josephian annual 2012 1852-2012 109
Rugby
SJI first played rugby formally in 1948 , a teacher from UK ; Mr Reed formed a team that played in the local age group tournaments , as the schools tournaments had not been established then . However the team disbanded when Mr Reed left SJI .
In 1954 , Mr Yap Boon Chuan , a teacher in SJI also tried to form a team to play a friendly match against Raffles Institution . It was certain the game was played but there are differing accounts of the scores . The winner of the game is dependent on whether the account comes from an SJI or RI boy .
An incredibly talented Bro Sylvester held the reins of a very successful SJI Rugby team in the late ʻ60s . He brought a group of boys who never played rugby before to become the first school team in Singapore to lift the National Schools U16 Police Cup . Rugby in SJI came to a standstill again in 1978 when there were no teachers available to take charge of the sport .
In 1989 SJI Rugby was re-established and has been active for 24 years now .
Season November 2011 – September 2012
The 4th Scrum of the Earth Malaysian Tour ( 5 – 9 December 2011 ) It was a fairly successful tour this time round as we won all six matches in the U14 an U16 categories . During the tour both teams observed a minute ’ s silence before each game as a sign of respect for the late Ms Priscilla Krempl ( former Principal of St . Andrew ’ s Secondary and champion for school rugby in Singapore ) and the late “ Uncle Hung ” who coached St John ’ s Institution ( a Lasalle school in KL ) for more than 30 years .
The Seven 7 ’ s Game SJI Rugby had very few successes at Sevens Rugby over the years ; however the ‘ C ’ Division team bowled everyone over when they emerged champions of the Grant Thornton Saint ’ s 7 ’ s 2011 . En route to claiming the crown , we drew against the American School , scored wins against Bukit Batok , Greenridge St Andrew ’ s and the Australian School .
Teachers in Charge : Alfred Nathan Pragalath S / O Sadasivam Don Marcus Ivan Lazar Coaches : Timothy Teo Roy Wee
‘ B ’ Division Captain Zechary Koh Kai ‘ B ’ Division Vice Captains Aymeric Seah Chien-Ming Evan James Teoh Heng On Scott ‘ C ’ Division Captain Marcus Tan ‘ C ’ Division Vice Captain Andre Villanueva
1 Aymeric Seah ( 434 ) and Colin Loh ( 437 ) in a classic 8 and 9 combination at the back of the scrum 2 ‘ C ’ Division Captain Marcus Tan ( 212 ) breaking away from the pack 3 Chew Jing Yan ( 435 ) pointing the way for Arend Wong ( 305 )
4 Christopher Mak ( 208 ) and Scott Tan ( 209 ) displaying good coordination in the backline 5 Chua Cheng Ying ( 433 ) sidesteps two opponents
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‘ B ’ DIVISION ( from left to right ) Row 1 : Muhamad Firas Ardani B M R , Muhammad Ibrahim B Nasser , Heng On Scott , Evan James Teoh , Zechary Koh Kai , Mr Kannangara Don Marcus , Mr Ivan Jude Joseph Lazar , Aymeric Seah Chien-Ming , Chua Cheng Ying , Loh Xing Bao Colin , Muhamad Zuhaily B Hamran , Chew Jing Yan . Row 2 : Tan Yann Xu , Anders Seah Nanjie , Teo Jian Ming , Matthew Lim Wei Li , Nunis Mikael Keith , Venkateswaran S / O Elangovan , Gabriel Augustine Silva , Vickneshwaran S / O S S , Kim Do Kyum . Row 3 : Lin Shengkai Jonathan , Yu Chee Yan Julius , Derek Ng Kok Heng , Wee Jun Hui Ryan , Tang Myo Jin , Cheng Zheng Han , Shreyas Hemanthbabu , Teo Jian Kiat , Avinder Singh Marne , Foo Jih Shenn , Wong Jun Jie Arend . Row 4 : Karl Andersen Ng Wei Han , Lim Ju Hui Julian , Dion Kwan Zheng Kai , Alun Wilfrid Winn , Low Kai Jie Ryan , Siddharth Prabhakar , Shawn Paul Fredrick , Yeo Zhen Yong , Gregory Prem Arivalagan , Jeremiah Elijah Maria F Lim , Ahmad Imran B Azhari . Not in picture : Mr Alfred Nathan , Andrew Prabhu Reveenthran , Dadi Santosh Amoghraj , Riq Harriz B Hamizun Shah , Aaron Foo Chuan Tong , Muhammad Mirza Nur Syazwan B J , Deeren Prem Budhrani , Ng Jing Keat , Png Chen Jie Noel , Benjamin Tan Hanyu , Ong Yu Sheng Keifer Ewan , Nadriel Ukadin .