2010 Singapore Students' Inter-Varsity Combined Sports Meet Review

April 11th, 2010 - After all the planning and organising gathering enthusiastic competitors and spectators from all corners of four universities, the big day of the 2010 Singapore Inter-Varsity Combined Sports Meet arrived and everyone was pumped up for a day full of sporting action.

Uniforms were handed out (Macquarie University in grey, University of New South Wales in light blue, University of Sydney the red and Australian National University in white) and all competitors took their places and warmed up around the Olympic Park Sports Centre, on a day which was proving to be perfect conditions for sports.

The football, netball and basketball tournaments took place simultaneously on three courts meaning that those not playing could easily switch from one to the other to cheer on their university. The loudest cheers of the day surely came from the football final where ANU defeated UNSW, however the Macquarie basketball team nearly blew the roof off the Sports Centre with the roars of their fans in their final match for the day.

Following a well deserved pizza break out on the grass, everyone lined up once more for the captain's ball tournament, a hard fought battle (with plenty of laughs and thrills) which was an epic way to conclude a long and glorious day of competition.

Once all the games had completed and all the cans of 100Plus had been drank (huge thanks to 100Plus, with which we could not have survived the gruelling day without!), University of New South Wales finished as the overall champions of the day, taking home the trophy in Basketball, Netball and Captain's ball. Australian National University took home the football tournament.

In the warm evening outside the Sports Centre our special guest, the National Population Secretary under the Prime Minister's Office in Singapore, Mr Goh Kok Wee was on hand to present the medals and trophies to the deserving champions of the day. Macquarie University ended the day in 2nd place overall, a terrific effort for our Singaporean superstars. Without a doubt, this was surely the most exciting and best event that any combined societies of universities have put on all year.

Massive thanks to everyone who put in the hard time and effort to secure the venue, organise the teams, uniforms and trophies. Thanks to all the competitors from all four universities to came out to Olympic Park, especially ANU coming all the way up from Canberra! Also massive thanks to the event sponsors 100Plus, Network of Singapore Students in Australia, Merlion Club Melbourne and Overseas Singaporean, who helped make it possible to put on such a wonderful event.

Already looking forward to next year!

"Once a Singaporean, always a Singaporean!"