Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Montfort B Div Rugby Lions Are M1 Tens Plate Champs





The Montfort B Div Rugby Lions emerged as Plate Champions in the Under-17 M1 Schools Rugby Series Tens Tournament on 3rd June at Yio Chu Kang Stadium.

In the group stages, the B Div ruggers notched up a 14-0 victory over Junyuan Sec before succumbing to 20-0 defeat against Saints.

As a result, the B Div Lions progressed to the Plate Semi-Finals against SJI. Our winger Ahmad Danial scored a try which was duly converted to give Montfort a 7-0 victory over SJI.

In the Plate Final, the B Div played a hard-fought match and managed to get away with a 5-0 win over Damai Secondary. The winning try was scored by captain Lyon Ee Boon Tong.

The B Div Rugby Lions who won the Plate for Montfort Rugby: Harish Pandey, Calvin Lim, Jonathan Lim, Ahmad Danial, Muhd Nabil, Gerald Lim, Stanley Lim, P Aravind, Lyon Ee, Justin Seow and Nat Takahashi.
Well done Boys!

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Montfort Rugby Lions C Div Emerge As Cup Runners-Up


Montfort Rugby Lions C Division Team emerged runners-up in the M1 Schools Tens Cup Competition on Thursday 4th June at Yio Chu Kang Stadium.

Montfort made it to the Cup Final after demolishing Regent Sec, Evergreen Sec, Pioneer Sec and Admiralty Sec to secure a place in the Cup Final against ACS Barker Road.

In a hard-fought Final which went to sudden-death extra time, Montfort was beaten by one try in extra time by ACS Barker Road after both teams held each other to 5-5 at full-time. Final Score MSS 5 ACSBR 10.

Despite the loss, this has been one of the best performances by a Montfort Rugby Team.

The Montfort Rugby Lions who played today were:
Matthew Ho, Alvin Yap, Lewis Syn, Kang Dong Wan, Chinnakrit, Dominic Kumar, Mohd Shamir, Kirish, Ivan Lim, Randell Toh, Kenny Lee, Eugene Sito, Zech Wong, Ryan Tai and Harrison Stokes.

The full statistics of today's series of matches:

Group Match 1 Montfort 24 vs Regent 0. Tries by Dong Wan, Chinnakrit, Randell, Shamir.

Group Match 2 Montfort 20 vs Pioneer 0. Tries by Chinnakrit, Matthew Ho, Ivan, Shamir.

Group Match 3 Montfort 15 vs Evergreen 0. Tries by Alvin, Dong Wan, Shamir.

Cup Semi-Final Montfort 12 vs Admiralty 0. Tries by Randell Toh, Shamir.

Cup Final Montfort 5 vs ACSBR 10. Try by Shamir.

The team that played today earned rave reviews from other school coaches who are amazed at how far Montfort has come in the past six months.

Keep striving for the best boys!