months of training, and the race is here and finally over. how did we fare? so here's it. =))
we managed to qualify for 500m and 200m Men's and Woman's Plate Finals. we ranked 4th in the 500m Mixed Grand Finals, 4th in the 200m Men's Grand Finals.
tho there isn't any medals or plates won this time round, i would say that at least, the team did well. in all our heats, semis, and finals, we were up against strong teams like NTU, NUS, RP, Philippines National Team, Mountbatten CSC. those were the big boys with many years of experience under their belt. for a team like SPC with the majority of us still schooling (and not yet completed our NS for a matter of fact), getting such results is good enough.
what surprises me most is that we were only about a second behind NTU in our 200m Men's heats clinching 2nd placing. not only that, we manage to beat Ngee Ann Alumni in our Men's 500m heats as well. Also not forgetting being able to beat some of the RP and SP teams. we were only a mere micro-seconds behind Mountbatten CSC in the 200m Men's Grand Finals. as well as beating NTU and SP in the grand finals. and if you didn't know, Mountbatten CSC is damn good. with most of their paddlers in the national team. for SPC to achieve such astonishing results, perhaps it is quite good enough. and mind you, this in an international race. with the Philippines National team being invited to race along side with us. Philippines took us with awe when they raced against their every competitors. beating other boats and clinching 1st placing in heats and semis by finishing the race ahead of the others about 1-2 boats length. that's how damn fast they are.
deep down, the hunger of winning is strong. but perhaps in terms of winning at least a medal in the men's 200m, it takes a little of luck to overcome that micro-second difference in timing. we used to laugh about the previous race where the SPC men's team won the plate finals ahead of NUS with a difference of 2 micro-seconds as well. it's kinda sad that it actually happened to us yesterday. but alas, it's an experience for the entire team. and perhaps it is in this race where we will take our experience into the upcoming river regatta on nov 3rd.
overall, a good race. with many good sandwiches, macaronis, pizzas, mac, drinks and beers. not forgetting the company and the bonding we all shared. i realised that we all trained as one, got screwed by our coach as one, cheered as one, fight for our placings as one, defeat others and got defeated as one, laughed and encouraged as one. although i do not agree about some of the stuffs that happened yesterday, but i've come to terms with it that maybe, perhaps they do really have a reason behind it. afterall, it is for the good of the team. =))
SPC! READY AND REEEACH! WHOOSH!
a very long and tiring weekend for me. ha! but owells, i'm a little free in time this week. hahas.
i received an sms last night saying that life is unfair. i guess perhaps life is fair. maybe it's just that we don't feel it that way. think about the times when things do go according to your plan. maybe it isn't right to weigh between the both. but well, do we say that life is unfair to us when things go well for us? no right. comments, rumours, gossips should be pushed aside. if we take them to heart, it's gonna affect us ultimately. not the ones who say it freely. i stumbled upon this on a fellow friend's nick. it says "talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand". how true my friend. so just ignore them.
i miss junk foooooooooooood.
we managed to qualify for 500m and 200m Men's and Woman's Plate Finals. we ranked 4th in the 500m Mixed Grand Finals, 4th in the 200m Men's Grand Finals.
tho there isn't any medals or plates won this time round, i would say that at least, the team did well. in all our heats, semis, and finals, we were up against strong teams like NTU, NUS, RP, Philippines National Team, Mountbatten CSC. those were the big boys with many years of experience under their belt. for a team like SPC with the majority of us still schooling (and not yet completed our NS for a matter of fact), getting such results is good enough.
what surprises me most is that we were only about a second behind NTU in our 200m Men's heats clinching 2nd placing. not only that, we manage to beat Ngee Ann Alumni in our Men's 500m heats as well. Also not forgetting being able to beat some of the RP and SP teams. we were only a mere micro-seconds behind Mountbatten CSC in the 200m Men's Grand Finals. as well as beating NTU and SP in the grand finals. and if you didn't know, Mountbatten CSC is damn good. with most of their paddlers in the national team. for SPC to achieve such astonishing results, perhaps it is quite good enough. and mind you, this in an international race. with the Philippines National team being invited to race along side with us. Philippines took us with awe when they raced against their every competitors. beating other boats and clinching 1st placing in heats and semis by finishing the race ahead of the others about 1-2 boats length. that's how damn fast they are.
deep down, the hunger of winning is strong. but perhaps in terms of winning at least a medal in the men's 200m, it takes a little of luck to overcome that micro-second difference in timing. we used to laugh about the previous race where the SPC men's team won the plate finals ahead of NUS with a difference of 2 micro-seconds as well. it's kinda sad that it actually happened to us yesterday. but alas, it's an experience for the entire team. and perhaps it is in this race where we will take our experience into the upcoming river regatta on nov 3rd.
overall, a good race. with many good sandwiches, macaronis, pizzas, mac, drinks and beers. not forgetting the company and the bonding we all shared. i realised that we all trained as one, got screwed by our coach as one, cheered as one, fight for our placings as one, defeat others and got defeated as one, laughed and encouraged as one. although i do not agree about some of the stuffs that happened yesterday, but i've come to terms with it that maybe, perhaps they do really have a reason behind it. afterall, it is for the good of the team. =))
SPC! READY AND REEEACH! WHOOSH!
a very long and tiring weekend for me. ha! but owells, i'm a little free in time this week. hahas.
i received an sms last night saying that life is unfair. i guess perhaps life is fair. maybe it's just that we don't feel it that way. think about the times when things do go according to your plan. maybe it isn't right to weigh between the both. but well, do we say that life is unfair to us when things go well for us? no right. comments, rumours, gossips should be pushed aside. if we take them to heart, it's gonna affect us ultimately. not the ones who say it freely. i stumbled upon this on a fellow friend's nick. it says "talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand". how true my friend. so just ignore them.
i miss junk foooooooooooood.
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