Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Gratitude

On the 5th of September 2009, G12 Floorball Club sent in one line to participate in the Rising Star Floorball Challenge 2009 organised by Penang Floorball Association.


GK Sarah Ng
C Valerie Tan
Lara Zalena
Yvonne Low
Khai Yi
Huey Yuen
Sue Rene
Pei Yi
Yee Ling


We successfully emerged as Champions of the mini tournament and brought home a Gold medal each.


G12 Floorball Club has decided to award Innebandy! Co. with one of our Gold medals. This is in honour of three players from the club; Lin Ken, Nicholes Ong and Sam Teoh for their contribution to our team.




We asked Lin Ken to help train our first-timer keeper Sarah Ng. Within 2 hours, we could see that he worked miracles on Sarah as she was beginning to get the hang of it. Nick on the other hand, had intensive training planned out especially for us 2 weeks before the tourney. Our resident coach was away in KL at the time of the match, but he did not disappoint, as he kept our spirits up before and after the match. Last but not least, Sam gave us a lot of pointers here and there. For those who do not know, Sam Teoh is our ex-coach. His insights and techniques that he shared with us were put to good use. Without them, we wouldn't have made it as Champions.



Three cheers for the three men behind our victory.


Hip Hip Hooray!


Hip Hip Hooray!


Hip Hip Hooray!


Thank you.

The End 2009

This will be the last time we walk into MGS's gym to play floorball for the year 2009.

It was G12's last training. *cue in sad, sad music* More like KungFu Fighting in a sadder tone..

We'll let the pictures do the talking.



Girls, train hard, keep the passion burning for this sport and we'll see you all next year!

G12 Floorball Club 2009
-See it. Fake it. Take it-

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Rising Stars, We've Got

G12 Floorball Club
will be participating in the
Rising Stars Floorball Challenge 2009 by PFA ;
Women's Category

Date : 5th of September 2009
Time : 8.15am - 1.00pm
Venue : Balik Pulau Indoor Stadium

Come cheer us on! =D

Saturday, August 08, 2009

Seniors' Farewell








On behalf of G12 Floorball Club,
I'd like to thank Coach Nicholes Ong for being the best coach ever!
Thank you for sticking with us through good times and through bad times.
You were there for us when we lost during Wave Challenge 2009.
You were also there for us when we won the friendly against Firebrands.
You attended every single one of our trainings even after you got into an accident and had a neck brace.
Coach, you're the BEST!

Saturday, July 04, 2009

The Final Score

G12 Floorball Club 21-6 fireBRANDS Floorballers



Full match report to be up soon.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

It's About Time!

We've got a friendly match against fireBRANDS Floorballers this Saturday.
Show them what you've got, G12!
It's all or nothing.




G12 ; The last one standing.
See it, fake it, take it!

Monday, June 29, 2009

Pro-British


I know it's been about a week since you've step foot
on this lil ol' island after 6 months, but whatever.

Welcome home, Lara.
It's good to have you back.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

The Countdown

With about 6 days in hand, G12 Sure Shots face their final training session this Wednesday before the much anticipated Friendly against Firebrands takes place this Saturday.

The author finds it hard to believe that this is really happening. What started out as a post-Wave Challenge congratulatory-'good game'-wall-to-wall post on Facebook to each other by Tania of Firebrands and Yvonne of G12; suggesting playing against each other's teams again has turned into an event, though minor, in the floorball world. Players from several floorball clubs in Penang are involved in this event.

Kuan Yang from Frontliners and Lin Ken from Innebandy! Co. - the official referees of the match
together with
Michael, also from Frontliners and Brandon from Ztec - the secretariats

I accepted the idea of the suggested friendly by Tania as I had promised the team during that eventful ride home from Balik Pulau Stadium that I will look out for tournaments or matches for G12 to participate in as I felt that it was sad if we only got to play ONE tournament in 2009. After consulting with our coach, Nick and the girls, G12 as a team officially accepted the Friendly planned by the two very random girls.

A few questions I find myself asking are..

Is G12 really ready?

Have I done my best in selecting the players to play in Sure Shots?

Can we handle it without depending too much on our injured coach, Nicholes?

But what happens if we lose?
Will that drown our spirits and possibly break us, knowing far well that we're still feeling beaten up since the Wave Challenge incident that took place in April?

Will we still give it our all, knowing in mind that most of the supporters and fans there will be rooting for the opposing team?






But most importantly..
Will we leave our insecurities behind and play well as a team?
Because to me, that's what matters.
Play together, win or lose together.




