Hattrick for the girls, and suddenly the heat is on the guys

Handball: VS Block D

Handball has always been a sport that the block C girls traditionally dominates. Today the handball girls started off with a game against block D. It was, as we have come to accustom to, another match which block C showed great dominance and showed little signs of cracking. The match took off with exhilarating pace as block C hammered 4 past block D's keeper. As block D pulled one back, block C stepped up their offense and continued to pressure block D's defense. Yiying, together with Evelyn (super senior!) made the best out of their partnership to bring the score up to 10-1 at half time. The second half was much more casual, although block C continued to show great powress over block D to bring the final score to an encouraging 16-1 win.

Handball: VS BLock B

Block B having had the luxury to watch block C's play, had some psychological and tactical advantage over block C. The start of the match brought back memories of last year's handball IBG, as we put 3 past block B's keeper, without any answer from block B. The score stood that way till half time. Second half saw a more intense and chaarged up block B as they keep the pressure on block C's defense, and kept Yiying in check with excellent man-marking and having 3 players clamp Yiying down every time she was near the 6 yard line. Block C slowed down as fatigue set in, and allowed block B to catch up and level with 2 mins of play time left on the clock. The match ended with a 3-3 score, without a clear victor, as both blocks countered each other's strengths with tactical play. But a draw was enough to see block C through to the final.

Handball: Final VS Block B

Through a twist of fate, block C faced block B again in the final, a reminiscence of last year's IBG. Having played block B in the star system earlier, block C wised up and used couple of good strategies to neutralise block B's most threatening player. We took the early lead and were 2 up before block B pulled one back. Seeing that the handball girls were at a loss on cracking block B's defense, the captain made a sound judgment to substitute Evelyn with Shuwen (SUPER Senior~!!!). Shuwen's entrance immediately lifted the team, as she added depth and pace into block C's game. With both Shuwen and Yiying pairing up to attack, block B could not decide who they should mark. The confusion allowed Shuwen to score 2 more goals bringing the score to 4-1. At this time, signs of cracking were evident in block B's players. As such they substituted out their star goalie Xueying with their own super senior, Stacy, to add on to their firepower.

Stacy, as did Shuwen, added much needed pace and intelligent game play into block B's game. But it soon proved futile, as Yiying put 2 more past block B's keeper. By then, everything else was history as C-towners jumped in ecstacy with the final whistle going off with the score 6-1.

With this win, the girls continues with their 100% victory rate, a hattrick of IBG golds, and in the process made history for block C. The guys, suddenly feeling the heat, certainly have to work harder to match the girls' exceptionally good run in IBG this year.

But then again, it's all about effort, isn't it? Three cheers to block C, win or lose, we still enjoy ourselves as a block.