anyway, no one brought camera again, no photos too bad.
Semi-Finals: Against NYP, win 2-0
1st Regu kristian, bingjie, weimin; 2-1
New tekong with old frontmen combi. Perhaps it was NYP's weakest regu, as their 3rd regu definitely look much better when they started as the first in the 3rd 4th placing. A shaky start for both sides, but slowly kristian serves and my kills both got the better of them and we won the first set 22-20, letting them on a streak to catch up to us at the end... phew. bingjie is having his offs again in the 2nd set and perhaps with that catch up streak in the first set, they caught hold of their rythmn and went ahead of us easily. we lost the second set i tink 12-21. Luckily for us, we started off brightly in the third set and bingjie's setting is back! we caught the lead first and never lost it til the end. great start for CST.
2nd Regu lyeheng, eugene, roy; 2-0
with the 1st regu in hand, it has boosted the morale for our 2nd regu and we showed it straight during the warmups. Even though they had the 1.9m insane handstand, but with lyeheng's spotting serves, the 1.9 striker is kept at bay as the tekong and setter could not handle them. while mr 1.9 is in cold storage, our very own roy had a 100% strike rate. Good service, sets and kills make the 1st set look simple. though the service for the 2nd set is not as good, but the regu just brings back the service with their fantastic gameplay. finally with a controversial call from tat linesman? who ah, WHOOO? -.- and yessssss, we secured a spot in the finals with lots of time to rest.
im just still very puzzled with the lineups SP had, but wateva it is, they were strong and it doesnt matter because they r just tat confident. they won again, the '2-1' team i would call them.
3rd Regu junhan, peian, joseph
(not played)
Finals: Against SP, lost 1-2
1st Regu junhan (weiwen), peian, joseph; 0-2
fresh from the oven, we have this new debut regu that is dying to burst out and show the world what they are capable of... haha ok.... they went against SP's strongest regu, mr myanmar striker? and capt of SP, the no.7 setter. our regu definitely had nothing to lose and they really put up a good fight in the first set losing 18-21. With the score so tight, we would really wonder if only this regu had more game play experience, we probably would have cause an upset. weiwen replaced junhan for the second set, looking to shake things up a little. good first touches were made by weiwen but his effort was futile as the SP regu increased the lead and eventually sealed the game. good effort from jo with his booooms spectacular inwards flying libas hehe.
2nd Regu lyeheng, eugene roy; 2-1
When u see a chiobu as tekong and albino(sp?) as setter, you know ok tats it liaoz la haha, but this game was rather tough actually as the set results showed. Sometimes, the problem really lies within and not because of strong opponent. lyeheng couldnt really connect with roy's throw and its either net or inches wide. roy got back the service with his hard earn kills though, but when every hard earn point is just thrown away with a bad service, its just cringing for me at least. First balls seem unusually loose coming from lyeheng and eugene, but roy just never gave up. fortunately, the connection was found again and we force the finals into the deciding regu!
3rd Regu kristian (kaijun), bingjie, weimin; 0-2
was it too much rest? my regu couldnt really pick up after trailing the first few points. we only came close to equalizing and bham, we lost it again. i had quite a few blocks from mr mee siam hair striker but he was quick to adjust and deal more damage. bingjie's sets were there, but somehow i just couldnt bring it down, wasting at least 3 sets. kristian's service gone haywire a little. weiwen wasted no time in replacing kristian with kaijun, hoping to inject fresh pair of legs for the regu. by then, mr mee siam and the mr chatterbox setter already had their rythmn set and we were helpless about it. a convincing victory from their 3rd regu and we could only settle for a second place. I guess everyone would be damn elated if we beat SP because usually losing to the top team in prelims means we would win them in the FINALS~!! but apparently this tradition like didnt happen haha.
We had a good day despite not clinching the championship. Our lineups were spot on, which make our games worthwhile. Then again maybe if barney, ah nua, yongbin and the rest were around, we would have more choices to play with and turn the game around, yes, the rest.. you r being missed....
All in all, its quite a good warmup for next b division season and a good gauge for us to train up on what we are lacking and weak in. of cos our objectives as stated by mr roy, its time to up our game, being able to manipulate the striker with spot on setting and striker being able to kill specific spots. tat being said, our first touches are still weak in general and i guess with more trainings and games, we can slowly improve.
So do u feel u r stagnant? do u feel sucky? do u wanna own someone, or able to copy someone aka mr tampat? think about it, and bring ur objectives with you for the next trg, the next game, the next competition! let's go CST~
anyway, weiwen, do remember to update us on the time, venue, attire for future events, because like alot of us actually dunno the timing for today... yep, anyway good job for managing the team laaa. Thanks. tats all for now... rest well and cya on fridays or something.... CIAoz~~
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