ONE TEAM.
written by von.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

First Friendly of 2009

G12 Floorball Club would like to officially announce that we have accepted the friendly against FireBrands Floorballers.



G12 Sure Shots vs FireBrands
Friendly Match

Date : Saturday, 4th of July 2009
Time : First match starts at 3.00pm
Venue : RCHQ, Jln. Grove

Friday, May 29, 2009

New and Improved

We are very proud to announce the birth of our new and improved team,



G12 SURE SHOTS!

"Everybody was flat ball passing
Our shots are fast as lightning
It'll be a little bit frightening
But all in expert timing"

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Back In Action

After having a four-week hiatus due to study break and exam week, tomorrow will be our first training after Wave Challenge.

It's been preeetty long since we've hit the gym and trained together. So girls, let's briiing it all back to you~ Get your sticks and march loud and proud into the gym with our G12 spirit and train hard for the upcoming friendly, people!




See It, Fake It, Take It!! =D

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Revelation

WAVE CHALLENGE 2009



G12 Floorball Club will be featuring our 3 regular lines this year, named in accordance of our annual tradition, The Incredibles; Dashes, Ednamodes and Violets. This year, we're also be debuting our junior team, J-Square.



Presenting :





DASHES
Captain : Charmaine Cheang
Vice-Captain : Lee Huey Yuen
Players (L-R) : (Front) Charmaine, Huey Yuen.
(Back) Khai Yi, Pei Yi, Shu-Lynn.







EDNAMODES

Captain : Yvonne Low
Vice-Captain : Nur Hanaa
Players (L-R) : Amber, Shu Yoong,
Hanaa, Cezanne, Yvonne.
M.I.A : Sue Rene (Away for MSSPP)







VIOLETS

Captain : Lee Yee Ling
Vice-Captain : Wendy Yang
Players (L-R) : (Front) Wendy, Yee Ling.
(Back) Li Hoong, Hui Zhang, Iris.






J-SQUARE

Captain : Brenda Ng
Vice-Captain : Stephanie Ooi
Players (L-R) : (Front) Stephanie, Brenda.
(Back) Khai Lynn, Angeleta, Sybrina, Hidayah.






But at the end of the day, we're still ONE team!

See it. Fake it. Take it.

-G12

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Of pep talks

G12 Ladies,

The tension must be rising, adrenaline, pumping and you're freaking out. Not to worry, that's pretty much a requirement for any event. That's perhaps a good sign really. Do not freak out. You've come this far, it's now or nothing. You play your best, to prove you're the best. You're in one team and you wear one jersey and carry one flag. You are what defines G12 and MGS. Wear your jerseys proud and get those flags flying high. You have nothing to fear. You're the best that you can possibly be and that itself is an achievement.

On saturday, i want you girls to step on court proudly and play all your matches like you've been thought too; team-work, passing and pride. You have to take pride in the game you play. No regrets, no frets. You're one team and you can do this! You're capable of winning. Just keep your chins up, head in the game and don't forget who you are. Play your best and victory will be yours. Be strong.

x

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

One Training Short

Hey team!
Today's training went really well. It's good to have that G12 team spirit back. After weeks of getting to know each other and team bonding, the seniors have finally soften up a little bit and put in some effort into building a team-player relationship with the juniors. Things are going good. Finally, trainings at G12 are not funeral-like with the only audible sound being Von's and HY's echoing voices, LOL! It was as if MGS girls forgot how it's like to have fun/make noise/enjoy themselves. Trainings felt so draggy and everyone was too tense and serious. And we also lacked teamwork and team spirit, which G12 has self-proclaimed itself to be famous for. Good job, seniors! Keep it up!

Do go up to Balik Pulau this Monday to support two of our players, Charmaine and Valerie as they play against a floorball team from Sabah, the Nomad flooballers.




P.S./




A message from Von to G12 :
hey girls, remember this week's theme song! :D
"Dont stop, never give up
Hold your head high and reach the top
Let the world see what you have got
Brrrring it all back to you!"
Bring It All Back - S Club 7

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Stamina Building

Hey team!


How's everyone feeling now that school's about to reopen in a matter of.. well, ONE DAY? Haha! Anyways, a few of us got together and started planning ahead for the upcoming Wave Challenge (25th April) and we realised that the ONE THING we, (G12) lack the most is.. STAMINA. That's right, girls. Our stamina is really weak. So what we've planned is, every Sunday for the next few weeks, we're gonna try to build up our stamina.




