lee Hsi En, whose abundance of energy is always apparent.

The eager timekeeper.

The casual reader would have expected an easy victory over the Ohmers with the absence of some swimmers, but fat hope! We had more than enough swimmers to field a competitive team!

The girls' team.

The girls took a respectable 8th in the freestyle event, a commendable achievement despite the lack of match fitness and experience.

The guys' team. (Stop holding your breath, Mark) 

Unfortunately, the guys did not manage to qualify for the subsequent rounds of their respective events, but to quote Cantona in Nike's Joga Bonito ads, there was "big heart".

Hall 4's medley team.

The medley team earned themselves an early shower when they were DQed due to a fault kick following the plunge by our butterfly-stroke swimmer. No problems though, everyone was all smiles at the end and the swimming team departed the pool with chins up and heads held high.

Aside to the team: the late-night visits to ah fang may resume! (:

Wasted!

IHG Squash has finally started on 29th december.

Hall 4 faced Hall 9 (we were rivals last year for quarters last year) for our 1st round of IHG Squash.

Prof Yap and Mother Yap, being very nice, agreed to play for Hall 4. Both of them beat their opponents almost effortlessly. Teo Zhi Ye, the Squash Team Manager, having little experience in competitive squash, lost to a relatively good player. Our 2nd female player, Lee Shu Ying, failed to make a comeback for hall 4 after losing to her opponent. Tan Wei Song (the last minute player) , with good hall 4 spirit, lost by a slight margin to his opponent in the last match of the day. Prof Yap hitting the ball to the right angle.



Mother Yap displaying powerful squash strokes



The godly squash pair



you can tell zhi ye really played with all his life


Shu Ying, facing a tough opponent.

Wei Song, who lost by a slight margin.

Hall 4 Spirit. *FOR FRIENDSHIP* !