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Republic Polytechnic women's basketball
team displayed skill and determination to be crowned the Champion of POL-ITE
Basketball Championships 2006/2007. They won RP's first gold medal
of the games and did the school proud! Team RP won by a comfortable
margin of
25 points, beating NYP with a convincing score line of 75 - 50 at the
Singapore Basketball Centre. With this decisive win, our women's team
remained unbeaten in all 6 matches against all the polytechnics and
combined ITE teams.
Led by National Team
players, Zhao
Jing (SHL) and
Juliana Ang (SAS),
who each scored 15
points, our women’s team surged to a 10-point
lead against NYP and never relinquished it. It was definitely a night worth remembering as our perimeter
shots were very precise and accurate. Cheered on by a resounding crowd of Team
Republic supporters, our team was accurate in offence, strong in defence and
rapid in transition.
In another exciting match, the
RP men’s basketball team played against the NYP men’s team.
The RP men's team had beaten them by 1 point in the qualifying rounds, and this
proved to be another tight match. Both teams were vying for the 3rd place
finish in the men’s category. The game was closely fought throughout the entire
regulation period and the score line score line was very close, both teams
matched each other point for point and shot for shot. Eventually, it was our
opponents who edged out the RP team with their outstanding rebound techniques
and won the match by 5 points to clinch the bronze medal.
From zero to hero, the RP
basketball team has made tremendous improvement in the standings among the
polytechnics and ITE. Our students were also talent scouted by local basketball
clubs, with their endorsement, we can only get stronger.
POL-ITE
Basketball (F) Championships Trivia:
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RP
is the only institution with a
100% win record,
having won 6 out of 6 games played
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RP has the
Best Goal Difference
of 105 points among all institutions!
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RP scored 350 points in 6
games - the
Most
Number of Points
in the Championships
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RP is the
Most Attacking Team
with an average of 58 points per game!
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RP has the
Best Defence
among all, conceding a mere 245 points in 6 games!
- RP has the
Biggest Winning Margin
of 30 points among all 17 games played in the Championships (RP 51 : SP 21).
Quote from Sequeena (Captain, RP Women's
Basketball Team):
“My team and I have achieved the first Champions Trophy for RP through sheer
hard work. I will never forget what RP has given me. Thank you!”
Quote from IG
advisor, Benjamin Seow:
“The winning streak for RP will start from basketball's first gold. Watch out.
This is only the beginning for RP sports.”
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