Pre-Season Matches vs Pioneer Sec & Greenridge Sec

Our Montfort Rugby boys have been involved in a series of pre-season sparring matches against Pioneer Secondary and Greenridge. The matches were played on 5th December and 12th December respectively.
Our C Div and B Div played a series of four matches and came away with two wins against Pioneer.
Our C Div and B Div played a series of four matches against Greenridge and managed to come away with a respectable win.
The matches are meant to give our boys much needed game time in preparation for next year's B Div and C Div tournament.
Our panel of coaches - Euan Morrison, Pan Chao and Low Feng Hua - were able to see the strengths and weakness of our Emerging B Div and C Div Squads during this series of matches.
The pre-season continues with trainings throughout the Nov-Dec holidays (Tues, Thurs and Fri) from 9am-12noon.

Four Montfortians called up for National Rugby U15 Elite Training Camp

Four Montfort Rugby players - Ariel Salim, Ahmad Danial, Harish and Mohd Nabil - were called up by Singapore Rugby to take part in the National U15 Elite Training Camp at Pioneer Sec (See above picture) on 24th and 25th November

The ultimate objective of this camp is to prepare the best 25 rugby players in the rugby-playing neighbourhood schools so that they can take their place in next year's Combined Schools U16 Team and National U16 Team.

Well done Montfort Rugby Boys.

National Sec 1s Rugby 10s Tournament @ Saints Village

Our Sec 1s were among six schools invited to take part in the National Schools Sec 1 Tens Tournament at Saints Village on 15th November. This tournament serves as a platform for Sec 1s to have some match exposure

The top schools were invited for this tournament - ACSI, RI, SJI, SAS - were among the teams that took part in this tournament.

Our Montfort boys put up a creditable fight against the elite schools and although they lost four of the five matches, they managed to come back with a creditable draw against their fellow Catholic brother school - St Joseph's Institution (SJI).

The Sec 1s who took part in the tournament were - Alvin Yap (1A1); Kenny Lee (1AA); Matthew Ho Wei Jie (1AA); Mohd Shamir (1AB); Lewis Syn (1E1); Leon Tan (1E1); Zulhilman (1E2); Dominic Daniel Kumar (1E2); Kang Dong Wan (1E3); Ivan Irwan Lim (1E3); Eugene Sito (1E3); Randell Toh (1E3); Ryan Er (1E3); Kirish Deepan (1E4) and Koh Shun Quan.

These fifteeen players has the potential to better things next season in the C Div tournament.

SCC 7s Under-17 Schools Tournament Report

Our under-17 Montfort Rugby Boys took part in the SCC 7s Schools Tournament over the 8th and 9th November weekend at the Padang.
The 7s tournament served as development tool for our under-17 team that will be taking part in next year's B Div competition.
The two day saw our boys playing five matches against the established powerhouses like ACSI. Nonetheless we still came away with a draw against Bedok Town Sec (National Top 4). We lost our four other matches.
The tournament provided good match exposure that will be useful for next year's B Div tournament.

SCC 7s Rugby Tournament (8th and 9th Nov)

Note to Under-17 Rugby Players:
The Under-17 team will be involved in the SCC 7s Rugby Tournament at the Padang this Saturday (8th November) and Sunday (9th November). We have been grouped with ACS Barker and Pioneer in the Group Phase.
SCC 7s Team List:
Low Feng Hua
Ng Song Yu
Jason Hong
Firdaus
Ng Kian Hao
Nataniel
Gerald
Ben Matchap
Lyon Ee
Leon Chan
P Aravind
Stanley
Terence
Hisyam
You are expected to report to SCC Padang by 7am. We need to warm up for first match against Pioneer by 9am and our second match will be at 11am
The tournament on Saturday is expected to end at 1pm. On Sunday, depend on where we finish in our group, we will either be in the Bowl, Plate or Cup Semi-Finals.
Please ensure that you pack your match gear: Jersey, Shorts, Socks, Boots and Water Bottle as well some loose change for snacks for both days. Mr Singh will provide some energy bars.
Iced Water Refreshments and medical cover will be provided by Singapore Cricket Club during this tournament.
If there any queries, feel free to contact Mr Singh at 94505434 (HP).

M1-SRU Schools Rugby Series Under-14

Note to Under-14 Players:
The M1 Series U14 Round 3 (Final Round) will be played on 11th November at CCAB Field, 2pm - 5pm.
More details will be made known during Friday's training.

M1-SRU Schools Rugby Series Under-17

The M1 SCHOOLS RUGBY SERIES 2008 Under-17 had its final round in September and the standing are as follows:
Final Standing for Boys Under 17 boys
1. ACS(I) 68 points – 2008 Champions
2. Pioneer Sec 56 points – 2008 Runner up
3. Montfort Sec 52 points – 2008 2nd Runner up
Well Done Montfortian Giants. We are the now among the Top 3 teams in Singapore for 10-a-side and 7-a-side rugby. The Team was led by Captain Low Feng Hua.
For official confirmation from Singapore Rugby see the following link
http://www.singaporerugby.com/news/?aid=52287&sec=144&ssec=372&mth=10&yr=2008