Who;
is joining us-anyone and everyone is invited. bring your friends along if they can motivate you to strive harder.
bring your mum along if she'd treat us to free drinks after the work out.
you know how it goes! :D
to contact for more info-VON 0164668137.

What;
we're gonna do-we'll play some captain ball, jog and run as well.
to bring-bottle of water, some money (about RM5 should be enough) and a towel.
be as 'light' as you can.

When;
Sundays 5pm-630pm
(1) 22nd March
(2) 29th March
(3) 5th April
[12th April canceled cos it's Easter!]
(4) 19th April

Where;
Youth Park




So come on girls, wear your G12 tshirt (or any MGS/PFA tshirt) loud and proud and let's work out together!


I expect to see YOU there!


Friends from other clubs are invited to join us too.
Just let us know beforehand, thankyou! (:

Saturday, March 07, 2009

Sexytary's Day Off

Hello, everyone! Say hi to our guest blogger for the day; Lee Huey Yuen! *cricket sounds* Okay, okay. Yvonne has graciously passed on the duty of updating G12's blog to Huey Yuen this week due to exam stress. Muahaha! =D So anyways, this post was written by Huey Yuen, and then "screened" by, Yours Truly. Enjoy!



A Day Without Coach Nick
by Lee Huey Yuen

Training started with a missing person. Where did coach Nick go? Instead, training was coached by our two leading ladies, Valerie and Charmaine! We did some killers in the field, watched by the whole crowd in the canteen, and then went back into the gym. Warm ups were led by Von, who then passed the time over to Charmaine who went straight to conducting the drills. After a short briefing, it was time for some action!

1. Passing in a triangle/ straight line
-went pretty well, although balls were flying everywhere

2. 'The one where, you know, you pass the ball, then it hits a wall (hey, it rhymes!) then the other fella gets the ball, and then shoots?' (the three of us - HY, Von and Lara don't know what this drill is called)

3. Snake

4. Passing, calling for ball and shots (The big Three-In-One)

Then, we moved on to PHYSICAL TRAINING!! =O Everyone found out how physically unfit they are. It was filled with repeated push ups due to the unserious-ness/i-cannot-do-it-lah attitudes of some. It just kept going and going and going, on and on and on… We moved on to the dreaded front and side bridge. 2 words- excruciatingly painful! Some couldn’t keep up for example, Von. (Von says: HOI!) ONE really needed to pee yet wasn’t allowed and it felt so awkward; our star player, HY. Von was in her element when she quoted that she and the rest of us all felt like 'pigs rolling around in mud' because we had to do all this on the disgusting gym floor. EEWWWW...

Finally, GAME TIME! It was overall a good game with a few awesome goals here and there.

Val and Charm did an awesome job coaching G12! Everything went pretty smooth ;)





More pictures coming soon! Stay tuned.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Hierachy (Edited)

Dearest G12,

This has been an updated version of the previous post. Again, i repeat myself that this is trully embarassing and heart-wrenching to have to address such a matter on such a public note. I wish i could have prevented mishaps of such from happening.

How much of this is true, it depends on individuals. It may not apply to all, but it's good to keep this in mind that we're one team and we play as a team, stay as a team and work as a team. Like tha all famous quotes on team work, the same thing applies to us. Let me remind you, there is no I in team. We work together.

This isn't a one (wo)man show. To garner respect, to create a name for yourself, you have to earn it. As a team, as one. There is no ONE individual prize for the ONE superstar, but you work at it together, grow to respect one another. We're more than JUST a team, we're a family!

Guided by the hard-working hands of a coach, do respect them. Despite having the skills, no one's perfect. There are flaws, sad to say, and you can save yourself and your team from faillure.

Dear captains, you may hold the upper power, but don't forget your team. Without them, you're a no one. If it wasn't for you last year, i would have been a nobody. I would have no team. I've learnt from my faults that team work is the only way to win. There is no point in having your line, your team win. But to win as a team, on a whole. You will not understand that feeling until you've gone through it. Watching 2 teams fill the top two spots, that was real. It made you feel proud. Just being part of it means alot.

Appreaciate the power you have, but do not ignore your responsibilities. You need to earn respect to get respect. Who are you if it isn't for your team. Who do you represent if it isn't your own team. When you wear the jersey and cheer your team, you need to have the dominating spirit for all your lines. Captains, you are not along on this march. You set the rules, you set the standards and you have to set the pace. You're from the elite. Prove them worthy of your respect. Beyond our court and school, G12 will be recognised, if you play it right.

