The Alumni in the National Colors

Hello, hello! It's been awhile since we last login. As usual, we have good news to bring. What better news is there than having an alumni who got selected to put on National Colors in this sport dominated by men? We had an email interview a couple of months back, of 5 questions with our alumni, Azhmeera Shasha, who shared with us on her experience of being on the National Team and getting her first cap. Nurjannah was also selected but she wasn't available for our interview. Yes, it is a delayed post.

Shasha (bottom row, 2nd from left) and Nurjannah (bottom row, 1st from right),
in the starting 11 in a friendly in Bangkok for the Singapore Women's National Team earlier this year.
Photo: FAS

Congratulations on your selection for the Women National Team! What was your first reaction when you were informed of your selection?
Azhmeera Shasha: I was just curious of the upcoming plan as there wasnt any call up in a long time. Thus, together with my team mates from my former club, Jollilads Arsenal, we went to the meeting to listen to the plan that have been set.

Provide us a sneak peek of life as National Team squad player.
AS: As a national player, we train almost everyday. From building up our strength in the gym to fitness to tactical play in the field. We have friendly with the boys team and some international friendly.

You were in the starting 11 for the match against North Bangkok FC in the recent training trip to Thailand. Were you more nervous or excited to be in the starting line-up?
AS: The friendly in Thailand was just an exposure for us. There wasn't a confirmed alot of first 11 in the team yet. Everyone was doing their best to get a spot in the starting line-up. Being in the first 11, I wasn't really nervous as I've played with the Thai team before in the recent AUG (Asian University Games) team. I know their standard and I was prepared for it. So I was rather confident to give a good fight.

There are so many female players and young girls who harbor hopes to be selected for the National Team and aspire to represent their country. What advice/s do you have for these group of female players?
AS: Football is a beautiful game but sometimes people makes it ugly. As a player, not only we must build our skills but we must build our character as well.

Lastly, with the annual POL-ITE Football competition coming up, do you think your juniors at RP would be able to retain their title? Else, who do you think would be the Champions?
AS: I may not know what is the POL-ITE level of play now, as previously, when I  was a poly student, it was a tough competition with great players around. However, being a former RP player as well as the vice-Captain, there is no doubt that my ultimate support will always be with them. And that, we wish them all the best to give a good football show while retaining the title.

So that's all we have! Do check back our blog for some POL-ITE post next and Happy Thanksgiving!

A game against Fandi Ahmad

How often do you get to play against your own local legend soccer player like Fandi Ahmad? The man who was signed by FC Groningen then in 1983 and became famous among the fans with his goals.

Well, our graduates, Sarah, Immy, Jannah and Ernie got their chances. They played in a friendly for a club called h20 Women's Dream Team against the ITE Men's Alumni, which also consisted of Fandi Ahmad himself.

What a (memorable) day it is for the graduates!

Photo Collage of the team in green.

Photo courtesy of Sarah

A very happy Sarah with Fandi Ahmad.

Photo courtesy of Sarah

Done with Diploma!

Every year, we see our final year players complete their diploma and leaving the institution to further their studies or enter the workforce. Once again, we have our graduates from the team who can finally say that they have a diploma in their respective field!

Congratulations to our fellow graduates:

Nur Ain
Sarah See
Imaniah
Siti Ernie
Siti Aisyah
Magdalene Kwok

Sarah and Ain pose for a photo in their graduation gown and their faculty's yellow colored sash,
with their diploma cert in their hands!

Photo courtesy of Sarah

... and good luck to the current final year players who would be graduating in the first quarter of next year, their time will come soon!

Glitz 2013

Then again, another year has gone by and here we are at this year's Glitz 2013, also known as the annual Sports Awards.

This year, many of the players picked up awards in the meritorious categories and the highlight of the night was our Captain's double nomination in (Female) Captain Of The Year and Sportswoman Of The Year, in which she won the title of Sportswoman of The Year!

What a wonderful bonus for the team for being nominated for Team Of The Year (TOTY) but was closely edged out by the Tchoukball (Female) Team! Apart from that, the team was brought home the 'Sports for Good' award.

Congratulations to the following players who received their awards in the respective categories and a huge Congratulations to the Captain for her double award:


Certificate of Merit
Evepreet Kaur Sandhu
Natasha Lopez
Nur Era Fazira
Nuraisyah
Siti Raudha


Meritorious Silver
Kwok Siew Ling Magdalene
Mustika Natasha
Nur Ain
Sarah See Wen Ling


(Female) Captain of The Year
Mustika Natasha


Most Valuable Player 
Mustika Natasha


All in all, it was yet another great year and a great evening for the team and for the new members of the team who attended and experienced their first ever Sports Award Night, or should we say, Glitz 2013.

Till then, fingers crossed that the team would work towards being nominated for TOTY again next year and hopefully mark their name on that title!

A team photo with coaches Siva (top left) and Arasu (far right, in red).

The 'Sports for Good' Award plaque.

CCA Fiesta 2013

Wow, it has been almost half a year since we last updated you with some news! Now we are back! We have Samira, who writes in to share on what happened during this year's CCA Fiesta:

Some of the players, together with a few of the male counterparts, come together for a photo at their booth.

Recently, we had a CCA Fiesta, which was held on the 24 and 25 April. The event was a showcase of the different interest groups (IG), who showed what they had to offer to the freshmen who are looking to join any of the interest groups. All the sports IGs were located in the South Agora Hall and again, we shared the same booth with our male counterparts.

We sacrificed our break time to give full support to promote our IG and even our graduated seniors such as Shank, Sarah, Immy and Mag came back to help us out. We are thankful for their assistance!

The atmosphere was chaotic but fun at the same time. We managed to get a rough estimation of 70 freshmen who signed up with us and we hope that they would make it to the try-out sessions which would be held on 7 and 14 May 2013. We hope to see you then!


That is all we have for you now! Remember to follow us on our twitter (@rpwst) and tweet us your experience if you were there for either of the try-out sessions!