15th Ngee Ann City National Lion Dance Championship
第十五届义安城全国舞狮锦标赛

North Zone qualifier - Cheng San CC, 26 July

雄群龙狮团
达曼裕廊联系少年俱乐部
勇武龙狮学院
淡滨尼尚育民众俱乐部龙狮团
新加坡威劲体育会
九仙宫体育会
新加坡少忠山国术体育会
九龙堂龙狮团

6pm 新加坡新洋龙狮运动坊

灵应龙狮院
新加坡文艺龙狮运动坊
关善坛龙狮学院
威扬体育会
耘青中学
新加坡海星中学
飞将龙狮学院
静山民众俱乐部龙狮团

finally. realising my dream of 6 years.

a year on from the tragic withdrawal due to injury, me and my brothers have overcome everything to reach this stage again. to conquer the pain of last year, and to face a new beginning. fresh trainings, a new routine, props preparations again, and more money poured into this assault.

we've had our fair share of setbacks this year as well. and, hell, were we freaked by the shadows cast by last year.

jj enlisting for army...
change of 狮头 twice...
an almost failed request to get concessions from the federation for jj's NS commitments...
change in jj's army training plan forcing us to swop our competition fixture...

west coast cc (West Zone) is one of our home grounds, so it definitely would have been a sort of advantage. plus u cannot imagine how elated we were when the ballot results first came out; west coast probably consists of a weaker field, boosting our chances.

then the bombshell, and we had to swop zone. now we're in cheng san, a notorious ground (think anfield, ali sami yen), plus formidable opponents like 威劲, 九仙宫, 关善坛, 威扬, 飞将 and not forgetting the hosts. put it this way, we train once a week for a few months leading to competition. some of them are salaried professionals who train 4,5 days a week and are handpicked out of dozens. almost like a football match between ur sunday team and man utd.

im trying to stay positive. easier opponents might make us complacent. it would be a bigger joke if we screwed up there. and the best is usually forged in adversity. let's go out there, face the powerhouses, and do our best!

we've nothing to lose.