Think this over team, respect, team work and cooperation. Skills can be harvested, but you need the foundations right to get the right team. You have to work towards a team. Not towards medals.

xoxo

p/s. I hope this in no way has offended any of you. But, somethings need to be said before it gets too far. One team.

Friday, February 06, 2009

Training Info

*click to enlarge (:

Friday, January 23, 2009

After the jump

21st January 2009
The afternoon started off with 3 of our girls; Sue Rene, Huey Yuen and Yvonne awaiting Coach Nicholes Ong at the MGS front gate. Hmm, it was nearing 2.30pm, and still no sight of Nick. Just when the three girls were about to give up and head to the gym, Nick arrived on his bike with all his equipment. Let the training begin!

Von took the attendance for the day and was shocked to see about 35 players' names signed up to join G12 Floorball Club. Like, wow! But unfortunately, her efforts in making sure everyone was on time pretty much failed. The newbies were a bit sesat and therefore only entered the gym once she and Charmaine went to hunt them down in the canteen.

Coach Nick started off with getting 4 girls to lead the whole 'herd' for a 5-round run around the field outside the gym. Charm, Valerie, Shu Lynn and Von were his chosen victims. After the tiring run, Charm led the girls with some warm ups.

Nick then paired the Juniors up with a Senior each. Sort of like a mentor-mentee thingy. He wanted the seniors to lead and mentor their juniors all year long. Well, you know us. And things didn't exactly go as planned. It was pretty tough getting the Seniors and Juniors to work alongside each other.

He then got us to do some passings. That was when the Seniors really led the Juniors in teaching them how to pass correctly. Senior, Shu even found her long-lost twin, [Khai Lynn]! They really do look alike! The language barrier was quite an issue, so Shu had to mentor her Junior by speaking to her in Hokkien. "Sak ka tua lat tampok!" = "Push harder". It was a very cute sight, the two of them.

After passings, Nick got us to do the snake drill. The juniors didn't know what to expect, and most of them scurried around Nick's green cones. However, they did try to shoot some balls into the goal post. Kudos to them for that.

Finished off with that, he then seperated us into two groups; Seniors and Juniors combined. He coached the bigger group consisting of more Juniors while Val coach the smaller group. This time it was to train the girls' shooting skills. In the midst of sucessful/unsucessful shots taken, a familiar face in the Floorball family, Kenny Khoo entered MGS's Gymnasium. With a few waves and Hellos here and there, the girls got back to shooting.

Training ended soon after. Now the girls were about to find out why Kenny was really here for. New sticks, of course! The girls surrounded Kenny when he brought out the new sticks. Nick asked the girls to give the man some room to breathe, but with the echoing "ooohh"s and "aahhh"s, together with "sooo prettyyy!" and "how much?! how much?!"; the girls only got closer to the sticks. It sounded pretty much like a market in there. After finding out that the most expensive stick being RM510 and the cheapest stick RM98, the excitement on some of the girls faces drained because they can't afford a stick. Shu and Von took the oppurtunity to put up their sticks for auction, valueing at RM200 and RM50 respectively. Yes, we were that desperate for a shiny new stick.

Some reservations were made on the sticks, some asked for trade-ins but everything can only be settled during the next training, when school reopens after the week-long Chinese New Year holidays.


YAY Factor : The Orientation Day proved to be successful, as we have an estimated total of 25 players this year.

BOO Factor : We might not be able to afford to send in all 5 lines for the upcoming Youthwave.

Highlight of the day : Coach Nick's 'Einstein' hair when he took off his helmet. HAHA!


G12 Floorball Club would like to take this oppurtunity to wish everyone in the floorball family and friends a Happy Chinese New Year!
Gong Xi Fa Chai :)

Thursday, January 22, 2009

PFA Division-2 League 2009


*click to enlarge*

Our girls are not participating, but do go and watch the games
to show some support for the other teams that are playing! :)

All games are held at Dalat Int. School, Tg. Bungah
on the respective dates and times.

Monday, January 05, 2009

Michael Jackson moment(s)

Never thought you find an almost-unknown blogger trespassing through this almost-barren land isn't it? As promised, and since i'm bored, (new people here apparently sleep super early. Like 9pm early) i've decided to walk you through the life of a she-Michael Jackson.

