HC cup comes to a close yesterday, results were rather disappointing. The 4 swords lost 3-5 narrowly to AJC in the championship match. Jinxiang won Tim and I drew Xian Kai, Leslie lost to Justino and Zixian lost to Hsien Yong. It was quite a shock and with that the championship was gone ..

Next round was against Nanyang JC, we destroyed them 8-0, no prob with that but rather pointless. My team got 3rd in the end, a far cry from what we achieved last yr ..

Well, I am sure the 4 of us have the ability but this time we just couldn't do it. Here's what we've achieved:

Round 1: Hwa Chong A VS Jurong JC C ==> 8-0 (=
Round 2: Hwa Chong A VS RJC A ==> 8-0 (=
Round 3: Hwa Chong A VS NJC A ==> 3-5 )= )=
Round 4: Hwa Chong A VS PJC A ==> 7-1 (=
Round 5: Hwa Chong A VS AJC A ==> 3-5 )= )=
Round 6: Hwa Chong A VS Nanyang JC A ==> 8-0 (=
Round 7: Hwa Chong A VS Hwa Chong B ==> 5-3 (Hwa Chong B threw us up)

Both rounds 3 and 5 were narrow losses, with 1 win 1 draw and 2 losses each. It's hard to imagine that two of us would lose at the same time in one round. Just what happened?? Oh wells, maybe we underestimated our opponents, maybe we weren't too focused, maybe there are just too many emerging strong players.

Perhaps we weren't too focused, especially trying to juggle both competition and admin work(since it's our own cup) at the same time. There are probably other factors as well, Leslie didn't seem to be very focused as his father just had a surgery and things dun seem too good, just hope he gets over it soon. Zixian also didn't seem to be very focused in his match against Hsien Yong, rather shocking to see him having a 20 minute disadvantage.

Here's a summary of personal results
Zixian: 5 wins 1 loss
Me: 4 wins 2 draws
Jinxiang: 4 wins 1 draw 1 loss
Leslie: 4 wins 2 loss

Hope things get better by R cup, jiayou teammates!! We shall get our revenge in R cup :D!! Through this competition, I dun feel like I have kept my promise about bringing my team to victory ... Though I didn't lose, I didn't manage to win the crucial matches against NJ and AJ. Simply not losing won't be enough, I have to become stronger..

Well, let's just let this be a wakeup call for us, we have to get back to our top form in order to emerge victorious in R cup, where competition is even more intense.

The 4 swords need sharpening ...

{/9:16 AM}

Posted by innocent boy