Today is the finale of the Sports Days. After combining the scores from Day
one,
two and three (the frisbee which i missed), my house colour started today with the lowest points, trailing the leader by about 200 points! There were 4 events in today's finale. Kite making and fly kite, tug-of-war, "hamtala" (dunno what name is that...) and a telematch of various games.
For kite making, we had to make 3 kites and fly them. The house who can fly all 3 kites for max 20mins wins. None of the 4 houses manage to do that. But one of our kites manage to fly the highest although it got caught on a tree. So we came in 2nd. And that was 150 points.
Next, tug-of-war. There were 2 semis, 1 finals and 3rd/4th position playoff. We won the first semi which brought us to the finals. The finals was the thriller and climax of the day! Since our house won the first semis, we were more rested than the other finalist and more confident. But when we started, somehow the momentum kinda lost and we were dragged almost halfway towards the opponents' side. We could not afford to lose this match cos we used our triumph card which gives the winner of the game double points. If we lose, the triumph card would be useless. So we HAVE to win the tug-of-war in order to get a faint chance of winning the whole sports day thingy. Somehow either the opponent lose steam or our team managed to pull our socks up at the very critical moment, we managed to pull the opposite team all the way to our side! YAY!!!! Double YAY cos i was one of the pullers!! hee... (cos each teams has to have 2 girls). So we earned 200 x 2 points. And this was the start of the turn of events.
Third game for the day is the "hamtala". Basically, there are 5 pails inside a circle. There are 3 cans stacked on top of each pail. 5 defenders will have to guard the cans to prevent them from being knocked over by the attackers. The 15 attackers are standing outside the outer circle and would have to knock the cans down using plastic balls. The rule is that the defenders cannot step into the inner circle to where the pails and cans are. And the attackers cannot step into the outer circle to where the defenders are. One team will defend first and the other attack. And switch roles.
The game started off normally. We are in the first semis again. We won by managing to hit down the cans faster and block off the balls better. Then the 2nd semis and that's where the controversy begins. One team started to think outside the box. They started to defend the cans by putting their hands right next to the can, literally building a wall around the cans. The referee opined that the team did nothing wrong as they did not step across the circle. So, from then on, all the teams started adopting that tactic. So anyway, during the finals, we were the attackers first. The other team managed to save 3 cans so my team needs to save 4 cans in order to win. We couldn't let them win cos now this team had activated their triumph card. oohhh.... After 2 minutes of enduring balls raining on them, our defenders lead by my heavy-weight house captain with the very strong horse stance and big strong palms won!! YAY!! We saved 4 cans, got 200 points from it and managed to block a win by the other house. By now, my house is leading by 200+ points! (^^,)v
Since we already have the trophy in the bag, we didn't really fight all the way in the 4th game. But we still finished the game sportingly. i think we came in 2nd or 3rd...
Anyways, i enjoyed myself as it has been a long time since i played such schoolish games cos i always like sports days for feeling the class spirit. But it was also kinda sad cos the turnout from my dept was very very bad. Coming from schools with strong class spirit, i kinda saddens me that people now just don't bother to make an effort. Work hard. Play hard! That's the rule. And for today, the underdogs rule! :)