I'm not completely burried under metres of snow, but it has been the coldest week ever for UK. And as of this moment that i'm blogging now, it's about -4. It can go to -8 sometimes. And being generous, the college decides to off the heater now and again at night. They thought sharing the cold winds would do us some good. I'm still harvesting a flu cause, it seems to have rooted itself into me, so it's really cold out, and i can't feel my nose. That is a Michael Jackson moment. (I stole Junn's line from his blog)

College hasn't exactly started. I haven't started studying but i already sat for an English test, and soon to follow, a Math test. Wish me luck on that. My math is getting a little rusty. Perhaps 1 + 1 questions may appear. English was basically a placement paper to see if you're in the 'Bad' band or the 'Worst' band. I completely feel out of place at times cause everyone here is rather smart in a non-geeky way.

We've got a student hall with 6 iMacs and disco's once in a while plus 4 fusball tables. In the gym they've got a not so huge court. It's bigger than Dalat, but it isn't very big. They've got floorball. Or so i hope it is. They call it Unihoc here. But i think i'd be the only one playing. It's okay, it's about time someone revamped the floorball spirit into these bookworms.

Talking about bookworms, my neighbour is a bookworm and she proudly admits to that. She actually brought her own dictionary. I didn't bother. Though, one would be good. I can read the dictionary if there's a fire and all my other entertaining have turned into ashes. But i'd rather be making a snowash-man out of the ashes. Well my housemates are nice. I stay in a single room. The shower is rather dingy, but i'm still thankful we get hot water. Nice it-burns-your-skin hot water.

If i'm short on books i walk across the hall, if i'm short on food i knock next door, if i feel like pinching cheeks, i go across the hall too. There's a common kitchen, as in really common, it's in the middle of snow covered lands open for everyone. The pool is small and my room is small. I can't split not because i'm not flexible enough but because there's not enough space. I feel like an outsider cause i came with only clothes and a packet of noodles. I guess i'm living off my suitcase.

Oh, my room is pretty much boring. 4 solid walls, 1 window and a sink. Pretty much sounds like prison. There's about 4 dudes from penang. No girls. And the guys all speak mandarin. The girls, we already pretty much have cliques. I'm not in any particular one, but i'm still bouncing around.

p/s. Dear G12 members, you are free to sign with any team but Youthwave is our living glory! We've held ourselves mighty for all the years thus far, let's continue our legacy! Study smart, play hard. We still stand as a team. I might be thousands of galaxies away, but i'm still G12 in spirit. Alumni! =D I'd like to watch you make me proud. Get skype, get wireless and stream it to my room!! I miss playing floorball very much. I even miss playing in that gym, under tables, across broken planks. When you believe, nothing is impossible. Be strong!

xxx
13. Lara.UK

First Meeting

The first meeting for G12 will be on the
21st of January
from 215pm to 415pm
at the MGS Gymnasium.



Sunday, January 04, 2009

The New School Year

.. back to school, girls ..
have fun tomorrow!

loyal, we'd ever be
to our dear mgs.

Thursday, January 01, 2009

A New Beginning

1st January 2009.

First off, on behalf of the team I'd like to wish Lara all the best in all her future undertakings in the UK. As most of you may know, Lara has parted from us to further her tertiary studies at the Concord College in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom. The team is looking forward to see you again when you come back to visit in June.

The year 2008 was a great year for all of us. As all the partying has finally come to an end, 2009 is here! It's a new year, with new beginnings and new experiences to be penned down in this blog.

It's that time of the year again where we welcome back current players and recruit new blood. We hope those who signed up to join G12 will take the matter seriously and attend each and every training we have.

Things will change. The elected successors will take over the duties of past leaders and form a new committee. "Cooperation is key". We hope the team would cooperate well with each other.

The new year calls for new resolutions, and therefore I think that this year, G12's resolution should be - not to be tardy. "Time and tide waits for no man". Training starts at 2.15pm, and it is expected that each and every one of us should be at the gym by that time. Late comers will be fined. Lower Secondary students have no excuse, as classes end at 1.25pm on Wednesdays. Science Stream students are not excused either, they just have to take the initiative to get to the gym by the time training starts.

As for the club, I hope that the club gains more recognition. I want the club to inspire and to be inspired by the other clubs around. We are good at what we do. We just have to strive a little bit harder. I quote Althea Gibson, who said that "in sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best". So come on, girls! Let's go out there and win them medals once again!

The girls of G12. We make G12 what it is today. We are the beat of this heart. I hope that the girls of G12 will continue to support each other, and to cheer on for each other; and to keep that passion for floorball burning!


"If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat."
- Herschel Walker


"Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory."
- Arthur Ashe


"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
- Michael Jordan


"Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision."
- Muhammad Ali


See It, Fake It, Take It;
G12 Floorball Club 2009.