After a lengthy delay, this Saturday saw the return of Week 3 of the Starlight Challenge Trophy 2011, and the teams were more than ready for the challenge. Four exciting games shook up the standings this week, as the fight to advance to the next round got tougher. With just two games left in the opening round, one can certainly [...]
Week 2 of the Starlight Challenge Trophy 2011 saw more excitement as the teams got into the flow of competition. It was evident that the coaches took some time to study their prospective opponents, as teams came ready for the matches with a myriad of game plans and strategies, and the early pleasantries and civilities got thrown out of [...]
A wave of exciting games ushered in the third annual Starlight Challenge Trophy last Saturday as the teams and players involved fought it out for the win. With reigning champions Tampines West CSC back and stronger than ever, the returning teams will be having a tough time knocking them off the throne. If they do succeed, it will be the [...]
“End the debate”, reads the tagline of 2K Sports’ latest and most highly-anticipated release to date, NBA2K12, and end the debate was exactly what Canberra Secondary Schools’ sextet of Jacky Lim, Chia King Siong, Tommy Pang, Lim Sze Bin, Adrian Brent and Jesse Ian A. Lapuz did, as they took home the inaugural NBA2K12 Ultimate B-Ball Challenge as well as [...]
Power Forward #12 Chay Wan Ting, Power Forward JS: What do you think are some of the strengths of the team? Wan Ting: We can come together well even though we come from very diverse backgrounds because of our common passion and because we want to make a difference to the team. JS: Do you think that coming from diverse [...]
Shooting Guard #9 Cheong Hui Ling, Shooting Guard/Forward JS: What are your impressions of Jumpshot? Hui Ling: Our players are very committed. The team is also progressing with every match. JS: How have you changed since coming to the team? Hui Ling: I’m starting to improve more… my progress was previously more stagnant because I didn’t really train much in [...]
With 3 victories and a loss, the newly established Jumpshot Women’s Basketball Team has made it into the semi-finals of the Women’s National Basketball League ‘Open’ 2011. Although the team has only started training 5 months ago, the team has come a long way to make it this far into the competition. With a mixture of old and new faces, [...]
I was 11 when I first decided to give the game of basketball a chance. I wasn’t very inspired and wasn’t very good. I played mostly in the Ridgewood Dorm basketball court in my boarding school, a court that had some of the most unique dimensions I have ever experienced: two nine-and-half-feet high baskets, separated on a not-so-straight open court, [...]
They say in basketball, numbers do not tell the whole story. That is, until you meet 6-foot-8-inch Brittney Griner, with her 7-foot-3 wingspan and hands that are larger than LeBron James’. Meet the most dominant post player in women’s college basketball ever. 14. That was how old Brittney Griner was when she first started playing organised basketball. A little late, [...]
The JUMPSHOT National Schools Championship (‘C’ Division) is well underway at Bedok View Secondary School, and the opening few days has seen its fair share of thrills and spills. With ‘C’ Division basketball, the disparity among the teams is often fascinating in itself, and this exists not just on the court but off it as well! Some teams were decked [...]
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