There was no way Ryan Eng was going to miss the third-place play-off of the South Zone C Division boys' table tennis championship between his school Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) and Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary.
Not even after he came down with a fever the night before the important clash in February.
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