IHG - Day5

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Basketball(m) Preliminary

Hall6 vs Hall8

64 : 10

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Tennis Preliminary

Hall6 vs Hall9

4 : 1

Hall 6 vs. Hall 9 (4 – 1)

Not dampen by the loss to Hall 7 two days ago, our Hall 6 tennis team enter the battleground with high spirits with the return of captain Kristian.

Chris and Elaine won the Male and Female Singles easily with a score of 6 – 0 each to score the first 2 points for our hall. With a nice display of team coordination and spirit, the duo of Benjamin Ong and Benny was able to secure the winning point for Hall 6 as they took down their opponent with a score of 6 – 1 in the Male Doubles.

However, the Female Doubles did not went well as they lost to their opponents with a score of 0 – 6. Albeit their lost, the supporters no doubt still cheered for them for their effort and spirits to last till the end. The team of Shaz and Kristian took down the fourth point for Hall 6 tennis team when they won the Mixed Doubles with a score of 6 – 0.

Written by Hanjie

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Basketball(f) Preliminary

Hall6 vs Hall10

50 : 28

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Contract Bridge (Quarterfinals)

The day started out optimistically for the Contract Bridge Team, Hall 6 won their first game against Hall 11 with a decent Victory Point difference of 17 – 13. The team then proceeded on to beat Hall 2 in our second game 18 -12, where Fund and Zi Kai defended well.

At that point of time, we looked to be quite comfortably entering the Quarterfinals. However, we were quite apprehensive about meeting Hall 15 at Quarters, as they were a very strong team.

In an unexpected turn of events, we lost our last game against Hall 5, 11 – 19. This resulted in a three-way tie between Hall 6, 11 & 12 for our group. All with 46 points each, Hall 6 and 12 had two wins and one loss, while Hall 11 only had one win, but their IMP (another counting system) was considerably higher. There sparked a dispute amongst the three Halls regarding the final score count and the deciding factor for whom to qualify for Quarters. Stifen shared that he was anxious that we get first of our group because that meant we would not have to meet Hall 15 at Quarters, hence increasing our chances to get into Semis.

The Chief Umpire first looked at the VP but it was a draw amongst all 3 halls, then it was a decision to look at the IMP or at Table Wins, either way Hall 6 has qualified for Quarters. If we looked at the IMP, we would be second, and have to play Hall 15. However, if we looked at Table Wins, we would be first of our group followed by Hall 2 - which was the ideal situation. Upon checking the rules, it was stated that the IMP would be the deciding facto. Due to the uniqueness the three-way tie situation, the convening Hall called for an immediate Joint Hall Recreation Meeting to discuss the issue, while our players waited by anxiously.

The majority vote was in Hall 11’s favor to consider the IMP instead of the Wins, hence putting Hall 11 top of our table and us second. With this, our four players walked into the arena, bracing themselves to face Hall 15 – last year’s runner-ups. Our players fought valiantly and put in their best effort, unfortunately, Hall 15 were respectable opponents, and we lost to them. Good work to the team for their hard work, and we will DEFINITELY come back stronger next year.