All of us were standing outside the boundary, feeling nervous. All of us could hear the cheering from the supporters to bring up our spirits. The one short horn was heard, mean that one minute equipment check. One minute was up and we waited for the one long horn. Upon hearing the long horn blast, my team dashed into the pitch and took all the equipments that each of them were supposed to take. I took the poncho, very difficult to open and I took a lot of time to open two ponchos. After that, I dashed to tie the lashings as I took a lot of time in opening the ponchos. I was impressed that the flagpole and shelter were raised less than 5 minutes. We finished the building of flagpole, shelter and gadget by 10mins30secs, which left a lot of time for us to check mistakes. The time is up and all of us went fall-in outside the boundary. All of us sat outside the boundary and waited for the judges to judge. I was nervous when the judges were judging.
We went to have our lunch, whereby shereen ma’am will be announcing our results. Sad to say that, both girls and boys teams didn't get into finals & all our mood suddenly change. Everyone was very disappointed and couldn’t believe what they had heard. And I think that all of us dreamed to get into finals.
The trainings that we had made us even bonded than ever. We laughed together, cried together, do things together and suffered together. These would not come back again and I would always treasure them. Whatever the results are, we had done our best and never regret in anything we do. And I never regret in joining Campcraft Team ’08.
And also, I would like to thank the officers/inspectors and my captain, Nadzirah.

Campcraft Team '08
Winnie Lau

The Campcraft Girls Team '08 consists of Nadzirah(Captain), Atikah(Vice Captain), Jerry, Siew Chin, Afifah, Nadia, Ginna, Winnie and myself. All were nervous and excited at the same time. Finally, it was our turn to showcase our hardwork. We were all standing behind the boundary and looking at the ground; going through in our minds what to do next. We had been training for this competition for this competition for about 4 months and gone through much together and now it's time to show it. There was a short horn blast indicating the one minute check. Our captain, Nadzirah, checked all our logistics. Soon, another short horn blast sounded indicating the end of the one minute check. We all waited anxiously for the long horn blast and stared at the equipment each of us were supposed to take. The long awaited long horn blast then sounded and we all rushed forward grabbing our equipment and getting to do what we do best: Campcraft. I ran and grabbed five pegs, two 3.5m manila rope, three 5.5m rope and finally, a black nylon rope. I then ran to where my team mate was, Ginna, and proceeded to untie the two 3.5m manila rope. After untying, Ginna had measured 1m and we tied one round lashing each with the two 3.5m rope. After tying, Ginna proceeded to tie the 3 clove hitch with the three 5.5m manila rope. I rushed to take a 1m twine and then tied the W-knot. I slotted the nylon rope into the loop of the W-knot and made the two ends of the nylon rope levelled. We then carried up the flagpole and while I held the pole, I saw the time was only about 4 mins!! The basha was then brought up a few seconds before the flagpole. We were all surprised as we usually took longer than that. I guess competition brought us the best in us. Me, Atikah and Ginna pulled on the ropes and straightened the flagpole. After doing so, I went to help the rest of them in the shelter, Ginna went to help with the gadget and Atikah went to get the flag. Everything was completed in about 10 mins. We were happy as we could have lots of time to check for mistakes and such. There was then a long horn blast signalling the end of the twelve minutes and we all rushed outside the boundary to fall-in. The judges started to walk around. We were asked to sit down by the Lot IC. A judge came and asked about the gadget and another came to ask about the shelter. We were all perspiring by then as it was very hot and we were running about frantically then. All the supporters were cheering for their schools and during the competition, our supporters were even singing our school song. During the judging round, the CIs amused us by asking us to smile while taking our photographs. One of the judges praised us for our hardwork in the precise angles and the straightness of the lined-up pegs. We were all elated and were beaming with joy. After the judging, we collected our ez-link cards and ran towards the exit to join our schoolmates and CIs. We were so confident and thought we could go into the finals but alas, we got in the 24th place. Our moods all changed and tears rolled down our cheeks. Though we didn't get into the finals, we were happy that we had put all our hardwork into this. After 4 months of training, the bonds that we share, the suffering and tears, and the laughter we all went through, it was all worth it in the end. All that we have been through together will be forever etched in our hearts and never to be forgotten.

Campcraft Team '08
Abigail Goh

SERANGOON GARDEN SECONDARY AREA 6
UOPA SILVER (2005)
UOPA GOLD(2OO6)
UOPA GOLD(2007)
UOPA GOLD(2008)
UOPA GOLD(2009)
UOPA GOLD(2010)

OVERALL IN-CHARGE-
MRS ERICA TAY

OTHER TEACHERS-
MR DAVID KWONG
MS RITA WONG
MRS CHEA YI SHAN
MR PEH CHIN KEONG

HONORARY OFFICER-
MR ANDY WONG
SENIOR CADET INSPECTORS-

CADET INSPECTORS-
MR WEI LONG (Ad Hoc)
MR ALVIN (Ad Hoc)
MR ALAN (Ad Hoc)
MS NADZIRAH (Sec4 In-Charge)
MR GORDON NG (Sec3 In-Charge)
MR ANG WEI XIANG (Sec3 In-Charge)
MS TAN WEI JING (Sec2 In-Charge)
MR CHUA WEI CHEN (Sec2 In-Charge)
MS TAY LI SHAN (Sec1 In-charge)