NANYANG PRIMARY BASKETBALL : July 2013

Thursday 4 July 2013

Basketball Training Resumes

Dear Basketballers and Parents,

Basketball training resumes this week. Please follow the schedule below.

Thursdays 2-4pm @ Toh Tuck Campus
Junior Development Team
Senior Development Team
Girls Team
* Bus will leave for Toh Tuck Basketball Court at 145pm and be back in King's Road campus at 3.45pm
Please do not eat a heavy lunch.

Fridays 2-4pm @ King's Road Campus
Seed & Recreation Team
Girls Team
Other players are free to join in to work on their basics and fundamentals.
The more you bounce the ball and play the game, the better you become!

Saturdays 8-10am @ Toh Tuck Campus
Senior Development Team
* Training is at Toh Tuck campus

Saturdays 10am-12noon @ Toh Tuck Campus
Junior Development Team
* Training is at Toh Tuck campus

Regards,

Mr Eugene Ng

Tuesday 2 July 2013

NYPS Basketball June Camp 2013 - Day 3

Day 3 of the Basketball Camp begin with a hearty breakfast of bread, eggs, sausages and sandwich spreads.

After breakfast, the pupils were told to tidy and clean up their rooms to prepare for the end of camp.
When the area cleaning was complete, the pupils gathered to vote for their favourite mascot to lead Nanyang Basketball. After a round of intense voting, the pupils decided to be known as Nanyang Falcons.

The various teams took turns to present their ideas and drawings.

The winning design and mascot name.

As the camp drew to a close, we arranged for prizes to be given away to the Best Team, Best Girl Camper, Best Boy Camper and Most Improved Player.

The prizes which were kindly bought and sponsored by our parents.

Here is a picture of the best team with their new water bottles and gym towels.

At the end of camp, all basketballers were also given a collar pin which they can start wearing from Term 3 onwards. The collar pin is to be won on the left collar for the boys and above the name tag for the girls.

We look forward to next year's camp 2014!

NYPS Basketball June Camp 2013 - Day 2

We started the second day of camp with a quick morning stretch and workout before heading to the nearby Bukit Timah Food Centre for breakfast. Each team was allocated an amount of money for breakfast and team captains had to help plan and order meals for their younger team mates. It was good to see the older boys and girls working together to serve their younger peers. The teams were happy to enjoy their breakfast of fishball noodles, chee cheong fun and fried bee hoon.

We walked back to school after breakfast. Fortunately for us, Game 7 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals was being played in the United States. This was a tight series featuring the Miami Heat against the Indiana Pacers. The team that wins this final game 7 of the series would proceed on the NBA Finals to compete against the San Antonio Spurs. Thanks to a parent, we were able to stream the NBA Finals live for the basketballers to enjoy. Coach Ong was even sporting enough to join us in the morning to analyse the game for the pupils. He explained the different playing styles of the 2 teams and the basketball plays to watch for.

The game was a resounding victory for the Miami Heat and they would even go on to win the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs. After watching the game, the students had a simple lunch before preparing to host Choa Chu Kang Primary for a friendly match. Choa Chu Kang Primary had graciously accepted our invitation to come down for a friendly game.

Our parent volunteers, Khim and Regina, helping to wrap prizes and souvenirs for the players of both schools.

The boys and girls from Nanyang Primary and Choa Chu Kang Primary. A few of them had also won basketballs kindly sponsored by the Nanyang parent volunteers.

After the friendly games, the campers then showered and cleaned themselves up to prepare for the barbecue night. Food and Drinks were all kindly sponsored by our parent volunteers. Thank you parents!