Champions~~!! We are made of this...

It all began anticipatedly, training so hard for this day, thou we were second last year, but we were the team to beat. and this year, we came with an even bigger reputation. People say that we are even more complete than last year, but according to Coach Carter, although we can win it, it doesnt mean that others will give it to you. So we began with fighting for our qualification.

Our unity, bonding was intimidating to others. When we begin our warmup with synchronised timings and cheers (you are? EUSOFF!! you are? EUSOFF!! you are? EUSOFF!!) the first ever time we did it, i remembered looking over my shoulders, i could see that the whole hall and competition teams turning their heads to look at us. We signalled our arrival. I didnt think anyone would wanna play us. Group matches against Sheares, i din even made the reserve teamlist, i thought , this was it already, this is the end of my takraw season for IHG. but we won convincingly and against KR, Ben decided to give us a run, to get a feel of things. Boy! am i grateful for that, cos i took it and grab it with both hands, fought KR's strongest and most intimidating regu and beat them convincingly, earning the praise of the captain and the seniors.

On the other side of the table, RH and TH were slugging it out, fighting for every single point to top their group, i guess nobody really wanna play us. So close they were, that they came down to their third regu, rubber set before TH won 17-16, it was right down to the last of the last point. Thou i would prefer to meet TH in the semis so we can put them out early to gain some points advantage, but it wasnt meant to be and we are meeting an on form RH instead. I knew we will win and setup a dramatic finals with TH for the title this year. But i was happier that due to my performance, i was immediately down in the reserve list from the semis onwards. I guess any other hall players would rather trade for a place in the reserve in our team.

In the finals, first regu, we lost the first set but we came back in the second to take them to the rubber set, against the legendary Eugene, their kingpin. When han, feng and kaijun won it in the rubber set, i knew it was ours. I teared... the elusive one and the one thing we wanted so much. Roger, Daniel and Kristian were up next and it was deja vu again. When the chips were down and everyone thought we had lost it, Roger and gang came back strongly to win it. It was all due to the supporters i guess, they shouted and cheered like no one's business, i think that lifted the team. But i somehow knew that Roger wun lose, something just tells me that. When the last ball went out, you could see the elation in everyone's face. Every year 4 cried, even the stone cold Roger and the act cool Weifeng. Seriously, i never saw them cheer this hard before, like they really enjoyed cheering. Success is so swweeettt and its beyond what words can describe.

Supporters tell me, this takraw is inspirational for them and makes them wanna do well and fight for everything. Cos it has everything, from clinical and conviction to fighting back when the chips are down to playing through the pain barrier. Dispelled the mental block that we used to have and instill the winning behaviour and attitude. We proved our mental strength. The fear that we instill in other halls. the spirit of the team and spirit of Eusoff, the domination we had but not dropping even a single regu, it just says it all. It was a moment of savour, to enjoy and bask in...

Beat SH 3-0
Beat KR 3-0
Beat RH 3-0
Beat TH 2-0

Right from the beginning, we looked every inch the Champions, from dressing to stretching and jumping in the warmups and cheering. We tao pok everyone in celebration, stripped our captain in front of everyone, took foto and cheered cos we wanted it so badly, to make up for last year, to make up for soccer... that was how badly we wanted it... cos...

eu wha?? Eusoff!!!
Eu wha?? EuSOFF!!!
EU WHA?? EUSOFF!!!

We are??? CHAMPIONS!!!

YES!! Takraw 05/06...