It’s the annual CSS Charity Soccer Tournament at The Cage; Kallang. Not only to catch up with some of our teachers but also to meet the rest of our ex-schoolmates, in and off the pitch.

This year, our team had made a few changes due to unforeseen circumstances. As usual, Eugene, Jack and I were the regulars of the team, whereas Jimmy could not make it due to his NS commitments. With the inclusion of Yang and Johnson (Eugene’s friend), as well as each calling their pals respectively to play for the team; Yang’s brother and Johnson’s friend; the team numbers managed to complete for this time round.

What’s the statistics of the entire tournament for us? With 7 games to play, we ended up getting 5 draws and 2 wins. Our morale was high in the beginning but during the midst of having consecutive 5 draws, playing in the pitch for just 5 minutes doesn’t seemed to be enough. Each time we draw, everyone would give the same quote out from their mouths, “Huh... Draw again...” The score line was in this matter for the total 7 matches. 2-2, 0-0, 0-0, 2-2, 1-1, 0-0, 2-0, 3-1.

Luckily, after doing plenty of calculations, we went through to the Finals, against Sion’s team. We managed to enter the Finals by a one goal difference from another team, after having the same number of points, goals scored but not goals conceded.

Regards to Sion’s team, we managed to draw with them by the score of 2-2 during the qualification match but of course, we could not handle them in the Finals, resulting to a 5-1 defeat. However, it is still a good match for all of us especially it is our first Runners Up medal, compared to our 2nd Runners Up award for the continuous past 3 years.

Well, let’s hope next year we could aim high to attain a place at the top spot. Yet, it is still a good experience to get 2nd after all. We have improved. Anyway, thanks to the rest who had contributed in the team, for the goals (Jack.... Hmmm.... Taiko goals but thanks =P ), defending and saving of balls.