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SCHOOLS
ACJC have twice the fun and joy
THERE was double joy for Anglo-Chinese Junior College yesterday as their boys picked up the overall title at the Schools National Bowling Championships and rugby's Police Cup.

In the morning, St Andrew's Junior College set the pace at the Cathay Bowl in the Safra Yishun Country Club with wins in the singles, doubles and team events.

And their second-year student Kevin Koh, 18, won the all-events crown with a total of 2,579 pinfalls over 12 games.

But they lost the overall title to ACJC, whose top four bowlers had the better final positions.

So, even though Kevin was first, his team-mates Gary Tham, Ray Chuang, and Keith Ong finished fourth, 18th and 22nd respectively for 45 points.

ACJC's top four - Tan Zhi Qiang (third), Zheng Yue Peng (seventh), Lester Ho (eighth) and Wilson Quek (11th) - had 29 points.

Said Kevin: 'ACJC was good, but so was my team. After all, we won all the events, and lost only in the overall tally. We can be very proud.'

In the girls' event, Raffles Junior College, led by national bowler Valerie Teo, won the overall title. She also won the singles, and with Sabrina Lim, Valerie Lee and Denise Goh, took the team title.

Said Valerie: 'My school had not won the overall title for six years, so we were really hungry for it.'

But at the Police Academy, her school's rugby team had the hunger, but literally failed with their last kick. They took the lead against ACJC after just five minutes through Mohammad Raihan's penalty.

But poor handling allowed ACJC to break through for a try by winger Amos Siow, which was converted by skipper Valmiki Nair for a 7-3 lead.

Two penalties by Valmiki made it 13-3 for ACJC, but they then began losing the ball.

RJC's Justin Lum reduced the deficit with a penalty and Raihan's last-minute try made it 11-13.

But Justin sent his conversion attempt agonisingly wide, and the RJC players slumped to the field when they heard the full-time whistle.

Said Valmiki after the match: 'It was nerve-racking right at the end. RJC pushed us all the way, and it was a very tough fight. But that just made the victory better.' -- G. Sivakkumaran