Saturday, June 09, 2007
Hi Trackers,
Track camp has come and ended. Glad that the camp went well and ended with high notes for the upcoming Nationals. When all that ends well, it is something to be thankful for.
However, the teachers were not able to find an opportune time to make a really important announcement regarding the upcoming National Schools Track & Field competition from 5 -16, 18 July.
The coach and the teachers have come together and have finalized the representations for the school team for this year.
But before the list is released, some words to encourage and motivate:
It wasn’t easy to build up the team from the humble beginning last year. It is amazing how track has changed to where we are now. We have seen one batch of seniors graduated and the current JC 2 who have been throug the beginnings have seen some of their teammates fall away from track.
But many of us who have continued to stick together, chose to continue training and pushing beyond personal boundaries. We deserve the privilege to be part of the representation. For many, it is now the fruits of our labour and hard work. For some, it was a year of reflection and realization that things can change and will turn out better if we don’t give up, are willing to humble ourselves to learn after failures, learn to cope with injuries and learn to reflect. These processes have brought you guys to where you are now.
Please strongly consider attending the last few training sessions before the start of our most important competition of the year and try not to miss any training. Take care of your health during this physically and mentally straining periods by drinking and eating properly, resting enough and taking vitamins (Especially Vitamin C and B) to keep your immune system up.
Note of encouragement to those who were not selected this year:
Don’t give up yet. We just started and we got a long road ahead to become faster and stronger.
We may not see our efforts reaping results. You will see yourself becoming better and stronger over time, if you choose to. But I can assure you that results will not come easily to those who are impatient, uncommitted or ill-disciplined.
It's not our apititude that determines our altitude;
It's our attitude that determines how high we will soar.
We may not see ourselves to be the competition material and all we really want is to maintain our passion for running, throwing and jumping. But don’t see competitions as something that you learn to hate or something that you don’t see yourselves doing. Treat them as new experiences. Perhaps, it might even inspire you and change your perspective about being in competitive sports like track and field. We are here from different backgrounds for different reasons. But one thing that links us together is the sport/ event that we are doing.
Remember:
We are one….ONE DREAM ONE TEAM….All the way TEAM SAJC Track!
After a long-winded and overdue ‘speech’, here is the list of students representing the College this year:
‘A’ Boys team list:
Rengfu
Sam
Linze
Joey
Elson
Weng Hong
Eric
Zhenjie
Kevin
Kamalesh
Rayson
Dylan
Christian
‘A’ Girls team list:
Deborah
Kee Wei
Yu Jun
Yun Lu
Ying Jing
Jocelyn
Celine
Cheryl
For those selected to represent school, trainings for the last 2 weeks of June holidays will continue on the following dates at
4.30pm
12 June (Tuesday)
14 June (Thursday)
19 June (Tuesday)
22 June (Friday)
Those not representing school are also encouraged to continue to train on the above mentioned dates during the protected time.
Have a good rest and drink plenty of H2O and get plenty of rest.
All the best for your revisions! =)
oh those with track photos of all sorts,
please upload them. Ask the Exco for the password and the link.
Cheers,
Ms Tan
Broke a PB @ 6:33 AM
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