National League Delayed Telecast

Blaze 2 hit the courts this evening, up against the notoriously known Extremes, and came home with our first victory with an eye-opening score of 51-26.

The Soniques were indeed a young team, but Blaze 2 fought well and hard throughout the game, displaying never-before-seen levels of teamwork and flow.

Unsurprisingly, the highlight of the game was not on court, but rather on the sidelines of the court. He-who-shall-not-be-mentioned received a warning from the umpire, with regards to his infamous verbal etiquette. Surprisingly, the empty vessel shut up thereafter, presumably from being filled with hot air and fury.

Good game, Blaze 2! Let's keep up with this pace.


Also, many thanks to Jocelyn, Meixin, Rongzhen, Julynn & friends who took the effort to come to the match.



Next up:
20 May, Wed 7.20m @ court 3, Blaze Flame vs. Clique Z

Please do head down to support Blaze Flame if you can.
And remember to keep an eye on our balls lest some failed attempt at ball vandalism occurs again.



PS: People who are down for the games please volunteer your services to do a short writeup/post photos after the games. Multiple entries are totally fine, we'd be glad to hear from different POVs. (:

Report: Blaze Netball Carnival 2009

Ladies and ladies! First official appearance of our new Blaze Logo!
And the last minute put together poster which obviously didn't make it in time for the event...


The Blaze Netball Carnival 2009 was held on the 14th of March (Saturday).
This is our second attempt at holding such an event for the primary school category, and a successful attempt at that.

The carnival started at 8am, with 17 individual teams registered under two divisions; the 11 & Under Division, and the 12 & Under Division.
After a long morning of battles, injuries, and impromptu signing sessions, the event came to an end with our special guests, National players Miss Chen Huifen and Miss Lin Qingyi, giving away the trophies to the top four teams for each division.

Many thanks to all participating teams and coaches, our hardworking umpires and officials, mamashop mamas, and most of all, Miss Zhang Rongzhen for making this event a success.
Also worth a mention, we were blessed with fine weather (unlike the carnivals organized by a certain netball organization).

We hope you had fun and if you missed the fun this time, join us next time :)

And now, some photos to relive the event...

Huifen's Mamashop

Our team Manager posing at the Officials' Table.

Game in process.

Impromptu signing session in front of Huifen's Mamashop.


( P.S.: Let's work towards our own event banner and flyers :D )

View the rest of the photos here:
http://photobucket.com/blazecarnival09

Free download of photos here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=9848ee807085888b7f7ec40ada4772a6e04e75f6e8ebb871


all other freelance event photographers please contribute your photos as well!

Case of THEFT

On Friday evening, 16th February 2008, during Blaze's usual netball training, a suspicious case of theft and vandalism took place.

There were no witnesses, but we have managed to secure an important piece of evidence/victim:



Some sub-par netball club whose-name-shall-not-be-mentioned, made a miserable attempt to claim our netball for their own by overwriting our label with their unbelievably artistic talents. Reasons for such ungentlemanly acts have not been uncovered, but our investigators suspect it may be due to said club's poverty of club funds.

I hereby suggest said club to consider giving up netball and taking up professional graffiti instead. At least if they end up getting arrested, it will be for public vandalism and their masterpiece MIGHT still be considered as a piece of street art. Much more glorious than getting arrested for the theft of an old, dusty, rubber netball.



Blaze training is on as usual the coming Friday. Pray no one makes such pitiful attempts of stealing our possessions again.

Daisy Tan Carnival 2008

Congratulations to
BLAZE 1
for clinching
1st PLACE
at the Daisy Tan Carnival 2008!!
:D

Pesta Sukan Carnival 2007

Finally, after 3 gruelling weekends, the Pesta Sukan carnival has come to an end. This year, we sent one team to the annual event. A ridiculously unbalanced team, yet managing to pull through the matches and emerging amongst the tops of the carnival.

And now for the introduction... our team consisted of SEVEN defenders. Yes, SEVEN. Meixin, Jac, Yizhen, Joan, Kangli, Liting and Rongzhen. SEVEN. As shown in the picture evidence, we put all seven of our defenders on court during one of our matches and amazingly we managed to pull the stunt off, not only successfully claiming a spot into the second round of matches, but also successfully amusing ourselves.



Of course, it is impossible to be without attackers in a team. Our FOUR precious attackers. Weiqi, Aili, Christine and Huilin, discussing strategies on court before the match starts.


Quoting Weiqi, the carnival was utterly unfair due to the ridiculous double knockout system in the second round, requiring us to play a seemingly endless row of matches in the horribly hot weather. At the end of the event, most of us were seriously shagged. A few of our players sustained injuries, but thankfully none of which were physically disabling.


Like during most carnivals, we just sit around and complain about the terrible weather, the inefficient running of the event... but this year we implemented a new form of entertainment. Photography! You can run, but you can't hide~ our photographers are professional. :) This is what happens when you try to hide from the camera... you get even more amusing photos of yourself. ^_^V


Last but not least, three cheers to Blaze, for coming in Third position in this year's Pesta Sukan Carnival.


All photos can be viewed at http://s231.photobucket.com/albums/ee77/blazenetball/
.zip downloads available at http://blaze.4shared.com/

Note: Pesta Sukan Round 1.zip includes ALL pics. Misc photos include funny shots, off-court shots, and also some individual shots. Only round 1 pictures available at the moment. Round 2 pictures to be added soon.

Match Report: Blaze VS Winderoo

10th August 2007, Friday night, Friendly match against Winderoo Senior High School (Australia)

So, we had this friendly match against the Aussies this evening. It was certainly an eye-opener, be it for the juniors or the seniors. I'm certain that even our senior team had the experience of their lives. Great game girls!!

For those of you who missed training tonight, and thus missing the match, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU MISSED. Because honestly, there wasn't much to miss. Except for a few new penalties that we learnt about and should be aware of in our upcoming games. Penalties such as 'Contact on the foot', 'Holding for space (for attackers)', 'Holding when you're two feet away from the opponent (for defenders)', and 'Obstruction because you're flying past in the air' are such serious penalties and should be avoided at all costs, for commiting such penalties would only tarnish our team's reputation of being a clean team.

It is regretful that our worthy opponents did not seem to appreciate our best behavior, but it was a great game nonetheless. While our attackers were very much hindered by the extremely accurate calls from the Aussie umpires, we managed to put up a good fight to come back with an optimistic result of 48-27 (senior team) in our favour.

We sympathize with the few Aussie players who injured themselves in the course of giving their all for the match, and we sincerely hope they recover soon. So that they can be comfortable and well enough to pack up and return back to their beautiful country in time for their busy schedules.

While our considerate coaches did prepare souvenirs for our visitors, we definitely lacked the personal touch in our gifts. The girls from Winderoo put in such great effort to express their gratitude, presenting Blaze with a lovely handmade card with their handwritten greetings.




And while all our players certainly performed to their best while trying to keep themselves penalty-free, the most outstanding player of the night was definitely our beloved Discipline Mistress, Miss Yeo Wei Qi. The usual mid-court player took on new challenges tonight and took up the position of Goal Keeper, effectively rendering herself as the shortest GK in Blaze history. Small in size but big in performance, Wei Qi intercepted numerous passes in the goal circle despite facing an opponent who was a head taller than she is.

Three cheers for WEI QI!

Three cheers for BLAZE!