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Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Thursday, October 23, 2003
---->Something from wilfred 2000 batch... thanks for your view wilfred.. Yoyo Kenneth …. Abt the regimentation thing ah …. well in my yr as a junior, alot of my seniors were from NCC so they brought abit of it into C&D you know.. running around must co-ordinate, abit of “fear” induced in the juniors, kinda makes it easier to deal with things…. after training sit on the steps all heads down eyes close then they anyhow pom questions and like try to stress us abit lah like you know “ who broke diet” “who walk around saying they’re from dragonboat” sometimes this goes on for like 10 -15 mins and they just kept asking and stressing pple …. and it got abit depressing lah sometimes to get it over with some of us who didn’t do anything will just admit to get it over and done with …and if anyone admits to doing anything ah .. they got extra training after training end… and then the guy gets shouted at / scolded in a push up position or while running around the track etc etc .. you know lah …. Sometimes they get abit out of hand lah and some ex-rowers, mostly Marists, SJI kids couldn’t really take the “regimentation” and left … some for other schools where their seniors are ( mostly in NJC ) Its kinda like you know like in a team shouldn’t really have the separation as if there is an invisible barrier separating the juniors and seniors maybe initially abit lah but I believe the intake can improve with a change in this attitude…. Back in my year it was so bad that in the end only 2 of us juniors showed up for training….. and that was a serious morale breaker… At one point our entire junior team wanted to quit en-masse, cuz we couldn’t take it anymore its like we were getting shouted at every training and we were wondering why the heck are we putting up with this treatment … luckily Jack came down on that water training and talked to us . and you know how inspiring jack can be …. So he inspired us to stay on and push ourselves harder….. Our year as seniors the guys tried to be more “welfare” abit and it worked better but still intake was low but the girls team kept up their regimentation and ended up with 1 junior girl sitting on the steps shivering in fear and wondering if she should even continue ….. these are mostly isolated cases lah but still they happened and may happen again ..... One common mistake that is committed is this : “I’m a senior , so your better respect me” rather they have to understand that respect is earned and not given just like that … Yes they should be proud to have managed to go thru the tough training as juniors, and their senior’s training to prepare them for their roles as seniors in Yr2, but as we’ve always said train with humility but seriously though its not THAT regimental lah ... maybe cuz some pple first time kena so not used to it ….. kids nowadays have led more pampered lives …so everything seems like regimentation to them . Seriously though ,after going thru it i felt that it really helped alot lor and no matter wat abit of regimentation is good.. it kinda helped prepare us for army hahahah .. kinda like BMT you know =p If the regimentation is done right, a lot of benefits will come, training can start faster, end faster, thing will be more efficient but again lah sometimes traditions get abit “warped/ twisted” as they get passed down maybe before the older batch goes off to army and stuff they can share their experiences / feedback to the next new batch of seniors to be ... and come back to help out with the trainings if possible esp those who enlist in april.....and maybe can advise the seniors when things start to get out of hand esp. when the coach is not available (hopefully it won't happen lah) anyways the regimentation is nothing compared to some of the crap we have had to go thru in army but to them it may seem like alot Just my 2cents worth .. abit too long to post on the board…. Hope this helps. Wilfred
Sunday, October 12, 2003
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
A COACH'S PRAYER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUILD ME AN ATHLETE, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat and humble and gentle in victory. BUILD ME AN ATHLETE whose wishbone will not be where his backbone should be, an athlete who will know You and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge. Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge. Here let him learn to stand up in the storms; here let him learn compassion for those who fall. BUILD ME AN ATHLETE whose heart will be clear, whose goal will be high; an athlete who will master himself before he seeks to master others; one who will learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; one who will reach into the future yet never forget the past. And after all these things are his, add, I pray, enough of a sense of humor, never to take himself too seriously. Give him humility, so that he may always remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, the meekness of true strength. Then, I, his coach, will dare to whisper, "I have not lived in vain." adapted from A Father's Prayer by Gen. Douglas MacArthur Reader's Digest, May 1952, p. 81
Sunday, October 05, 2003
First in 'A' Division Boys 24-Crew Event
Singapore Dragon Boat Championships 2003
Row From left
Front
Terence Lee Zhen Yu (1SG2), Chua Shi Wei (1SB5), Augustine Lee Whye Fai (1SB6), Peng Junwen (1SG3), Nicholas Lin Yongsheng (2SC2), Kelvin Tan Yong Sheng (2SB1), Eugene Chua Chuan Wei (2SB6), Gabriel Yap Hui Seng (2SC6) & Jansen Chee Jiansheng (2SC2).
Back:
Principal Kelvyna Chan, Tan Wei Yuan (1SB1), Matthias Ong Younan (1SC2), Lim Zheng Hao (1SB7), Alex Lee Yi (1SC3), Timothy Tay Zhihan (1AA1), Isaac Xiao Tingchao (1SC4), Tiw Pek Hong (1SC3), Teoh Zhi Wei (1SC1), Timothy Sun Zibin (1SC3), Ashley Liew Wei Yen (1SG1) & Samuel Chan Yew Fai (1SB2).
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The history of the team has been lost in the distant annals of time… But its traditions and values live on In the teams and rowers of today.
- We believe in:
- Doing Our Best that we are accountable only to ourselves and our conscience, and so long as we have done our best, we have nothing to be ashamed of
- Believing In Ourselves That when push comes to shove, we dig deep within ourselves
- Believing In Each Other That we will stand up as a team, against all adversity
- Humility That quiet confidence wins respect, not arrogance.
- But most of all, we believe in
- Friendship That when things get rough, we can lean on each other
And so, through the years, through many teams, many captains, many coaches, and many teachers, the ACJC Canoeing and Dragonboat Team has evolved and changed. Each Team, each year, with its own character, its own personality, its own desire for success.
Some years, we win. Some years we don’t.
But the Team doesn’t rest on its laurels, nor does it focus on past glories. Each year we strive to be better. And each year we remember that what makes a team great is not medals or championships, but Character, Humility, and Friendship.
By Vice Capt of ‘95 team
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